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One of my friends happens to be Heathrow Airport's next door neighbour =)
Revision at his house = camera
"Arromanches is remembered as a historic place of the Normandy landings and in particular as the place where a Mulberry harbor artificial port was installed. This artificial port allowed the disembarkation of 9,000 tons of material per day.
It was on the beach of Arromanches that, during the Invasion of Normandy immediately after D-Day, the Allies established an artificial temporary harbor to allow the unloading of heavy equipment without waiting for the conquest of deep water ports such as Le Havre or Cherbourg. Although at the centre of the Gold Beach landing zone, Arromanches was spared the brunt of the fighting on D-Day so the installation and operation of the port could proceed as quickly as possible without damaging the beach and destroying surrounding lines of communication. The port was commissioned on 14 June 1944.
This location was one of two sites chosen to establish the necessary port facilities to unload quantities of supplies and troops needed for the invasion during June 1944, the other was built further West at Omaha Beach. The British built huge floating concrete caissons which, after being towed from England, then had to be assembled to form walls and piers forming and defining the artificial port called the Mulberry harbor. These comprised pontoons linked to the land by floating roadways. One of these ports was assembled at Arromanches and even today sections of the Mulberry harbor still remain with huge concrete blocks sitting on the sand and more can be seen further out at sea.
Some key figures: by 12 June 1944 more than 300,000 men, 54,000 vehicles, 104,000 tons of supplies had been landed. During 100 days of operation of the port 2.5 million men, 500,000 vehicles, and 4 million tons of material were landed. The best performance of the port was in the last week of July 1944: during those seven days the traffic through Arromanches exceeded 136,000 tons or 20,000 tons per day.
Today, Arromanches is mainly a tourist town. Situated in a good location for visiting all of the battle sites and war cemeteries, there is also a museum at Arromanches with information about Operation Overlord and in particular, the Mulberry harbors."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arromanches-les-Bains
www.arromanches.com/accueil/index.php?lang=uk
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Wood stork coming in for a landing. Taken in the rookery in St. Augustine's Gator Farm. The birds like to nest in the trees above the gators so that they aren't bothered by tree climbing predators.
But they'd better watch out to stay out of the gators reach...
One landing rail, taken from Del Prado Dolls House kit 79. Just two pieces- the handrail and the banisters, sanded and painted gloss white. It’s a really easy win, and I wish I had got a second piece and cut it to size, because constructing the L-piece from scratch (not shown here) was just too fiddly.
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SMOOTH LANDING - Alvord senior Madi Lynch's long jump of 16-2.75 earned her a seventh place finish in the regional meet Friday in Stephenville at Tarleton State University. It also earned her a trip to the finals on Saturday. Messenger photo by Joe Duty
"Laguardia Landing Lights" city park located in Queens, NY. 1.88 acres with landing lights located across from the runway, at the intersection of Astoria Blvd and the Grand Central Expressway.
A great place to chillax and pretend you're Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar!
Beneath Concorde G-BOAF at the Filton Airfield Museum in Bristol. These wheel touched down 6045 times between 20 April 1979 and 26 November 2003.
5K & Kids Race at Silver Dollar City and Half Marathon at Branson Landing October 11-12, 2014 in Branson, Missouri.
5K & Kids Race at Silver Dollar City and Half Marathon at Branson Landing October 11-12, 2014 in Branson, Missouri.
Sissiboo Landing 2
Today I traveled to Weymouth to do a presentation on the Historic Gardens for the Weymouth Garden Club. I had a few minutes to explore the Town and I happened upon Sissiboo Landing, a Cultural Interpretive Centre.
The Centre was not open, but this wonderful huge carving on the front of their building made my day!