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Emotional Cartography by Christian Nold
Hurricane tracker by Stamen
Cabspotting by Stamen
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The Westland Whirlwind (Whirly or Whirlibomber in RAF slang) was a British twin-engined heavy fighter developed by Westland Aircraft. It was the Royal Air Force's first single-seat, twin-engined, cannon-armed fighter, and a contemporary of the Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane. It was one of the fastest aircraft in service when it flew in the late 1930s, and was much more heavily armed than any other.
However, protracted development problems with its Rolls-Royce Peregrine engines delayed the entire project and only a relatively small number were ever built. During the Second World War only two RAF squadrons were equipped with the Whirlwind, and despite successful use as a fighter-bomber it was withdrawn from service in 1943.
After retirement in December 1943, the surviving Whirlwinds were sent to 18 Maintenance Unit at Dumfries, Scotland, where they were to be scrapped - but this was halted in early 1944 when the remaining airframes were modified for a completely new role: as radar-equipped pathfinders with the new, American H2X radar.
The H2X radar ("Mickey set", AN/APS-15) was an American development of the British H2S radar, the first ground mapping radar to be used in combat. It was used by the USAAF during World War II as a navigation system for daylight overcast and nighttime operations. It used a shorter 3 cm wavelength (10 GHz frequency) than the H2S, giving a sharper picture (H2S subsequently adopted 3 cm in the Mark III version entering operational service on November 18, 1943, for “Battle of Berlin”) and not known to have ever been spotted by the German Naxos radar detector, due to that receiving device's specific purpose being to spot the original British H2S equipment's lower frequency, 3 GHz emissions.
The hemispherical radome for the H2X's rotating dish antenna replaced the much bigger ball turret of the H2S, which was e. g. installed under Avro Lancaster bombers. The first H2X-equipped aircraft, B-17s, arrived in England in early February 1944, and were first used in combat later that month, and the first use of the "Mickey" was against Ploesti on April 5, 1944.
Availability of the new radar systems was scarse, so the idea of special aircraft guiding groups of bombers was born. Furthermore, due to the absence of radar maps as guidance, respective reconnaissance and radar mapping missions had to be conducted.
Consequently six PR Mk.XVI de Havilland Mosquito aircraft in the 482nd Bomb Group were equipped with H2X equipment in April 1944. The idea was to produce photographs of the radar screen during flights over Germany allowing easy interpretation of these radar images in later bombing runs. Three aircraft were subsequently lost in training, and the project was discontinued, but the idea was kept up.
Twenty Westland Whirlwind airframes as well as further twelve PR Mk.XVI de Havilland Mosquito aircraft were fitted with H2X. The Whirlwinds saw major modification: first of all, the complete nose section was redesigned. The cannon armament was replaced by a more spacious, deeper compartment that carried the H2X in the nose section behind an opaque perspex cover, as well as the technical equipment for the radar and a work station for a radar operator right in front of the cockpit.
The Whirlwind's original Peregrine engines were replaced by bigger, more powerful Merlin 76, which were optimized for high altitude operation. The engines also featured cabin pressure blowers that supported a pressurized crew compartment . Wet hardpoints under the wings were added, so that drop tanks extended the range. Theoretically, two 1.000 lb (454 kg) bombs could be carried, but the Whirlwind PR.3, how the aircraft was officially designated, normally flew unarmed.
The new machines were allocated to RAF No. 627 Squadron. This squadron had been formed on 12 November 1943 at RAF Oakington from part of 139 Squadron, and it was originally equipped with the de Havilland Mosquito. It flew operations as part of No. 8 Group's light bomber force. Beyond normal bombing missions it also carried out Pathfinder duties and was involved in attacks on Berlin in early 1944. In April 1944 it was transferred to No. 5 Group as a specialised target marking squadron, although it also carried out amend reconnaissance and normal bombing duties.
Beginning in May 1944 the Whirlwinds were, together with some radar-equipped Mosquitos, integrated into American Bomber Groups and joined by American aircraft, e .g. modified P-38Ls. Nicknamed "Pelican" by the crews, the retrofitted Whirlwinds flew bomber guidance and radar mapping night missions until February 1945. The sets tended to overload the aircraft's electrical system and occasionally exploded, and Mickey aircraft had the highest loss, abort and mission failure rates, so that service was severely curtailed after February 19, 1945, but the machines were kept in service and flew photo and weather reconnaissance missions until the end of the hostilities.
General characteristics:
Crew: One pilot
Length: 35 ft 4 1/2 in (10.80 m)
Wingspan: 45 ft 0 in (13.72 m)
Height: 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Wing area: 250 ft² (23.2 m²)
Airfoil: NACA 23017-08
Empty weight: 8.800 lb (3.,995 kg)
Loaded weight: 11.467 lb (5.206 kg)
Max. take-off weight: 12.665 lb (5,750 kg)
Powerplant:
2× Rolls-Royce Merlin 76 liquid-cooled V-12 and fitted with a two-speed, two-stage supercharger and a Bendix Stromberg anti-g carburettor, rated at 1.233 hp (919 kW) at 35,000 ft (10,668 m) and driving de Havilland constant speed propellers with a diameter of 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m)
Performance:
Maximum speed: 415 mph (361 kn, 668 km/h)) at 28,000 ft (8,500 m)
Stall speed: 95 mph (83 knots, 153 km/h) (flaps down)
Range: 900 mi (782 nmi, 1.400 km))
Service ceiling: 37.000 ft (11.000 m)
Armament:
None. Two underwing hardpoints, normally occupied with a pair of 62 imp. gal (450l) slipper tanks. Alternatively a pair of bombs of up to 1.000 lb (454 kg) caliber could be carried, or racks with target indicator bombs, inclusing various candles and No. 1 Mk 1 TI Bombs, No. 7 Mk 1 Multi-flash Bombs or No. 8 Mk 1 Spotfire Bomb
The kit and its assembly:
This is another (kind of) tribute build, inspired by one of many Westland Whirlwind profiles created by fellow user Franclab at flickr.com.
Among the many great and creative ideas was a Pathfinder Whirlwind with a glass nose (reminiscent of the D.H, Mosquito bombers and also similar to the P-38L pathfinders with an optical bomb sight), finished in classic PRU Blue livery with USAAF insignia.
I liked this two seater idea, so I decided to make a contemporary hardware aircraft, loosely based on Franclab's creative input.
The kit is the venerable Airfix kit, and it saw some modifications. After my earlier Whirlwind FB.2 with implanted Mosquito engine nacelles resulted in a slightly overpowered ('Popeye style') bird, I tried something different this time: just an engine swap.
In this case I implanted resin Merlins from Pavla, which are replacements for the Tamiya kit and depict high altitude 72/73 versions. What sound simple was just as tedious as changing the complete nacelles: the Merllins are bigger than the Peregrines, in any dimension, so mounting them and blending them with the nacelles took some serious sculpting and putty work.
Another issue were the propellers: the Mosquito spinner is considerably larger than the Whilrwind's (including the propeller itself!), and in order to mount the OOB propellers I added a spacer, carved from spare wheels from the scrap box, so that a fluid, overall line was kept. Lots of work!
The new nose was taken wholesale from the Dragon P-38L Pathfinder kit, the one with the solid H2X nose. The alternative 'Droop Snoop' version with the glass nose is also available, but I found the radar-equipped version more interesting, and it is more voluminous so that the second crew member (a bomb aimer from an Airfix B-17) could rather sit than lay prone in the Whirlwind's nose.
As a drawback, the deeper new front had to be blended with the slender rest of the aircraft. I bridged this section with the half of a vintage Matchbox EA-6B drop tank, resulting in a kangaroo-like shape which could be justified through a ventral camera compartment, since the nose is occupied with the H2X equipment. Looks odd, as intended, but interesting, and the nose arrangement could also work for a night fighter - even though I have no idea where potential guns should be mounted?
Cockpit and landing gear were taken OOB, I just added the bulbous slipper tanks which were scratched from a Hawker Sea Fury's (PM Models) drop tanks, and also a lot of putty to blend them under the wings.
Painting and markings:
Simple and classic, with USAAF Mosquitos (ex RAF photo reconnaissance aircraft) as benchmark. All over PRU Blue sounds a bit boring, but the typical red tail for the pathfinder aircraft makes a massive contrast, and I decided to take the blue livery further: towards late 1944 the Invasion Stripes were about to disappear on Allied aircraft, painted over and in many cases the fuselage bands (or just the ventral section) were visible.
That's what I wanted to recreate: an almost all blue aircraft, but with the stripes dimly shining through. This was achieved in the same fashion as it would have been done in real life: the stripes were roughly painted with acrylics on wings and fuselage. Then the normal PRU Blue (Modelmaster) was added all around, and as final step the same PRU Blue was thinned and washed with a big, soft brush over the stripes, controlling the pigments' thickness and adding some slight streaks from front to back.
While not perfect, I am happy with the result - you can tell that there is "something" on and below the wings, as well as on the spine, but it is not clear at all.
Some dry-brushing with shades of blue-gray (e .g. revell 57 and Humbrol 230 and 147) completed the basic paint work.
The tail was painted in Humbrol 60 and shaded with 174 - the tone turns out to be orangic, a perfect match, as far as I can tell.
The radome was first primed with Humbrol 168 (Hemp) and then dry-brushed with 71 an 166 (Beige and RAF Light Aircraft Grey).
The markings were a bit tricky, and I used a real life, ex-RAF PR Spitfire in US service as benchmark: it received Stars and Bars, but retained its former RAF aircraft code, as well as its former RAF squadron code - but the latter were placed on the fin. I copied this concept, and since the high stabilizer blocks good view, the individual aircraft code letter (on Mosquitos it was frequently placed on the fin) was moved on a black contrast circle onto the flanks, while the RAF No. 627 Squadron. code "AZ" was painted in yellow digits above the three last digits of the RAF aircraft number. Totally odd, but plausible, and in the end more colorful than expected!
A small nose art completed the job, before the exhausts received some soot stains and the kit a coat with matt acrylic varnish.
A pretty aircraft/conversion - it looks a bit odd on the ground, due to the longer nose and engines, but the overall lines look very good, especially on the flight pics.
So, with best regards to Canada, thanks a lot for the inspiration. ^^
We have a subscription to the National Geographic magazine and this is a map that accompanied an article on the Russian war against Ukraine.
Testing mobile mapping of carbon-dixoide (CO2) in cities using the prototype DIYSCO2 sensor on car-sharing vehicles.
Part of album Urban CO2 Emission Mapping.
This method to map carbon dioxide emissions using mobile sensors on vehicles is described in: Lee J.K., Christen A., Ketler R., Nesic Z. (2017): 'A mobile sensor network to map carbon dioxide emissions in urban environments'. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, doi:10.5194/amt-2016-200.
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this Cessna T337H Turbo (built 1978) was flying line by line over a particular area Southern Suburbs of Cape Town. Remarkable this external ball what looks like an camera under the left ( backboard ) wing...
Maybe one of my visitors knows more about this interesting plane?
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Mapping the exposition from the Filter Photo Festival at Chicago (2013) included the original of this salt print from my Bipolar: Between analogical and digital. Winner (Finalist) in the London International Creative Contest as Art Thesis.
A number of people have asked about how I have my custom USB QWERTY keyboard mapped to Ableton Live, so I took a screenshot of the keymapping view (Apple-K!) in order to let people see it. You might want to view the largest size to really be able to see what's going on.
Read more about my design here:
For reference, the custom QWERTY keyboard I'm referring to is here:
This is a zerox of an ancient body map illustration from an old book called Mapping The Body by Mark Kidel and Susan Rowe-Leete. It shows the hundreds of energy points running through the human body.
I used to use images of the body in much of my art and did a lot of research around that. In this case, I used this body map to help illustrate the chakra system as part of the Great Round series, a year-long series on mandalas on red Ravine. See details in the links.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 2008
Field Number: IMG_13305
full posts on redravine.wordpress.com
Testing mobile mapping of carbon-dixoide (CO2) in cities using the prototype DIYSCO2 sensor on car-sharing vehicles. Carbon dioxide is measured using the tubes on the roofs. Photo: Andreas Christen, UBC.
Part of album Urban CO2 Emission Mapping.
This method to map carbon dioxide emissions using mobile sensors on vehicles is described in: Lee J.K., Christen A., Ketler R., Nesic Z. (2017): 'A mobile sensor network to map carbon dioxide emissions in urban environments'. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, doi:10.5194/amt-2016-200.
Enjoy a scenic drive along the Molalla River which offers easy river access and opportunities for picnicking, swimming, camping, whitewater boating and fishing. The Molalla is one of the few undammed tributaries of the Willamette River and cuts a picturesque gorge on its way to the valley floor.
The Molalla River Trail System is an extensive network of more than 20 miles of trails for hikers, bicyclists and equestrians. The system combines both single track trails and old forest roads. The trails wind through the forested foothills and slopes of the Molalla River Valley, occasionally offering scenic glimpses of the forests and mountains of the Cascade Range. The system offers a variety of difficulty levels for a wide range of mountain biking, hiking and horseback riding enthusiasts. Trails are generally marked with directional signs and levels of difficulty. The best equestrian access to the trail system is from Hardy Creek or Annie’s Cabin Trailheads where there is ample parking for horse trailers. Mountain bikers and hikers may prefer to access the trail system via Amanda’s, Americorp, and Sandquist ’s Trailheads.
Know Before You Go:
-Camping: Limited to the Three Bears and Cedar Grove Campgrounds. Campsites are on a first-come, first-serve basis.
-Fires: Fires are limited to the steel fire rings or BBQ grills provided.
-Firewood: No firewood collection is allowed at the developed campgrounds.
-Fees: $10 per-night, per-campsite is encouraged.
-Trash: Pack-it in, pack-it out.
-Caution: Watch out for log trucks that frequently use the road.
-Camping along the Molalla River from Glen Avon Bridge to Middle Fork road is limited to developed recreation facilities at Three Bears and Cedar Grove.
Three Bears Recreation Site -- is available for walk-in tent camping on a first-come, first-served basis. Situated on a scenic stretch of the Molalla River 4 miles south of Glen Avon Bridge, Three Bears has 15 campsites, each equipped with a tent pad, metal fire ring, BBQ grill and picnic table. The campground also has an on-site volunteer host, potable water, restrooms, and access to a beautiful cobble beach and swimming hole.
Cedar Grove Recreation Site -- is available for walk-in tent camping between on a first-come, first-served basis. The site is located in a picturesque grove of western red cedar at milepost 6 on the Molalla Forest Road. Amenities include potable water, restrooms, and 11 tent camping sites each equipped with a tent pad, metal fire ring, BBQ grill, and picnic table.
Aquila Vista -- is available for overnight group camping by obtaining a special recreation permit. The season is most likely between May 13 and September 13. The site is located in the heart of the forest next to a large beaver pond. There is plenty of hiking and natural beauty to be seen at Aquila Vista including a small water fall. Amenities include restrooms, a group picnic shelter with multiple picnic tables and a metal fire ring. There is no running water at Aquila Vista, ensure that you bring plenty of drinking, cooking and sanitation water. There is no firewood at the site or firewood collection allowed, please bring your own firewood if you wish to have a fire. The campsite is nestled next to a large beaver pond so there can be mosquitoes in the summer, don’t forget bug repellent. The whole recreation site will be available through a special recreation permit system for a group of up to 30 people. Reservations must be made at least 14 days in advance to enable permit processing. Interested groups should contact the BLM Salem District Office.
The Molalla recreation corridor sits between 800 and 1200 feet in elevation. There is no cell phone service. Be aware that the main S. Molalla Forest Rd is regularly used for hauling timber and forest products. Please observe posted rules and regulations.
Point of Interest: Molalla Recreation Area is the gateway to Table Rock Wilderness. For more information visit: www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/oregon-w...
Directions:
The Molalla River Recreation Area is located approximately 10 miles southeast of Molalla in Clackamas County. From the town of Molalla, drive east on Main St/OR 211. Veer right at the OR 211/Mathias Road intersection, follow signs for Feyrer Park. Once past Feyrer Park, cross over the Molalla River, turn right, and follow signs for Dickey Prairie Rd. Continue south on Dickey Prairie Rd, keeping the Dickey Prairie Store on your left. At 3.7 miles past the store, turn right on Molalla Forest Rd and cross Glen Avon Bridge.
Contact:
1717 Fabry Road, SE
Salem, OR 97306
Phone: 503-375-5646
Fax: 503-375-5622
E-mail: BLM_OR_SA_Mail@blm.gov
Sebastian Kurz, Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa 2015 in Jordan. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Faruk Pinjo
Sergey with the 'cave sniper' tool during a mapping exercise.
Held each year, CAVES teaches astronauts to explore the underground system of the Sa Grutta caves in Sardinia, Italy, as a team, delving deep underground to perform scientific experiments as well as chart and document their activities.
The CAVES course – Cooperative Adventure for Valuing and Exercising human behaviour and performance Skills – is run by the European Astronaut Centre to simulate spaceflight. Seasoned International Space Station astronauts as well as rookies participate in the course and share experiences while learning how to improve leadership, teamwork, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
The cavenauts participating in this year's campaign are ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, NASA astronaut Scott Tingle, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexander Mirsurkin and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and ESA engineer & Eurocom Matthias Maurer.
More about the 2014 cavenauts:
www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Caves/2014_c...
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Credits: ESA\R.DeLuca