The most Australian Football League Premierships titles won by an individual captain is four, by three players: Syd Coventry (Australia) in 1927-30 for Collingwood, Dick Reynolds (Australia) in 1942, 1946, 1949 and 1950 for Essendon, and Michael Tuck (Australia) for Hawthorn in 1986, 1988, 1989 and 1991.
The most advanced warship is the British Royal Navy’s HMS Daring a Type 45 Anti-Air warfare destroyer which was launched in February 2006, began sea trials in July 2007 and entered service in 2009. The first of six in her class, HMS Daring is the most capable air defence ship in the world, equipped with the Principal Anti-Air Missile System (PAAMS) a surface-to-air missile system that enables the ship to defend itself (and others) from enemy aircraft/missiles approaching at subsonic or supersonic speed either individually
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The Eurojet EJ200 production programme is contracted to produce more than 1,400 engines for the Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft. It is the largest military engine production programme under contract in the world today (January 2008). The aircraft is the world´s most advanced multi-swing role aircraft currently in service with the air forces of the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain. The engine provides 90 kN (20,000 lbf) of power with afterburner and 60kN (13,500 lbf) without.
Combining a strategic, unrefuelled range of 2,400 nautical miles with a payload of 169,000 pounds (78,657kg), a speed of 450knots (Mach 0.76), and an ability to airdrop 102 paratroops with their equipment as well as being able to operate on small airfields with runways as short as 3,500 feet (1,064 metres), the C-17 Globemaster is the most advanced military airlifter in service today. With almost 190 operational worldwide, they are in use with the air forces of the USA, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.
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To launch aircraft off a carrier, it is necessary to accelerate them very quickly to flying speed over the relatively short length of deck available. To do this the steam catapult has been used since 1950. In order to cope with heavier modern aircraft and generally lighter Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), which fall outside the minimum and maximum weights allowed on steam catapults, a new generation of catapult, the Electro-Magnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), is being developed using the electro-magnetic rail gun concept. This extremely
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The most almond nuts cracked in 3 minutes is 4 and was achieved by Jessica Neville (UK) from Emap Advertising, while supporting The Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity in Barcelona, Spain, on 5 May 2006.
The most alkaline-resistant lifeform is a bacterium discovered in 2003 near Chicago, Illinois, USA. It lives in groundwater contaminated by more than a century of industrial iron slag tipping where it can survive pH levels of up to 12.8. They were discovered by scientists at the Illinois State Water Survey and announced at a conference of the Geological Society of American in Seattle, Washington in November 2003.
The most alarm clocks smashed using feet is 88 and was achieved by Jay Wheddon (UK) on the set of Guinness World Records – Smashed, in London, UK, on 3 October 2008.
Richard Craske and Zoë Smith (both UK) landed at a total of 102 different airfields around the British mainland in an R22 helicopter between 4.20 a.m. and 7 p.m. on 19 June 2002. They started at Derby and finished at Sheffield, covering 1,300 km (705 UK nautical miles).
Since 1991 Thomas Gottschalk (Germany) has featured in 206 tv advertising episodes organised by the sweet manufacturer Haribo. The record is based on the number of separate tv commercial episodes featuring the same person as leading character uniterruptedly and consistenly.In 14 years Thomas Gottschalk has appeared in 206 TV and 118 radio commercials for Haribo. Thomas’ contract is still running (until 2007)