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Emirates 235 from Dubai wraps up it's 14hr 47min flight to Chicago. Since service to Chicago began in August of last year, 66,000 pax and over 3,400 tons of cargo have flown between ORD and Dubai. As a result of this success, Emirates plans to replace the 77L with the 77W this spring.
My little space crew.
The four in the middle are made up of various minifig parts I've collected to make my own custom space-themed adventurers.
While the 2 on the ends are my favorite Collectable Minifigs. The Series 1 Spaceman and Series 7 Galaxy Patrol.
️ Une tradition qui se répète (… comme toutes les traditions) : chaque vaisseau qui s’amarre laisse son patch à l’emplacement qu’il a occupé. C’était le moment de signer celui de notre Crew Dragon, et vous pouvez voir que la collection de véhicules amarrés ici (Node 2, au zénith – pointant vers l’espace) s’agrandit. C’est la deuxième fois qu’on signe notre patch, eh oui, car nous étions amarrés à l’avant de l’ISS en début de mission… si ça continue, l’intérieur de la Station finira par être recouvert 😂
We have a tradition in space (yes another one) to add a sticker and sign the hatch for all visiting spacecraft. Here we are signing our SpaceX Crew Dragon and you can see the other missions that also docked to this port. This is the... zenith port (facing up to space) on Node-2 as you can see from the SpaceX cargo missions. We actually did this tradition twice, seeing as we docked to two different ports, starting with the forward facing port of Node-2, this is where the latest Cargo Dragon is docked to, but not for long, it leaves today! Soon the Space Station will not have any room left for all the patches 😂
Credits: ESA/NASA
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Crew-6 return redux: Early Monday morning, four humans returned from space. Watching humans launch atop a rocket is stressful and emotional, but I don't think I'll ever get used to watching a spacecraft reenter the Earth's atmosphere. It's quite a testament to the engineers who design spacecraft, and it's especially a testament to the badassery of the crews. I'm not exactly sure how hot the spacecraft gets, but it's at least 3,000 degrees (F) or more.
It literally turns into a fireball streaking across the sky. Watching it is indescribable.
It was a glorious end to the Crew-6 mission as the Crew Dragon splashed down at 12:17am (ET) Monday, September 4. Stephen Bowen, Woody Hoburn, Sultan Al Neyadi, and Andrey Fedyaev spent 186 days in orbit.
For this Crew Dragon return, the spacecraft splashed down off the coast of Jacksonville, streaking over central Florida. It was visible to much of the state. For those close enough, the light show was accompanied (quite a bit later; sound travels oddly slowly) by at least two sonic booms.
A big shoutout to flightclub.io for the shot planning and to John Kraus / John Kraus Photos and John Pisani, who were shooting nearby. Their shots are amazing.
The long streak is a 149-sec frame showing nearly the entirety of the burn as the Crew Dragon traveled from SW to NE, requiring a fish-eye lens to accommodate the width. I posted an earlier, uncorrected version; this version is a truer version of what we saw. And there are a couple of other frames not previously posted.
Tijdens een besloten fotorit reden de SHD 2205, NSM 2215, SMMR 2225 en CREW 2454 met diverse goederentreinen tussen Schin op Geul en Kerkrade.
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A usual crew is two pilots and one crew chief. On this day other crew chiefs are on board for training in heavy lift and sling-load flight. The helo lifted three different weights this day, starting at 1500 lbs, then 2100 lbs, and finally 4000 lbs.
Here are some of my Shanghai Airlines Crew. My Chinese First Officers were half my age and had between 750 to 2,500 total flying hours. I did my best to teach them English, Crew Resource Management/Threat Error Management (nonexistent when I began my contract) and, I taught them how to be future airline Captains. Some are serving as airline Instructors/Training Captains and serving as airline management, now. Did I make a difference in their lives and career trajectories? I would like to think so. I was their first foreign (Caucasian) Captain. There was a period of about a year, maybe longer, I was their only foreign Captain at the airline.
The First Officer sleeping is sitting in the Jump Seat, during Cruise flight. These poor fellows and the Cabin Crew were used and abused. It would not be uncommon to fly with First Officers or Cabin Crew who only had 4 hours sleep, because they would incur a penalty to their wages if or when they requested a day off to catch up on Crew Rest or particularly if they were sick. I often flew with sick Crewmembers, who would make everyone else sick. Cabin Crew were treated worse. I tried my best to serve as their Union Representative, arguing with management for fair and equal treatment, with Crew Scheduling and Chief Flight Attendant to give them the day off, without penalty. If the airline management said "No", then I would just refuse to fly with the Crew Member. So, they got the day off, anyway.
Airline management tried to give me a penalty for calling in sick. It happened only once, but they withdrew. There was no such provision in my contract. They were always trying to find loopholes in my contract. And, when that didn't work they would threaten to cancel the contract. Once, they called me back to China, a week early from my contractual and much deserved Annual Leave, for example, because they "made a scheduling mistake". Most of the time, I stood my ground, the airline management backed down, except for Safety issues, when I never backed down. All that said, I probably called in sick one day a year and I maintained about a 95% on-time departure rate, possibly higher.
In the photo, those were a few of my favorite First Officers to fly with, including "Sleepy". Surely, it is hard to learn much from observation, if sleeping, but it is equally difficult to learn when fatigued beyond comprehension. So, I would often let my two First Officers decide who wanted to fly first and let the other sleep through the duration of the first leg, then they would swap seats on the return trip. There were so many other First Officers not among these photos, who I thought so much of. One, named Xu Ming, came to Australia for a visit and called me, while he was here, briefly. And, we all enjoyed and looked forward to flying together. There were exceptions, of course, but it was mostly cultural resentment, from brainwashing. Many told me I was their favorite Captain.
The Cabin Crew were gorgeous and sweet. Most spoke very little English. Actually, most of my Crew spoke very little English, including many of my First Officers. I flew with one Chinese First Officer, who was such a nice guy, but he only spoke two words of English. The two most important words, "Thank you". I might as well have been flying Solo, in those instances. With agreement and coordination of management, airline Instructor Pilots, and senior First Officers, I established an S.O.P. and procedural Call-Outs (vernacular) consisting of single words, to action what I wanted them to set or for them to invite me to set for them, as we flew together. Of course, some resisted, "Why do I have to learn English?" During Cruise flight, I would use the Flight Management Computer screen on my side of the center console to type words and get them to say them and I would define those words for them. That S.O.P. of not more than 25 pages, grew in size and weight to become the airline's standard S.O.P. and a tome.
You can see that the crew were pretty happy to have me as their Captain. I always looked after my Crew. A happy Crew makes the working day so much easier. Often, it is not enough to be just a Captain. One must be a leader, a mentor, a teacher, a father, an older brother, a best friend to be confided in, a protector, a shepherd.
I never wanted to be like the arrogant pricks I flew with, when I was a First Officer or a Copilot. I tried very hard not to be like them. Sadly, so many of those types were USAF and USN pilots, Red Flag and Top Gun types, who thought they were better Pilots than they really were. I think they really hated flying beside an Army helicopter Pilot.
A couple of my Chinese First Officers still correspond with me, though it has been eight years ago. I had one manager tell me, over dinner one night, "Cassidy, you are a stubborn professional."
Crew practice early morning on the Potomac river. The sun had just started to rise over the river when I spotted the crew from my apartment in Crystal City.
Step inside Crew Dragon, our next-generation spacecraft designed to carry humans to the International Space Station and other destinations. Crew Dragon can carry up to seven astronauts, or a combination of astronauts and crew. The configuration seen here has five seats and two cargo racks. Learn more → www.spacex.com/crew-dragon.
A westbound Soo Line freight has stopped for a crew change in Portage, WI in February of 1990. SD60 #6017 is in the lead.
The Crew Dragon spacecraft for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission arrives at the hangar at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida on Oct. 24, 2021. The capsule, named Endurance by the crew, arrived at the launch complex after making the short journey from its nearby processing facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Kayla Barron, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on Oct. 31. Liftoff of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance and Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled for 2:21 a.m. EDT. Photo credit: SpaceX
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The Crew Dragon capsule carrying ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron home from the International Space Station splashed down off the coast of Florida, USA, on Friday 6 May 2022 at 05:43 BST/06:43 CEST.
Its return marks the end of Crew-3’s almost six-month stay in orbit and the end of Matthias’s first mission, known as Cosmic Kiss.
Crew-3 undocked from the International Space Station in Crew Dragon spacecraft Endurance at 06:20 BST/07:20 CEST Thursday 5 May.
When a Crew capsule splashes down, it is met by nearby ships with experts ready to bring it on board, open the hatch, and welcome the astronauts home. After initial medical checks, the crew is transported by helicopter to shore.
Now that his mission has come to an end, Matthias will return to ESA’s European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, where he will participate in post-flight debriefings, provide samples for scientific evaluation and readapt to Earth’s gravity with the support of ESA experts.
Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja
This was taken by my father in the second half of 1955 after he had joined the Rhine Squadron based at HMS Royal Prince for a second tour.
As a senior Royal Marines landing craft specialist I am assuming he was the skipper and the men perched on the ramp were his crew but I can't confirm that. They appear to consist of four sailors and a possible further Royal in the centre. The vehicle parked on the tank deck is a RN-marked Willys Jeep.
From 1946, HMS Royal Prince hosted the Royal Naval Rhine Squadron (RNRS) at Krefeld in the German Land of North Rhine-Westphalia, north-west of Düsseldorf. The unit remained operational until mid-1958 when its duties on the Rhine were passed over to the newly-created Bundeswehr {Federal Defence Forces}.
During its existence, HMS Royal Prince (international radio callsign GDRD) with an RN Captain in charge and a RM Major as his No. 2, was responsible for the safe and secure passage of all waterborne traffic along the Rhine between the Dutch border and the French Zone south of Bonn.
The unit was equipped with armed fast patrol boats and a number of landing craft crewed by both Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel. Initially known as the Royal Marines Demolition Unit, subsequently Special Boat Section Royal Marines (ultimately absorbed into the current SBS) the unit’s task was the contingency planning for the close protection (and demolition if necessary) of the key strategic bridges over the River Rhine in the event of any attack by Soviet forces out of Eastern Europe.
Scanned from a slide.
These three, along with me always made a good showing when it came to the pub quizzes!
On the left is my love Niccy, who is lucky enough to be married to me! In the middle is Barrie, who is from Florida and used to be a monorail pilot at Disneyworld! On the right is Ange, who is from right outside Atlanta and is as Southern as Southern can be!
We met Barrie and Ange on board when they asked us to join in a trivia quiz game. We made a solid 50% showing in the quiz and a 100% showing in meeting new friends!
We were all out on deck this night hoping to see a flyover of the ISS. Unfortunately the clouds and the fading light (along with some questionable calculations on the time differences) made it impossible but we gave it the old college try for sure!
These ladies were a lot of fun and made the trip that much more enjoyable. With any luck we'll run into them on another cruise and if we don't we'll certainly be looking them both up when we get our RV.
I had to use the onboard flash on this shot since the sun was on their backs and their faces were in shadow. Little bit of crop and a little bit of clone but the color is all Canon!
The Crew Dragon capsule carrying ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron home from the International Space Station splashed down off the coast of Florida, USA, on Friday 6 May 2022 at 05:43 BST/06:43 CEST.
Its return marks the end of Crew-3’s almost six-month stay in orbit and the end of Matthias’s first mission, known as Cosmic Kiss.
Crew-3 undocked from the International Space Station in Crew Dragon spacecraft Endurance at 06:20 BST/07:20 CEST Thursday 5 May.
When a Crew capsule splashes down, it is met by nearby ships with experts ready to bring it on board, open the hatch, and welcome the astronauts home. After initial medical checks, the crew is transported by helicopter to shore.
Now that his mission has come to an end, Matthias will return to ESA’s European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, where he will participate in post-flight debriefings, provide samples for scientific evaluation and readapt to Earth’s gravity with the support of ESA experts.
Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja
SpaceX Crew-2 Walkout and dry dress rehearsal with ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet on 18 April 2021 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is returning to the International Space Station on his second spaceflight. The mission, which is called Alpha, will see the first European to launch on a US spacecraft in over a decade. Thomas is flying on the Crew Dragon, alongside NASA astronauts Megan MacArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japanese astronaut Aki Hoshide.
The Crew-2 launch is scheduled for 22 April at 06:11 EDT/12:11 CEST.
Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja
Two passenger ships from the Princess Cruises, Regal Princess (right) and Sky Princess (left) meet eachother at the Port of Rotterdam to exchange crew members. These are hard times for the cruise business during the Corona pandemic. No passengers for who knows how long. The panorama is made out of 3 captures with my Canon 5D mk3