20...then photos on Flickr

20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. 22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

John and George having a Magical Mystery Tour by Mike Lock

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A macro of a section of the booklet that came with the Beatles Album 'Magical Mystery Tour' Back in the 70's when I was a lot younger. This was a special American Import, that cost me around £20 then. I have managed to keep all my Vinyl collection, although I do prefer the scratch free lossless digital music now available.

There is no doubt that the Album was inspired by LSD, as was the Rolling Stones Album 'Their Satanic Majesty's Request', which was a rival to this one.

1000 and 1 by MaxGag

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This would be my 1001 image on Flickr, I did not yet sign for PRO as the price is almost the same as Adobe witch I got rid last year. With our poor canadian dollar it is closer to 20$ then 10$ for those fee.

So this is the lucky moment I captured the other day, someone playing the birds.

M-FUAD G550 5227 FAB 4-Nov-20 by K West1

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On short finals for rwy 24 visiting on a round trip from BEY.

Reregistered N527GD 15-Dec-20,

then N811TD 13-Sep-21.

Penelope Hayashida by Kiro_kiro

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Здесь дохера косяков и Пенелопа не очень клево получилась =____=

Но я все же довольна результатом.

И еще,я уезжаю в лагерь =______= к сожелению придется бросить все конкурсы,где я учавствую,т.к. уезжаю я 20 =______= Потом вернусь на пару деньков и снова в лагерь.

Так что извените,но об этих лагерях я узнала не очень то давно...

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There are many errors and Penelope is not very cool turned =____=

But I'm still happy with the result.

And yet, I'm going to camp =______= Sorry have to throw all competitions, which I take part, as leaving my 20 =______= Then come back to a couple of days and again in the camp.

So Sorry, but these camps, I learned not too long ago ...

Still too many possibilities for MM….. by muffett68 ☺ heidi ☺

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The Macro Mondays’ theme for 10/18 is smoke. Took more than 150, culled it down to 20, then 18 (see the screenshot), then further down to 6, but it’s midnight and I still haven’t chosen the one I’ll post. Some major dithering coming up.

Used a stick of incense— thank you, DD. If there is a ducky in the picture/background, it is a mini ducky, about an inch and a half tall.

Biblical Sunset by Len Langevin

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Whenever I see a sunset like this, I expect to hear a big voice coming from the sky to give me a really important message. I never get them unless the message is to photograph the moment.

Explored Aug 27, 2008 #2...then #15...then #20...then #1. Who knows where it goes from there!

This photo is one of many in my new book called Through Len's Lens.

This is available for purchase at Red Bubble.

I now own and operate www.EcuadorPhotoTours.com

'Final flight of the Dragon' (see description) by Peter Miles 

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A good friend of mine (thanks Richie Rich!!) found a complete but long dead dragonfly while ripping out a Vodafone shop in Salisbury last week and knowing my interest in macro photography kept it for me......this is the first chance I've had to finally have a play......so this is a tiny part of a wing..... I placed the dragonfly on a sheet of green tissue paper...which in turn was placed on top of the Makita LED torch, Olloclip macro @ 21x, tripod, remote, zoomed in on iPhone by 20%, then cropped (30%), healed, and subsequently battered......all in Snapseed on iPad Pro with Apple Pencil.

When you look closely at the image (esp. middle right) it's possible to see claw like protuberances, these are situated near the wing tip. I have no idea what purpose they serve (but my guess would be structural reinforcement?) but they are included in this article below (see small B&W photo marked (g)) :-

www.delfly.nl/publications/Jongerius%20and%20Lentink%2020...

G-BNFW HS125 257100 BQH Jul-95 by K West1

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Transferred to USA 11-May-98 as N858JR,

reregistered N801RA 27-Jun-03,

then N925WC 30-Sep-06,

exported to Mexico 16-Mar-17 as XA-UZB,

reregistered XB-PVA in Apr-20,

then XB-RBC in Aug-20.

Full Steam Ahead by mark twiglet

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Left home at 22,30 last night and got to Ribblehead Viaduct at 01,30 this morning and settled down in the lay by for a hours kip.... woke up at 5,30 and make a coffee sat there alone in layby..... wondering what all the fuss was about getting there early...... by 11 am there was about 2000 people around me .....this was at 11.20.... then had to wait for the return journey at 17.30 then a 4 hour drive home! 21.30 arrived at home! It was worth it! she is a majestic lady!!!!!

Golden Shores - San Gregorio State Beach, California by Jim Patterson

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Portfolio & Services

--The Shot--

The storms that have been hitting the western coast of the US brought some dramatic clouds and luckily the sunsets stayed dry. I have a few new images from this weekend that I will share in the days ahead. In fact my Facebook page already has a couple (hint, hint).

There are a few things in this image that I broke my normal pattern for. First, I used my Singh-Ray Gold-N-Blue polarizer for a seascape. Usually the colors are too strong and I like reflected light coming off rocks and sand. But the ripples in this image were made from a huge outflow of a swollen creek due to all the rain. The sand and silt weren't reflecting much light and was pretty drab. The second thing I did was make a vertorama. The scene was just too much to capture with one shot, so I took a landscape oriented shot of mostly water and one with mostly sky and hand blended them in post processing. Finally, I relied on the ripples to form my foreground interest. There are no rocks on this beach, so I made due with what was there.

The fun part of this evening's shoot was that the ripples would come and go. The outflow would come and go. My best guess is that temporary sand bars would form and restrict the flow. The ripples would form these amazing patterns when that happened. Then the flow would increase, as if someone turned on the faucet...probably when the temporary sand bars broke down. It was a waiting game to get shots with patterns like these, but I think it was worth it.

Have a happy Thanksgiving weekend everyone!

--The Gear--

Nikon D300

Nikkor 12-24mm @ 12mm

1/4 sec, f11, ISO 100 (both shots for vertorama)

Singh-Ray Gold-N-Blue Polarizer

Singh-Ray Daryl Benson 3-stop reverse graduated neutral density filter

Markins M20 ballhead with Really Right Stuff lever clamp and L-plate

Gitzo GT3531 carbon fiber tripod

--Software & Editing--

In ACR, custom white balance applied to RAW files and slight adjustment to brightness and exposure then imported as 16-bit TIF files

In Photoshop CS5, I leveled the horizons of both images and stacked the sky shot on top and used a layer mask to blend the two together. Layers included a Levels adjustment, Basic Mid-Tones luminosity mask for contrast. A Shadow Darks luminosity mask to rescue the darker areas of the image (this can be the case sometimes after the contrast adjustment).Vibrance (for intensifying) and Saturation (for rescuing) masks for color control. Burn and Dodge layer through various luminosity mask selections to adjust localized contrast in the sky. Sharpening was done using Nik Sharpener Pro with a standard setting applied to the bottom and another to the sky with the strength set to 0% but the structure and local contrast set to somewhere between 15-20% then selectively brushed in via layer mask. Slight crop to square and saved for web via custom action to downscale, sharpen, downscale again, convert to sRGB, reduce to 8-bit, and embed basic file info (my copyright, name, web, email, etc).

Skipper on Daisy by Ethan A. Winning

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A Woodland Skipper Butterfly on a Shasta Daisy. One of the first butterfly shots in the open space. I was looking for wildflowers and ended up by starting a five year chasing of butterflies. The skippers gave me a false sense of "ability:" they fly short distances and the will feed on a flower for a minute or two, more than enough time to get a few good images. From the S3, I moved to the PowerShot SX10, then 20, then 40, and ended with the 50. But whether butterfly or bird, they're all hand held.

Whale Beach Cascades by Colin_Bates

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What a great morning we all had today, firstly a great turnout (20+) then a lovely breakfast with awesome company. Was great to see and meet everyone today and look forward to many more to come.

A big thanks to John Armytage for his organisation and leadership skills.

DSC04688 Comparison of electrics by Gavin B

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The Euston bound sleeper is assembled at platform 19 of Edinburgh Waverley. The 73 has come from Aberdeen and the 67 Inverness.

90049 had moved off the stabling point on the far side of the station to here, platform 20. Then 739xx arrived on 1B16 at around 00:36 from Aberdeen. The loco was released presumably off to Craigentinny and 90049 moved onto the (opposite) Glasgow end of the train. We then moved to photograph the other arrived sleeper on 11 hauled by Biffa. 73971 then arrived from Fort William on 1B01 at 01:10, ran down platform

20 past the train with 90049 on and backed onto the train to connect and ran off towards EC. 67004 then arrived from Inverness on 1M16 and repeated 73971s move. The 14-16 coaches assembled I left for bed, not waiting for the 90s departure.

VP-BNJ F900B 120 FAB Oct-99 by K West1

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Reregistered F-GRAX 22-Mar-01,

exported to Portugal 3-Oct-05 as CS-DLA,

reregistered F-GXDZ 23-Jul-09,

then C-FWKX 20-Feb-13,

then G-JSSE 5-Jan-18,

then G-MERB 2-Mar-20,

then N800KM 31-Mar-22.

G-VKSS 2 Airbus A330-343E Virgin Atlantic Airways MAN 06MAR22 by Ken Fielding

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Named: "Mademoiselle Rouge".

First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWKU, this aircraft was delivered to AerCap Leasing and leased to Virgin Atlantic Airways as G-VKSS in Feb-11.

In Mar-20 the aircraft was stored at London-Heathrow due to the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic. It was moved to Glasgow, Scotland in May-20, then to Ciudad Real Central Airport, Spain in Jul-20, Doncaster, UK in Nov-20

It moved to Manchester, UK for storage in Feb-21. The aircraft returned to service from London-Heathrow in Jul-21. Current, updated 06-Mar-22.

F-HPCE FA7X 266 LTN 27-Sep-19 by K West1

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Departing rwy 26 heading for Riyadh-King Khaled International, Saudi Arabia but ended up returning to LTN 90 minutes after getting airborne.

Reregistered N266FJ 22-Dec-20,

then exported to Mexico 7-Jun-21 as XA-FTY.

VT-SQF Bombardier Q400 at CYZD by Frederick K. Larkin

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Serial number 4592 seen backtracking on runway 33 at Downsview Airport in Toronto, Ontario. Its cabin features a 28 inch seat pitch that can accommodate 90 passengers. It departed CYZD as SEJ4592 (SpiceJet Limited) on April 20, then visited Goose Bay, Canada; Keflavik, Iceland; Bournemouth, England; Budapest, Hungary; Trabzon, Turkey; and Fujairah, United Arab Emirates before reaching Delhi, India on April 24.

. by snjezana josipovic

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little break, i have no new photos....

something about this photo:

scan from print...made some time in 70s ..obviously not by me...he could have around 20 then

i just found that photo and i like it, my dad looks cool on it ..hihi

...so this is just something for me, to make me smile...

All Lined Up by Cher12861

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I'm enjoying the start of a 3 day weekend.

Hope you are all having fantastic ones!

More winter scenes ... hope you enjoy them and aren't too bored. It's all I've got to shoot right now lol. And to all of you commenting on how cold they look ... I guess I must be a winter child since I was born in January. I love going out in the snow - unless it's below 20 - then I'm with the rest of you and stay indoors with a good fire or something to keep me warm.

Hugs!

Cher

Beautiful feathery flakes of snow

Over the woodland and field they go

Making a blanket so warm and deep

Over the flowers that lie asleep

Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri), Westelijk Marmerwitje by Ruud Reddingius

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The wind made this a real challenge as the butterfly teetered to and fro on this clover driving yours truly to utter frustration. No choice but to use autofocus. The best one of 20 then, the rest destined for the digital waste basket.

ICC M20 SSR CISF by Comrade Murdock

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an improved version of the M20 SSR designed for the ICC's Covert Interplanetary Special Forces

credit to beck for rail shading

Labna_Puuc route by Steve Peterson

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South east of Merida is a corridor of Mayan ruins with the last one being this particular site called Labna. The real beauty of this area is that it is practically tourist free.

I did some general processing out of LR6 then in Perfect Layers 10 I applied a texture screen in linear mode at 45% and I further reduced its effect over the upper left portion of the sky by 20%. Then back in Lightroom I applied the radial filter to slightly brighten the central structure.

The Birth of Christ by Andrew JN

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Luke 2:1-20

And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. 3 So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.

4 Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. 6 So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. 7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Glory in the Highest
8 Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. 10 Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”

13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:

14 “Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”
15 So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.” 16 And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger. 17 Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child. 18 And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds. 19 But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.

Matthew 2:1, 9-11

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him...”

9 When they heard the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. 11 And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you all had a great holiday!

Sorry this is a couple days late. I had been working on this and unfortunately couldn't complete it in time.... In fact, the build still isn't totally complete, so full build photos to come later! Have a great winter break!

HB-VVV PC24 124 LBG 21-Jun-19 by K West1

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Pilatus PC-24 on display at the 53rd International Paris Air Show, returning to Buochs as PCH124 later in the day.

Exported to Malta 27-Nov-19 as 9H-CFB,

then reregistered LX-FCB in Aug-20,

then N400VJ 18-Dec-24.

Bittern_D85_4797 by Gaz Foreman

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A Bittern flew out of the reeds on the right and headed left across the lake and over the reedbeds at 10.20, then 12.40 it (or another) flew back from the left to the right. Nice to see😍.

N97DQ BD700 9095 LTN 20-Feb-20 by K West1

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Departing rwy 26 heading for PBI.

Reregistered N87DQ 26-Aug-20,

then N226SJ 11-Jan-21.

How ironic: I've dropped my bucket list by Clancy (Pants) Donnelly

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53. Clancy, 2yrs 27wks

No, not really.

I'm just 2 1/2 years old as of last week, and I won't need a bucket list if Dad and I do all the stuff I want to do.

I don't know if this thing could hold me and all my Flickr friends, but it would be fun to try, especially if I could squeeze close to Miss Penny--meow!

By the way, we have only three more posting dates 'til we're all caught up with my life story: June 13,16, and 20.Then on Saturday June 27 will come my first fully up-to-date posting, just in time to welcome summer!

It seems a long time since we started in January with my first baby pictures. Thanks a bunch for hanging in with us. See you and your best friends soon!

Ararat (5137 moh.) by dese

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Then Noah began farming

and planted a vineyard.

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He drank of the wine and became drunk,

and uncovered himself inside his tent.

G-XJCI C550 550-0874 LTN 1-Jul-19 by K West1

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Xclusive Jet Charter Citation Bravo on short finals for rwy 26 arriving from KIR as XJC751.

Reregistered G-MERR 25-Feb-20,

then N23JA 24-Jun-21,

then exported to Germany 25-Sep-23 as D-CTOM.

2015 - MEXICO - San Cristobal de las Casas - Lunch Break by Ted McGrath

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After traipsing around Centro San Cristobal on our first day it was time for lunch.

Our hotel offered us a discount card for use in any of the 5 TesoRos hotel dining rooms in the city. 15% off the first use, then 20, then 25. Count us in!

This is the restaurant of Hotel Casa del Alma. We were the only lunch dinners and the staff near drove us crazy with attention, but the food was good.

A loose translation of the wall quote by Jamine Sabine:

"Loving silent. Love is the finest quiet, the more shaky, the more unbearable".

Jaime Sabines Gutiérrez (March 25, 1926 – March 19, 1999) was a Mexican contemporary poet. Known as “the sniper of Literature” as he formed part of a group that transformed literature into reality. He wrote ten volumes of poetry and his work has been translated into more than twelve languages. His writings chronicle the experience of everyday people in places such as the street, hospital, and playground. Sabines was also a politician.

Jaime Sabines Gutiérrez was born on March 25, 1926 in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. He is of Lebanese and Spanish descent. He died 19 March 1999.

Pick out the 3 purse racks in the room - a common feature in most restaurants in Mexico.

Reminder to Self: Slow Down on the Caffeine by Ken Ilio

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It's about time to have another photo of this unique Philippine mammal - the tarsier.

Early this year (2006), I took a vacation back to the Philippines especially to the island of Bohol particularly to see this fascinating animal. It's one of the smallest prosimians - some of them can fit inside your palm.

This species of tarsier is most commonly found on Samar, Leyte, Bohol, and Mindanao in the Philippines. They are found in areas of tall grasses, bushes, bamboo shoots, and small trees in tropical rainforests. They are arboreal and nocturnal. They spend the day hiding in dense vegetation and sleeping in trees. At night they emerge to move about and hunt for prey.

What's interesting is ... this particular group of tarsiers that I photographed are what the natives call 'showbiz tarsiers' as they are the ones being shown to tourists. Their behaviour has been so screwed up ... they are now diurnal instead of nocturnal ... but for a purpose though: to educate people about these animals. They are not particularly endangered (although it is vulnerable and threatened because of habitat destruction); people actually say you can find them easily if you know where to look ... but because it is unique and this particular species only found in the Philippines, people need to be educated and its preservation is important because it is part of the Filipino heritage.

It was also proclaimed by presidential decree that Philippine Tarsier is a specially

protected faunal species of the Philippines and that tthe hunting, killing, wounding, taking away, possession of the Philippine Tarsier and the conduct of activities

destructive of its habitats are prohibited. However, the possession of the Philippine Tarsier for educational, scientific or conservation-centered research purposes maybe allowed upon certification by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources secretary.

Sorry for the long-winded description.

The roller coaster ride on explore

On late June 21, this photographed appeared at explore's front page several times. Then when the link for explore June 22 appeared at explore June 21 p. 1 (the next day explore 500 listing appears after 5 o'clock pm central time on the top right of the page), I clicked on the link and saw it at No. 18. When the June 22 explore page finally went live, this was at no. 12 for that day. It never made it to the first page. It stayed on p. 2 for awhile, fluctuating from any place from 12-20. Then it just disappeared from the list ... and later on during the day, reappeared at no. 300 plus then disappeared again. A few days later (June 25), it magically reappeared on p. 1 for June 22 as no. 3 and stayed there fluctuating from no. 1 to 5. And now, it's gone again. Meanwhile, it appeared at Flickr's blog where most readers saw it. Over the days, it would appear on p. 1 or 2 or be gone totally from explore especially everytime I add it to a new pool. It's bizarre.

Thanks to everyone for your comments and your faves. It finally made it to 1,000 faves pool in October 2007!

Featured on the flickr blog, June 23, 2006.

LY-VEB Airbus A320-214 Thomas Cook Airlines UK (Avion Express) MAN 28MAY19 by Ken Fielding

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Operated by Avion Express on behalf of Thomas Cook Airlines UK. The emergency exit lines around the door are supposed to painted on the door and not on the fuselage. However, the painters have gone mad on the rear door and painted both the door and the surrounding fuselage...

Oh dear! This one has a very long and confusing history. First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWBM, this aircraft was delivered to ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation and leased to Air 2000 as G-OOAS in Oct-01.

It was leased to Skyservice Airlines (Canada) as C-GTDG in Dec-02. It returned to Air 2000 in Apr-03, still as C-GTDG and sub-leased from Skyservice for the summer season (a bit like the Sunwing aircraft do with TUI today (May-19)). It was returned to Air 2000 as G-OOAS in Nov-03.

Air 2000 was renamed First Choice Airlines in Feb-04. Now it gets a bit confusing... The aircraft was leased to Skyservice Canada again, as C-GTDG, in Nov-04. It was wet-leased back to First Choice in Apr-05 for summer 2005 before returning to Skyservice in Nov-05 for the winter.

It came back to First Choice in Apr-06 for summer 2006, operated by Skyservice, and stayed with First Choice for the 2006/07 winter and the 2007 summer seasons until it returned to Skyservice in Nov-07.

It was returned to First Choice in Apr-08, now registered G-OOPP. First choice was merged into Thomson Airways in Nov-08 and the aircraft was again leased to Skyservice as C-GTDG a week later. It was wet-leased back to Thomson Airways for the 2009 summer and returned to Canada for the 2009/10 winter.

It was due to return to Thomson Airways at the end of Mar-10 but got stuck in Keflavik, Iceland when the volcano with the unpronounceable name erupted. It was there for 3 weeks before it managed to get back to the UK in Apr-10 and was re-registered G-OOPP. The aircraft was retired by Thomson Airways in Dec-11 and was stored at Manchester UK.

It was returned to the lessor in Mar-12 and leased to Monarch Airlines as G-OZBW a week later. It stayed with Monarch until they ceased operations in Oct-17.

It was returned to the lessor and was initially stored at Shannon, Ireland and moved to Luton, UK in Dec-17 for further storage. It was due to the be leased to Small Planet Airlines Germany as D-ASPJ in Mar-18 but that didn't happen and it was leased to Avion Express as LY-VEB later that month.

It was wet-leased to Condor Flugdienst for 2 months until the end of May-18, and then to SunExpress Airlines (Turkey) for the summer season from Apr/Nov-18. From Nov-18 through to early Apr-19 it variously operated services for Condor Flugdienst, Transavia France, Royal Air Maroc and Condor again.

It was leased to Thomas Cook Airlines UK at the end of Apr-19 and was expected to return to Avion Express in early Nov-19. However, Thomas Cook Airlines UK ceased operations on 23-Sep-19 when the Thomas Cook Group ceased trading. The aircraft was returned to Avion Express and immediately wet-leased to Titan Airways (UK) for two weeks to assist in the repatriation of stranded Thomas Cook UK passengers.

It was wet-leased to Tailwind Airlines (Turkey) for three weeks in Oct/Nov-19 before ferrying to Amman, Jordan for six week heavy maintenance. The aircraft was stored at Chateauroux, France in mid Dec-20 and was wet-leased to LOT Polish Airlines at the beginning of Feb-20.

Then the COVID-19 Pandemic happened and LOT returned the aircraft to Avion Express. It operated a few more charters before being stored at Vilnius, Lithuania in Jul-20. It was ferried to Ciudad Real, Spain in Feb-21 for further storage. It was returned to Deucalion Aviation as OE-ITF in Apr-21 and was thought to be permanently retired.

However, the aircraft operated a 15 minute test flight at Ciudad Real on 29-Sep-21 and returned to storage. It was re-registered LY-VEB again in Apr-23 and was ferried to Varna, Bulgaria at the end of May-23.

There was a mention of it being leased to Electra Airways but that didn't happen and as far as I'm aware it hasn't flown since. It's had a hard life and is quite possibly permanently retired. Updated 16-Apr-24.

Built as Kelvin 2853, (D853 RDS), 1987 Leyland Lion LDTL11/1R / Alexander R CH49/37F, Alexander Coachworks, Falkirk, 11 September 1987. by VRS 323

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In the mid to late 1980s Leyland introduced a mid engine chassis, with support from its Danish associate company DAB. This was to compete with Volvo's Citybus chassis which was launched in 1982.

Thirty-two Lions were built for UK operators, with the Scottish Bus Group taking most (nineteen) and the balance (thirteen) going to Nottingham City Transport. The latter operator gained a further five Lions in 1989. These had been ordered by SBG, and they arrived in Nottingham after use by Chester City Transport.

The six Lion LDTL11/1R / Alexander CH49/37F built for Kelvin in 1987, were not delivered to that operator. Financial difficulties at Kelvin meant all six buses where stored at Alexander’s Coachworks in Falkirk for many months. The batch eventually went to Clydeside, although one was used by Leyland which demonstrated it to other operators.

The following notes (up to the mid 1990s only) give some more information about the "Kelvin" vehicles.

D851 RDS, built as Kelvin 2851 (chassis number 8600462, body number RH47 2586/1). Not used, delivered to Clydeside 160, E160 YGB (then temporarily Western 960), reregistered VLT 166 (12/92), then E889 CDS (5/94). Became Chester 16, then Nottingham as 399 (8/98).

D852 RDS, built as Kelvin 2852 (chassis number 8600463, body number RH47 2586/2). Not used, delivered to Clydeside 165, D865 RDS (then temporarily Western 965), and also used as a Leyland Demonstrator. Reregistered 705 DYE (12/92?), then D160 UGA before withdrawal and disposal to Cottrell, Mitcheldean (7/94).

D853 RDS, built as Kelvin 2853 (chassis number 8600464, body number RH47 2586/3). Not used, delivered to Clydeside 161, E161 YGB, (then temporarily Western 961), reregistered FSU 661 (12/92), then E925 CDS (6/94). Became Chester 17, then Nottingham 397 (8/98).

D854 RDS built as Kelvin 2854 (chassis number 8600465, body number RH47 2586/4). Not used, delivered to Clydeside 162, E162 YGB (then temporarily Western 962), reregistered 32 CLT (12/92), then E941 CDS (6/94). Became Chester 18, then Nottingham as 396 (8/98).

D855 RDS, built as Kelvin 2855 (chassis number 8600466, body number RH47 2586/5). Not used, delivered to Clydeside 163, E163 YGB (then temporarily Western 963), reregistered WLT 364 (12/92), then E938 CDS (6/94). Became Chester 19, then Nottingham as 398 (8/98).

D856 RDS built as Kelvin 2856 (chassis number 8600467, body number RH47 2586/6). Not used, delivered to Clydeside 164, E164 YGB (then temporarily Western 964), reregistered VLT 204 (12/92), then E935 CDS (6/94). Became Chester 20, then Nottingham as 396 (8/98).

ss6909 Kelvin D853 RDS 19870911 ae cpy

1970 by heller_dk

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Me. I'm "cleaning up," - scanning old pictures. I was 20 then.

Built as Kelvin 2852, 2856 & 2853, (D852 RDS, D856 RDS & D853 RDS), 1987 Leyland Lion LDTL11/1R / Alexander R CH49/37F, Alexander Coachworks, Falkirk, 11 September 1987. by VRS 323