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National Naval Aviation Museum
Of the over sixty examples of the World War II-era PBY Catalina flying boat still in existence, the one on display here is the most unique in appearance. An aircraft originally earmarked for transfer to Great Britain under the wartime "Lend-Lease" program, this PBY-5B never made it overseas, instead serving as a trainer, pounding through the waves of Pensacola Bay and flying out over the Gulf of Mexico with fledgling big boat pilots and aircrewmen aboard. It was on one such flight that Ensign M.C. Pennypacker water looped during a landing. The accident was not serious enough to prohibit a return to the station and with its feathers ruffled, this PBY was parked on the ramp along the seawall at the air station. Given the fast pace of training activities at the station, it was damaged on the ground when another aircraft collided with it, effectively ending its flying days. At the same time the Navy was in the process of establishing a Survival Training Unit at Pensacola for the purpose of teaching cadets and aircrewmen techniques that could mean the difference between life and death in the event they were shot down. The stricken PBY seemed an ideal prop to support the unit's mission. In short order, the Public Works Department relocated the aircraft. The hull was built lengthwise into the rear wall of the Survival Training Building. On the inside some of the metal skin was selectively removed so that students and visitors could look inside to see all of the equipment and crew positions. It remained there for over half a century, a relic of World War Il helping to instruct naval aviators of the jet age.
In 1995, the museum first expressed an interest in obtaining the PBY and other items from the Aviation Survival School, and in 1997 staffers began removing armament and survival gear from the aircraft. Not until November 1999 were efforts begun to remove the actual aircraft, and the process was completed in February 2000 Museum staff and volunteers here painstakingly restored the aircraft to display condition,
@ The Glasshouse with Winds of Plague, Stick To Your Guns, Sleeping Giant, Oceano and others on 12.19.09
@ The Glasshouse with Winds of Plague, Stick To Your Guns, Sleeping Giant, Oceano and others on 12.19.09
Leavenworth " First City of Kansas" Provides a day visitor with a wonderful experience. The local authorities and tradespeople have done a wonderful job in restoring this fine city and fighting the malaise attacking old towns throughout the world. They are to be congratulated... please visit this lovely city and support the shops and businesses.
Wipe me off the world
Take away my name
Pretend I was never born
Let the wind blow out my flame
*actually in a pretty good mood today this just fits the picture and I am still working on the artisic bits...
Makes a welcome change from the all-too-frequent bickering and wrestling. Two males from the same litter, eight years old next month, Ginger on the left, Fred on the right. Never a dull moment with these two around.....
2019-01-29: Delegates having lunch during the conference of CIF's 10 year of existence in Ouarzazate, Morocco.
Event-Poster Making Competition on
“Gender Equity through Science Education”
To stop the perpetuation of gender inequality through schools as well as to address its existence in the society at large, initiatives to promote gender equality in and through schools are imperative. Schools have enormous potential to effect change in gender relations, views and practices and create a gender-sensitive and gender-equal generation of men and women.
Schools have lot of scope to work in this area. Keeping in mind Reliance Foundation School, Lodhivali (Maharashtra-India) had organised a poster making competition on 11’th February 2025.
More than 150 students became the part of this event.
The objective of this competition was to overcome the barriers to gender equality in science to commemorate U.N. Day of Women and Girls in Science. The theme of the competition was-
“Gender Equity through Science Education”. Students were asked to express their ideas through beautiful posters. The young learners displayed their artistic skills through an array of posters. Students came up with amazing creativity and their efforts and initiatives were appreciated by all. Winners of the competition were felicitated with certificates as a token of appreciation.
Reliance Foundation Schools’ academic council played a vital and an important role in the success of this event.
School is also thankful to IUPAC to give us chance to organize the event on such a wide and thought-provoking topic.
A monument in the mixed southern Turkish town of Antakya, close to the border with Syria. The conflict across the border has brought Syrian refugees into town and stirred up tensions between Antakya's different sects.
The northern side of Furness Abbey and the land around it in the valley.
Furness Abbey was built by Savigniac Monks in the 12th Century and absorbed by the Cistercian Order in c.1150. It was the second richest Cistercian abbey in England (behind Fountains Abbey) and was disolved in the 1530s on the orders of Henry VIII. Today it's very well preserved and an English heritage site.
2019-01-29: A poster of Filomena Alfredo Xandlala at the conference of CIF's 10 year Existence in Ouarzazate, Morocco.