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New car market reaches ‘million engines’ milestone after half a year

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The new car market grew by 1.1% in June to 179,263 units, surpassing the million-car sales mark in the first half of the year since 2019. Battery electric vehicles have the highest monthly market share since December 2023, but year-to-date take-up has remained steady at 16.6%. The industry is calling on the next government to … Read more

Polyend Tracker Mini 2.0: Synth Engines, PERC Drum Synth, More of Everything – CDM Create Digital Music

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Hot on the heels of the big Tracker+ release, Polyend has a big update for the little Mini: now with Synth Engines, PERC drum engine, USB mass storage, more MIDI tracks and other improvements. And there is a big sale going on right now, this week only. Tracker Mini has come a long way. The … Read more

A B-36 mechanic’s nerve-wracking mission: waiting for hours in the wings of a Peacemaker to service the engines in flight

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The unnerving mission of a B-36 mechanic: hours spent waiting in the wings of a Peacemaker to Maintain the Engines in Flight

The B-36 Peacemaker Mechanic In response to the U.S. Army Air Force’s need for a strategic bomber with intercontinental range, Consolidated Vultee (later Convair) designed the B-36 during World War II. The aircraft made its first flight in August 1946, and in June 1948, the Strategic Air Command received its first operational B-36. As Lee … Read more