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United States Army Aviation Museum. The United States Army Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located on Fort Novosel near Daleville, Alabama. It has the largest collection of helicopters held by a museum in the world. The museum features some 50 aircraft on public display with aviation artifacts ranging from a replica of the Wright brothers' Model B military biplane to an RAH-66 Comanche. The museum has over 160 aircraft in its collection and holds 3,000 historical items.

History
The museum announced plans to raise money to build a new structure to replace the wooden buildings in which it was housed in 1977.

The museum broke ground on a new building called the William A. Howell Training Support Facility in November 2019, which will not be open to the public. The new building opened on 12 April 2024.

Collection

World War I aircraft

Fixed-wing aircraft

Helicopters

Other notable aircraft

Sources: US Army Aviation Museum collection pages

See also
List of aerospace museums
List of museums in Alabama
Southern Museum of Flight
National Museum of the United States Air Force
National Naval Aviation Museum

References

 Phillips, Cody R. A Guide to U.S. Army Museums, DIANE Publishing, 1992. .
 Purner, John. 101 Best Aviation Attractions. McGraw-Hill, 2004. .

External links

 
 US Army Aviation Museum page  on IPMSSantaRosa.org

Aviation
Aerospace museums in Alabama
Museums in Dale County, Alabama
Military and war museums in Alabama
Helicopter museums
Fort Novosel
SET 10. 

The SET 10 (unrelated to the SET X design of the same year) was a trainer aircraft produced in Romania in prototype form in the early 1930s. It was a conventional, single-bay biplane with staggered wings braced with N-struts. It was equipped with fixed tailskid undercarriage, and seated the pilot and instructor in tandem, open cockpits. Intended for Romania's aeroclubs and Air Force, no production ensued.

In 1934 the SET 10 was advertised for club trainer use with a  Walter Mars I nine-cylinder radial engine. This gave it a top speed of .

Specifications (Walter mars engine)

References

Further reading

External links

 Photos and drawing at Уголок неба
 Aviatia magazine website 

1930s Romanian civil trainer aircraft
1930s Romanian military trainer aircraft
S10
World Bank Development Marketplace Award. The World Bank Development Marketplace (DM) Award is a competitive grant program administered by the World Bank. Since 1998, the DM has awarded more than $46 million to some 1,000 early-stage, innovative projects worldwide.

Projects are selected based on:
 Innovation
 Potential for Growth
 Visible benefits
 Realism
 Sustainability

Development Marketplace Award winners 
 2000: Roundabout PlayPump.
 2003: "HotPot" solar oven by Solar Household Energy, Inc. (SHE) and Fondo Mexicano para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza (FMCN).
 2003: Kanchan Arsenic Filter Project for Rural Nepal. See also Amy B. Smith.
 2004: Scojo Foundation for Reading Glasses for the Poor in India.
 2005: Solar Tuki
 2007: Small portable "Weza" electric generator for rural Rwanda.
 2008: UV Bucket for killing bacteria in water in rural Mexico, by Florence Cassassuce.

Full Listings 
 Winners of 2000 Development Marketplace
 Winners of 2002 Development Marketplace
 Winners of 2003 Development Marketplace
 Winners of 2005 Development Marketplace
 Winners of 2006 Development Marketplace

See also

 List of economics awards

References 
World Bank Development Marketplace site
HotPot

Awards established in 1998
World Bank
Economic development awards
Sustainable business
Robert L. Van Antwerp Jr.. Lieutenant General Robert L. Van Antwerp Jr. M.Sc. M.B.A. PE (born January 27, 1950) is an American man who was the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Early life
He was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan.

Military career
Van Antwerp graduated from the United States Military Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1972, where he was First Captain of Cadets. He completed Ranger, Airborne and Air Assault training and the Engineer Officer Basic and Advanced Courses. He holds a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan and a Master of Business Administration degree from Long Island University in New York. He is a Registered Professional Engineer.  He served for a number of years as President of Officer's Christian Fellowship. One of Van Antwerp's greatest assets is his phenomenal memory.

Van Antwerp's previous assignment was as Commanding General, U.S. Army Accessions Command and Deputy Commanding General for Initial Military Training at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Additionally, Van Antwerp exercised Department of the Army directed executive agent authority over the United States Military Entrance Processing Command. Command assignments include CO, 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) during the Gulf War; U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center and Fort Leonard Wood/Commandant, U.S. Army Engineer School; CO, Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during the Northridge earthquake of 1994; CG, South Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Atlanta, Georgia.

Other assignments include Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management, Washington, DC; Director, Office of Competitive Sourcing, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development and Acquisition), Washington, DC; Executive Assistant to the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, DC; Executive Office, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Washington, D.C.; Chief, Military Engineering and Construction Division, U.S. Army Western Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii; Executive Officer, 84th Engineer Battalion, 45th General Support Group, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; and Instructor, Department of Mechanics, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York.

Later life
After retiring from military service, he joined the Board of Directors for the Michael Baker Corporation.  He resigned from the board in March 2012 citing a potential conflict of interest.

References

External links

 September 2008 interview with Lt. Gen. Van Antwerp at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library

Living people
United States Army generals
United States Military Academy alumni
University of Michigan College of Engineering alumni
1950 births
United States Army Corps of Engineers personnel
People from Benton Harbor, Michigan
Long Island University alumni
Military personnel from Michigan
Therminol. Therminol is a synthetic heat transfer fluid produced by Eastman Chemical Company.

Therminol fluids are used in a variety of applications, including:
 Hydrocarbon processing (oil and gas, refining, asphalt, gas-to-liquid, etc.)
 Alternative energy and technologies (concentrated solar power, biofuel, organic Rankine cycle, desalination, etc.)
 Plastics processing
 Chemical processing (pharmaceutical, environmental test chambers, etc.)
 Food and beverage processing
 Heat transfer system maintenance

Prior to 1997, Therminol fluids were sold in Europe under the trade names SantoTherm and GiloTherm. Since 1997, all forms of Therminol fluid have been sold with the Therminol name and extension to define its uses.

Therminol Products From Eastman Chemical Company 

 Therminol 55 Heat Transfer Fluid
 Therminol 59 Heat Transfer Fluid
 Therminol FF (Flush Fluid)
 Therminol 66 (Heat Transfer Fluid)
 Therminol D-12 (Thermal Fluid)
 Therminol LT ( Head Transfer Fluid)

History 
Therminol heat transfer fluids were developed in 1963 by Monsanto. In 1997, the chemical businesses of Monsanto were spun off to form a new company called Solutia Inc. In 2012, Solutia was acquired by Eastman Chemical Company.

Polychlorinated biphenyl in Therminol
Prior to 1971, Monsanto marketed a series of polychlorinated biphenyl-(PCB)-containing heat transfer fluids designated as Therminol FR series in the United States and Santotherm FR series in Europe. FR series Therminol heat transfer fluids contained PCBs, which imparted fire resistance. Monsanto voluntarily ceased sales of these fluids in 1971. No form of Therminol heat transfer fluids have contained PCBs since that time. Polychlorinated biphenyl was banned by the United States Congress in 1979 and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2001.

References

Transport phenomena
Heat transfer
Kelly tool. The Kelly tool is a tool used in fire and rescue service for forcible entry and other prying and striking tasks. The predecessor of the Halligan bar, it has largely been superseded by the latter, but still sees some use.

Design and uses

The Kelly tool is named after its designer, Captain John F. Kelly of H&L Company 163 (FDNY). It consists of a straight steel bar, generally about 28 inches long. One end is formed into a chisel; the opposite end has a 90 degree adze. The primary advantage over the claw tool it replaced is that the striking end (the adze) is in a straight line with the rest of the tool; on the claw tool the corresponding end was curved into a hook with no flat surfaces.

The Kelly tool was intended specifically for opening doors and other barriers. Modern versions often are modified along the lines of the Halligan bar, especially at the chisel end. Originally the chisel blade was flat and straight; more recently it has tended to take on a curved and forked form, similar to the claw of a carpenter's hammer. There are similar tools referred to generically as "Kelly tools", but in general they are variations on the original form.

References
 

Firefighter tools
SET XV. 

The SET XV was a fighter aircraft developed in Romania in the mid-1930s. It was a conventional single-bay biplane with staggered wings of unequal span braced by N-struts. It was fitted with fixed tailwheel undercarriage with spatted mainwheels. The cockpit was fully enclosed, and the engine was fitted with a NACA cowl. Construction throughout was fabric-covered metal.

The SET XV was developed to compete for a Romanian Air Force contract for a new fighter. However, before evaluation had even seriously begun, the Polish PZL P.11 was already selected as the winner amidst various claims of impropriety. The sole SET XV prototype was purchased by Ministerul Armatei and assigned to aerobatic training. It was retired from service in 1940, following an accident.

Specifications (SET XV)

References

Further reading

External links
 Уголок неба
 Aviatia magazine website 

1930s Romanian fighter aircraft
S15
SET 3. 

The SET 3 was a military trainer aircraft developed in Romania in the late 1920s. It was a conventional single-bay biplane with unstaggered wings of equal span. It was equipped with fixed tailskid undercarriage, and the pilot and instructor sat in tandem, open cockpits. The design was submitted to the Romanian Air Force for consideration, and elicited sufficient interest to result in an order for two prototypes to be placed. Upon delivery, one of the aircraft was used for flight tests, while the other was tested on the ground. After nearly a year, an order for 10 aircraft was placed, which were delivered to the air force's pilot training school at Tecuci. The new trainer soon found recognition, flown by SET chief test pilot Gheorghe Stefanescu to first place in the aerobatics competition at the 1929 Romanian national aviation meet, and by Lt Octav Oculeanu to win the Aviator Mircea Zorileanu Cup at Bucharest later that year.

In December 1930, the air force placed an order for 20 more aircraft in two slightly different batches. Ten were to be essentially similar to the SET 3 but feature various refinements including a redesigned undercarriage, and another ten similar to these but armed with machine guns for pilot and observer.

Apart from these standard production models, a number of "one-off" aircraft were developed, including the 41 and 41S - a night-flying trainer and a combat-trainer respectively. Ionel Ghica flew the special 31G named Foisor on a long-distance flight from Bucharest to Saigon between 30 March and 16 April 1932, covering  in 2 days, 14 hours, and 25 minutes. In another feat, Locotenent-comandor Gheorghe Banciulescu, who had two wooden legs, flew the 41R on a  tour of 15 European countries over nine days.

Variants
SET 3original trainer version with
SET 31refined version with divided undercarriage
SET 31G("Ghica") long-distance version for Ionel Ghica
SET 4armed reconnaissance version
SET 41night-trainer
SET 41R("Record") long-distance version for Gheorghe Banciulescu to fly with prosthetics
SET 41S("Special")

Operators

Royal Romanian Air Force

Specifications (SET 31)

References

 
 Уголок неба
 Aviatia magazine website

1920s Romanian military trainer aircraft
S03
Schleicher ASW 17. The Schleicher ASW 17 is a single-seat Open Class sailplane that was built by the German manufacturer Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co and first flew in 1971. It replaced the ASW 12, and was replaced in 1981 by the ASW 22.

Design and development
The ASW 17 was designed by Gerhard Waibel, supposedly as a development of the Schleicher ASW 12, but was an entirely new design. The wing is in four sections. The camber-changing flaps are connected to the ailerons. It has Schempp-Hirth airbrakes plus an optional tail parachute. It first flew on 17 July 1971 and 55 were built before production stopped in 1976.

The ASW17 was succeeded by the ASW22.

Variants
In addition to the regular ASW 17, there is an ASW 17S which was a 21-metre span version built in 1973 but this was later reduced to 20m.  The ASW 17X was also a single aircraft that was built in 1976 with 19-metre span. One other was modified to 23 metres after production.

Competition history
ASW 17s came second in the World Gliding Championships in 1972, third in 1974. George Lee won in 1976 and in 1978 in an ASW 17.  Hans-Werner Grosse broke several world records in his ASW 17 including: the record goal flight at 1,231 km in 1974, the triangular distance record 1,063 km in 1977  and then again at 1,306.9 km, and the 1,250 km speed triangle at 133.24 km/h in 1980. Karl Striedeck broke another record by a flight of 1,634.7 km out and return in 1977 in an ASW 17.

Specifications (ASW 17)

See also

References
 Gliders and Sailplanes of the World by Michael Hardy – Ian Allan Ltd 1982 
 Sailplanes 1965–2000 by Martin Simons – Eqip

External links

Sailplane directory

1970s German sailplanes
Schleicher aircraft
Shoulder-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1971
Festo. Festo is a German automation company based in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany. Festo produces and sells pneumatic and electrical control systems and drive technology for factories and process automation. Festo Didactic also offers industrial education and consultation services and is one of the sponsors and partners of the WorldSkills Mechatronics Competitions. Sales subsidiaries, distribution centres and factories of Festo are located in 61 countries worldwide. The company was named after its founders Albert Fezer and Gottlieb Stoll.

Animal robots

Festo is known for making moving robots that move like animals, such as the seagull-like SmartBird, jellyfish, butterflies and the BionicKangaroo. In 2018 they also added a flying fox and a rolling spider to the list. Festo calls their Bionic Flying Fox an “ultra-lightweight flying object with intelligent kinematics.”

See also
 Robotino

References

External links
 Bloomberg profile
 Official website
 Official website Festo Didactic
 Festo GB (UK) Website
 Festo US Website

Engineering companies of Germany
Robotics companies of Germany
Manufacturing companies established in 1925
Companies based in Baden-Württemberg
1925 establishments in Germany
German brands
Danish Automobile Building. Danish Automobile Building (DAB) (Danish: Dansk Automobil Byggeri A/S) was a Danish bus manufacturer based in Silkeborg. It was in existence from 1912 until 2002.

DAB was founded in 1912 in Silkeborg by a Mr. J.W.Darr, a German. Starting as a truck maker, the company moved into mounting bus bodies on truck chassis, such as Audi, Krupp, and Büssing-NAG. DAB became a mainstream bus builder through the World Wars.

In 1953 DAB started collaborating with Leyland Motors of Great Britain and as a result DAB used Leyland components for many of its buses, commonly building bodies on Leyland chassis, although they still bodied buses on different chassis as needs arose. In the 1970s Leyland bought a majority stake in DAB and renamed the factory Leyland-DAB, DAB also built buses on Leyland underframes, some for import into the UK, such as the Leyland-DAB Lion and Guy Arab.

From 1964, DAB built a standardized bus, mainly for Copenhagen. These buses fell into 7 distinct models and went on to be sold to other private companies in Denmark until the model VII well into the 1990s. DAB's buses were alloy-bodied and of modular construction. In the 1980s DAB also started making articulated buses, producing the Leyland-DAB articulated bus. This saw domestic usage, and was the first articulated bus in the United Kingdom, albeit with limited repeat orders.

With the decline of Leyland, the Leyland DAB division was included in the 1987 sale of Leyland Bus to Volvo. In 1990 DAB went on to be a participant in the United Bus venture, with DAF Bus, Bova, Den Oudsten and Optare, with United Bus holding 70% of the shares of DAB. With the failure of the United venture, DAB became a wholly Danish owned factory again.

In the 1990s with the move to low-floor buses, DAB developed a new concept, the Travelator, later sold as the Servicebus. This was a full low floor short bus with the doors being placed behind the front wheels, in a similar concept to the later Optare Solo. Unusually the rear wheels could be specified as steering single wheels. The model was popular, gaining several export orders.

Scania took over the factory in 1995, the DAB models were initially continued. In 1997 DAB Silkeborg was renamed Scania A/B, Silkeborg. In 1999 production of in house DAB's by now more conventional low floor full length buses was discontinued, in favour of becoming one of two sites building Scania's own models, the OmniLink and OmniCity, the other site being Katrineholm in Sweden. Due to low order levels, Scania sold the factory to Vest Busscar of Norway in 2002, ending the DAB name.

References

 busexplorer.com Chapter 18: Danish Bus Builders, 4.1. DAB

Bus manufacturers of Denmark
Defunct companies of Denmark
Danish companies established in 1912
Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association. The Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association (FEMA) is a trade body for fire protection providers, based in Cleveland, Ohio.

History
Founded in 1930, the Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association is an international, non-profit trade association dedicated to manufacturing commercial fire protection equipment to serve as the first line of defense against fire in its early stages. The association centers its efforts around the premise that safety to life is best achieved through the implementation of a "balanced fire protection design" – a concept in which a proactive safety plan does not rely on any single safeguard.

The Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association works in conjunction with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), International Code Council, local, state,  and national officials to advance positive fire and building codes and laws; and with Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. regarding relevant safety standards.

Divisions
The Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association is organized into three divisions:
 Interior Equipment/Standpipefire hose
 Portable fire extinguisher
 Pre-engineered fire suppression system

Member companies work in smaller product-specific teams, as well as collectively, to impact industry issues and outcomes.

See also
 Life Safety Code
 National Fire Protection Association

References

External links

International trade associations
Fire prevention
Fire protection organizations
Leyland-DAB articulated bus. The Leyland-DAB articulated bus is an articulated bus that was manufactured by Leyland-DAB in Denmark. The Leyland-DAB artic found customers in Denmark, and was the first modern style  articulated bus in the United Kingdom, albeit with limited repeat orders.

Leyland, being a mainly British manufacturer, had also had an overseas manufacturing interest in the Danish manufacturer Danish Automobile Building (DAB) since 1953, which used a number of Leyland parts in its own bus models. As a continental manufacturer, it had developed its own articulated bus model as an alternative to Volvo's articulated chassis. These were built with two body designs.

National body type

The first models of 1979 were based on the Leyland National, but were powered by a Saurer 240 bhp underfloor engine and Allison fully-automatic transmission instead of the Leyland components. Other parts like the axles and the steering mechanism were also from Leyland.

Four of these buses saw extended trials in the United Kingdom with the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, (SYPTE) and were demonstrated with other UK operators, with seven purchased by British Airways.

DAB body type
Later deliveries from 1985 employed all Leyland components again, but with DAB designed bodies. This bus saw use in Denmark. In the UK, SYPTE bought 13 in 1985.

Australia
In 1980, Australian operator Darwin Bus Service had a Leyland-DAB bodied by Pressed Metal Corporation South Australia.

References

Further reading
Chapter 18: Danish Bus Builders, 4.1. DAB Bus Explorer
The Bending Bus Chesterfield Bus Society

External links

Articulated buses
Articulated
Analog Dialogue. Analog Dialogue is a technical magazine published by Analog Devices (ADI). It is a forum for the exchange of information related to circuits, systems, and software for real-world signal processing. It discusses products, applications, technology, and techniques for analog, digital, and mixed-signal processing, serving as a gateway to ADI’s technology. Analog Dialogue is published monthly on the Web, and featured technical articles are compiled in quarterly print editions. The headquarters of the magazine is in Norwood, Massachusetts. The current editor-in-chief is Bernhard Siegel.

History
Published continually since 1967, Analog Dialogue is the longest-running in-house publication in the electronics industry. Its online version, published since 1999, includes articles written by design, applications, and marketing engineers at Analog Devices. Subject matter includes tutorials, technology, applications, and other information about products for analog, digital, and mixed-signal processing; information on new products, hyperlinked to data sheets and other information; and a potpourri section with links to other information, mostly on the ADI website.

The online archives provide access to every article beginning with Volume 1, Number 1, first published in 1967. The articles can be accessed by volume and by author.

On February 1, 2013, Dan Sheingold retired after 44 years as editor of Analog Dialogue. He took over the post in 1969. Replacing him was Scott Wayne who served as publisher and managing editor until 2015.

In October 2016, the magazine added a StudentZone section with resources aimed at engineering students.

References

External links
  Analog Dialogue

1967 establishments in Massachusetts
Quarterly magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1967
Magazines published in Massachusetts
Science and technology magazines published in the United States