Aug 5, 2014 | Uses of Steam
Solar, google, and steam are three words which you may not associate together. Well you may wish to think again. The largest solar thermal power plant in the world, part owned by Google uses steam and steam turbines to convert the energy of the sun into usable...
Apr 25, 2014 | Uses of Steam
Since the beginning of time mankind has wanted to break barriers by travelling ever faster. The current speed record for a wheeled car on land is 763mph, set by Andy Green on 15th October 1997. Wing Commander Andy Green was driving Thrust SSC, the first car to...
Apr 25, 2014 | Uses of Steam
Top Gun, the 1986 block buster, staring among others, Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer has one of those openings which just “grabs” you. The drum beats, the arty shots on an aircraft carrier deck, the building up of tension, the team work from deck crew, the F14 Tomcat jet...
Apr 25, 2014 | Uses of Steam
On the 14th of May 2013 a X47B demonstrator made its first flight from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W Bush. This created history, being the first flight of an unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) from an aircraft carrier. The launch used one of the ships four steam...
