Among handheld tools, pliers are among the most common and fundamental. The basic construction is the same: two lengths of steel are welded together nearly in the middle to form a pivot, with clamps on one side and handles on the other. They come in a wide range of sizes and are … Read more
Background Hex keys, also known as Allen keys/wrenches in the United Kingdom and other countries, are a type of spanner and socket hand tool used to tighten and loosen hexagonal bolts and other compatible fasteners. Hex keys are most usually seen as a single piece of steel bent into a small L-shape, … Read more
Remember your childhood obsession with top 80s arcade games, which allowed you to do things you could never do in real life? And now that you’ve grown up, gained command of the tower, and you want to do things as you do in real life. So, you pull back on the yoke … Read more
A nautical mile is a unit of measurement that sailors or navigators use in aviation and shipping on water. A nautical mile is the average length of one minute of one degree along a great circle of the Earth. One nautical mile equals one minute of latitude, which means that degrees of … Read more
Aviation played an important role in many wars in history. The surging desire of the nations to reach greater heights, fly more efficiently, equip better weapons, and go farther distances, gave birth to distinctive fighter aircraft that spelled the difference between defeat and victory in some of the globe’s most significant air … Read more
September, 1939: the Third Reich divisions and military aircraft invade Poland, an ally of both France and the U.K. A few weeks later, some RAF units are based in France. At the time, the RAF equipment still is in a transitional stage, both biplanes and monoplanes are used (such as the Spitfire … Read more