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A view of the Great Barrier Reef from Wavelength, the boat we went out on. The dark areas in the water are coral, and the bright blue areas are sandy. This spot is at the mooring on Opal Reef.
Oldsmobile converted to a mobile start barrier for harness racing at Warragul. It remains in use for trials by the light harness club.
The first of a long and continuing series of experimental “X-planes,” the X-1 was the result of the USAAF’s interest in supersonic flight. At the end of World War II, when Bell was asked to build three research aircraft, speeds of aircraft had begun to reach the transonic barrier, Mach 1, and several test pilots had died or nearly died attempting to break it.
The Bell X-1, originally designated XS-1, was patterned after a .50 caliber bullet, as that would be stable at supersonic speeds. An all-moving tailplane was added, giving the pilot additional control at high speeds, and the X-1 was powered by a liquid rocket engine, one of the world’s first and designed by the “father of modern rocketry,” Robert Goddard. Though the X-1 had landing gear and could take off under its own power, it would be given an extra boost by being carried beneath a B-29 mothership to altitude. The pilot had essentially no means of bailing out—ejection seats of the time were still primitive and the shape of the X-1 would prevent it in any case.
Flying from Muroc Dry Lake (now Edwards AFB), Bell’s program was gradual, beginning from glide tests to powered flight throughout 1946. Progress was too slow for the USAAF, which took over control of the test flights in June 1947. At that point, Bell’s chief test pilot, Chalmers “Slick” Goodlin, demanded $150,000 for the supersonic test. The USAAF—now the independent US Air Force--balked at that price, and instead Captain Charles “Chuck” Yeager would fly the test flights on his regular salary. Yeager soared into the record books on 14 October 1947, reaching the speed of Mach 1.06 in the first X-1, 46-042, named Glamorous Glennis for his wife. The fact was initially classified by the USAF, but news was leaked in December.
The X-1’s career did not end there, as the type was further modified and refined as the top speeds of aircraft began going higher and higher in the 1950s. The X-1A through X-1E pushed the record to Mach 2.44 by December 1953; the program also tested thermal dynamics, set altitude records (90,000 feet in May 1954), and incorporated design elements that would be used in space travel, such as reaction jets in the nose. It was an extremely dangerous job: three men were killed during the program, and Yeager himself nearly died when the X-1A went out of control after he reached Mach 2.44. Four of the X-1 prototypes were lost in accidental explosions.
By November 1958, the design could be improved no further, and technology had surpassed it—production fighters were regularly reaching Mach 2, and Mach 3 aircraft were already being built. The X-1 program was ended for good, but left behind an incredible legacy.
This is the real "Glamorous Glennis," as she hangs today in the Milestones of Flight exhibit at the entrance to the Smithsonian. (The wing in the foreground is the "Spirit of St. Louis.") Once X-1 testing was finished in August 1950, the aircraft was immediately handed over to the Smithsonian for preservation. After having read so much about Yeager and the X-1 in Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff," along with the movie of the same name, it was quite something to see the X-1 in person.
Mike Rowe, from the television series "Dirty Jobs", was at the Stamford Hurricane Barrier in October 2006, for the barrier's yearly maintenance. The barrier normally sits flat on the ocean floor. It is only raised during storm surges to protect the harbor.
The main job is to identify anodes in need of repair and replace them. There are approximately 550 anodes that protect the metal gate from erosion. The zinc has an electrical charge that attracts the corrosion. They decide when to change the anodes by comparing a new anode to a used one. When the used anodes appear to have less than 50% left, they replace them.
The barrier is about four feet wide and goes down for six levels. Inside, it is filled with cubicles (about 17 across) with six anodes each. Each cubicle is covered with muck from the bottom of the harbor. The sediment and decay are hosed down to the next level. Fish, eels and other creatures can be found living in the sediment.
Typographic rendering of a poem I wrote. Here is the original poem:
People build thick walls
To stop the hateful calls
Of the world around them.
Deceit and fear
Cause many to cast a blind eye
To all the evils in this place we live.
Gender and religion
Does humanity need to sign a petition
To break down the unseen differences we are told to see?
Body language and racist calls
Haunt the chaotic halls
Of our mind.
Politicians build those barriers
With bombs
And death
And their so-called “democracy”
When all of this MaDnEsS needs to stop.
Why are people afraid of each other
When we are so alike
You and I
He and she
Them and we
Remember what happened to the Berlin Wall
For all barriers are bound to fall.
I didn't have to use my ticket to leave London Bridge station as the barriers were open - I'd found the same thing at Three Bridges station when I started my journey.
From the Great Barrier Reef off Cairns: taken using a disposable underwater camera while snorkelling.
Wanted to keep his 'junk' safe! And who can blame him with such brilliant treasures! On leaving I looked up and loved how the razor wire and iron railings looked against the late afternoon sky.
Western Area Power Administration and Southwestern Power Administration crews work to restore power to the barrier islands of New Jersey.
Crews installing the barriers.
As a part of the Malahat Safety Improvements, barriers were recently installed along sections of the Malahat on the Trans Canada Highway. Five sections of new concrete median barrier, totalling 5.4 km, will be added to the Malahat by spring 2013. When complete, over 40 per cent of the Malahat corridor will be separated with median barrier.
The installation of this section of median barrier will cost approximately $250,000. This is part of the government of British Columbia’s $8 million commitment to additional concrete median barrier and other safety improvements on the Malahat.
2021 Metal Barrier Fence Removed - USS Maine Monument - 1913 Beaux Arts monument to commemorate the controversial sinking of the battleship Maine in 1898 - The ship has sculpted representations of the mythological figures Victory - Peace - Courage - Fortitude and Justice - Central Park Entrance NYC 12/14/2021 New York City arms wrapping around rock statue sculpture April Columbus Circle
Oldsmobile converted to a mobile start barrier for harness racing at Warragul. It remains in use for trials by the light harness club.
What an amazing day this was!
Everything was so beautiful!
This was my first time truly snorkeling.
I started out just viewing the underwater world below, from the surface of the water. Then once I saw my first sea turtle, down I went, learning to clear the water out of the snorkle was worth the dive. Then I was hooked! I think I spent more time under the water than above.
Amazing creation everywhere I turned.
June 23rd, 2009, This is a day I will not soon forget.
Completed in 1982, these series of barriers act as the first defence from flush flooding or a sudden surge of water created by a storm in the North Sea. Have you ever notice sometimes that the water level in London seems very high? Apparently the barriers have been raised more often in the past decade or so.
Continuing our tourist trip to Cairns on our last full day in Australia we visited the Great Barrier Reef. This shot was taken from a glass bottomed boat taking a tour over the coral. Obviously this was taken through glass so the quality isn't that great but hopefully you still get an impression of the coral and the seabed.
The River Hull tidal surge barrier is a flood control gate located on the River Hull in the city of Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The barrier impounds the river in times of tidal surges, preventing water moving upstream of the river from the Humber Estuary, and flooding the areas of the city which are near to the river, or susceptible to flooding. It is held horizontal when not in use, and turns 90 degrees before being lowered to the riverbed in the event of a tidal surge. It is the second largest flood barrier in the United Kingdom after the Thames Barrier in London.