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Australia were looking comfortable on 130-3 but started losing wickets. Dean Headley produced an inspired spell of seam bowling and Australia fell apart. The game continued well into additional time for a finish and the Barmy Army made it a big
atmosphere in a series of MCG lower bays. England's Darren Gough took the last wicket with Australia 13 runs short.
A great victory, with Dean Headley taking 6-60.
Graeme Hick acknowledges his half century in England's 2nd innings. On Day Four England's batsmen tried to set Australia a sizeable total. Stewart (52), Hussain (50) and Hick (60) all tried to take advantage of Shane Warne's absence, but Stuart McGill took 7 wickets in the test. England scored 244 in their second innings only setting Australia a target of 175 to win.
They lost wickets steadily as the game continued late into the afternoon.
The D-21 came out of the CIA sponsored A-12 program. For photo targets which were too sensitive or too far away for manned A-12 flights, the unmanned D-21 was developed. The D-21 was powered by a Marquardt RJ43-MA-11 ramjet, similar to the engine used on the Bomarc missile.
The original plan was to launch the D-21 from a M-21 mothership (a modified A-12), but the 4th test flight destroyed the drone and the mothership; and operationally the D-21B was dropped from a B-52H with a solid propellant booster to get the craft up to a speed where the ramjet could operate.
Everyone was on the pitch for the presentations. Watching England abroad in this period usually meant seeing them thrashed. This was a memorable win followed by a memorable night in some decent Melbourne bars.
Christmas Day was scorching in Melbourne. I rocked up at the MCG early on Boxing Day 1998 with thousands of others, looking forward to the 4th Test in the Ashes series. Just after I took this photo the rain began. It didn't stop for most of the day so play was abandoned without a ball being bowled. So much of the day was spent exploring some fine Melbourne city centre bars.
On Day Two at the MCG Australia won the toss and inserted England. They very soon had them floundering again at 4-2.
Captain Alec Stewart led the recovery scoring 107 from 160 balls. Glenn McGrath and Ian Healy refused to applaud his century in the above photo. Stewart was well supported by Ramprakash (69) and Hick (39) but no-one else as England. were all out for 270. By close of play Australia were 59-2 in reply.
Singh bowls to Cook on day 1 of the 4th test match between England and India at Old Trafford, Manchester.
Having been criticised in the media as being too aggressive,
Jimmy Anderson has clearly moved on following his spat with Ravindra Jadeja ... to take up a career in rugby.
March AFB Museum
May 4, 2008
In order to extend the range of their photographic missions with their Lockheed A-12s, the CIA and Lockheed came up with a "Mother-Daughter" solution. Two A-12s were modified to become two-seaters, with a pylon mounted on the fuselage between the twin vertical tails. The A-12s were redesignated as M-21 for Mother. On top of the pylon was mounted a ramjet powered drone with a camera, called the D-21 known as the Daughter, later becoming known as the GTD-21. test flights showed it added to the range of the M-21 by over 1000nmi at altitudes of 90,000ft. It also would allow for flights over well defended areas without risking a loss of crew.
On the 4th test flight of the M-D combo in 1966, an inflight accident caused the loss of both aircraft, as well as one crew member. The loss of the mothership, as well as other technical problems, resulted in the decision to drop the M-D combo.
Still wanting to use the drone, the mother ship was switched to a B-52, with the drone mounted to an underwing pylon, the same as the Hound dog cruise missile normally carried on later B52s. Because the D-21 was powered by a ramjet, engine startup required speeds above what was capable with the B-52. So, a rocket engine was mounted to the bottom of the drone for launch. The drone then became a GTD-21B.
The program wasn't considered a success, and the drones were stored at the "boneyard" at Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona.
The program was never publicized, and was unknown to the general public, until the drones were discovered by an IPMS (International Plastic Modelers Society) tour of the boneyard. At the time, individuals were allowed to leave their car or bus, and wander around to take pictures. Some individuals saw the D-21s off in a corner, and rushed over to take pictures, and the rest is history.
The drones were later offered to the Aerospace industry for testing along with a blackbird as a mothership, however, I don't believe anybody took up the offer.
It may be hard for some people to believe, but some days there can be just too much sport on TV.
Take Sunday, there was the last day of the 4th test between England and India, the Belgian Grand Prix from Spa, the final stage to Le Tour and the final of the women's Euros.
All on at pretty much the same time.
I have not watched motor racing in over two decades, and live Test Match Cricket since 2005, so it was going to be a toss up between the cycling and kicky ball.
We were up pretty early, the cats fed, coffee drunk. But I saw we didn't have enough fruit for breakfast, but instead of waiting until Tesco opened, I suggested going out for breakfast.
We went into town and found the car park already three quarters full, and once we were in Chaplins, found just one table free.
A cruise ship has docked, and so the wait between ordering our food and it coming was enlivened by bus-loads of mainly American tourists being dropped into town.
As the bus left, you could them, standing around looking at DDC's worst plans made real, and them thinking, is this it?
Breakfast came, and was good. We are so regular here now, the waitress knows our order before we say it.
Not much else to do, so once finished we go back to the car and drive back home, along Townwall Street, now not clogged with traffic, then home.
Back home I mow the lawnmeadow, then after thinking about it, rake the thatch up. But my mind baulked at the scarifying tool. So, we decided to buy a machine instead, to make it easier.
That's arriving on Monday.
I sit on the patio with Scully, watching the birds and beers, me sipping from an ice cold bottle of Leffe.
Which I discover is now brewed in the UK, so will not be buying that again.
Come three in the afternoon, and the cycling starts. So, I settle down to watch it, and with the addition of three climbs up to Sacré-Cœur up the narrow cobbled streets of Montmartre, I decided to watch that until the end, and tape England v Spain to watch once the cycling was finished.
The cycling was brilliant, and doubly so the new climb. The race was won by my favourite rider, Wout van Aert, who found new reserves of strength to outclimb Tadej Pogačar on the second climb, then being the best descender, opened up a large lead, which he kept through the last circuit.
Then over to the footy. The game had nearly finished, or should have, but I started from kick off, sipping a pint of Taddy Porter and munching chilli nuts as Spain took the lead, then England levelled early in the second half.
Due to a glitch in the i player, I had seen the score with 5 minutes to go in extra time, so the only unknown was those last five minutes.
No goals scored, so went to penalties.
And unlike the England men, there was never any doubt with Spain scoring just one spot kick, so England ran out 3-1 winners.
Let the celebration, and tears, begin.
Day 569 Epson R-D1+Leica Summilux 35mm f1.4
Sunday 22 April 2012.
My 4th. test with Epson R-D1 at Terrace Restaurant,Central Plaza Lardprow in Saturday night,we went to a concert performed by a singer, Mr.Thanin Intrathep.
Day 569 Epson R-D1+Leica Summilux 35mm f1.4
Sunday 22 April 2012.
My 4th. test with Epson R-D1 at Terrace Restaurant,Central Plaza Lardprow in Saturday night,we went to a concert performed by a singer, Mr.Thanin Intrathep.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes glances a ball from South African seamer Duanne Olivier for 4 on the first afternoon of the 4th test at Emirates Old Trafford. The photo was taken from the pavilion steps at the recently named James Anderson End of the ground.
I watch a video channel on YouTube called "Christopher Collects", it's a guy who opens bags of money in the hope of finding rare UK coins.
Its better than that, as coins are split between definitives and commemoratives, or those normal every day coins and ones that mark an anniversary of other such event.
I learned from this that there was a special £2 coin being minted, though not circulated, of the 200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington as well as the Canterbury and Whitstable railways.
This then I sent off for, and using money received from a lifelong friend, you Dougie, I bought this from the Royal Mint.
Apart from this being delivered, this was the day we learned that you get what you pay for, and in the process really put Scully's life in danger.
Jools bought the glucose monitor, and the reviews made it seem OK, so we bought it and have used it for a month. And then yesterday the first reading at 08:00 didn't see right, so I retested it straight away with the same sample, and the reading halved.
I tested again and the reading dropped again. The same thing on the 4th test.
Hmmmmmm.
I did the same on the 09:00, 10:00 and 11:00 tests and got the same range of results, seconds apart.
The upshot is we don't know if the first "high" test is correct or the cluster of lower ones.
When Jools came back from her craft club, we decided to buy a new monitor, no expense spared, and that would be delivered ASAP, or Saturday as it turned out.
In the meantime, we would monitor Scully and feed her little and often and administer insulin twelve hours apart at seven in the morning and evening.
I posted a review on the Amazon page for it, and saw when you delved down into customer's reviews, many people had said pretty much the same. 50% were good reviews, but 25% were that it was a danger to our pets.
I added mine to the 25%.
We have lunch, and after that settled, off out again, this time to Aycliffe to go hunting for sloes. Not so much hunting but a lot of gathering.
When I went down to the footbridge a few weeks back, I noticed huge amounts of sloes, so back on Friday to pick them.
We parked at the bottom of the Ropewalk, then down the footsteps, through the tunnel, and there were the sloes.
Not quite as many as I remember, but plenty for us as we topped up stocks for the autumn when we will be making sloe gin.
Two bags collected, we go back to the car, Jools drove us home safe and sound, back past the castle and over to St Maggies.
I had my annual chat with Mark and David on the occasion of my birthday, a perk being a supporter of their podcast. And then straight into the weekly quiz, of which I was stumped until the end.
So it goes.
I make dinner, marinated duck breast, corn, creamed spinach and a melody of grains.
And beer.
Being the weekend.
The evening's entertainment was provided by Scotland and Denmark who fought out a 0-0 draw in wonderful, wonderful, Copenhagen.
@ Kia Oval, (Ind vs Eng, npower test series 2011, 4th Test, 2nd Innings)
Sachin Tendulkar was tested by James Anderson throughout the series.
Pic 1: Anderson in action, while Dhoni was just about to be on his ramp walk.
Pic 2 : 4th ball of the day, a chest high from Anderson, Tendulkar swayed out of his way
ISO 100 | f/5.6 , f/10 | L- Canon 55 to 250mm