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The Apollo 11 Command Module, "Columbia," was the living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first crewed lunar landing mission in July 1969. On July 16, 1969, Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins were launched from Cape Kennedy atop a Saturn V rocket. This Command Module, no. 107, manufactured by North American Rockwell, was one of three parts of the complete Apollo spacecraft. The other two parts were the Service Module and the Lunar Module, nicknamed "Eagle." The Service Module contained the main spacecraft propulsion system and consumables while the Lunar Module was the two-person craft used by Armstrong and Aldrin to descend to the Moon's surface on July 20. The Command Module is the only portion of the spacecraft to return to Earth.
Joint Multinational Training Command competitors 1st Lt. Mitchell Messick (left), Pvt. Benjamin Ranew (center) and Staff Sgt. William Chavis conduct a patrol during the CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) lane at the 2014 U.S. Army Europe Best Warrior Competition, Sept. 16 at Grafenwoehr, Germany. The competition is a weeklong event that pushes Soldiers to the limits of their physical stamina, bearing, knowledge, adaptability and technical and tactical skills. The best warriors are ready and resilient Soldiers who live the Army values and lead from the front. Winners in the Soldier and NCO levels of the USAREUR competition will go on to compete at the Department of the Army level at Fort Lee, Va., Oct. 6-10. (Photo by Markus Rauchenberger)
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (Nov. 12, 2022) - A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, takes off in support of a Bomber Task Force mission at Andersen AFB, Guam, Nov. 12, 2022. BTF missions are designed to showcase Pacific Air Force’s ability to deter, deny and dominate any influence or aggression from adversaries or competitors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Allison Martin) 221112-F-PX509-1006
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The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) a memorial relating the historical impact of and on Bomber Command during the Second World War. Located on Canwick Hill, overlooking the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire.
The city of Lincoln was selected for the location of the IBCC because 27 RAF Bomber Command stations (over a third of all Bomber Command stations) were based in the county during World War II. The large amount of airfields led to Lincolnshire being nicknamed the "Bomber County".
Located at Canwick Hill, the centre is just under two and half miles from RAF Waddington, which suffered the greatest losses of any Bomber Command station, and close to the former Avro aircraft production facility at Bracebridge Heath. A view of Lincoln Cathedral, a prominent landmark for aircrews, forms an important part of the vista from the centre of the Memorial Spire.
The aim of the IBCC is to tell the personal stories of members of the RAF Bomber Command, ground crew and civilians impacted by the bombing campaigns during the Second World War. The centre will also provide a comprehensive record of the role of Bomber Command's squadrons and to digitally display historical documentation and photographs relating to the activity of Bomber Command.
Within the grounds of the International Bomber Command Centre the Spire Memorial was erected on 10 May 2015. The memorial is a spire, reflecting the connection to Lincoln Cathedral. Created out of Corten A weathering steel, it is based on the dimensions of the wingspan of a Lancaster bomber, being 102ft high and 16ft at the base. The Spire was officially unveiled in October 2015 to an audience of 3,600 guests including 312 Bomber veterans.
The spire is encircled by walls carrying the names of all 57,871 men and women who gave their lives whilst serving in or supporting Bomber Command. This is the only place in the world where all these losses are memorialised.
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Catalog #: Casson_0019
Title: Apollo Command Module - preparing for weight & balance test
Photo Credit: North American Aviation Inc., Space and Information Systems Division, Photographic Department
Year: 8/5/1965
Collection: Norm Casson Collection
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
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D.C. CHUDLEY
SIGNALMAN. R.N. P/JX 700850
H.M.M.T.B. 494
7TH APRIL 1945 AGE 18
IN TREASURED MEMORY OF OUR DEAR DOUG.
O GOD, WE GIVE HIM NOW INTO THY KEEPING
P/JX 700850 Signalman Douglas Charles Chudley, MTB 494, Royal Navy.
Born on 21st. September 1926 at Marylebone, London, the son of Harvey James and Gertrude Clara Chudley, nee Wigzell, later of Halstead, Essex.
Died in action the North Sea on 7th. April 1945, aged 18.
Buried in Sec. 25. Grave 532 at Normanston Drive cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
During the night of the Saturday 7th. April 1945, near Smith's Knoll off the Norfolk coast, three MTB's of 22nd. MTB Flotilla, MTB 493, 494 and 497, based at HMS Mantis in Lowestoft, Suffolk clashed with five of their German counterparts from 2. Schnellbootsflotille, based at Den Helder in Holland. The German's mission was to lay mines in the east coast convoy route.
Just after 02.12, MTB 494, commanded by T/Lt. Jack May, RNVR, was rammed by S 176, commanded by Lt. Friedrich-Wilhelm Stockfleth. After the ramming MTB 494 turned upside down and sank in position 52 degrees 50 mins N, 2 degrees 55 mins. E. German POW'S involved in the battle stated that 'Although cut in half and sinking, MTB 494 continued to fire her guns'. S 176 was stopped after taking some serious hits in action with MTB 497, commanded by T/Lt. A.T.J. Harrington, RNVR and with S 176 burning, Lt. Stockfleth blew-up his boat and sank it.
MTB 493, commanded by T/Lt. Alexander Duncan Foster RNVR, smashed into S 177, commanded by Lt. Karl Boseniuk. Immediately afterwards MTB 493 came to an abrupt halt, it had been badly damaged and only a small section of its bow was left intact. S 177 continued on until it's engine room filled with water and the engines stopped. After several futile attempts by S 174, commanded by Lt. Hans-Juergen Stohwasser, to tow S 177, the crew were taken off and S 177 was blown up and sunk. T/Lt. Foster was awarded the DSC for his gallantry.
The following day, RAF launch HSL 2558, almost certainly from No. 24 Air Sea Rescue Unit at Gorleston, Norfolk, found 5 British and 3 German life-rafts, all were empty. Later another raft was sighted which HSL 2558 found contained the bodies of Lt. May and three of his crew from MTB 494. Subsequently, HSL 2558 had the sad task of bringing back more bodies from MTB 494. Only three crew members of MTB 494 survived, all the other fourteen members of the crew onboard MTB 494 that night perished.
KILLED IN ACTION.
T/Lt. Jack May RNVR.
P/JX 262015 Able Seaman
Charles Augustus 'Gus' Holland, aged 23.
C/JX 378644 Able Seaman Anthony Worcester Dandie, aged 20.
P/JX 700850 Signalman Douglas Charles Chudley, aged 18.
C/JX 354779 Able Seaman Frank Crowder, aged 23.
P/SSX 35669 Able Seaman Leslie Frederick Vine, aged 22.
MISSING.
The death of each person listed below was subsequently confirmed.
T/Sub Lt. Ian Turner MacFarlane RNVR, aged 21.
T/Midshipman Ian Rochester Naylor RNVR, aged 18.
D/JX 349131 Leading Seaman Ralph Edward Jones, aged 21.
C/JX 559374 Able Seaman George Rudolph Shoosmith, aged 19.
P/KX 153796 Stoker 1st. Class Charles Simmons.
D/KX 139149 Acting Leading Stoker Jeffrey Slater, aged 24.
P/JX 402999 Telegraphist Arthur Treece.
P/MX 543586 Petty Officer Motor Mechanic Victor Marcus Wheeler, aged 28.
SURVIVORS.
Slightly Injured.
P/JX 389691 Able Seaman Charles Coombes.
P/JX 201176 Telegraphist Herbert 'Bert' Markham.
P/JX 297405 Able Seaman Aubray Taylor.
MTB 494
Length: 71ft. 9 in.
Beam: 20 ft. 3 in.
Draught: 5ft. 9 in.
Displacement: 51.6 ton
Engines: 3 x Packard petrol engines
Engine output: 3 x 1,35 hp
Speed: 39 knots
Armament:
1 x Mk. VIII 6 pounder, forward
2 x 20 mm anti-aircraft guns
4 x .303 in. anti-aircraft guns
2 x 18 in. torpedo tubes
Builder: British Power Boat Co, Hythe, Southampton, Hampshire
Ordered: 25th. September 1943
Commissioned: 9th. November 1944
Sunk: 7th. April 1945
SOUTH KOREA (March 27, 2023) - U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, and Republic of Korea Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, participate in an opening ceremony marking the beginning of training for Korean Marine Exercise Program 23.3 at Rodriguez Live-fire Complex, Republic of Korea, March 27, 2023. KMEP is a series of continuous-combined training exercises designed to enhance the ROK-U.S. Alliance, promote stability on the Korean Peninsula, and strengthen combined military capabilities and interoperability. 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mario A. Ramirez) 230327-M-UH307-2010
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PEARL HARBOR (Sept. 16, 2015) - Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) passes the USS Arizona Memorial as it arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam from supporting Pacific Partnership 2015. Now in its 10th iteration, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indio-Asia-Pacific region. While training for crisis conditions, Pacific Partnership missions have provided medical care to approximately 270,000 patients and veterinary services to more than 38,000 animals. Additionally, Pacific Partnership has provided critical infrastructure development to host nations through the completion of more than 180 engineering projects. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Michael Ray/Released) 150916-N-ZQ784-063
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Today, both "The Land That Time Forgot" and "The People That Time Forgot" are fan favorites and hold a special 'cult' status among film buffs. I just goes to show that sometimes great films
don't need huge budgets to succeed, just dinosaurs and sexy cave women.
The Land That Time Forgot (1975)
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Amicus Pictures
Directed By: Kevin Connor
Written By: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jim Cawthorn, Michael Moorcock, Milton Subotsky
Cast:
Doug McClure as Bowen Tyler
John McEnery as Captain Von Schoenvorts
Susan Penhaligon as Lisa Clayton
Keith Barron as Bradley
Anthony Ainley as Dietz
Godfrey James as Borg
Bobby Parr as Ahm
Declan Mulholland as Olson
Colin Farrell as Whiteley
Ben Howard as Benson
Roy Holder as Plesser
Andrew McCulloch as Sinclair
Ron Pember as Jones
Grahame Mallard as Deusett
Andrew Lodge as Reuther
Runtime: 90 Minutes
Color: Color
Story
In the year 1916 during WW1, an Allied vessel carrying civilians, the SS Montrose, is torpedoed by a German submarine. The survivors manage to board the sub and successfully take control of it. After the two sides continuously plot to overthrow the other, the group become lost. With supplies and fuel dwindling, the two opposing factions decide to work together. They find a strange continent in the icy region of the Atlantic ocean, but strangely, the water surrounding it is warm. Christened Caprona by an early Italian navigator named Caproni, the ice encroached island has no place to land. Traversing a winding underwater cavern, the U-boat ascends into a river.
The group find themselves in a strange land filled with prehistoric creatures. With dangers lurking at every turn, the lost travelers haven't enough fuel for a return trip. The group journey North across the land of Caprona in search of fuel. The further north they go, the more highly advanced the creatures and inhabitants become. They later find crude oil deposits and build
machinery with which to refine the lubricant for use in the subs engines. Attempting to leave, the mysterious volcanic continent threatens to rip itself apart to keep the involuntarily exiled travelers from escaping The Land That Time Forgot.
The set design is amazing with the makers getting full use out of Shepperton Studios, the home of Amicus. Some years later, the famed Pinewood Studios would acquire Shepperton. The Director of Photography on LAND, Alan Hume, does an admirable job capturing the colorful landscapes and fauna of the lost world of Caprona. Hume also took the job of DP on the three other Connor directed monster movies. Hume would later perform photographic duties on several of the Bond pictures in addition to the comedic prehistoric opus, CAVEMAN (1981) starring Ringo Starr among a cast of other recognizable faces.
The first in a series of popular fantasy adventure movies from the team of producer John Dark and director Kevin Conner. A highly ambitious British film from Amicus Productions, the chief rival to Hammer Films. Hammer had done their own series of prehistoric epics beginning with ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. (1966). That film featured stop motion animation by famed animator Ray Harryhausen. The film was so successful a follow-up was ordered albeit somewhat hesitantly considering the length of time it took for the stop motion effects to be created.
Doug McClure leads the cast to Caprona in a role that suits his former cowboy persona on THE VIRGINIAN television program. McClure replaced Stuart Whitman who was originally cast. Apparently, Whitman never received his full compensation to not participate in the picture and McClure was a likewise unwanted commodity as well. At the time, he was going through a divorce and a spate of drinking which kept him in a volatile mood from time to time. However, according to Susan Penhaligon, McClure was always a gentleman with her. McClure is very good and any hint of rambunctious behavior behind the scenes isn't evident in his pulpy performance.
McClure would take the lead role for AT THE EARTH'S CORE (1976), in which he would be paired with a rather spunky Peter Cushing. In 1977's THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT, McClure took a 'Guest Star' credit and only appears during the finale although he's the main focus of the story when Patrick Wayne journey's to Caprona to rescue him. It's the only film in the series that is a direct link with one of the other pictures. The fourth film, WARLORDS OF ATLANTIS (1978), isn't a Burroughs tale and also isn't an Amicus picture. Columbia handled distribution in the US.
In the early 1970s’ Amicus Pictures (Owned by Milton Subotsky and Max J Rosenberg) decided to pump some life into the declining British fantasy film industry by bringing the works of Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs to the big screen. At about the same time the film company’s rival, Hammer, had abandoned its standard horror films for features starring half naked women in an attempt to put more bodies in the seats. Amicus felt that the time seemed right for a series of films based on Burroughs strait forward action tales to fill the cinematic void.
The first of the four Burrough’s stories to be produced by Amicus would be an adaptation of the short story “The Land That Time Forgot” which was first published in Blue Book Magazine in 1918. Milton Subotsky had first penned a screenplay for the film back in the early 1960s’ but his first draft was initially rejected by the late Burrough’s estate. It was under their prodding that the script was rewritten by Jim Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock. Their dialogue heavy, light on the action script however didn’t meet Subotsky’s approval, so it was reworked yet again.
"The Land that Time Forgot" began production at Pinewood Studios in April 1974 with a meager $750,000 budget that had been put up by American International Pictures in exchange for the American distribution rights. This extremely low budget forced the film-makers to settle for cost cutting measures in the effects department. Hand puppets were used for the films dinosaurs in many scenes where costly stop motion animation had intended to be used. The effect looks
primitive when compared to modern CGI effects, but for the time period in which it was created, these effects in "The Land That Time Forgot" fared well against most rival productions.
Script problems and hand held dino’s were not the only problems the production would face in its early stages. Originally Stuart Whitman was cast as the American engineer Bowen Tyler, but Samuel Arkoff of AIP protested. Their next choice, Doug McClure, finally agreed to take the role after initially passing on it. McClure was billed as the perfect leading man by director Kevin Connor. McClure had earned a reputation as a marketable lead on the TV Western “The Virginian.” On the set however, McClure earned another type of reputation after his tendency to hit the bottle caused him to miss a couple of days shooting and punch a hole in producer Johnny Dark’s office door. Despite this McClure was considered a nice guy by his costars. He even held the hand of a nervous Susan Penhaligon (cast as biologist Lisa Clayton) during the explosions of the films volcano erupting climax. John McEnry, who played the German U-boat Captain von Schoverts, was continually acting up on the set due to his belief that the production was beneath him as an actor. This lead to his voice being dubbed over by Anton Diffrin due to his demeanor and lackluster tone. Aside from this however none of the other off screen troubles manifested themselves in the finished product.
The films plot is a strait forward Burroughs adventure story.
John McEnery, who plays the somewhat honorable Captain Von Shoenvorts, the leader of the German forces, was dubbed by Anton Diffring. The first 15 or 20 minutes of the film are very well handled, having the American and British survivors take command of the Nazi sub only to have the Germans take the vessel back, only to lose it once more. During the final switch, the Allied survivors get some poetic justice on their German captors. When the sub is to rendezvous with a Nazi supply ship, Tyler quietly launches torpedoes destroying the enemy vessel in recompense for the prior destruction of the civilian ship.
Anthony Ainley as Dietz is the true antagonist of the picture. He appears to have much respect for his Captain, but at the beginning after the Germans have sunk the civilian vessel, Dietz asks if there is an order to surface to look for survivors. Capt. Von Shoenvorts declines, yet Dietz responds with, "Survivors may live to fight another day." The Captain then says, "They are in enough trouble already...besides, these were civilians." As the Captain walks away there is a look of unmitigated and deceitful envy on the face of Dietz.
He secretly harbors desires to command his own unit and this materializes during the finale when Dietz shoots his Captain and takes over the doomed submarine. Ainley played a much different character in THE BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW (1971) in which he played a priest who is seduced by a harbinger of the Devil.
Derek Meddings was in charge of special effects on the picture and his work here would foreshadow some great things to come. Meddings would tackle effects chores on a number of big movies including a slew of the James Bond movies and big budgeted fantasy pictures such as SUPERMAN 1 and 2, KRULL and the 1989 version of BATMAN.
Monster designer Roger Dicken was in charge of the ambitious dinosaur sequences seen in THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT. He also created special effects for several Hammer films including WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH (1970) in which Dicken worked alongside fellow luminaries, Jim Danforth and Dave Allen. Dicken was Danforth's assistant here but on LAND, Dicken was on his own.
Douglas Gamley composed the score which has that Amicus sound to it, but given the nature of the film, Gamley peppers the score with at least one rousing composition which is saved for the finale. The scene in question has Tyler and Lisa racing back to the refinery as the land explodes around them. The group has left without them, though. As the U-boat makes its way back across the now burning river, Tyler and Lisa watch as the sub is destroyed from the boiling water and overwhelming heat.
During the finale, Caprona (described as a gigantic volcanic crater) begins to seemingly erupt destroying life on the island. In the third film, also during the finale, Tyler tells his friend, McBride that the land is alive and will stop their escape. Tyler states that the volcano controls everything. This adds a mystical element to the narrative making Caprona a living character. Taking what is said by Tyler in the third film, the erupting of the volcano in LAND seems to be in retaliation against the stranded travelers attempting to escape the island. By destroying the sub and its inhabitants, Caprona's secret remains hidden away from the eyes of modern man. The film ends as it began, with Tyler tossing a canister with notes detailing Caprona and the creatures residing therein.
The survivors of a torpedoed allied cargo ship turn the tables on their German attackers and seize control of their U-boat. The ever scheming German crew manage to damage the ships compass and instead of steaming to a neutral port, the group finds itself off the coast of the legendary island of Caprona, where time has stood still since prehistoric times. Forced to venture ashore in search of food, supplies and fuel, the crew encounters a bevy of dinosaurs that intend on making sure no one escapes alive. As in all good adventure stories of this type, just about everything and everyone the group encounters is set on doing them mortal harm and danger lies behind every turn. The groups focus is a simple a straight forward one, keep from being eaten and figure out a way to get off the island before it consumed in a river of molten rock. Seems all good dinosaur flicks have to end in some kind of volcanic catastrophe, and this film is no exception, even though Moorcock had originally written it with a different ending.
James Cawthorn (1929-2008) Artist
Jim Cawthorn is best known to Burroughs fans for his early work on the British fanzine Burroughsiana, edited by Michael Moorcock from 1956-1958, and for Erbania, edited by Pete Ogden during the same period. He also illustrated for Tarzan Adventures, a series of Tarzan comics interspersed with other stories and articles, also edited by Michael Moorcock. The series was reprinted by Savoy in 1977.
American Burroughs fans were generally unfamiliar with the British Tarzan publications before the Internet came onto the scene, but they are certainly familiar with the film production of The Land That Time Forgot, for which Jim Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock wrote the screenplay.
This Amicus film starred Doug McClure, making his first appearance in a British film under the auspices of American International Pictures, Inc. Cawthorn is reported to have been dissatisfied with the changes made to their screenplay which was written and signed on October, 1973, and which was filmed a year later. Besides changing names, characters and situations, they blew up Caprona which did not sit well with most American fans.
Cawthorn had produced many unpublished comic strips, including The Land That Time Forgot, and was working on A Princess of Mars when he died on December 2, 2008. He and Moorcock edited Fantasy: The 100 Best Books, published in London by Xanadu in 1988.
Cawthorn had many admirers, including Tarzan artist Burne Hogarth who wrote that the young artist’s work had a quality "most compelling and fascinating... He has an authentic talent." Of the many Cawthorn illustrations available for viewing, we found an early (1958) original in the Burroughs Memorial Collection which he drew for one of Maurice B. Gardner’s Bantan books.
PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 9, 2016) - U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83), the Royal Canadian Navy's HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331), Republic of Korea Navy ships ROKS Kang Gam Chan (DDH 979) and ROKS Sejong the Great (DDG 991), the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's JS Hyuga (DDH 181), and the Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Warramunga (FFH 252) steam in formation as part of a multilateral exercise in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands. Multilateral exercises strengthen our alliances and enhance stability and peace throughout the Asia-Pacific. U.S. and partner nations regularly participate in exercises together, the most recent being RIMPAC 2016. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
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Found today at Target: Hasbro Star Wars Command
9 Figure packs: Sandtrooper Strike, Imperial Assault, and Galactic Empire
My son has already started custom painting these.
Miro scale Command Module. This is a detachable ship which serves as the bridge and forward, primary command center for a larger interstellar vessel (WIP). I would love to get some feedback as I am hooked on microscale but so far only 3 or four MOCs into it. I do fondly remember, however, building microscale star wars WAAAAY back in the early 90's when I was a kid. Let me know what you think, the big ship will be done soon.
On March 6, 2017, FDNY launched its first ever tethered drone to respond to a fire in a 6-story building on Crotona Park North in the Bronx.
The $85,000 FDNY tethered drone weighs 8 pounds and incorporates both a high-definition camera and infrared camera. These capabilities allow the drone to transmit live images of a fire operation to the Chief in charge of the incident. The drone’s camera allows Chiefs at the command post to see where Firefighters are operating on the roof of a building and to make decisions to help suppress the fire and keep FDNY members safe. The image is fed directly to the Incident Commander and is also shared with senior decision makers in the Fire Department through the FDNY Operations Center.
"We deployed the drone for the first time in support of a 4th alarm fire in the Bronx,” says FDNY Director of FDNY Operations Center, Timothy Herlocker. “We were able to get a good view of the roof, which allowed the Incident Commander on the ground to view the Firefighters as they were conducting roof operations, venting the roof and putting water on the fire."
“This fire was helped by our drone, said Deputy Assistant Chief Dan Donoghue, the incident commander at the 4th alarm fire. “The roof started to fail and we had a lot of great radio reports but that’s only verbal, so with the drone we had good visual pictures and it really helped us make decisions to put this fire out and keep our members safe.”
The FDNY drone is tethered using a small cable that carries electricity up to the device, which gives the drone an unlimited flight time. The drone can stay aloft for as long as necessary to keep an aerial view on the target. All controls, data, and power transmit back and forth through the tether preventing interference with radio frequency signals. The drone is piloted by specially trained FDNY Firefighters from the Department’s Command Tactical Unit. The Department currently has three drones in its fleet to deploy as needed.
“This new technology is going to make a positive impact in our fire operations,” said Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro. “The drone’s camera gives our Chiefs a view they never had before. It’s an important tool that will make our members, and the people we protect, even safer.”
FDNY works closely with the FAA to ensure the drone operates safely and adheres to all rules and policies regarding airspace in New York City. The Fire Department Operations Center contacts the FAA prior to flying the drone for permission to deploy at night, or into FAA Class B Air Space - the FAA’s most restricted air space. Approval takes approximately ten minutes and takes place while the drone and its operators are responding to a fire.
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After spending too much money on the shark tank, the command center had to be scaled back. The video wall and Dr Evil chair will have to come later...
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Sept. 28, 2017) - Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Chicago (SSN 721) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after completing a change of homeport from Guam. The submarine's ability to support a multitude of missions, including anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface ship warfare, strike warfare, surveillance and reconnaissance, has made Chicago one of the most capable submarines in the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel Hinton) 170928-N-KC128-0115
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Kabal of the Pallid Sun Command Venom designed to carry the Archon with his Incubi retinue. Armed with two splinter cannons.
PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 15, 2018) - An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Kestrels of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137 makes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). The Carl Vinson Strike Group is currently operating in the Pacific as part of a regularly scheduled deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dylan M. Kinee) 180115-N-MT837-0147
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Vous vous souvenez de mon tableau à l'acrylique d'Assat, la rue qui tourne et la vieille maison. Eh bien, la propriétaire de la dite maison, une ancienne élève très âgée et malade, souhaitait un double, sachant que le tableau du concours avait été acheté par son frère. Je suis donc en train de lui faire un double du tableau, avant d'entamer une autre commande de sa voisine, mais dans une autre technique et sur la maison de cette dernière. Après imprimature, j'ai démarré sur celui-ci les vraies couleurs. Et comme c'est pas trop mal, je vous montre le tableau en cours de réalisation, non terminé évidemment.Mais bien entamé.
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This place was an abandoned blast furnace that had a full barrier and walkway around it and was a tourist attraction up to a certain time of day. It also had powerful coloured lights all over it to show off the structure and its internals but we decided to visit outside normal hours and climb in. We accessed the attraction but only so far as some of the levels were very rusty. Martin stayed outside and photographed the perimeter and unfortunately fell and broke his camera.
The Lucky 3 UE Eurotour
3 Man crew
My 3rd time and
3 Countries - Luxembourg, France and Belgium
A heap of locations, 1541 KMs driving, a late night rainy steep infiltration to a famous urbex haunt and a day mostly spent driving and walking to some wrong coordinates.
Full set here:
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Previous Eurotours:
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AUSTRALIAN ARMY BASE ROBERTSON BARRACKS, Darwin (May 4, 2017) - A U.S. Marine with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, straps on his night vision goggles before heading out on a night patrol. Training in Australia gives the infantry Marines a great opportunity to learn more about traversing landscapes due to how much harder it is to identify key points in the terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Emmanuel Necoechea) 170504-M-EN121-004
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BW Models white metal kit, Volvo FL6/Bailey incident command unit based on North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue N765 YEF. Bought second-hand in built condition as this kit, like most of the BW range, disappeared without trace when BW ceased trading.
360 view of C141B Starlifter US Air Force Transport Plane cargo space.
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or
Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover AFB, Delaware, USA.
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 8, 2016) - Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Matthew W. Bray fires a .50-caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93). Providing a combat-ready force to protect collective maritime interests, Chung-Hoon, assigned to the Stennis strike group, is operating in U.S. 7th Fleet as part of the Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Marcus L. Stanley) 160208-N-MJ645-180
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WATERS EAST OF JAPAN (Nov. 22, 2014) - Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) is underway off the coast of Japan near Mt. Fuji. Antietam is on patrol in the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman David Flewellyn/Released) 141122-N-ZZ786-434
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STRAIT OF MALACCA (Aug. 28, 2017) - Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Juan Diaz, a native of Mcallen, Texas, assigned to the "Wildcards"of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 aboard the amphibious assualt ship USS America (LHA 6), services the main rotor head of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter on the ship's flight deck as part of regular scheduled maintenance. America, part of the America Amphibious Ready Group, with embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the Indo-Asia Pacific region to strengthen partnerships and serve as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Vance Hand/Released) 170828-N-ZS023-025
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Backstage, awaiting our cue. Phantasia is a re-imagining of Phantom of the Opera, directed by Levi Rawlings at the Royal Theatre in Antiquity. This performance is a fundraiser for Relay for Life.
Visit this location at Mont Saint Bruno - The Baroque City in Antiquity-Theater in Second Life
Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office
Abbeville, Louisiana
2009-2011 LDV/Freightliner MT55
Incident Command Unit
Catalog #: Casson_0012
Title: Apollo Lunar Capsule
Photo Credit: North American Aviation Inc., Space and Information Systems Division, Photographic Department
Year: 3/7/1966
Collection: Norm Casson Collection
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
CHUK SAMET, Thailand (Aug. 28, 2017) - An M1126 Infantry Carrier Vehicle “Stryker” is lowered into heavy-lift vessel MV Ocean Jazz during a backload of military equipment that was used in exercise Hanuman Guardian 2017. The Ocean Jazz is under a Military Sealift Command contract to support U.S. Army Pacific’s transportation requirements. (U.S. Navy courtesy photo/Released) 170829-N-IX266-002
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KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea (June 5, 2107) - 8th Maintenance Squadron conventional maintenance crew members assemble Guided Bomb Unit 31 version 3 during the Combat Ammunition Production Exercise (capex) at Kunsan Air Base. CAPEX involved approximately 350 Airmen who were evaluated on total force integration, how well they maintained Air Tasking Order requirements, receipt of munitions and the weapons breakdown process. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Colville McFee/Released) 170605-F-IF848-023
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