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Where your boss will be come the revolution: 'Boltholes with airstrips' in New Zealand that are being bought by world's super-rich who want a hideout in case of 'civil uprising'

The super-rich snapping up luxurious properties in New Zealand - but many don't plan to move there anytime soon

Instead, they are holding onto the homes as possible 'boltholes', should the west go into meltdown in the future

Global leaders at Davos hinted they would want an escape route if the poor rose up against the growing super-rich

New Zealand is rated the third safest country in the world, according to the 2013 Global Peace Index

The buyers will also get to enjoy some of the world's best scenery, a great quality of life and a favourable tax system

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2931325/Super-rich-buying-property-New-Zealand-bolthole-case-west-goes-meltdown.html

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"Mirror" Lake

Airstrip

Bolthole

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https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/agribusiness/65486615/null

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/17/billionaires-bolthole-new-zealand-preppers-paradise

With a NZ$30m private hospital in the pipeline, international airport and a plethora of pampering options (there are more than 40 hair and beauty salons in the region, and dozens of vineyards), the Queenstown Lakes district has long drawn the admiration of the world’s privileged.

But in an unpredictable post-Brexit, neo-Trump world, their interest has cranked up a notch, and some locals are growing concerned at being engulfed by exceptional wealth, turning their once egalitarian farming towns into part-time playgrounds for the moneyed few.

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While prime land is gobbled up by the mega-rich, community groups such as the Residents Association are on “the verge of collapse”, according to Wanaka locals, because of a lack of volunteers and funding.

“We’ve only got $7,000 in the bank and we’re battling businessmen who can spend millions to get whatever they want,” says Julian Haworth, secretary of the Upper Clutha Environmental Society for the last 22 years.

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Bolthole Fearing Nuclear War

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4190322/Tech-billionaires-building-boltholes-New-Zealand.html

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DOT/FAA/AR-05/34

1. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient's Catalog No.

2. Report Date

September 2005

1. Title and Subtitle

HIGH-SPEED BOLTHOLE EDDY-CURRENT SCANNING FOR IN-SERVICE INSPECTION OF ENGINE DISKS 6. Performing Organization Code

1. Author(s)

Lisa Brasche2, Tony Mellors, Thadd Patton3, Rob Stephen, Kevin Smith4 , Andy Kinney, Waled Hassan, Jim Ohm, and Joel Schraan1

1. Performing Organization Report No.

1. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)

1. Performing Organization Name and Address

2Iowa State University 4Pratt & Whitney Center for NDE 400 Main Street Ames, IA 50011 East Hartford, CT 06108

3General Electric Aircraft Engines 1Honeywell Engines, Systems & Services Cincinnati, Ohio 111 S. 34th Street Phoenix, Arizona 85072

1. Contract or Grant No.

2. Type of Report and Period Covered

Final Report

1. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address

U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Office of Aviation Research Washington, DC 20591

1. Sponsoring Agency Code

ANE-100

1. Supplementary Notes The FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center Technical Monitors were Rick Micklos, Paul Swindell, and Cu Nguyen. 16. Abstract

High-speed bolthole (HSBH) eddy-current inspection is the most popular inspection technique for fast and accurate inspection of circular air- and boltholes. When HSBH techniques were introduced in the field, inspection differences among original equipment manufacturer (OEM) techniques were unclear. Also unavailable were quantification of inspection capability and identification of the main sources of variation for this inspection technique. A three-factor, two-level design of experiment was conducted to determine the main sources of variations to better control the inspection process. A semiautomated scanner prototype was designed and manufactured to minimize these variations. The scanner and associated fixturing were then tested to compare the process capability and reliability with that of the typical manual field technique. Both approaches were found to exceed the program performance metric of detecting a 30-mil crack with 4:1 signal-to-noise ratio in a common bolthole geometry. The semiautomated scanner showed a 30% improvement in the 90% probability of detection point with 95% confidence (12-mil crack) compared to a manual inspection (17-mil crack) using experienced eddy-current inspectors and relatively short 0.25″ long bolthole crack specimens. Scanner reliability testing resulted in a written inspection technique that was jointly used by the OEMs and served to further improve the inspection. Information gained in the process of improving this inspection was used to make recommendations for possible modification of the industry specification, SAE AS4787, “Eddy Current Inspection of Circular Holes in Nonferrous Metallic Hole Inspection in Aircraft Engines.”

www.tc.faa.gov/its/worldpac/techrpt/ar05-34.pdf