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Seattle Design Nerds installation for One Reel's COVID House of Horrors. The piece uses an inflatable, along with LIDAR to drive an audio experience. Timed entry tickets are on sale at artsavesme.org
Seattle Design Nerds installation for One Reel's COVID House of Horrors. This piece juxtaposes scientific facts (which were printed on labels and via a computerized recording) with audio recordings of Trump lies about COVID-19. By using LIDAR to track distance and movement the installation changes the speed and number of audio recordings obscuring scientific fact with overwhelming noise.
Before use of computerized light-emitting diodes (LED) signs that are familiar on buses today, roll signs operated by a hand crank were displayed above the front window to indicate the bus route. This sign was used on routes in Jamaica Queens around 1979.
The New York Transit Museum, located in the decommissioned Court Street subway station at Boerum Place, was opened 1976 by the New York City Transit Authority and taken over in the mid-1990s by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The museum includes subway, bus, railway, bridge, and tunnel memorabilia; and other exhibits including vintage signage and in-vehicle advertisements; and models and dioramas of subway, bus, and other equipment.
Types "A" or "B" outer rings were intended to be mated with compatible inner chainrings for best enhancement of indexed shifting. ... I have tested shifting with both versions of inner rings and could perceive no real difference, although I trust it must have been observable with Shimano's computerized design modeling. Perhaps it would be more significant if I used 8-speed STI integrated shifters for which this enhancement was developed. I use downtube shifters.
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Soaring 332m on its man-made island is the Burj Al Arab, the only seven star hotel (and one of the tallest buildings) of the world. Its Teflon coating is brilliant white during a sunny day, and the computerized lighting gives it an entirely different look at night .Its interior evocates "The Thousand and One Nights" and its guests enjoy a short submarine ride as they walk a take the three-minute 'submarine voyage' from the hotel lobby to the undersea Al Mahara seafood restaurant.
Location: Toronto-Dominion Centre
Linkway between TD Tower and Ernst Young Tower
Enter through Ernst Young Tower 222 Bay Street
Homographies is an interactive installation featuring robotic fluorescent light fixtures controlled by computerized surveillance systems. As people walk under the piece, the light tubes rotate to create labyrinthine patterns of light that are "paths" or "corridors" between them. In Homographies the "vanishing point" is not architectural, but rather connective, as it is determined by who is there at any given time and varies accordingly. This gives a reconfigurable light-space that is based on flow, on motion, on lines of sight.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer was born in Mexico City in 1967. He received a B.Sc. in Physical Chemistry from Concordia University in Montréal, Canada, where he now lives and works. Lozano-Hemmer’s interactive installations have been featured internationally in museums and at biennials and he has been selected to represent Mexico at the 2007 Venice Biennale.
El Dasa performing at the annual New Years Eve ball drop in Times Square New York City USA.
10:01 p.m. to 10:11 p.m.
Univision’s “¡Feliz 2014!: Musical Performance by El Dasa
El Dasa performs his hits songs Por Ser Bonita and Mentirosa on the Nivea Kiss Stage.
El Dasa is a Regional Mexican singer from Sonora México known for the hit songs "Por Ser Bonita" and "Mentirosa", as well El Dasa is a popular television personality as a contestant on the TV show ¡Mira Quien Baila! the Spanish version of Dancing with the Stars.
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Times Square, New York City, New Years Eve Ball Drop, 2013 - 2014
The Times Square Ball is a time ball located atop the One Times Square building in New York City, primarily utilized as part of New Year's Eve celebrations held in Times Square. Yearly at 11:59 p.m. EST on December 31, the ball is lowered 77 feet (23 m) down a specially designed flagpole, resting on the midnight to signal the start of the new year. The first ball drop in Times Square took place on December 31, 1907, and has been held annually since (except in 1942 and 1943 in observance of wartime blackouts). The ball's design has also been updated over the years to reflect new advances in technologies—its original design utilized 100 incandescent light bulbs, iron, and wood in its construction, while its current incarnation features a computerized LED lighting system and an outer surface consisting of triangle-shaped crystal panels. As of 2009, the ball is also displayed atop One Times Square year-round and is removed only for general maintenance.
The Times Square ball drop is one of the best-known New Year's celebrations internationally, attended by at least one million spectators yearly, with an estimated global audience of at least 1 billion. The prevalence of the Times Square ball drop has also inspired other similar "drops" held locally in other cities and towns around the world.
“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest,”
Performers of the 2013 - 2014 celebration Miley Cyrus, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Blondie, Icona Pop, Jencarlos Canela, El Dasa, Rodney Atkins, Melissa Etheridge
For more on New Years Eve in Times Square visit:
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Times Square, New York City, USA, North America
12-31-2013
This is a LEGO radiotherapy playset with a medical linear accelerator (LINAC), a CT scanner (computer tomograph) for treatment planning, and a control room for both LINAC and CT scanner.
Belville figures comprise the staff; brick separators receive their treatments - they suffer from diseases that require radiotherapy.
The control room (middle) is manned with a medical physicist, responsible for treatment planning, and an RT nurse at the CT scanner. In addition there is a brick separator on a stretcher waiting for his treatment.
(There is some indication that the staff are somewhat nerdy.)
The LINAC room is on the left side. There are two cameras for patient surveillance.
A shelf contains some masks, a wingboard, and a knee cushion. A radiation-shielding door provides access from the control room. It may be opened and closed.
A brick separator is currently being treated.
The LINAC has an on-board imaging system and a portal vision; both can be deployed. The gantry can be rotated, and the patient table may be swiveled.
The CT room is to the right; another brick separator is being scanned. The patient table is movable.
The Sorlie Bridge that spans the Red River between Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, MN has had LED lighting added to it. The lights are controlled by a computerized device which is placed inside the pumphouse next to the river near the bridge. The color of the lights can be changed easily and several preprogramed color schemes are coordinated with holidays and special events.
This gallery leads from the Homa Hotel's lobby to the dining area.
The framed pieces are unusual for two reasons: first, they depict period European scenes; and second, they're carpets, not oil paintings.
The execution was so superb that I found myself wondering whether the carpets had been produced on a computerized loom.
Alas, there was no one on site to answer questions about the carpets, and I didn't have time to visit the store that had the carpets on display in the hotel.
it is the logo of shop which provide services of cars wheel alignment, bike puncher and sell products of car tyres , bike tubes and riksha tubes
LCRFM
The Shamen-Ebeneezer Goode
Soup Dragons-I'm Free
Daft Punk feat. Jay-Z-Computerized
The KLF-Last Train To Trancentral
Lily Allen-Sheezus
Counting Crows-Mr. Jone
Bingo Players-Knock You Out
EMF-Unbelievable
Ferreck Dawn and Redondo-Love To
Tubthumping-I Get Knocked Down
Right Said Fred-I`m Too Sexy
New Radicals-You Get What You Give
Dimitri Vegas and Martin Garrix-Like M
The Farm-All Together Now
George Michael-Older
Hanson-MMMBop
Aloe Blacc-The Man
All Saints-Pure Shores
Jack the Biscuit-Tell Me Please
Hey! dw-Blue Is The Warmest
Pharrell Williams Ft Daft Punk-Gust of Wind
Prince-Pussy Control Bass Boosted
Three Lions-Football's Coming Home
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FORTUNE Brainstorm Health 2019
April 3rd, 2019
San Diego, CA
1:05 PM
CONCURRENT LUNCHES
THE PROMISE AND THE PERIL OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS
EHRs were meant to usher in an era of safer, seamless, higher-quality, and more cost-effective care. But instead, physicians (already experiencing epidemic levels of burnout) complain about clumsy, unintuitive systems and the number of hours spent clicking, typing, and trying to navigate them. Critics say the computerization of workflows has stifled human communication in health care settings. Plus, EHRs still don’t really talk to each other. All the while, patients struggle to access their complete medical record. Can we train or innovate our way out of this mess, or does the U.S. health care system have to fix itself first?
Erika Fry, Senior Writer, FORTUNE
Dr. Peter Lee, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Healthcare
Kimber Lockhart, Chief Technology Officer, One Medical
Fred Schulte, John A. Hartford Senior Correspondent, Kaiser Health News
Greg Simon, President, Biden Cancer Initiative
Subject expert: Dr. Lloyd Minor, Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean, Stanford University School of Medicine
Moderator: Clifton Leaf, FORTUNE
Photograph by Stuart Isett for Fortune
Cruise in comfort aboard Bali Bounty Cruises 600 passenger catamaran. With a cruising speed of up to 30 knots, you may sit back, relax and enjoy full staff service while reading the daily newspaper or viewing our onboard video entertainment. We sail from Bali every day.
Bounty Cruises is equipped with state of the art computerized stabilizer and meets with International Safety Standards. Complete with an executive standard of service, the Bounty Catamaran is three decks of pure luxury.
Day Cruise
Join our cruise for a full day of water activities above and below the sea from our 48 m pontoon at the beautiful crystal clear bay on Nusa Lembongan Island. Your day includes hotels transfers, morning and afternoon tea, snorkelling, surf ski, unlimited banana boat rides, 44 m waterslide, glass bottom boat rides, village tour and a scrumptious buffet lunch. Optional extras include diving with BIDP, surf bike and massages.
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For my concentration I created a series of computerized “portraits” of interesting people in my life. I looked to convey beauty in line quality, composition, and color choices.
Computer Art
16 x 20
OTA: Celestron Nexstar 6se Schmidt Cassegrain
Mount: Computerized GOTO Alt-Azimuth
Camera: Nikon d600
Software: Adobe Lightroom
LCRFM
The Shamen-Ebeneezer Goode
Soup Dragons-I'm Free
Daft Punk feat. Jay-Z-Computerized
The KLF-Last Train To Trancentral
Lily Allen-Sheezus
Counting Crows-Mr. Jone
Bingo Players-Knock You Out
EMF-Unbelievable
Ferreck Dawn and Redondo-Love To
Tubthumping-I Get Knocked Down
Right Said Fred-I`m Too Sexy
New Radicals-You Get What You Give
Dimitri Vegas and Martin Garrix-Like M
The Farm-All Together Now
George Michael-Older
Hanson-MMMBop
Aloe Blacc-The Man
All Saints-Pure Shores
Jack the Biscuit-Tell Me Please
Hey! dw-Blue Is The Warmest
Pharrell Williams Ft Daft Punk-Gust of Wind
Prince-Pussy Control Bass Boosted
Three Lions-Football's Coming Home
Nighttime view of the exterior corner of the Golden Nugget, featuring a first generation, four-color electronic computerized display.
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries
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Dreaming the Skyline: Resort Architecture and the New Urban Space
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Pieced by Diane Johnson. Freehand and Computerized Quilted by Jessica's Quilting Studio. Design from "designs by Vickie"
LCRFM
The Shamen-Ebeneezer Goode
Soup Dragons-I'm Free
Daft Punk feat. Jay-Z-Computerized
The KLF-Last Train To Trancentral
Lily Allen-Sheezus
Counting Crows-Mr. Jone
Bingo Players-Knock You Out
EMF-Unbelievable
Ferreck Dawn and Redondo-Love To
Tubthumping-I Get Knocked Down
Right Said Fred-I`m Too Sexy
New Radicals-You Get What You Give
Dimitri Vegas and Martin Garrix-Like M
The Farm-All Together Now
George Michael-Older
Hanson-MMMBop
Aloe Blacc-The Man
All Saints-Pure Shores
Jack the Biscuit-Tell Me Please
Hey! dw-Blue Is The Warmest
Pharrell Williams Ft Daft Punk-Gust of Wind
Prince-Pussy Control Bass Boosted
Three Lions-Football's Coming Home
Times Square, New York City, New Years Eve Ball Drop, 2013 - 2014
The Times Square Ball is a time ball located atop the One Times Square building in New York City, primarily utilized as part of New Year's Eve celebrations held in Times Square. Yearly at 11:59 p.m. EST on December 31, the ball is lowered 77 feet (23 m) down a specially designed flagpole, resting on the midnight to signal the start of the new year. The first ball drop in Times Square took place on December 31, 1907, and has been held annually since (except in 1942 and 1943 in observance of wartime blackouts). The ball's design has also been updated over the years to reflect new advances in technologies—its original design utilized 100 incandescent light bulbs, iron, and wood in its construction, while its current incarnation features a computerized LED lighting system and an outer surface consisting of triangle-shaped crystal panels. As of 2009, the ball is also displayed atop One Times Square year-round and is removed only for general maintenance.
The Times Square ball drop is one of the best-known New Year's celebrations internationally, attended by at least one million spectators yearly, with an estimated global audience of at least 1 billion. The prevalence of the Times Square ball drop has also inspired other similar "drops" held locally in other cities and towns around the world.
“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest,”
Performers of the 2013 - 2014 celebration Miley Cyrus, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Blondie, Icona Pop, Jencarlos Canela, El Dasa, Rodney Atkins, Melissa Etheridge
For more on New Years Eve in Times Square visit:
Photo
Times Square, New York City, USA, North America
12-31-2013
Traditional Andalus-Boustrophedon typography in Cadiz, Spain. Note the unique syllable oriented bouma shapes! According to a local specialist gathering I encountered in a sherry bar, the usage of the boustrophedon pattern was brought to Andalusia by the Phoenicians. The traditional written style reflects Arab cursive writing which was super-imposed on the Andalusian Rotunda style during the Moorish occupation in the Middle Ages. In contemporary computerized typography, as shown here, this unique pattern is often replaced by justified setting. Notice the ‘camel’ capitalization: RestauRante
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Davao 2006, Philippines - Airport ( Francisco Bangoy International Airport ) Terminal
The passenger terminal is a Malay architecture-inspired building which cost P1 billion and is four times larger than the old terminal. It is highly computerized, more secure and has more commercial spaces for concessionaries at approximately 9,000 sq. meter. It has four units of jet bridges (2 for domestic planes and 2 for international) for passengers. It has also a Flight Information Display System and Closed Circuit Television System complementing the terminal's security system. The terminal has 14 domestic and international counters that can handle a steady flow of passenger traffic. The Check-in counters are equipped with electronic weighing scales and conveyors and its baggage handling system is also computerized.
Volume Rendering of a hand CT.
Note the fibrous coalition of 2nd metacarpal bone and trapezoid bone.
Stereoscopic view.
Rendering done with a Carestream workstation.
The Alcazar Show is one the greatest transvestite cabaret show in Asia. Musice, dance, and costume presentations with high-technology of computerized lighting system, studio colors, and circle surround of DTS system.
Cruise in comfort aboard Bali Bounty Cruises 600 passenger catamaran. With a cruising speed of up to 30 knots, you may sit back, relax and enjoy full staff service while reading the daily newspaper or viewing our onboard video entertainment. We sail from Bali every day.
Bounty Cruises is equipped with state of the art computerized stabilizer and meets with International Safety Standards. Complete with an executive standard of service, the Bounty Catamaran is three decks of pure luxury.
Day Cruise
Join our cruise for a full day of water activities above and below the sea from our 48 m pontoon at the beautiful crystal clear bay on Nusa Lembongan Island. Your day includes hotels transfers, morning and afternoon tea, snorkelling, surf ski, unlimited banana boat rides, 44 m waterslide, glass bottom boat rides, village tour and a scrumptious buffet lunch. Optional extras include diving with BIDP, surf bike and massages.
Please Visit our Official Website: www.bali-individually.com/tour-organizer/category/adventu.... If you have questions or need assistance with a reservation, please call or click to chat online or send us e-mail for inquiry, the best price and packages: sales@bali-individually.com | Telp. +62 - 361-7415637 | text message: +62-81338579071 | facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Bali-Villa-Reservation/251116974245
Volume Rendering of a native thorax CT.
Cartilaginous exostosis of the left scapula.
Rendering done with a Carestream workstation.
LCRFM
The Shamen-Ebeneezer Goode
Soup Dragons-I'm Free
Daft Punk feat. Jay-Z-Computerized
The KLF-Last Train To Trancentral
Lily Allen-Sheezus
Counting Crows-Mr. Jone
Bingo Players-Knock You Out
EMF-Unbelievable
Ferreck Dawn and Redondo-Love To
Tubthumping-I Get Knocked Down
Right Said Fred-I`m Too Sexy
New Radicals-You Get What You Give
Dimitri Vegas and Martin Garrix-Like M
The Farm-All Together Now
George Michael-Older
Hanson-MMMBop
Aloe Blacc-The Man
All Saints-Pure Shores
Jack the Biscuit-Tell Me Please
Hey! dw-Blue Is The Warmest
Pharrell Williams Ft Daft Punk-Gust of Wind
Prince-Pussy Control Bass Boosted
Three Lions-Football's Coming Home
LCRFM
The Shamen-Ebeneezer Goode
Soup Dragons-I'm Free
Daft Punk feat. Jay-Z-Computerized
The KLF-Last Train To Trancentral
Lily Allen-Sheezus
Counting Crows-Mr. Jone
Bingo Players-Knock You Out
EMF-Unbelievable
Ferreck Dawn and Redondo-Love To
Tubthumping-I Get Knocked Down
Right Said Fred-I`m Too Sexy
New Radicals-You Get What You Give
Dimitri Vegas and Martin Garrix-Like M
The Farm-All Together Now
George Michael-Older
Hanson-MMMBop
Aloe Blacc-The Man
All Saints-Pure Shores
Jack the Biscuit-Tell Me Please
Hey! dw-Blue Is The Warmest
Pharrell Williams Ft Daft Punk-Gust of Wind
Prince-Pussy Control Bass Boosted
Three Lions-Football's Coming Home
Camera: Diana F+
Film: Kodak Portra 400
Location: Central Library - Seattle
Libraries are extremely organized places. Everything has its place, thanks the the Dewey Decimal System. Even better the days of looking through the card catalogs are over since its all computerized.
Organization has been on my mind a lot lately. It has been three years since I purchased my Canon Rebel XSi, signifying the point in time in which photography became a real hobby of mine. Since then I have taken countless photos, with some 1,300 posted on Flickr. More recently I have begun to shoot film and have slowed uploading pace, in an attempt of building a more structured approach.
That being said I am still unsure of the best way to go about organizing all my photos on Flickr. For awhile I thought about going through and deleting the ones I no longer liked, but decided against it. The photos as a whole represent my path, a timeline of my advancement.
Yet as my sense of photography continues to evolve I want to try to reflect that better in the way I organize my photos. Instead of shooting with one primary camera, I work with five now. Right now I have sets mostly derived based on the location of the photograph coupled with overall sets for individual film cameras. I am not looking to reinvent the Dewey Decimal System, just simplify things. Something I continue to ponder as my photography grows.
Slitting to process igh strength steel steel. Coils of 35 ton, with strip's width of 1650 mm and maximum thickness of 8 mm. Movable tensioning device. Scrap baller. Automatic change of tooling in the slitter and recoiler. Computerized control.
Línea de corte longitudinal para procesar acero inoxidable . Bobinas de hasta 35 toneladas, con ancho de banda de 1650 mm y espesor máximo de 8 mm. Tensor móvil, recogerdor de chatarra, cambio automático de cuchillas en la cizalla circular y enrollador. Control por ordenador.
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Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
The North American A-5 Vigilante (Prior to 1962 unification of Navy and Air Force designations, it was designated the A3J) was an American carrier-based supersonic bomber designed and built by North American Aviation for the United States Navy. In 1953, North American Aviation began a private study for a carrier-based, long-range, all-weather strike bomber, capable of delivering nuclear weapons at supersonic speeds. This proposal, the North American General Purpose Attack Weapon (NAGPAW) concept, was accepted by the United States Navy, with some revisions, in 1955. A contract was awarded on 29 August 1956. Its first flight occurred two years later, on 31 August 1958 in Columbus, Ohio.
At the time of its introduction, the Vigilante was one of the largest and by far the most complex aircraft to operate from a Navy aircraft carrier. It had a high-mounted swept wing with a boundary-layer control system (blown flaps) to improve low-speed lift. It had no ailerons; roll control was provided by spoilers in conjunction with differential deflection of the all-moving tail surfaces. The use of aluminum-lithium alloy for wing skins and titanium for critical structures was also unusual. The A-5 had two widely spaced General Electric J79 turbojet engines, fed by inlets with variable intake ramps, and a single large all-moving vertical stabilizer. Preliminary design studies employed twin vertical fin/rudders, but this was eventually changed to a single tall but foldable fin. The wings and the nose radome folded for carrier stowage, too. The Vigilante had a crew of two seated in tandem, a pilot and a bombardier-navigator (BN) (reconnaissance/attack navigator (RAN) on later reconnaissance versions).
The Vigilante had advanced and complex electronics when it first entered service. It had one of the first "fly-by-wire" systems on an operational aircraft (with mechanical/hydraulic backup) and a computerized AN/ASB-12 nav/attack system incorporating a head-up display ("Pilot's Projected Display Indicator" (PPDI), one of the first), multi-mode radar, radar-equipped inertial navigation system (REINS, based on technologies developed for North American's Navaho missile), closed-circuit television camera under the nose, and an early digital computer known as "Versatile Digital Analyzer" (VERDAN) to run it all.
The aircraft replaced the subsonic Douglas A-3 Skywarrior as the Navy's primary nuclear-strike aircraft, but only briefly. Given its original design as a carrier-based, supersonic, nuclear heavy attack aircraft, the Vigilante’s main armament was carried in an unusual internal "linear bomb bay" between the engines in the rear fuselage, which allowed the bomb to be dropped at supersonic speeds. The single nuclear weapon, commonly the Mk 28 bomb, was attached to two disposable fuel tanks in the cylindrical bay in an assembly known as the "stores train". A set of extendable fins was attached to the aft end of the most rearward fuel tank. These fuel tanks were to be emptied during the flight to the target and then jettisoned with the bomb by an explosive drogue gun. The stores train was propelled rearward at about 50 feet (15 m) per second (30 knots) relative to the aircraft. It then followed a ballistic path.
The Vigilante originally had two wing pylons, intended primarily for drop tanks. The second Vigilante variant, the A3J-2 (A-5B), incorporated internal tanks for an additional 460 gallons of fuel, which added a pronounced dorsal "hump", along with two additional wing hardpoints, for a total of four. Other improvements included blown flaps on the leading edge of the wing, changes to the air intakes and stronger landing gear.
The reconnaissance version of the Vigilante, the RA-5C, was based on the A-5B airframe and had slightly greater wing area and added a long canoe-shaped fairing under the fuselage for a multi-sensor reconnaissance pack. This added an APD-7 side-looking airborne radar (SLAR), AAS-21 infrared line scanner, and camera packs, as well as improved electronic countermeasures. An AN/ALQ-61 electronic intelligence system could also be carried. The RA-5C retained the AN/ASB-12 bombing system, and could, in theory, carry weapons, although it never did in service. Later-built RA-5Cs had more powerful J79-10 engines with afterburning thrust of 17,900 lbf (80 kN), the same engines as the Navy’s F-4J Phantom IIs. The reconnaissance Vigilante weighed almost five tons more than the strike version with almost the same thrust and an only modestly enlarged wing. These changes reduced its acceleration and climb rate, though it remained fast in level flight and was still fully carrier-capable.
The last Vigilante version to be developed from 1964 on and to enter service in 1966 was the EA-5D, a dedicated electronic reconnaissance and electronic warfare version, again replacing respective A-3 Skywarrior variants. With the initial experience from the Vietnam conflict, the EA-5D was primarily conceived as a fast escort for supersonic strike aircraft – namely the USN’s F-4 Phantom IIs which progressively took over more strike missions and direly needed protection from SAMs that could keep up with them during their dangerous missions over enemy territory.
The EA-5D, which was unofficially nicknamed “Electric Vigilante”, “Eva” or simply “E-V” by its crews, was based on the late RA-5C’s airframe and was easily distinguishable through its fairing at the top of the fin which contained the electronics for a Bunker-Ramo AN/ALQ-86 ECM suite. It carried ECM gear in the linear bomb bay and a 16 feet (4.9 m) long canoe-shaped ventral fairing (looking like a shortened but deeper version of the RA-5C’s camera and SLAR installation), plus a heat exchanger, a non-jettisonable auxiliary tank and AN/ALE-41 chaff dispensers in an extended tail cone. The complete installation weighed some 6,000 pounds (2,700 kg). Receivers were installed in a fin-tip pod, or "football", like that of the contemporary EA-6A. This fin array caused some lateral instability, though, which could be compensated with a pair of fins under the rear fuselage.
Like the RA-5C, the EA-5D retained the AN/ASB-12 bombing system and was – in theory – like its recce sibling capable to carry out strike missions, but this never happened either. The EA-5Ds were furthermore equipped with an AN/APQ-129 fire control radar, making the aircraft capable of SEAD missions and of firing the AGM-45 “Shrike” anti-radiation missile, although they were apparently never used in that offensive role. Up to four ram-air turbine powered ALQ-76 countermeasures pods could be carried on the underwing hardpoints, augmenting the internal AN/ALQ-86 system’s bandwidth and jamming power. To improve survivability the EA-5D was furthermore outfitted with a pair of launch rails, mounted as sub-pylons on the outsides of the outer underwing hardpoints. Each could carry a single IR-guided AIM-9 Sidewinder AAM.
Despite the Vigilante's useful service as reconnaissance and ECM platform, it was expensive and complex to operate and occupied significant amounts of precious flight and hangar deck space aboard both conventional and nuclear-powered aircraft carriers at a time when carrier air wings, with the introduction of the F-14 Tomcat and S-3 Viking, were averaging 90 aircraft, many of which were larger than their predecessors. Moreover, the Vigilante did not end the career of the A-3 Skywarrior, which would carry on as photo reconnaissance aircraft, electronic warfare platforms, aerial refueling tankers, and executive transport aircraft designated as RA-3A/B, EA-3A/B, ERA-3B, EKA-3B, KA-3B, and VA-3B, into the early 1990s.
Only 28 EA-5Ds were built (two prototypes, 15 new-build, and 11 conversions from existing A-5A and RA-5C airframes) and the United States remained the only operator of the type. The EA-5D saw extensive use in Vietnam and seven machines were lost (four to SAMs, one to a VPAF MiG-21 and two through accidents), but after the end of hostilities and massive reductions of military expenses the EA-5D was quickly phased out from frontline service in the late 1970s, after an active career of just twelve years. In service it was replaced by the subsonic but much more potent EA-6B “Prowler”, which was based on the carrier-capable A-6 “Intruder” bomber, primarily to reduce the number of types in the USN’s arsenal and therewith operating costs and complexity. Since the EA-6B offered much higher ECM capabilities, the small EA-5D fleet was never upgraded, e. g. with the 2nd generation AGM-78 “Standard” ARM or the AN/ALQ-99 ECM pods.
However, a handful of “Electric Vigilantes” remained active with VAQ-137 (“Rooks”) until the late Eighties – long enough to receive the USN’s new tactical low-visibility paint scheme. These EA-5Ds were operated from land-bases only, not assigned to a Carrier Air Group, with a dedicated tail code (“KW”) to reflect this special status. They acted primarily as electronic aggressor aircraft but were also used to simulate supersonic cruise missiles like the contemporary Soviet Kh-20 (AS-3 “Kangaroo”) or Kh-22 (AS-4 “Kennel”) against land and sea targets during training and naval NATO maneuvers. Thanks to their size, speed and flight characteristics the aircraft were also employed as supersonic bomber aggressors, mimicking Soviet Tu-22s or Su-24s. Most of the Evas therefore received more or less authentic temporary Red Star decorations on their fins, which were, however, rarely overpainted after training missions and became part of the “standard markings”.
In 1987 the machines were finally retired, their airframes had reached their structural limit and maintenance costs of the complex aircraft had become prohibitive. They were in the electronic aggressor role eventually replaced with subsonic and much more economical EA-7L Corsair IIs.
General characteristics:
Crew: 2
Length: 76 ft 6 in (23.32 m)
Wingspan: 53 ft 0 in (16.16 m)
Height: 19 ft 5 in (5.91 m)
Wing area: 701 sq ft (65.1 m)
Empty weight: 32,783 lb (14,870 kg)
Gross weight: 47,631 lb (21,605 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 63,085 lb (28,615 kg)
Fuel capacity: 2,805 US gal (10,618 L; 2,336 imp gal) internal
or 19,074 lb (8,652 kg) of JP-5,
or 24,514 lb (11,119 kg) with 2 × 400 US gal external tanks
Powerplant:
2× General Electric J79-GE-10 after-burning turbojet engines,
10,900 lbf (48 kN) thrust each dry, 17,900 lbf (80 kN) with afterburner
Performance:
Maximum speed: 1,322 mph (Mach 2, 1,149 kn, 2,128 km/h) at 40,000 ft (12,000 m)
Combat range: 974 nmi (1,121 mi, 1,804 km)
Ferry range: 1,571 nmi (1,808 mi, 2,909 km)
Service ceiling: 52,100 ft (15,900 m)
g limits: +5
Rate of climb: 33,900 ft/min (172 m/s)
Wing loading: 80.4 lb/sq ft (393 kg/m2)
Thrust/weight: 0.72
Armament:
4x underwings pylons, each with a load capability of up to 2.000 lb (950 kg),
typically occupied with 400 US gal drop tanks or ALQ-76 Tactical Jamming System (TJS)
ECM pods. Other potential loads: AN/ALE-43(V)1&4 Bulk Chaff Dispensing System pod,
a single AN/AAQ-28(V) Litening targeting pod or AGM-45 Shrike anti-radar missiles
2x launch rails for defensive AIM-9 Sidewinder AAMs on the outer pylons
The kit and its assembly:
This what-if project had been lingering for a long time in the back of my mind, and I shoved it a side for years because of the model’s sheer size that eats up a lot of display space – even though I had the hardware already stashed away, collecting dust. While the build was rather inspired by its livery (see below) I wondered why the Vigilante, an elegant and impressive aircraft, had not been adapted to the ECM role? The concept of a supersonic penetrator/protector aircraft was realized by the USAF with the EF-111A Raven, but in the Vigilante’s time frame, the Vietnam War, esp. its end phase, an escort for fast USN attack aircraft might have made sense, so that I tried to mate the RA-5C with contemporary ECM technology and typical details – and the result became the fictional EA-5D.
With this idea the model became only a conversion of a basic airframe, not a spectacular kitbashing. Since I knew the Hasegawa RA-5C and its underwhelming quality/detail, I settled for the Trumpeter kit – a MUCH better but also a bit über-complicated offering. It is, however, better in any respect, even though you can ask why the cockpit has to consist of no less than thirty (!) parts (including seats and dashboard films), and the pylons as well as even the thin stabilizers and the fin have to consist of halves? One can also wonder why the kit comes with four(!) free-fall nukes but none of the RA-5C’s typical 400 gallon drop tanks? The kit features the type’s underwing flare dispensers, though. If there is something to criticize it’s the lack of air intake ducts – behind the wedge-shaped intakes and their ramps there is nothing inside the fuselage. Since I did not want to put too much effort into that flaw I simple blocked sight into the model’s body with a bulkhead made from black foamed styrene.
Everything goes together quite well, except for the fuselage halves which appear somewhat warped, and the rather massive plastic makes work easy. Despite this splendor of material, the sandwich leading and trailing edges are surprisingly thin and look pretty good.
While the RA-5C was at its core built OOB there were – naturally – some external mods to convey its ECM role. Most obvious detail is the fin top fairing, procured from a KiTech EA-6B, a shabby copy of the Hasegawa kit. This also provided the ECM pods and the pair of voluminous drop tanks.
The retrofitted Sidewinder launch rails on the outer pylons came from an Emhar FJ-4B, the then-state-of-the-art all-aspect AIM-9Ls came from a Hasegawa F-4 kit. To emphasize its electronic mission I added some antenna fairings around the hull. Beyond the fin pod, the EA-5D received sensor fairings along the flanks, inspired by the USAF F-105Gs’arrangement along the bomb bay, a shallow dorsal bulge behind the cockpits and some blister and blade antennae all around the hull.
The large ventral fairing that replaced the RA-5C’s “camera canoe” was scratched from a drop tank half, from a chunky Kangnam MiG-31, in an attempt to create something that the reminds of the EF-111’s arrangement. A ventral adapter for a display holder was integrated into the hull, too, for in-flight scenes.
A pair of long stabilizer fins was added under the rear fuselage, too, because I think that the large tail fin pod could somewhat hamper directional stability… The consist of rotor blades from a Matchbox SA.360 Dauphin helicopter.
The Vigilante’s tail cone, the former fairing for the linear bomb bay between the engines, was also heavily modified, with a thimble-shaped radome and a separate fairing for an internal chaff dispenser underneath, for a different look. To make the model look a bit more lively, esp. in its all-grey low-viz livery (see below) I mounted the flaps (all six are separate elements, and the inner pairs consist of lower and upper halves, too!) in lowered position.
Painting and markings:
The original reason to build this whiffy Vigilante was to see how the sleek and elegant aircraft would look in early USN low-viz colors! With this idea in mind the scheme was improvised and very simple: FS 36320 on the upper surfaces and FS 36375 underneath (Humbrol 128 and 127, respectively), on the flanks (with a relatively high waterline) and the fin. A slightly darker blue grey (FS 35237, Humbrol 145) was used for an anti-glare panel in front of the windshield. Most di-electric panels and the nose radome were painted in brownish light grey (RAL 7032, Revell 75), for low contrast but a significantly different color.
Inside, the landing gear as well as the air intakes were painted gloss white, the cockpit was painted in neutral grey (FS 36231) with dark grey ejection seats. The latter appears a bit tone-in-tone with the all-grey outside, but that was apparently the A-5’s interior design in real life.
To add some variety to the grey livery I painted the ordnance in “old” USN colors: the drop tanks became all-white and the ECM pods also received a white base. The AIM-9Ls on the extra launch rails (also painted white) received blue bodies as training missiles, with black seeker heads and white tail fins.
The wings’ leading edges (bare steel?) were masked and then painted with Revell 91 (iron metallic).
The whole model received a washing with thinned black ink to emphasize the many recessed rivets and panel lines, and then I added panel counter shading with lighter basic tones, also trying to create a slightly worn/weathered and not-so-uniform finish on the large grey surfaces, which underline the Vigilante’s elegant lines but also look quite boring, due to the sheer size/area, esp. from above.
The low-viz markings were improvised and puzzled together from various sources. The Red Stars on the fin were inspired by real-world aggressor markings, AFAIK some A-7Ls, EA-3Bs and A-4Fs carried such decorations, even paired with large bort numbers on the nose.
To improve the worn/grimy look I also treated the model’s surfaces with grinded graphite – only lightly, but I wanted to make the large grey areas to look even more diverse than just with the initial paint effects.
RF-84F Thunderflash used in Norway 1956-1970
US.Air Force Serial number: 52-8723
Construction Number: unknown
Royal Norwegian Air Force reg. nr: AZ-X
Sandefjord,stored, tail from C-649 ex RDAF,53-7649
Reconnaissance version of the F-84F, 715 built.
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Engine air intake ducts were located in the wing roots of the RF-84F rather than in the nose section. The elongated and enclosed nose contained 15 cameras: six standard forward-facing, one TriMetrogen horizon-to-horizon, and eight in oblique and vertical positions for target close-ups. The RF-84F featured many firsts: the Tri-Metrogen camera, a computerized control system based on light, speed, and altitude, it adjusted camera settings to produce pictures with greater delineation and a vertical view finder with a periscopic presentation on the cockpit panel to enhance visual reconnaissance. Talking into a wire recorder, the pilot could describe ground movements that might not appear in still pictures.
Production of the RF-84F was linked to that of the F-84F. In both cases, the Korean War prompted the decision. The Tactical Air Command had to withdraw tactical aircraft from storage and modify active F-80s to meet the war's reconnaissance requirements. The RF-80 actually became the Air Force's recon workhorse in Korea, but thin plane could not fly at low altitude long enough to perform suitable visual reconnaissance. Nonetheless, the first RF-84F order was not formalized until 12 June 1961--2 weeks after satisfactory inspection of the mock-up and 6 months past official endorsement~of the RF-84F full-scale production. The initial RF-84F contract only called for, two prototypes (later reduced to one), but the Air Force was already convinced the new aircraft would be the best in terms of endurance, speed, and sensors. The RF-84F would also be able to fly night missions by using magnesium flares carried under its wings in flash-ejector cartridges. Hence, the first 130 RF-84Fs were ordered before the new fiscal year (July 1961).
Before this flight, an F-84F prototype had already tested the RF-84F'a new air intake configuration. The test disclosed no serious impairment of overall aircraft performance.
Almost 1 year after delivery of the first F-84F. The Air Force accepted a second RF-84F in September.
Being almost identical to the F-84F, the RF-84F did not escape some of its predecessor's problems. Republic's shortage of forgings prevented further deliveries of the RF-84Fs until January 194. In April, after only 24 of the reconnaissance aircraft (counting the 2 released in 1963) had been accepted, engine troubles brought another delay. Eighteen months passed before RF-84F deliveries finally resumed in November 1966.
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A photo of how this looked before restoration can be seen here.
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To see the official Dakota website (In Norwegian) with lots of pics and info, take a look here.
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