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Putting Tips: Putting Technique
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Putting Tips: what to look for in a good putting technique and how control the golf ball through fast or slow breaks. If you want to dramatically improve your golf swing in 10 days visit PerfectConnectionGolfSwing.com for more free golf tips
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Trial Island Gulls
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A few nice golf tips images I found:
Trial Island Gulls
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Trial Island is visible off the South-eastern tip of Vancouver Island. It has a ighthouse and some scrubby vegetation. Mostly a big rock. Legend has it, a lighthouse keeper back in the day had a cow on the island, but it kept looking longingly at the luscious grass of Victoria Golf Club, which is clearly visible from the Island, and repeatedly attempted to swim to greener pastures.
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Boeing 367-80 (prototype 707, first jet airliner), and De Havilland Canada DHC-1A Chipmunk Pennzoil Special
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De Havilland originally designed the Chipmunk after World War II as a primary trainer to replace the venerable Tiger Moth. Among the tens of thousands of pilots who trained in or flew the Chipmunk for pleasure was veteran aerobatic and movie pilot Art Scholl. He flew his Pennzoil Special at air shows throughout the 1970s and early ’80s, thrilling audiences with his skill and showmanship and proving that the design was a top-notch aerobatic aircraft.
Art Scholl purchased the DHC-1A in 1968. He modified it to a single-seat airplane with a shorter wingspan and larger vertical fin and rudder, and made other changes to improve its performance. Scholl was a three-time member of the U.S. Aerobatic Team, an air racer, and a movie and television stunt pilot. At air shows, he often flew with his dog Aileron on his shoulder or taxied with him standing on the wing.
Gift of the Estate of Arthur E. Scholl
Manufacturer:
Pilot:
Date:
1946
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Dimensions:
Wingspan: 9.4 m (31 ft)
Length: 7.9 m (26 ft)
Height: 2.1 m (7 ft 1 in)
Weight, empty: 717 kg (1,583 lb)
Weight, gross: 906 kg (2,000 lb)
Top speed: 265 km/h (165 mph)
Engine: Lycoming GO-435, 260 hp
Materials:
Overall: Aluminum Monocoque Physical Description:Single-engine monoplane. Lycoming GO-435, 260 hp engine.
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On July 15, 1954, a graceful, swept-winged aircraft, bedecked in brown and yellow paint and powered by four revolutionary new engines first took to the sky above Seattle. Built by the Boeing Aircraft Company, the 367-80, better known as the Dash 80, would come to revolutionize commercial air transportation when its developed version entered service as the famous Boeing 707, America’s first jet airliner.
In the early 1950s, Boeing had begun to study the possibility of creating a jet-powered military transport and tanker to complement the new generation of Boeing jet bombers entering service with the U.S. Air Force. When the Air Force showed no interest, Boeing invested million of its own capital to build a prototype jet transport in a daring gamble that the airlines and the Air Force would buy it once the aircraft had flown and proven itself. As Boeing had done with the B-17, it risked the company on one roll of the dice and won.
Boeing engineers had initially based the jet transport on studies of improved designs of the Model 367, better known to the public as the C-97 piston-engined transport and aerial tanker. By the time Boeing progressed to the 80th iteration, the design bore no resemblance to the C-97 but, for security reasons, Boeing decided to let the jet project be known as the 367-80.
Work proceeded quickly after the formal start of the project on May 20, 1952. The 367-80 mated a large cabin based on the dimensions of the C-97 with the 35-degree swept-wing design based on the wings of the B-47 and B-52 but considerably stiffer and incorporating a pronounced dihedral. The wings were mounted low on the fuselage and incorporated high-speed and low-speed ailerons as well as a sophisticated flap and spoiler system. Four Pratt & Whitney JT3 turbojet engines, each producing 10,000 pounds of thrust, were mounted on struts beneath the wings.
Upon the Dash 80′s first flight on July 15, 1954, (the 34th anniversary of the founding of the Boeing Company) Boeing clearly had a winner. Flying 100 miles per hour faster than the de Havilland Comet and significantly larger, the new Boeing had a maximum range of more than 3,500 miles. As hoped, the Air Force bought 29 examples of the design as a tanker/transport after they convinced Boeing to widen the design by 12 inches. Satisfied, the Air Force designated it the KC-135A. A total of 732 KC-135s were built.
Quickly Boeing turned its attention to selling the airline industry on this new jet transport. Clearly the industry was impressed with the capabilities of the prototype 707 but never more so than at the Gold Cup hydroplane races held on Lake Washington in Seattle, in August 1955. During the festivities surrounding this event, Boeing had gathered many airline representatives to enjoy the competition and witness a fly past of the new Dash 80. To the audience’s intense delight and Boeing’s profound shock, test pilot Alvin "Tex" Johnston barrel-rolled the Dash 80 over the lake in full view of thousands of astonished spectators. Johnston vividly displayed the superior strength and performance of this new jet, readily convincing the airline industry to buy this new airliner.
In searching for a market, Boeing found a ready customer in Pan American Airway’s president Juan Trippe. Trippe had been spending much of his time searching for a suitable jet airliner to enable his pioneering company to maintain its leadership in international air travel. Working with Boeing, Trippe overcame Boeing’s resistance to widening the Dash-80 design, now known as the 707, to seat six passengers in each seat row rather than five. Trippe did so by placing an order with Boeing for 20 707s but also ordering 25 of Douglas’s competing DC-8, which had yet to fly but could accommodate six-abreast seating. At Pan Am’s insistence, the 707 was made four inches wider than the Dash 80 so that it could carry 160 passengers six-abreast. The wider fuselage developed for the 707 became the standard design for all of Boeing’s subsequent narrow-body airliners.
Although the British de Havilland D.H. 106 Comet and the Soviet Tupolev Tu-104 entered service earlier, the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 were bigger, faster, had greater range, and were more profitable to fly. In October 1958 Pan American ushered the jet age into the United States when it opened international service with the Boeing 707 in October 1958. National Airlines inaugurated domestic jet service two months later using a 707-120 borrowed from Pan Am. American Airlines flew the first domestic 707 jet service with its own aircraft in January 1959. American set a new speed mark when it opened the first regularly-scheduled transcontinental jet service in 1959. Subsequent nonstop flights between New York and San Francisco took only 5 hours – 3 hours less than by the piston-engine DC-7. The one-way fare, including a surcharge for jet service, was 5.50, or 1 round trip. The flight was almost 40 percent faster and almost 25 percent cheaper than flying by piston-engine airliners. The consequent surge of traffic demand was substantial.
The 707 was originally designed for transcontinental or one-stop transatlantic range. But modified with extra fuel tanks and more efficient turbofan engines, the 707-300 Intercontinental series aircraft could fly nonstop across the Atlantic with full payload under any conditions. Boeing built 855 707s, of which 725 were bought by airlines worldwide.
Having launched the Boeing Company into the commercial jet age, the Dash 80 soldiered on as a highly successful experimental aircraft. Until its retirement in 1972, the Dash 80 tested numerous advanced systems, many of which were incorporated into later generations of jet transports. At one point, the Dash 80 carried three different engine types in its four nacelles. Serving as a test bed for the new 727, the Dash 80 was briefly equipped with a fifth engine mounted on the rear fuselage. Engineers also modified the wing in planform and contour to study the effects of different airfoil shapes. Numerous flap configurations were also fitted including a highly sophisticated system of "blown" flaps which redirected engine exhaust over the flaps to increase lift at low speeds. Fin height and horizontal stabilizer width was later increased and at one point, a special multiple wheel low pressure landing gear was fitted to test the feasibility of operating future heavy military transports from unprepared landing fields.
After a long and distinguished career, the Boeing 367-80 was finally retired and donated to the Smithsonian in 1972. At present, the aircraft is installated at the National Air and Space Museum’s new facility at Washington Dulles International Airport.
Gift of the Boeing Company
Manufacturer:
Date:
1954
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Dimensions:
Height 19′ 2": Length 73′ 10": Wing Span 129′ 8": Weight 33,279 lbs.
Physical Description:
Prototype Boeing 707; yellow and brown.
A few things I’ve noticed about car travel in South Africa
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The little differences:
1. Most cars are white or silver – something to do with the heat.
Makes are mainly Toyota, Mercedes, Audi, Hyundai.
2. People use pick up trucks as people carriers. There were 10 in the
one we were following today. They also like to stand up in the back as
they whizz along the motorways.
3. Speaking of motoways, they don’t have crash barriers in the middle,
instead they have flower bushes. Pretty, but not exactly known for
their car stopping power.
4. Garbage trucks make u-turns on the motoway, like the one we saw
today pulling out in front of us.
5. Roadworks are random and appear without warning. Temporary traffic
lights are two guys, each with a red flag. You go when the guy starts
waving you through. The flag means nothing.
6. Gas stations are full-serve (you don’t have to leave your car) and
petrol is very cheap – 50p/litre.
7. Parking is cheap (see picture), but you’re supposed to tip the
parking attendant when you return.
8. When being overtaken, it’s courtesy to pull aside onto the hard
shoulder.
9. Production of classic cars hasn’t stopped (you can buy a brand new
Mark I Golf).
10. The Corsa comes in a saloon style. Who knew!
11. Almost all the cars are shiny…
12. …with the exception of the ones that are being held together
with tape with wonky wheels and a crowbar to steer them.
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Yani Tseng arrives at U.S. Women’s Open seeking to finish career Grand Slam | News | PGA.com
Four of Yani Tseng’s eight career victories have come in majors. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — There was a time when Yani Tseng shied away from socializing on the golf course.
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Golfing tips: the sequel
Seven weeks ago, in an attempt to increase the quality of golf in Lawrence and thereby speed up play, I shared tips accumulated the past 40 years and suggested incorporating them all into one swing.
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Cool Golf Tips images
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Some cool golf tips images:
Lake and pavilion at Hedgeley Dene Farm, c. 1880s
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View of the Charsley family at the pavilion, with a rowing boat on the lake at Hedgeley Dene Farm. Hedgeley Dene Gardens were formed along an early watercourse that was once part of Hedgeley Dene Farm. In 1874 solicitor Edward Charsley owned land extending west from Malvern Road. The farmhouse was situated in Wattletree Road close to the present site of Tollington Avenue.
Fom 1892-1894 the farm of 60 acres was tenanted by James Henry Moorhead .
From 1902, the Maidment family ran a dairy farm and the waterholes and dam on the property were known locally as Maidment’s Lakes. From 1891 to 1907 the waterholes were used as water hazards by the (Royal) Melbourne and Caulfield (later Metropolitan) Golf Clubs.
Hedgeley Dene Farm was subdivided in 1911 by W.L. Bailleau, the farmhouse was demolished, and the Maidment family moved their dairy to Kardella Street. Malvern Council purchased 8.5 acres of land, using it first as a quarry for sand and clay and then as a rubbish tip. The present Gardens were developed from 1924. The lake was excavated, bridges were built and raised beds in the lake were planted with Japanese Iris.
Stonnington History Centre catalogue entry:
Concorde!
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The first supersonic airliner to enter service, the Concorde flew thousands of passengers across the Atlantic at twice the speed of sound for over 25 years. Designed and built by Aérospatiale of France and the British Aviation Corporation, the graceful Concorde was a stunning technological achievement that could not overcome serious economic problems.
In 1976 Air France and British Airways jointly inaugurated Concorde service to destinations around the globe. Carrying up to 100 passengers in great comfort, the Concorde catered to first class passengers for whom speed was critical. It could cross the Atlantic in fewer than four hours – half the time of a conventional jet airliner. However its high operating costs resulted in very high fares that limited the number of passengers who could afford to fly it. These problems and a shrinking market eventually forced the reduction of service until all Concordes were retired in 2003.
In 1989, Air France signed a letter of agreement to donate a Concorde to the National Air and Space Museum upon the aircraft’s retirement. On June 12, 2003, Air France honored that agreement, donating Concorde F-BVFA to the Museum upon the completion of its last flight. This aircraft was the first Air France Concorde to open service to Rio de Janeiro, Washington, D.C., and New York and had flown 17,824 hours.
Gift of Air France.
Manufacturer:
Dimensions:
Wingspan: 25.56 m (83 ft 10 in)
Length: 61.66 m (202 ft 3 in)
Height: 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Weight, empty: 79,265 kg (174,750 lb)
Weight, gross: 181,435 kg (400,000 lb)
Top speed: 2,179 km/h (1350 mph)
Engine: Four Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593 Mk 602, 17,259 kg (38,050 lb) thrust each
Manufacturer: Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale, Paris, France, and British Aircraft Corporation, London, United Kingdom
Physical Description:
Aircaft Serial Number: 205. Including four (4) engines, bearing respectively the serial number: CBE066, CBE062, CBE086 and CBE085.
Also included, aircraft plaque: "AIR FRANCE Lorsque viendra le jour d’exposer Concorde dans un musee, la Smithsonian Institution a dores et deja choisi, pour le Musee de l’Air et de l’Espace de Washington, un appariel portant le couleurs d’Air France."
700s – January 2009
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Read more about the following new books at
The First Tip-Off…Rosen
Seven Days in the Art World…Thornton
The Galloping Ghost…Grange
Alice Cooper, Golf Monster…Cooper
Red Sox Rule…Holley
Is This a Great Game, Or What?…Kurkjian
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www.golfsaid.com Tiger Woods and Adam Scott demonstrate a more arm driven backswing where the connection between the left arm and chest isn’t maintained as closely. The clubshaft points well outside the hands when the left arm is parallel to the ground. This is a very difficult takeaway for most amateurs to copy, and even with Scott and Tiger can lead to a steepening of the clubshaft in transition. Brady Riggs(redgoat)
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ECCO Men’s Street Premiere Golf Shoe,Mooless/Black/Chilli Red,41 M EU (US Men’s 7-7.5 M)
- Textile and microfiber lining
- Removable cambrelle covered insole
- Direct injected TPU outsole with molded traction bars
- A street inspired gold sneaker
ECCO is a European shoe company founded in Denmark in 1963. Today they own and operate factories throughout Europe and Asia. They produce all the leather used in making Ecco shoes, taking measures to protect the environment at the same time. Their sole aim is to make a comfortable walking shoe.
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Your Guide to Active Summer Living: Success Stories and Tips From Diabetes Forecast
ALEXANDRIA, VA–(Marketwire – Jun 30, 2011) – Summer is a time for fun and exercise — for people of all ages and backgrounds. The July issue of Diabetes Forecast , the consumer magazine of the American Diabetes Association, looks at the importance of exercise for people with diabetes and some of their successes, from a professional golfer to young athletes to older folks who are aging …
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Golf course preview: Shaker Hills in Harvard
HARVARD – Halfway to Shaker Hills Golf Club last Monday my playing partner realized he had forgotten his golf shoes, so we turned around and his teenage daughter met us along the way to save time. She brought the shoes, but we noticed that she had a near flat tire and we changed it for her. To be honest, my playing partner changed it while I admired his quick work.
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