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9H-MIP HI FLY MALTA AIRBUS A380-800 msn 006 painted in "Save the Coral Reefs" special colours Jul 2018
re-configured "Cargo (Covid-19)" Jun 2020 ferried from Beja to Toulouse before repainted in white on Dec 17 2020
last operational flight for HiFly Malta
De Havilland Mosquito DH.98 FB MkVI RAF PZ474 NZ2384 ZK-BCV N9099F ZK-BCV
On 15 November 1941 RAF 105 Squadron Based at RAF Swanton Morle Norfolk UK was the first operational Mosquito bomber serial W406
Photo taken at EAA Airventure Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin USA July 2019
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Reaching fully operational capacity in 2015, NATO's Medium Extended Air Defense System (or MEADS, for short) quickly replaced the PATRIOT as the western world's primary strategic ground-based air defense system. The program was developed by a multinational team consisting of the Americans, British, French, and Germans, and was designed to address the shortcomings of existing systems across the Alliance, as well as permitting full interoperability between US and allied forces.
MEADS provides a unique mix of ground-mobile air and missile defense against a broad array of adversary capabilities. Greater interoperability, mobility, and a fully 360-degree detection and engagement bubble proves a significant improvement over legacy systems. Designed to accompany both maneuver units, or protect static, high-value targets, MEADS offers the flexibility that no other western system previously could. Truck-mounted system components drive or roll on and off C-130 and A-400M transport aircraft, and are quickly deployable to any theater of operations.
The minimum requirement to engage a hostile target is only one Transporter Erector Launcher , one Battle Management TOC, and one Multifunction Fire Control Radar. As more system elements arrive, they automatically and seamlessly join the MEADS network in a "plug-and-fight" fashion. Because fewer system assets are needed, it permits a substantial reduction in deployed personnel, equipment, or airlift capacity.
By the outbreak of the Second Eastern European War in June 2016, only the United States and German contingents of ZEUS fielded full MEADS batteries. The "plug-and-fight" capability of the system allowed German launcher units to be controlled by the first American Battle Management truck that was forward deployed, rapidly expanding the air defense coverage zone. As the conflict escalated and NATO became more involved in supporting Ukrainian, Slovakian, and Bulgarian forces, these units were able to deploy to the Alliance's southern flank in Czechia within days. By mid-December, Yugoslav advance into Bulgaria had been significantly curtailed by allied airstrikes. With the conflict rapidly turning against the aggressors, NATO leadership grew increasingly concerned about potential retaliatory strikes by Yugoslavia's considerable conventional ballistic missile arsenal. Although the threat never materialized, German and British MEADS units both had successes against enemy Cikavak Alpha helicopters that would conduct hit and run attacks across the border, downing three enemy aircraft by the close of the conflict.
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Finally, the whole battery together! Huge shoutout to Ed Diment for helping me track down a bunch of the parts for these models, otherwise it's unlikely everything would have gotten built by BrickFair VA this year.
Built in 1982, the Dollywood Grist Mill was the first fully operational grist mill built in the state of Tennessee in more than 100 years. Workers constructed it exactly as it would have been more than a century ago when folks in the Smoky Mountains relied on the giant water wheel to grind corn and wheat.
Today, the Grist Mill is home to the world-famous cinnamon bread, which is freshly made daily before your very eyes. Try this famous snack with buttercream icing or Dollywood's own apple butter.
www.dollywood.com/themepark/crafts/Grist-Mill
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‧ Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
‧ Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
‧ ISO – 640
‧ Aperture – f/5
‧ Exposure – 1/1000 second
‧ Focal Length – 24mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
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History made just a few days back - Tejas entered operational service with the Indian Airforce. No.45 Sqn 'Flying Daggers' the first to equip with this type.
A Wiltshire Fire and Rescue operational support unit, seen here at Hullavington 999 day 2013. This vehicle was on display with a number of other Wiltshire Fire and Rescue vehicles.
Number Plate: WX12 ETO
Station: Swindon
Fleet Number: -
Call Sign: -
Make: Scania
Model: P320
Role: Operational Support Unit
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Reaching fully operational capacity in 2015, NATO's Medium Extended Air Defense System (or MEADS, for short) quickly replaced the PATRIOT as the western world's primary strategic ground-based air defense system. The program was developed by a multinational team consisting of the Americans, British, French, and Germans, and was designed to address the shortcomings of existing systems across the Alliance, as well as permitting full interoperability between US and allied forces.
MEADS provides a unique mix of ground-mobile air and missile defense against a broad array of adversary capabilities. Greater interoperability, mobility, and a fully 360-degree detection and engagement bubble proves a significant improvement over legacy systems. Designed to accompany both maneuver units, or protect static, high-value targets, MEADS offers the flexibility that no other western system previously could. Truck-mounted system components drive or roll on and off C-130 and A-400M transport aircraft, and are quickly deployable to any theater of operations.
The minimum requirement to engage a hostile target is only one launcher, one Battle Management TOC, and one Fire Control Radar. As more system elements arrive, they automatically and seamlessly join the MEADS network in a "plug-and-fight" fashion. Because fewer system assets are needed, it permits a substantial reduction in deployed personnel, equipment, or airlift capacity.
By the outbreak of the Second Eastern European War in June 2016, only the United States and German contingents of ZEUS fielded full MEADS batteries. The "plug-and-fight" capability of the system allowed German launcher units to be controlled by the first American Battle Management truck that was forward deployed, rapidly expanding the air defense coverage zone. As the conflict escalated and NATO became more involved in supporting Ukrainian, Slovakian, and Bulgarian forces, these units were able to deploy to the Alliance's southern flank in Czechia within days. By mid-December, Yugoslav advance into Bulgaria had been significantly curtailed by allied airstrikes. With the conflict rapidly turning against the aggressors, NATO leadership grew increasingly concerned about potential retaliatory strikes by Yugoslavia's considerable conventional ballistic missile arsenal. Although the threat never materialized, German and British MEADS units both had successes against enemy Cikavak Alpha helicopters that would conduct hit and run attacks across the border, downing three enemy aircraft by the close of the conflict.
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Final render of the entire MEADS battery, showing components from the American military and ZEUS! Shout-out to Corvin for designing the mobile power generator and providing his MAN SX-mounted systems. Also heavily inspired by Kuk4's awesome Frettchen SAM system.
Dual upload with Erik's awesome VF-1 FREESTYLE fighter jet. Go take a look!
Full size, operational, replica of the famous Mayflower. While I am a flat land country bumpkin, I have always loved sailing ships. I love the carpentry and rigging the most but running silent is fun as well. The tour guides explained the process they go through to periodically take it for a spin. Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
Warwickshire And West Mercia Police | Operational Policing Unit | Vauxhall Insingia | BX62 FHE out and about
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This is the largest fully operational triple-expansion steam engine in the world weighing in at 1000 tons!
"Operational"
Mirage 2000-5F - EC 01.002 "Cigognes" BA 102 Dijon-Longvic (Côte d'Or 2008)
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EC-FIX : McDonnell Douglas MD-83 : Centennial Airlines.
My only photograph of this small Spanish charter airline, which was operational from 1993 until 1996.
Operational Support Unit/Armed Response Vehicle, LJ64 EKR [A41] parked outside Charing Cross Station
The Army’s first operational surveillance UAV, tested at Fort Huachuca (Arizona) from 1953-1961.
If you are ever in southeast Arizona, visit Fort Huachuca. This Army base is set against mountains (very much like the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs). Besides the beautiful setting, this facility has a unique history in the Civil and Indian Wars. Definitely a surprise and worthwhile place to experience.
The Messerschmitt Bf 109, often called Me 109, was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt and Robert Lusser during the early to mid-1930s.
It was one of the first truly modern fighters of the era, including such features as all-metal monocoque construction, a closed canopy, a retractable landing gear, and was powered by a liquid-cooled, inverted-V12 aero engine.
The Bf 109 first saw operational service during the Spanish Civil War and was still in service at the dawn of the jet age at the end of World War II, during which time it was the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force.
From the end of 1941 the Bf 109 was supplemented by the Focke-Wulf Fw 190.
Originally conceived as an interceptor, later models were developed to fulfill multiple tasks, serving as bomber escort, fighter-bomber, day-, night-, all-weather fighter, ground-attack aircraft, and as reconnaissance aircraft. It was supplied to and operated by several states during World War II, and served with several countries for many years after the war. The Bf 109 was the most produced fighter aircraft in history, with a total of 33,984 units produced from 1936 up to April 1945.
The Bf 109 was flown by the three top-scoring German fighter aces of World War II, who claimed 928 victories among them while flying with Jagdgeschwader 52, mainly on the Eastern Front, as well as by Hans-Joachim Marseille, the highest scoring German ace in the North African Campaign.
It was also flown by several other aces from Germany's allies, notably Finn Ilmari Juutilainen, the highest scoring non-German ace, and pilots from Italy, Romania, Croatia, Bulgaria and Hungary. Through constant development, the Bf 109 remained competitive with the latest Allied fighter aircraft until the end of the war.
How the mighty have fallen....
I've long had a fascination with Cedar Hill Yard, the operational heart of the once mighty New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Built in stages between 1909 and about 1920 (with additions later) it for a short time held the title of largest rail yard in the world. Stretching more than five miles long and over 3/4 a mile wide in places with a double hump and assorted support yards it had upwards of 150 miles of track contained in it and a capacity if 15,000 40 ft freight cars. At its peak peak some 30 jobs a shift worked at Cedar Hill, but now this is all that remains. CSXT can trace its lineage back as the NH's direct corporate descendant here having inherited this island from Conrail which itself got it from Penn Central, the NH's immediate successor.
The westbound hump was closed in the 50s then reactivated in the 60s and lasted into the early PC era. Ghostly relics including rail, retarders, and brick towers remain hidden in the woods to this day if one knows where to look. The eastbound hump would remain in service until 1980 when Conrail finally shuttered it, and it has long since been demolished. Fortunately much of the vacant land was repurposed into industrial use by customers that continue to ship by rail.
CSXT continues to utilize a small portion of the old eastbound hump bowl, now stubbed off, to switch. Interestingly this is an island operation no longer contiguous to the rest of the CSXT network. When Conrail sold off the last major chunk of its Connecticut operation to Railtex (which established the Connecticut Southern Railroad) in 1996 it kept Cedar Hill and all the local New Haven customers. CSXT pays CSO to haul its cars nightly to and from its mainline in Springfield via a thru train operaring over the length of Amtrak's Springfield Line, on which CSO holds the freight rights dating from that 1996 transaction. While Cedar Hill is but a glimmer of its past, it isn't quite dead yet and for now at least does offer the variety of three different freight operators working in different portions of its remains (the Providence and Worcester being the third).
So here sit two GP40-2s, the only two CSXT locomotives in the entirety of the state of Connecticut used by locals B746 and B747, the last two crews that report at Cedar Hill. But those jobs have Fri and Sat off so all is quiet this day except for a fuel truck that has showed up to top off the diesel fuel so Connecticut's only Class 1 power will be ready to go back to work come Sunday.
North Haven, Connecticut
Friday February 11, 2022
9H-MIP HI FLY MALTA AIRBUS A380-800 msn 006 painted in "Save the Coral Reefs" special colours Jul 2018
re-configured "Cargo (Covid-19)" Jun 2020 ferried from Beja to Toulouse before repainted in white on Dec 17 2020
last operational flight for HiFly Malta
Today the yard was operational for the last time. Reason; I am going to move the layout from the current room to a much larger hobbyroom. In terms of surface area, I'm not going to win that much. The gain is more in the accessibility of the layout. Only one short side will be positioned against a wall, all other sides are freely accessible. Most important; I have everything for the modelrailwayhobby in 1 room; the layout, all storage needed and my workbench for all scenery work. An enormous progress. For now I have enough work with the dismantling and new build-up!
Heute Nacht 🌃
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Darmstadt, Germany
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9H-MIP HI FLY MALTA AIRBUS A380-800 msn 006 painted in "Save the Coral Reefs" special colours Jul 2018
re-configured "Cargo (Covid-19)" Jun 2020 ferried from Beja to Toulouse before repainted in white on Dec 17 2020
last operational flight for Hi Fly Malta
The railway operational centre of the South Leicestershire coalfield was at Mantle Lane, Coalville. This was were the train crew depot could be found along with the marshalling yard and was where locomotives were stabled between duties. On a murky 12th December 1979 stabled at Mantle Lane is 56036.
Locomotive History
In September 1974 British Rail ordered sixty new heavy freight locomotives designated class 56. The order was split with thirty locomotives to be built by Brush and thirty locomotives to be built by Doncaster works. The body design was derived from the Brush class 47 and was of the load bearing monocoque type. The engine (GEC 16RK3CT) was of English Electric heritage and an uprated version to that fitted to the class 50. Although the engine was rated at 3520bhp in the class 56 it was derated to 3250bhp. The electrical equipment was derived from the Brush prototype locomotive HS4000 Kestrel and consisted of a Brush BA1101A 3-phase ac alternator driving six TM73-62 series wound, axle hung nose suspended traction motors. The bogies (designated CP2) were a Swiss design. Although order in September 1974 the first of the Doncaster works batch did not start physical construction until July 1976 when the fabricated bodyshells of the first two (56031/32) started to appear. Progress was slow due to shortage of labour and late delivery of components and 56031 eventually entered traffic on the 13th May 1977. 56036 entered traffic in January 1978, nominally allocated to Toton but in reality it could be found at the Railway Technical Centre undergoing a series of tests. In August 1978 56036 entered Stratford works and reappeared in a new livery of corporate blue with large double arrow logo’s, numbers and yellow painted cabs. This livery was applied at the behest of the Railway Design Panel and would eventually become standard for the class. On release from Stratford works 56036 entered general traffic. After twenty two years service 56036 was withdrawn in January 2000 and initially dumped at Toton before being towed to Chester Wagon Repair Depot and stored inside the depot along with 56043/64/77, 56107/09. When Chester WRD was sold it moved to Wigan CRDC in December 2001. Four years later it made its final journey to CF Booth, Rotherham where it was broken up in March 2006.
Re-scanned and re-edited 25th April 2016
Praktica LTL, Ektachrome 200
Suffolk Fire And Rescue Service Volvo FL Operational Support Unit. Seen here positioned on the front of Ipswich East Fire station during an organised vist to the area with thanks to the Fire Fighters for thier time.
One of 2 operational 4x4 ambulances SWASt have in the northern sector. The other is a Mitsubishi Paljero/Shogun. They have an older Defender (replaced by this) which was a training vehicle but has since been re fitted and i believe is due to be a driver training vehicle.
Operational Support Unit, Stratford, AE07 HXO [F21A] (CSU 4), seen parked up on blues in the London Borough of Enfield.
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Warwickshire & West Mercia Police | Force Operational Tasking | Kawasaki ZG 1400 CDF | VX64 LCK performing a traffic stop in Worcester, UK
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West Mercia & Warwickshire Police | Force Operational Tasking | Kawasaki ZG 1400 CDF | VX64 LCJ out in Herefordshire, UK
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Operational career[edit]
The locomotive was built at GWR's Swindon Works, out-shopped in June 1930. For most of its working life it was allocated to Newton Abbott and Laira (Plymouth), working express passenger trains to and from Devon to London Paddington. Withdrawn from Cardiff in June 1962, it was sent to Swindon for breaking up.[1] However, in light of the installation of a new bridge west of Bristol towards South Wales, it was coupled to its twin, 6024 King Edward I, and towed to the bridge for weight testing purposes. With both locomotives now closer to South Wales than Swindon, the decision was made to sell them to Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry Island.
Preservation[edit]
King Edward II at Woodhams' Scrapyard, in 1982
Whilst King Edward I was saved in 1974, King Edward II remained at the scrapyard due to the rear driving wheels being flame-cut following a derailment at Woodham's. However, as part of the 150th anniversary of GWR's formation in 1985, the hulk was acquired by Harvey's of Bristol, and was moved to a bay platform at Bristol Temple Meads railway station called the Fish Dock.
Restoration[edit]
The Brunel Engineering Centre Trust, under a Manpower Services Commission (MS) scheme, completely dismantled 6023 and restoration began. Work continued until the autumn of 1988, when the MS scheme funding was withdrawn and the future of 6023 was cast into doubt.
6023 was then bought by the Great Western Society (GWS) and moved to Didcot in March 1990 for its restoration to continue. The restoration has included the casting of new rear driving wheels in 1994, followed by re-wheeling the chassis in 1995. The casting is notable since it is thought to be the first wheels to be created for a standard gauge locomotive in preservation. The damaged wheels were also acquired by the GWS at Didcot and can today be seen on display there. Unlike the other preserved "King" class locomotives, the GWS decided to restore 6023 to its as-built single-chimney configuration. All "Kings" had been converted to double chimneys under British Railways ownership, which improved performance and efficiency but changed the original appearance.
On 12 April 2010, King Edward II's boiler passed its steam test, and on 20 January 2011 it moved for the first time under its own power since 1962.[2] It was due to re-enter service on 2 April 2011.[3]
Initially, King Edward II has been painted in the early BR express passenger blue livery, rather than the later standard BR Brunswick Green livery currently carried by 6000 King George V and 6024 King Edward I.
Operational since 1982 the Thames Barrier was built to prevent the majority of Greater London from being flooded by exceptionally high tides and storm surges moving up from the North Sea. When needed massive steel gates rotate from their river bed resting place to an upright (closed) position. In all there are 9 piers strung across the river, the majority of which are 60m apart.
The concept of the rotating gates was devised by Charles Draper in the 1950s. The novel rotating cylinders were based on a small household appliance, a brass gas tap which could be found in most post-war houses in the UK. The barrier was designed by Rendel, Palmer and Tritton for the old Greater London Council. The site at New Charlton was chosen due to the relative straightness of the banks and because the underlying river chalk was strong enough to support the barrier. It was officially opened on 8 May 1984 by Queen Elizabeth II. The authorities think it should last until at least 2070.
There’s a huge visitors center adjacent to the barrier but late on a Sunday evening I had the river bank walk all to myself. As the light slowly drained from the sky the barrier lights fired up illuminating the piers with a lovely orange glow. The place was eerily quiet! In the background sits the O2 Arena (formerly known as the Millennium Dome) and beyond that London's new financial heart Canary Wharf.
7 exp, tripod mounted, hdr with pp in acr, photomatix, photoshop and topaz clarity/de-noise. Nikon D700 and 24-70 at 70mm. ISO 200, 1/6 to 10 sec, f20.
Operational preserved 801 shunts a string of former Overland Passenger cars together at the National Railway Museum at Port Adelaide on 27-4-13
Construction site around North Greenwich. The sky was fab that day, shot through a fence on tripod. HDR with 7 exposures taken, from -3 EV to +3 EV with 1 stop in between.
MK10OEB British Red Cross Operational Support Toyota Dyna Jiffy food truck at the AJ Bell Triathlon ExCel
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A 6 Squadron Jaguar of the Royal Air Force rips over a Scottish Loch at 100ft (AGL) during an Operational Low Flying sortie. The mirror effect from the bright blue sky reflecting of the loch and creating my most iconic low level image. Ironically taken at the start of my low level adventures in 2005! Have been chasing something similar ever since! More at www.av8-images.com