Loved the shape of this massive window in downtown Chicago, and the obvious care that went into the design of the molding and numbering. Loved the decay. And I really loved the model airplanes.

Listening to Barns Courtney's "Hands": youtu.be/OTqHhrhSFhg

Die Douglas DC-3 (mit den militärischen Varianten Douglas C-47 und Douglas Dakota) ist laut Wikipedia das bis heute in der grössten Stückzahl gefertigte Passagier- bzw. Transportflugzeug, und mit Sicherheit eines der bekanntesten. Für die Swissair flogen 16 Maschinen von 1937 bis 1969. Die Maschine mit der Kennung HB-IRO als Vorbild des Modelles wurde 1938 beschafft und bis 1955 von der Swissair geflogen, anschliessend verkauft. Der Swissair-Flugplan Nr. 6 galt ab dem 25 Mai 1948. Das Fernglas 8X30 Deltrintem stammt von Carl Zeiss Jena (Tut mir sehr leid, liebe Schweizer Freunde: Stilecht müsste es natürlich ein Modell von Kern Aarau sein, davon war leider keines zur Hand…).

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The Douglas DC-3 (with the military variants Douglas C-47 and Douglas Dakota) is, according to Wikipedia, the passenger resp. transport aircraft produced in the largest numbers until today, and certainly one of the most famous ones. For Swissair, 16 aircraft flew from 1937 to 1969. The machine with the designation HB-IRO as the prototype of the model was acquired in 1938 and flown by Swissair until 1955, then sold. The Swissair flight plan No. 6 was valid from May 25, 1948. The binoculars 8X30 Deltrintem were made by Carl Zeiss Jena (I'm very sorry, dear Swiss friends: Of course, in true style, it should be a model by Kern Aarau, but unfortunately none of those were to hand...).

Wie wäre es mit einer kleinen Städtereise? Wie es scheint, wird es sogar Bordservice geben.

(Die Douglas DC-3 (mit den militärischen Varianten Douglas C-47 und Douglas Dakota) ist laut Wikipedia das bis heute in der grössten Stückzahl gefertigte Passagier- bzw. Transportflugzeug, und mit Sicherheit eines der bekanntesten. Für die Swissair waren 16 Maschinen dieses Typs von 1937 bis 1969 im Einsatz. Die Maschine mit der Kennung HB-IRA als Vorbild des Modelles gehörte zu den ersten wurde bis 1955 von der Swissair geflogen, anschliessend verkauft. Der Swissair-Flugplan Nr. 6 galt ab dem 25. Mai 1948.)

How about a little city trip? It seems there will even be on-board service.

(The Douglas DC-3 (with the military variants Douglas C-47 and Douglas Dakota) is, according to Wikipedia, the passenger resp. transport aircraft produced in the largest numbers until today, and certainly one of the most famous ones. For Swissair, 16 aircraft of this type operated from 1937 to 1969. The machine with the designation HB-IRA as the prototype of the model belonged to the first ones and operated by Swissair until 1955, then sold. The Swissair flight plan No. 6 was valid from May 25, 1948.)

Nun, welche Zeitzone wollen wir für das erste Ziel unserer kleinen Reise einstellen? Wie wäre es mit «10» für Aden – oder vielleicht «23» für Anchorage?

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Now, which time zone do we want to set for the first destination of our little trip? How about "10" for Aden - or maybe "23" for Anchorage?

(Dottenheim, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany)

Model Airplane Show 2018

The bird on the right is the newest addition to our little family. His name is Mr. Alfred and he flew to us from far, far away. 🐦 Mr. Alfred absolutely loves flying and airplanes! ✈ Sammy and I showed him our model biplane. I picked it up and started circling it above his head. Mr. Alfred got so excited and he started hopping around and flapping those big wings of his He’s truly an amazing guy. I’ve got a feeling this bird’s gonna bring us a ton of fun

Oh, and if you check out the background, you might spot Sammy’s buddy Boo flying a tiny airplane. I can't wait to see Alfred's reaction when he spots him! 😀

I'm wearing:

E.K - GIO - Leather Shearling Jacket

E.K - GIO - Shirt

E.K - Karl - Regular Fit Denim - Jake

{Twins}Kimiko - Goggles

Props:

Apple Fall Model Plane - Large

{anc} mist cloud [sungold] 1prim sculpt

.:revival:. old fence

LOVE - SUNSHINE MEADOW - RED DAISY

LOVE - SUNSHINE MEADOW - LEMON

Wild Natoma Grass Circle

Animals:

♥ My lovely puppy Sammy is a Splashy Spaniels / Brit. Gold made by Jian

♥ A fox peeking out of the grass was made by Jian

♥ Mr. Alfred: Bird Toons | Animesh Companion made by Origin

♠ The little dog who is flying around is Habada the Pilot Weenie made by Jian

Huge shoutout to the awesome photographer Rimgal Kirax for telling me about this crazy bird he spotted in one of his pictures! Thank you! 💯📷

Da sass er nun also in seinem Hotelzimmer und versuchte, Frustration, Ärger und Wut mit dem – ja, dem wievielten eigentlich? Dem ersten jedenfalls nicht, dem zweiten oder dritten auch nicht, und eigentlich war es auch egal dem wievielten – Whisky, den er sich hatte aufs Zimmer bringen lassen, endgültig hinunterzuspülen. Gelingen würde es natürlich auch diesmal nicht.

Verärgert und wütend war er auch über sich selbst, das schon. Vor allem aber über die hohen Herren, die sich aufplusterten wie sonst was; jederzeit bereit für einen barschen Befehl oder ach so gut gemeinten Ratschlag, aber selbst nicht eine Minute im Einsatz zugebracht. Er solle, so hatte man ihm wörtlich gesagt (na ja, «gesagt» traf es eigentlich nicht), seinen Arsch in das Hotelzimmer bewegen und auf einen gewissen Handelsattaché Graf von und zu Storchenweier mit weiteren Befehlen warten.

Er war doch eigentlich erfolgreich gewesen. Mit der durch ihre rot-weissen «Neutralitätsstreifen» an Rumpf und Tragflächen vor einer übereifrigen Flugabwehr leidlich geschützten Maschine der Swissair war er von Stuttgart nach Zürich geflogen, auf der letzten der Gesellschaft verbliebenen Strecke.

Er war als absolut glaubhafter Industrievertreter des Deutschen Reiches gereist. Mit so jemandem wollte man es sich verständlicherweise nicht verderben. Als geschätzter Gast hatte er auf jenem edlen Bankett und bei eher klandestinen Zusammenkünften wichtige Männer (und schöne Frauen) getroffen. Und praktisch alle würden, ebenso wie ihre Hintermänner, tun, was auch immer man höflich von ihnen erfragte, damit die sehr diskret aufgenommenen Bilder, die sie in Unterhaltungen mit durchaus bemerkenswerten Gesprächspartnern zeigten, nur ja nicht in die falschen Hände gerieten oder gar öffentlich würden.

Sehr diskret hatte er sie alle auf Film festgehalten – oder eigentlich eben nicht. Denselben Film zweimal einzulegen und zu belichten, dass hätte nun wirklich nicht seien müssen.

(Teil der Serie: Ein Bild und eine Geschichte. Copyright Der Sekretär, 2024. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.)

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So there he was, sitting in his hotel room, trying to wash down his frustration, anger and rage with - well, how many? Not the first, nor the second, nor the third, and it didn't really matter which one - whisky, which he had ordered to be brought to his room. Of course, he wouldn't succeed this time either.

He was annoyed and furious with himself, of course. Above all, however, he was annoyed and furious with the high-ups, who were puffing themselves up like anything; always ready for a harsh order or oh-so-well-intentioned piece of advice, but hadn't spent a minute on a mission themselves. He had literally been told (well, "told" was actually not the right word) to get his ass into the hotel room and wait for a certain commercial attaché, Count von und zu Storchenweier, with further orders.

He had actually been successful. He had flown from Stuttgart to Zurich in the Swissair plane, fairly well protected from overzealous air defense by its red and white "neutrality stripes" on the fuselage and wings, on the company's last remaining route.

He had traveled as an absolutely credible industrial representative of the German Reich. Understandably, nobody wanted to mess things up with someone like that. As a valued guest, he had met important men (and beautiful women) at that noble banquet and at more clandestine events. And practically all of them, like their backers, would do whatever was politely asked of them to ensure that the very discreetly captured images they showed them in conversation with quite remarkable counterparts did not fall into the wrong hands or even become public.

He had very discreetly captured them all on film - or not, actually. There was really no need to load and expose the same film twice.

(Part of the series: A picture and a story. Copyright by Secretary, 2024, all rights reserved).

A model plane flies over Lake Josephine

Classic RC airplanes waiting to soar. :)

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Yellow roadside umbels framing the flyer and his two model planes, one on the ground and the other in the air above the flowers. Showing a wider view of the hills surrounding.

Fun day at Meadowmere Park and Bob Jones Nature Preserve in Southlake, Texas.

The Tamiya kit.

Decals are a combination of the Tamiya kit decal and Techmod 48068. This Techmod decal gave me some trouble--the two large white '155' markings bled during manufacture, and it wasn't evident to me how serious this was until I dipped them in water. The decal that I used on the port side of the model wasn't so bad, but I didn't photograph the starboard side, because the decal on that side was noticeably fuzzy.

This model depicts Vought F4U-1D Corsair VF-84 White 155, USS Bunker Hill, February, 1945.

Static display @ Buffalo Naval Museum, the model aircraft was suspended over a model aircraft carrier by wires with a background of a city.

I believe the aircraft is suppose to be a Grumman F4F Wildcat.

Radio controlled BF-109 at a recent fly-in at the Edmonton Radio Control Society Bremner Field. Electric powered.

The Minicraft/Hasegawa kit.

Decals by ATP/Airliners America/AD200.

Windows and canopy by Liveries Unlimited.

Photographed March 16, 2019.

Fun day at Meadowmere Park and Bob Jones Nature Preserve in Southlake, Texas.

The Fly kit.

This model depicts Northwest Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 N984US. It displays the Northwest Airlines livery as it appeared between 1985 and 1989--essentially the scheme that Northwest Orient used throughout the 1970s, but now with the word 'Orient' deleted from the title.

The decals for the Northwest livery were taken from the Flight Path MD80 sheet. The decals for the windows, registration, and detailing were taken from scraps accumulated from earlier projects over the years.

Taken at the model airplane field in Gateway National Park, Staten Island, NY.

The old Airfix kit. Decals are a combination of the original kit decal and Techmod 72013 Hawker Hurricane Mk. I.

This model depicts airplane RF-E/P3700, flown during the Battle of Britain by Pilot Sgt. Kazimierz Wünsche of 303 Polish Squadron, Northolt. During an engagement on September 9, 1940, Pilot Sgt. Wünsche shot down two German planes: an Me109 and an He111. During the engagement, Pilot Sgt. Wünsche was himself shot down. He survived with injuries and burns, and returned to combat after hospitalization.

Fun day at Meadowmere Park and Bob Jones Nature Preserve in Southlake, Texas.

radio controlled model jet flying in front of the moon at the High Desert Fly In

For Macro Mondays

In Explore 6th Sep 2016

My 1/48 scale Italeri Nesher has joined my two Academy Mirage IIICJ on the Dulacca flight line. This continues my Mirage collection in 1/48 scale.

The classic Revell kit, converted from an F4F-4 to an F4F-3. Decals by AeroMaster, expanded to 1/32 scale. This model depicts the plane Lt. John S. Thach flew in 1942 as the CO of VF-3, USS Lexington.

Space Shuttle and 747 display model

Fun day at Meadowmere Park and Bob Jones Nature Preserve in Southlake, Texas. Male Painted Bunting.

I think my photo the last few days have been less than outstanding so I took a little bit of an extra step and put some effort into today's photo.

After my stepdad watched 'The Aviator', this model plane mysteriously appeared out of nowhere the next day. Anyways, we're doing some late spring cleaning and I just brought this outside to take photos of. Hope you guys like it.

Camera: Minox 35 GL

Lens: Color-Minotar 1:2.8 35mm

Film: Rollei RPX 100 (expired) home developed in Kodak XTOL 1+1

The Airfix/MPC kit. Decals by MicroScale. Window frames by ATP/Airliners America.

The Matchbox/AMT kit. Decals by ABT.

This model is a composite, generally representative of the various Bf109E's of Jagdgeschwader 26 (JG 26) flown under the command of Adolf Galland and Josef Priller during the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain in WWII.

The 1973 release of the Monogram kit, straight out of the box.

Photographed October 23, 2023.

Taken at Hastings MFC May bank holiday fly-in

Finally done enough to put it away in the cupboard. It is a Kinetic 1/48 scale F-16C issued by Italeri. Some fragile parts for an old bloke.

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The Hasegawa LoveLiner kit, with the fuselage sawed down and shortened from a DC-9-40 to a DC-9-20. Decals by Liveries Unlimited.

The old 1/24 scale MPC kit. This kit was originally released in 1970 by Airfix, but was also licensed out to MPC in 1971.

The Airfix/MPC 1/24 Spitfire kit is 55 years old. The molding and fit are problematic, and require a lot of cutting, as well as significant gap-filling and sanding. The original kit decals were unusable, so I had to cut and use decals from a variety of sources, including Techmod, SuperScale lettering, scrap, and extra decaling that originally came from a Trumpeter 1/24 scale Hawker Hurricane.

This model depicts airplane KL-A X4650 of 54 Squadron, Catterick, flown by Pilot Sergeant Howard Squire. The plane actually never saw battle, because it collided with another Spitfire (KL-B, flown by Flight Comnander Alan Deere) during a training exercise. Both pilots survived, but KL-A X4650 crashed into the River Leven. It was discovered in the river in 1976 and restored, and is now active at Duxford, England.

He's always wanted to be one.

The Airfix kit.

Cabin windows were filled with MicroScale Micro Kristal Klear.

Livery Decals and cabin window frames by ATP/Airliners America.

Paint is Testors Yellow spray, Testors flat black, and Testors silver.

Metallic portions of wings, engines, rudder, and elevators done with Bare-Metal® Foil.

My full collection of kit model aircraft, consisting of 4 Revell DHC-6 Twin Otter and 2 Airfix Britten Norman Islander kits.

Here is my recent build, an ICM 1/48 scale clipped wing Mk IX wearing 453 Squadron, RAAF markings.

The Hasegawa kit. This model depicts P-38F-1-LO 94th FS, 1st FG, 12th AF, Algeria/Tunisia, 1942.

Fun day at Meadowmere Park and Bob Jones Nature Preserve in Southlake, Texas.

The Otaki kit.

Eastern Air Lines Decals by Liveries Unlimited.

Cabin windows were filled with MicroScale Micro Kristal Klear. Cabin window frames by AHS.

Paints by Tamiya.

Metallic portions of belly, wings, engines, rudder, and elevators done with Bare-Metal® Foil.

My last completed model of 2022, a Tamiya 1/48 scale Spitfire Mk 1 has appeared out of the construction room.

Robert carries his remote controlled model airplane (engine running) to the frozen Ottawa River at Shirley's Bay Ottawa

The master at the controls!

Here is my just finished Tamiya 1/48 scale Spitfire Mk 1.

A large selection of models representing airplanes of the RCAF through the years, on display at the Military Museums of Calgary.