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Pilots cottages on Llanddwyn. The pilots also manned the lifeboat station which was later run by the RNLI. A small light was established in 1823 by the Caernarfon Harbour Trustees as a navigational aid for entering the Menai Straits and Caernarfon harbour.
Pilot Knob State Park - Iowa
Out & About hiking the park looking for interesting colors and patterns in the autumn foliage. One branch can show the progression of color as it changes.
It's the simplicity of color and shapes I find so intriguing this time of year!
Copyright 2020
part of a large model plane in my dentist office
the music: Sky Pilot
dedicated to Kat Verde-Dillingham for her inspiring art.
The Matterhorn of the West.
As pointy as they get.
"Pilot Peak is a striking pinnacle in the immediate northeast of Yellowstone National Park. It is part of the volcanic Absaroka Range which forms the massive eastern escarpment of Yellowstone Plateau. It's sharp point made it an unforgettable landmark.
Pilot Peak proved invaluable to pioneers of the Greater Yellowstone region since they, along with the nearby Tetons, mark the boundaries of the steaming plateau known as Colter's Hell. The Washburn expedition in 1870, credited with 'discovering' Yellowstone Park, used Pilot Peak to guide them to the rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and the incredible Geyser Basins beyond."
Thanks for taking a look!
May your week be wonderful!
The row of four small cottages on Llanddwyn Island was built for the pilots who helped boats navigate into the ports along the Menai Strait. This narrow channel dividing Anglesey from the Welsh mainland posed a threat of grounding on sand banks to the boats calling mainly at the ports of Caernarfon, Y Felinheli and Bangor to collect the fine roofing slate produced in the hills of North Wales. As well as guiding commercial shipping, the pilots crewed the Llanddwyn lifeboat until its wathdrawal from service in 1903.
A pilot takes a walk while the plane is refueled. A black and white film shot from the 1950's - 60's. It's a U.S. Army Douglas C-54. Another of pop's pics from the shoebox.
#U.S.Army #airplane #ThePilot #DouglasC-54
Pilot Stu Goldspink, with his hand on the lever.
A Bristol Boxkite, designed in 1910, this replica was made in the mid-1960s for the movie 'Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines'
I wonder how long it takes to check the tension on all those bracing cables.....
The Boxkite was a relatively successful 2-seat training aircraft of its day, with 87 being constructed in the years before WW1. It can achieve a dizzying speed of approx 40mph/64km/h.
It is owned and operated by The Shuttleworth Collection in Bedford, England.
A pilot boat leaves the cruise ship Carnival Breeze after having dropped off a port pilot to guide the ship into the Port of Progreso, Mexico.
The pilot is looking right into the camera!
Continuing my series of very old aircraft, this is the oldest British built aeroplane that can still be flown. Dating from 1912, it was built to the order of one Cyril Foggin, about whom little seems to be known, other than that he became a Royal Flying Corps pilot in WW1, rose to the rank of Major and was sadly killed in 1918 at the age of 26 in a car accident close to the Western front in France. Before the war, Foggin had sold the Blackburn plane to farmer Montague Glew. The latter flew, and eventually crashed the plane in 1914. Its remains were kept in a barn (under a haystack!) until discovered and purchased by Richard Shuttleworth in 1938. The aircraft was restored in 1948 and has been flying ever since, owned and operated by The Shuttleworth Collection.
On a happier note, Monty married Cyril's younger sister in 1922. Monty was lucky to have survived his brief flying career - he was too short-sighted for military service in WW1.
Continuing this week's 'Spitfire' theme - here is a profile view of a Spitfire Mk 1. A key feature is the barely perceptible, tapering, twist to the wing. The leading edge points upwards by 2 degrees where it joins the body, reducing to half a degree at the tip. This subtle twist greatly improved the handling for pilots, but made the structure far more difficult to manufacture. The wing was the design of Canadian-born aerodynamicist Beverley Shenstone, an unsung hero of the Spitfire story.
This aircraft carries the Eagle Squadron badge. Three RAF squadrons were formed with volunteer airmen from the USA in 1940 before American entry into WW2. About 240 men served, of whom around 100 perished. In Sept 1942, the US airmen transferred to the US 8th Army Air Force. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Squadrons
Convoglio composto da E.464 e carrozze a piano ribassato di Trenitalia in transito sul ponte di Grizzana (BO) in servizio con il R 11630 da Prato Centrale a Bologna Centrale.
Convoy composed by E.464 and low floor coaches of Trenitalia in transit on the bridge of Grizzana (BO) in service with the R 11630 from Prato Centrale to Bologna Centrale.
Pilot Knob in the distance. Sunrise in the sierras in mid June 2020. Kings Canyon NP is in the wayyyyy distant ridge. June is now my preferred time to venture into the mountains! August was the champion but sooooo many years of smoke filled skies and too many people have lost its 1st place rank. Probably should get some snow shoes? Thought on June backpacking......
Pilot Knob State Park - Iowa
This was taken almost a week ago, and the colors are all but gone! The last shot i posted of this very area had our first light snow on 10.14.18.
It's where I go to pause, listen to nature, breath fresh air and hike. It's my "Big Time Out!" :)
Photo Art - Copyright 2018
June snow on two of my favorite peaks. Just a few days before this beautiful snow turned into a beast flood in Yellowstone and Clarks Fork.
For my video; youtu.be/qO5l6uvtyKM?si=uG_qJ7_yXD9ylUg0,
Vancouver inner harbour,
Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada
Year Built 2010, Place Burnaby,
Measurement (metric) 10.92m x 3.52m x 1.69m,
Passenger Vessel,
A.B.D. Enterprises Ltd.,
2-224kw diesel engines (2010),
A pilot from the 358th Fighter Squadron 'Lobos' makes a low show-of-force pass before clearing the range at the Barry M. Goldwater Range during Hawgsmoke 2024. As an associate unit of the 303rd Fighter Squadron, the 358th has no aircraft of its own, instead sharing A-10s with the 303rd at Whiteman AFB, Missouri.
Pilot Station - Die Lotsenstation befindet sich am Budendy Ufer in Hamburg-Finkenwerder.
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