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In the course of the Federation's ever expanding exploratory activities, many extraordinary phenomena were observed. Particularly perishable specimens had to be analysed on the ground and so roving laboratories were employed to allow speedy analysis of the exotic minerals, flora, and fauna found on newly discovered worlds.
Solar panels allowed for much longer journeys into these boundless vistas.
The 40th anniversary of Classic Space keeps on roving! I actually finished this build well before Febrovery, but didn't manage to photograph properly until recently. The lab is detachable. It has an interior with two scientists, but I found it impossible to capture! (It also has a windscreen below the steering, though it's hard to see here.) All old grey of course.
This early 15th century 'Caraval' carries the name 'Orion Star' and is used for the transport of goods along the Mediterranean trade routes.
In 1486 Florence and Venice had widely accepted trade agreements and benefit of each others reach within the ever expanding worldwide trade routes.
Apart from creating the shape of this ship, the sails and the color scheme, the real challenge was to recreate the symbol of florence; the iconic fleur de lis.
Personally, I think this worked out pretty well 😁
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Some background story;
I chose this type of ship because it fits within the time frame and the characteristics of the venice laguna of that time (not deep and many sandbanks).
The caravel had a stern rudder and a raised forecastle and sterncastle. Caravels had a typical length-to-beam ratio of 3.5:1 with a shallow draught. It was also highly manoeuvrable and fast. All of these characteristics made the caravel ideal for exploring unfamiliar waters and coastal shallows where larger ships might easily have become stranded on sandbanks or damaged by rocks.
Let me know what you think and thx for stopping by 🙌
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The multiple award-winning Central Library is a beautifully re-modelled building with a host of new services including:
•Wi-Fi access throughout the building, plus 150 computers and iPads.
•A game area with free to use Xbox 360.
•A stunning space for children to discover books.
•15,000 rare books in the Hornby Library, Oak Room and Picton Reading Room.
•Spectacular views from the roof terrace and meeting rooms to hire out.
•Ground floor café with a terrace overlooking St John’s Gardens - a great destination for a catch-up, a cup of coffee, a selection of scrumptious cakes and treats, and a range of hot and cold food and drinks.
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Areas are themed so that users can enjoy the best of the building and the resources within it.
Read...
is where you will find a good book to take on holiday, to discuss with friends in a reading group, to read on the bus or train or simply to take yourself away from everyday life.
There is so much to choose from: crime, adventure, science fiction and much more.
Perhaps you would rather explore Liverpool’s local history, look into true crime, read a biography of someone famous, or relax in mind, body and spirit? With graphic novels and large print books there is something for everyone.
Browse the audio books and language courses or use the e-books service. All loans are FREE and it is free to join. You can check out the iPads for quick email and internet access.
From here you can take the lift to Meet on the 4th floor. Enjoy the spectacular views from the roof terrace or book a meeting room for your group or organisation.
Archive...
is the place to find out about your family history and discover the history of your house, street or district.
So who do you think you are, where do you think you came from and what was life in old Liverpool like? Your questions can be answered here. You can learn more about famous Liverpool people, buildings and events.
There are fabulous collections of unique and rare archives from the 13th century to the present day which tell Liverpool’s story. Experienced staff will help you in this welcoming area, where photographs, maps, newspapers, directories, and much more, record the lives of Liverpudlians across the centuries.
The archive is ever expanding as collections are continually added and the new Conservation Studio helps us to preserve them in a highly secure and controlled environment.
Imagine...
is where you can find feature films and television programmes on DVD. Choose from CDs covering contemporary rock and pop, country, folk, jazz, blues, world music and classical.
Imagine also has books on popular culture, music, cinema and cult fiction so borrow the film and read about the director or stars, borrow music and find out about the composer or era in which it was written.
Totally new to Central Library is GAME, a huge sound box where you can play computer games FREE on the Xbox 360. You can also borrow computer games for a small charge.
It is a place where teenagers can meet friends, access free computers for e-mail and Internet or just chill out.
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is a showcase, fully accessible, new children’s library.
The historic lecture theatre has been transformed into a stunning and imaginative environment for children of all ages to discover a wealth of story books, information books and picture books.
Free computers are available for children to help with schoolwork, find things out, or just have fun. Prefer listening and watching? Then head for the children’s DVDs and talking books on CD.
Teachers - book your school visit: parents, carers and children - look out for special events, especially in the school holidays.
The room is also a performance space and is fully equipped with sound system, mood lighting and projection equipment. Storytelling, author visits and themed days are all planned for the future.
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Hornby Library and Oak Room. View the impressive Picton Reading Room, one of the most beautiful libraries in the world. For many visitors, the star attraction will be seeing a copy of John James Audubon’s massive ‘Birds of America’, described as the greatest natural history book ever produced.
Over 15,000 rare books include medieval manuscripts, early printed books, beautifully illustrated natural history and travel books, fine bindings, engraved prints and much more besides.
Audubon and fascinating rarities are always on display during normal library opening hours with free access.
You can make an appointment to view particular items. Please note that 48 hours advance notice is needed.
Interactive kiosks and displays tell you the story of these collections and libraries and further information is available online.
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The narrow shoulder of Cheong Wan Road in Hung Hom provided this tight, down-on view of the entrance to KCR's locomotive depot. A few EMDs were lined up in the service area while a Siemens Eurorunner ER20 worked the adjacent freight yard. Hung Hom yard was mostly buried beneath The Metropolis residential towers. All of this is now gone, replaced as part of an ever-expanding MTR commuter rail system.
MTR 8003 ER20
By the 6th of November 1958 Lake Moondarra, originally known as Leichhardt Dam, was officially supplying water to Mount Isa Residents.
A history of the Mount Isa region, like most towns in Australia's arid interior, is a story about securing reliable water for domestic and industrial development. Prior to the construction of Lake Moondarra, Mount Isa's water needs were met by a series of bores near the bed of the Leichhardt River and the old Rifle Creek Dam.
But with a burgeoning town population and ever expanding mining operations, these water supplies became inadequate for the thirsty town. Subsequently, Mount Isa Mines Limited took the unprecedented decision to construct what was at the time Australia's largest privately funded water scheme.
In late 1956 a rocky gorge on the Leichhardt River (Tharrapatha) 16kms downstream from the township was selected due to its natural bedrock attributes and proximity to town. American company Uta Construction was awarded the contract and works began without delay with the building of a bitumen road from town to the clearing of trees within the basin.
However, this ambitious project was not to progress without drama, and by December 1956 seasonal rains sent flood waters rushing through the gorge causing extensive damage to the partially completed wall. When construction did resume several months later, it was the Australian company Thiess Brothers that completed the 26.5 metre concrete-faced wall thereby concluding Operation Big Water in 1957 at a cost of 2.4 million dollars.
On the 11th of July 1962 the Mount Isa Mail announced Lake Moondarra and 'Warrina Park' as new official names selected from over 400 entries by local school children.
In 1968 Clear Water Lagoon was partition off from Lake Moondarra to address water quality issues during flood events and interestingly remains one of few examples of natural filtration reservoirs in Australia.
On average 2000 megalitres/month is filtered through Clear Water Lagoon after being pumped from Lake Moondarra. Due in part to Moondarra's high evaporation rate and the region's sustained growth and development the need to secure additional water supplies continued. In 1971 the height of Moondarra's spillway was increased and later in 1976 Lake Moondarra's sister dam Lake Julius, also on the Leichhardt River, was completed 70km downstream from Mount Isa. During times of prolonged drought, Lake Julius water can be pumped directly into Clear Water Lagoon.
Undeniably, economic growth and development are the catalysts for offering forever our inland waterways and natural, cultural landscapes.
Source: Southern Gulf NRM & Mount Isa Water Board.
A flypast of the Catalina at Old Warden home of The Shuttleworth Collection .
Maritime aircraft play an understated - yet hugely important - role during World War 2 where their long range capabilities were put to good use. Flying boats came to pass as a peacetime development, the earliest forms appearing prior to World War 1 (1914-1918) and this allowed their use as military platforms during the war proper. Their continued evolution, with appropriate tactics and doctrine soon fleshed out, led to ever-more impressive designs soon taking shape - particularly those designs emerging from Britain and the United States. With the arrival of the Second World War, the role of the flying boat was broadened considerably and now included overwater patrolling, reconnaissance, Search and Rescue (SAR), submarine hunting, and anti-shipping service carrying varied ordnance such as bombs, torpedoes and mines.
The PBY Catalina series became one of the more important of the American flying boats to see service in World War 2. The aircraft was designed, developed, and produced under the Consolidated Aircraft Company brand label in the United States and soon appeared as local, licensed products in other countries. Its reach also benefited through the Lend-Lease initiative which ensured the aircraft was stocked in foreign inventories during the war.
At its core, the PBY Catalina was a high-winged, twin-engined aircraft, classified as a flying boat for its boat-like/aircraft-like qualities allowingit to land on water or a prepared runway. The Catalina was crewed by seven to nine personnel that included pilots, engineers, bombardiers, and machine gunners - the total crew complement varied by variant. In prototype form, the PBY first flew on March 28, 1935 and beat out a competing Douglas Aircraft product in competition. Production models were accepted as "PBY-1" in October of 1936 (with the USN).
The wartime period would see a variety of engines fitted, revision of the defensive and offensive armament, and ever-expanding roles for the aircraft line. Tricycle landing gear tests on late PBY-4s would yield the truly amphibious PBY-5 and PBY-5A series models. Production of the PBY series would be undertaken by Consolidated in the United States, Canadian Vickers and Boeing of Canada in Canada (620 examples), and state factories in the Soviet Union (24 examples) under the Lend-Lease Act. In all, 3,305 PBY Catalina-based systems would be produced with 2,661 coming from American factories alone. The Soviets designated their Catalinas as "GST" (PBY-5) while Britain used the "Catalina Mk" identifier from marks I to VI.
The flying boats would go on to serve a critical role int he war particularly as the war was fought over such varied terrain types including long stretches of ocean and sea. Catalinas were in service until 1979 before being retired by the Brazilian Navy. French Catalinas were in operational service in Indochina for a time. Other operators included Australia, Chile, and Taiwan.
Many went on to have post-war careers in both military and civilian service. Still others soldiered on as fire-fighting platforms.
The PBY-5A featured a crew of ten. Its power came from 2 x Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 "Twin Wasp" radial piston engines outputting at 1,200 horsepower each. The engines were fitted along the wing leading edges which allowed for clearance against the punishing salty sea air. Performance included a maximum speed of 195 miles per hour, a cruise speed of 125 mph, a range out to 2,520 miles, a service ceiling of 15,800 feet, and a rate-of-climb of 1,000 feet per minute. Standard armament were 3 x 0.30 caliber machine guns (two fitted at the nose and the third at a ventral tail position) and 2 x 0.50 caliber heavy machine guns (one at each beam position). Bomb load was up to 4,000 lb of stores - conventional drop bombs, torpedoes, or depth charges being typical.
with thanks to , militaryfactory.com
So, this is my first expanded photograph. I worked on this for 4 hours. then, spent 2 more trying to get it out of photoshop. (seriously, it just wouldn't export for the longest time.)
Today, I met David Talley and we went and shot together in that forest of his. It was seriously the most surreal feeling to meet someone from Flickr. He helped me out with my shoot and I got to help him out with his, which was really awesome. I seriously couldn't be any happier right now.
By the 6th of November 1958 Lake Moondarra, originally known as Leichhardt Dam, was officially supplying water to Mount Isa Residents.
A history of the Mount Isa region, like most towns in Australia's arid interior, is a story about securing reliable water for domestic and industrial development. Prior to the construction of Lake Moondarra, Mount Isa's water needs were met by a series of bores near the bed of the Leichhardt River and the old Rifle Creek Dam.
But with a burgeoning town population and ever expanding mining operations, these water supplies became inadequate for the thirsty town. Subsequently, Mount Isa Mines Limited took the unprecedented decision to construct what was at the time Australia's largest privately funded water scheme.
In late 1956 a rocky gorge on the Leichhardt River (Tharrapatha) 16kms downstream from the township was selected due to its natural bedrock attributes and proximity to town. American company Uta Construction was awarded the contract and works began without delay with the building of a bitumen road from town to the clearing of trees within the basin.
However, this ambitious project was not to progress without drama, and by December 1956 seasonal rains sent flood waters rushing through the gorge causing extensive damage to the partially completed wall. When construction did resume several months later, it was the Australian company Thiess Brothers that completed the 26.5 metre concrete-faced wall thereby concluding Operation Big Water in 1957 at a cost of 2.4 million dollars.
On the 11th of July 1962 the Mount Isa Mail announced Lake Moondarra and 'Warrina Park' as new official names selected from over 400 entries by local school children.
In 1968 Clear Water Lagoon was partition off from Lake Moondarra to address water quality issues during flood events and interestingly remains one of few examples of natural filtration reservoirs in Australia.
On average 2000 megalitres/month is filtered through Clear Water Lagoon after being pumped from Lake Moondarra. Due in part to Moondarra's high evaporation rate and the region's sustained growth and development the need to secure additional water supplies continued. In 1971 the height of Moondarra's spillway was increased and later in 1976 Lake Moondarra's sister dam Lake Julius, also on the Leichhardt River, was completed 70km downstream from Mount Isa. During times of prolonged drought, Lake Julius water can be pumped directly into Clear Water Lagoon.
Undeniably, economic growth and development are the catalysts for offering forever our inland waterways and natural, cultural landscapes.
Source: Southern Gulf NRM & Mount Isa Water Board.
New to Trent's associated company, Midland General(274), in 06/1973, this well turned out RE is seen here on display at the now ceased Trans-Lancs Rally, Heaton Park, Manchester, on 04/09/2005. This popular event was last held in 2019. This was due to COVID-19 and the now ever expanding summer fairground.
The camera being a Pentax MZ-M with the film being a Jessops Colourslide.
I would request, as with all my photos, that they are not copied or downloaded in any way, shape or form. © Peter Steel 2005.
The Catalina popped over to Old Warden from Duxford for a quick display .
Maritime aircraft play an understated - yet hugely important - role during World War 2 where their long range capabilities were put to good use. Flying boats came to pass as a peacetime development, the earliest forms appearing prior to World War 1 (1914-1918) and this allowed their use as military platforms during the war proper. Their continued evolution, with appropriate tactics and doctrine soon fleshed out, led to ever-more impressive designs soon taking shape - particularly those designs emerging from Britain and the United States. With the arrival of the Second World War, the role of the flying boat was broadened considerably and now included overwater patrolling, reconnaissance, Search and Rescue (SAR), submarine hunting, and anti-shipping service carrying varied ordnance such as bombs, torpedoes and mines.
The PBY Catalina series became one of the more important of the American flying boats to see service in World War 2. The aircraft was designed, developed, and produced under the Consolidated Aircraft Company brand label in the United States and soon appeared as local, licensed products in other countries. Its reach also benefited through the Lend-Lease initiative which ensured the aircraft was stocked in foreign inventories during the war.
At its core, the PBY Catalina was a high-winged, twin-engined aircraft, classified as a flying boat for its boat-like/aircraft-like qualities allowingit to land on water or a prepared runway. The Catalina was crewed by seven to nine personnel that included pilots, engineers, bombardiers, and machine gunners - the total crew complement varied by variant. In prototype form, the PBY first flew on March 28, 1935 and beat out a competing Douglas Aircraft product in competition. Production models were accepted as "PBY-1" in October of 1936 (with the USN).
The wartime period would see a variety of engines fitted, revision of the defensive and offensive armament, and ever-expanding roles for the aircraft line. Tricycle landing gear tests on late PBY-4s would yield the truly amphibious PBY-5 and PBY-5A series models. Production of the PBY series would be undertaken by Consolidated in the United States, Canadian Vickers and Boeing of Canada in Canada (620 examples), and state factories in the Soviet Union (24 examples) under the Lend-Lease Act. In all, 3,305 PBY Catalina-based systems would be produced with 2,661 coming from American factories alone. The Soviets designated their Catalinas as "GST" (PBY-5) while Britain used the "Catalina Mk" identifier from marks I to VI.
The flying boats would go on to serve a critical role int he war particularly as the war was fought over such varied terrain types including long stretches of ocean and sea. Catalinas were in service until 1979 before being retired by the Brazilian Navy. French Catalinas were in operational service in Indochina for a time. Other operators included Australia, Chile, and Taiwan.
Many went on to have post-war careers in both military and civilian service. Still others soldiered on as fire-fighting platforms.
The PBY-5A featured a crew of ten. Its power came from 2 x Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 "Twin Wasp" radial piston engines outputting at 1,200 horsepower each. The engines were fitted along the wing leading edges which allowed for clearance against the punishing salty sea air. Performance included a maximum speed of 195 miles per hour, a cruise speed of 125 mph, a range out to 2,520 miles, a service ceiling of 15,800 feet, and a rate-of-climb of 1,000 feet per minute. Standard armament were 3 x 0.30 caliber machine guns (two fitted at the nose and the third at a ventral tail position) and 2 x 0.50 caliber heavy machine guns (one at each beam position). Bomb load was up to 4,000 lb of stores - conventional drop bombs, torpedoes, or depth charges being typical.
with thanks to , militaryfactory.com
Raw shots of one of my home areas, Briar Cliff. It's my ever-expanding little roleplay area or neighborhood for some of my personal characters who are all connected in some way and know each other. I like how it's turning out and each home or room suits the different personality of the character who inhabits it. Kind of a new experiment for me, as I usually do standalone skyboxes, so I'm having alot of fun! (Note: Yeah, the unicorns don't fit - they're imaginary friends from one character's childhood, lol, so only she can 'see' them)
Tate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London. It is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group (together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate St Ives and Tate Online). It is based in the former Bankside Power Station, in the Bankside area of the London Borough of Southwark.
The galleries are housed in the former Bankside Power Station, which was originally designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect of Battersea Power Station, and built in two stages between 1947 and 1963. The power station closed in 1981. In 1992 The Tate Gallery at the British National Art Museum proposed a competition to build a new building for modern art. The purpose for the new building would help with the ever-expanding collection on modern and contemporary art. In 1995 itwas announced that Herzog & de Meuron had won the competition with their simple design. The architects decided to reinvent the current building instead of demolishing it. The Tate modern is an example of adaptive reuse, the process of finding new life in old buildings.
my ever-expanding polaroid collection(viewed better large). I want (NEED) a 680 and maybe more sx-70s...!
02/08: see updated collection here!
Seven former Greater Manchester PTE "Standard" Atlanteans were acquired by MTL from South Yorkshire independent, Sheffield Omnibus.
Destined to bolster the ever expanding MTL Manchester operation, their entry into service never came to be, which came down to consolidation between the operators at each end of the East Lancashire Road.
New to GMPTE as 7583, it had been 914 whilst with Sheffield Omnibus and was allocated 1214 with MTL, though it wasn't here long enough to gain new numbers or a fresh coat of paint.
View Large On Black - [HDR] The ever expanding Singapore bay. There's always some building under construction or upgrade here...
liverpool not being the main issue here but the very thing that makes even the greatest city and its people become inadequate, our ever expanding universe.
as with any of my shots where the exif data has been wiped by my program, please just ask if you would like to know the settings, im only too pleased to assist.
N748 OYR was an East Lancs bodied Dennis Dart which had started life with The Metropolitan Police. Needless to say, when it and its sisters came up for sale, they were going to make a sound buy for someone.
N748 passed to Quantock Motor Services of Taunton who were then expanding into local service work at a rapid rate. Unfortunately as many others found, there was no good living to be made out of doing so in that area. With that in mind, operations were scaled back and buses offered for sale. It was fairly well known here in Stoke on Trent that ever expanding D&G were on the look out for modern service buses, hence the appearance here of 748 at the rear of the old Longton Bus Station which was then D&G's principal operating base. Following inspection the EL Dart was purchased and soon gained the Stoke firm's then blue and cream livery. I believe the move to step free entrance buses eventually saw its sale, but I've no idea to where ... if it left in one piece.
Yesterday I ordered these EAH lovelies from Amazon. I can't wait to add them to my ever expanding EAH collection. I also order a pair of arm warmers for Kitty and ring & bracelets set for Ginger from a seller on Etsy.
Between 1744 and 1751, Carolus Linnaeus - one of every botanist's heroes, I would think - corresponded with Johan Georg Gmelin (1709-1755), a colleague botanist and entomologist. As we know, one of their topics was classsification of the natural world. In 1747, Linnaeus writes that the Lutheran church is giving him a very hard time in this respect. In his scheme of classification he had included man among the simians (the higher primates), seeing no generic difference betwen them. This is one of the many steps in the history of biology that led to the ideas of Wallace - the explorer who wrote of his adventures and collecting in The Malay Archipelago in which he waxes eloquent and extensively on Sulawesi - and Darwin on the development of species.
Linnaeus named White Teak after his friend. It's considered a member of the Verbenaceae, but because it's a tree it also has the epithet 'arborea'. White Teak had been described by Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede van Draakenstein in his famous book on the plants of India in the seventeenth century as occuring on the Malabar Coast, named there 'Cumbulu'. Later William Roxburgh (1751-1815), first a surgeon at Madras, India, and then recognised for his avocation as a botanist by the British colonial government, described it more precisely.
Gmelina's wood is very hard. According to the 'Security Man' at the Bili Bili dam in the Jene Berang, the local population fashions masks from it. The leaves are squeezed to staunch blood from cuts.
The cultivation of these trees in large forestry projects is an attempt to alleviate the poverty of the people of northern South Sulawesi. The PT Panca Usaha Palopo Plywood a few years ago distributed thousands of imported seedlings of Gmelina to the farmers of Palopo and Kabupaten Luwu (about 350 kms north of Makassar). In five or six years time they would be ready for harvesting, in particular for the production of plywood; and it is expected that this will have a positive effect on the development of the standard of living of that area.
The development of the great Bili Bili reservoir, completed in 1999, proves to be a mixed blessing (a terrible mudslide in 2004; but it is also a greatly needed source of water for the ever-expanding city of Makassar). It will be interesting to see how the cultivation of Gmelina works out...
I don't just collect LEGO models of Tomcats; I also have an ever expanding collection of Tomcat books. "Tomcats Forever" was the first one, which I got around 1991. Since then, the number has grown to 30.
Raw shots of one of my home areas, Briar Cliff. It's my ever-expanding little roleplay area or neighborhood for some of my personal characters who are all connected in some way and know each other. I like how it's turning out and each home or room suits the different personality of the character who inhabits it. Kind of a new experiment for me, as I usually do standalone skyboxes, so I'm having alot of fun! (Note: Yeah, the unicorns don't fit - they're imaginary friends from one character's childhood, lol, so only she can 'see' them)
No this isn't a reference to the lyrics in the Frank Zappa song. I'm referring to the electrical tower to the right. I took this shot while driving into Gladstone in the early morning. I stopped on the side of the road and loved the minimalist, almost Dali like reflection in the body of water, juxtaposed with the industrial artifact to the right and at the rear. It's a wide angle shot taken at 11mm on my D7000, and the image is my favourite of this series. I hope it conveys my state of mind and meditative urge to abandon the ever expanding complexity of our somewhat dysfunctional way of life and destructive culture.
That is actually kind of handy. The use of someone's middle name in a loud parental tone is necessary more than you might expect in clone rearing... like when your clone comes home with two new arm tattoos. *sigh* Sometimes she just doesn't think things though...
In other musings, it became clear to me VERY early in the relationship that Sarah was mainly dating a non-super-human primarily because it was hard to convince fellow super beings to do menial labor such as carrying things to the car.
It became equally clear to Sarah that I am a VERY poor subject for physically demanding chores. The jury is still out as to whether Ashley will be a suitable Sherpa. Just between you and me.... I'm not too worried!
Photo modification/manipulation info:
cloning from unplanned pictures (just happened to work together)
changed Ashley's hair color
added 2 tattoos to Ashley's arms
removed Sarah's tattoo from Ashley's shoulder
changed the color and cloth pattern of Ashley's shorts
I ventured out to take a big panoramic landscape up in the fells and on the way I decided I couldn't be bothered. I diverted off the road and took some lacklustre shots of a river. Heading back I stopped at took this picture in Carlisle of Dixon's Chimney.
As the industrial revolution got underway, the cotton industry in Britain produced textiles for an ever expanding empire. My ancestors worked in mills like this one, in dirty, cramped conditions. They worked from the age of 11. I'm sitting here wearing clothes probably produced in similar conditions in China and Bangladesh. Progress.
In the ever-expanding tapestry of the universe, the recent revelations in quantum mechanics and quantum science have ignited a fervor of imagination and inquiry. As we peer through the veil of reality, a gateway to Proxima Centauri b—a planet that mirrors Earth in so many ways—beckons us to explore its potential. This newfound knowledge has propelled humanity into a realm of possibilities, where the dream of a second home emerges not merely as fantasy but as a plausible future. With Earth facing unprecedented challenges, from climate crises to overpopulation, the concept of 'Planet B' transcends mere escape; it becomes a beacon of hope. As our thoughts race with the implications of life on Proxima, we envision a world where humanity can thrive once more, nurturing the essence of existence in a new celestial cradle.
Poem
In whispers of stars, the secrets unfold,
A dance of the atoms, a tale yet untold,
Through quantum realms where the shadows entwine,
We glimpse at a future where destinies align.
Proxima calls with its enigmatic light,
A sanctuary awaits in the velvet of night.
With dreams woven rich in the fabric of space,
We seek out a home, a new kind of grace.
Haikus
Stars twinkle above,
Proxima's shores beckon us,
Hope's new dawn arises.
Quantum dreams take flight,
Life blooms on a distant world,
A chance to restart.
In the void we reach,
Hearts yearning for a new dawn,
Planet B awaits.
History of Maplewood Farm:
In the early 1900’s Mr. Akiyo Kogo first discovered this idyllic little spot nestled at the foot of Mount Seymour on the banks of the Seymour River. He could not have known then that this land would be the last remaining farm on Vancouver’s North Shore.
During the twenties, the farm developed into a thriving dairy, delivering fresh milk and cream to customers from Deep Cove to Lonsdale for almost three decades.
By 1970, agriculture had all but disappeared from North Vancouver but luckily the farm land came under the protection of the District Parks Department, being preserved for future generations to enjoy a truly rural experience in our ever expanding urban area.
Officially opened to the public in 1975, and now home to over 200 domestic animals and birds, Maplewood Farm strives to provide a unique experience, incorporating enjoyment, education and a recollection of the rural heritage of this pastoral 5 acre setting.
maplewoodfarm.bc.ca/about-us/history/
Thank-you Explore and any Views, Faves or Comments are always very much appreciated! Thank-you for visiting!
Sonja :)
The new block in town; Four Seasons Boulevard. This new face of Damascus is a beautiful site to see. Modern development with an essence of historical preservation. Yet the bourgeoisie appeal of the brands is limited to a tight angle, you don't need to look too far down the road to realize the ever expanding divide of classes of our beloved Syrian society.
A candid shot of a couple enjoying a moments rest at Tate Modern. I liked the dreamy effect creeated by the layered reflections and the obscured glass, for this version I've enhanced the textures, contrast and desaturated colours other than blue and cyan. Not quite sure what I'm trying to say with that last part of the 'process'........
This was taken during a visit last month to see the superb Olafur Eliasson 'In real life' Exhibition. I would highly recommend it to you but it finished yesterday.......
More photos from various Museums and Galleries : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157608768742010
From Wikipedia : "The galleries are housed in the former Bankside Power Station, which was originally designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect of Battersea Power Station, and built in two stages between 1947 and 1963. The power station closed in 1981. In 1992 The Tate Gallery at the British National Art Museum proposed a competition to build a new building for modern art. The purpose for the new building would help with the ever-expanding collection on modern and contemporary art. In 1995 itwas announced that Herzog & de Meuron had won the competition with their simple design. The architects decided to reinvent the current building instead of demolishing it. The Tate modern is an example of adaptive reuse, the process of finding new life in old buildings. The building itself still resembles the 20th century factory in style from the outside and that is reflected on the inside by the taupe walls, steel girders and concrete floors.
The façade of the building is made out of 4.2 million bricks that are separated by groups of thin vertical windows that help create a dramatic light inside. The history of the site as well as information about the conversion was the basis for a 2008 documentary Architects Herzog and de Meuron: Alchemy of Building & Tate Modern. This challenging conversion work was carried by Carillion. The southern third of the building was retained by the French power company EDF Energy as an electrical substation (in 2006, the company released half of this holding)."
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Bodicote is a large suburbanised village on the southern edge of Banbury, just west of the Oxford Road. It retains its attractive centre of mainly ironstone houses and cottages. Bodicote is quickly becoming engulfed by the ever expanding housing estates of Banbury, but Church Street still backs on to open countryside and has attractive views over the valley of the Sor Brook towards Bloxham.
WHY 'TRON'?
In Glasgow, the name 'Trongate' first appeared around 1560. It referred to the “tron”-- the beam with which trading goods were officially weighed when they entered the city walls. For the next three hundred years, this area came to be at the heart of the city’s mercantile and financial activity-- hence Merchant City.
A church was originally built on the site now occupied by the Tron Theatre in 1529. The eye-catching blue-faced clock tower of this structure is still part of the modern Tron building, and one of Glasgow’s most recognizable landmarks.
THE HELLFIRE CLUB & THE DARK SIDE OF GLASGOW
In 1793, Glasgow's notorious Hellfire Club set the Tron building on fire (in an effort to see which members could--literally--stand the heat), destroying it save for the steeple, which was incorporated into a replacement structure by the architects, James and Robert Adam-- still the basis for the Tron as it exists today.
Unfortunately, the destruction of the building was a portent of things to come. The Industrial Revolution of the 19th century did much to change the character of the East End and drove the more monied residents further West, carried by the ever-expanding rail network. In the East of the city, new forms of entertainment established themselves: drinking shops, free-and-easies, dance halls and penny theatre. Known as the 'dark side of Glasgow', a newspaper reported 200 'houses of ill fame' in the area and the Leigh Kirk alone had 20 brothels within its close. The Britannia Panopticon opened nearby, along with a number of other music halls and wax works including the Metropole, once managed by Stan Laurel's father.
TRON RE-BORN
For the next few centuries, the Tron fell into a period of disuse, until the formation of the Glasgow Theatre Club in the late 1970s. In 1980 the Club took over the building at a rent of £1 per annum, and after little more than a year the Tron Theatre was off to a flying start with a full programme of visiting companies and jazz in the bar on Sundays (a tradition we continue right up to the present day!) However, facilities were meagre and development continued side by side with the artistic programme: in 1982 the main auditorium was opened and in 1984 Faynia Williams was appointed the first Artistic Director of the Tron.
In 1992 the building was developed still further and again in 1995, thanks to European Regional Development Funding. Throughout this time, the Tron continued to establish itself as a powerhouse of new writing and dynamic productions. Leading artists to emerge from the Tron around this time included Maureen Beattie, Ewan Bremner, Peter Capaldi, Alan Cumming, Craig Ferguson, Forbes Masson, Peter Mullan, Eddi Reader, Siobhan Redmond and Elaine C Smith. The Tron became known not only for its theatre but also for its lively bar and restaurant which became a regular hangout for the Glasgow art world.
A CULTURAL HUB FOR A NEW GLASGOW
In 1996, when Michael Boyd left to become Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Irina Brown took over as the second Artistic Director of the Tron and, with the advent of the National Lottery Fund, staff set to work on a proposal to completely upgrade the Tron. In 1996, £5 million was awarded for the refurbishment and improvement of the entire building. The re-development project was funded by the Scottish Arts Council National Lottery Fund, Strathclyde European Partnership and Glasgow City Council. One year later, the Tron once more became a building site, with performances continuing in the Victorian Bar and, after December 1997, occasionally in the re-opened box office. The new Tron Bar on Chisholm Street opened in November 1998 and finally, in July 1999, building works were nearing completion and the Tron officially re-opened.
Now, the modern re-development brilliantly juxtaposes the historical elements of the Tron building with spectacular new spaces, including the Changing House studio theatre and the refurbished Tron Bar+Kitchen. The new building received the Glasgow Institute of Architect's People's Choice Award 1999, was shortlisted for the Regeneration of Scotland Award 1999, and was also awarded a commendation by the Civic Trust.
[Tron Theatre Website]
Seven former Greater Manchester PTE "Standard" Atlanteans were acquired by MTL from South Yorkshire independent, Sheffield Omnibus.
Destined to bolster the ever expanding MTL Manchester operation, their entry into service never came to be, which came down to consolidation between the operators at each end of the East Lancashire Road.
New to GMPTE as 7619, it had been 619 whilst with Sheffield Omnibus and was allocated 1219 with MTL, though it wasn't here long enough to gain new numbers or a fresh coat of paint.
6179 248 St, Langley, BC
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The History of the Farm:
“From small beginnings come great things.” ~ Proverb Quote
It started small when Alf Krause planted 1 acre of strawberries back in 1974. Today, Krause Berry Farms & Estate Winery has expanded to over 200 acres, growing and producing some of the Fraser Valley’s best berries and vegetables. Owned and operated by Alf & Sandee Krause, their commitment to ethical and sustainable farming has resulted in loyal guests spreading the word and returning year after year.
The abundance of delicious fresh berries & vegetables, combined with Sandee’s creativity and passion for baking, led to the development of their ever expanding line of farm-made products available in their Market, Bakery, Fudgery, Creamery, and Porch.
Today the on farm Harvest Kitchen produces over 100 products grown from the above. The newest being our Krause Berry Farms Wines!
Farm Market:
A visit to our Market will delight all your senses! Savor the aroma of hot out of the oven breads & buns, berry pies & shortcakes, corn pizza and other mouth-watering treats made from scratch daily in our farm Kitchen & Bakery. Try the farm made jams, jellies, syrups, and gourmet preserves made with berries & vegetables grown right on the farm.
Be sure to stop at the Fudge Counter to sample freshly made berry flavours that simply melt in your mouth! Enjoy an old-fashioned berry milkshake while you browse the farm Market for many carefully selected gourmet items, country-themed gifts & décor, as well as beautifully wrapped theme baskets that make gift giving easy.
From mid June right through to Thanksgiving our Market is filled with a bounty of berries and select vegetables fresh from the fields. You will also find a colourful array of other locally grown fruits & vegetables that are always fresh & tasty!
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Thank-you for your visit!
I really appreciate it!
Sonja
EVA Air is currently the only airline from Taiwan (Taipei is a city currently on my bucket list) to serve London Heathrow, and is the only airline that serves Taipei, albeit with a stop-over in Bangkok, Thailand.
EVA Air operates a single daily flight between London Heathrow and Taipei via Bangkok utilising Boeing 777-300ER's (notably their earliest low-density examples), whilst it has London to Taipei all to itself, it's between Bangkok and Taipei where competes with a huge number of South East Asia carriers. China Airlines and British Airways (under British Asia Airways) previously operated to Taipei from London.
Highly regarded, EVA Air has been part of Star Alliance since June 2013 and more recently has been announced as a 5-star airline by Skytrax (whether you believe them?!), despite the fact they have become the more recent company to introduce 10-abreast seating on their Boeing 777 fleet... Nice!!!
EVA Air's fleet is ever expanding, the company operates 25 Boeing 777's, all of which on Boeing 777-300ER's with 11 more examples on-order. EVA Air's Cargo division has 5 Boeing 777F's on-order. EVA Air was an early customer for the Boeing 777-300ER, taking delivery of their first example a year after Air France first introduced them into passenger service.
One Six Seven Zero One was the very first Boeing 777-300ER delivered new to EVA Air in July 2005 on lease from GECAS and later DAE Capital from 2008 and she is powered by 2 General Electric GE90-115B engines. She along with 3 other examples (B-16701-3) carried special Boeing 777-300ER decals from delivery until June 2013 when she received Star Alliance colours following EVA joining the group in the same year.
Boeing 777-35E/ER B-16701 on final approach into Runway 27R at London Heathrow (LHR) on BR67 from Taipei-Taoyuan (TPE) via Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi (BKK).
It's hard to believe that once there were no trees here at all and no shade and no pleasant ponds. Today this is the lushly green Noorderplantsoen of Groningen, affectionately called 'Stad' without an article by its denizens. In yesteryear - 1608-1624 - these were the city's New Fortificatons meant to defend it from the inimical onslaught of 'modern' artillery. Those cannon could easily destroy the town's walls, but the balls would come to naught as they buried themselves in the earth of the new fortications. In order to have a good view of what was happening on the outskirts of town, trees and other obstacles were removed. These defenses served into the nineteenth century. Modern warfare then became so different that a new national law of 1874 allowed cities to level the erstwhile lines of defence. Often these areas were turned into parks; they were lungs, as it were, for the ever-expanding cities of the industrial revolution.
The Noorderplantsoen was made into an English-style garden. It's wonderful for walks in all seasons. But the Lush Green of Late Spring and Summer are my favorite times...
On New Years Eve, I had two very intense conversations, one with a man and later with a woman going through severe mental, emotional and physical suffering. I realized in both situations that I was not there to offer wisdom but to listen attentively with compassion. Both of them spoke about death, one by choice and one by circumstance. Both of them stirred within me a deep recommitment to the resilience and creative power that lies dormant within each of us and also the awareness of devastating loss when one fails to arouse it.
We stand on a dangerous precipice in our relationship with technology and artificial intelligence.
While we bask in ever-expanding conveniences, engage in 24/7 binge-worthy entertainment, manage distractions and an onslaught of endless information, our systems of education, religion, medicine, business and politics are slowly being dismantled. Lust for power and profit dominate the mindset of more and more leaders and the “divide, control and conquor” strategies of past ages seem to be as prevalent as ever. Our social support structures are crumbling and the family unit is constantly under seige.
What chance is there for the single individual to feel empowered against such odds?
Ending on a hopeless note, my two New Year’s Eve conversations left no room for “it’s going to be ok”. It would have dishonored the sacred intimacy that held the space for their bitter honesty. I had to feel the heartbreaking truth of their feelings. I had to embrace the failure of our larger society in order to process and discover the true gift of these two interactions.
Later that night, there were only questions.
How can we change circumstances if we refuse to change our habits of dependency on the old systems?
How can we reframe our relationships, learning, belief, health and leadership?
The adepts of many ancient cultures understood these dynamics of the individual and society and they created ways to develop self-leadership and inner mastery. They understood that the Universal Law is in each of us. When we are again attuned to It, our awareness completely shifts. We can let go of the default programs that dominate our behavior. With this knowing, a citizen could once again recognize the power of the individual who in our modern times holds tremendous consumer power, voting power, creative power and the greatest of all powers, the capacity to work through Love. The possibilities are endless, as limitless as the horizons of our creative tendencies. We are each a drop in a great and infinite Ocean.
Do we have the courage, wisdom and imagination to access and wield these powers?
The answer lies in the drop itself.
The true revolution of our age is not one of the masses, but of the individual willing to dive into the inner recesses of their own Being. We cannot change the world but we can change ourselves. We can strengthen our relationships within our society and make better choices when we know how to navigate our own lives more effectively. Only then can we nurture stronger families, are wiser consumers, more discerning citizens and visionary leaders capable of making vital and conscientious decisions in technology, medicine and education through innovative creative design. Our activism will have more substance and vision. We will awaken the arts once again and let music and dance be a part of our every day life. Living kindly will be as self-evident as taking care of our environment.
There it was. The gift. The clarity for me and what the opportunities of the next decade hold. I was reminded that sometimes we need to listen instead of coming up with the answers right away. I feel grateful to these two fellow travellers for the gift they gave me and I send them love.
Here’s to the first day of the new decade, the first day of the first month of the new year… 2020, here we are… Breathe into it…
“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one…”
Sing it, dance it, draw it, sew it, create, create, create... you are one with the Creator and all the power that ever was or will be is here in you right now.
Love always,
Ganga
By the 6th of November 1958 Lake Moondarra, originally known as Leichhardt Dam, was officially supplying water to Mount Isa Residents.
A history of the Mount Isa region, like most towns in Australia's arid interior, is a story about securing reliable water for domestic and industrial development. Prior to the construction of Lake Moondarra, Mount Isa's water needs were met by a series of bores near the bed of the Leichhardt River and the old Rifle Creek Dam.
But with a burgeoning town population and ever expanding mining operations, these water supplies became inadequate for the thirsty town. Subsequently, Mount Isa Mines Limited took the unprecedented decision to construct what was at the time Australia's largest privately funded water scheme.
In late 1956 a rocky gorge on the Leichhardt River (Tharrapatha) 16kms downstream from the township was selected due to its natural bedrock attributes and proximity to town. American company Uta Construction was awarded the contract and works began without delay with the building of a bitumen road from town to the clearing of trees within the basin.
However, this ambitious project was not to progress without drama, and by December 1956 seasonal rains sent flood waters rushing through the gorge causing extensive damage to the partially completed wall. When construction did resume several months later, it was the Australian company Thiess Brothers that completed the 26.5 metre concrete-faced wall thereby concluding Operation Big Water in 1957 at a cost of 2.4 million dollars.
On the 11th of July 1962 the Mount Isa Mail announced Lake Moondarra and 'Warrina Park' as new official names selected from over 400 entries by local school children.
In 1968 Clear Water Lagoon was partition off from Lake Moondarra to address water quality issues during flood events and interestingly remains one of few examples of natural filtration reservoirs in Australia.
On average 2000 megalitres/month is filtered through Clear Water Lagoon after being pumped from Lake Moondarra. Due in part to Moondarra's high evaporation rate and the region's sustained growth and development the need to secure additional water supplies continued. In 1971 the height of Moondarra's spillway was increased and later in 1976 Lake Moondarra's sister dam Lake Julius, also on the Leichhardt River, was completed 70km downstream from Mount Isa. During times of prolonged drought, Lake Julius water can be pumped directly into Clear Water Lagoon.
Undeniably, economic growth and development are the catalysts for offering forever our inland waterways and natural, cultural landscapes.
Source: Southern Gulf NRM & Mount Isa Water Board.
Hey guys, check out our ever-expanding selection of parts, and accessories! This time is the newest release from Citizen Brick - a selection of heads and torsos! You can pick these up now on BrickArsenal or ToyWiz tomorrow. -JD
And there's an Olympian coming the other way !
Slightly caught out by this one, but worth getting as it was out on public service. I believe the Blackburn Outer Circle routes were good places to find older vehicles in use - maybe the fact that they passed Intack depot meant there was a shorter distance to recover them if they failed !
H549 GKX was one of a trio of all-Leyland Olympians that were bought by Blue Bus of Horwich in 2002 from Armchair of Brentford. Two years later, they were all sold to Blackburn Transport, for their ever-expanding school bus fleet. They all did 10 years' service, then moved up to Transdev's Harrogate operation, for further school bus use, with one of them lasting until 2019 there.
I bet we won't be celebrating 30-year old Tridents at any point in the future, will we ?
Triple 82 classes 8243, 8244 & 8214 slowly accelerate their train away from Rhodes and its ever-expanding skyline. The train number was 1437 with the final destination being Newcastle.
Spanda is a public art work by Australian born artist Christian de Vietri located at Elizabeth Quay in Perth, Western Australia. It was installed in January 2016. The sculpture is elegant, abstract, and minimalist, giving the impression of an ever-expanding vibrational pattern. It has been described as a celebration of the "union of the individual with the universal".[1] It measures 29 x 16 x 1 metres (95ft, or 9 stories high). Spanda is the world’s tallest freestanding structure made of carbon fibre.[1][2]
Do you wonder what goes on behind the BC Housing entryway mural in the building at the corner of Hastings and Gore
in Vancouver’s Down Town East Side (DTES)?
We are Dickers, Dickering and Dickersmore homeless advocacy lawyers. Let us get behind the mural and find you the housing you deserve or you don’t pay.
Just kidding and shouldn’t as homelessness is a huge problem in Vancouver as it is in many locations.
On Vancouvers Down Town East Side (DTES) core blocks, dozens of people shuffle, stagger, flinch with cocaine tics, scratch scabs, dig in sidewalk cracks looking for lost or hidden drugs, and park their belongings on public space trying to survive. The collection of belongings are in a constant flux between city staff trucking it away and the street people gathering more possessions and setting up camp at another location. its horrible to watch the daily ebb and flow - and it changes daily.
It is not unusual to see this corner strewn with goods for sale, makeshift accommodation and people high on drugs. You can see a few pieces stored on the right.
The problem is not the drug alone. They could possibly stop using drugs with help, the problem is they haven't got anything permanently to turn to, and that may be as much mental capacity as anything else. More comprehensive treatment is needed to address mental illness and physical ailments as well as addiction.
The DTES is an ongoing slosh of drug use in a neighbourhood empowered by politicians over past decades building a community of customers with no cash resulting in the ever expanding compliment of assisted living units. its the ideal territory for the drug trade to flourish. The residents are in no position to complain as they are just trying to survive.
In the troubled neighbourhood, more than 6,300 people draw social assistance and more than half the 18,000 residents are thought to be drug users.
The drug users die because they think they have taken cocaine, or the party drug ecstasy, or a prescription painkiller, but it turns out to be something else. Usually the synthetic opioid fentanyl, a synthetic pain killer whose name has become synonymous with death.
Fentanyl and an even stronger counterpart, carfentanil, are now ubiquitous in the DTES. People who might have managed a heroin addiction for years now find themselves hooked on these more powerful opioids. And they are overdosing too often. Together the two drugs form a lethal trifecta that’s ravaged emergency care resources and is forcing policy makers to rethink what addiction is.
The DTES situation continues as there is little visible push back from community residents and the perceived desire by the government funded service providers to have their clients in a defined area.
In addition to the harms experienced by people who use drugs, the increased activity each month around “Cheque Day” places significant demands on health, social, and financial service providers, as well as police.
Every month, individuals receiving income assistance from the provincial government receive their support payments on the same day, usually the last Wednesday of the month. Locally, this day is called “cheque day” or “welfare Wednesday”. Coordinated monthly social assistance payments, while often crucial to help lessen the health and social harms of poverty, can have unintended negative impacts, particularly among people who use drugs.
Research in Vancouver and elsewhere has identified sharp increases in drug use, overdose and emergency room visits on cheque day. The day causes increase in hospital needs to handle medical advice, delays or cancels other medical treatment and brings in other street disorder patients plus other problems around cheque day.
Receiving income payments of any type can act as a cue for increased drug use, and individuals may also experience strong social cues when many in the community receive payments at the same time.
In the past year the area around our condo has become an increasingly drug infested venue. Not a day goes by that we do not pick up used and unused drug paraphernalia on the property.
Granted Vancouvers drug use and overdose epidemic is not confined to one neighbourhood nor the poor or mentally challenged. Many deaths are young, well educated and die at home alone - some stats from Canada Press 03 August 2018:
“The suspected overdose deaths of 11 people last week in Vancouver has set what the mayor calls a "ghastly" death-count record for 2018.
The city says the week of July 23 was the worst on record this year for suspected overdose deaths based on statistics from the police department.
So far in 2018, 206 people have died in Vancouver from suspected overdoses.
The drug use activity has gotten so bad in our neighbourhood in the past year we are contemplating a move - to Calgary, our old home town.
What I really find perplexing is the perceived inability of authorities to penetrate the upper reaches of the supply chain. Often there is an announcement of a sting with capture and charges but the supply chain never seems to stop regardless - not trying to second guess or lay blame but from a layman's perspective it looks suspicious.
Sad state of affairs.
A small MOC, the concept was inspired by a micro model kit my sister recived for Christmas. I tried to replicate the aesthetic to the best of my ability and memory.
This MOC was built to try out a concept and could be considered a study in that regard.
This tea shop market stall is run by an older gentleman who has travelled many places in his life as seen by the many souvenirs scattered throughout his shop. The shop sells mainly teas but also has some other sweets in the form of chocolate and candy. The cookies and biscuits are made fresh each afternoon by the shopkeeper lovely wife. The shopkeeper enjoys the presence of nature with a large potted plant and some vines giving it an almost garden feel.
I purposefully left the sides open and and a square base to make an easy standard in case this is ever expanded in the future.
More photos can be found on my instagram. instagram.com/betabrick
and a detailed video might be up on YouTube. youtube.com/@BetaBrick
Ever expanding and an ever growing modern fleet of aircraft in service, American Airlines wide-body fleet is certainly impressive and is certainly about to get a whole lot more interesting in the next couple of years.
In the past couple of months, American Airlines had been deliberating on future wide-body aircraft to replace their ageing Boeing 767-300ERs, select Boeing 777-200ERs and their somewhat non-standard Airbus A330s (namely, the Airbus A330-300s). A procurement tender had been in process with American deciding between the Airbus A330neo, Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 to replace their eldest wide-bodies.
Quite early on, the Airbus A330neo was soon out of the running which left the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787. American already operate a substantial Boeing 787 fleet, whilst their original order for 22 Airbus A350-900s had continually been deferred on numerous occasions with their delivery due to have commenced from 2020.
American Airlines alongside Boeing have recently confirmed an order for 47 additional Boeing 787s, split between 22 Boeing 787-8s and 25 Boeing 787-9s. The order will mean American will in the future operate the largest fleet of Boeing 787s anywhere in the world, surpassing All Nippon Airways with only 6 aircraft between them.
It could be said that Boeing have been more aggressive in order competitions and this large order comes as a blow to Airbus whereby American's order for 22 Airbus A350-900s have been cancelled; Airbus have already lost ground after Hawaiian Airlines cancelled an order for 6 Airbus A330-800s in favour of 10 Boeing 787-9s.
Another caveat to this order, American also took the opportunity to defer delivery of 40 Boeing 737 MAX 8s due for delivery between 2020 to 2022, instead they will be delivered between 2025 to 2026... American have already made clear that they intend to take delivery of all 100 Boeing 737 MAX 8s.
Since the S17 schedule, all 4 of American's daily flights between London Heathrow and Chicago-O'Hare are operated by Boeing 787-8s, bringing a much more uniform and modern fleet on this route instead of the elder Boeing 767-300ERs and Boeing 777-200ERs that use to operate the 4 flights.
Currently, American operates 35 Boeing 787s, which includes 20 Boeing 787-8s and 15 Boeing 787-9s. American have 22 Boeing 787-8s and 32 Boeing 787-9s on-order.
November Eight Zero Eight Alpha November is one of 20 Boeing 787-8s in service with American, delivered new to the carrier in August 2015 and she is powered by 2 General Electric GEnx-1B engines.
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner N808AN on final approach into Runway 09L at London Heathrow (LHR) on AA98 from Chicago-O'Hare (ORD), Illinois.