22 December 1976 the experimental aircraft Il-86 vypolnil first flight. Il-86 is a four engine passenger aircraft for medium-haul airlines, was established in KB Ilyushin. He became the first and the most mass Soviet commercial aircraft to transport passengers. The need for such a vehicle originated in 1967, when Aeroflot has stated requirements that similetimeline to be 250-350. Initially researched the project in the elongation of the Il-62 6.8 meters, but the project didn’t develop. So, worked for a few other options, one of which was Il-86. After the first test flight, in June 1977, the aircraft was shown at the Paris space and air show, at the end of 1978 the completed tests. And all preparations were completed only in 1980 and December 26 of the same year, the aircraft completed the first of regular rest on the route Moscow-Tashkent.
The Il-86
22 December 2007 was put into the orbit the first African satellite. Launch vehicle Ariane-5 was launched on oristo Land from Kourou in French Guiana, which belongs to the European space Agency. African telecommunications satellite RASCOM-QAF1 weighing 3.2 tons was hit on preliminary orbit 26 minutes after launch. The main objective of this spacecraft communications in rural Africa, where for many reasons don’t want to come the large global operators. In addition of a satellite into orbit Ariane-5 and even brought North American Horizons-2.
Booster Airane 5 GS
December 22, 2013 Apple has patented a flexible display. The application was registered by the European patent office. It describes the screens that are curved in the form of the device. The basic idea is to use sapphire glass and other modern technology to create displays that are almost completely wrapped gadget. The application also States that flat-panel displays is very limited the use of devices. The screens that Apple offers is hollow inside and can have any shape you want. So far, no flexible displays Apple has not released and it is unknown whether they actually do. But it is noteworthy that the year before, the main competitor of the company Korean Samsung has shown flexible OLED display for smartphones.
Flexible displays Apple