@ Singapore Airlines

Airbus A380-841 • cn.008

• ENG : 4x RR Trent 970 Engines

• REG : 9V-SKD

@ History of Aircraft :

≠ 19.MAR.2007 : First flight with reg F-WWSE at built site

Toulouse ( LFBO ) France

≠ 26.APR.2008 : Delivered to "Singapore Airlines" SQ & SIA

with configured "F12C60Y399" and leased from Doric

≠ NOV.2015 : Re-configured "F12C60W36Y333"

≠ 27.JUN.2018 : WFU & Stored at Lourdes ( LDE ) France

At 10:01 a.m., August 19, 2025, BNSF 7373 leads the eastbound Provo-Denver all-tankcar manifest through Rollinsville, Colorado, on UP's Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. The 7 locomotives are configured 5-0-2.

While BNSF SD70MACs frequent the Denver area, seeing them on the Moffat Subdivision is unusual, especially in the lead. This morning, May 21, 2025, the 9738 is on the daily Provo, Utah, to Denver manifest passing through Arvada, Colorado. The six locomotives are configured 4-0-2.

Dave: Eva, What's with the sticky note?

Eva: Oh, just following protocol.

Dave: And what protocol is that?

Eva: The whole labelling things as "keep" vs "away".

Dave: You do realize that is just for stuff we're sorting as we need to clean out the basement for a renovation?

Eva: I do. But, I spend a lot of time with you in your basement office and I thought it would be safer to label me as a "keep".

Dave: Um, that's totally unnecessary. You are definitely a keep.

Eva: Thank goodness. I have it pretty good here. Some people describe me as a dog with sophisticated needs. And some people as willing to indulge my sophisticated needs as you are.

Dave: Well, you definitely are a keep. Now, have you seen Aggie and Bruno lately?

Eva: Yup. But you should know something. I made up labels for them too.

Dave: And what did you label them as? Keep or away?

Eva: Well, there are two things to remember. Firstly I'm pretty sure that Bruno can't read.

Dave: And the second thing?

Eva: I should have mentioned that you are both kind and forgiving. So, with that in mind I've gotta go and remove some labels from Bruno and Agnes before you see them next!

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We are getting ready for a basement renovation. Which is an opportunity to review if we still need some of the items that have been filling the basement. It's also a hassle as there are a lot of things in a basement.

The whole family has been working hard on this. Eva is the most adaptable of the dogs and has been by my side throughout the process. Aggie however does not like change so have been avoiding the job by napping on the king size bed. Bruno just likes napping so he's been up there too.

And as a follow-up to last week I did manage to sort and process over 12,000 photos from last week's speedskate championships in Saskatoon. Now to just figure out how to best configure the club page on photoshelter.

L591 job goes, three times a week, east of Coteau yard to work a couple of clients who still got rail service. It was the case for Ronsco at MP 35.4 and Munstor at MP 30.4. The later was a former Canadian Army munition storage location and was strategically located in Les Cèdres, just west of Montreal island right between the CN and CP transcontinental mainlines giving a dual rail access to it. Now, the place act as a private storage location for railcars and the CP side connecting track was torn up maybe 30 years ago.

Ronsco is a railway provider, overhauling locomotives and rail cars along with providing expertise in anything regarding railroad pieces and tools of all kind. It was also one of the largest freight cars axles producer in North America. Their 46-acres Coteau-du-Lac facility can hold up to 150 cars and was switched by a former Illinois Central SW14 and a former CN SW900.

L591 have just finished to pull six cars from Ronsco on this beautiful and hot September day and is ready to head east toward Munstor in order to clear up the main track and let those high tonnage movement going by.

CN 7512, an GP38-2 modified back in 1978 from road to hump service, is now back on the mainline jobs with inside and outside cab cameras, microwave, fridge along with an IDU box, enabling train operation with a TIBS. It was still configured for long hood operation and lacking a cow catcher on either end giving a 25MPH restriction any time it was in leading position.

7512 was delivered new to Canadian National as their 5547 back in early 1973.

CN L59121-20

7512 4724

Milepost 35.3 Kingston subdivision

Coteau-du-Lac,QC

September 20th 2024

A millipede (Ommatoiulus rutilans) hugging a dead flower.

The photo was taken using an external flash triggered remotely and manually configured to 1/32.

Trafiqué par mes soins!

Avant de débarquer sur le sol namurois, le Pavillon a été le symbole de la Belgique à l’exposition universelle de Milan. Cette création de Patrick Genard, primée pour son éco-design, vient compléter avec audace le paysage de la Citadelle.

Aujourd’hui, perché sur son promontoire, le Pavillon se veut le totem d’une transformation numérique. le Pavillon recueille les visions de ceux et celles qui questionnent le présent à travers le numérique. Sa mission ? Permettre à tout un chacun de s’approprier les enjeux de notre époque à travers l’initiation, la découverte et l’expérimentation.

Curieux et audacieux : c’est le mode de configuration du Pavillon. De bois, de clous et de métal à l’extérieur, le Pavillon du dedans se construit comme une joyeuse créature organique, sans cesse en changement. Une évolution qui n’est pas sans rappeler celle du monde, faite d’essais et d’erreurs.

Before landing on Namur soil, the Pavilion was the symbol of Belgium at the Universal Exhibition in Milan. This creation by Patrick Genard, awarded for its eco-design, daringly completes the landscape of the Citadel. Today, perched on its promontory, the Pavilion is the totem pole of digital transformation. the Pavilion collects the visions of those who question the present through digital technology. His mission ? Allow everyone to take ownership of the challenges of our time through initiation, discovery and experimentation. Curious and daring: this is how the Pavilion is configured. Of wood, nails and metal on the outside, the Pavilion of the inside is built like a joyful organic creature, constantly changing. An evolution not unlike that of the world, made up of trial and error.

The Korail Class 210000, purpose-built for the ITX-Saemaeul service, is a high-speed-capable electric multiple unit (EMU) manufactured by Hyundai Rotem and introduced in 2014. Designed for comfortable regional intercity travel, it operates at a maximum service speed of 165 km/h, with acceleration and ride quality optimized for Korea’s main conventional lines.

Replacing the older Saemaeul-ho coaches hauled by locomotives like the Class 8200, the 210000 series provides faster, smoother, and more energy-efficient service. Each 6-car set (configured with distributed traction) features air suspension, full passenger HVAC, onboard Wi-Fi, and ergonomically arranged seating with 2+2 configuration. Cars include restrooms, luggage racks, and designated accessibility spaces, following Korail’s universal design standards.

Powered by asynchronous AC traction motors with regenerative braking, the 210000 is equipped with onboard ATP safety systems and automatic couplers for flexible formation. Its core routes include the Gyeongbu, Honam, Jeolla, Donghae, and Jungang lines, serving major cities like Seoul, Daejeon, Daegu, Busan, Gwangju, and Pohang. With an increasing number of sets built to meet demand, the ITX-Saemaeul trains symbolize the modernization of Korea’s non-HSR rail corridors.

Suwon Station, Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea

@ Maleth-Aero

Airbus A340-642 - cn 1030

• ENG : 4x RR Trent 556-61

• REG : 9H-PGS

• PAX : F8C32Y276

@ Aircraft History :

• 23.JUL.2009 : First flight under test reg F-WWCX at built site Toulouse (TLS) France

• 17.AUG.2009 : Del to "Etihad Airways" EY/ETD with reg A6-EHK

• JAN.2015 : re-configured "F8C32Y276"

• 30.SEP.2017 : Withdrawn from use

• 09.JAN.2018 : std at TEV

• 20.JAN.2019 : std at BOH

• 25.JAN.2018 : Sold to "European Aviation Group" with reg 2-FIXP and soted at TEV

• 28.JAN.2019 : std at BOH

• 01.MAR.2019 : Lease to "Maleth-Aero" MLT from European Aviation Group with reg 9H-PGS

• 28.MAY.2019 : Entered into service

A long eastbound train of doublestacked marine containers coasts through the curves approaching West Pica, descending the grade from Yampai Summit, Arizona. Soon the hogger will ease off the dynamic brakes, and let gravity and the 1.42% descending grade accelerate his train back to track speed down the eleven mile straightaway towards Seligman. The evening sun found its way through the hazy clouds to cast some neat side lighting on the train.

The inhabitant of the RV up on the hill in the background has one of the best views around, and will be able to watch trains sweep through the high speed curve at the base of the Yampai plateau all night.

The lead unit is BNSF 615, one of twenty ex-Santa Fe DC traction C44-9W units rebuilt and converted to AC traction motors with A1A configured axles. The pilot program has not yielded any further interest at BNSF to rebuild their large, yet shrinking fleet of Dash 9s.

* Reposted 15/8/25 due to Flickr glitching and not posting the image to photostreams

@ Northwest Airlines

Boeing 747-451

- MSN : 24224 / 803

- ENG : 4x PW PW4056

- REG : N669US

- RMK : Fleet Number 6309

@ History Aircraft :

# 19.JUL.1990 : First flight at built site Everett ( KPAE )

# 20.AUG.1990 : Delivered to "Northwest Airlines" NW & NWA leased from AT&T Capital Services with reg N669US and config cabin C65Y338

# 29.OCT.2008 : Tsf to "Delta Air Lines" DL & DAL leased from AT&T Capital Services with reg N669US and configured "C65Y338"

# OCT.2012 : re-configured "C48W42Y286"

This rock guitarist pose is designed by BREAK and called BREAK 213 Guitarist SET. There are 7 guitar poses in this pack. They are static poses m/c/nt and include the guitar! All poses with accessories were configured with other people's usability in mind. Therefore, all of them come with the objects configured to be rezzed at the time of use. You will find this at the BREAK mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Break/93/138/23

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Completely did a reconfiguration on my PC ASUS Z390 Motherboard and by updating the motherboard BIOS firmware that is by flashing the BIOS up to the latest firmware, with no problems at all and which I have done so many over the years.

Plus, one good thing about ASUS Motherboards, is they are easy to flash the Bios using their EZ Flash 3 utility that is built into their boards and by using a flash drive to update the Bios with the latest firmware cap file. Which I got all the latest Drives for my ASUS Z390 Motherboard, from the ASUS Website.

This new update has set my Motherboard to allow the TPM chip and Trusted Platform Module 2.0 to be active for making Secure boot for the bootup drive for Windows 10 or 11. So I have configured the Motherboard "CSM" Mode for Boot device Control for UEFI and Legacy OPROM UEFI: which allows your computer to start in "LEGACY BIOS" mode and in "UEFI" mode. And the Boot\Secure Book Option for UEFI Only, to allow a Secure Book in.

UEFI mode is recommended for newer PCs that support it, as it offers advantages and compatibility. Nevertheless, there are scenarios where legacy BIOS mode may be more suitable, for example, if you have an older PC that does not support UEFI or if you wish to use a dual-boot or multi-boot system with different operating systems that may not work well with UEFI and also, some UEFI drivers will not support every kind of hardware that you add onto your PC.

Well, at least now I am happy to say that I have sorted out all my problems and running back up again on Windows 10. And now with all the new updates, I am getting from Microsoft, which is no surprise to me and say:

Great news—your PC meets the minimum system requirements for Windows 11.

Windows 11, version 23H2 is ready - and it's free!

Wow!

My ASUS Motherboard is nearly 4 years old and will support Windows 11.

But do ask myself do I want headaches with all the problems that I keep hearing from those who are running on Windows 11 and even I know some are having problems on Mac desktop PCs too?

As young Brother informed me, has he been an IT engineer for some years now.

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! how sadly do I miss Windows XP, which I still think was the best operating system for desktop PC users, that Microsoft ever made to this date!

Davis-Monthan AFB.

5-13-21.

Photo by: Ned Harris

Note: This aircraft has been configured with the Multipoint Refueling System or MPRS. It is capable of refueling two receiver aircraft simultaneously from the pods mounted near the wing tips.

"Rayane" VIP configured Il-62.

"How long to sing this song?"

Most of the arguments I've ever heard for investments in big science have specific objectives that are used to justify the expenses and grade the success. The investment in the Very Large Array has been paying dividends for 40 years now. public.nrao.edu/visit/very-large-array/ In modern science, 40 years is an extremely long time, and no one could have predicted the science it would be performing in 2020.

The array can be configured to cover up to 22 miles. In this image the hub of the array is about 3 miles, and all the dishes are quite disstant. Except fot the one just across the road from me. A low layer of smoke from the west coast wild fires obscures the stars near the horizon. All quite small compared to the giants of the solar system Jupiter and Saturn visible in the upper left. And even more so the dust at the core of the Milky Way.

Seems like there is plenty to observe. I'm guessing it will continue for many more years...so long as we continue to value the things science can tell us about our world and our universe.

On the matter of 40, I get the feeling, that the Psalmist would marvel at what science has revealed about our world. I imagine that the news that creation was so much bigger, deeper, and more diverse than what was known when the Psalmist lived would be a comfort and a joy.

"I will sing, sing a new song."

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Samaritans Purse Douglas DC-8 on finals to land at Prestwick airport, Ayrshire, Scotland.

The Douglas DC-8 is a narrow-body airliner built by the American Douglas Aircraft Company.

Since 1975, Samaritan's Purse has used aircraft to transport doctors and relief workers along with tons of food, medicine, shelter materials, blankets, and other items to aid victims of natural disasters, war, famine, and other emergencies.

In 2015, Samaritan's Purse added a DC-8 airplane to its fleet. Known as a combi aircraft, it is specially configured to carry up to 84,000 pounds of cargo and 32 passengers, significantly increasing the organization’s capacity to respond immediately in times of crisis around the world.

Sphecidae - Prionyx kirbii

Alfés - Lleida - Spain

Using an external flash configured manually 1/32

youtu.be/ocpEOttkusQ?feature=shared

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A junkyard of dumped dreams. A props- and torture chamber for all the superstitions that the actors follow before their performances. Lots of plywood to knock on. A pool of worn out roles whose ghosts endlessly repeat their blanks and fade away with their lips hanging on the posters, with mirrors that multiply the misery.

Then they will sit together with the showmasters and talk instead of speaking. The quota killers who have nothing to say but talk anyway, and this vigorously. The next morning, breakfast program will repeat their words. A comfort in the isolation of the late night show.

An endless premiere party. The evening sky welcomes the stars, spotlight shines. Again, the moonlight falls on the steps of the grandstand, on the same pale deja-vu faces of people who want to step up higher.

Only the sponsor is missing but nobody misses him: An oversized video screen has replaced him, on which his beautified portrait is configured kaleidoscopically in ever-changing variations.

Champagne flows, people sip from lobster tails, they talk themselves into importance. Everything as usual. They wait for the performers, cleverly positioning themselves near the entrance as if by chance so that they can be the first to express their admiration. The expectation grows, the first performers enter the stage, people clap their hands- discreetly: That’s what the dramaturgy demands, as two performers are still missing.

Together with the performers a rumor conquers the room. Where are they? Will they come? Quiet suspicions drift from one ear through the next, like the draught of wind whispering in the empty corridor of the entrance hall. The bravi get stuck in the gnashing of teeth of half-open mouths.

„Standing Ovations“. Even the video screen is desperately stuck flashing Bravo. BRAVO. BRAVO. But they won't come.

Outside, the two cast a last glance through the closed windows of the theater at the frustrated audience in their most significant role as performers. Then the both leave to an open ending.

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There’s nothing more frustrating for an audience whose seeking a closure, than facing an open ending. For those who leave the closure behind the open ending is the pure bliss of universal opportunity. We opened the door as we closed it. ILY my Sunny Side

Configured with 62 VIP seats, this 21 year old aircraft has flown for Maersk Air, GB Airways and bmibaby before finding a home with Cello Aviation this summer.

Prints here

From another visit to Revs - the #1 Porsche (see first comment below).

1971 Porsche 908/3 Prototype

Serial No. 908 03 013

Flat-eight air cooled engine mounted mid-ship; twin overhead camshafts; fuel injected.

2997cc, 360hp @ 8,400 RPM

Wheel base 90.6 inches

Weight 1,200 lbs.

Porsche intensely pursued the 1970 and 1971 world championships. The 908/3 (pictured here) was produced to compete in two races: the Targe Florio and Nurburgring. They are twisty, difficult tracks where the 917 size and power were handicaps.

The previous 908s were coupes or spiders. The 908/3 was only ever a spyder.

The engine in this vehicle gave up 65 hp to the 3 liter 312 PB Ferrari rival. However, it employed Piech's feather-weight design. The 908/3 was 100 pounds lighter than the 908/2 due to the use of titanium. The space frame weighed 48 pounds and the body another 26.5!

Just 13 were produced.

The 908/3 provided a one-two finish in 1970 at both Targe and Nurburgring, the races it was designed to win. In 1971 the Targa was lost due to a driver error caused crash. However, the 908/3 finished one-two-three at Nurburgring.

The car shown here was built in 1971 and the frame was not built to specification. The chassis broke during the 1971 Nurburgring race, however, drivers Rodriguez and Oliver were still able to bring the car in 2nd place.

This model's win rate was 75%.

A 1971 configured 908/3 won its last world championship at Silverrstone England in 1980. A decade span of World Championships with the same designed vehicle.

In case you noticed the forward position of the driver's seat

- you are correct: the driver was seated just behind the front axle, with the pedals and his feet right at the front of the car.

@ Northwest Airlines [ NW / NWA ] USA

Airbus A330-223 • cn 614

• ENG : 2x PW PW4168A

• REG : N852NW

• PAX : C32Y211

• RMK : Fleet number 3352

@ History Aircraft :

• 23.JUL.2004 : First flight / F-WWKU / Toulouse ( TLS ) France

• 23.AUG.2004 : Delivered / Northwest Airlines / N852NW

• 29.OCT.2008 : Tfd / Delta Air Lines / config "C32W30Y177"

• SEP.2009 : Painted in "Delta Air Lines" cs

• SEP.2013 : Re-configured "C34W32Y168"

The crew of SCFE Cane 1 would spend no more than 40 minutes doing their work at the Miami Locks loadout, located about a mile east from the western end of the Lake Harbor Block. Their 17 empties would be interchanged for 15 loads destined for the Clewiston Mill. Once their air brake test was complete, it was back west to town for the crew to cap off their lengthy work day.

Exactly one hour before sunset, #USSC6324, U.S. Sugar’s sole SD40T-2, operating SCFE Cane 1, makes itself known to the residents of Lake Harbor on its journey west to Clewiston while thundering over the Miami Canal with their sugar cane loads, blasting its [oddly-configured] K5LA for the grade crossing. The Miami Locks loadout would be the last location Cane 1 was set to work for the day, having no other stops to make for their second and final round trip out of the Clewiston Mill.

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Lake Harbor, FL

SCFE Fort Pierce Subdivision

Date: 02/21/2024 | 17:18

ID: SCFE Cane 1

Type: Loaded Cane

Direction: Westbound

Car Count: 15

1. USSC SD40T-2 #6324

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© Vicente Alonso 2024

—Pablo Neruda

I know that the last place I should be advertising a photo-related item is on a site where everyone is also a photographer...but...I would like to announce that I am now selling my Bokehlicious 2009 Calendar! Check it out!

Oh, and HBWE!

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@ AIR TAHITI NUI

• Country : F (France) French Polynesia

• Date : 1998 -

• Codes : TN THT

• Callsign : Air Tahiti Nui

• Web site : www.airtahitinui.com

@ Airbus A340-313 - cn 438

• ENG : 4x CFMI CFM56-5C4

• REG : F-OSEA

• PAX : configured "F6C24Y264"

• RMK : Named "Rangiroa"

@ History Aircraft :

• 08.NOV.2001 : First flight under test reg F-WWJV at built site Toulouse ( LFBO ) France - order by "Air Lib" ( IW & LIB ) with reg F-GTUC but not taken

• 27.DEC.2002 : Delivered to "Air Tahiti Nui" TN & THT with reg F-OSEA

• 2013 : re-configured "C32Y264"

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Visit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggys_Cove,_Nova_Scotia

Peggys Point Lighthouse (also known as Peggy's Cove Lighthouse) is in Peggys Cove and is an iconic Canadian image. It is one of the busiest tourist attractions in Nova Scotia and is a prime attraction on the Lighthouse Trail scenic drive. The lighthouse marks the eastern entrance of St. Margarets Bay and is officially known as the Peggys Point Lighthouse.

Peggys Cove is a classic red-and-white lighthouse still operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. The light station is situated on an extensive granite outcrop at Peggys Point, immediately south of the village and its cove. This lighthouse is one of the most-photographed structures in Atlantic Canada and one of the most recognizable lighthouses in the world.

Visitors may explore the granite outcrop on Peggys Point around the lighthouse; despite numerous signs warning of unpredictable surf (including one on a bronze plaque on the lighthouse itself), several visitors each year are swept off the rocks by waves, sometimes drowning.

Peggys Cove is 43 kilometers (26 miles) southwest of downtown Halifax and comprises one of the numerous small fishing communities located around the perimeter of the Chebucto Peninsula. The community is named after the cove of the same name, a name also shared with Peggy's Point, immediately to the east of the cove. The village marks the eastern point of St. Margaret's Bay.(Wikipedia)

Visit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swissair_Flight_111

Swissair Flight 111

Swissair Flight 111 (SR111, SWR111) was a Swissair McDonnell Douglas MD-11 on a scheduled airline flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States to Cointrin International Airport in Geneva, Switzerland. This flight was also a codeshare flight with Delta Air Lines.

On Wednesday, 2 September 1998, the aircraft used for the flight, registered HB-IWF, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Halifax International Airport at the entrance to St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia. The crash site was 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from shore, roughly equidistant from the tiny fishing and tourist communities of Peggys Cove and Bayswater. All 229 people on board died—the highest death toll of any aviation accident involving a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 and the second-highest of any air disaster to occur in Canada, after Arrow Air Flight 1285. This is one of only two hull losses of the passenger configured MD-11, along with China Airlines Flight 642.

The initial search and rescue response, crash recovery operation, and resulting investigation by the Government of Canada took over four years and cost CAD 57 million (at that time approximately US$38 million). The Transportation Safety Board of Canada's (TSB) official report of their investigation stated that flammable material used in the aircraft's structure allowed a fire to spread beyond the control of the crew, resulting in a loss of control and the crash of the aircraft.

Swissair Flight 111 was known as the "UN shuttle" due to its popularity with United Nations officials; the flight often carried business executives, scientists, and researchers

Aircraft

The aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, serial number 48448 registered HB-IWF, was manufactured in 1991 and Swissair was its only operator. It bore the title of Vaud, in honor of the Swiss canton of the same name. The airframe had a total of 36,041 hours. The three engines were Pratt & Whitney 4462s. The cabin was configured with 241 seats (12 six-abreast first-, 49 seven-abreast business-, and 180 nine-abreast economy-class). First- and business-class seats were equipped with an in seat in-flight entertainment system, installed at some point after initial entry into service. (Wikipedia)

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B-2479 joined the VIP fleet after a major re-configured since 2016. Currently, another 747-8 B-2481 was also added to the VIP fleet .

Samaritans Purse Douglas DC-8 on finals to land at Prestwick airport, Ayrshire, Scotland.

The Douglas DC-8 is a narrow-body airliner built by the American Douglas Aircraft Company.

Since 1975, Samaritan's Purse has used aircraft to transport doctors and relief workers along with tons of food, medicine, shelter materials, blankets, and other items to aid victims of natural disasters, war, famine, and other emergencies.

In 2015, Samaritan's Purse added a DC-8 airplane to its fleet. Known as a combi aircraft, it is specially configured to carry up to 84,000 pounds of cargo and 32 passengers, significantly increasing the organization’s capacity to respond immediately in times of crisis around the world.

VIP configured. Note the small Lukoil titles.

an earlier upload , re-edited a little. adjusted levels to darken the scene,

Then burn`t the top part of the sky a little .

Thanks Tan for comment www.flickr.com/photos/26034413@N04/

Think the darker tones add to the mood of this cold windy day ??

Explored Feb 11th 09 #53

View On Black

Point of Ayr (Welsh: Y Parlwr Du) is the northernmost point of mainland Wales. It is situated immediately to the north of Talacre in Flintshire, at the mouth of the Dee estuary. It is to the southwest of the Liverpool Bay area of the Irish Sea. It is the site of a RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) nature reserve, and is part of Gronant and Talacre Dunes Site of Special Scientific Interest.

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Visit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggys_Cove,_Nova_Scotia

Peggys Point Lighthouse (also known as Peggy's Cove Lighthouse) is in Peggys Cove and is an iconic Canadian image. It is one of the busiest tourist attractions in Nova Scotia and is a prime attraction on the Lighthouse Trail scenic drive. The lighthouse marks the eastern entrance of St. Margarets Bay and is officially known as the Peggys Point Lighthouse.

Peggys Cove is a classic red-and-white lighthouse still operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. The light station is situated on an extensive granite outcrop at Peggys Point, immediately south of the village and its cove. This lighthouse is one of the most-photographed structures in Atlantic Canada and one of the most recognizable lighthouses in the world.

Visitors may explore the granite outcrop on Peggys Point around the lighthouse; despite numerous signs warning of unpredictable surf (including one on a bronze plaque on the lighthouse itself), several visitors each year are swept off the rocks by waves, sometimes drowning.

Peggys Cove is 43 kilometers (26 miles) southwest of downtown Halifax and comprises one of the numerous small fishing communities located around the perimeter of the Chebucto Peninsula. The community is named after the cove of the same name, a name also shared with Peggy's Point, immediately to the east of the cove. The village marks the eastern point of St. Margaret's Bay.(Wikipedia)

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Swissair Flight 111

Swissair Flight 111 (SR111, SWR111) was a Swissair McDonnell Douglas MD-11 on a scheduled airline flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States to Cointrin International Airport in Geneva, Switzerland. This flight was also a codeshare flight with Delta Air Lines.

On Wednesday, 2 September 1998, the aircraft used for the flight, registered HB-IWF, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Halifax International Airport at the entrance to St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia. The crash site was 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from shore, roughly equidistant from the tiny fishing and tourist communities of Peggys Cove and Bayswater. All 229 people on board died—the highest death toll of any aviation accident involving a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 and the second-highest of any air disaster to occur in Canada, after Arrow Air Flight 1285. This is one of only two hull losses of the passenger configured MD-11, along with China Airlines Flight 642.

The initial search and rescue response, crash recovery operation, and resulting investigation by the Government of Canada took over four years and cost CAD 57 million (at that time approximately US$38 million). The Transportation Safety Board of Canada's (TSB) official report of their investigation stated that flammable material used in the aircraft's structure allowed a fire to spread beyond the control of the crew, resulting in a loss of control and the crash of the aircraft.

Swissair Flight 111 was known as the "UN shuttle" due to its popularity with United Nations officials; the flight often carried business executives, scientists, and researchers

Aircraft

The aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, serial number 48448 registered HB-IWF, was manufactured in 1991 and Swissair was its only operator. It bore the title of Vaud, in honor of the Swiss canton of the same name. The airframe had a total of 36,041 hours. The three engines were Pratt & Whitney 4462s. The cabin was configured with 241 seats (12 six-abreast first-, 49 seven-abreast business-, and 180 nine-abreast economy-class). First- and business-class seats were equipped with an in seat in-flight entertainment system, installed at some point after initial entry into service. (Wikipedia)

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With M306 rapidly approaching on the #3 track in background as seen from an almost empty Coteau yard, the crew of L536 job is at work retrieving an lone "Trudeau hopper", set out earlier in track QO67 by train G874 with an overheated bearing issue.

The problematic car will be promptly moved toward the assigned B/O track before 536's engines will be shut down in track QO44 and the crew head for the office to call it a day.

CN 7512, an GP38-2 modified back in 1978 from road to hump service, is now back on the mainline jobs with inside and outside cab cameras, microwave, fridge along with an IDU box, enabling train operation with a TIBS. It was still configured for long hood operation and lacking a cow catcher on either end giving a 25MPH restriction any time it was in leading position.

7512 was delivered new to Canadian National as their 5547 back in early 1973.

CN L53621-21

4724 7512

Milepost 38.3 Kingston subdivision

Coteau-du-Lac,QC

September 21st 2024

@ AIR TAHITI NUI

• Country : F (France) French Polynesia

• Date : 1998 -

• Codes : TN THT

• Callsign : Air Tahiti Nui

• Web site : www.airtahitinui.com

@ Airbus A340-313 - cn 438

• ENG : 4x CFMI CFM56-5C4

• REG : F-OSEA

• PAX : configured "F6C24Y264"

• RMK : Named "Rangiroa"

@ History Aircraft :

• 08.NOV.2001 : First flight under test reg F-WWJV at built site Toulouse ( LFBO ) France - order by "Air Lib" ( IW & LIB ) with reg F-GTUC but not taken

• 27.DEC.2002 : Delivered to "Air Tahiti Nui" TN & THT with reg F-OSEA

• 2013 : re-configured "C32Y264"

Snow, CPLs, and an ACC leader? Yup, count me in. NS 1837 leads a 1x1 configured 15T south through Bentonville, VA back in January of this year.

The regal class 309s operating the London Liverpool St - Clacton & Walton route were the first 25Kv EMUs to be constructed by British Rail in 1962/63. Built at York Carriage Works they were designed for 100mph running and configured in three separate formations:

- 601–608 – Two-car units (309/1)

- 611–618 – Four-car units containing a griddle car (309/2)

- 621–627 – Four-car units (309/3)

While the 2-car units could be operated on their own, they were designed to be run in tandem with a pair of 4-car units so improving the power-to-weight ratio and making the rush-hour timetable more robust.

Originally classified as AM9 (pre-TOPS) they were actually designed for use on an electrified East Coast Mainline, but when the electrification project failed to get off the ground they were diverted instead to the Great Eastern Main Line and became known as the 'Clacton Express' trains. With a 10-car formation generating some 3,384 horsepower, they were significantly more powerful than the Britannia Pacifics they replaced.

In later years the formations were tweaked and the 2-car units augmented to 4-car sets. These elegant units would eventually be displaced from the Clacton route between 1992 and early 1994 with the final trains running in January 1994. Not surprisingly the contemporary class 321 replacements lacked the visual elegance of the 309s, both externally and internally, and, perhaps tellingly, became known as the 'Dusty Bins' due to the 3-2-1 class number resonating with a certain TV show of the day.

In this shot, a Clacton and Walton - Liverpool St service (1F48), unit 626 leading, is captured approaching Colchester with an up express. Colchester Depot (30E/CR) is on the right with an unidentified class 31 and class 47 resting up.

Sadly the once wrap-around front windows adorning the cab had been designed out by this time and replaced by a pair of non-curved panes on each side. Much less expensive to replace when cracked / damaged.

This image was captured on a Yashicamat 124G twin lens reflex, and cropped. A relatively cheap medium-format camera that was superb for across-the-frame sharpness for non-moving subjects and which gave the Nikkor lenses a decent run for their money. With the reverse waist-level finder however, moving subjects were tricky and, as I found, best left to the Nikkormat FT2.

Yashicamat 124G, and Ilford FP4 film (cropped from 6x6 neg).

Rescanned image, original deleted.

7th September 1976

(Technical info courtesy of Wiki)

D-ABYG Boeing 747-830 Lufthansa F8C92Y262 4x GEnx-2B67

12. Mar 2013 Baden-Württemberg configured "F8C92Y262"

Ferried PAE-FRA 03/13/2013 on delivery

re-configured "F8C80W32Y244" 2014

@ Cathay Pacific

Boeing 777-367(ER) - msn 36163 / 877

• ENG : 2x GE GE90-115B

• REG : B-KPR

• PAX : "F6C53W34Y182"

@ Aircraft History :

• 10.JUN.2010 : First flight at built site Everett (PAE) WA. USA

• 25.JUN.2010 : Delivered to "Cathay Pacific" CX & CPA with reg B-KPR

• SEP.2018 : Painted with new livery and re-configured "F6C53W34Y201"

Castillo, Berlanga de Duero, Soria, Castilla y León, España.

El castillo de Berlanga de Duero se encuentra en la población del mismo nombre, pertenece a la provincia de Soria y fue construido entre los siglos XV, cuando tuvo la función de castillo señorial, y en el XVI cuando se transformó en una fortaleza artillera. Con anterioridad, en los siglos X y XI, hubo una fortaleza musulmana que, en el XII, tras la conquista castellana, se amplió con el cinturón exterior amurallado que se conserva.

Bordeada por el río Escalote y abrazada por el Duero, se corona por la imponente silueta del castillo que la vigila desde el Coborrón. El conjunto monumental está formado por los restos de la fortaleza tardomedieval (siglo XV), la fortaleza artillera de época renacentista (siglo XVI), la muralla que ciñe el cerro en su base (siglo XII) y el Palacio de los Duques de Frías (siglo XVI).

El conjunto se inició entre los años 1460 y 1480 por encargo de D. Luis Tovar y doña María de Guzmán, que ordenaronn levantar el casillo señorial, para servir de fortaleza defensiva y residencia familiar, sobre un castillo anterior situado en lo alto del cerro, donde se localizaba la primitiva villa de Berlanga protegida por la muralla situada a los pies del cerro.

En el año 1512 se proyectó y comenzó a ejecutar el nuevo castillo, configurado como una fortaleza artillera, con fines militares. Esta nueva fortaleza se adaptó tanto a la topografía abrupta del terreno como a la construcción anterior (el castillo medieval señorial).

En el programa constructivo de los linajes Tovar y de los Duques de Frías se encontraba además la erección del palacio en el recinto interior de la muralla del siglo XII, adaptado a los nuevos modos de vida. Este palacio y sus jardines intramuros estructurados en diversos niveles sufrieron, en 1811, un incendio y una destrucción por parte de las tropas napoleónicas, por lo que en la actualidad solo se conserva su fachada principal.

Durante los años 2004-2005 se acometió por parte de la Junta de Castilla y León un Plan Director, un conjunto de planes y actuaciones orientadas a la mejor conservación, protección y revitalización de este rico patrimonio. Se incluyen estudios de investigación, consolidación y restauración de los restos del monumento o actuaciones en el entorno.

El castillo señorial (siglo XV) presenta planta rectangular, en la que destaca el cubo de planta circular, en el ángulo sur, y la torre del homenaje en el lado opuesto. En el interior, dos patios articulan el espacio: uno, a la entrada, más sencillo, funcionó como patio de armas; y el otro, se planteó como patio palacial porticado, con columnas góticas, tiene en el centro un aljibe con una conducción que lleva al depósito de agua.

A partir del castillo señorial medieval, en el siglo XVI se construyó la fortaleza artillera. Tiene planta rectangular con pontentes cubos en cada ángulo, orientados a los puntos cardinales, los dos delanteros albergan sendas casamatas para instalar la artillería de la fortaleza. Los muros, levantados con piedra de sillería de calidad, tienen cinco metros de espesor y se rematan con un parapeto inclinado para desviar los impactos de artillería.

The castle of Berlanga de Duero is located in the town of the same name, belongs to the province of Soria and was built between the fifteenth century, when it served as a stately castle, and the sixteenth when it was transformed into an artillery fortress. Previously, in the 10th and 11th centuries, there was a Muslim fortress that, in the 12th century, after the Castilian conquest, was extended with the outer walled belt that remains.

Bordered by the River Escalote and embraced by the Duero, it is crowned by the imposing silhouette of the castle that watches over it from the Coborrón. The monumental complex is made up of the remains of the late medieval fortress (15th century), the artillery fortress from the Renaissance period (16th century), the wall that surrounds the hill at its base (12th century) and the Palace of the Dukes of Frías ( century XVI).

The complex began between 1460 and 1480 by order of D. Luis Tovar and Doña María de Guzmán, who ordered the building of the stately castle, to serve as a defensive fortress and family residence, on top of a previous castle located on top of the hill. where the primitive town of Berlanga was located, protected by the wall located at the foot of the hill.

In the year 1512 the new castle was projected and began to be executed, configured as an artillery fortress, for military purposes. This new fortress was adapted both to the steep topography of the land and to the previous construction (the stately medieval castle).

In the construction program of the Tovar lineages and the Dukes of Frías was also the erection of the palace in the inner enclosure of the 12th century wall, adapted to the new ways of life. This palace and its intramural gardens structured on various levels suffered, in 1811, a fire and destruction by Napoleonic troops, so that today only its main façade remains.

During the years 2004-2005, the Junta de Castilla y León undertook a Master Plan, a set of plans and actions aimed at the best conservation, protection and revitalization of this rich heritage. Research studies, consolidation and restoration of the remains of the monument or actions in the environment are included.

The stately castle (15th century) has a rectangular floor plan, in which the circular cube in the southern corner stands out, and the homage tower on the opposite side. Inside, two patios articulate the space: one, at the entrance, simpler, functioned as a parade ground; and the other, designed as a porticoed palatial courtyard, with Gothic columns, has a cistern in the center with a conduit that leads to the water tank.

Starting from the medieval stately castle, the artillery fortress was built in the 16th century. It has a rectangular floor plan with powerful cubes at each angle, oriented to the cardinal points, the two front ones house casemates to install the fortress's artillery. The walls, raised with quality ashlar masonry stone, are five meters thick and are finished off with a sloping parapet to deflect artillery impacts.

A6-HRM, a Boeing 747-400 of the Dubai Air Wing. this former United Airlines aircraft is now VIP configured and carries the great and the good of the UAE

PARAGON (2016), replay editor

4800x2700 (SRWE), resized to 1440p

Paragon official site

-Slightly tweaked contrast in Photoshop, the rest is configured using ReShade v1.1

@ Delta Air Lines

Boeing 767-332ER - msn 28454 / 683

• ENG : 2x PW PW4060

• REG : N197DN

• PAX : configured "C36Y185"

@ NB : Sorry for the quality due to SCAN picture

In Aspa - Lleida

This photo was taken with the help of two external flashes configured manually and triggered remotely from the camera, the first (1/32) pointing to the butterfly and the second illuminating the background (1/2)

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Esta foto fue tomada con la ayuda de dos flashes externos configurados manualmente y disparados remotamente desde la cámara, el primero (1/32) apuntando a la mariposa y el segundo iluminando el fondo (1/2)

@ United Airlines

Boeing 757-222 - msn 25130 / 373

• ENG : 2x PW PW2040

• REG : N535UA

@ Aircraft History :

• 29.MAY.1991 : Fist flight at built site Renton (RNT) WA USA

• 12.JUN.1991 : Delivered to "United Airlines" UA & UAL with reg N535UA and configured "C24Y158"

• 2012 : re-configured "C24W50Y108"

• AUG.2013 : leased from First Star Aviation

• 04.DEC.2015 : Stored at Goodyear (GYR) AZ USA and reported now scrapped

Alfa 6 C 2500 Coupe by Carrozzeria TOURING. At speed on Hiway 1, prior to the 2015 Pebble Beach Concours. RHD and gorgeously aerodynamic. It was built in Modena under the direction of Enzo Ferrari, who had directed Alfa Romeo racing for years (you will see the Ferrari 'prancing horse' on racing Alfas throughout the 30s), It’s a racecar underneath. It’s configured inside for the 1940 Mille Miglia, so its got all the racing gear; engine, suspension and it has a Lusso body. Its also the first or second Alfa in the world to have a radio in it. From an era where you could buy a car, drive it off the lot, straight to the track, with expectation of serious possibility of winning (depending on your driving skills (craziness helped). This car won it's class.

@ TAP - Air Portugal

Airbus A330-202 - cn 899

• ENG : 2x GE CF6-80E1A4

• REG : CS-TOM

• PAX : configured "C24Y244"

• RMK : named "Vasco da Gama"

@ Aircraft History :

• 14.JAN.2008 : First flight under test reg F-WWKN at built site Toulouse (TLS) France

• 05.FEB.2008 : Delivered to "TAP - Air Portugal" TP & TAP with reg CS-TOM

• FEB.2017 : leased from TrueAero

• MAR.2017 : e-configured "C25Y244"

The morning sun bursts over the backbone of the Continental Divide and splashes onto the waters of Lake MacDonald, Glacier National Park, Montana.

My oldest son suggested we hasten to the shoreline for sunrise, and as we talked, watched, and waited, I became distracted with the beauty of it all, and almost wasn't paying attention to my camera when the first direct rays of morning finally broke over the Divide and above the clouds. I wanted to show him how to configure his camera to capture a sunstar, and unfortunately, it turned out that I couldn't capture one myself and simultaneously explain the process. So much for paternal multi-tasking in the face of an awe-inspiring light show. What really made this view fascinating for me was the way the low-lying clouds sat just above the lake, and hugged the ridge-line of the Backbone.

Although the shoreline appears to be tilting down somewhat on the right side of the image, I'm fairly certain this is an optical illusion caused by the curving distant shoreline of the lake.

Thanks for looking!

Explored 2016-11-12

@ Oman Air

Airbus A330-243 - cn 1038

• ENG : 2x RR Trent 772B-60

• REG : A4O-DA

• PAX : C20Y196

@ Aircraft History :

• 13.AUG.2009 : First flight with reg F-WWYM at built site Toulouse (TLS) France

• 14.SEP.2009 : Delivered to "Oman Air" WY - OMA leased from AWAS with reg A4O-DA

• 15.SEP.2009 : Ferried TLS-MCT on delivery

• JUN.2016 : re-configured "C30Y196"

Corsair International

Airbus A330-243 - cn 320 - F-HBIL

Engines : 2x RR Trent 772B-60

@ History Aircraft :

# 21.MAR.2000 : First flight

# 31.MAR.2000 : Delivered to "Corsair" with reg F-HBIL and config cabin "C18Y332"

# 2012 : re-configured "C26Y278"

Salmon Pools Trail, Chéticamp Campground, Cape Breton National Park, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

I especially enjoy images with leading lines and implied depth. I enjoy seeing them taken by others, and in creating my own. Hiking is naturally filled with such images but not all trails imply depth or have a trail that leads to a conclusion that can be configured to have good composition and steer the viewer into (and not out of) the image. I hope you enjoy these recent images. All include roads, rivers or trails that carry the eye into the distance.