omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Hadapsar Gliding Centre. Hadapsar Gliding Centre, also known as Gliding Centre Pune, is a gliderdrome situated at Hadapsar in Pune, Maharashtra. It is owned by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and used by the Gliding Centre of the DGCA.
The gliderdrome is spread over 230 acres
It consists of a one-km-long unpaved airstrip, a couple of hangars housing the gliders used for daily flying exercises and an administrative block.

History
In 2011, Government-owned helicopter service company Pawan Hans (PHL) was assigned the task to develop a Helicopter Training Academy cum heliport at Hadapsar. The project was approved by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the DGCA released Rs.10 crore for the purpose. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was also signed with the DGCA for the utilisation of land and other infrastructural facilities. However, in 2017, the Government of India approved the privatization of Pawan Hans  following which PHL formally backed out of the project in 2019, stating that it does not want to continue any business association with respect to such facility.

The Gliding Centre was a brainchild of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to train youngsters for glider pilot licenses. It is the country's only operational facility of its kind under the DGCA.
The centre carries out about 3,000 flights a year, the majority of them on Sundays when the club is open to enthusiasts from the city.
The Gliding Centre operates a fleet of LET L-23 Super Blanik Sailplanes. The flying season starts from October and continues up to May or early June. The airfield is not operational during the monsoon.

References

Transport in Pune
Airports in Pune district
Gliderports
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International Congress on Fracture. International Congress on Fracture (ICF), or the International Conference on Fracture, is an international body for promoting worldwide cooperation among scientists and engineers concerned with the mechanics and mechanisms of fracture, fatigue and strength of solids.

History

The idea for an International Congress on Fracture dates to 1961 and a meeting at MIT when an “Interim International Conference Committee” was established under the Chairmanship of Takeo Yokobori. 

In November 1965, ICF1 was organised in Sendai, Japan. In April 1969, at ICF2 in Brighton, England,  ICF was formally founded with statutes and by-laws, a Council and Executive. Thereafter ICF organised a major conference every four years. ICF also organised “interquadrennial” conferences, the first of which was in Beijing, China in November 1983. ICF established national organisations in their member nations, one of the first being the “Australasian Fracture Group” in 1971. 

ICF became more than a conference organiser and rather a society for the broad field of structural integrity, fracture, fatigue, creep, corrosion and reliability – from biological to geophysical materials: metals, alloys, ceramics, composites, electronic and natural materials. The scope evolved through ICF1-1CF12 from nano to macro scales, from basic science, engineering and mathematics to practical technology and systems modelling for safe design. 

At an ICF Interquadrennial Conference in Anaheim, California, May 2011 ICF was renamed “ICF: The World Academy of Structural Integrity”.

Structure
ICF-WASI is governed by a Council which comprises members from each member nation, with one nation one vote. The Council meets once every four years at each ICF-WASI Quadrennial. Council delegates the management of ICF-WASI to a President and an Executive Committee. 

Since ICF 6, the Treasurer has acted as the de facto CEO working closely with the President and Secretary-General. The Council elects Fellows every four years who are now termed “Academicians” (50). ICF-WASI in its widest sense consists also of the “Associates” who comprise the whole community of the up to 10,000 delegates who have attended Quadrennial and Interquadrennial conferences.

Past meetings
ICF-1 Sendi (Japan) 1965
ICF-2 Brighton (UK) 1969
ICF-3 Munich (Germany) 1973
ICF-4 Waterloo (Canada) 1977
ICF-5 Cannes (France) 1981
ICF-6 New Delhi (India) 1984
ICF-7 Houston (USA) 1989
ICF-8 Kiev (Ukraine) 1993
ICF-9 Sydney (Australia) 1997
ICF-10 Honolulu (USA) 2001
ICF-11 Turin (Italy) 2005
ICF-12 Ottawa (Canada) 2009
ICF-13 Beijing (China) 2013
ICF-14 Rhodes (Greece) 2017
ICF-15 Atlanta (USA) 2023

The next Conference (ICF-16) is scheduled for 2027.

References

External links
 www.icfweb.org International Congress on Fracture
  ICF15

International conferences
Scientific organizations established in 1965
Materials science organizations
ANU College of Systems and Society. The ANU College of Systems and Society is a constituent body of the Australian National University, comprising the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Mathematical Sciences Institute, School of Computing, School of Engineering, and School of Cybernetics.

History

The Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering (RSISE) was established on 1 January 1994. RSISE resulted from the merger of the Department of Systems Engineering (1981) and the Computer Sciences Laboratory (1988), both of which were part of the Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering (RSPhysSE). The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) was established in 1993, and the Research School joined in 2004 to form a single institute that would become ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) on 1 January 2006. In October 2022, the College was renamed to ANU College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics. In 2025, the College became the College of Systems & Society (CSS) realigning with three other ANU academic units: Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Fenner School of Environment & Society, and Mathematical Sciences Institute.

Student life
The ANU Computer Science Students Association (ANU CSSA) caters to the needs of IT, Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSIT) students. The organisation had existed since at least 1995, and was relaunched in 2011 and was allocated with a common room located in the Computer Science & Information Technology Building at ANU.

The ANU Engineering Students Association (ANU ESA) caters to the needs of Engineering students.

References

External links
 ANU College of Systems and Society

Australian National University
1994 establishments in Australia
Leader Sewing Machine. The Leader Sewing Machine Company produced sewing machines from 1870 to 1899 or thereabout.

The base of operations shows as 479 to 497 Case Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio and 1115 Olive Street, St Louis, Montana USA on some 1884 and other Victorian trade cards and 1885 envelopes traded on eBay.

Grace Cooper, in her book "The Sewing Machine: Its Invention and Development", lists a "Leader Sewing Machine Company" of Springfield, Massachusetts, with earliest known record of operation being 1882, and ending by 1888.

The A. G. Mason Manufacturing Company manufactured a sewing machine designated the "Leader" amongst others in their line up of Florence, Crown and New Century, there is no known connection to the Leader Sewing Machine Company.

Later, overlockers were made under the Leader brand though they may have been made at a different company to the first one.  At least some of the overlockers including a 4 thread model (DC-647) were shipped from China.

See also
 List of sewing machine brands

References

External links
Sewing Machine Reviews & Guide

Sewing machine brands
Stralpes Aéro ST-11. 

The Stralpes Aéro ST-11 is a French single-seat club-class sailplane designed by Christian Brondel and built by Stralpes Aéro of Challes-les-Eaux.

Design and development
The ST-11 is a cantilever mid-wing monoplane with a cruciform tail and the prototype first flew on 29 August 1982. The landing gear is a fixed semi-recessed monowheel gear and a tailskid, the enclosed single-seat cockpit has a one-piece canopy.

ST-11M Minimus
A powered motor-glider version.

Specifications

See also

References

1980s French sailplanes
Glider aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1982
Rotax 462. The Rotax 462 is a , two-cylinder, two-stroke aircraft engine, derived from a snowmobile engine. It was built by Rotax of Austria for use in ultralight aircraft.

Applications
Guerpont Autoplum
Huntwing 462LC
Platzer Motte
Sky-Walker 1+1

Specifications (462)

See also

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links
https://www.rotax-owner.com/pdf/HISTORICAL_RepairManual(1994)462-532-582UL.pdf

Air-cooled aircraft piston engines
Rotax engines
Two-stroke aircraft piston engines
LO 120 S. The LO 120 S is a German parasol-wing, pusher configuration, open-cockpit, two-seats in tandem motor glider that was designed and produced by LO-Fluggerätebau. When it was available it was supplied as a kit for amateur construction and meets European microlight rules.

Design and development
The LO 120 S is of unusual design. The fuselage resembles that of an ultralight trike, but instead of a hang glider flexible wing, it mounts a rigid, straight wing with a span of  in the motor glider role, with optional shorter wings for powered cross country flying. Unlike conventional trikes, the aircraft has a tail, of twin-boom configuration with an inverted v-tail. Later models enclosed and faired the cockpit into the wing, making it a high-wing aircraft.

The LO 120 S is of mixed construction, using plywood, metal and composite materials. The specified engine is the Hirth 2704 of  mounted behind the cockpit as a pusher powerplant. The landing gear is tricycle gear.

Specifications (LO 120 S)

See also

References

External links

Photos of LO 120 S
Photo of an LO 120 S

1990s German sailplanes
Homebuilt aircraft
Motor gliders
High-wing aircraft
Single-engined pusher aircraft
CSS Phoenix. CSS  Phoenix was a Confederate ironclad floating battery built at Selma, Alabama, from 1863 to 1864.

Huntsville
Phoenix was built at the Confederate Naval Works at Selma in 1863 and launched in March 1864.  She was severely damaged during the launching and subsequently could not be used as a warship.  She was brought to Mobile and scuttled by Confederate forces at the Dog River Bar in Mobile Bay on August 7, 1864.  She was blown up a few nights later by Union sailors from the .  The Confederates then burned her to the waterline.  The wreck was located in 1985 and was determined to be well preserved.

References

Bibliography
 
 

Ironclad floating batteries of the Confederate States Navy
Alabama in the American Civil War
Ships built in Selma, Alabama
1864 ships
Shipwrecks of the American Civil War
Shipwrecks of the Alabama coast
Shipwrecks in rivers
Scuttled vessels
Ship fires
Maritime incidents in August 1864
Buddha Air Flight 103. On 25 September 2011, Buddha Air Flight 103, a Beechcraft 1900D commuter aircraft, crashed near Lalitpur, Nepal, while attempting to land in poor weather at nearby Kathmandu Airport. All 19 passengers and crew on board were killed. The aircraft, operated by Buddha Air, was on a sightseeing flight to Mount Everest.

Aircraft

The aircraft was a 19-seat Beechcraft 1900D twin-engine turboprop airliner; it was thirteen years old and registered in Nepal as 9N-AEK. Initial investigations revealed that the aircraft was being operated under VFR (Visual Flight Rules); and two minutes before it was due to land it entered clouds and crashed at 5400 feet. Air traffic controllers and members of the investigation team claim the reason for the crash was pilot error.

Passengers
The sixteen passengers included ten Indian nationals, one Japanese, two Americans and three Nepalese.

References

External links
 
 Buddha Air

Aviation accidents and incidents in 2011
Accidents and incidents involving the Beechcraft 1900
Aviation accidents and incidents in Nepal
2011 in Nepal
September 2011 events in Asia
2011 disasters in Nepal
India–Nepal relations
Henry Marsh (rugby union). Henry Marsh was a rugby union international who represented England in 1873.

Early life
Henry Marsh was born on 8 September 1850 in Ireland, the third son of Francis Marsh, a J. P. of Spring Mount, Queen's County. He attended Kingstown School, Ireland and went on to study at Royal Indian Engineering College at Cooper's Hill. He was there from 1871 to 1874 and obtained 1st class honours in Mathematics.

Career
After obtaining his 1st class honours in Mathematics, Marsh joined the India Public Works Department as an Assistant Engineer in 1874. He became an Executive Engineer in 1881; rising to a Super-intending Engineer in 1897 and Chief Engineer and Secretary, in 1901. He became a member of the Member, Legislative Council, Uttar Pradesh from 1903 to 1905 and was eventually Secretary to Government (Irrigation Branch). His work in conjunction with the development of Irrigation in the Ganges and Jumna systems led to his being thanked by the Government of Uttar Pradesh He was later re-employed by the Government of India as Consulting Engineer for Irrigation in Central India.

Among his publications were: Some Indirect Benefits of Irrigation not generally recognised and Protection of Irrigation; Investigations in Central India.

He retired to England, becoming a member of the East India United Service Club.

Rugby union career
Marsh made his international debut on 3 March 1873 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow in the Scotland vs England match.

References

1850 births
1939 deaths
English rugby union players
England international rugby union players
Rugby union forwards
RIE College RFC players
British people in colonial India
Alumni of the Royal Indian Engineering College
Kieger AK3. The Kieger AK3 is conventionally laid out single engine, tractor configuration, low wing two seat light aircraft built in France from 2006.  At least two have flown.

Design and development
The AK3 is the third two-seat, single engine, low wing design from André Kieger.  It is produced by Junkers Profly France and is alternatively known as the Junkers Profly Junka UL.  The wing has a single spar with a plywood leading edge and a false spar for the mounting of ailerons and flaps. Production aircraft have small winglets.  Each wing is fixed to the fuselage with a pair of sailplane style pins for rapid demounting.  The fuselage is built around four longerons, giving it a square lower section; the upper fuselage is rounded and merges into the line of the large perspex canopy over the side-by-side seating. The tailplane is mounted on top of the fuselage and the fin is swept; both are plywood structures.  There are horn balances on elevators and rudder.

The AK3 is powered by a 58.8 kW (78.9 hp) Rotax 912 UL four cylinder horizontally opposed engine, housed in the nose under a carbon fibre cowling and driving a three blade propeller.  It has a tricycle undercarriage, with glass/carcon fibre laminate cantilever spring main legs mounted onto the fuselage and a trailing link nose wheel on a forward angled cantilever leg. The mainwheels have hydraulic brakes and all wheels are faired.

Operational history
The AK3 had its first public showing at the Blois RSA meeting in August 2006. By then it had flown for more than 10 hours.  At that time production by Junkers Profly was planned at three a month; one at least had been built by the end of 2007 but current rates are unclear.

The aircraft is marketed as the Junkers Profly France Junka UL.

Specifications

References

External links
Official website

2000s French sport aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 2006
Industrialna (Kyiv Light Rail). Industrialna () is a station on the Kyiv Light Rail in Ukraine. It was opened in 1977.

History
On October 12 2008 section Politekhnichna - Ivana Lepse was closed for reconstruction.

On October 16, 2010, the station was opened for several hours, but then closed again due to unpreparedness of the underpass. Reopened to passengers on October 24, 2010. After opening, repair works continued at the station, and by December 2010, cover was installed over the platforms and entrances to the underpasses.

References

External links
 

Kyiv Light Rail stations
Railway stations in Ukraine opened in 1977
Istanbul Technical University Control and Automation Student Society. The Control and Automation Student Society is a non-profit, non-governmental, non-political student society established in 2004, formed by ITU, mostly from Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering students. It has more than 600 members in both Electrical and Electronics Faculty as well as Astronautics and Aeronautics Faculty, Science and Letters Faculty and others.

Organizations

	The primary organization that is organized by Istanbul Technical University Control and Automation Student Society is ITU Robotic Olympics (ITURO). While ITURO is celebrating its 6th year in 2011, ongoing mission of gathering robotic enthusiasts together, and hosting a huge number of competitors, audience and media. Istanbul Technical University Control and Automation Student Society was one of the organizers of Automatic Control National Conference in cooperate with Turkish National Committee of Automatic Control (TOK) in 2008. In 2010, OTOKON was also organized ICM (International Conference of Mechatronics) which is held by IEEE. For this cooperation and organization OTOKON has received an award from IEEE. In 2011, OTOKON nominated for best Student Society by ITU Student Societies Association.

Awards

Society's members have participated in inter-disciplinary projects that are held in ITU. Notable examples are; our members have won CanSat Competition that was held by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics(AIAA) and American Astronomical Society(AAS) in United States, also they won Board of European Students of Technology's competition of engineering in Turkey, nominated for 3rd position in the Solar Splash Competition with Solar powered boat, as well as participate in the solar powered car (ARIBA), hydrogen powered car (HYDROBEE) projects. Furthermore, they enroll in the many international competitions like; RoboCup, Euroskills, Worldskills and Imagine Cup.

See also
 Istanbul Technical University, One of the leading Technical University of Turkey
 ITU IEEE Student Branch, Similar Student Society in ITU

References

External links
 OTOKON Website
 OTOKON Member Forum
 ITURO Website
 Istanbul Technical University Website 

Student organizations established in 2004
Student organizations in Turkey
Engineering societies based in Turkey
Concrete furniture. The versatility of concrete has led to its appearance in numerous non-traditional formats such as furniture, sculpture and art.

Due to improved setting and molding techniques, it is now possible to create more sophisticated shaped furniture using concrete. The added durability of concrete means they can be placed indoors or outdoors, leading to many being located in local parks and community areas.

Concrete furniture design is evolving rapidly and cement furniture is making an appearance inside the contemporary home. Cast concrete counters in the kitchen are one thing but furniture designers are bringing the material into the home in a very modern way.

History
Recent discoveries show that concrete has been used in Mesopotamia and Ancient Rome over 4,000 years ago. However, the application of concrete in interior design and furniture started much later, in the beginning of the 20th century. Thomas Edison is known as a pioneer of concrete development, and the first person to predict the use of concrete furniture. His company Edison Portland Cement Company combined ore milling technologies to develop more durable cement for construction of concrete houses and large building blocks. Edison created concrete phonograph cabinets and proposed the making of concrete musical instruments, refrigerators, and furniture.

Interior concrete furniture
Most use cases of concrete are for exterior purposes however there are many companies that also provide interior furniture as well. The largest disadvantage of adding concrete inside of a property is the weight of the furniture piece. The advantages are amazing durability and unmatchable aesthetics. Interior pieces are generally created by building a form in the shape and design that you're looking for. The potential style, size, and design of the concrete piece are limited to individuals that create and design the mold. Many people love incorporating concrete in their bathrooms with concrete top vanities that have integrated sinks. There are also beautifully designed kitchens that have large concrete islands or dining tables.

Example designers

Some example designers who create concrete furniture are Nico Yektai, Peter Harrison, Joël Urruty and Douglas Thayer.

References

Furniture
Rassa Railroad. The Rassa Railroad was a horse-drawn tramroad in south Wales, running between Sirhowy Ironworks and Beaufort Ironworks, with connections also to the Trefil Rail Road and the Ebbw Vale Ironworks.  It was later served with a tram engine.

History

The Rassa Railroad opened in 1794 as an edge railway of approximately  gauge. It was laid out by Thomas Dadford, engineer of the Monmouthshire Canal Co., which owned the line. After a few years it was converted to a  gauge plateway. A tram engine was used on the route from 1829.  At some point the owner of the Rhymney Ironworks also secured running rights over the Rassa line.

Route
The railway ran for , directly north from Sirhowy then east through the village of Rassau to Beaufort. At Trevil Machine (location of a weighing machine), where the line turned sharply to the east, a junction was made with the Trefil Rail Road from the limestone quarries at Trefil. A further junction with the Trefil line at Shop Row led to the Ebbw Vale Ironworks at Pont-y-Gof.  There was at least one viaduct.  Sirhowy was also served by the Sirhowy continuation of the Nine Mile Point Tramroad.

The recommended carrying weight was up to 45 hundredweight per set of wheels, but loadings of up to 3 tons of iron were noted.  Other materials carried included coal and limestone.

Today
The former tramroad lies within Blaenau Gwent, now passing communities such as Rassau, Carmeltown and Glyncoed.  The former tramroad permanent way is represented now by areas of tarmac and pathways.  There is at least one surviving stone bridge.

References
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Horse-drawn railways
Industrial railways in Wales
Railway lines opened in 1794
1794 establishments in Great Britain
Transport in Blaenau Gwent
Transport in Monmouthshire
Lucas L-6A. The Lucas L-6A, also called the L6A, is a French low-wing, two-seats in tandem motor glider that was designed by Emile Lucas of Lagny-le-Sec in the form of plans for amateur construction.

Design and development
The L-6A was developed as a motor glider version of the Lucas L6 light aircraft.

The L-6A is of all-metal construction. The  span wing can be folded for ground transportation or storage and the wing tips are removable. The landing gear is of a retractable conventional landing gear configuration. The recommended engines are the Lycoming O-235 of  or the Limbach L2000 of .

The L-6A was only available as plans and no kits or completed aircraft were factory-made. The plans cost US$400 in 2002 and at that time two examples were reported complete and flying. The construction time is estimated as 4000 hours.

Specifications (L-6A)

See also

References

External links

Image of L-6A

1990s French sailplanes
Homebuilt aircraft
L-6A
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Motor gliders
Low-wing aircraft