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Biggest Cruise

1.- Queen Mary 2, world's largest cruise ship, off Lahaina. (BLACK CRUISE)

2.- The worlds Largest Cruise Ship, Freedom of the Seas, equipped with Schat-Harding lifeboats. (WHITE CRUISE)

Luxury Yachts

Luxury yachts are very expensive, owned by private owners who pay extensively to maintain such a boat in top running order. These vessels are perceived as luxury items of personal pleasure, for racing or cruising.

1.- Luxury yachts are commonly called mega yachts (their length vary around 34m or over) or super yachts (their length vary around 70m or over). They have become increasingly trendy representing a symbol of wealth and prosperity. The Mediterranean and the Caribbean Seas are swarmed with luxury yachts. Due to their high maintenance, some choose to operate them as businesses charters, charging from 30,000 Euros up to 600,000 Euros per week. Because of this, the luxury yacht industry runs effectively, providing good income to the owners. Moreover, many find it more convenient to charter luxury yachts than own one, which is highly expensive. This way they also have the liberty to pick a different location, boat type or crew each time they charter another luxury yacht.

2.- The main typical parts of a luxury yacht are: the lower deck - with guest cabins, showers, baths, engine room-, the main deck- with dining rooms, a study-, the upper deck – with a salon, bar, gym and captain’s cabin – and the sun deck – with Jacuzzi. In these areas the owner prefers to keep the basic luxury necessities but most often he will pay up to tens of millions of dollars or Euros to build a customized luxury yacht.

3.- The large yachts that have over 65 meters are the more sophisticated ones that stand put among the others. With four decks above water and two below, some have 30 to 50 square meters suites, revolving beds, all equipped with TV, bar, air conditioning, computers, DVDs, satellite communication and beauty salons. Even more, some are likely to incorporate a landing platform for helicopters, cinemas, libraries and dancing rooms. No luxury is restricted even though you are on water.

4.- A 70 meters long Luxury yacht can accommodate up to 26-28 guests and 19 extra crew members. The possibilities are limitless and this is shown in the increasing number of luxury yachts that have over 100 metres and allow the owner to carry mini-submarines and every water equipment possible, from jet-skis to sailing boats and speed boats.

Popular manufacturers in the yacht industry are Ferretti, Azimut, Bentti, Mangusta, Feadship, Lurssen and many others. Saint Tropez is a location famous for its luxury yachts, considered a very exclusive retreat. Greece, Spain and Croatia – all offer great European spots for luxury yacht cruises.

Fast and Speeding boat

The drive system can be inboard, outboard or inboard/outboard. This leads the engine’s power into the water and controls direction.

The inboard system gives good balance to the boat but, because of its size, the boat will lack inside space. This system is best suited for those driven by speed and boat power. Although handling and fuel efficiency will still be a problem. Moreover, you have to take the whole boat to a repair shop and it is a lot more complicated to get it fixed thus more expensive.

The majority of outboard boat motors has a two-cycle stroke engine and are perfect for powering small boats, offering good fuel efficiency. With a four-stroke outboard, balance between the boat and the motor’s weight should be carefully considered. The outboard system is low cost, easy to carry, easy to get it fixed and it takes up little space off a boat’s interior. Many companies still manufacture two-stroke outboard engines, because of their light weight. Four-strokes can come out light but the price is much higher. Fuel efficiency for outboard systems are preferred by those who go on long fishing trips, fishing charters or travel for business.

Inboard/outboard systems have the engine located inside while the other components are outside, maintaining the balance of an inboard system. The major drawback is the expensive preservation due to its complexity.

Some of the greatest speed boat manufacturers are Glastron, Shakespeare, Bayliner, Iowe, and Triton. Some speed boats can reach 90 feet and go over 88miles/hour. For a real speed enthusiast, offshore speed boats are available in all sizes and models. “Magnum Marine”, for example, is a manufacturer specialized in custom built speed boats that fit each buyer’s needs. “Checkmate Performance Power Boats” are renowned for their speed – they are considered the fastest, with lengths from 16 feet to 33 feet. Last but not least “Fountain Powerboards” manufacture speed boats of 27 to 47 feet, considered the safest and very easy to maneuver.

Speed Boat

Speed Boats

A speed boat is a fast motorboat, a kind of power boat that is propelled by an internal combustion engine. They can be hydrofoil or hydroplane which means they are equipped with hydrofoils that lift in order to skim the water when reaching high speeds. Speed boats are built to move quickly across the surface of the water. They are mainly used in speed races or for pulling water skiers.

Some choose to travel relatively small distances by speed boats because they reach their destinations more quickly. The disadvantage of actually traveling distances of hours or even days is that they become uncomfortable and they can only fit 3 or 4 people. What’s more, at the end of a long trip in a speed boat you will be drenched, so you should prepare accordingly. For some the noise is difficult to take, especially after a few hours. But then there are those who enjoy traveling in a speed boat for the special scenery and because you can take great photos, unlike in a slow boat where it can become utterly boring. In some regions with dense water traffic, speed boats are used as patrol boats.

These first wooden boats were more or less replicas of the earlier reed boats. They were built square at each end, more barge than boat. Since Egypt lacked good timber, the shipwrights devised a special technique. They used the acacia tree, with brittle wood which only comes in short lengths. But they cut planks three feet long, put together like brick, building up the hull from a central plank laid for the bottom. They would join the three foot planks together edge to edge by means of long close-set dowels, and when the hull was built up they stretched crossbeams over it. They made no ribs or frames, and caulked on the inside, using papyrus fibers.

The earliest surviving example of a sewn boat, one which had the side planking sewn together with fibers, cords, or thongs, was found beside the great pyramid of Giza. It is most probably a descendant of boats going back into Egypt’s predynastic times.

The Nile River was the catalyst for these and more early boats. It is a perfect waterway, running some 500 miles from the beginning of the delta near Cairo to the First Cataract at Aswan (Elephantine). Since the prevailing wind blows against the flow of the water, boatmen could drift downstream (or with the current), and when returning they could raise sail and be gently driven back home. The Egyptians were also the first recorded people to use sails on their craft.

The cheapest form of primitive boat was the pot boat, simply a clay container large enough to accommodate a passenger. It was meant for places free of rocks and was ideal for getting around the marshy areas of the Nile delta. Egypt was fairly treeless and it would be difficult to find other means of building boats. The Egyptians did find enough wood to make planked boats. There is evidence that the Old Kingdom of Egypt had the first planked boats ever made. These were used even in burial rituals. Fourteen have recently been found buried in the region of Abydos.

The boat made out of planks was an improvement on the dugout which was hollowed out of a single log. In southern Egypt, archaeologists have found a multitude of pictures of boats that, shortly before 3100 BCE, were drawn on rock outcrops or were included as part of the decoration on pottery. Among them, are some that show a mast with a broad square sail hung from it. The tombs of Egypt have yielded pictures and even models of a variety of river craft, from tiny rowboats through swift yachts and dispatch boats to enormous barges large enough to carry huge obelisks weighing hundreds of tons from the quarries.

Ships and Boats of Egypt

When men live by water, whether marsh, river, or sea, they eventually discover ways to build vehicles to move across that water. Egypt’s life has always turned around its River, the Nile, and its marshes in the Delta.

Ships (Before and Now)

THEN - NOW

Future Flying Cars

Future Flying Cars

Future flying cars have intrigued people for decades. Ever since Orville and Wilbur Wright took off on their historic flight from Kittyhawk, North Carolina, people were not thinking about huge jumbo jets, but rather future flying cars that could get them from point A to point B quickly, safely and aeronautically.
Moller Skycar

What came to be developed, though, were larger and larger aircraft for hauling more and more people aboard.
Sky buses could herd people like cattle aboard jumbo jetliners and transport people across the continent in only hours.
But, people still kept yearning for future flying cars, the kind like a regular automobile, but one that could put people above the angst of rush hour traffic, highway closures, detours and traffic jam causing accidents.
And because this yearning continued, there were TV shows like the venerable Jetsons to fuel this fire in our bellies to "fly above it all" and give us more power and control with our vehicles that we've ever had before.
Since this yearning has stayed alive all these years, there have been many entrepreneurs working on developing future flying cars that would one day become a reality. Some would say that we are now, officially, almost there.
For instance, the Moller flying car is just one such vehicle with its four ethanol driven rotary engines that can either drive like a car or take off like a Harrier jet. The latest rendition is the Moller Skycar M400, which is taking preorders and is expected to make its commercial debut by 2009 or 2010.
Then another future flying car is the AirScooter II, which is being called a recreational air vehicle. The AirScooter II is not in production yet as the AirScooter Corporation is still testing its AeroTwin Engine and expects to go into production by the end of 2007. For under $50,000 you can have your own personal aircraft that soars above the traffic. The AirScooter II can reach 55 mph and fly for 2 hours before refueling.
And, then there is Carter Aviation Technologies that are developing two difference kinds of PAV (personal aviation vehicles). The Carter 2 place PAV is an entry level rotorcraft designed as a pure autogiro that will cruise at around 130 mph. The Carter 4 place PAV (2+2 PAV) will use the company's slowed rotor technology and a 330 horsepower turbo diesel engine with the ability to fly at 230 mph and a range of 1200 miles. The company is currently accepting refundable deposits.
So, to recap, future flying cars are not that much into the future. Within a couple of short years, your future flying car may be your present everyday car and flying will be as commonplace as honking your horn at another driver is today.

2008 FX45 Concept

2008 FX45 Concept this car is a modern Car.

Cars from the 1990's - 2000

This is GTO in the 1990's most modern car.

1982 Pontiac Firebird, Car of the Year

Universal Studios used a 1982 (some say a 1982 ½) Pontiac Trans Am for the original KITT and KARR, and then used later year models (at least up to 1984) for stunts and exterior camera angles. The convertible and super-persuit-mode KITT shown in the 4th season of the series also used a later year model.

The television series ended in 1986, so only Firebirds created in the years between 1982 and 1986 could have actually been used in the show. However, any 3rd generation (1982-1992) in the Firebird line (includes Trans Am, GTA, Formula, and Firehawk) can be used in a KITT or KARR replica.

CARS of the Fifties and Sixties

In the World, there are alot of Fabuluous Cars in North American industry in the years of 1950's and 1960's.

This are classical Cars.

Cars in that 1940's

This is up Dated from the first Cars that came out.

Walker Electric Car

The first car made a lot of noise, this machines are too noisey.

As the years went by they modifided the horn and the wheels, so they would not make noise.

The first car that use Gasoline

This car was made in the United States,in 1893 this was the first car to run on gasoline.

This model car was name Duryea.

Fighter Jet

First they made the Airplane just to fly, now they have them to fight with.

Space Ship

There are several like this Space Ship that has been to outer space.

Supersonic Power Airplane

This is a Sobietic Airplane that is Supersonic Power

Invidible Radars

The invisible American Hunting to the raders

Jeep Hanging from a Helicopter

This is the only Helicopter that can carry Jeeps.

As you can see this Helicopter has two propellers.

Military Airplanes

First Military Plane FS98, World War II

First flight 80 years ago

Orville and Wilbur, the Wright brothers, are given credit for the first airplane flight, in 1903, in the United States. However, inventors in Italy and Russia also have some claim to making the first airplane flight, due to differences in measurements and recording techniques.

The first flight, made December 17, 1903, was not impressive by today's standards. The aircraft barely got off the ground, flew just ten seconds and covered 120 feet (about 40 metres). Four flights were made that day, the final one lasting 57 seconds and covering 852 feet. The Wright brothers' most important contributions to airplane design was designing an effective propeller and a workable rudder to give their aircraft more control than possible with a balloon, kite or even a glider. However, European industry and designers soon overtook the Americans, led by pioneers like A.V. Roe of Britain, Louis Bleriot of France and Antony Fokker of the Netherlands. US aircraft design and manufacture would not catch up again until the Second World War.

1904-The first circular flight

1904 - The first circular flight.While the Wrights had achieved powered flight, they had not yet created a practical airplane.

On January 5, 1904, the Wright brothers made a statement to the Associated Press regarding their Kitty Hawk flights. They gave an account of the events, and then in closing affirmed that they had achieved their goal: "We packed our goods and returned home, knowing that the age of the flying machine had come at last."However, the 1903 Flyer had only performed short, straight-line flights. To successfully market their invention, they had to demonstrate that it could turn and fly over more commonplace terrain than the sandy open spaces of Kitty Hawk. With this goal in mind, Wilbur and Orville refined their design with two more powered aircraft in 1904 and 1905.

AIRPLANES

1900 - Glider trials at Kitty Hawk.It was one thing to design a small kite, quite another to build a large glider and launch into the air.The Wrights next began to study aerodynamics and structures in preparation for building their first piloted glider. It was one thing to design a set of wings for a small kite, quite another to build a large, heavy glider, climb aboard, and launch oneself into the air.The brothers now began to consider such things as the precise curve of the wing profile, the wing area necessary to lift a pilot, and the type of materials needed to construct a glider.