No More School xP

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I was taught to never just take a photo of someone else's art, but that is always OK to photograph art when presenting something other than just the art itself. It is always the point to see something with a fresh eye.

I usually bin the totally out of focus shots, this one seemed to want to stay out of it! Another from the TMA Studio lighting workshop (not taken with a flash, just clicking away while it someone elses turn!)

My first Dark Souls Poetry post!

TMA Cargo A300F4-600R 02/02/12 AMS

Nadat de Gefco autotrein was gepasseerd kwam zo'n halfuurtje later de pas geleden opgezette China trein, ditmaal weer van de vervoerder RailForceOne.

Op 28 november bracht de 1829 de eerste 4 van de 32 DM'90 treinstellen vanaf Emplacement Houtrakpolder naar Bad Bentheim. De zogeheten 'first mile werd gedaan door de oude Belg, namelijk de 6702 die het transport vanaf de TMA terminal naar Emplacement Houtrakpolder reed.

Één dag erna, mocht de loc de nieuw opgezette containertrein (overgenomen van PKP-Cargo?) rijden vanaf Bad Bentheim naar Tilburg Industrie.

Rond 14:01 kwam de 1829 aan met een goed beladen containertrein richting Arnhem en Tilburg industrie. 29 november reden er maar liefst 3 treinen naar de GVT Terminal in Tilburg! Drukke boel dus

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Airbus A319

LATAM

GRU - 4/6/21

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TMA Cargo - Airbus A300-622R (cn 872) - OD-TMA - AMS 27.05.2012

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OD-AGO - Boeing B-707-321C/HK - TMA - Trans Mediterranean Airlines

at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS)

c/n 19.269 - built in 1967 for PanAm -

to TMA in 1977 - converted to freighter -

retired and stored Beirut (BEY) in 2004

scanned from Kodachrome-slide

Back on Earth!

Credits: ESA-S. Corvaja

OD-AGD - Boeing B-707-323C - TMA - Trans Mediterranean Airlines

at Basle-Mulhouse Airport (BSL)

c/n 18.939 - builty in 1965 for American Airlines -

to TMA 1973 - converted to freighter -

retired and stored Beirut (BEY)

scanned from Kodachrome-slide

Today I chased the temporary steel train that runs from Tata Steel in Beverwijk to the TMA terminal in the Amsterdam harbor in the Houtrakpolder.

This is the first shot of the train at Spaarnwoude, east of Haarlem.

OD-AGY - Boeing B-707-327C - TMA - Trans Mediterranean Airlines

at Duesseldorf Internationmal Airport (DUS)

c/n 19.105 - built in 1966 for Braniff -

sold to TMA in 1971 - converted to freighter -

retired and stored 02/2002 BEY - all white c/s - not airworthy

scanned from Kodachrome-slide

Disney Nemo 17'' Plush.

Scientists get a first-hand look at a mysterious black monolith discovered beneath the surface of Earth's moon.

All goes well until an ear-shattering, high-pitched tone rips through the group's helmet headphones.

Group Leader: For Pete's sake, Dr. Floyd! Will you just stop fooling around with your radio. The feedback is killing us all!

OD-AGX - Boeing B-707-327C - TMA - Trans Mediterranean Airlines

at Basle/MulhouseAirport (BSL) in July 1987

c/n 19.104 - built in 1966 for Braniff -

leased to TMA in 1971 -

re-reg. OD-AGX in 1980 -

retired and stored Beirut (BEY) after 2001

scanned from Kodachrome-slide

OD-AGO - Boeing B-707-321C - TMA - Trans Mediterranean Airlines

at Amsterdam Schipholl Airport (AMS)

c/n 19.269 - built in 1967 for Pan American World Airways-

sold to TMA in 1977 - converted to freighter -

retired and stored BEY - not airworthy

scanned from Kodachrome-slide

Since docking with the International Space Station on 24 November 2014, Soyuz TMA-15M has been waiting for its return flight to Earth. On Thursday, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, NASA astronaut Terry Virts and cosmonaut commander Anton Shkaplerov will enter the spacecraft and close the hatch after 200 days in space.

Not much will remain of the craft once it lands on the Kazakh steppe some three hours after leaving the Space Station. The vessel will separate into three modules, with only the middle one designed to survive the extreme heat and forces of reentry. The sections sporting the solar wings, symbols and antenna will burn up harmlessly in the atmosphere.

When the trio slowly back away from the Station at around 10:20 GMT they will be travelling at 28 800 km/h relative to the ground. The Soyuz thrusters, parachutes and even springs will bring them to a halt with a thump at the end of their mission.

It is a bumpy ride, but a safe one. Each Soyuz comes with a ‘space warranty’ of 210 days, leaving TMA-15M with a comfortable margin as it comes home.

Samantha shared this image a few day's before returning to Earth with the comment: "Here she is, our Soyuz. It's been sleeping for over six months, it's time to wake her up. On Monday: thrusters test."

Follow the flight live on the ESA website.

Credit: ESA/NASA

OD-AGD - Boeing B-707-323C/HK - TMA - Trans Mediterranean Airlines

at Basle-Mulhouse Airport (BSL)

c/n 18.939 - builty in 1965 for American Airlines -

to TMA 1973 - converted to freighter -

retired and stored Beirut (BEY)

scanned from Kodachrome-slide

OD-AFY - Boeing B-707-327C - TMA - Trans Mediterranean Airlines

(in an early colorscheme)

at London Heathrow Airport (LHR)

c/n 19.108 - built in 1966 for Braniff -

operated by TMA since 10/1972 -

w/o 7/26/93 at Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) - dbr during taxi when gear collapsed, cockpit stored Oude Tonge Netherlands, nose section at Oosterland Zeeland

scanned from Kodachome-slide

Airbus A319

TAM

CGH - 7/11/10

Back on Earth!

Credits: ESA-S. Corvaja

OD-AGP - Boeing B-707-321C/HK - TMA - Trans Mediterranean Airlines

at Zuerich-Kloten Airport (ZRH)

c/n 19.274 - built in 1967 for Pan American World Airways -

to TMA 06/1977 - converted to freighter -

final user was Sudanese State Aviation in 2004 -

ret. to TMA - stored Beirut (BEY)

scanned from Kodachrome-slide

Back on Earth!

Credits: ESA-S. Corvaja

OD-AFY - Boeing B-707-327C/HK - TMA - Trans Mediterranean Airlines

at Paris-Orly Airport (ORY)

c/n 19.108 - built in 1966 for Braniff -

operated by TMA since 10/1972 -

w/o 7/26/93 at Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) - dbr during taxi when gear collapsed, cockpit stored Oude Tonge Netherlands, nose section at Oosterland Zeeland

scanned from Kodachome-slide

OD-AGX - Boeing B-707-327C - TMA - Trans Mediterranean Airlines

at Zuerich-Kloten Airport (ZRH) in July 1987

c/n 19104 - built in 1966 for Braniff -

leased to TMA in 1971 -

re-reg. OD-AGX in 1980 -

retired and stored Beirut (BEY) after 2001

scanned from Kodachrome-slide

OD-AGP - Boeing B-707-321C /HK - TMA - Trans Mediterranean Airlines

at Zuerich-Kloten Airport (ZRH)

"TMA" - titles only

c/n 19.274 - built in 1967 for Pan American World Airways -

to TMA 06/1977 - converted to freighter -

final user was Sudanese State Aviation in 2004 -

ret. to TMA - stored Beirut (BEY)

scanned from Kodachrome-slide

Vanaf begin november 2024 rijd Rail Force One 3 keer per week een staalplakkentrein van Tata in Beverwijk naar TMA in de Houtrakpolder. Voordat de trein zijn eindbestemming bereikt heeft, moet er eerst 2 keer worden omgelopen; in Uitgeest en in Amsterdam Westhaven. Toen er op 9 januari een zonovergoten dag werd voorspeld, waren de plannen snel gemaakt om naar het Amsterdamse te gaan.

Hoewel de dag grijs begon, waren zo goed als alle wolken verdwenen toen ik rond het einde van de ochtend aankwam in Amsterdam Sloterdijk. Eerst werd er naar de Westhaven gefietst, waar ik nog 2 geslaagde platen kon maken van RXP bij de HES Bulkterminal, die vast nog wel een keer zullen volgen. Daarna fietste ik door naar de Houtrakpolder. Toen ik tijdens het oversteken van een overweg in de Houtrakpolder het emplacement overkeek, zag ik in de verte 2 frontlichten bewegen. Al snel werd duidelijk dat RFO aan het vertrekken was, en al duwend de staalplakkentrein richting de TMA reed. Ondanks dat ik het hele emplacement nog langs moest rijden, werd de hoop niet opgegeven en zette ik de achtervolging in. Gelukkig reed het bakkie niet heel hard door, en na oneindig veel stoplichten die natuurlijk allemaal op rood stonden, verminderde de trein vaart en moest de overweg gesleuteld worden. Hierdoor kreeg ik de kans om de trein in te halen en kon er een positie gevonden worden. Gelukkig neem ik bij dit soort bedieningen nooit het hoogtestatief mee, wat veel onhandig gesleep voorkomt en er niks klaargezet hoefde te worden. Niet veel later passeerde de trein, waarna ik weer op mijn fiets sprong en de trein nog enkele keren in kon halen!

De klok tikt 13:26 als RFO’s bakkie 685 met de beladen Laude.pl staalplakkentrein 63181 langs de fotograaf dieselt, terwijl de eerste wagens het terrein van TMA al oprollen. En zo kon er, op de valreep én met een aantal leuke platen op zak, weer tevreden worden teruggefietst!

09-01-2025 // Ruigoordweg, Houtrakpolder Amsterdam

OD-AGS - Boeing B-707-331C/HK - TMA - Trans Mediterranean Airlines

at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS)

c/n 19.214 - built in 1967 for TWA Trans World Airlines -

to TMA in 1978 - converted to freighter -

retired and stored Beirut (BEY) in 2001

scanned from Kodachrome-slide

View of Soyuz TMA-7 during departure from the International Space Station (ISS). Photo was taken during Expedition 13. Image was returned on the Soyuz TMA-8, Flight 12S.

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Credit: NASA

Image Number: iss013e87088

Date: April 8, 2006

This picture of a distant Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft was recorded by one of the Expedition 7 crewmembers aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Two days after launching from Kazakhstan, the Soyuz, carrying the two Expedition 8 crewmembers, astronaut C. Michael Foale, American commander and NASA ISS science officer, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, flight engineer and Soyuz commander, along with European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque, docked with the Station at 3:16 a.m. EST

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Credit: NASA

Image Number: iss007e17744

Date: October 20, 2003

The Soyuz TMA-16 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 carrying Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev and Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté to the International Space Station.

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Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Image Number: jsc2009e215141

Date: September 30, 2009

A1(M) Bramham 21/04/2021

Back on Earth!

Credits: ESA-S. Corvaja

A1(M) Bramham 09/07/2020

On 18 June 2016, Tim Peake returned to Earth in the Soyuz TMA-19M descent module after six months on board the International Space Station.

OD-AFY - Boeing B-707-327C - TMA - Trans Mediterranean Airlines

at Basle-Mulhouse Airport (BSL)

c/n 19.108 - built in 1966 for Braniff -

operated by TMA since 10/1972 -

w/o 7/26/93 at Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) - dbr during taxi when gear collapsed, cockpit stored Oude Tonge Netherlands, nose section at Oosterland Zeeland

scanned from Kodachome-slide

OD-AGS - Boeing B-707-331C/HK - TMA - Trans Mediterranean Airlines

at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS)

in all-white col. - untitled

c/n 19.214 - built in 1967 for TWA Trans World Airlines -

to TMA in 1978 - converted to freighter -

retired and stored Beirut (BEY) in 2001

scanned from Kodachrome-slide

Back on Earth!

Credits: ESA-S. Corvaja

1973 Alfa Romeo 2000 GT Veloce.

In present ownership since June 1988.

Back on Earth!

Credits: ESA-S. Corvaja

$20 million (USD) for Pontes' flight. (wordless)

Soyuz TMA-8 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle.

Mission highlights

Soyuz TMA-8 is a Soyuz spacecraft which was launched on March 30, 2006 by a Soyuz-FG rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Near the end of second stage burn, a communications blackout occurred at Moscow Mission Control. A satellite link was lost, but was restored about 10 minutes later. The crew was safe throughout the loss of communications.

The spacecraft carried two members of the Expedition 13 crew to the International Space Station, together with Marcos Pontes, the first Brazilian in space. The Brazilian government paid Russia approximately $20 million (USD) for Pontes' flight.

They replaced the Expedition 12 crew, Commander William McArthur and Valery Ivanovich Tokarev. Together with the Expedition 12 crew, Marcos Pontes returned to Earth on board Soyuz TMA-7.

Soyuz TMA-8 returned to Earth, together with Expedition 13, the spaceflight participant launched with Soyuz TMA-9, Anousheh Ansari.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-8

From 2001, a space odyssey