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This story follows on from my first cycle, see first comment below for details.
Riding to & from school was my only intention but I soon developed a love for cycling. I used to look at the top of the range Viscount – the Aerospace Pro – in the window of my local cycle shop with envy.
I decided I wanted a lighter, faster more sporty cycle for weekends. I joined a local cycling group for weekend rides and the wider wheels with heavy duty tyres on my school cycle whilst great for commuting, weren’t great for fast day rides.
I saved up and bought the cycle a year later and my mother allowed the part exchanged of her cycle, which she’d ridden once and decided it wasn’t for her (the one I’d used in the garden to learn to ride on), and after school some nights and weekends, away I went.
The Aerospace Pro was dogged by comments about the front forks (death forks) but I rode thousands, really many thousands of miles on them without issue but for those who want to read about the issue it’s here:
viscount-lambert-bikes.blogspot.com/2011/03/about-those-l...
However, I did rebuild them in the image above with new forks. This is mostly because I’m not the thin little cyclist I once was. I have retained the old forks and when I put them in storage there was nothing wrong with them.
This one never got to being carried about in boxes, but it needed the full rebuild, so new tyres, inner tubes cables, bar tape etc. It still rides like a really fast bike.
XX230 LMML 29-09-2012 United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF) British Aerospace Hawk T.1A CN 312066066
The sailplane was added here. Actually, the same sailplane was flying near and above the summit (Piz Boè, 3152m) and I was surprised by its appearance from down under. This landscape is about at 300 meters lower altitude.
✈🇫🇷 #AirFrance #opby #CityJet #Bae #RJ85 #EI-RJI #Named #Skelllig.Michael #Apron #LondonCity #LCY #EGLC #UK #BritishAerospace #Avro © #AWP #CHR-2012
@ Air France opby Cityjet 🇮🇪
British Aerospace Avro RJ85 "msn E2346"
• ENG : 4x LY LF507-1F
• REG : EI-RJI
• PAX : CY95
• RMK : Named "Skellig Michael"
@ Aircraft History :
• 03.MAR.1999 : Built / G-6-346 / Woodford (EGCD) 🇬🇧
• 10.MAR.1999 : Del / Northwest Airlink opby Mesaba Airlines / N521XJ
• 03.MAY.2007 : Tsf / Air France opby Cityjet / EI-RJI
• 10.MAR.2019 : Tsf / Aer Lingus / EI-RJI
• 26.OCT.2020 : Tsf / Aero-Flite Aerial Firefighting / N377AC
msn: E2039
Partially (mostly) repainted in standard USAir colors after experimental c/s
ex: N356PS
r/r: EI-CMY, TN-AIC, ZS-AAZ
Body No.: 2629004
Body: Hyundai Motors Korea "AeroSpace LS"
Engine: Hyundai D6AB
Route: Sampaloc-Cauayan
Location: Fajardo St., Sampaloc, Manila
*maganda ito, fresh na fresh pa..
29 Sqn special Typhoon FGR4 operating from 2 Sqn A/C at RAF Lossiemouth is seen here bashing the circuit with touch and go and low approach routines.
XX245 LMML 21-09-2023 United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF) British Aerospace Hawk T.1A CN 312081-081
N757HW - Boeing B-757-225 - Honeywell Aerospace
at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)
c/n 22.194 - built in 1982 for Eastern Air Lines -
to Honeywell in 2005
Honeywell’s Boeing 757-200 (N757HW) serves as a versatile flying test bed for engines, avionics, and aerospace systems, with over 800 flight tests across 30 countries.
Honeywell acquired the Boeing 757-200 in 2005, originally the fifth 757 produced by Boeing in 1982 and previously operated by Eastern Airlines, Airtours International Airways, and MyTravel Airways
The aircraft was extensively modified over three years to serve as a generic flying test bed, capable of testing a wide range of aerospace products, from engines to avionics and connectivity systems
Despite being over 40 years old, the airframe has been continuously updated, making it a highly adaptable platform
N757HW - Boeing B-757-225 - Honeywell Aerospace
at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)
c/n 22.194 - built in 1982 for Eastern Air Lines -
to Honeywell in 2005
Honeywell’s Boeing 757-200 (N757HW) serves as a versatile flying test bed for engines, avionics, and aerospace systems, with over 800 flight tests across 30 countries.
Honeywell acquired the Boeing 757-200 in 2005, originally the fifth 757 produced by Boeing in 1982 and previously operated by Eastern Airlines, Airtours International Airways, and MyTravel Airways
The aircraft was extensively modified over three years to serve as a generic flying test bed, capable of testing a wide range of aerospace products, from engines to avionics and connectivity systems
Despite being over 40 years old, the airframe has been continuously updated, making it a highly adaptable platform
Not a joke - this is the construction state of the Shanghai Aerospace Museum (上海航天博物馆). Read on...
Back in Shanghai after my 2011 Japan trip, and the Chinese national holiday gave the opportunity for some local outings. Since over a year my son was tempted by the name of the Line 8 terminal station: "Aerospace Museum Station".
Well, we pretty spontaneously went there and found - a green field where the museum was supposed to be. But the museum was drawn onto the maps posted at the adjacent "Aerospace Museum" bus station.
Later (silly me) web research gave the result that stated roughly "construction started in February 2011 and is expected to be finished by 2012.". As of October 2011 (photo date) the only thing done so far was the relocation of a village that once was here and still could be seen on the Google satellite images.
2014 Update: Past year this "Aerospace Museum" metro station has been renamed into "Shendu Highway" station (沈杜公路).
2025 Update: 13 years later nearly no changes to the land lot in May 2024 (according Google Earth latest images), the last remaining buildings of the village (on the right third of the image) are also gone, though.
Technicalities: Stitched panorama from 6 shots, in portrait format, Nikon D100 with an AF-D Nikkor 24-84/2.8-4.0 lens attached, 24mm focal length. Horizontal field of view is just over 120°. Size reduced to for upload.
As for all of these panoramic images: XXL view is a must for this image.
Archive shot, uploaded on October 9, 2011, shot from the platform of this "Aerospace Museum" metro station.
Re-posted January 18, 2025.
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Body No.: 2629757
Body: Hyundai Motors Korea "AeroSpace LD"
Engine: Hyundai D6AV
Route: Sampaloc-San Mariano via Cauayan/Santiago
Location: Cayco St., Sampaloc, Manila
taken @ Northstar Terminal
*dumaan muna ko dito, bago ako nag Cubao hopping nung september 30.. hehe
MONTREAL - P E Trudeau - CYUL
Serial Number: 119 | 2005
Registered to: CHARTRIGHT AIR INC, MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, CANADA.
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N757HW - Boeing B-757-225 - Honeywell Aerospace
at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)
c/n 22.194 - built in 1982 for Eastern Air Lines -
to Honeywell in 2005
Honeywell’s Boeing 757-200 (N757HW) serves as a versatile flying test bed for engines, avionics, and aerospace systems, with over 800 flight tests across 30 countries.
Honeywell acquired the Boeing 757-200 in 2005, originally the fifth 757 produced by Boeing in 1982 and previously operated by Eastern Airlines, Airtours International Airways, and MyTravel Airways
The aircraft was extensively modified over three years to serve as a generic flying test bed, capable of testing a wide range of aerospace products, from engines to avionics and connectivity systems
Despite being over 40 years old, the airframe has been continuously updated, making it a highly adaptable platform
UK - Air Force
British Aerospace Harrier GR7A
Reg ( ZD348 )
C/N ( P15 )
Code ( 15A )
Venue - Yeovilton
7/7/2007
Wer bislang der Meinung war, Raketen werden nur von Äquatornähe aus ins All geschossen (wegen Erdrotation und elypsoider form der Erde...) , der wird hier 350 km nördlich des Polarkreises eine Überraschung erleben. Isar Aerospace, ein Münchner Luft- und Raumfahrtunternehmen bringt von hier aus im Norden der Insel Andøya, seine Kleinsatelliten ins All.
Den kleinen Leuchtturm rechts außen sieht man im folgenden Bild.
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Anyone who has always thought that rockets are only launched into space from near the equator (due to the Earth's rotation and ellipsoid shape...) will be in for a surprise here, 350 km north of the Arctic Circle. Isar Aerospace, a Munich-based aerospace company, launches its small satellites into space from here in the north of the island of Andøya.
The small lighthouse on the far right can be seen in the following picture.
In this gorgeous ca. 1970 Grumman Aerospace Corporation artist’s concept, a “Design 532” shuttle orbiter is depicted coming in for a powered landing at KSC, using its deployed forward-mounted air-breathing engines. Amongst other things, note the VAB & full shuttle stack rolling out to Launch Complex 39 in the background.
I assume/am hoping the orbiter’s concrete runway (future SLF?) is just outside of the image to the left. 😉
“DESIGN 532
Design 532 is a quite different response which we believe holds promise for answering the question "Can we limit the program risk?" If Design 518 yields a program requiring a funding pattern as shown in Fig. S-2, we will face a situation which may permit neither the development of the space shuttle system nor the development of its payloads. This consideration as well as the NASA/MSC interest in a smaller, simpler, vehicle which could fly earlier, led to the development of Design 532.
Design 532 is a fully reusable, two-stage space shuttle with an initial low cross-range payload of 12,800 lb. Design 532 is also designed for the high aerodynamic cross-range potential and makes provisions for phased implementation of increased payload and performance capability. This approach permits a stepwise increase in capability and growth while decoupling the technical risk and reducing initial cost. Using engines and electronics derived from existing equipment should assure an earlier first flight. Additional performance becomes available with introduction of the high-pressure orbiter engines with a payload of 22,600 lb.
The Design 532 booster is fully reusable with LOX/RP-1 propellants and five F1 engines. A deliberately conservative approach to the design of the booster minimizes technical risk and cost by avoiding development of large-scale hydrogen tankage. Development savings of several hundred million dollars per year appear possible for this orbiter-booster combination.
The Design 532 orbiter will, at first, use three J2S engines, operate at low cross range, and be fitted with first generation avionics. The baseline Design 532 orbiter is achieved by subsequent installation of the high Isp, high-pressure 250,000 lb. thrust engines. Improved thermal protection systems extend cross range, and second-generation electronics improve operational efficiency. We believe that operational experience with the orbiter will show that for certain missions the air-breathing engines are not required. Therefore, the flying qualities have been tailored to accommodate both engine weight in and engine weight out cg positions. Removal of the air-breathing engines and reduction of on-orbit propellant will increase payload capacity to orbit to 52,700 lb. As a further step to make even heavier up-payloads possible, we have made provisions for a potential non-reusable kick stage. This would raise the payload limit to 76,500 lb. In conjunction with this attention to capacity for heavy payloads, the Design 532 cargo bay has been conceived as a "flat-bed" sized for a 10 ft. diameter payload carried internally, 15 ft. diameter carried semi-submerged, and for 22 ft. diameter carried externally.
To summarize, Design 532 is based on the following considerations:
- Reduced initial funding requirements
- Payload flexibility and growth
- Early initial flight date and initial operational capability"
The above, accompanied by supporting figures & diagrams…and a whole lot more, at:
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20160012503/downloads/2016001...
Context regarding the referenced Design 518 can also be found within the document, to include size, engine configuration, payload capacity, etc.
Last, but not least, as I cautiously suspected, the work is confirmed to be by Craig Kavafes. Fortunately, enough of his distinctive signature ‘made the cut’.
N757HW - Boeing B-757-225 - Honeywell Aerospace
at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)
c/n 22194 - built in 1982 for Eastern Air Lines -
to Honeywell in 2005
Honeywell’s Boeing 757-200 (N757HW) serves as a versatile flying test bed for engines, avionics, and aerospace systems, with over 800 flight tests across 30 countries.
Honeywell acquired the Boeing 757-200 in 2005, originally the fifth 757 produced by Boeing in 1982 and previously operated by Eastern Airlines, Airtours International Airways, and MyTravel Airways
The aircraft was extensively modified over three years to serve as a generic flying test bed, capable of testing a wide range of aerospace products, from engines to avionics and connectivity systems
Despite being over 40 years old, the airframe has been continuously updated, making it a highly adaptable platform
C-FRJZ - Gulfstream Aerospace G-100 (I.A.I. 1125 Astra SPX) -
Latitude Air Ambulance
at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)
c/n 087 - built in 1997 -
operated by Jetport until 2016
G-ISLD Blue Islands British Aerospace Jetstream 31
Stored at Friedrichshafen Airport since 2015 and looking very unlikely to fly again, this former Blue Islands Jetstream 31 G-ISLD was originally delivered to American Eagle in 1991 before serving with the Channel Islands operator for 9 years from 2006. Salzburger Eisenbahn Transport Logistik GmbH purchased the frame in January 2015 before it moved to Flex Flight as OY-SGP later that year (the remnants of the taped-on registration remain vaguely visible). It is not clear who the current owners are and consequently this J31 and another (OY-ZEA) have been "put out to grass" in a distant corner of the field.