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The Bell P-39 Airacobra was a single-engined fighter produced by Bell Aircraft for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. It was one of the principal American fighters in service when the United States entered combat in December 1941.
It had an unusual layout compared to other fighters of the day, with the engine installed in the center of the fuselage, behind the pilot, and driving a tractor propeller in the nose with a long shaft. It was also the first fighter fitted with a tricycle undercarriage. Although its mid-engine placement was innovative, the design was handicapped by the absence of an efficient turbo-supercharger, thus preventing it from performing high-altitude work. For this reason, it was rejected by the RAF for use over Western Europe but adopted by the USSR, where most air combat took place at medium and lower altitudes. With the derivative P-63 Kingcobra, the P-39 was one of the most successful fixed-wing aircraft ever manufactured by Bell, with over 9,500 built.
The Airacobra saw combat worldwide, particularly in the Southwestern Pacific, Mediterranean, and Soviet theaters. Because its engine was equipped with only a single-stage, single-speed supercharger, the P-39s performed poorly above 17,000 feet (5,200 m). In both Western Europe and the Pacific, the Airacobra often found itself outclassed as an interceptor, and the type was gradually relegated to other duties. It was usually used at lower altitudes for such missions as ground target strafing.
After the war, a few late-production P-39Qs survived long enough in the USAAF inventory to be acquired by the United States Air Force upon its separation from the Army. These aircraft served in training and testing roles for approximately a year. In June of 1948, they were redesignated as ZF-39Qs ("ZF" stood for "Obsolete Fighter") as part of the new aircraft designation scheme throughout the USAF.
In 1945, Italy purchased the 46 surviving P-39s at 1% of their original cost, but in the summer of 1946, many accidents occurred, including fatal ones. By 1947, 4° Stormo was re-equipped with P-38s, with the P-39s being sent to training units until the type's retirement in 1951. Only a T9 cannon survives today at Italy's famous Vigna di Valle Museum.
Not much can be found about the service record and f this particular P-39, BuNo 42-8740. According to the museum, this aircraft was originally part of a British order for Airacobras and was delivered to the RAF, but it was found in New Guinea. As all the delivered P-39s that went to the RAF in Great Britain were later passed on to the USSR, 42-8740 was probably originally ordered by the British, then diverted to the USAAF after Pearl Harbor. It is unknown which units this aircraft served with in the Southwestern Pacific, but it was abandoned, along with several other Airacobras, at Tadji Airfield in New Guinea. The aircraft was recovered in 1991 by Yanks and restored to flying condition by 2002. Though it lacks any unit markings, 42-8740 is painted in standard USAAF camouflage and carries the 1942-era national insignia.
Thanks to the ever entertaining Google Doodle for today, I learnt that today (July 8th) is the 66th anniversary of the Roswell incident. Well I never!
I would recommend looking at todays doodle, it is super stylish and a lot of fun.
East Yorkshire ERF outside Anlaby Road garage on 1 October 1984.
Olympus OM-1/35-70mm
Ilford XP-1
Scanned from a negative taken by Graham Wise, now in my collection.
Sweetie is recovering well from surgery. (Of course I made a collage:) Today is Day 11 of his 14 day confinement. He gets out of jail on Halloween day. He’ll be a ghost:) As he is every day!
Nothing worse than losing time and money on recovery! Somehow i managed to wiggle her off the bridge railing!
Found this little fella drowned in a water cup. At first he seemed dead. While I was setting the scenery, all of a sudden, his little antennas started to move. He came back from the dead!
Photo of a blurred out Mount Spokane, elevation 5,883 feet above sea level, captured via Minolta MC Tele Rokkor-X 300mm F/4.5 lens. Columbia Plateau Region. Inland Northwest. Spokane County, Washington. Late March 2020.
Exposure Time: 1/640 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-100 * Aperture: F/8 * Bracketing: None * Color Temperature: 5700 K * Film Plug-In: Fuji Velvia 50
What do Hi-C, COOL-AID, and CAPRI-SUN have in common? They like to bask in the sun...or solar flares! ☀️
Low-noise cameras – built at #NASAMarshall - took to the skies on board a sounding rocket for a never-before-seen view of a solar flare.
In this image, from left, Austin Bumbalough, Ken Kobayashi, Harlan Haight, Sabrina Savage, William Hogue, Jim Cecil, and Adam Kobelski, members of the Hi-C Flare team, gather after the payload was recovered and brought to Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska. Hi-C Flare, equipped with Hi-C 3, COOL-AID, CAPRI-SUN, and SSAXI, launched into a solar flare as part of the first-ever solar flare sounding rocket campaign.
Image credit: NASA
#nasa #NASAMarshall #soundingrocket #heliophysics #corona #HighResolutionCoronalImager #HiC #Hi-C #Sun #solarflare
Harrow 21 July 1988. Harrow Buses was a low-cost unit within London Buses. This was a badly exposed colour slide whch I have recovered to the best of my ability. The bus is a Volvo-Aisla B55-10 new in 1986 as West Midlands PTE 4783, bought by London Buses in 1987 and running until 1990. It then ran for Highland Omnibuses and Black Prince of Morley before being purchased for spares in 1996 to assist in the preservation of 4738/V38.
Wood Stork, Cypress Swamps, Florida. My first encounter with a Wood Stork......actuallly I did not know they existed in North America. The Wood Stork was removed from the engandered species list and upgraded to threatened as of June 2014.
Boomer had surgery to remove a perianal tumor on 2/14/23. You can see what the tumor looked like in the photo in the comments - I was just glad that it never looked as awful as the photos of these kind of tumors seen on the internet. The vet warned me that it was a painful surgery, and for the first few days afterward Boomer was in a lot of pain, even with pain medicine. Luckily, he's recovery really well, and is almost back to his old self. (this photo was taken the day after surgery, when he was still feeling miserable)
As you know, I am not big on selfies, but I wanted to explain my almost total absence from flickr these last 3+ months. This picture was taken by one of my sons in the gardens of Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland on recent unusually warm 80 degree day. This was a near death sudden onset illness. I won't boar you with detail, but I am home now and hopefully on the mend. Will try to catch up with my wonderful flickr friends in the coming weeks. And happy Mother's Day to all you moms!
Craig
when i found this plycraft chair well over a year ago it had a torn seat... as it's the best seat in the shed, getting plenty of 'sitting upon' the tear has got worse. so armed with some bark cloth i grannified it... i hope one day to do the chair justice with a proper new jacket but for now this will do :)
and the sweet cushion that gets the best seat in the shed is from lil chrissy on etsy... her wares are lovely!!
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The Original Perch Rock
Perch Rock, New Brighton Lighthouse, sits next to the fort, it was originally, a wooden "Perch", hence its name. A large post held a light on top and was supported by a sort of tripod. It was erected on the Black Rock in 1683 by the Liverpool Corporation.
When foreign ships, passed the old perch, they were charged sixpence for its respect and to keep it in repair. But it was often washed away and a boat had to be launched to recover it from Bootle Bay. In February 1821, the pilot boat "Liver" crashed into the perch and carried it away. It has been said that it was washed away in March 1824 and not recovered until the December.
However the cost of replacing it all the time grew too expensive and it was decided to build a new one.
Construction of the Lighthouse
The foundation stone of the new lighthouse was laid on 8th June 1827 by Thomas Littledale, Mayor of Liverpool. It was designed on the lines of Eddystone by Mr. Foster and built of marble rock from Anglesey by Tomkinson & Company. It rises 90 feet above the rocks and is considered to be a masterpiece of craftsmanship. The granite cost 1/6d a cubic foot.
Each piece of stone is interlocked into the next. The whole stonework, when finished , was coated with what is known as "Puzzellani" a volcanic substance from Mount Etna which, with age, becomes rock hard. The first 45 feet is solid. A spiral staircase leads to where the keeper lived and then on to the lantern house. The revolving light was said to be the first in the country. It cost £27,500 to construct.
The Lighthouse In Use
Work was only possible at low tide and it was not completed until 1830. Its first light shone on the 1st March of that yea and consisted of two white flashes, followed by one red, with a range of 14 miles. The light was 77 feet above the half-tide level. It was eventually electrically connected to the mainland.
The Lighthouse last shone its light on 1st October 1973 as it was no longer needed on account of the radar system operating in the River.
Droid X photo by mollyrabbit.
Rabbit has recovered well from caffeine and Rimadyl poisoning. Her kidney tests continue to improve and are now just barely within the normal range. She's taking two meds to keep her from getting ulcers.
She tires easily, but seems OK otherwise.
She's seen here resting her head on my pillow. It's one of her favorite spots.
An old 1940's train that use to run on the tracks of Arizona is now a great attraction to the people of Arizona. I want to thank Steve for giving a tour of the place and individual trains and defiantly would go again. (5 stars) The inside of the train shows what the passengers can do; where they go eat, sleep, and clean themselves up. This particular room is a small bedroom with a vintage case. Everything in the bedroom is neat and shown to the visitors looking throughout the vintage train. Wonderful day it was going there.
Naomi took Norio to the vet yesterday for his regular kidney treatment. Norio isn't used to the 60 minute each way trip anymore and didn't feel very well after he got back home in Yubari. Naomi called the vet who said it's also very likely that due to Norio's age, he was having trouble absorbing the IV fluid. After a couple of hours, Norio felt a lot better, much to our relief.