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This Spitfire is a Mk XIV, one of the fastest versions to see action in WW2. With a top speed of around 440mph, it could climb almost vertically. The Rolls-Royce Griffon 65 engine produces more than 2,000hp and drives a massive 5 bladed propeller, more than 3m/10ft in diameter. The powerful engine required larger underwing radiators than Merlin powered models. The aircraft was a challenge for pilots used to the earlier Spitfire variants to fly, being described as 'a hairy beast' - "Even with full aileron, elevator and rudder, this brute of a fighter took off slightly sideways"
This picture also shows how cosy the pilot's cockpit was.
Spitfire Mk XIV, serial MV293, was photographed at Duxford, in Oct 2024.
Percival Provost pair in the form of ex Irish Air Corps T.51 '177' aka G-BLIW with T.1 G-BTDH marked as WV666/O:D sporting an 'ETPS' badge seen parked at Shoreham Airport sometime in the early 1990s
Re-photographed Kodak 35mm Transparency
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Chance-Vought F4U Corsair at The San Diego Air & Space Museum in San Diego, California.
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For #MacroMonday, #PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles. APC Paragon propeller from 1911. These were used on various Wright, Curtiss, and Burgess aircraft.
"When a Common Hippopotamus does a poo, they will paddle their tail back and forth super-fast to flick, spray and spread their poo as far as possible and in all directions.
This behaviour is called 'dung showering' and is very important in hippo social life."
"Dung Shower:- Bull hippos do this behaviour to mark their territory Much like your dog might pee on every single pole - a hippo will use their poo. Other hippos then smell that they are coming into someone else's territory and can decide to compete or to leave."
"Battle of the Poo:- There are times that hippo bulls will approach each other at common territory boundaries to shower and splatter wee and poo over each other in a spectacular and smelly display of dominance - sending a clear message to keep out."
Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo.
Smile on Saturday: Funny Signs ... funny & educational
A photo of a vintage aircraft propeller and wings against the background of stormy sky. Non-flying weather. Really? The brave pilot is going to take up the gauntlet. Adventure is calling and he must fly. Dare you to join him? Black and white version.
Okay that's not perfect but I like it.
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The Hawker Sea Fury was a British naval fighter-bomber developed in the late 1940s, known for its exceptional speed and handling as one of the fastest piston-engine aircraft ever built. It featured a massive Bristol Centaurus 18-cylinder radial engine, producing around 2,500 horsepower, requiring a five-blade Rotol propeller to efficiently convert power into thrust without excessive diameter or supersonic tip speeds. This propeller design allowed the Sea Fury to achieve excellent acceleration, climb performance, and short takeoff distances, which were crucial for carrier operations. The combination of its powerful engine, advanced aerodynamics, and five-blade propeller made the Sea Fury a formidable aircraft, famously used during the Korean War, where it even managed to shoot down a MiG-15 jet.
Taking off for the morning air power demo. Leaving beautiful spiral vortices from the propeller tips. Tag der Bundeswehr 2016 (Day of the Armed Forces) held at Flugplatz Hohn, marking 60 years of Luftwaffe and 55 years of LTG 63.
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I love the curvaceous edges of these propeller-like yellow blossoms! And the darker center seems to set them ablaze!
The stubby stems of the Frangipani hardly predict the delicate curling-edged blossoms that will emerge! Frangipani (or Plumeria) is easy to propagate here in South Florida. During the Spring, simply break off some good-size pieces from a friend's tree... with permission of course... and stick them in the ground. I frequently find discarded cuttings for trash pickup at the curb. Various Frangipani varieties come in pink, white, yellow and lavender so get a few of each if you can.
We have a Frangipani Archway between our house and our neighbors'. And it's in glorious full-bloom right now. Beautiful during the day, at night it's even more beautiful. The smell transports you to another world. Ah! It's no wonder the ever-so-fragrant Frangipani is a prime ingredient in some of the world's finest perfumes and the flower is in the Hawaiian lei.
Frangipani, Plumeria
Biscayne Park, FL
For more, see my set... Living in a Jungle.
This propeller belonged to a Greek cargo ship named Summer Breeze, which ran aground near Povoação, on the south coast of São Miguel on December 12th, 1977. It was supposed to deliver maize from Lisbon to Angra do Heroísmo (on the Azorean island of Terceira) but a storm didn't let it complete the voyage.
Esta hélice pertencia ao cargueiro grego chamado Summer Breeze, que encalhou ao largo da Povoação, na costa sul de São Miguel, a 12 de Dezembro de 1977. Era suposto levar milho de Lisboa até Angra do Heroísmo (na ilha açoriana da Terceira), mas uma tempestade impediu-o de concluir a viagem.
Theme challenge for "Looking close... on Friday!" #ORANGE
An #Orange propeller from my Quad Copter, an FPV Racer.
These propellers is made of plastic and replaced quite often like consumables because it breaks easily.
That is because the very small motors below them turns them at around 25000 RPM. The Quad has 4 of these to fly with.
This specific one is a FPV racer Quad Copter.
Using the Nikon Nikkor AF-P 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 G VR DX (kit) lens.
Photo taken at Randfontein in South Africa.
I Shoot Raw.
I edit in GIMP.
Feel free to criticize or just comment.
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Früchte des Bergahorns, Acer pseudoplatanus
Britannia Heritage Shipyards
Richmond, BC Canada
Length Overall 85 ft
Beam 19.5 ft
Tonnage 225
Power Triple Expansion Steam Engine
Propeller 8′ – 9 pitch
Horse Power 330 hp
Normal Cruise 7 knots @ 100 rpm
The MASTER is the sole Moscrop built tug that is still close to her original design and which still operates with her original steam engine, a Royal Navy World War 1 surplus engine built in 1916. While several of Moscrop’s hulls are still around, they have been heavily modified structurally and all have been re-engined. Moscrop went on to design and build a large number of outstanding wood hulled tugboats for coastal use. He also supervised the construction of the R.C.M.P.’s Arctic explorer, the ST. ROCH.
The MASTER’s original cost is believed to have been around $34,000. Captain Thorsen retained full ownership until 1927 when the Master Towing Company was incorporated and took title of the ship along with a mortgage for $23,000, back to Thorsen. This mortgage was transferred to the Home Oil Company in 1933.
First working for Fraser Mills and later chartered to the Lamb Logging Company, she put in general log and barge towing service from up coast to the mills in False Creek and elsewhere. In 1940, she was purchased by the Marpole Towing Company, joining her sister ship, the R.F.M. The stack was painted with the Marpole colours, black diamonds on a white band on an orange stack. Master wears these colours to this day. The black diamonds, which had been the insignia of the firm since shortly after the turn of the century, signified the towing of coal barges from Vancouver Island to the company’s plant in Coal Harbor, Vancouver.
In 1947, control of the Marpole Towing Company was assumed by Evans, Coleman and Evans – although actual title to the ship was not transferred until 1959. Around 1951, she had become part of the operations of the Gilley Bros. fleet, another subsidiary of Evans, Coleman but her Marpole colours remained unchanged. By 1959, the parent company decided to dispense with its old timers and tied up a clutch of them, including the MASTER, at the mouth of the Brunette River and left them.
Dilapidated and stripped, she was finally put up for sale or scrap, “Where is, as is”, in 1962. Here she was spotted by some members of the World Ship Society of Western Canada, a branch of an English based organization of ship-lovers. They decided to rescue and restore her as a tribute to the tugboat industry of British Columbia. For the full payment of $500, raised quickly among some members, the Society took over the MASTER on August 14, 1962.
Thousands of hours of volunteer labor, scrounged and donated materials, along with money raised by all sorts of means, resulted in the ship being cleaned up and repaired, equipment restored and replaced and steam being raised on April 23, 1963, the first time in several years. The Master now commenced a new career as the Society’s flagship, bringing to the public an awareness of the now vanished era of marine steam.
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