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Nikon Pronea S
Nikon IX-Nikkor Zoom 30-60mm f/4-5.6
FujiFilm Nexia ISO200 APS, expired
Canon CanoScan 9000F Mark II
Poster design for group exhibition I am part of in March. Very difficult to read, but don't care - it was fun to draw and looks pretty mental.
What a whirlwind of a few days. Tuesday morning I was on 407 to Moncton, and then back relatively early on Wednesday morning on 120. I arrived home on Wednesday shortly after lunch, picked up my wife and we headed right back to NB, as she was going to visit family for a week just off the island of Grand Manan. She drove the first portion of the trip and I took over an hour later, after trying to rest after my freight trip. As we neared Petiticodiac I heard scanner chatter and I knew 406 was well ahead of us. Thinking that it would be a write-off to intercept them, I almost turned my scanner off, but thankfully I l didn't. However, luck was on my side! As we approached Sussex, the SBU chirp began faint and grew more clear as we looked below the highway to see the westbound 406 sitting (one might say they were just waiting for me) ;) I tore off into town only to hear they'd be getting on the move shortly thereafter, and within a few minutes CN 8818 (the noodleless nose that just so happened to be our leading unit on 407 two days previous) could be seen slowly bobbing through town. The roof in the background on the left side is the former station in Sussex.
Big Boy 4018 has arrived in Rawlins Yard with UP Train PCYRW1 04. UP originally planned to call these locomotives the Wasatch type, for the mountains they were built to traverse. Scrawled on the smokebox is the nickname they were affectionately given before the first one was completed, by an ALCO worker at the factory in Schenectady, NY in 1941. Part of the graffiti included a "V" for victory, foreshadowing the United States' imminent entry into World War II; a war these 25 engines helped win.
Locomotive: UP 4014
5-4-19
Rawlins, WY
Sue Harshe from Scrawl is at the left, then James McNew of Yo La Tengo, then Marcy Mays from Scrawl. The Yo La Tengo show at Dromfest was awesome. I’ve seen them dozens of times and this was one of the best. The room was packed and it was impossible to get close, so you don’t see Ira or Georgia in this shot. They called up a bunch of musicians to play a song or three with them, including Sue and Marcy from Scrawl. Was wonderful to see two of my all time favorite bands on the stage together. Rollei 35AF, Ilford Delta 3200, Rodinal 1:50.
A class 350 speeds over the low bridge in Albert Road Stechford. One side of the road has neat little houses and the other fly-tipping and pointless graffiti, I assume there is a point when the locals just don't see it anymore or are beyond caring. A leaking drain adds a doubtful sparkle to the shadows.
The train was 1Y09 the 09.17 Euston to Birmingham service.
Copyright Geoff Dowling: All rights reserved
Was really tempted to put our initials on here... couldn't find much room though :o(
Taken at a day trip to the Perth Zoo - it's two separate photos, just kinda merged in a diptych
"WISE GUY" BOEING B-52H STRATOFORTRESS (SERIAL: 464399) USAF (60-0034) / BASE AÉREA DE MORÓN (LEMO) ESPAÑA-SPAIN
Los B-52 dados de baja esperan su destino en Boneyard, AKA AMARC en Davis-Monthan, Tucson, Arizona.
Es de destacar que el ex Minot AFB B-52H 60-0034 'Wise Guy' volvió al servicio y voló a Barksdale en mayo de 2019.
theaviationgeekclub.com/here-are-the-first-photos-of-wise...
www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1849940/wise-guy-...
In the cockpit of “Wise Guy,” a B-52H Stratofortress which had been baking in the Arizona sun at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group since 2008, is a note that reads: “AMARG, this is 60-034, a cold warrior that stood sentinel over America from the darkest days of the Cold War to the global fight against terror. Take good care of her….until we need her again.”
The plea, scrawled on a metal clipboard in black marker, proved to be prophetic when both Reserve and active duty Airmen flew the jet to Barksdale Air Force Base May 14 to begin the next phase of its life protecting U.S. interests at home and abroad.
The note’s unknown author probably knew the bomber’s chances of returning to active service were slim. AMARG is often referred to as the “Boneyard” because aircraft sent to the desert environment are normally picked over for parts. Most B-52s sent there never fly again.
But when the Air Force lost one of its bombers in 2016, it started a chain of events that made “Wise Guy” only the second B-52H ever to be taken from the 309th AMARG for active service. The first, nicknamed “Ghost Rider,” was brought to Barksdale AFB in 2015, also by members of the 307th and 2nd Bomb Wings.
With more than 17,000 flight hours in its history and more than a decade baking in the desert, getting “Wise Guy” airworthy required help from multiple sources.
“This was a command wide effort, with reservists and active duty offering a great deal of experience,” said Col. Robert Burgess, 307th Operations Group commander and pilot for the flight. “It took four months to get ready, so it was really a small effort on the aircrew side and a major effort on the maintainer side.”
The bomber had a team of 13 to 20 maintainers working on it at any given time, said Master Sgt. Steven Sorge, a 307th Maintenance Squadron fuels system mechanic.
“The jet had cracks in the rear landing gear and was missing two engines,” he said. “It also needed all its fuels cells and hoses replaced, as well as its tires.”
“Wise Guy” also needed its egress system overhauled, said Master Sgt. Greg Barnhill, 307th Maintenance Squadron egress shop supervisor. An egress system allows the aircrew to bail out of the aircraft in case of an emergency.
“All of our parts for repairing the ejections seats were basically in a five-gallon bucket,” he said. “It was like putting together a jigsaw puzzle.”
Fortunately, maintainers like Sorge and Barnhill have a deep well of experience, having worked on B-52s for more than two decades. They also had the advantage of the total force integration system, which combines the experience of Reserve Airmen from the 307th BW with active-duty Airmen from the 2nd BW.
“TFI worked great out there for us,” Barnhill said. “The active-duty Airmen in our shop and those from 2nd BW worked well as a team and were a big help.”
Once the maintainers completed the necessary repairs, they ran multiple tests on the engines, landing gear, fuel and egress systems to ensure the jet was flight worthy.
From there, it was all up to the air crew to get the bomber to Barksdale AFB. The three-man crew, with more than 10,000 flying hours between them, flew the B-52 low and slow all the way to Louisiana.
With the bomber safely at Barksdale AFB, Barnhill had time to reflect on his role in saving “Wise Guy” from becoming a historical footnote.
“Bringing a bomber out of AMARG is a once in a lifetime chance and I have been able to do it twice,” he said. “It’s just an honor to bring it back into service.”
Fully restoring the jet will require 550 personnel across multiple maintenance disciplines and cost approximately $30 million, according to guidance released by Air Force Global Strike Command. The aircraft is expected to be completely restored by early 2021.
A hastily scrawled note tucked away in a Hogwarts library book:
"25/06/2030
After 7 years at Hogwarts, it's over. Not really ready and my heart hurts.
I ain’t got much, but I'm taking with me more than I could have hoped for. Well stocked now with priceless things.
And just in case you need to know it, I love deeper that it might show and I'll miss you all.
Take care of each other and take care of our school/your home.
Shite. Train leaves in 40.
Time to go.
- Lanes
PS Feck fascists."
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Cover photo by Sam - go check him out www.flickr.com/photos/194798270@N04
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Some additional pics by Sam too, and also:
Honey - www.flickr.com/photos/123904251@N07
Lukka - www.flickr.com/photos/131614348@N08
Bobby - www.flickr.com/photos/161618538@N03/
Alasdair - www.flickr.com/photos/190422340@N08
((Thank you everyone who has RPd with me at MM. I really appreciate ALL of you. Sam, Cy, Bobby, Alas, thanks for the pics! You too, Honey! Also, thanks for the good times and all the memories. I kinda feel like I grew up with you. Also, this actually kinda hurts, so I will stop now.))
" The true art of memory is the art of attention. "
..........Samuel Johnson..... ( 1709 - 1784 ).
.....English lexicographer, poet, critic & writer.
..........' Works of Samuel Johnson ' vol 2.
Kolmanskop Hospital
Kolmanskop is a ghost town in the Namib in southern Namibia, 10 kilometres inland from the port town of Lüderitz
A priest and commander discuss the meaning of a runic spell found scrawled inside the test vehicle. Was it a superstitious peasant's deseperate attempt at warding off evil, or was it the original summoning for whatever worrying events occurred a few weeks earlier?
Whispers of a tank destroyer named Magnolia have been floating around Neustrasia's military circles for some time now, however, only a select few had been allowed inside the facilities to see them, and the workers had been sworn to secrecy by their factory lords. Those on the outside though reported strange fires and unearthly howls earlier in the month, and it was discovered every Magnolia superstructure had been ruined, rent apart by the absurdly strong and sharp claws of some nightmare creature that left huge, taloned footprints melted into the concrete floor!
After a joint Army-clergy operation to clear the area of any remaining hellish presence, the lords reported to the King that the base chases were actually fine and still usable. With the blueprints torched along with the entire design office, the engineers decided to just build a new vehicle on the base of the old one. They moved the engine forward, took off the top of the fighting compartment, and upgraded the armament from a 120mm AT gun to a modified 130mm naval cannon. God must have been pleased with this new development, because all further demonic incursions were foiled from the outset. But in the age of air superiority, soldiers testing the vehicle expressed worry about the open top, and it was decided a naval rangefinder would compliment the naval cannon so that the Magnolia could stay well back from the frontlines. Recommended minimum engagement range is one kilometer.