Bus number: A-26

Classification: Airconditioned Provincial Operation Bus

Seating Configuration: 2x2

Model: JAC Coach HK6124AM1

Manufacturer: Anhui JAC Coaches Co. Ltd.

Chassis: HFC6124KAYD3

Engine: YuChai YC6L310-30

Suspension: Air Suspension

Shot Location : Hotel Sogo Caloocan City

Executive Coach of Genesis

Philtranco

Shot Location: Balintawak

Victory Liner Inc.

St. Christopher Transport Services Corp.

Heto na pala ang nabili ng mag-asawang Manuel Joaquin at Grace Joaquin na Mannrose. Kaya pala iba ang livery sa mga normal Mannrose na ube-colored livery dahil magkaiba ang may-ari.

Company/Owner: Mannrose Liner, Inc/MSJ Tours

Fleet/Bus Number: 3300401

Classification: Air-conditioned City Bus

Coachbuilder: Santarosa Motor Works, Inc./Columbian Motors Corporation

Body Model: UD Trucks/Santarosa EXFOH PKB212

Engine Model: UD FE6-TA (FE6-D)

Chassis Model: UD PKB212N

Transmission: 6-speed Manual Transmission

Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension

Seating Configuration: 3×2

Seating Capacity: 58

Franchise route: Baclaran–SM Fairview via Lagro, Ayala

Route: Baclaran, Parañaque City [BCL, PQ]–Palmera, San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan via N61 (Roxas Boulevard: from NAIA Road to EDSA) / N120 (Roxas Boulevard: from EDSA to Buendia Avenue) / N190 (Buendia Avenue/Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue) / Ayala Avenue (Makati City) / N1 (EDSA) / N174 (East Avenue) / N170 [Commonwealth Avenue (Quezon City)] / N127 (Quirino Highway)

Areas passing (underlines are designated stops for this bus scheme - EDSA area only: Buendia–Kamuning): Bayview International Towers\City of Dreams\Airport Road\Baclaran Market/Baclaran Church\Japanese Embassy\Cuneta Astrodome/HK Sun Plaza/Department of Foreign Affairs\World Trade Center\F.B. Harrison Street\BIR Pasay City\LRT Gil Puyat Station/Taft Avenue\Osmeña Highway/PNR Buendia Station\Chino Roces Avenue (Pasong Tamo)\Makati Central Post Office\RCBC Plaza Yuchengco Tower\RCBC Plaza\V.A. Rufino\PBCOM Tower\Ayala Triangle\Makati Ave./The Peninsula Manila Hotel\Glorietta\Buendia Avenue\Estrella\Guadalupe\Boni/Pioneer\Reliance\Shaw Boulevard\SM Megamall\Ortigas Avenue\Robinsons Galleria\Boni Serrano\Main Avenue\Araneta Center Cubao\Baliwag Transit/Five Star\Ermin Garcia Avenue\LTFRB Central Office/LTO Central Office\NIA Road\V. Luna Avenue/Land Registration Authority East Ave\Philippine Statistics Authority\SSS East Ave/BSP East Ave\BIR Road\East Avenue Medical Center\Philippine Heart Center\Matalino Street/Nat'l Kidney Transplant Institute\Quezon Memorial Circle/Quezon City Hall Gate 10\Nat'l Housing Authority Main Office/Maharlika Street\Philcoa\UP Ayala TechnoHub\Central Avenue\INC Templo Central\Tandang Sora Avenue\Luzon Avenue\Diliman Doctors Hospital\Don Antonio\Ever Gotesco\Saint Peter Parish\Sandiganbayan\Commission on Audit\Commonwealth Market\Manggahan\INC Capitol\Litex\Don Fabian\Doña Carmen Avenue\Winston Street\Pearl Drive\Fairview Center Mall/NCBA Fairview\Our Lady of Fatima Regalado\AMA Fairview/Bristol Street\Mindanao-Jollibee\Brittany Square/Belfast\Commonwealth Hospital and Medical Center\SM City Fairview\Trees Residences\Hilltop Mansion Subdivision/Our Lady of Fatima Hilltop\Mater Carmeli School\Sacred Heart Novitiate\Quezon City–Caloocan Boundary\Sacred Heart Village/Dela Costa Homes 2\Midway Park Subdivision\Amparo Subdivision Gate 2\Guadanoville Subdivision\Mountain Heights Subdivision\Pangarap Village\Bankers Village 2/North Caloocan Doctors Hospital\Cefels Park 3 Subdivision\Malaria Road\Funnside Ningnangan Caloocan\Ascoville Road\Sampaguita Street\Altaraza Town Center/Pleasant Hills Subdivision\Diamond Crest Village\Savano Park\Pecsonville Subdivision/SM Tungko (SM San Jose del Monte)\Skyline Hospital\Gumaok East\Francisco Homes Subdivision\Starmall San Jose del Monte

Type of Operation: City Operation Public Utility Bus (Bus B Segregation | Regular Class)

Area of Operations: National Capital Region (NCR)/Central Luzon (Region III)

Shot Location: N190 (Gil Puyat Avenue), Buendia, Makati City

Date Taken: May 13, 2018 (14:46H)

Notices:

* Please DON'T GRAB A PHOTO WITHOUT A PERMISSION. If you're going to GRAB IT, please give A CREDIT TO THE OWNER. Also, don't PRINT SCREEN my photos.

** If I have mistakes on the specifications, please comment in a good manner so that I can edit it immediately.

*** The specifications and routes (for provincial, inter-provincial, and city operation) mentioned above are subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice.

**** The vehicle's registration plate(s), conduction sticker(s), and/or persons (if applicable) were pixelated/blurred to prevent any conflict with the photographer, the bus company and/or to the car owner for their security and/or privacy purposes. So, don't use their plate number, conduction sticker, and vehicle tag as an evidence for any incident. And, I have taken this photo for bus fanatics, bus enthusiasts, and bus lovers purposes.

Not certain if this is the correct Classic NEG film "recipe", but I think I like it in this light. This is SooC, and yes, we were graced with an early white blanket of snow this year. Yippee!

For those who have Fuji-X bodies, you do not have to wait for a firmware update, just tinker with the configuration of your current FUJIFILM mirrorless camera!

Follow this link: themostbeautifulworld.com/blog/classic-neg

More "recipes" here: fujixweekly.com/recipes/

Commuters Bus Corporation

Blue livery

Victory Liner Inc.

My third RX7 moc, had built the FC and FD back in 2019, both based on configurations found in Initial D Stage 5. This time, I've built the Spirit R edition - equipped with BBS rims as standard wheels, where only 1500 units were made as the final production run of the FD. This spec is arguably the most collectible and valuable FD of all time.

Thanks for viewing!

Instructions:

rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-76067/KMPMOCS/mazda-rx-7-fd-spir...

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Philippine Rabbit 1145

Route: Manila/Avenida - Tarlac via Dau

Bus Model: Daewoo SR BV115 Jetliner

Engine: Doosan DE12TiS

Chassis: PLU5N58JDGK

Transmission: M/T

Suspension: Leaf Spring

Seating Configuration: 2x2

Seating Capacity: 49

File: 04/14/18, PRBL Avenida

"Vought Corporation has conducted a conceptual design study and aerodynamic analysis of a Vertical Attitude Takeoff and Landing (VATOL) fighter/attack aircraft. The "Superfly" VATOL configuration is illustrated...The salient features are the close coupled canard-delta wing planform and the two augmented turbofan engines fed by fixed ramp inlets. Axisymmetric gimballed nozzles and wingtip reaction jets provide attitude control in vertical attitude hover and transition. Conventional landing gear permit short takeoffs from ships or normal runway operation. Extensive use of composite materials make a single engine vertical landing capability a feasible design goal.

The SF-121 configuration was synthesized to objective performance guidelines. The principal sizing constraints were:

- Supersonic Intercept mission radius = 150 NM (278 km) at Mach 1.6

- Sustained load factor = 6.2 g at Mach 0.6 10,000 feet (3,048 m)

- Single engine thrust/weight = 1.03 with afterburner.

The resulting point design has a VTO weight of 23,375 pounds (10,603 kg), a wing aspect ratio of 2.3 and a wing reference area of 354 square ft (32.89 square meters). The SF-121 is capable of short takeoffs with a 10,000 pound (4,536 kg) overload in 400 feet (122 m) . The combat performance objectives were exceeded by a wide margin.”

And from the abstract:

"A conceptual design study was performed of a vertical attitude takeoff and landing (VATOL) fighter/attack aircraft. The configuration has a close-coupled canard-delta wing, side two-dimensional ramp inlets, and two augmented turbofan engines with thrust vectoring capability. Performance and sensitivities to objective requirements were calculated. Aerodynamic characteristics were estimated based on contractor and NASA wind tunnel data. Computer simulations of VATOL transitions were performed. Successful transitions can be made, even with series post-stall instabilities, if reaction controls are properly phased. Principal aerodynamic uncertainties identified were post-stall aerodynamics, transonic aerodynamics with thrust vectoring and inlet performance in VATOL transition. A wind tunnel research program was recommended to resolve the aerodynamic uncertainties."

Both above are excerpts from the "STUDY OF AERODYNAMIC TECHNOLOGY FOR VSTOL FIGHTER/ATTACK AIRCRAFT - PHASE I FINAL REPORT" published by the Vought Corporation in 1978, available (for now) at:

ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19790001857

Additional discussion, to include graphic extracts from the above document, to include my photo, with correction, at:

www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/vought-ltv-sf-106-and-sf...

Credit: SECRET PROJECTS Forum website

My sincere thanks to Rolf Schmidt (see/read below), allowing for the corrected description above. I'll retain my following lackadaisical & woefully wrong initial description to retain context for our discourse in the comment section below:

“The Short Take-Off and Landing/ Maneuver Technology Demonstrator (STOL/MTD) Joint Test Force completed the first phase of F‑15 STOL tests. The goal of the program was to demonstrate that an F-15 fitted with new technologies could land without navigational aid from the ground, on a bumpy field only 1,500 feet in length and 50 feet wide at night, in bad weather, with a 30-knot crosswind.

In 1975, Langley Research Center began to conduct sponsored programs studying two-dimensional thrust vectoring nozzles; government and industry studies of non-axisymmetric two-dimensional (2-D) nozzles in the early 1970s had identified significant payoffs for thrust-vectoring 2-D nozzle concepts. In 1977, Langley started a system integration study of thrust-vectoring, thrust-reversing, and 2-D nozzles on the F-15 with McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC). In 1984, the Flight Dynamics Laboratory, the Air Force Aeronautical Systems Division awarded a contract to McDonnell Douglas for an advanced development STOL/MTD experimental aircraft. The aircraft used in the STOL/MTD program has flown several times since the successful STOL/MTD program completion in 1991 that used thrust vectoring and canard foreplanes to improve low-speed performance. This aircraft tested high-tech methods for operating from a short runway. This F-15 was part of an effort to improve ABO (Air Base Operability), the survival of warplanes and fighting capability at airfields under attack.

The F-15 STOL/MTD tested ways to land and take off from wet, bomb-damaged runways. The aircraft used a combination of reversible engine thrust, jet nozzles that could be deflected by 20 degrees, and canard foreplanes. Pitch vectoring/reversing nozzles and canard foreplanes were fitted to the F-15 in 1988. NASA acquired the plane in 1993 and replaced the engines with Pratt & Whitney F100-229 engines with Pitch/Yaw vectoring nozzles. The canard foreplanes were derived from the F/A-18's stabilators. Prior to August 15, 1991, when McDonnell Douglas ended its program after accomplishing their flight objectives, the F-15 STOL/MTD plane achieved some impressive performance results:

- Demonstrated vectored takeoffs with rotation at speeds as low as 42 mph

- A 25-percent reduction in takeoff roll

- Landing on just 1,650 feet of runway compared to 7,500 foot for the standard F-15

- Thrust reversal in flight to produce rapid deceleration

Above paraphrased from:

www.aftc.af.mil/News/On-This-Day-in-Test-History/Article-...

Credit: Air Force Test Center (AFTC) website

Check out what’s going in the image, like the one coming in for a landing…I think. It’s completely vertical! Like the crazy shit the soulless Soviet/Russian bastards used to demonstrate at air shows. Then there’s the starboard quarter elevator/platform, or whatever it’s called…in a vertical position…with an F-15 STOL/MTD attached! Huh? And…is the approaching aircraft coming in to land on the similarly vertical port elevator/platform??? I mean, it looks to be headed right for it. If so, I suppose the arresting cable acts like the wire on the back of wall art. 😉

As if all of that crazy stuff wasn’t enough, this beautiful work is apparently by the hand of a female artist, Patricia (Tricia) Martin. Outstanding! Possibly a Vought artist.

Indirect confirmation of the above is found in her respectful April 18, 2022 recollection of fellow Vought artist Howard Ernest Hicks, upon his passing:

“I worked with Howard and Brenda for many years. He was an exceptional artist and interesting character. He entertained with handstands and bagpipe music while his artwork nurtured the reputation of our entire team. He also gave joy to hundreds of retirees with his exit caricatures and promoted many charitable actives. In one notable year, his art work was part of the promotion of our food drive, collecting 955,000 cans for the community.

Patricia (Tricia) Martin”

Above at/from:

www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/howard-hicks-obituary?i...

Credit: “Legacy” website

Finally, at the same site, from an April 16, 2022 post, possibly by another Vought artist:

“Brenda, I´m sorry for your loss. Howard was a good mentor to me early in my career at Vought. What an illustrator he was! I will miss him.

Regrettably, I will be on company travel on Monday, so I will not be in attendance.

-take care,

Paul

Paul Nagata”

+++ DISCLAIMER +++

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 OV-10 Bronco was initially conceived in the early 1960s through an informal collaboration between W. H. Beckett and Colonel K. P. Rice, U.S. Marine Corps, who met at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, and who also happened to live near each other. The original concept was for a rugged, simple, close air support aircraft integrated with forward ground operations. At the time, the U.S. Army was still experimenting with armed helicopters, and the U.S. Air Force was not interested in close air support.

The concept aircraft was to operate from expedient forward air bases using roads as runways. Speed was to be from very slow to medium subsonic, with much longer loiter times than a pure jet. Efficient turboprop engines would give better performance than piston engines. Weapons were to be mounted on the centerline to get efficient aiming. The inventors favored strafing weapons such as self-loading recoilless rifles, which could deliver aimed explosive shells with less recoil than cannons, and a lower per-round weight than rockets. The airframe was to be designed to avoid the back blast.

The MV-10Hs are expected to provide support for these ground units in the form of all-weather reconnaissance and observation, close air support and also forward air control duties for supporting ground units. Precision ground strikes and protection from enemy helicopters and low-flying aircraft were other, secondary missions for the modernized Broncos, which are expected to serve well into the 2040s. Exports or conversions of foreign OV-10s to the Black Pony standard are not planned, though.

General characteristics:

Crew: 2

Length: 42 ft 2½ in (12,88 m) incl. pitot

Wingspan: 45 ft 10½ in(14 m) incl. tip sails

Height: 15 ft 2 in (4.62 m)

Wing area: 290.95 sq ft (27.03 m²)

Airfoil: NACA 64A315

Empty weight: 9,090 lb (4,127 kg)

Gross weight: 13,068 lb (5,931 kg)

Max. takeoff weight: 17,318 lb (7,862 kg)

Powerplant:

2× General Electric CT7-9D turboprop engines, 1,305 kW (1,750 hp) each,

driving 8-bladed Hamilton Standard 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) diameter constant-speed,

fully feathering, reversible contra-rotating propellers with metal hub and composite blades

Performance:

Maximum speed: 390 mph (340 kn, 625 km/h)

Combat range: 198 nmi (228 mi, 367 km)

Ferry range: 1,200 nmi (1,400 mi, 2,200 km) with auxiliary fuel

Maximum loiter time: 5.5 h with auxiliary fuel

Service ceiling: 32.750 ft (10,000 m)

13,500 ft (4.210 m) on one engine

Rate of climb: 17.400 ft/min (48 m/s) at sea level

Take-off run: 480 ft (150 m)

740 ft (227 m) to 50 ft (15 m)

1,870 ft (570 m) to 50 ft (15 m) at MTOW

Landing run: 490 ft (150 m)

785 ft (240 m) at MTOW

1,015 ft (310 m) from 50 ft (15 m)

Armament:

1x M197 3-barreled 20 mm Gatling cannon in a chin turret with 750 rounds ammo capacity

7x hardpoints for a total load of 5.000 lb (2,270 kg)

2x wingtip launch rails for AIM-9 Sidewinder AAMs

The kit and its assembly:

This fictional Bronco update/conversion was simply spawned by the idea: could it be possible to replace the original cockpit section with one from an AH-1 Cobra, for a kind of gunship version?

The basis is the Academy OV-10D kit, mated with the cockpit section from a Fujimi AH-1S TOW Cobra (Revell re-boxing, though), chosen because of its “boxy” cockpit section with flat glass panels – I think that it conveys the idea of an armored cockpit section best. Combining these parts was not easy, though, even though the plan sound simple. Initially, the Bronco’s twin booms, wings and stabilizer were built separately, because this made PSR on these sections easier than trying the same on a completed airframe. One of the initial challenges: the different engines. I wanted something uprated, and a different look, and I had a pair of (excellent!) 1:144 resin engines from the Russian company Kompakt Zip for a Tu-95 bomber at hand, which come together with movable(!) eight-blade contraprops that were an almost perfect size match for the original three-blade props. Biggest problem: the Tu-95 nacelles have a perfectly circular diameter, while the OV-10’s booms are square and rectangular. Combining these parts and shapes was already a messy PST affair, but it worked out quite well – even though the result rather reminds of some Chinese upgrade measure (anyone know the Tu-4 copies with turboprops? This here looks similar!). But while not pretty, I think that the beafier look works well and adds to the idea of a “revived” aircraft. And you can hardly beat the menacing look of contraprops on anything...

The exotic, so-called “tip sails” on the wings, mounted on short booms, are a detail borrowed from the Shijiazhuang Y-5B-100, an updated Chinese variant/copy of the Antonov An-2 biplane transporter. The booms are simple pieces of sprue from the Bronco kit, the winglets were cut from 0.5mm styrene sheet.

For the cockpit donor, the AH-1’s front section was roughly built, including the engine section (which is a separate module, so that the basic kit can be sold with different engine sections), and then the helicopter hull was cut and trimmed down to match the original Bronco pod and to fit under the wing. This became more complicated than expected, because a) the AH-1 cockpit and the nose are considerably shorter than the OV-10s, b) the AH-1 fuselage is markedly taller than the Bronco’s and c) the engine section, which would end up in the area of the wing, features major recesses, making the surface very uneven – calling for massive PSR to even this out. PSR was also necessary to hide the openings for the Fujimi AH-1’s stub wings. Other issues: the front landing gear (and its well) had to be added, as well as the OV-10 wing stubs. Furthermore, the new cockpit pod’s rear section needed an aerodynamical end/fairing, but I found a leftover Academy OV-10 section from a build/kitbashing many moons ago. Perfect match!

All these challenges could be tackled, even though the AH-1 cockpit looks surprisingly stout and massive on the Bronco’s airframe - the result looks stockier than expected, but it works well for the "Gunship" theme. Lots of PSR went into the new central fuselage section, though, even before it was mated with the OV-10 wing and the rest of the model.

Once cockpit and wing were finally mated, the seams had to disappear under even more PSR and a spinal extension of the canopy had to be sculpted across the upper wing surface, which would meld with the pod’s tail in a (more or less) harmonious shape. Not an easy task, and the fairing was eventually sculpted with 2C putty, plus even more PSR… Looks quite homogenous, though.

After this massive body work, other hardware challenges appeared like small distractions. The landing gear was another major issue because the deeper AH-1 section lowered the ground clearance, also because of the chin turret. To counter this, I raised the OV-10’s main landing gear by ~2mm – not much, but it was enough to create a credible stance, together with the front landing gear transplant under the cockpit, which received an internal console to match the main landing gear’s length. Due to the chin turret and the shorter nose, the front wheel retracts backwards now. But this looks quite plausible, thanks to the additional space under the cockpit tub, which also made a belt feed for the gun’s ammunition supply believable.

To enhance the menacing look I gave the model a fixed refueling boom, made from 1mm steel wire and a receptor adapter sculpted with white glue. The latter stuff was also used add some antenna fairings around the hull. Some antennae, chaff dispensers and an IR decoy were taken from the Academy kit.

The ordnance came from various sources. The Sidewinders under the wing tips were taken from an Italeri F-16C/D kit, they look better than the missiles from the Academy Bronco kit. Their launch rails came from an Italeri Bae Hawk 200. The quadruple Hellfire launchers on the underwing hardpoints were left over from an Italeri AH-1W, and they are a perfect load for this aircraft and its role. The LAU-10 and -19 missile pods on the stub wings were taken from the OV-10 kit.

Painting and markings:

Finding a suitable and somewhat interesting – but still plausible – paint scheme was not easy. Taking the A-10 as benchmark, an overall light grey livery (with focus on low contrast against the sky as protection against ground fire) would have been a likely choice – and in fact the last operational American OV-10s were painted in this fashion. But in order to provide a different look I used the contemporary USAF V-22Bs and Special Operations MC-130s as benchmark, which typically carry a darker paint scheme consisting of FS 36118 (suitably “Gunship Gray” :D) from above, FS 36375 underneath, with a low, wavy waterline, plus low-viz markings. Not spectacular, but plausible – and very similar to the late r/w Colombian OV-10s.

The cockpit tub became Dark Gull Grey (FS 36231, Humbrol 140) and the landing gear white (Revell 301).

The model received an overall black ink washing and some post-panel-shading, to liven up the dull all-grey livery. The decals were gathered from various sources, and I settled for black USAF low-viz markings. The “stars and bars” come from a late USAF F-4, the “IP” tail code was tailored from F-16 markings and the shark mouth was taken from an Academy AH-64. Most stencils came from another Academy OV-10 sheet and some other sources.

Decals were also used to create the trim on the propeller blades and markings on the ordnance.

Finally, the model was sealed with a coat of matt acrylic varnish (Italeri) and some exhaust soot stains were added with graphite along the tail boom flanks.

A successful transplantation – but is this still a modified Bronco or already a kitbashing? The result looks quite plausible and menacing, even though the TOW Cobra front section appears relatively massive. But thanks to the bigger engines and extended wing tips the proportions still work. The large low-pressure tires look a bit goofy under the aircraft, but they are original. The grey livery works IMHO well, too – a more colorful or garish scheme would certainly have distracted from the modified technical basis.

Taken summer of 2013 on the north shore of Lake Superior, Minnesota.

Juliet on 14x17 Fuji HR-U X-Ray film, exposed in my home built Big Box camera fitted with a 15"/11x14 Turner/Reich Triple Convertible lens in 21" configuration, and processed in R110 film developer.

Atypical configuration in BCN due the works on the 25L header. The runway 02 is active for arrival, really strange in daily operations. Here is the Emirates Cargo 777F arriving in a spring weather today with the brother A380 on the background.

Victory Liner Inc.

When you call upon the Calvary, you call upon the Impulser (Series). With the latest technologies in Mecha development pack into this machines, you can dominate the battlefield.

And oh, the red one? It is just clmntinE's Custom prototype.

This is the Impulser; Standard Infantry Configuration with High-Type Maneuver Equipment. This mobility pack boosts in agility and dog-fighting, armed with a suppressor beam gun with bayonet, it got all the bases covered.

Victory Liner Inc.

Bus Operator: Isarog Line Express Transport, Inc. (Bicol Isarog Transport System, Inc.)

Bus number: 1222-3

Area of Operation: Provincial Operation

Seating Configuration: 2x1

Seating Capacity: 24+1

Bus Manufacturer: Xiamen King Long United Automotive Industry Co. Ltd. (King Long)

Model: King Long XMQ6126Y9

Chassis: Higer KLQ6121R6 (LA6R1HS)

Engine: Cummins C300-20

Suspension: Air Suspension

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Bus Operator: Isarog Line Express Transport, Inc. (Bicol Isarog Transport System, Inc.)

Bus number: 112

Area of Operation: Provincial Operation

Seating Configuration: 2x1

Seating Capacity: 28+1

Bus Manufacturer: Anhui JAC Coaches Co. Ltd. (JAC Coaches)

Model: JAC Coach HK6124AM1

Chassis: HFC6124KAYD3

Engine: Yuchai YC6L310-30

Suspension: Air Suspension

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Bus Operator: Isarog Line Express Transport, Inc. (Bicol Isarog Transport System, Inc.)

Bus number: 1222K

Area of Operation: Provincial Operation

Seating Configuration: 2x1

Seating Capacity: 20+1

Bus Manufacturer: Xiamen King Long United Automotive Industry Co. Ltd. (King Long)

Model: King Long XMQ6129Y "Longwei"

Chassis: King Long XMQ6120R (LA6R1HSM)

Engine: Nissan Diesel MD9M

Suspension: Air Suspension

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Bus Operator: Regina Shipping Lines / RSL Bus Transport Corp. (Bicol Isarog Transport System, Inc.)

Bus number: 890

Area of Operation: Provincial Operation

Seating Configuration: 2x2

Seating Capacity: 36+1

Bus Manufacturer: Suzhou King Long United Automotive Industry Co., Ltd. (Higer Bus)

Model: Higer H92B1 KLQ6125B1

Chassis: Higer KLQ6120E3 (LKLR1KSJ)

Engine: Yuchai YC6L330-30

Suspension: Air Suspension

Taken at: Bicol Isarog Transport System, Inc. Cubao Terminal, Alibangbang, EDSA-Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines

*note: ---

A wonderful 1970/71 McDonnell Douglas Corp. artist’s concept of their ‘Phase B’ shuttle concept, either delivering and/or deploying some sort of first aid/emergency-medical module to the stricken craft in the lower right. Also note the transparent ‘observation dome’ of the damaged ship, with what appears to be “Space Ghost” looking out at the operation. I see no Remote Manipulator System (RMS), so I’m assuming the rescue module either has its own propulsion/attitude maneuvering system, or that it’s been erected/rotated into position, but remains attached to the orbiter, which will maneuver to dock it with the damaged vehicle.

And, thanks to the SECRET PROJECTS Forum website, the orbiter can be more specifically identified as “Configuration 176 C”…I think. Specifically thanks to user flateric’s June 4, 2007 post, as extracted from AIAA paper 78-1469, “Space Shuttle Orbiter Configuration Case History”, presented at the AIAA AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, Los Angeles, California, August 21-23, 1978.

At:

www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/us-space-shuttle-project...

Although I love the work, to me, this particular design has a caricaturish appearance, like something a satirical cartoonist would’ve depicted to poke fun at the shuttle program. Finally, the artist is R. Noel. Huh…who? First heard…with nothing on him/her.

Finally, in a similar operation, featuring the Phase A, McDonnell Douglas drawbridge-wing orbiter, in which the shuttle itself is marked as the “ambulance”, although still with a first-aid marked module in the payload bay. However, a risky, possibly ‘casualty conducive’ EVA is being conducted:

myspacemuseum.blogspot.com/2012/06/?m=0

Credit: Rüdiger Landmann/”My Space Museum” blogspot

The above rendered by “J LONG”. Yet another name in the mix. I’m reaching, but since no one else is, why not:

www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/modestobee/name/james-long-o...

Credit: Legacy website

Finally & fortunately, the image, along with several others, is featured on the cover of “SPACEFLIGHT”, Volume 13, No. 12, December 1971, published by the British Interplanetary Society. The description of it is as follows:

“…depicts the shuttle orbiter marked with rescue insignia deploying a rescue canister from its 60 ft. long cargo bay. The canister would be docked with the nearby space tug which is assumed to have been crippled in Earth orbit. The space tug crew transfer to the shuttle orbiter through the rescue canister for return to Earth.”

On the whole, I hate people. Another one of the countless reasons why: This enterprising f**kstick has been going apeshit with a bunch of photos I’ve posted and/or linked to in my postings. In his shallow greedy mind, attribution or common courtesy is not a consideration:

www.redbubble.com/i/photographic-print/Old-Space-Shuttle-...

Bus No: 6038

Year released: 2006

Capacity: 49; 2x2 seating configuration

Body: Santarosa Philippines

Model: 2006 SR-EXFOH AC Series

Engine: Nissan Diesel PF6

Fare: Airconditioned

Aircon System: Denso LD8i overhead a/c

Transmission System: M/T

DALIN Bus Line

KORF (Norfolk International Airport) - 29 MAY 2022

"United 1011" from Washington Dulles International Airport (KIAD) taxiing to Gate B24 after landing on RWY 5.

Production Site: Hamburg (XFW)

First Flight: 15 JAN 2001

Test Registration: D-AVYM

Delivery to United Airlines: 08 FEB 2001 as N834UA

Hex Code: AB68F9

Fleet Number: 4034

Configuration: C8Y120

Engines: 2x IAE V2522-A5

Re-configured "C12Y114" in NOV 2019

Five Star Bus Company

A.Arandia Line

Date Taken: June 10, 2014

Basic Details:

Operator: DAGUPAN BUS COMPANY, INC.

Fleet Number: 71756

Classification: Air-Conditioned Provincial Operation Bus

Seating Configuration: 2x2 Seats

Seating Capacity: 49 Passengers

Body:

Coachbuilder: Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Company, Ltd. (Yutong Bus)

Body Model: Yutong ZK6119HA

Air-Conditioning Unit: Dependent Overhead Unit

Chassis:

Chassis Manufacturer: Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Company, Ltd. (Yutong Bus)

Chassis Model: Yutong ZK6119CRA (LZYTATE6)

Layout: Rear-Longitudinally-Mounted Engine Rear-Wheel Drive (4x2 RR layout)

Suspension: Air-Suspension

Engine:

Engine Manufacturer: Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Group Company, Ltd.

Engine Model: Yuchai YC6L310-20 (L32YA)

Cylinder Displacement: 513.948 cu. inches (8,424 cc / 8.4 Liters)

Cylinder Configuration: Straight-6

Engine Aspiration: Turbocharged and Intercooled

Max. Power Output: 306 bhp (310 PS - metric hp / 228 kW) @ 2,200 rpm

Peak Torque Output: 848 ft.lbs (1,150 N.m / 117 kg.m) @ 1,200 - 1,600 rpm

Emission Standard: Euro 2

Transmission:

Type: Manual Transmission

Gears: 6-Speed Forward, 1-Speed Reverse

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KORF (Norfolk International Airport) - 17 JUN 2018

"Delta 991" departing RWY 5 en route to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (KATL).

Production Site: Long Beach (LGB)

Rollout: SEP 1992

First flight: 27 SEP 1992

Delivery to Delta Air Lines: 28 OCT 1992 as N907DE

Hex Code: AC897D

Fleet number: 9007

Configuration: C16W15Y118

Engines: 2x Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219

Pangasinan FiveStar Bus Company

Shot Location: FiveStar Cubao Terminal

Five Star Bus Company Inc.

KLAX (Los Angeles International Airport) - 06 JAN 2024

"Silk West 7775 Heavy" from Luxembourg Airport (LUX/ELLX) on short final to RWY 25L.

Production Site: Everett (PAE)

First Flight: 21 FEB 1999

Delivery to Cargolux: 03 MAR 1999 as LX-NCV

Hex Code: 4D0138

Aircraft Name: City of Vianden

Configuration: Cargo

Engines: 4x Rolls-Royce RB211-524G/H-T

To Silk Way: 28 SEP 2011 as 4K-SW888

Hex Code: 600B21

Configuration: Cargo

Engines: 4x Rolls-Royce RB211-524G/H-T

To SW Italia: 30 JAN 2017 as I-SWIB

Hex Code: 300679

Configuration: Cargo

Engines: 4x Rolls-Royce RB211-524G/H-T

To Silk Way West Airlines (Azerbaijan Cargo): 10 NOV 2018 as 4K-SW888

Hex Code: 600B21

Configuration: Cargo

Engines: 4x Rolls-Royce RB211-524G/H-T

"10" Years" sticker applied in JUL 2022

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Pangasinan Five Star Bus Company

Victory Liner Inc.

Airbus A330 freighter B-6091, converted from passenger to cargo configuration in 2024, takes off from Frankfurt with a flight bound for Chengdu in China.

Aircraft: Air China Cargo (CAO) Airbus A330-200(F) B-6091.

Location: Frankfurt Airport (FRA/EDDF), Germany.

Genesis Transport

Five Star Bus Company Inc

Malanday Metro Link

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Cummins 5.9 L 6BT turbo Inline-Six diesel with at least three turbochargers in a compound configuration producing almost 1000 BHP

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Silver Star