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Late addition (Oct30/16) : can someone please tell me how this photo has had over 24,000 views when it didn't make Explore, and was only in 13 groups? I'd really like to know.
Original commentary:
I 've been looking at this photo on my dining room wall, where I have a tapestry with dozens of photos ~ a tradition started by my Mom years ago. I used various techniques to get all the pinholes out of this, because I have no idea where the negative is. My friend Gerry & I had camped on a nearby island for 3 years, wishing we could camp on this group of 7 islands surrounding a sheltered lagoon. We finally got it, and I have to say camping here was like being in Eden. Except the water is cold. After this shot was taken, I took off all my clothes and hid them behind a rock, hoping for a true Garden of Eden shot. Joni MItchell has an album cover where she stands naked at the seashore. (Altho she's facing away form the camera) However, since I had 7 rolls of film (this was before I had a digital), I decided to get them developed at Costco, which was less expensive. I was looking forward to seeing how they turned out . But....when I picked the photos up ~shock ~ the nude ones had been removed. Staff said they took them out because of the way photos are in bins on the floor for people to pick out their own. But they're in packages with the photographers' name on them, so I didn't think other people would take mine. I made the store clerk take me to their lunchroom to make sure there were no photos of me in my BD suit on their bulletin board! I've never seen any of the nude shots from this trip....I think there were 4 or 5. Bet that would never happen in Europe!
Anyway, in this one, I like the texture of the rocks contrasted with the smoothness of the ocean, and the vastness of the scene, with only one person ~me~ to be seen. We named the wonderful tree The Joshua Tree, even tho it doesn't look like one, and hiked across a couple of small islands and up some rocks to have our morning coffee in this powerful place.
PS......altho this pic was taken with my camera, I didn't take it.....thanks Gerry! I did doctor it with various Picnik techniques, tho, so it's partly my work.
© Copyright notice: this photo belongs solely to me, and may not be used by any person, organization or entity without my full written permission
A fairly recent addition to the fleet at Go-Ahead Metrobus is this cast off from London Central's Bexleyheath garage. SE17 LX07 BYB last worked from BX on 23rd July and entered service at MB on the 26th July. It is captured here at the 126 terminus in Eltham High Street on Thursday 22nd August 2019. DSCN50007.
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New addition!! I’ve been having fun with the Canon 20D but when I found a 50D body that was cheap but wouldn’t turn on, figured it was worth a shot.
Hooked up the grip from the 20D that was charged up, still nothing.
Tested another CF card and it came alive!!
Reformatted the one it had, works like new!
Now to eventually find a canon lens 😂
I only have the two lensbaby lenses and the Olympus adapter (only good within so many feet).
Debating on letting the Lensbaby composer go so I can find a prime lens.
#newtome #leapoffaith #itsalive #canon #dslr #canon50d
The Parts panel is a brand new addition - use it to control your dragon's appearance by configuring horns, spikes, fins, blades, etc! No two dragons need look alike!
Feeds Baby Oil. Yes, a subcult of the many bees of the world are those who, in addition to feeding their young pollen, feed them oil from plants that produce oil for that very purpose. Here is such a bee, a Paratetrapedia collected by Tim McMahon in Costa Rica. It has special hairs to transport the oil to the nest. It is unclear to me whether nectar is not eschewed by the these bees but oils are significant enough that both plants and bees have danced the evolutionary dance with oil as the music. Want to do something describe the nests of this group? Of the 30+ only 1 species has a described nest. This dark bee photographed by Anders Croft.
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Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200
We Are Made One with What We Touch and See
We are resolved into the supreme air,
We are made one with what we touch and see,
With our heart's blood each crimson sun is fair,
With our young lives each spring impassioned tree
Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range
The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change.
- Oscar Wilde
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Best over all technical resource for photo stacking:
Free Field Guide to Bee Genera of Maryland:
bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf
Basic USGSBIML set up:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY
USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4
Bees of Maryland Organized by Taxa with information on each Genus
www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/collections
PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:
ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf
Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:
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or
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Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
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Sam Droege
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History:
The development of Xerion began in 1968, but was suspended in 1972 with the launch of the MB-Trac, because originally a collaboration with Mercedes-Benz was being considered. 1978, the development was resumed.
Concept:
The Claas Xerion has a system of four steered tractor tires of the equal size. The Xerion has three mounting areas: front and rear hydraulic linkage, and structure behind the cab. In addition, some versions have a 110-mm ball coupling for a gooseneck hitch behind the cab.
The cabin is located, depending on the design, to be centred on the frame. For the TRAC VC version has a cabin that can partially rotate backwards for push operation or in the normal direction of direction of travel, to be centrally mounted with the view forward over the engine.
Suspension:
The first models of Xerion possessed a welded frame in full frame design, now the frame construction is bolted.
The axles of the Xerion can be steered either individually, in opposite directions or in the same direction (in the crab ) via the steerable rigid axle.
Drive:
The engines are inline six-cylinder Mercedes-Benz with up to 390 kW. In the past, engines were Perkins Engines and Caterpillar installed.
The original development contract included the construction of a separate continuously variable transmission, the HM-8. It had an 8-areas and works with a hydrostatic-mechanical power split. The gearbox was awarded the Agritechnica Gold Medal award in 1997. The Claas Xerion used the continuous transmission from ZF.
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The model shown here is the largest, most powerful version of the Claas XERION 4x4 Tractor system, the 5000. The model has the standard cabin configuration, and includes technic piston engine, four-wheel-drive and four-wheel steering. The Lego miniland-scale model has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 84th Build Challenge, our 7th birthday, to the theme, - "LUGNuts Turns 7…or 49 in Dog Years", - where all the previous challenge themes are available to build to. The XERION has been built to the 37th Build Challenge, - "The Food We Eat", - for farm-related vehicles, or vehicles used for the transportation of food products.
.... Osgoode Hall is an aggregate of structures constructed over nearly 150 years, beginning with the original structure (facade) in 1829-1832. Sideview shows continued expansion of additions. 1883-1884 - Construction of the Chancery Court Wing and extension of the West Wing - Architect: Kivas Tully .... 1910-1912 - North and West Wing Additions - Architect: F.R. Heakes. The structure is named for William Osgoode, the first Chief Justice of Upper Canada (Province of Ontario). It currently houses the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Divisional Court of the Superior Court of Justice, the offices of the Law Society of Ontario and the Great Library of the Law Society. ....
So a few of you know that in addition to being a full-time dad, I've written a space opera novel. I've been trying, without success, to have it published for a couple of years now, to no avail. So I've decided to sell it on Amazon.com for the Kindle e-Reader.
If you've ever wondered what kinds of stories lie behind the starfighters and other spaceships I build, then you should check it out. Amazon allows you to download the first 5% for free. If you're not hooked on the story by then, you won't be, trust me.
Don't have a Kindle? That's not a problem, either. Amazon has free Kindle software for just about every device out there, including your fat desktop PC.
Eagle-eyed listeners will note that the ship on the cover is none other than the Lilliander. This was done for me by Chris S., aka Colourbrand. If you haven't seen his amazing space works, you're missing out!
You can find Children of Azra here. It's only $5.99, so if you like the sample, please buy it. And if you read it, let me know what you think, good or bad.
Teenage dollhouse addition remodel project
Simplicity dollhouse by Real Good Toys
1:12 colonial style house
Additions to the school fleet over the last few years have been Alexander and Northern Counties bodied Volvo Olympians from various Stagecoach fleets.
Seen departing the depot in the Stagecoach Skoolbus livery is new to London Alexander RH bodied Volvo Olympian R168VPU.
Grade II* listed historic church believed to have mostly been constructed in the 1100's with many later alterations and additions.
"Lesbury is a small rural village in Northumberland in the north of England. It is built on the main coastal road 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southeast of Alnwick, on the north bank of the River Aln. Alnmouth railway station is about half a mile away.
The village has a long history. The Anglican Church of St Mary was mentioned in records dating back to 1147, and records from the end of the 13th century state that there were thirteen residents eligible to pay tax. Robert de Emeldon, later Lord Treasurer of Ireland, was parish priest of Lesbury in the 1320s.
In the 18th century, a schoolroom and master's house were built, paid for by Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland. By 1897, the village had a large corn mill, as well as a reading room with 500 volumes in the library.
The name 'Lesbury' is derived from Laece Burg (the town of the leech or physician).
The church, originally Norman, was restored by Anthony Salvin in 1846. It has a square 13th-century tower with a pyramidal roof and a lofty arch on round columns. The 13th-century chancel has a 15th-century roof with oak beams decorated at intervals with little carvings of foliage. The heavy eight-sided font, boldly carved with the Percy locket and crescent, is of about the same age.
In the south wall of the nave are three lancet windows in memory of Sir Henry Hall Scott, founder of the Imperial Yeomanry of South Africa, and his son, Captain George Hall Scott, who fell at the Battle of the Somme. They are the work of the A.K. Nicholson studios. The central lights show Joan of Arc and St George standing above graphic representations of the siege of Orleans and the capture of the village of Montauban by the British and French in 1916.
The glass in the west window is in memory of George Bray, vicar from 1908 to 1934. An earlier vicar was Percival Stockdale, a writer of some reputation, who died here in 1811 and was buried at Cornhill on Tweed. Lesbury's most notable parson was Patrick Mackilwyan, who has a place in Thomas Fuller's Worthies of England. He started off by insisting on having his tithes in kind, but settled down with his parishioners and won their regard by visiting the sick in their tents on the moor during the Plague of 1665, although he was then 97. He died there at 101, declaring that "Of friends and books, good and few are best."
The village has a long history. The Anglican Church of St Mary was mentioned in records dating back to 1147, and records from the end of the 13th century state that there were thirteen residents eligible to pay tax. Robert de Emeldon, later Lord Treasurer of Ireland, was parish priest of Lesbury in the 1320s.
In the 18th century, a schoolroom and master's house were built, paid for by Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland. By 1897, the village had a large corn mill, as well as a reading room with 500 volumes in the library.
The name 'Lesbury' is derived from Laece Burg (the town of the leech or physician).
The church, originally Norman, was restored by Anthony Salvin in 1846. It has a square 13th-century tower with a pyramidal roof and a lofty arch on round columns. The 13th-century chancel has a 15th-century roof with oak beams decorated at intervals with little carvings of foliage. The heavy eight-sided font, boldly carved with the Percy locket and crescent, is of about the same age.
In the south wall of the nave are three lancet windows in memory of Sir Henry Hall Scott, founder of the Imperial Yeomanry of South Africa, and his son, Captain George Hall Scott, who fell at the Battle of the Somme. They are the work of the A.K. Nicholson studios. The central lights show Joan of Arc and St George standing above graphic representations of the siege of Orleans and the capture of the village of Montauban by the British and French in 1916." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
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Kenichi has added to his layout, he sent a single photo of the new addition, I broke the photo down into several areas to highlight the great detail he has put into his work.
Taking advantage of a tight space, this mudroom was tucked between the garage and kitchen and acts as a true dropping zone for coats, gear, groceries and anything else you cannot make in one trip. A useful prep sink takes care of extra cleanup and a porcelain ceramic floor makes for easy cleanup of the space. Built in cabinets, open shelving , painted bead board and bench seat give it a custom look. Photography: John Umberger; Real Images
Circa 1785; additions to rear Robert Matheson, 1856, and George Morham, 1898. 3-storey, attic and basement, 4-bay former terraced classical house. Droved cream ashlar sandstone. Ashlar basement. Ground floor with square cut rustication; to right, steps oversailing basement to arched tripartite doorpiece with decorative semicircular metal fanlight framed by Roman Doric pilasters and cornice. 1st floor with moulded cill course and band course above. Cornice. 3 modern canted piend-roofed dormers.
Part of the original fabric of Edinburgh’s New Town, the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.
Hereford Cathedral is a fascinating place, not one of largest cathedrals or considered amongst the most architecturally significant, but one of the most interesting and rewarding nonetheless. It follows the usual cruciform plan for large churches but here the nave is the longest limb, the choir being relatively short for a cathedral, though the church extends further eastwards in the fine retro-choir and lady chapel. there are an eastern pair of transepts too, though here they do not rise above aisle roof level.
The central tower dominates the small city's skyline, but much less today than it once did, for originally it was crowned by a tall lead spire, and in addition there was a similar, slightly smaller tower at the west end (without a spire) thus the building's profile was very different to what we see today. Sadly this fine building has suffered several tragedies in it's history, the greatest of which was in 1786, when the west tower suddenly collapsed following an earth tremor, taking much of the nave with it. The architect chosen for the reconstruction was the notorious James Wyatt, who demolished all the remaining upper sections of the nave and substituted them with his own rather bland interpretation of Gothic. He also shortened the nave by one bay and built a rather mean west facade without rebuilding the west tower (the main tower also lost it's spire around this time). The present west facade is a more exuberant rebuilding by John Oldrid Scott from 1902-8.
The cathedral has generally been heavily restored throughout the 19th century (largely due to the red sandstone of it's construction) and parts of the exterior betray this, particularly the east facades of choir and Lady Chapel. There is still much to enjoy though, especially the 14th century tower with it's rich ballflower decoration. Entry is normally via the grand north porch, which has a large upper chapel and staircases either side, formerly for the veneration of relics.
The interior shows much more 12th century Norman work than the exterior suggests, with the main nave arcade, crossing arches, and much of the choir and south transept still substantially Romanesque structures. Aside from Wyatt's 1788 rebuilding of the upper parts of the nave, the rest is mostly of late 13th - early 14th century date, with distinctive window design of the Decorated period found throughout the nave and choir aisles. The most remarkable feature is the north transept, a unique design dating to c1260, where the Gothic arches and window heads are almost triangular in form.
There is a substantial complex of additional monastic buildings, including two cloisters, the main one being south of the nave (only the east and south sides remain) and the Vicar's Choral cloister, accessed via a long walkway off the south east corner, and still inhabited by cathedral staff and thus private. The real tragedy here is the chapter house, of which very little remains. This was once arguably the most exceptionally beautiful in the country, being ten-sided and covered by an exquisite fan vault. It was sadly neglected following the Civil War and demolished soon afterwards, a grievous loss.
The cathedral retains a fine set of 14th century choir stalls with carved misericords complete with the canopied bishop's throne. The font is Norman and features defaced figures of apostles and is guarded by four lions. The stained glass is mostly Victorian with only a few 15th century fragments in a south nave window and some good (but restored) 13th century scenes and grisaille in a Lady Chapel window. The best of the glass is found in the two smallest chapels, the Stanbury and Audley chantries, with Arts & Crafts and stunning contemporary work by Denny respectively. There was a rich Victorian metal choir screen at the crossing by G.G.Scott, but this was removed in the 1950s and is now (after years of storage and neglect) a major feature in the entrance to the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. A contemporary candelabrum, the 'Corona', now hangs in its place.
The set of monumental effigies is one of the most extensive in any English cathedral, but only a few are of the finest quality, and many have suffered later disfigurement, in the case of the medieval bishops' tombs several figures have been quite literally de-faced, whilst the post-Reformation tombs clearly offended Wyatt, who removed their architectural settings altogether leaving only the recumbent effigies randomly placed throughout the church.
But last word must go to the most famous relic of Hereford, the Mappa Mundi, the renowned c1280 map of the medieval World and the star exhibit of the famous chained library, now housed in a modern extension at the south west corner of the cloister.
James Brown 1774-79, with alterations and additions. One of a rectangular plan classical style houses forming a terrace, now a series of university departments. Numbers 55-59 Craigleith droved ashlar; number 60 (shown) has interesting squared snecked pink and cream Craigmillar rubble sandstone with blue whin pinnings. Set on ground sloping north to south and forming the north east portion of George Square. Roman Doric doorcases (some with coupled columns) with elided friezes; number 60 with later Greek Ionic doorcase. Tall corniced gable stacks with yellow clay cans.
Numbers 55-60 George Square designed by the architect James Brown in 1766 and built from 1774-79 is an important surviving component of the square. The classical details and regulated style of windows give the terrace coherence although there is considerable variation in the materials used in construction. The concept of terraces with individual houses designed for occupation by one family was relatively new in Edinburgh where tenement living had been the norm and proved an immediate success with the aristocracy and leading citizens. This part of the square is little altered externally and while there have been a number successive occupants and uses, there are many surviving 18th century interior features.
Some small scale projects such as Brown Square also designed by James Brown and John Adam's Adam Square (both now demolished) had been built in the early 1760s in Edinburgh but George Square represents a milestone in the development of planning because of its size and the coherence of its design.
The conception of James Brown's George Square probably predates James Craig's New Town plan by a number of months. The Town Council of Edinburgh resolved to set up a subcommittee to develop the New Town project and to advertise a competition for a plan in January 1766. In May of that year competition entries were received and the results became known in August. However by comparison, James Brown had acquired the lands on which George Square is built in 1761 and the first occupant had moved into the square during 1766. The scheme must have been proposed some time before.
Project Name: Three Trees
Project Type: Addition and remodel to a house
Location: Eagle Rock, CA
Status: Completed 2008
Designer: Jeremy Levine Design
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After a turbulent few months since Utopia suddenly ceased operating, things are getting back to normal for bus users around the Selby district of North Yorkshire. A key route which took the longest to sort out a new solution for was the corridor between Cawood and York; originally only operated with an hourly service between Selby and York numbered 42, Utopia came along and offered a 422 service between York and Sherburn in Elmet via Cawood in addition to a 420 service operating in competition to Arriva; Utopia dropped the 420 service for a while until weight restrictions on Cawood swing bridge were more tightly enforced after damage was dicvoered, and so a previous weight limit exemption for service buses was abolished which then meant Arriva didn't have any suitable vehicles which kept within the 7t Max Gross Weight limit - giving Utopia sole access over the bridge with their minibuses... so when Utopia collapsed this all disappeared, and whilst NYCC tried to put in a contingency service during a period of hoping an operator would step forward with a commercial service along this route, the NYCC provision was a bit pathetic and ended up with just a single journey outbound from York to Cawood and Selby which departed at lunchtime. At the same time, works had been underway on the bridge to strengthen it and increase the weight limit to 10t MGW.
In late October 2017 new service tenders were announced to provide permanent cover for the lost Utopia services, and the decision had been made to roll in the York-Cawood-Selby service together with local Selby service 8 and to have a single operator run right through from York to Drax via Cawood, Selby, Barlow and Camblesforth - the contract was awarded to Transdev York (an outpost of Yorkshire Coastliner) and a bit of vehicle shuffling initially saw a pair of Dennis / Plaxton Mini Pointer Dart's sent to York from spare stock at Keighley, with another later joining then during November, and the 2 buses allocated to new extended service 42 run to a frequency of every 90 minutes. It isn't as good as Arriva's original 60-minute headway, however this tendered service seems like it be a safety net so the operator can run this with funding to see if it can later operate unsupported.... I would be surprised if we're still here a year later with the 42 still running to the same times, though increasing frequency to hourly would require a third vehicle if the route itself is unchanged (and due to the route length it would not be possible to have an hourly service between York and Selby with a 2-hourly service to Drax, not unless the route was extended to Goole and Aimryn and possibly Swinefleet).
One of the cascaded buses to York is Mini Pointer Dart YG52 GDJ which is one of two at York to be wearing a black livery promoting a now discontinued mobile ticketing app, though perhaps the bus is only here temporarily until changes in Harrogate cascade some newer vehicles around. 703 is seen at York Piccadilly taking a 42 to Selby - the route now falls under the Little Explorers brand, and the bus has been given an orange swoop under the windscreen plus Little Explorers logo on the dash panel to replace the Keighley Bus Company logo - though I will admit this really does look like a temporary measure.
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The Tokyo International Forum is a multi-purpose center in Tokyo, Japan.
One of its halls seats 5,000. In addition to seven other halls, it includes exhibition space, a lobby, restaurants, shops, and other facilities.
Designed by architect Rafael Viñoly and completed in 1996, it features swooping curves of steel truss and glass; the outside is shaped like an elongated boat.
Standing between Tokyo Station and Yūrakuchō Station, its address is in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, on the site formerly occupied by the Tokyo metropolitan government (before it moved to Shinjuku).
could it be an in-law suite? a library? a studio? an office? at first i thought that the addition might have been a converted garage like the other house i had seen (see first comment box), but on this one the foundation doesn't seem right.
ANSH scavenger6 wall/fence
The new addition to the C5 Ranch. View Large On Black. Water is pretty murky from all the recent rain, hints the brown reflection
The Shot
Tripod, Canon 50d with Sigma 10-20mm, 3 bracketed RAW images
Photomatix
HDR with details enhancer
Photoshop
Applied layer 'levels'
Applied layer 'curves' for contrast
Applied layer 'hue saturation' for increase of selective colors
Applied unsharp mask after noise reduction to background layer
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On the thirteenth i got Black&White i was so STOKED ! and i got my MacBook on the fourteenth, I have been saving up for a few weeks now! and i finally got it ! So bacsicly this week has rocked for me!
This plain R4, without the addition of any letter code, was the most simple and cheapest R4 version.
Production Renault R4: 1961-1993.
Car production in France ended around 1986, while in some other countries like Yugoslavia production was continued till 1993.
845cc,
New French license number: 2004.
Number seen: about 12.
Saint-Julien-Labrousse (07 Fr. ), Chazalet, Aug. 2, 2015.
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Here are a few recent additions to my brass locomotive collection.
Scale: HO
Category: Steam
Subcategory:
Road: New York Central (NYC)
Whyte: 4-6-4
Description: J-3A HUDSON
Builder: George D. Stock
Year(s): 1950's
Qty Made: 1
Boing B-52D Stratofortress
The Pima Air & Space Museum, located in Tucson, Arizona, is one of the world's largest non-government funded aerospace museums. The museum features a display of nearly 300 aircraft spread out over 80 acres (320,000 m²) on a campus occupying 127 acres (610,000 m²). It is also been the home to the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame since 1991.
A large number of the museum's aircraft are displayed outside with the remainder located in one of the museum's 4 display hangars. In addition to the display hangars, the museum has a restoration hangar.
Opened to the public in May 1976 with 48 aircraft then on display, the Museum's main hangar houses an SR-71A Blackbird, an A-10 Warthog, a United States Air Force Through the Years exhibit, and a mock-up of a control tower.
The museum is adjacent to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), affiliated with the base, also known as the "Graveyard of Planes" or "The Boneyard", is the largest aircraft storage and preservation facility in the world. Bus tours of the boneyard leave from the museum several times a day from Monday to Friday, except Federal holidays.
The nearby Titan Missile Museum is located about 20 miles south of Tucson in Green Valley off of Interstate 19 and features a Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile still in its silo. Tours of the above-ground and underground installations around the missile are conducted daily. More extensive "top to bottom" tours take up to five hours and are conducted several times each month. Reservations required for top to bottom tour.
Both museums are overseen by the Arizona Aerospace Foundation and are governed by the Board of Trustees. They are non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization that relies on visitors paying admissions, for trams and AMARG tours, as well as what they spend in the Museum stores. They also rely on memberships and contracted events to pay to restore and acquire exhibits.
(Wikipedia)
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since the 1950s. The bomber is capable of carrying up to 70,000 pounds (32,000 kg) of weapons, and has a typical combat range of more than 8,800 miles (14,080 km) without aerial refueling.
Beginning with the successful contract bid in June 1946, the B-52 design evolved from a straight wing aircraft powered by six turboprop engines to the final prototype YB-52 with eight turbojet engines and swept wings. The B-52 took its maiden flight in April 1952. Built to carry nuclear weapons for Cold War-era deterrence missions, the B-52 Stratofortress replaced the Convair B-36 Peacemaker. A veteran of several wars, the B-52 has dropped only conventional munitions in combat. The B-52's official name Stratofortress is rarely used; informally, the aircraft has become commonly referred to as the BUFF (Big Ugly Fat Fucker/Fella).
The B-52 has been in service with the USAF since 1955. As of June 2019, 58 are in active service, 18 in reserve, and approximately 12 more aircraft in long-term storage. The bombers flew under the Strategic Air Command (SAC) until it was disestablished in 1992 and its aircraft absorbed into the Air Combat Command (ACC); in 2010, all B-52 Stratofortresses were transferred from the ACC to the newly created Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). Superior performance at high subsonic speeds and relatively low operating costs have kept them in service despite the advent of later, more advanced strategic bombers, including the Mach 2+ B-58 Hustler, the canceled Mach 3 B-70 Valkyrie, the variable-geometry B-1 Lancer, and the stealth B-2 Spirit. The B-52 completed sixty years of continuous service with its original operator in 2015. After being upgraded between 2013 and 2015, the last airplanes are expected to serve into the 2050s.
B-52D
The B-52D was a dedicated long-range bomber without a reconnaissance option. The Big Belly modifications allowed the B-52D to carry heavy loads of conventional bombs for carpet bombing over Vietnam, while the Rivet Rambler modification added the Phase V ECM systems, which was better than the systems used on most later B-52s. Because of these upgrades and its long range capabilities, the D model was used more extensively in Vietnam than any other model. Aircraft assigned to Vietnam were painted in a camouflage color scheme with black bellies to defeat searchlights.
(Wikipedia)
Das Pima Air & Space Museum (umgangssprachlich kurz: PASM) befindet sich im Südosten von Tucson, Arizona, USA am südlichen Ende der Start- und Landebahn der Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
Auf einer Fläche von rund 320.000 m² werden rund 300, fast ausschließlich militärische Flugzeuge ausgestellt; diese verteilen sich einerseits auf eine Anzahl von Hangars und ähnliche Ausstellungshallen, andererseits auf das weitläufige Außengelände. Nördlich angrenzend befinden sich die Davis-Monthan Air Force Base sowie die 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (kurz: AMARG) mit ihren mehreren Tausend eingelagerten militärischen Flugzeugen; diese Einrichtungen sind nicht Teil des PASM.
Die Liste der ausgestellten Flugzeuge ist mit rund 300 sehr umfangreich; teils handelt es sich um die letzten erhalten gebliebenen Exemplare, selten auch um Unikate. Auf Grund der intensiven Sonneneinstrahlung im Süden Arizonas ist insbesondere bei den Ausstellungsstücken im Außenbereich eine sonnenbedingte Verwitterung von Lackierungen, Kunststoffen und Gummi zu erwarten.
Das PASM ist Ansprechpartner und Organisator für Besuchertouren über das Gelände der AMARG.
(Wikipedia)
Die Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (englisch für „Stratosphärenfestung“; meist nur B-52) ist ein achtstrahliger Langstreckenbomber der US-Luftwaffe. Der Buchstabe „B“ in der Bezeichnung steht für Bomber.
Der US-amerikanische Flugzeughersteller Boeing entwickelte die B-52 Ende der 1940er-Jahre als Nuklearwaffenträger. Ihr Erstflug fand am 15. April 1952 statt. In den 1950er-Jahren übernahm sie im Strategic Air Command die Rolle der B-36 Peacemaker und der B-47 Stratojet als Grundpfeiler der US-amerikanischen nuklearen Abschreckung im Zeichen des Kalten Krieges gegen die Sowjetunion. In der Folge wurde die B-52 zum vielseitigsten und langlebigsten Bomber der US Air Force entwickelt und ist nach Außerdienststellung der letzten Hawker Hunter das älteste noch aktive Strahlflugzeug der Welt. Anfangs drohte das Projekt mehrmals zu scheitern und Boeing änderte den Entwurf noch kurzfristig. Erprobung und Produktion der B-52 verliefen anschließend nahezu reibungslos.
Die B-52 kam in verschiedenen konventionellen Konflikten zum Einsatz: Im Vietnamkrieg wurde sie für Flächenbombardements aus niedriger und großer Höhe eingesetzt. Sie diente im Zweiten Golfkrieg 1991 wie auch im Kosovokrieg 1999 als Startplattform für Marschflugkörper und zum Legen von Seeminen (dies nur im Golfkrieg). Zuletzt wurde sie ab 2015 im Kampf gegen den IS über Syrien und dem Irak eingesetzt. Im Jahr 2006 waren noch 94 der insgesamt 744 gebauten Stratofortress (im Pilotenjargon: BUFF für Big Ugly Fat Fellow/Fucker) in ihrer letzten Version B-52H im Einsatz. Der Bomber soll bis in die 2050er Jahre im Dienst bleiben und wäre damit neben der sowjetischen Tu-95 das Kampfflugzeug mit der längsten Einsatzzeit der Geschichte.
Neues Einsatzprofil/B-52D
Diese Version war die älteste, die tatsächlich als Bomber zum Einsatz kam (ab April 1966 im Vietnamkrieg), wenn auch nicht die erste (das war das F-Modell). Mit der D-Version begann die B-52-Produktion im großen Stil: 170 Exemplare baute Boeing von 1956 bis November 1957, davon 69 Stück erstmals auch am zweiten Produktionsstandort Wichita. Äußerlich unterschied sich die B-52D nicht vom Vorgängermodell. Die Elektronik wurde modernisiert und die Umrüstmöglichkeit zum Aufklärer entfiel endgültig.
Die steigende Anzahl der großen und schweren Bomber erforderte Umbaumaßnahmen auf den Stützpunkten. Zudem verteilte die Luftwaffe die Maschinen auf viele Basen, um das Risiko der Zerstörung der Bomberflotte durch den Gegner zu verringern.
Durch die verbesserte Flugabwehr der gegnerischen Streitkräfte waren die hochfliegenden Bomber zunehmend bedroht, sodass das SAC das Einsatzprofil der B-52 änderte. Im Rahmen des Big Four-Programms wurden sie ab November 1959 für Tiefflugeinsätze im feindlichen Luftraum ausgerüstet. Dazu gehörten Tiefflugradar, AGM-28 Hound Dog-Raketen und Geräte für elektronische Gegenmaßnahmen. Die Umrüstung betraf alle eingesetzten Modelle von B-52C bis -H und dauerte bis September 1963. Einsätze im Tiefflug belasteten die Struktur erheblich, daher waren ab 1960 immer wieder zeit- und kostenaufwändige Ausbesserungen nötig.
Für den Bombenkrieg in Südostasien konnten die D-Modelle nach dem Umbauprogramm Big Belly (Großer Bauch) ab Ende 1965 rund 30 Prozent mehr Bombenlast befördern, bis zu 27 Tonnen.
Die B-52D blieb bis 1983 im Einsatz bei der US-Luftwaffe.
(Wikipedia)
The latest addition for Jamiesons is this smart looking Irizar i6 Integral YT63 ACT new to Avensis of Romsey but most recently been with Able Coaches, South Mimms. It is the last out of the 3 Lerwick Port Authority coaches with the other two being with Leasks & Johnsons both Mercedes Tourismos
It is one of the 3 coaches on loan to the Lerwick Port Authority that will be hiring them each to Leasks, Johnsons and Jamiesons to help out with the cruise liner tours for the upcoming season. It has already been reported in use on a cruise liner tour today
Seen here at the Jamiesons Knab outstation in Lerwick on Tuesday 15 May 2018
Latest Addition to my Pathfinder Host, same techniques as before. Painted using a sponge then few details picked out.
New addition to the collection
MC ARSAT a.k.a. Zodiak-8
3.5/30 superwide-angle
I'm thinking about getting the Canon adapter for this guy. Thing is its a 16mm equivilant for 35mm so it would probably only be about 25mm on the 40D. May not be worth the hassel. I'm planning to shot some with the Kiev this weekend.