...the latches did not disengage and the hatch remained firmly closed. Fortunately, McDivitt had experienced a similar hatch problem during some ground testing and the crew took the brave decision to disengage the latches manually – they could not have been certain that they would be able to get the capsule hatch closed again after the EVA and re-entry would not be possible without a fully latched hatch. Finally, on 3rd June 1965 at 1943GMT Ed White thrust himself forward ...
The saddest day of my life... There are watches that become intrinsically linked with the people that wore them, some real people, some fictional characters... ‘Paul Newman’ Daytona, ‘Steve McQueen’ Explorer, Seiko ‘Arnie’ or the ‘Capt Willard’ 6105 to name but a few. Then there are the watches that are linked to the activity they are associated with – most famously of course being the ...
I've had an AP itch to scratch for a while now, having been a keen admirer of this style of watch for quite some time however a combination of lack of watch box space and not being able to find one at the right price and the right condition meant a fairly long wait to realise a desire. Fast forward 6+ months, endless hours scouring the net, visiting shops and bumping WTB's I had almost given up hope....then out of the blue one pops up briefly on SC ticking all the boxes and of course I miss it by ...
Originally Posted by ac82 Originally Posted by alexandr0s So, have we reached the point where a tablet can replace a dedicated e-book reader? That's very interesting, an it's making me reconsider things.... Alex Not a chance in my opinion, I have the original kindle with 3g and keyboard and a nexus 7 with the kindle app and all books available on cloud etc. I can't stand to read on the nexus and do all of my reading on the kindle. At night I just use the cover with the light I bought which is ...
Originally Posted by Soggeynuggets Yes, it is to scale, it is an exact replica, as I have stated, I do not know a lot about airsoft, I bought it of an enthusiast at my work, I intended on going with him and a group he he goes with but never got round to it, I know it is a good one as my work colleague only sold this to me as he upgraded, the make is a DBOYS M4, Model BI-3881, here is a link....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDVOV0H3yUU Originally Posted by afcneal And an idea of scale might help - i.e is it 'real life size'?
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