The peregrine falcon is the fastest bird and the fastest member of the animal kingdom with a diving speed of 389 km/h (242 mph).

-Wikipedia

Car names don’t come much more exciting than Grand Turismo Omologato - a badge used by Ferrari to christen a barely disguised race car for the road.

In fact, so special is the title that the Italian legend has built just two such machines in its entire history, the 1962 250 GTO and the 1984 288 GTO, both of which are now collectors items worth their pared-back weight in gold.

So this third member of the GTO family - based on the 599 - might be regarded as a bargain. Its price tag is a mere £305,000, meaning access to the model's six-litre, 661bhp V12 that little bit more affordable. It's not just the fastest road-going Ferrari, but the most powerful, too.

The secret of this ultimate expression of the front-engined supercar lies with the development of the amazing 599XX, a £1.3 million millionaires’ track day special. Buyers never got to run this car on the road.

But I got to drive the 599 GTO at Manchester Airport's cargo centre today. I must be the slowest driver ever to drive the fastest Ferrari ever. Speed limit maximum 20mph, I drove it like the old man I should be.

Better Bigger.

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Fastest Car around Top Gear Office - Peel P50 Micro Car, no reverse just pick the Car Up & Turn it Around

Fastest Speed in Ormoc City.

The fastest steam locomotive... in the world. Just a quick snap with my phone. Patient analogue shots from a tri-pod will come.

There is no machine in my mind that expresses the notion of speed more eloquently than this A4. Not Concorde, not the F-104 Starfighter, not the Ferrari 250 GTO, not the TGV. Although it could do just a whisker over 200 km/h, it looks like it does about a million miles an hour standing still.

King Edward Street store fronts. Grade II listed historic shopping arcade complex constructed 1898-1902.

"Leeds (/liːdz/) is the largest city in the county of West Yorkshire in Northern England, approximately 170 miles (270 km) north of central London. Leeds has one of the most diverse economies of all the UK's main employment centres and has seen the fastest rate of private-sector jobs growth of any UK city. It also has the highest ratio of private to public sector jobs of all the UK's Core Cities, with 77% of its workforce working in the private sector. Leeds has the third-largest jobs total by local authority area, with 480,000 in employment and self-employment at the beginning of 2015. Leeds is ranked as a High Sufficiency level city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial heart of the West Yorkshire Urban Area. Leeds is served by five universities, it has the UK's fourth largest student population and the country's fourth largest urban economy.

Leeds was a small manorial borough in the 13th century, and in the 17th and 18th centuries it became a major centre for the production and trading of wool, and in the Industrial Revolution a major mill town; wool was still the dominant industry, but flax, engineering, iron foundries, printing, and other industries were also important. From being a market town in the valley of the River Aire in the 16th century, Leeds expanded and absorbed the surrounding villages to become a populous urban centre by the mid-20th century. It now lies within the West Yorkshire Urban Area, the United Kingdom's fourth-most populous urban area, with a population of 2.6 million.

Today, Leeds has become the largest legal and financial centre outside London with the financial and insurance services industry worth £13 billion to the city's economy. The finance and business service sector account for 38% of total output with more than 30 national and international banks located in the city, including an office of the Bank of England. Leeds is also the UK's third-largest manufacturing centre with around 1,800 firms and 39,000 employees; Leeds manufacturing firms account for 8.8% of total employment in the city and is worth over £7 billion to the local economy. The largest sub-sectors are engineering, printing and publishing, food and drink, chemicals and medical technology. Other key sectors include retail, leisure and the visitor economy, construction, and the creative and digital industries. The city saw several firsts, including the oldest-surviving film in existence, Roundhay Garden Scene (1888), and the 1767 invention of soda water.

Public transport, rail and road communications networks in the region are focused on Leeds; the second phase of High Speed 2 will connect it to London via East Midlands Hub and Sheffield Meadowhall. Leeds currently has the third busiest railway station and the tenth busiest airport outside London." - info from Wikipedia.

Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.

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Since 1897 was the prestigious Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic crossing in the hand of North German Lloyd. The shipping company then built the largest, most luxurious, and fastest ocean liners. In 1904 British @CunardLine set out to build a ship that should retake the Blue Riband and 240,8-meter-long Mauretania and her sister ship Lusitania were laid down and they launched 2 years later, in 1906. Mauretania set a new record on her maiden voyage. But that came at a cost: vibrations of the turbines powering the four gigantic propellers made parts of the ship inhabitable and the ship consumed about 1,000 tons of coal per day. And only four years later White Star Line launched the first ship of the Olympic-class, which surpassed Mauretania by almost 30 meters and with amenities hitherto unheard of on an ocean liner. But while RMS Olympic, for her part, was surpassed in length and tonnage by German Vaterland just three years later, Mauretania held the Blue Riband for 20 years, longer than any other ship before her. Like many superliners of her time, she was built with government loans, which meant that Cunard was obliged to hand their ships over to the Royal Navy during wartime, where they were converted to troop carriers or hospital ships. Mauretania was lucky and survived the Great War, so that she entered service again in 1919. She served her North Atlantic route for a decade and was refitted to newer standards in 1929 to beat her own record once more, but lost the Blue Riband to Lloyd’s brand-new SS Bremen. In the wake of the Great Depression, she was commissioned to do cruises in the Northeast until she was sold to be scrapped in 1935. Nevertheless, parts of the furniture survived to this day as interior of a pub in Bristol and exhibits in nautical museums across Great Britain.

The model consists of 723 pieces and is built in scale 1:650. Mauretania is constructed in her pre-war Cunard Line design with black hull and red funnels. 65426 and 64529 are not yet available in white but fit the shape at this scale and color perfectly. The large round inlets on the Boat Deck (represented by 4599 in white) are greatly exaggerated in size but recreate the ventilation structures rather believable.

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Another 'shed' creation that featured in Georges Clarkes 2016 'Shed of the Year' TV series.

Built by Kevin Nicks of Oxfordshire its licenced on DVLA as a 'Fastest Shed' built in 2016 it has a 2782cc petrol engine from a Ford Galaxy. Chassis No DVLASWA3971527307, a number issued by DVLA so has had single vehicle approval

It did not get into the final.

More about it here www.readersheds.co.uk/share.cfm?SHARESHED=5389

Ronnie received the fastest Pin award. He had 2 matches yesterday, he wrestled for 15 seconds. 6 second win in the semi-finals and 9 second win in the finals.

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Gladstone

After modest beginnings, Gladstone in the late twentieth century became one of Queensland's fastest-growing towns, drawing its strength from coal mining and other industries, and a flourishing export trade, especially to Japan and China. Located 430 km from Brisbane, it was named in 1853 after the English Chancellor of the Exchequer and future prime minister, William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98). Ninety kilometres south of Rockhampton, Gladstone is a coastal city.

Gladstone was originally known as Port Curtis, which was named by Matthew Flinders in 1802 after Sir Roger Curtis who had been Commandant at the Cape of Good Hope when he had called there for victuals and resupply. Port Curtis enjoyed a brief three months of temporary settlement as the administrative centre of the colony of North Australia (1847). George Barney (Barney's Point, Gladstone) commanded the settlement but a change of government in England led to its disbandment.

Within a few years pastoral occupation of the hinterland brought about pressure for the port to be a livestock shipping outlet. In 1853 the town of Gladstone was surveyed and the first sale of town and suburban allotments took place the following year. Gladstone served well as a harbour, but the absence of plentiful water and agricultural land hindered its development. A gold rush at nearby Canoona (1858) then overshadowed Gladstone for a period. Although declared a municipality in 1863, Gladstone's growth was slow: a customs house was erected in 1860, the first school in 1864, a Presbyterian church in 1869 and Catholic and Church of England churches in 1874.

THE PORT

Gladstone's wharves were at Auckland Point (named after the ship Lord Auckland that brought the first European settlers in 1847), where Auckland Inlet enters Port Curtis. The short waterway involved navigating a strait which was obstructed by submerged rock and passable only at high tide.

Intermittent blasting and dredging went on until the 1890s in an attempt to improve access through the passage, with less than adequate results. Funds were spent on alternative harbours at Port Alma and Rockhampton, leaving Gladstone's population convinced they were being unfairly overlooked.

In 1880 the Gladstone Observer and Port Curtis Advertiser began publication, serving a population of 400. Ten years later a hospital opened. In 1896 the railway was opened from Bundaberg (giving the port a temporary advantage until the line was further extended to Rockhampton), along with the Gladstone Meat Works.

Further impetus came in 1906, with the opening of the Port Curtis Dairy Cooperative. After years of scrub clearing dairy farming had finally achieved critical mass, and the railway transported dairy produce to the factory.

Gladstone remained convinced that it had the best potential shipping harbour in central Queensland. The state government appointed the Gladstone Harbour Board in 1914, and the town formed its own Gladstone Harbour League to lobby the Railways minister for fairer haulage rates and for freight from surrounding shires. Progress was slow, and the town's economic mainstays remained the Port Curtis dairy factory (which achieved maximum production during the 1940s-50s) and the meat works. Tourism was still a distant prospect, although Heron Island emerged as a local holiday destination in the 1930s. Flying boats, bound for Singapore and connections to England called at Auckland Inlet from 1935 and a land aerodrome, jointly backed by Gladstone and Calliope Shire, opened in 1956.

World War II years saw reduced throughput for the port. However the postwar boom was to deliver circumstances allowing for a realisation of Gladstone's belief in its potential as a port. The first significant upturn was the shipping of Callide Valley coal in 1948, followed by Blackwater coal and grain shipments. In 1962 the Commonwealth Aluminium Corporation Pty Ltd (Comalco) announced its intention to build an alumina refinery at Gladstone for its bauxite from Weipa, on the Gulf of Carpentaria. The project injected hope into the community, offering some relief after the closure of the meat works in the early 1960s. Production at the refinery began in 1967 and by 1973 two expansions had made it the largest alumina refinery in the world. Power for the refinery came from the Gladstone Power Station (1967), fired by Callide and Boundary Hill coal.

BOOM

Coal for Japanese contracts had been shipped through Gladstone since 1959, and in 1968 a railway line from the Moura open cut mine to Gladstone opened. By 1980 coal was 47% of the port's cargo throughput, and in 2000 it was over 65%. The Gladstone power station was expanded, reaching maximum capacity in the early 1980s and generating over half Queensland's electricity.

In 1981 Queensland Cement and Lime opened a clinker plant: the cement clinker, produced in a kiln from limestone and other minerals is ground with gypsum and makes cement. Just outside Gladstone, on Boyne Island, another aluminium smelter opened in 1982, its employees swelling Gladstone's metropolitan population by several thousand. A chlorine and cyanide plant opened in 1989.

Gladstone's population increase from about 6000 to 20,000 in the period from 1960-80 strained the social fabric and local infrastructure. It was branded a slum and caravan town. Water supply and sewerage were the Council's first projects, the surfacing of dusty streets left to wait. The Council found that battling on alone was not enough, and extracted financial assistance from the State Government and development contributions from new industries to fund a town plan, hostel, a caravan site, recreation facilities, a new hospital and an extra high school (1981).

CONSOLIDATION

In 1976 the town was proclaimed a city. Ten years later, after strenuous efforts to answer the slum critics, Gladstone received the first of several Tidy Towns awards. By then much of the frenetic industrial construction was completed. There had been time to build a public square and City Centre Plaza (1982), and the town hall (built in 1934 in the depth of the Depression) was converted to a museum and art gallery. A Civic Beautification Committee (1971) enlisted numerous service organisations for voluntary landscape and beautification work, including the surrounds of the Awoonga Dam, a storage enlarged several times to service Gladstone's industry and growing population. In 1988 the Tondoon Botanic Gardens (83 ha) opened, specialising in endemic plants.

Gladstone's growing need for industrial and port land has been partly met by the reclamation by landfill of tidal flat foreshore, enabling industrial expansion near the port. In 1990 there were 18 km of foreshore and waterway shoreline reserved for port activities, which include facilities for bulk coal, grain, clinker, bauxite, petroleum and chemicals.

Gladstone is a regional education centre. In addition to State and Catholic primary and high schools there is a University of Queensland campus near the marina at Auckland Inlet, and a TAFE. Near the centre of town is a reminder of pre-industrial Gladstone, the showground (1915), next to Gladstone State High School (1953). The racecourse, golf course and rugby league ground are to the south, near the airport and the Kin Kora drive-in shopping centre (1977). Goondoon Street in the city centre is Gladstone's main shopping strip, with the recent addition of the City Heart centre at the Tank Street corner. There are also drive-in shopping centres in Toolooa Street, South Gladstone and on the Dawson Highway at West Gladstone.

In addition to the shops, Goondoon Street has four heritage-listed sites: the Catholic church and school (1920s), a former Commonwealth Bank (1920s), the former town hall, now the gallery and museum (1930s) and the former post office (1924). The Port Curtis dairy complex in Short Street is also heritage-listed.

By 2008 Gladstone City Council administered an area of 163 sq km. In that year it was amalgamated with Calliope and Miriam Vale Shires to form Gladstone Regional Council (10,488 sq km). The new council also absorbed the Gladstone Calliope Aerodrome Board.

Source: queenslandplaces.com.au/gladstone

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1990 heralded a new decade with momentous change and significant events unfolding internationally and at home in Queensland. German reunification was achieved following the ‘fall’ of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. The Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in turn declared their independence from the Soviet Union. Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa, and Margaret Thatcher resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after more than 11 years in office. British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee created the first web server and web browser, and the Hubble Space Telescope was launched from the space shuttle ‘Discovery’.

The Australian Labor Party’s federal election campaign was launched in Brisbane in early March before Prime Minister Bob Hawke’s government was returned later that month for a historic fourth term. Andrew Peacock resigned the leadership of the federal Liberal Party after the election defeat and was replaced by Dr John Hewson. Earlier in March, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) was founded. The inaugural Cape York Aboriginal Land Conference took place at Lockhart River in September, leading to the formation of the Cape York Land Council.

The nation’s first women Premiers were sworn into office this year, firstly Western Australia’s Carmen Lawrence in February followed by Victoria’s Joan Kirner in August. On the day of Kirner’s swearing in, the Hawke government announced Australia would join the international naval blockade of Iraq in the Persian Gulf. A specially convened ALP national conference in September endorsed the privatisation of Qantas and other assets, ahead of deregulation of the domestic aviation market in November. Near that month’s end, Treasurer Paul Keating declared Australia was enduring “the recession we had to have”.

The 1990s was a decade of transformation as infrastructure connected the state, the Internet changed how we worked and Agro was a prime-time star. These photographic highlights come from a collection of thousands of images captured by Transport and Main Roads, documenting the plans, programs and growth of Queensland throughout the decade.

Find this series in our catalogue: www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/series/S20086

The Transport and Main Roads Visual Resource Library collection contains over 200.000 photographs and other resources from the 1920’s to 2005 from the many and varied road, transport and maritime departments over that time. It is mostly the work of the Photographic Branch and Graphic Reproduction Services Unit between the 1930s and the 1990s. Photographers Les Dixon, Bob Reid, Ian Williams, Murray Waite and Ray Burgress recorded works and events of the Department.

Subjects covered include road construction projects, environmental science, road fittings, public transport and road users, people at work, community engagement, official openings, sod turnings, new structures (bridges, dams and Queensland University), awards, department initiatives, safety campaigns, exhibitions and displays.

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The fastest, most efficient Great Wall photo shoot ever. Felt like going again after lunch but didn't want to spend more than a few hours TOTAL (driving round trip, etc.).

If you've done a Great Wall trip before, you know how ridiculous that sounds.

Anyway, we were able to get a driver, bypass the pre-sales bullshit, bomb down to the Disney version (BaDaLing) which is all freeway, wimp out on the cable car, and take quick shots.

Please excuse the two cellphone towers above.

Three UOP Shadows at the front off the grid on Sunday. This one won the race

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It’s hard to believe that Triumph’s 1,200 cc Bonneville Bobber could get any more powerful, but leave it to Thornton Hundred Motorcycles. The British outfit, which specializes in bespoke bikes and accessories, just unveiled a tuned Bonnie Bobber that’s even more beastly than the original.

Allow us to introduce you to what the shop’s calling the WFB. (Yes, that’s short for the World’s Fastest Bobber.) The brainchild of Thornton Hundred’s leader Jody Millhouse, the high-octane two-wheeler has been tuned to the nth degree and can reportedly reach around 170 mph at full tilt.

My name is Bart Allen, and I am the fastest man alive! Well, fastest teenager alive.. I came back from the 30th century to get help from my grandfather-- Wait a minute, this sounds like an opening to some television show.. My bad. Let's back things up and properly explain. Like I said before, my name is Bart Allen. I'm the grandson of Barry Allen, who was known as the Flash of this time. He was a hero using the powers of the Speed Force to fight criminals, and put them behind bars. I say was, as he retired after several years of being a hero. Wanted to slow down, and settle down with the love of his life, Iris West. Didn't help that he no longer had access to the Speed Force. Central City still needed the Flash, so Wally West took up the mantle. He was originally Kid Flash, getting his powers through the Speed Force Storm which gave life to many new speedsters. How do you know all of this Bart? You weren't there when this happened! Yes, that's all true. But since I come from the 30th century, these events have already happened. Which leads me to the reason I travelled back in time to the 21st century. I needed Barry's help with my hyper-accelerated metabolism. Basically, I looked older than I actually was. When I arrived, it honestly didn't take much for them to help me. They were able to come up with a solution, and now, there's no crazy metabolism problems! Well besides having to eat a lot, but that's expected for speedsters. Anyways, after that whole ordeal, I ended up staying in Central City, even though there's a possibility that my existence ruins the timeline, therefore changing the future as I know it. I decided to become a hero, like my grandfather. Speed Force zen master Max Mercury taught me many things about the Speed Force, before his passing. The whole Flash Family was there for Max's funeral, and it still hurts to this day. Trying to move past his death, I started attending school, and now I'm a junior at Central City High. A few months ago, Wally West disappeared. His disappearance has hit his wife, Frances Kane-West the hardest. I've tried my best to reassure her that I'll find him. So now I have to keep this city safe as the Flash, while I also figure out where Wally is. I sure hope I can do it, because honestly, I'm not even sure I can.

I've checked with the usual suspects, but most are accounted for. Most of the Rogues are locked up in Iron Heights. Heatwave, Trickster, and Prank are the only ones not there. I heard through the grapevine that Heatwave is on vacation in Aruba, while the other two have gone into hiding. Can't say I blame them, with all these new speedsters running about. Speaking of speedsters, the major ones are accounted for. The Rival, Thawne, Hunter Zolomon (technically not a speedster, but I'll put him under the speedster umbrella anyway), Negative Flash, and Daniel West are all locked away in a prison tailor-made for those with the Speed Force. It was created after the Speed Force Storm gave speedster powers to a good chunk of people. Anyways, now that we're all caught up, let's move forward.

Central City High School, 2:30pm

The bell announcing the end of the school day rings, and I'm about to leave when Preston Lindsay, my best friend, walks up to me.

"Hey Bart!" He says with enthusiasm, as he opens his locker which is conveniently right beside mine.

"Oh hey Preston.. What's up?"

"The ceiling!" He starts laughing, even though that 'joke' got old after the first time..

"You know that joke got old after the first time you did it right?"

"Ah whatever. You just don't understand it's charm, that's all. Anyways, you free to hangout at my place? Really not in the mood to study right now."

"I feel ya there. Studying is so not crash. Would if I could man, but I already have plans for the afternoon. Sorry Preston. Maybe tomorrow?" That's me, lying to my best friend.. Well, sort of. My plans mostly just consist of me going out on patrol, fighting the various criminals. It's mostly been wannabe Rogues, but who knows, maybe some day I'll face the real deal. But it's better if he doesn't know. At least that's what Barry keeps telling me.

"It's all good. Got plans with Valerie, I understand.. Alright, well, I guess I better figure something else out then."

"Now you're making me feel the mode.. Also, my plans do not include Valerie. Not sure why you're so focused on the concept of us being an item, when we clearly aren't." It sometimes feels like he's saying these things intentionally to get a rise out of me.

"Mhm.. Sure.. Catch ya later Bart." He walks away, and soon enough, I can't spot him in the crowd of people bustling through the hallway.

"You too." I mutter under my breath, as he's gone by the time I'm about to speak. I walk out the front steps, and start running home, once I'm at a safe distance from the school. Upon arriving at home, I open the door, and shut it once I enter.

"I'm home!" I say, announcing my presence.

"Oh, Bart, you're home!" I hear Iris say, as I see her coming out of the kitchen. I go up to her and give her a hug.

"Yeah. Though I'm going out on patrol for a bit. It has been a pretty boring day, and I could go for some villain fight right about now."

"Sometimes, you just have to slow down. Like Barry has! Anyways, make sure you get your homework done before you go, and be careful."

"That will take me like two seconds, but fine. When am I not careful?" Iris gives me a look where she's essentially saying 'really?', without actually saying it.

"I'll be fine Iris! No need to fret!" I mostly call them by their first names, as it weirds me out calling them grandpa and grandma, considering how old they are right now. I rush into my room, unpack, and finish my homework in a matter of seconds before, grabbing the Flash ring, and releasing the costume from it. I change into the costume, and start running. There's police radio comms units in the earpieces of my cowl, which helps me out a bit with crimes in progress.

"211 in progress at Central City National Bank. Requesting all units in the area for back-up." Guess that's my queue. I make my way there, which only takes me a minute or two. Once there, I notice a few police cars already here. I stop right beside one of the cop cars, and an officer notices me. He walks towards me, with a look of relief on his face.

"Flash! Thank goodness you're here!"

"What's the situation like in there Officer--?" I ask, distinguishing my voice by vibrating it. After what seems like the longest pause ever, he responds

"Officer Heart. As for the situation, its White Lightning and her cronies again, trying to make fools out of us." Heart? That last name seems familiar. Oh right, he's that new speedster hero called Velocity.. August Heart.. Strange that he isn't just going in himself. White Lightning is one of my villains anyway, so it doesn't really bother me that he's not suiting up. I check the outside of the building before dashing inside. Once inside, I make sure there's no one here besides White Lightning and her crew. I notice them filling up bags of money inside the vault, talking among themselves.

"Got yourself a new crew I see.. Kind of miss the last one if I'm being honest. They were a more charismatic bunch." I mean I have to at least give them a warning, before locking them all away. Wouldn't be as crash if I just zoomed in there without them noticing, and knocked them out cold within seconds. I mean it'll still only take a few seconds, but at least I'll get some enjoyment out of it. Besides, banter is half the fun of being a superhero!

"Eh, well you know how it is with me, only using each crew once before moving on to another.. Love the new diggs by the way Impulse. Upgraded from zero to hero in no time.. Too bad you'll be dead soon enough." Her goon squad opens fire, unloading their clips into me. White Lightning throws her lightning bolts at me. I'm able to dodge all the bullets easily enough, along with her lightning.

"A + for effort. Sucks that you still haven't learned from the other times we've fought though." I disarm her cronies, and stand right in front of them, taunting White Lightning. When she shoots off her next electrical blast, I get out-of-the-way, and she takes down her own minions for me. I grab power dampener handcuffs from the police outside, and come back, handcuffing her hands together.

"I wouldn't be so smug if I were you.. He'll be coming soon enough, and when he does, you'll know what it means to lose everything."

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Unknown Location, with someone looking at security footage.

"Oh Bart Allen.. How little you truly know. She spoiled the surprise a little early, but that's what I get for using z list villains as my pawns in this game. It's fine.. I want him feeling cocky. Cockiness leads to mistakes, which can be lethal, especially when it's against an actual threat. I've been waiting for this moment all my life, so I can wait a little while longer before I introduce myself. Guess it's that time again. Have to check up on the prisoner. Bye for now." The figure cackles, as he leaves. In one of the security footage panels, there's someone with strawberry red hair, chained up in what looks to be a cellar of some sort.

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Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!

The Sea Fury was a British fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by Hawker. It was the last propeller-driven fighter to serve with the Royal Navy, and also one of the fastest production single piston-engined aircraft ever built. Developed during the Second World War, the Sea Fury entered service two years after the war ended. The Sea Fury proved to be a popular aircraft with a number of overseas militaries, and it was successfully used during the Korean War in the early 1950s where it could keep up with 1st generatiom jet fighters like the MiG-15.

Since 1975, Thai Marines have been assigned to Narathiwat as Marine Corps special forces, and this. after ten years of frequent and successful use, was the end of the Thai Tubro Furies - the type was retired in late 1975. Two specimen were sold into the USA and the remaining airframes (a total of 5 had been lost, two through accidents and three had been shot down by AA fire) were scrapped.

General characteristics

Crew: One

Length: 36 ft 2 in (11.05 m)

Wingspan: 38 ft 43⁄4 in (11.69 m)

Height: 15 ft 101⁄2 in (4.84 m)

Wing area: 280 ft2 (26.01 m2)

Empty weight: 10.500 lb (4.767 kg)

Loaded weight: 14,100 lb (6.400 kg)

Max. takeoff weight: 15,650 lb (7.105 kg)

Powerplant:

1× Allison T56 turboshaft engine rated at 2.206 kW (3.000 hp) plus 750 lbs of residual thrust

Performance:

Maximum speed: 490 mph (427 knots, 790 km/h) at 18,000 ft (5,500 m)

Range: 700 mi (609 nmi, 1,126 km) with internal fuel;

1,040 mi (904 nmi, 1,674 km) with two drop tanks

Service ceiling: 35,800 ft (10,910 m)

Rate of climb: 4,320 ft/min (21.9 m/s)

Armament:

4× 20 mm (.79 in) Hispano Mk V cannons in the wings

Eight underwing hardpoints for an external load of 4.000 lb (1.814 kg),

including bombs, unguided rockets, napalm tanks or drop tanks

The kit and its assembly:

This is tehe second build of the same kit conversion idea - spinning forth the initial fictional background story. Well, the combination of a WWII figher design and a C-130 Hercules sounds unlikely, but that's what I built. The idea of revamped piston-engine aircraft for a post-WWII-use has its charm and continually brings forth impressive designs, so here's another contribution to that wild bunch of whifs.

Inspiration came with a set of 1:72 aftermarket C-130J resin engine nacelles from OzMods, which I had bunkered a while ago. This time the engine was mated to a two-seater, the simple but solid "Bagdad Fury" from Pioneer2/PM Models. The Hercules engines are an almost perfect fit - the original fuselage just had to be cut away behind the original exhaust reflectors. Some sculpting had to be done on both sides, and the wing roots filled up in order to match the new, more narrow engine, but things went really smoothly. Additionally, the rear cockpit opening had to be faired over, and the canopy had to be adjusted a little.

For the turboprop's exhaust I drilled up oval holes on the fuselage flanks, under the cockpit, and inserted styrene tubes - the best position I could think of?

The spinner comes from the OzMods set, too, but the C-130J sickle-shaped propeller blades were just a bit too modern and too large for the Sea Fury. I was lucky to have some spare blades from a Pavla propeller set for the Academy B-24 Liberator - these were attached to the pointed spinner, and it looks menacing!

Otherwise, only littel things were changed. In the cockpit a new seat and a dashboard cover were added. The underwing hardpoints were new, too, and I added some antennae for a more modern and purposeful look of the aicraft.

All pylons are new, and the bomb ordnance was puzzled together from the spares box (P-47 drop tanks and four unguided rocket pods from the Revell G.91).

Painting and markings:

When searching for a potential user after the PAF I came across Thailand; the country had operated a handful of Fairey Fireflys after WWII, but these had to be retired in the early 50ies and the Thai Navy lost its air arm. These machine probably carried standard Extra Dark Sea Grey/Sky liveries.

One of these is on display in the Thai Air Force museum - and probably in a garish, non-authentic livery with a light blue underside, and very light grey uppers. Anyway, it looks odd enough to incorporate the concept onto my whiffy Turbo Fury...

The basic colors are Revell 57 (RAL 7000, very close to FS 35237) and FS 34515 for the lower sides. The Thailand (Navy) markings come from a Fairey Firefly aftermarket decal sheet, and suit the Fury well. Tactical codes and the "RTMC.

The cockpit interior was kept in very dark gray, the landing gear is in Aluminum.

Again, the "Turbo Fury" looks very conclusive, and the conversion is rather simple. Acutally, I might add a third chapter and build another one, since history opens an interesting "final use" to this aircraft. Maybe more in some time...

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The Sea Fury was a British fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by Hawker. It was the last propeller-driven fighter to serve with the Royal Navy, and also one of the fastest production single piston-engined aircraft ever built. Developed during the Second World War, the Sea Fury entered service two years after the war ended. The Sea Fury proved to be a popular aircraft with a number of overseas militaries, and it was successfully used during the Korean War in the early 1950s where it could keep up with 1st generatiom jet fighters like the MiG-15.

After the end of hostilities, the 'Turbo Furies' were quickly phased out since it had become clear that they had become too vulnerable in battlefield conditions.

General characteristics

Crew: One

Length: 36 ft 2 in (11.05 m)

Wingspan: 38 ft 43⁄4 in (11.69 m)

Height: 15 ft 101⁄2 in (4.84 m)

Wing area: 280 ft2 (26.01 m2)

Empty weight: 10.500 lb (4.767 kg)

Loaded weight: 14,100 lb (6.400 kg)

Max. takeoff weight: 15,650 lb (7.105 kg)

Powerplant:

1× Allison T56 turboshaft engine rated at 2.206 kW (3.000 hp) plus 750 lbs of residual thrust

Performance:

Maximum speed: 490 mph (427 knots, 790 km/h) at 18,000 ft (5,500 m)

Range: 700 mi (609 nmi, 1,126 km) with internal fuel;

1,040 mi (904 nmi, 1,674 km) with two drop tanks

Service ceiling: 35,800 ft (10,910 m)

Rate of climb: 4,320 ft/min (21.9 m/s)

Armament:

4× 20 mm (.79 in) Hispano Mk V cannons in the wings

Eight underwing hardpoints for an external load of 4.000 lb (1.814 kg),

including bombs, unguided rockets, napalm tanks or drop tanks

The kit and its assembly:

Well, the combination of a WWII figher design and a C-130 Hercules sounds like an unlikely combination, but that's what I built. The idea of revamped piston-engine aircraft for a post-WWII-use has its charm and continually brings forth impressive designs, so here's another contribution to that wild bunch of whifs.

Inspiration came with a set of 1:72 aftermarket C-130J resin engine nacelles from OzMods, which I had bunkered a while ago. One idea had been to modify a P-51 Mustang, as an alternative to the Cavalier Enforcer. But then I remembered the very succesful Hawker Sea Fury and its many international users - and a check with a fuselage confirmed that an engine swap might be rather easy!

The kit I used is the simple but solid Sea Fury from Pioneer2/PM Models. The Hercules engines are an almost perfect fit - the original fuselage just had to be cut away behind the original exhaust reflectors. Some sculpting had to be done on both sides, and the wing roots filled up in order to match the new, more narrow engine, but things went really smoothly.

For the turboprop's exhaust I drilled up oval holes on the fuselage flanks, under the cockpit, and inserted styrene tubes - the best position I could think of?

The spinner comes from the OzMods set, too, but the C-130J sickle-shaped propeller blades were just a bit too modern and too large for the Sea Fury. I was lucky to have some spare blades from a Pavla propeller set for the Academy B-24 Liberator - these were attached to the pointed spinner, and it looks menacing!

Otherwise, only littel things were changed. In the cockpit a new seat and a dashboard cover were added. The underwing hardpoints were new, too, and I added some antennae for a more modern and purposeful look of the aicraft.

All pylons are new, and the bomb ordnance was puzzled together from the spares box.

Painting and markings:

It took a while to settle on a user and a respective livery. The Netherlands had been a serious option, Myanmar and Morocco, too, but I eventually settled for Pakistan because the timeframe would provide a plausible story, and the PAF would also provide a good, if not unique, paint scheme.

Most PAF Sea Furies had been painted in Mid Stone/Dark Earth/Azure Blue, but some had the dark brown tone replaced by an "Olive Green". I was not able to turn up a photo of such an aircraft, only a profile, though, so there's some guessing involved.

Basic colors are Humbrol 84 (Mid Stone), Modelmaster #2091 (RLM 82) and #2087 (RLM 78), later shaded with Humbrol 83 (ochre), 102 and FS 35414.

The cockpit interior was kept in very dark gray, the landing gear is in Aluminum.

Decals come 100% from the Pakistani option from PM Model's Sea Fury T.61 trainer - they were printed slighlty offset, but I rolled with it as the flaw is not very obvious.

In the end, the "Turbo Fury" looks very conclusive, and the whole thing was tinkered together in less than 3 days (plus some time for the pics). And the conversion is rather easy to realize - there are more potential users of this whiffy creation...

From (fascinating) postings by a certain driver on some of the groups that I follow, it would seem that 9403 is the only one of it's '452' batch which is unrestricted in terms of performance (most modern buses are heavily governed by various software). It also happened to be on my wanted list for 'low mileage' so I had the perfect chance to rectify that today, intercepting it in Knightsbridge. I'd worked out I had time to spare at Kensal Rise before some wanted VPs so I alighted at Ladbroke Grove Station and the bus has just passed under the Westway in this view. This batch were refurbished a couple of years ago. 25/2/16.

See more photos of this, and the Wikipedia article.

Details, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird:

No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated globally in more hostile airspace or with such complete impunity than the SR-71, the world's fastest jet-propelled aircraft. The Blackbird's performance and operational achievements placed it at the pinnacle of aviation technology developments during the Cold War.

This Blackbird accrued about 2,800 hours of flight time during 24 years of active service with the U.S. Air Force. On its last flight, March 6, 1990, Lt. Col. Ed Yielding and Lt. Col. Joseph Vida set a speed record by flying from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., in 1 hour, 4 minutes, and 20 seconds, averaging 3,418 kilometers (2,124 miles) per hour. At the flight's conclusion, they landed at Washington-Dulles International Airport and turned the airplane over to the Smithsonian.

Transferred from the United States Air Force.

Manufacturer:

Lockheed Aircraft Corporation

Designer:

Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson

Date:

1964

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Dimensions:

Overall: 18ft 5 15/16in. x 55ft 7in. x 107ft 5in., 169998.5lb. (5.638m x 16.942m x 32.741m, 77110.8kg)

Other: 18ft 5 15/16in. x 107ft 5in. x 55ft 7in. (5.638m x 32.741m x 16.942m)

Materials:

Titanium

Physical Description:

Twin-engine, two-seat, supersonic strategic reconnaissance aircraft; airframe constructed largley of titanium and its alloys; vertical tail fins are constructed of a composite (laminated plastic-type material) to reduce radar cross-section; Pratt and Whitney J58 (JT11D-20B) turbojet engines feature large inlet shock cones.

Long Description:

No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated in more hostile airspace or with such complete impunity than the SR-71 Blackbird. It is the fastest aircraft propelled by air-breathing engines. The Blackbird's performance and operational achievements placed it at the pinnacle of aviation technology developments during the Cold War. The airplane was conceived when tensions with communist Eastern Europe reached levels approaching a full-blown crisis in the mid-1950s. U.S. military commanders desperately needed accurate assessments of Soviet worldwide military deployments, particularly near the Iron Curtain. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation's subsonic U-2 (see NASM collection) reconnaissance aircraft was an able platform but the U. S. Air Force recognized that this relatively slow aircraft was already vulnerable to Soviet interceptors. They also understood that the rapid development of surface-to-air missile systems could put U-2 pilots at grave risk. The danger proved reality when a U-2 was shot down by a surface to air missile over the Soviet Union in 1960.

Lockheed's first proposal for a new high speed, high altitude, reconnaissance aircraft, to be capable of avoiding interceptors and missiles, centered on a design propelled by liquid hydrogen. This proved to be impracticable because of considerable fuel consumption. Lockheed then reconfigured the design for conventional fuels. This was feasible and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), already flying the Lockheed U-2, issued a production contract for an aircraft designated the A-12. Lockheed's clandestine 'Skunk Works' division (headed by the gifted design engineer Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson) designed the A-12 to cruise at Mach 3.2 and fly well above 18,288 m (60,000 feet). To meet these challenging requirements, Lockheed engineers overcame many daunting technical challenges. Flying more than three times the speed of sound generates 316° C (600° F) temperatures on external aircraft surfaces, which are enough to melt conventional aluminum airframes. The design team chose to make the jet's external skin of titanium alloy to which shielded the internal aluminum airframe. Two conventional, but very powerful, afterburning turbine engines propelled this remarkable aircraft. These power plants had to operate across a huge speed envelope in flight, from a takeoff speed of 334 kph (207 mph) to more than 3,540 kph (2,200 mph). To prevent supersonic shock waves from moving inside the engine intake causing flameouts, Johnson's team had to design a complex air intake and bypass system for the engines.

Skunk Works engineers also optimized the A-12 cross-section design to exhibit a low radar profile. Lockheed hoped to achieve this by carefully shaping the airframe to reflect as little transmitted radar energy (radio waves) as possible, and by application of special paint designed to absorb, rather than reflect, those waves. This treatment became one of the first applications of stealth technology, but it never completely met the design goals.

Test pilot Lou Schalk flew the single-seat A-12 on April 24, 1962, after he became airborne accidentally during high-speed taxi trials. The airplane showed great promise but it needed considerable technical refinement before the CIA could fly the first operational sortie on May 31, 1967 - a surveillance flight over North Vietnam. A-12s, flown by CIA pilots, operated as part of the Air Force's 1129th Special Activities Squadron under the "Oxcart" program. While Lockheed continued to refine the A-12, the U. S. Air Force ordered an interceptor version of the aircraft designated the YF-12A. The Skunk Works, however, proposed a "specific mission" version configured to conduct post-nuclear strike reconnaissance. This system evolved into the USAF's familiar SR-71.

Lockheed built fifteen A-12s, including a special two-seat trainer version. Two A-12s were modified to carry a special reconnaissance drone, designated D-21. The modified A-12s were redesignated M-21s. These were designed to take off with the D-21 drone, powered by a Marquart ramjet engine mounted on a pylon between the rudders. The M-21 then hauled the drone aloft and launched it at speeds high enough to ignite the drone's ramjet motor. Lockheed also built three YF-12As but this type never went into production. Two of the YF-12As crashed during testing. Only one survives and is on display at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio. The aft section of one of the "written off" YF-12As which was later used along with an SR-71A static test airframe to manufacture the sole SR-71C trainer. One SR-71 was lent to NASA and designated YF-12C. Including the SR-71C and two SR-71B pilot trainers, Lockheed constructed thirty-two Blackbirds. The first SR-71 flew on December 22, 1964. Because of extreme operational costs, military strategists decided that the more capable USAF SR-71s should replace the CIA's A-12s. These were retired in 1968 after only one year of operational missions, mostly over southeast Asia. The Air Force's 1st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (part of the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing) took over the missions, flying the SR-71 beginning in the spring of 1968.

After the Air Force began to operate the SR-71, it acquired the official name Blackbird-- for the special black paint that covered the airplane. This paint was formulated to absorb radar signals, to radiate some of the tremendous airframe heat generated by air friction, and to camouflage the aircraft against the dark sky at high altitudes.

Experience gained from the A-12 program convinced the Air Force that flying the SR-71 safely required two crew members, a pilot and a Reconnaissance Systems Officer (RSO). The RSO operated with the wide array of monitoring and defensive systems installed on the airplane. This equipment included a sophisticated Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) system that could jam most acquisition and targeting radar. In addition to an array of advanced, high-resolution cameras, the aircraft could also carry equipment designed to record the strength, frequency, and wavelength of signals emitted by communications and sensor devices such as radar. The SR-71 was designed to fly deep into hostile territory, avoiding interception with its tremendous speed and high altitude. It could operate safely at a maximum speed of Mach 3.3 at an altitude more than sixteen miles, or 25,908 m (85,000 ft), above the earth. The crew had to wear pressure suits similar to those worn by astronauts. These suits were required to protect the crew in the event of sudden cabin pressure loss while at operating altitudes.

To climb and cruise at supersonic speeds, the Blackbird's Pratt & Whitney J-58 engines were designed to operate continuously in afterburner. While this would appear to dictate high fuel flows, the Blackbird actually achieved its best "gas mileage," in terms of air nautical miles per pound of fuel burned, during the Mach 3+ cruise. A typical Blackbird reconnaissance flight might require several aerial refueling operations from an airborne tanker. Each time the SR-71 refueled, the crew had to descend to the tanker's altitude, usually about 6,000 m to 9,000 m (20,000 to 30,000 ft), and slow the airplane to subsonic speeds. As velocity decreased, so did frictional heat. This cooling effect caused the aircraft's skin panels to shrink considerably, and those covering the fuel tanks contracted so much that fuel leaked, forming a distinctive vapor trail as the tanker topped off the Blackbird. As soon as the tanks were filled, the jet's crew disconnected from the tanker, relit the afterburners, and again climbed to high altitude.

Air Force pilots flew the SR-71 from Kadena AB, Japan, throughout its operational career but other bases hosted Blackbird operations, too. The 9th SRW occasionally deployed from Beale AFB, California, to other locations to carryout operational missions. Cuban missions were flown directly from Beale. The SR-71 did not begin to operate in Europe until 1974, and then only temporarily. In 1982, when the U.S. Air Force based two aircraft at Royal Air Force Base Mildenhall to fly monitoring mission in Eastern Europe.

When the SR-71 became operational, orbiting reconnaissance satellites had already replaced manned aircraft to gather intelligence from sites deep within Soviet territory. Satellites could not cover every geopolitical hotspot so the Blackbird remained a vital tool for global intelligence gathering. On many occasions, pilots and RSOs flying the SR-71 provided information that proved vital in formulating successful U. S. foreign policy. Blackbird crews provided important intelligence about the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and its aftermath, and pre- and post-strike imagery of the 1986 raid conducted by American air forces on Libya. In 1987, Kadena-based SR-71 crews flew a number of missions over the Persian Gulf, revealing Iranian Silkworm missile batteries that threatened commercial shipping and American escort vessels.

As the performance of space-based surveillance systems grew, along with the effectiveness of ground-based air defense networks, the Air Force started to lose enthusiasm for the expensive program and the 9th SRW ceased SR-71 operations in January 1990. Despite protests by military leaders, Congress revived the program in 1995. Continued wrangling over operating budgets, however, soon led to final termination. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration retained two SR-71As and the one SR-71B for high-speed research projects and flew these airplanes until 1999.

On March 6, 1990, the service career of one Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird ended with a record-setting flight. This special airplane bore Air Force serial number 64-17972. Lt. Col. Ed Yeilding and his RSO, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Vida, flew this aircraft from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. in 1 hour, 4 minutes, and 20 seconds, averaging a speed of 3,418 kph (2,124 mph). At the conclusion of the flight, '972 landed at Dulles International Airport and taxied into the custody of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. At that time, Lt. Col. Vida had logged 1,392.7 hours of flight time in Blackbirds, more than that of any other crewman.

This particular SR-71 was also flown by Tom Alison, a former National Air and Space Museum's Chief of Collections Management. Flying with Detachment 1 at Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Alison logged more than a dozen '972 operational sorties. The aircraft spent twenty-four years in active Air Force service and accrued a total of 2,801.1 hours of flight time.

Wingspan: 55'7"

Length: 107'5"

Height: 18'6"

Weight: 170,000 Lbs

Reference and Further Reading:

Crickmore, Paul F. Lockheed SR-71: The Secret Missions Exposed. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 1996.

Francillon, Rene J. Lockheed Aircraft Since 1913. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1987.

Johnson, Clarence L. Kelly: More Than My Share of It All. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985.

Miller, Jay. Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works. Leicester, U.K.: Midland Counties Publishing Ltd., 1995.

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird curatorial file, Aeronautics Division, National Air and Space Museum.

DAD, 11-11-01

ანა ლომინაძემ (საქართველო) ბორკილითა და ჯაჭვით ხელფეხშეკრულ მდგომარეობაში 25 მეტრი გაცურა 21.76 წამში, 2014 წლის 3 აპრილს, დიღმის საცურაო აუზზე (თბილისი, საქართველო).

Ana Lominadze (Georgia) swam 25 meters in 21.76 seconds while wearing the handcuffs and leg irons on 3 April 2014, at the Dighomi Swimming Pool in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Cheetah female and almost adult cub, Leeupan, Kruger National Park

The fastest land animal in the world is losing its most important race: the race for survival. Africa Geographic (March 2012, Vol 20 No 2) provides the following sobering statistics:

• Cheetahs have vanished from 77% of their historical range on the African continent. In Asia they persist only in Iran and less than 110 Asiatic cheetahs are alive today.

• more than 100 000 roamed wild in 1900

• less than 10 000 roam wild today

• about 44 countries hosted cheetahs in 1900

• about 20 countries host cheetahs today

South Africa is home to fewer than 1,000 of these majestic cats. Though I could not get exact figures for the number of cheetahs in the Kruger National Park, it would seem there are less than 200 individuals and that makes this sighting so much more special for us. It was only the second time in 21 years that we had seen a cheetah in the Kruger National Park and we are frequent visitors.

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IndyCar Racing Experience

Driver : K Kaiser

Event : Honda Indy Toronto

July 16th 2022

The fastest coach in Ireland! Formerly HST kitchen car 40513, it later became the Intercity Executive saloon, before spending some time in store. It was bought by Iarnród Éireann, who converted it to a buffet car for use on push pull services, largely to Waterford. When this photo was taken, the coach was in its last days of service with the ongoing introduction of the ICR sets. This is the corridor side.

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fastest animal around,and gorgeous..

This is a set of photographs from the annual St. Coca's AC 5KM Road Race 2013 which was held in Kilcock, Co. Kildare, Ireland at 20:00 on Friday 27th June 2013. This superb road race is now firmly established again as one of the fastest and best organised road races of it's kind in Leinster. The course is left handed and starts outside the 'Bawn Og' St. Coca's AC track. It then proceeds around a well known local walking route around Laragh and in the closing kilometer runs parallel to the Royal Canal into the finish at the railway station. The members of St. Coca's AC and the many volunteers from the local community must be given great praise for organising another fantastic night of racing for runners, joggers, and walkers. The 5KM course is very flat with the exception of short incline up a motorway overpass and makes its way along narrow country lanes sheltered on either side by hedgerows. The weather was dry and humid and this made a good evening for an enjoyable night for everyone with a large crowd gathering at the finish to cheer on participants. Over 400 people participated in the race. There was a fantastic spread of refreshments (cakes, biscuits, sandwiches and hot drinks) in the school afterwards.

We have a large set of photographs from the event today. The full set is accessible at: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157645423471903/

Timing and event management was provided by Precision Timing. Results are available on their website at www.precisiontiming.net/result/racetimer with additional material available on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/davidprecisiontiming?fref=ts) See their promotional video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-7_TUVwJ6Q

Reading on a Smartphone or tablet? Don't forget to scroll down further to read more about this race and see important Internet links to other information about the race! You can also find out how to access and download these photographs.

Some Useful Links

2014 St. Coca's 5KM Results www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2056

GPS Trace of the 5KM Course (course hasn't changed in a few years) connect.garmin.com/activity/194011978

St. Coca's AC Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/stcocas.ac?ref=ts&fref=ts

St. Coca's Race Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/stcocas.roadrace?ref=ts&fref=ts

Start/finish area on Google Maps [Start: www.google.ie/maps/@53.397601,-6.675909,15z Finish: goo.gl/maps/3kPKq] are all within easy access of race HQ and the local village.

Google Streetview of the Location of the Race Finish: goo.gl/maps/3kPKq

Our Flickr Photograph Set of the St. Coca's 5KM 2013: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157634382263872/

Our Flickr Photograph Set of the St. Coca's 5KM 2012: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157630347296616/

Our Flickr Photograph Set of the St. Coca's 5KM 2011: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157627042558602/

The Boards.ie Discussion Forum Thread about the Race in 2014: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057223729

The Boards.ie Discussion Forum Thread about the Race in 2013: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056954512

Read the Irish Heart Foundation Booklet on the "Slí na Sláinte" which the race encorporates: www.irishheart.ie/media/pub/slinaslainte/maps/kilcock.pdf

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I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?

As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:

     ►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera

     ►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set

     ►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone

     ►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!

You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.

Don't like your photograph here?

That's OK! We understand!

If, for any reason, you are not happy or comfortable with your picture appearing here in this photoset on Flickr then please email us at petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com and we will remove it as soon as possible. We give careful consideration to each photograph before uploading.

I want to tell people about these great photographs!

Great! Thank you! The best link to spread the word around is probably http://www.flickr.com/peterm7/sets

Fastest Spy plane

ანა ლომინაძემ (საქართველო) ბორკილითა და ჯაჭვით ხელფეხშეკრულ მდგომარეობაში 25 მეტრი გაცურა 21.76 წამში, 2014 წლის 3 აპრილს, დიღმის საცურაო აუზზე (თბილისი, საქართველო).

Ana Lominadze (Georgia) swam 25 meters in 21.76 seconds while wearing the handcuffs and leg irons on 3 April 2014, at the Dighomi Swimming Pool in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Disproving the saying "the fastest way is straight down the middle"

If the fastest route was diagonally across the street, to get home faster...i'll take it

ODC: Diagonal

This shot was taken, editted and posted with my HTC incredible S

Android-ography

20160618_144558_DSC_4028.JPG. - The fastest runner of the first leg of the Venla relay 2016.

Usain Bolt at the medals ceremony for the Men's 100m race in London where he won gold with a time of 9.63 seconds.

Camera: Canon 5D Mark II

Lens: 70-200mm f/2.8L@ 200mm

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