Hi-res pictures of the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft [FGFA], PAK-FA [T-50]

Some amazingly [super] hi-res pictures of the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft, the Sukhoi PAK-FA.

Click the images to view higher-resolution version

Many more pictures, possibly from the same event, albeit at a much lower resolution can be found here.

Redux

Posting all hi-res pictures of the aircraft I got. Click the pictures to view larger-sized images.

Photos from the maiden flight of the PAK-FA

The prototype aircraft being assembled

A CG-rendering of the PAK-FA

via ~nellenmellen

Picture sources: Sukhoi, KNAAPO, nonexistent-s.ru, russianplanes.net, spotters.net.ua, ablogin.ru, airforce.ru, Paralay Forum

Highly detailed line diagrams of the aircraft also posted on the Paralay forum.

Check out the website too - lots of info.

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India's Aircraft Carrier INS Vikramaditya (Admiral Gorshkov) [Weekend viewing]

Was going to post something else today, when I chanced upon this video of India's future Aircraft Carrier, INS Vikramaditya, formerly an Aircraft carrying Cruiser known as Admiral Gorshkov, currently undergoing refit at Russia's Sevmash Shipyard, this afternoon. It is expected to join the Indian Navy's fleet around the beginning of the next decade.

The narration is in Russian - a pure visual treat if Russian is an alien language to you.

India's Aircraft Carrier, INS Vikramaditya [formerly Admiral Gorshkov] at the Sevmash Shipyard in Russia

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«Хозяин Морей» Авианесущий Адмирал (Баку) Горшков

India's Aircraft Carrier INS Vikramaditya [formerly Admiral Gorshkov] 01 of 02

India's Aircraft Carrier INS Vikramaditya [formerly Admiral Gorshkov] 02 of 02

Admiral Gorshhkov / INS Vikramaditya archival history video by Sevmash [English narration]

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Suggested weekend reading - Science, Spirituality, Engineering, Self-Help ityadi [2010.12.19]

Some articles of interest I came across this week.

• Indian Nuclear attack on Rawalpindi - Likely fall-out of a retaliatory Second-strike Nuclear attack by India on the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

• Mystery Surrounds Cyber Missile That Crippled Iran's Nuclear Weapons Ambitions - A detailed yet easy to understand article about the piece of code that is said to have landed a crippling blow to Iran's Nuclear Weapons ambition. Also - Stuxnet’s Finnish-Chinese Connection

• Six Keys to Being Excellent at Anything - A nicely written, self-improvement article.

• Innovation 101: Are innovators born and not made? - A Forum discussion. Some very good posts.

• India's Ballistic Missile Defense Options - The writer evaluates India's BMD programme & its possibly outcomes & methods of deployment.

• Encounter with Swami Vivekananda - An interesting article, particularly, since it sheds light on Swami Vivekananda's role in fending off the onslaught of proselytization, through unscrupulous means, being carried out by the Christian Missionaries that had arrived in India as part of the imperialist British Empire.

Also: Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (Intend to make it my reading assignment in February)

• Paper on Flexible Manufacturing Systems [F.M.S] - A Whitepaper I had co-authored while in College. Was selected for presentation in quite a few Engineering meets.

• IIT honors Digvijay Singh for inventing call records eraser technology - Some humar in light of recent "DiggyLeaks" revelation.

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Great Indian Scientist Dr. Vikram Sarabhai: A Documentary [Weekend viewing]

An interesting documentary made on the life and works of one of the pioneers of Indian Science, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai. Thanks to his untiring efforts, India's Space research programme has been able to attain a level of competency & proficiency that makes countries around the world seek out our partnership in their own programs.

Not only is his contribution in building up India's Scientific and Technological base immense, but also his endeavor to nurture & develop India's human capital & his interest in art & humanities has seen some fine institutes in India being set up to work towards these goals.

Little slow a pace the documentary has, but a nice & engaging one nevertheless.

 

Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai

 

Wish more such reports and documentaries are made about the many other other Scientists and Technologists who have strived & continue to strive to help realize the dream of recognition as a technologically advanced, knowledge powerhouse nation called India.

You may view the remaining parts here: Part 02 and Part 03

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Take Hi-resolution detailed pictures with your cheap cellphone camera

Had to send someone scans of an article today. With no more college, did not have access to a free scanner :D & doing it from a commercial place would have cost me 5 bucks a scan - a loot I'd say.

Anyway, I have a Nokia C3-00 which comes with a fairly decent 2 MP camera. It took reasonable pictures of the pages - served the purpose.

However, if you have a much lesser costing cellphone that comes with a lower resolution camera, like a VGA camera, you can still produce hi-resolution, detailed pictures using it.

The trick to do so is to use a feature called Panorama that is available in many photo editing softwares, including free one.

Instead of clicking the whole picture in 1 single frame with your low-cost camera, you should instead break up the target into multiple smaller sections & shoot that portion of the scene with your camera. While taking picture of the adjacent section, you must see to it that there is an overlap of scenery with the previous section. Higher the overlap, better would be your final, bigger panorama image.

I made use of the panorama feature available in the Windows Live Photo Gallery. Will need to do some trial and error in the beginning before you develop the needed skills and judgment.

Click the picture to view a larger sized image

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