photographer: Kenneth H. Lehr, 1952

 

Scoutmaster Amanda Steele from Georgia-Carolina Council getting interviewed upon arrival during the 2023 National Scout Jamboree at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope, West Virginia. (BSA Photo by Leo He)

 

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20230720-16-01-19--LH date - 7/20/23 time - 16:01:19

Scouts from Cradle of Liberty Council show their water bottles as they arrive for the 2023 National Scout Jamboree at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope, West Virginia. (BSA Photo by Tom Copeland)

 

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20230719-07-33-19-70-TC date - 7/19/23 time - 7:33:19 AM

 

Base

Based on Timcan2904 templates

If you want make you own Lego Nova Trooper you will be need:

-Shadow Trooper Helmet

-black tors

-black legs

-black arms

-black belt

-black hands

and poliaster for pauldron

About helmet:

You shoud print some yellow saples to try make it

Enjoy ;)

The lift shafts are based on the Elephant House at London Zoo, apparently.

Pentax K-S2, SMC Pentax-A 70-210/4

 

At the Tigers v Royals game 6/18/2016 :-D

+++ DISCLAIMER +++

Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!

  

Some background:

After the Ukrainian independence in 1991, the Ukrainian Air Force (Повітряні Сили України, Povitryani Syly Ukrayiny) was established on March 17, 1992, in accordance with a Directive of the General Staff Chief of the Armed Forces. When the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, many aircraft were left on Ukrainian territory, including a wide range of fighters and attack aircraft, helicopters and even strategic bombers, and these became the initial equipment. Ever since, the Ukrainian air force has been downsizing and upgrading its forces, but for many years the main inventory still consisted of Soviet-made aircraft.

 

Following the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution and subsequent March 2014 Russian annexation of the Crimea peninsula and the following violence and insurgency in east Ukraine, the Ukrainian government tried to increase its defense spending and capabilities. Returning equipment (of Russian origin, though) to service was a key part of the spending drive, but in parallel attempts were made to procure flying material from Western sources in order to become moer and more independent from the obtrusive neighbor. In April 2014 two MiG-29 aircraft were restored to flight on short notice and in August a decommissioned An-26 transport aircraft was restored to active service by a volunteer group. On 5 January 2015 the air force received another 4 restored airplanes, two MiG-29s and two Su-27s, as well as two Mi-8 and Mi-2 helicopters. However, since these aircraft had already accumulated a considerable number of flying hours, this could only have been an interim solution and the Ukraine turned directly to NATO for material support.

 

This politically highly delicate help was eventually granted in the form of eight General Dynamics F-16 C (six) and D (two) multi-role fighters of early Block 40 standard, leased from the U.S.A. and diverted from active aircraft which were about to become surplus stock and mothballed, anyway.

The F-16 Fighting Falcon itself was a single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as a light air superiority day fighter as a complement to the heavier F-15 Eagle interceptor, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft. Over 4,600 aircraft were built since production was approved in 1976. In 1993, General Dynamics sold its aircraft manufacturing business to the Lockheed Corporation, which in turn became part of Lockheed Martin after a 1995 merger with Martin Marietta.

Although no longer being purchased by the launch customer, the U.S. Air Force, improved versions are still being built for export customers – the F-16 has been procured to serve in the air forces of 25 other nations all around the world, making it one of the world's most numerous fixed-wing aircraft in military service.

 

The Fighting Falcon's key features include a frameless bubble canopy for better visibility, side-mounted control stick to ease control while maneuvering, an ejection seat reclined 30 degrees from vertical to reduce the effect of g-forces on the pilot, and the first use of a relaxed static stability/fly-by-wire flight control system which helps to make it an agile aircraft. The F-16 has an internal M61 Vulcan cannon and the advanced C/D version features a total of 11 locations for mounting weapons and other mission equipment.

 

The eight machines for the Ukraine arrived in June 2016 via direct transfer flights over the Atlantic and Western Europe. The former USAF machines were delivered “as is”, even though they had some state-of-the-art avionics replaced by less sensitive alternatives from older F-16 production blocks. Together with the fighters, an undisclosed number of AIM-9M Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles were delivered, but the leasing agreement did not include LANTIRN pods that would provide the F-16C/D with improved all-day/all-weather strike capability. Other equipment like ECM pods was also not included. Service, maintenance and logistics for the new type in Ukrainian service was, due to the small operational number, secured with the help of the Polish air force, which had been operating 48 F-16C/D+ Block 52 fighters since 2006 and had the required experience and facilities at its 31st Tactical Air Base in Poznań-Krzesiny.

 

Upon arrival, the aircraft were immediately re-painted in a striking digital camouflage and received non-consecutive tactical codes, apparently based on the airframe’s former U.S. serial numbers, using the last two digits. They were all allocated to the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade, based at Vasylkiv air base, south of Kiev, where they replaced a number of outdated and partly grounded MiG-29 fighters. They were exclusively tasked with aerial defense of the Ukrainian capital city – also as a political sign that the machines were not intended for attack missions.

 

Since their introduction, the Ukrainian F-16s have been fulfilling QRA duties and airspace patrol, and the corresponding maintenance infrastructure has been gradually built up, so that F-16 operations became independent from Poland in 2019. With the worsening relationship to Russia, more military hardware of Western origin is expected to enter Ukrainian service. If the tight Ukrainian defense budget allows it, twenty more 2nd hand F-16s are to be delivered in 2021 to replace more Soviet fighter types (primarily the rest of the Ukrainian MiG-29 “Fulcrum” single and two seater fleet), and the procurement of LANTIRN pods to expand the type’s capabilities is under consideration and negotiations, too.

  

General characteristics:

Length: 49 ft 5 in (15.06 m)

Wingspan: 32 ft 8 in (9.96 m)

Height: 16 ft (4.9 m)

Wing area: 300 sq ft (28 m²)

Airfoil: NACA 64A204

Empty weight: 18,900 lb (8,573 kg)

Gross weight: 26,500 lb (12,020 kg)

Max. takeoff weight: 42,300 lb (19,187 kg)

Internal fuel capacity: 7,000 pounds (3,200 kg)

 

Powerplant:

1× General Electric F110-GE-100 afterburning turbofan

with 17,155 lbf (76.31 kN) dry and 28,600 lbf (127 kN) thrust with afterburner

 

Performance:

Maximum speed: Mach 2.05 at altitude in clean configuration

Mach 1.2, 800 kn (921 mph; 1,482 km/h) at sea level

Combat range: 295 nmi (339 mi, 546 km) on a hi-lo-hi mission with 4x 1,000 lb (454 kg) bombs

Ferry range: 2,277 nmi (2,620 mi, 4,217 km) with drop tanks

Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,000 m) plus

g limits: +9.0 (limited by flight control system)

Rate of climb: +50,000 ft/min (250 m/s)

Wing loading: 88.3 lb/sq ft (431 kg/m²)

Thrust/weight: 1.095 (1.24 with loaded weight & 50% internal fuel)

 

Armament:

1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A1 Vulcan 6-barrel rotary cannon with 511 rounds

2× wing-tip air-to-air missile launch rails plus 6× under-wing

and 3× under-fuselage pylon (2 of these for sensors) stations

with a capacity of up to 17,000 lb (7,700 kg) of a wide range of stores

  

The kit and its assembly:

I am not a big F-16 fan, but in some cases it’s an unavoidable canvas – just like in this case here. This fictional aircraft model (or better: this model of a [yet] fictional F-16 operator) was spawned by two ideas. One was the simple question: what if the Ukraine had after the USSR’s dissolution chosen a stronger attachment to (old) Western forces after the dissolution of the USSSR? And/or: what if the Ukraine had started to procure non-Russian equipment, esp. aircraft? So, what would an Ukrainian F-16 might have looked like, in general but esp. after the Crimea annexation in 2014 when such a scenario had become even more possible?

The other source of inspiration was a picture of an Ukrainian Su-24 with grey digital camouflage, a scheme that was/is also worn by some Su-25s. When I stumbled upon an Authentic Decals sheet for this unique paint scheme that allows to apply the complex and delicate pattern through water-slide transfers, I thought that the relatively “flat” F-16 surface would be an ideal basis to try this stunt?

 

What sounded like a very simple livery whif on an OOB model turned into a construction nightmare. Originally, this project provided me with a purpose for a dubious Trumpeter F-16 kit that I had bought some years ago – dead cheap, but righteously so. This kit is cruel, the model even has no concrete variant specification and is apparently the re-boxing of a kit from an obscure Chinese company called “Income”. Effectively, the Trumpeter F-16 is a rip-off of Italeri’s quite nice F-16C/D kit – but the Income/Trumpeter clone comes with MUCH deeper engravings esp. on the fuselage that remind a lot of the dreaded Matchbox “trenches”. Everything is rather “soft” and toylike, the clear parts are poor and the (few) decals look like toy stickers (!!!). I’d call it crude, even the instructions are apparently poor scans or photocopies from the Italeri kit, including hints for detail painting with no corresponding reference what colors should be used at all… All that could have been overlooked, but after starting with the kit I could not commit myself to use it any further. It’s rare that I give up because of a kit’s basis!

 

Next idea to “save” the project’s idea of an Ukrainian F-16 was to dig out a surplus Intech F-16 from the pile, also bought long ago because it was cheap, as conversion fodder. This kit has also been re-released in infinite variations under the Mister-/Mastercraft label. Upon closer inspection this kit turned out to have massive flaws, too, but in different areas from the Trumpeter thing. For instance, the Intech kit’s wings are utterly thick, certainly 1mm thicker than the Trumpeter model’s parts. This does not sound much, but on the really thin F-16 wings and stabilizers this looks really awful! Furthermore, the clear parts had not been fully molded, so I’d have needed a replacement canopy, anyway. Again, I gave up on building…

 

…until I decided to make the best of this mess and combine the “best” parts from both gimp models, trying to mend the worst flaws to an acceptable level. This led to the glorious kitbashing that this model eventually became! From the Intech kit I took the acceptable fuselage, including cockpit interior, air intake and landing gear, as well as the fin and the weapon pylons. The Trumpeter kit donated its thinner wings and the stabilizers, as well as the much better open exhaust nozzle (there’s an optional closed one, too; the Intech kit only offers an open nozzle, without ANY surface detail at all, it’s just a blank pipe!).

Beyond these basic ingredients, some more donors became necessary: All clear parts from both Intech and Trumpeter kit turned out to be rubbish for various reasons. The decision to build an F-16D two-seater was dictated by the fact that I had a leftover canopy from an Italeri F-16 kit in the donor bank – luckily it fitted well to the Intech kit’s body. Two crewmen from the spares box populate the cockpit and hide the rather basic interior, which was not improved at all. Furthermore, the ordnance came from external sources, too. The characteristic drop tanks with their cut-off tails were also leftover parts from the Italeri F-16, all AAMs come from a Hasegawa weapon set.

 

Some PSR was necessary to blend the parts from different kits together – thankfully, almost all F-16 kits are constructed in a similar fashion, even though there are small detail differences. In this case, the wings had to be slightly modified to fit onto the Intech fuselage. However, even those parts from the original kit(s) that are supposed to fit, e.g. the fin or the alternative cockpit opening frames for the optional single- and two-seater canopies, do hardly match at all. Horrible.

 

I rather focused on the model’s exterior, and a personal addition to improve the overall look of the otherwise rather basic/poor model, I added some small blade antennae that were totally missing on either model. Another extra detail are the small static dischargers on the trailing edges, created with thin, heated sprue material. Only small details, but they improve IMHO the model’s look considerably.

  

Painting and markings:

Until today, I never dared to apply decal camouflage to a model, but I expected that the flat/smooth F-16 surface would make this stunt relatively easy. This application method would also make painting the model easy, since only a single, uniform color had to be laid down from above and below.

To my surprise, the painting instructions of the Authentic Decals sheet for a number of Ukrainian Su-25 (which all carry the same standardized pixel camouflage) indicated RAL tones – a little surprising, but: why not? Since no other authentic color references were available, I cross-checked the paint suggestions with real life pictures of Su-24s and -25s in this striking paint scheme, and the indicated tones appear very plausible.

 

The problem: not every RAL tone is available as a model paint, so I had to make guesstimates. This eventually led to Modelmaster 2133 (Fulcrum Grey) as a light grey overall basis (suggested: RAL 7030 Achatgrau/Agate Grey, a tone with a brownish hue) from above and Humbrol 47 (Sea Blue Gloss) for a pale blue underside. The recommendation for the belly is RAL 7001 (Silbergrau/Silver Grey, very close to FS 36375), and this appears plausible, too, even though real-life pictures suggest a more bluish tone. But for a more dramatic look and some color contrast to the upper side’s all-grey I deliberately settled upon the Humbrol color, and this looks IMHO good.

The other suggested grey tones that make up the pixel patterns are RAL 7040 (Fenstergrau/Window Grey), RAL 7037 (Staubgrau/Dust Grey) and RAL 7043 (Verkehrsgrau B/Traffic Grey).

 

The cockpit interior was painted in medium grey (FS 36231, Humbrol 140), the air intake and the landing gear in white (Humbrol 22). The exhaust nozzle was painted externally with individual Metallizer mixes (with blue and gold added), while the inside was painted with Burnt Steel Metallizer towards the afterburner section while the ceramic nozzle petals were painted in a pale, almost white grey with darker lines, applied wet-in-wet. This looks pretty good – but does not withstand a closer inspection, just like the rest of this Franken-bashed F-16 thing.

 

Applying the digital camouflage pattern went better than expected. The decals turned out to be very thin and delicate, though, with almost no excessive clear film outside of the printed areas, so that application had to be executed swiftly and with lots of water to slide them into place. Nothing for modelers who are faint at heart! Because the single pixel clouds partly follow the Su-25 outlines, the decals had partly to be tailored to the rather different F-16 shape, and due to the different proportions I also had to improvise with the material at hand – fortunately the Su-25 sheet offered enough material to cover the F-16! Some small areas lacked decal material and had to be filled through painting, though, with replacement model paints for the aforementioned darker RAL greys, namely Humbrol 246 (RLM 75) and a 2:1 mix of Humbrol 125 and 67. The lightest grey on the prints turned out to be very close to the Fulcrum Grey, so there’s unfortunately very little contrast, and this only became clear after the decals had already dried. However, I left it that way, because lightening the Fulcrum Grey up further would have been a quite messy affair, ending in a rather dirty look that I wanted to avoid, and it had called for an almost white tone.

 

Another challenge became the weathering process, since I normally apply a black ink wash and some post-panel shading to the finished and painted model before I add the decals to a model. Fearing that the ink might creep under the decals’ clear sections, I left that step out completely. The delicate static dischargers were another complicating factor. So, I decided to finish the upper camouflage with the light grey base and the decals cammo first. This made trimming down excess decal material easier. After that had been roughly finished, the dischargers were added and the underside was painted blue. On top of that came the “normal” decals with national markings, codes and stencils. The latter were mostly taken from a vintage Microscale F-16 sheet, the tactical code came from a Begemot Ka-27 sheet. Since the bort number on the air intake was not well visible frame every angle, I added a white 77 to the fin, too. Thereafter I added some panel lines with the help of thinned black ink and a soft pencil. This way the model appears pretty clean, and I think that’s fine since many recent Ukrainian aircraft I know from pictures look well-tended. Finally, the model was sealed with matt acrylic varnish overall.

  

A simple F-16 in alternative markings – that’s what this model was supposed to be. I did not expect that the building phase would become such a challenge, and I’d sincerely recommend to any modeler who wants to build a “serious” F-16 in 1:72 to stay away from the Trumpeter and the Intech/Mister-/Mastercraft kits. They might be cheap, but that does not outweigh their flaws and building troubles.

Beyond these technical issues, I like the look of this “Ukrainized” Viper, the digital camouflage looks very special and works well on the aircraft. The light grey base could have been lighter, though. In fact, the F-16 now looks like an exaggerated U.S. Aggressor on first sight, but with the Ukrainian markings the whole thing looks pretty different and conclusive - a “what if” in the best sense. 😉

I built this MOC for Andromeda's Gates on Eurobricks. It shows a MANTIS mining base in full swing, there's even some little loader trucks carrying loads of Awesomnium. The building has a full interior as well.

Matthew Mower of the visual media team filming the apex summit during the 2023 National Scout Jamboree at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope, West Virginia. (BSA Photo by Leo He)

 

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20230726-21-18-41--LH date - 7/26/23 time - 21:18:41

  

Mont Valier

Couseran

Ariege

 

Taken: NJ, USA.

Quarter master Chami Davis of Baltimore Area Council sets up camp as Scouts arrive for the 2023 National Scout Jamboree at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope, West Virginia. (BSA Photo by Tom Copeland)

 

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20230719-09-29-58-56-TC date - 7/19/23 time - 9:29:58 AM

 

Eagle Scout Ay Young performs during the 2023 National Scout Jamboree at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope, West Virginia. (BSA Photo by Leo He)

 

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20230726-21-06-13--LH date - 7/26/23 time - 21:06:13

Formed in 1940 with the merger of the Gulf, Mobile and Northern and Mobile and Ohio Railroads (and the Chicago and Alton in 1947), the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio operated a 3,000-mile railroad between Chicago and the Gulf Coast out of its beautiful Spanish Revival building in Mobile, Alabama.

 

Built in 1907 for the GM&N, the building served as the railroad's corporate headquarters as well as the southern terminus of the Rebel, the South's first streamlined passenger train launched in 1935. The Rebel was rebranded as the Gulf Coast Rebel after the 1940 merger and operated between Mobile and Saint Louis with modern heavyweight equipment. Nonetheless, the GM&O could not compete with rival Illinois Central in the southern passenger market, and all GM&O passenger services south of Saint Louis ended in 1958 with the discontinuation of the Gulf Coast Rebel.

 

Ultimately, the GM&O merged with the IC in 1972, and the offices were vacated in 1986. Today, the remnants of the GM&O system is divided up between Illinois Central successor CN, UP, KCS, and various shortline operators, and the glamorous terminal building was restored in 2001 after years of disrepair.

Photo by Connor Madison

Scouts arriving at camp during the 2023 National Scout Jamboree at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope, West Virginia. (BSA Photo by Leo He)

 

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20230719-07-41-04--LH date - 7/19/23 time - 07:41:04

This is my clone base moc that i am using in my LEGO clone wars battle video i am working on.

McDonnell Douglas RF-4C PHANTOM II (SERIAL: 1453) ALA-12 E.A. (CR.12-57 / 12-66) / BASE AÉREA DE TORREJÓN (LETO) ESPAÑA-SPAIN

Add description. You know the drill. Be specific, i want lots of detail!

Scouts setting up camp during the 2023 National Scout Jamboree at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope, West Virginia. (BSA Photo by Leo He)

 

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20230719-08-29-41--LH date - 7/19/23 time - 08:29:41

JST Dan Chazin from Shomer Shabbat Contingent at the Jewish morning prayer during the 2023 National Scout Jamboree at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope, West Virginia. (BSA Photo by Leo He)

 

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20230723-07-16-17--LH date - 7/23/23 time - 07:16:17

Instead of operating from large easy to find airfields, Cobra have set their Mambas up on individual widely spaced single aircraft bases. CC believes in the "don't put all your eggs in one basket" theory, especially with expensive, high tech gear like the Mambas.

Carnage handstyle series 2 featuring the works of Baser now available at

carnagenyc.bigcartel.com

Don't sleep..get some!!!

Basecamp bash during the 2023 National Scout Jamboree at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope, West Virginia. (BSA Photo by Leo He)

 

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20230725-21-24-03--LH date - 7/25/23 time - 21:24:03

During the Charlie Base Camp Bash during the 2023 National Scout Jamboree at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope, West Virginia. (BSA Photo by Tom Copeland)

 

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20230724-21-50-57-86-TC date - 7/24/23 time - 9:50:57 PM

 

From thedailylumenbox.blog LomoChrome Turquoise shot at ISO 100 with Leica Ic and Voigtlander 15mm, Heliar Super Wide. Developed by The Darkroom in San Clemente, CA

Two stormtroopers chats after secret rebel base Foxtrot-9 has been obliterated.

abandoned navy fuel depot

List of the tallest towers.

 

1 Burj Dubai 2,684 feet 818 m 2009 Skyscraper

 

2 Warsaw Radio Mast 2,121 feet 646.4 m 1974 Guyed mast

 

3 KVLY/KTHI TV Mast 2,063 feet 628.8 m 1963 Guyed mast

 

4 KXJB-TV mast 2,060 feet 627.8 m 1998 Guyed mast

 

5 KXTV/KOVR Tower 2,049 feet 624.5 m 2000 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Walnut Grove, California Tallest structure in California

 

6 KATV Tower 2,000 feet 609.6 m 1965?1967? Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Redfield, Arkansas

 

7 KCAU TV Tower 2,000 feet 609.6 m 1965 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Sioux City, Iowa

 

8 WECT TV6 Tower 2,000 feet 609.6 m 1969 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Colly Township, North Carolina

 

9 WHO-TV, KDIN-TV,WOI-FM Tower 2,000 feet 609.6 m 1972 Guyed mast VHF-TV, FM radio transmission U.S. Alleman, Iowa

 

10 Des Moines Hearst-Argyle Television Tower Alleman 2,000 feet 609.6 m 1974 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Alleman, Iowa

 

11 WEAU-Tower 2,000 feet 609.6 m 1981 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Fairchild, Wisconsin

 

12 Diversified Communications Tower 2,000 feet 609.6 m 1981 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Floyd Dale, South Carolina

 

13 AFLAC Tower 2,000 feet 609.6 m 1984 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Rowley, Iowa

 

14 WBTV-Tower 2,000 feet 609.6 m 1984 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Dallas, North Carolina

 

15 Hearst-Argyle Tower 2,000 feet 609.6 m 1985 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Walnut Grove, California

 

16 WTTO Tower 2,000 feet 609.6 m 1986 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Windham Springs, Alabama

 

17 WCSC-Tower 2,000 feet 609.6 m 1986 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Awendaw, South Carolina

 

18 KTVE-Tower 2,000 feet 609.6 m 1987 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Bolding, Arkansas

 

19 WCTV Tower 2,000 feet 609.6 m 1987 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Metcalf, Georgia

 

20 WCIX/CH6 TV Mast 2,000 feet 609.6 m 1992 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Homestead, Florida

 

21 KDLT Tower 2,000 feet 609.6 m 1998 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Rowena, South Dakota

 

22 KMOS TV Tower 2,000 feet 609.6 m 2002 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Syracuse, Missouri

 

23 Liberman Broadcasting Tower Era 2,000 feet 609.6 m 2006 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Era, Texas

 

24 Winnie Cumulus Broadcasting Tower 2,000 feet 609.6 m ? Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Winnie, Texas

 

25 WRAL HDTV Mast 2,000 feet 609.5 m 1991 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Auburn, North Carolina

 

26 Perry Broadcasting Tower 2,000 feet 609.5 m 2004 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Alfalfa, Oklahoma

 

27 KY3 Tower 1,999 feet 609.4 m 2000 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Fordland, Missouri

 

28 SpectraSite Tower Thomasville 1,999 feet 609.4 m 2002 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Thomasville, Georgia

 

29 Pegasus Broadcasting Tower 1,999 feet 609.4 m Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Metcalf, Georgia

 

30 CBC Real Estate Tower Auburn 1,999 feet 609.4 m Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Auburn, North Carolina

 

32 KLDE Tower 1,999 feet 609.3 m 1986 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Liverpool, Texas

 

33 WCKW/KSTE-Tower 1,999 feet 609.3 m 1988 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Vacherie, Louisiana

 

34 American Towers Tower Elkhart 1,999 feet 609.3 m 2001 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Elkhart, Iowa

 

35 Salem Radio Properties Tower 1,999 feet 609.3 m 2002 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Collinsville, Texas

 

36 Stowell Cumulus Broadcasting Tower 1,999 feet 609.3 m ? Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Stowell, Texas

 

37 WLBT Tower 1,998 feet 609 m 1999 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Raymond, Mississippi

 

38 Beasley Tower 1,997 feet 608.7 m Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Immokalee, Florida

 

39 KYTV Tower 1,996 feet 608.4 m 1973 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Marshfield, Missouri

 

40 SpectraSite Tower Raymond 1,996 feet 608.4 m Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Raymond, Mississippi

 

41 Hoyt Radio Tower 1,996 feet 608.38 m 2003 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Hoyt, Colorado

 

42 Service Broadcasting Tower Decatur 1,995 feet 608.1 m 2000 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Decatur, Texas

 

43 WTVD Tower 1,994 feet 607.8 m 1978 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Auburn, North Carolina

 

44 Channel 40 Tower 1,994 feet 607.8 m 1985 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Walnut Grove, California

 

45 Liberman Broadcasting Tower Devers 1,994 feet 607.7 m 2006 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Devers, Texas

 

46 KHYS Tower 1,992 feet 607.2 m 1997 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Devers, Texas

 

47 Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Devers 1,992 feet 607 m 1988 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Devers, Texas

 

48 Media General Tower 1,992 feet 607 m 1987 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Awendaw, South Carolina

 

49 Eastern North Carolina Broadcasting Tower 1,989 feet 606.2 m 1980 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Trenton, North Carolina

 

50 WNCN Tower 1,989 feet 606.2 m 2000 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Garner, North Carolina

 

51 KELO TV Tower 1,985 feet 605 m 1974 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Rowena, South Dakota

 

52 WITN Tower 1,985 feet 605 m 1979 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Grifton, North Carolina

 

53 Noe Corp Tower 1,984 feet 604.7 m 1998 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Columbia, Louisiana

 

54 Pappas Telecasting Tower 1,980 feet 603.6 m 2000 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Plymouth County, Iowa

 

55 KHOU-TV Tower 1,975 feet 602 m 1992 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Missouri City, Texas

 

56 Richland Towers Tower Missouri City 1,973 feet 601.3 m 2001 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Missouri City, Texas

 

57 Senior Road Tower 1,971 feet 600.7 m 1983 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Missouri City, Texas

 

58 KTRK-TV Tower 1,970 feet 600.5 m 1982 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Missouri City, Texas

 

59 Houston Tower Joint Venture Tower 1,970 feet 600.5 m 1985 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Missouri City, Texas

 

60 American Towers Tower Missouri City 1,970 feet 600.5 m 2000 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Missouri City, Texas

 

61 Fox-TV Tower 1,970 feet 600.4 m 1982 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Missouri City, Texas

 

62 Mississippi Telecasting Tower 1,969 feet 600 m 1982 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Inverness, Mississippi

 

63 WCNC-TV Tower 1,969 feet 600 m 1992 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Dallas, North Carolina

 

64 Capstar Radio Tower 1,969 feet 600 m 2001 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Middlesex, North Carolina

 

65 KDUH/CH4 TV Mast 1,965 feet 599 m 1969 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Hemingford, Nebraska

 

66 American Towers Tower Liverpool 1,963 feet 598.3 m 1992 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Liverpool, Texas

 

67 Media General Tower Dillon 1,962 feet 598 m 2001 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Dillon, South Carolina

 

68 Duffy-Shamrock Joint Venture Tower 1,960 feet 597.4 m 1990 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Bertram, Texas

 

69 AMFM Tower Collinsville 1,960 feet 597.4 m 2002 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Collinsville, Texas

 

70 KOLR/KOZK Tower 1,960 feet 597.3 m (orig. 609.6 m) 1971 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Fordland, Missouri

 

71 Cosmos Broadcasting Tower Winnabow 1,954 feet 595.6 m 1981 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Winnabow, North Carolina

 

72 Spectra Site Communications Tower Robertsdale 1,944 feet 592.6 m 2001 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Robertsdale, Alabama

 

73 CBC Real Estate Co. Inc Tower 1,944 feet 592.4 m 1985 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Dallas, North Carolina

 

74 Cosmos Broadcasting Tower Grady 1,935 feet 589.8 m 1977 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Grady, Alabama

 

75 American Towers Tower Columbia 1,929 feet 587.9 m 1986 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Columbia, Louisiana

 

76 Sonsinger Management Tower 1,928 feet 587.6 m 1988 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Splendora, Texas

 

77 Cedar Rapids TV Tower 1,927 feet 587.3 m 1974 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Walker City, Iowa

 

78 Channel 6 Tower Eddy 1,924 feet 586.4 m 1981 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Eddy, Texas

 

79 Entravision Texas Tower 1,920 feet 585.2 m 1998 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Greenwood, Texas

 

80 Multimedia Associates Tower 1,916 feet 584 m 1999 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Rio Grande City, Texas

 

81 American Towers Tower Randleman 1,910 feet 582.3 m 2004 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Randleman, North Carolina

 

82 KTUL Tower Coweta 1,909 feet 581.8 m 1988 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Coweta, Oklahoma

 

83 American Towers Tower Robertsdale 1,903 feet 579.9 m 2004 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Robertsdale, Alabama

 

84 Baldpate Platform 1,902 feet 579.7 m 1998 Offshore platform Oil drilling U.S. Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico (Offshore)

 

85 WDJR-FM Tower 1,901 feet 579.42 m 1978 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Bethlehem, Florida

 

86 Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Redfield 1,889 feet 578.8 m 1985 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Redfield, Arkansas

 

87 WFMY Tower 1,889 feet 575.9 m 2002 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Greensboro, North Carolina

 

88 Cox Radio Tower 1,879 feet 572.8 m 2000 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Shepard, Texas

 

89 Media General Tower Spanish Fort 1,879 feet 572.7 m 1986 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Spanish Fort, Alabama

 

90 WFTV Tower Saint Cloud 1,874 feet 571.1 m 2000 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Saint Cloud, Florida

 

91 Capstar Radio Operating Gray Court Tower 1,861 feet 567.1 m 1980 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Gray Court, South Carolina

 

92 KLKN Tower 1,854 feet 565.1 m 1965 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Genoa, Nebraska

 

93 Pinnacle Towers Tower Princeton 1,842 feet 561.3 m 1993 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Princeton, Florida

 

94 WTVJ Tower Princeton 1,841 feet 561.1 m 1993 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Princeton, Florida

 

95 Pappas Partnership Stations Tower Gretna 1,836 feet 559.6 m 1985 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Gretna, Nebraska

 

96 KBIM Tower 1,834 feet 559.02 m 1965 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Roswell, New Mexico

 

97 Tulsa Tower Joint Venture Tower Oneta 1,834 feet 559 m 1984 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Oneta, Oklahoma

 

98 KTBS Tower 1826 ft 556.5 m 2003 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Shreveport, Louisiana

 

99 CN Tower 1,814 feet 553 m 1976 Concrete tower Observation, UHF/VHF-transmission Canada Toronto, Ontario

 

100 SBA Towers Tower Haynesville 1,797 feet 547.7 m 1989 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Haynesville, Alabama

 

101 Channel 32 Limited Partnership Tower 1,797 feet 547.7 m 1990 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Haynesville, Alabama

 

102 KATC Tower Kaplan 1,793 feet 546.6 m 1978 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Kaplan, Louisiana

 

103 Cosmos Broadcasting Tower Egypt 1,793 feet 546.5 m 1981 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Egypt, Arkansas

 

104 Raycom Media Tower Mooringsport 1,791 feet 545.8 m 1975 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Mooringsport, Louisiana

 

105 Pinnacle Towers Tower Mooringsport 1,781 feet 542.8 m 1985 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Mooringsport, Louisiana

 

106 Bold Springs Salem Radio Properties Tower 1,779 feet 542.2 m 2005 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Bold Springs, Georgia

 

107 Branch Young Broadcasting Tower 1775 ft 541 m ? Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Branch, Louisiana

 

108 Ostankino Tower 1,772 feet 540.1 m 1967 Concrete tower Observation, UHF/VHF-transmission Russia Moscow 2000 Fire led to renovation

 

109 KLFY TV Tower Maxie 1,772 feet 540 m 1970 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Maxie, Louisiana

 

110 American Towers Tower Eglin[5] 1,766 feet 538.3 m 2001 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. 29045, South Carolina also known as WOLO TV Tower

 

111 Cusseta Richland Towers Tower 1,766 feet 538.2 m 2005 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Cusseta, Georgia

 

112 Cox Radio Tower Flowery Branch 1,765 feet 537.9 m 1984 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Flowery Branch, Georgia

 

113 Alabama Telecasters Tower 1,757 feet 535.5 m 1995 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Gordonsville, Alabama

 

114 WIMZ-FM-Tower 1,752 feet 534.01 m 1963 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Knoxville, Tennessee also known as WBIR TV-mast, World's tallest structure, 1963

 

115 Capitol Broadcasting Tower Broadway 1,749 feet 533.1 m 1985 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Broadway, North Carolina dismantled

 

116 Capitol Broadcasting Tower Columbia 1,749 feet 533.1 m 2000 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Columbia, North Carolina

 

117 WTVM/WRBL-TV & WVRK-FM Tower 1,749 feet 533 m 1962 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Cusseta, Georgia also known as WTVM TV Mast, World's tallest structure, 1962-1963

 

118 WAVE-Mast 1,739 feet 530.05 m 1990 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. La Grange, Kentucky

 

119 Moody Centex Television Tower 1739 ft 530 m 1985 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Moody, Texas

 

120 Louisiana Television Broadcasting Tower Sunshine 1,737 feet 529.4 m 1972 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Sunshine, Louisiana

 

121 Bullwinkle Platform 1,736 feet 529.1 m 1989 Offshore platform Oil drilling Gulf of Mexico Manatee Field Located appr. 160 miles (257 km) southwest of New Orleans

 

122 Pinnacle Towers Tower Addis 1,735 feet 528.8 m 1986 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Addis, Louisiana

 

123 Richland Towers Tower Cedar Hill 1,731 feet 527.6 m 2004 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Cedar Hill, Texas

 

124 Sears Tower 1,730 feet 527.3 m 1974 Skyscraper Office, observation, UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Chicago, Illinois

 

125 World Trade Center, Tower 1 1,727 feet 526.3 m 1973 Skyscraper Office, UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. New York City destroyed on September 11, 2001

 

126 WAFB Tower Baton Rouge 1,725 feet 525.8 m 1965 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Baton Rouge, Louisiana

 

127 WAEO Tower 1,721 feet 524.5 m 1966 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Starks, Wisconsin destroyed on November 17, 1968 at aircraft collision

 

128 Media Venture Tower 1,714 feet 522.5 m 1999 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Fincher, Florida

 

129 Media Venture Management Tower Fincher 1,714 feet 522.5 m 1999 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Fincher, Florida

 

130 Orlando Hearst Argyle Television Tower 1,714 feet 522.5 m 1980 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Orange City, Florida

 

131 Pinnacle Towers Tower Moody 1,714 feet 522.4 m 1988 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Moody, Texas

 

132 Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Rosinton 1,707 feet 520.3 m 1981 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Rosinton, Alabama

 

133 Pacific and Southern Company Tower Lugoff 1,707 feet 520.2 m 1985 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Lugoff, South Carolina

 

134 Young Broadcasting Tower Garden City 1,705 feet 519.7 m 1978 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Garden City, South Dakota

 

135 Gray Television Tower Carlos 1,705 feet 519.7 m 1983 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Carlos, Texas

 

136 South Dakota Public Broadcasting Network Tower 1,695 feet 516.7 m 1974 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Faith, South Dakota

 

137 Spectra Site Communications Tower Orange City 1,695 feet 516.6 m 1984 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Orange City, Florida Height reduced to 512.7 metres

 

138 Christmas Brown Road Tower 1,695 feet 516.6 m 2001 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Christmas, Florida

 

139 Gray Television Tower Madill 1,694 feet 516.3 m 1984 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Madill, Oklahoma

 

140 American Tower Christmas 1,684 feet 513.3 m 2001 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Christmas, Florida

 

141 Richland Towers Bithlo 1,682 feet 512.7 m 2002 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Bithlo, Florida

 

142 Northland Television Tower Rhinelander 1,682 feet 512.6 m 1979 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Rhinelander, Wisconsin

 

143 Gray Television Tower Moody 1,679 feet 511.8 m 1978 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Moody, Texas

 

144 KFVS TV Mast 1,677 feet 511.1 m 1960 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Cape Girardeau County, Missouri World's tallest structure, 1960-1961

 

145 Taipei 101 1,671 feet 509.2 m 2004 Skyscraper Office, observation, UHF/VHF-transmission Taiwan Taipei

 

146 Cox Radio Tower Verna 1,667 feet 508.1 m 1994 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Verna, Florida

 

147 WMTW TV Mast 1,667 feet 508.1 m 2001 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Baldwin, Maine

 

148 American Towers Tower Cedar Hill 1,661 feet 506.2 m 1999 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Cedar Hill, Texas

 

149 American Towers Tower Oklahoma City 1,647 feet 502 m 1999 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 

150 University of North Carolina Tower 1,642 feet 500.5 m 2000 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Columbia, North Carolina

 

151 Richland Towers Tower Cedar Hill 2 1,635 feet 498.4 m 2000 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Cedar Hill, Texas

 

152 WWTV Tower 1,631 feet 497 m 1961 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Cadillac, Michigan Tallest Structure in Michigan

 

153 WWRR Renda Tower 1,631 feet 497 m 1987 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Kingsland, Georgia

 

154 QueenB Television Tower 1,627 feet 496 m 1964 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. La Crosse, Wisconsin Height reduced to 484.3 metres

 

155 KDEB Tower 1,627 feet 496 m 1968 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Fordland, Missouri also known as American Towers Tower Fordland, dismantled

 

156 WPSD-TV Tower 1,627 feet 495.9 m 2004 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Kevil, Kentucky

 

157 NVG-Amarillo Tower 1,626 feet 495.6 m 1969 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Amarillo, Texas

 

158 WGME TV Tower 1,624 feet 495 m 1959 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Raymond, Maine World's tallest structure, 1959-1960

 

159 Sinclair Television Tower Oklahoma 1,619 feet 493.5 m 1979 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 

160 Shanghai World Financial Center 1,614 feet 492 m 2008 Skyscraper Office, hotels, residential China Shanghai topped out

 

161 WFTV TV Tower Christmas 1,613 feet 491.6 m 2000 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Christmas, Florida

 

162 WJJY TV Mast 1,611 feet 491 m Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Bluffs, Illinois collapsed in 1978

 

163 Media General Tower Jackson 1,611 feet 491 m 1989 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Jackson, Mississippi

 

164 WHNS TV-Tower 1,611 feet 491 m 2001 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Brevard, South Carolina

 

165 KOBR-TV Tower 1,610 feet 490.7 m 1956 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Caprock, New Mexico also known as KSWS-TV Transmitter, World's tallest structure, 1956-1959, collapsed in 1960 at storm, rebuilt afterwards

 

166 Joint Venture TV Tower Bithlo 1,608 feet 490.2 m 1992 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Bithlo, Florida

 

167 American Towers Tower Bithlo 1,605 feet 489.2 m 1984 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Bithlo, Florida

 

168 NYT Broadcast Holdings Tower Oklahoma 1,601 feet 488 m 1965 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma also known as WKY TV Mast

 

169 Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Boykin 1,600 feet 487.8 m 1997 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Boykin, Georgia

 

170 WVFJ Tower Saint Marks 1,600 feet 487.7 m 1998 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Saint Marks, Georgia

 

171 Paramount Tower Oklahoma 1,596 feet 486.4 m 1980 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 

172 WTVA TV Tower 1,593 feet 485.5 m 1972 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Woodland, Mississippi

 

173 KTVT Tower 1,587 feet 483.7 m 2002 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Cedar Hill, Texas

 

174 GBC LP DBA Tower 1,582 feet 482.2 m 1997 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Cedar Hill, Texas dismantled

 

175 WLFL Tower Apex 1,579 feet 481.3 m 1986 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Apex, North Carolina

 

176 WFAA Tower 1,578 feet 481 m 1998 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Cedar Hill, Texas

 

177 Griffin Television Tower Oklahoma 1,576 feet 480.5 m 1954 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma also known as KWTV Tower, World's tallest structure, 1954-1956

 

178 WCOM-TV Mansfield, Ohio 1,576 feet 480.5 m 1988 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Butler, Ohio Was the tallest structure in Ohio until it was dismantled in 1995

 

179 Viacom Tower Riverview 1,575 feet 480 m 1998 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Riverview, Florida

 

180 Tampa Tower General Partnership Tower Riverview 1,573 feet 479.4 m 1987 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Riverview, Florida

 

181 Riverview Florida West Coast Public Broadcasting Tower 1,572 feet 479.1 m 1999 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Riverview, Florida

 

182 American Towers Tower Riverview 1,568 feet 478 m 2001 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Riverview, Florida

 

183 KBSI TV Mast 1,567 feet 477.6 m 1983 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Cape Giradeau, Missouri

 

184 Media General Tower Saint Ansgar 1,565 feet 477.1 m 1964 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Saint Ansgar, Iowa

 

185 Red River Broadcast Tower Salem 1,565 feet 477 m 1976 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Salem, South Dakota

 

186 Hearst-Argyle Television Tower 1,563 feet 476.4 m 1963 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 

187 Augusta Tower 1,561 feet 475.6 m 2003 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Jackson, South Carolina

 

188 WAGT TV Tower 1,560 feet 475.5 m 1985 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Beach Island, South Carolina

 

189 KPLX Tower 1,559 feet 475.1 m 1969 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Cedar Hill, Texas

 

190 KTAL TV Tower 1,558 feet 474.9 m 1961 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Vivian, Louisiana

 

191 Mississippi Authority for Educational Television Tower 1,558 feet 474.9 m 2000 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Raymond, Mississippi

 

192 KRRT TV Tower 1,553 feet 473.3 m 1985 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Lake Hills, Texas

 

193 Hearst-Argyle Tower Watsonville 1,552 feet 473.1 m 1984 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Watsonville, California

 

194 Media General Tower Forest Hill 1,552 feet 473 m 1965 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Forest Hill, Louisiana

 

195 WVAH Tower 1,552 feet 473 m 1980 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Scott Depot, West Virginia destroyed on February 19, 2003

 

196 American Towers Tower Cedar Hill]] 2 1,551 feet 472.7 m 1980 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Cedar Hill, Texas

 

197 KXTV/KOVR/KCRA Tower 1,549 feet 472.1 m 1962 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Walnut Grove, California

 

198 SpectraSite Tower Holopaw 1,549 feet 472.1 m 1997 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Holopaw, Florida

 

199 Troll A platform 1,549 feet 472 m 1996 Offshore platform Oil drilling Norway North Sea

 

200 Morris Tower Perkston 1,540 feet 469.4 m 1986 Guyed mast UHF/VHF-transmission U.S. Perkston, Mississippi

F-16 Fighting Falcon (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway)

 

2018/06/0/3 - The base pilllars holding up the road and rail sections.. sitting waiting for the steel sections going ontop. The old bridge in the background.. iconic and always appearing large now dwarfed by the new one.

ROMA ARCHEOLOGICA & RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA 2022. Dr. Claudio Parisi Presicce, the Via Dell’ Impero: Exhibit - “1932, the Prehistoric Elephant and the Lost Velia Hill.” The Markets of Trajan & the Museum of the Imperial Fora in Rome (8 April thru 20 May 2022). RARA 2022 (08/04/2022). wp.me/pbMWvy-2Az

 

Foto: The Markets of Trajan & the Museum of the Imperial Fora in Rome (8 April 2022).

www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51991671340

 

1). ROMA - Mostra: Dott. Claudio Parisi Presicce, “1932, l’elefante e il colle perduto.” Mercati di Traiano Museo dei Fori Imperiali. (08/04 - 24/05/2022).

 

Foto: Maria Barosso (1879-1960), Veduta dell’abside della Basilica di Massenzio e del Colosseo durante gli sventramenti della Velia 1932; in: Dr. Raffaella Ciofani / Facebook (07/04/2022).

www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51991172388

 

Una selezione di circa 100 opere, tra reperti archelogici, progetti grafici, oggetti d’arte e video, alcuni esposti per la prima volta, racconta la storia della perduta Velia e del “suo” elefante.

 

A 90 anni dalla scoperta, sono stati restaurati i resti fossili di elefante (Elephas antiquus) trovati alla base della collina Velia. L’intervento ha costituito l’occasione per proporre un insieme di opere, che gettano luce su un settore dell’area archeologica centrale interessato negli anni Trenta del Novecento da distruzioni e trasformazioni urbanistiche profonde. Un centinaio di queste opere, tra cui reperti archeologici, progetti grafici e opere d’arte, interamente provenienti dalle collezioni capitoline, alcuni dei quali identificati in occasione di recenti ricerche ed esposti al pubblico per la prima volta, compongono questa mostra.

 

Foto: Roma, I Fori Imperiali & Via Dell’ Impero (1930-32); in: SIMARTWEB (04/2022).

www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51991671005

 

Fonte / source:

— Mercati di Traiano Museo dei Fori Imperiali (07/04/2022).

www.mercatiditraiano.it/node/1010561

 

S.v., Roma - Claudio Parisi Presicce: "1932, l’elefante e il colle perduto." Mercati di Traiano Museo dei Fori Imperiali; in: UTV artivisive / You-Tube (07 April 2022) [1:32].

 

Roma - Il sovrintendente Claudio Parisi Presicce spiega il ritrovamento nel 1932 dell'elefante (Elephas antiquus) sull'antica collina Velia a Roma, durante il suo sbancamento verso il Colosseo per la costruzione di via dei Fori Imperiali.

 

Fonte / source:

— UTV artivisive / You-Tube (07 April 2022) [1:32].

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mectu34sY-M

 

2). ROME - Dr. Claudio Parisi Presicce, The Via Dell’ Impero: Exhibit - “1932, the Prehistoric Elephant and the Lost Velia Hill.” The Markets of Trajan & the Museum of the Imperial Fora in Rome (8 April thru 20 May 2022).

 

Foto: cla_green, Su Via dei Fori Imperiali; in: Instagram (06/04/2022).

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New Exhibit of Architectural Remains, Archaeological Evidence - Antiquity to the Modern Era & Historical Documentation for the Clearing and Removal of the Velia Hill and the Systemization of the Via Dell’ Impero in the Early 1930s. The Markets of Trajan & the Museum of the Imperial Fora in Rome (8 April thru 20 May 2022).

 

Foto: Plan 1 - Rome, the Via Dell’ Impero & the Velia Hill (1931-32): General topographical plan of Ancient & Modern Rome; in: Dr. Raffaella Ciofani / Facebook (07/04/2022). With additional photos by M. G. Conde (08/04/2022).

www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51990114002

 

Rome, the construction of the Via Dell’ Impero / now Via dei Fori Imperiali - In just two years, between 1931 and 1932, a hill was excavated in the heart of Rome, the Velia, which extended between the slopes of the Oppian Hill and the Palatine Hill, separating the area of the Imperial Forums from the Colosseum.

 

Foto: Dr. Raffaella Ciofani / Facebook (07/04/2022).

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The price paid by the artistic and archaeological heritage, due to this excavation, was very high: the archaeological stratification was affected, which proved to be very rich in evidence from the Roman era. But the most surprising discovery was made on May 20, 1932, when numerous remains of fossil fauna came to light, including the elephant skull and tusk Elephas Palaeoloxodon antiquus, which is the most famous find. The exhibition was directed by Claudio Parisi Presicce, Nicoletta Bernacchio, Isabella Damiani, Stefania Fogagnolo & Massimiliano Munzi, The Markets of Trajan & the Museum of the Imperial Fora in Rome (8 April thru 20 May 2022).

 

Foto: Plan 2: Rome, the Via Dell’ Impero & the Velia Hill & the Palazzo Rivaldi (1931-32): General topographical plan of Ancient & Modern Rome; in: Dr. Raffaella Ciofani / Facebook (07/04/2022). With additional photos by M. G. Conde (08/04/2022). www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51990114002

  

The new exhibit - "1932, l’elefante e il colle perduto” = “1932, the Prehistoric Elephant and the Lost Velia Hill,” at the Museum of the Imperial Fora in Rome (8 April thru 20 May 2022), with the aim of the exhibit to present a brief historical overview of the early 1930s Fascist era clearing and removal of the Velia Hill and the systemization of the Via Dell’ Impero & displaying a variety of the archaeological evidence dating from Antiquity to the Modern Era, then, hurriedly recovered during the course of the very rapid & limited excavations.

 

Foto: MOSTRE – STORIA – Al tempo non si nasconde. 1932 L’ELEFANTE E IL COLLE PERDUTO. A Roma dall’8 Aprile 2022 Mercati di Traiano (07/04/2022). www6367.wordpress.com

www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51990114012

 

The exhibition also has on display a collection of a variety of historical documentation (= general plans, illustrations, photographs & paintings) from the early 1930s, as Italian archaeologists - Antonio M. Colini, Guglielmo Gatti, Giuseppe Marchetti-Longhi & Antonio Munoz; along with Italian Architects - Italo Gismondi & S. De Angelis & Italian illustrators - Maria Barosso and Odoardo Ferretti, and others, all attempting to record and report as best as possible on what archaeological artifacts and architectural remains that were recovered during the face-paced demolishing & clearing process of the area of the Velia Hill.

 

Foto: Mimmo Frassineti, Exhibition L’Elefante e il Colle Perduto, Mercati di Traiano. Rome, Italy – 07 Apr 2022; in:

Shutterstock (07/04/2022).

www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51991394414

 

Fortunately, since early 2021 onwards, a great deal of much of the work of these Italian scholars etc, as mentioned above, their formerly unpublished historical documentation & works from the early 1930s, now on display the current exhibit - “1932, the Prehistoric Elephant and the Lost Velia Hill’ (2022), as well other related historical documentation & works on the 1930s Fascist era systemization of the Via Dell’ Impero,, has been recently converted into new publicly accessible online digital archives by the various Archives and Museums of the City of Rome (2021 onwards), for instant, see:

 

Foto: Dr. Raffaella Ciofani / Facebook (07/04/2022).

www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51991172373

 

— ROMA — Maria Barosso (1879-1960), Veduta dell'abside della Basilica di Massenzio e del Colosseo durante gli sventramenti della Velia 1932 sec. XX secondo quarto; in: SIMARTWEB: ROMA CULTURE / SOVRINTENDENZA CAPITOLINA / COMUNE DI ROMA (01/ 2020 [= 04/2022]).

www.simart.comune.roma.it/dettaglio-bene/-427503963

 

Foto: Maria Barosso (1879-1960), Veduta dell’abside della Basilica di Massenzio e del Colosseo durante gli sventramenti della Velia 1932 sec. XX secondo quarto; in: SIMARTWEB (04/2022).

www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51991110476

 

Notizie storico-critiche

Tra gli anni Venti e Trenta, Maria Barosso realizza una serie di acquerelli che illustrano i lavori per l'isolamento del Campidoglio, per l'apertura dei Fori Imperiali e della Via del Mare. L'artista si colloca, quindi, accanto alla schiera di disegnatori e fotografi, incaricati dal Governatorato di Roma di documentare l'opera di modernizzazione urbanistica della capitale. Nel disegno Maria viene celebrato il valore estetico dell'operazione di sventramento della Velia, considerata allora indispensabile per ottenere un panorama grandioso come sfondo del Colosseo.

 

Foto: Roma, I Fori Imperiali & Via Dell’ Impero (1930-32); in: SIMARTWEB (04/2022).

www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51991394189

 

Riferimenti bibliografici

Ecole romaine 1925-1945, Milano 1997, pp. 136-137 n.37.

The Villa of the mysteries in Pompeii: ancient ritual, modern muse, (a cura di Gazda, Elaine K.), Ann Arbor 2000, pp. 129-137.

Leone, Rossella, Fori Imperiali demolizioni e scavi: fotografie 1924-1940, (Roma sparita e Roma che sparisce: iconografia delle demolizioni nelle raccolte del Museo di Roma), (a cura di Leone, Rossella; Margiotta, Anita), Milano 2007, pp. 26-45.

 

Fonte / source:

ROMA — Maria Barosso (1879-1960) [04/2022]); in:

 

Foto: Roma, I Fori Imperiali & Via Dell’ Impero (1930-32); in: SIMARTWEB (04/2022).

www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51990113802

 

— SIMARTWEB: Presenta una selezione del sistematico lavoro di catalogazione scientifica condotto dalla Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali. ROMA CULTURE / SOVRINTENDENZA CAPITOLINA / COMUNE DI ROMA www.simart.comune.roma.it/ (early January 2021 onwards).

 

Foto: Dr. Raffaella Ciofani / Facebook (07/04/2022).

www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51991671290

 

Fonte / source, foto:

— MOSTRE – STORIA – Al tempo non si nasconde. 1932 L’ELEFANTE E IL COLLE PERDUTO. A Roma dall’8 Aprile 2022 Mercati di Traiano (07/04/2022).

www6367.wordpress.com/2022/04/07/mostre-storia-al-tempo-n...

 

— Raffaella Ciofani, Giornalista pubblicista e architetto a Rivista: "Eventi Culturali Magazine". Facebook (07/04/2022). www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100079088525767

 

— Mimmo Frassineti, Exhibition L'Elefante e il Colle Perduto, Mercati di Traiano. Rome, Italy - 07 Apr 2022; in: Shutterstock (07/04/2022).

www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/exhibition...

 

— cla_green, Su Via dei Fori Imperiali; in: Instagram (06/04/2022).

www.instagram.com/p/CcD4i-BtuYM/

 

Foto: Dr. Raffaella Ciofani / Facebook (07/04/2022).

www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51991671250

 

Fonte / source, foto; in:

RARA 2010-2022 romaarcheologiaerestauroarchitettura.wordpress.com/ =

 

— Plan 1: Rome, the Via Dell' Impero & the Velia Hill (1931-32): General topographical plan of Ancient & Modern Rome; in: Dr. Raffaella Ciofani / Facebook (07/04/2022).

 

With additional inserted images:

 

--- ROMA - Armando Bruni, "Resti di elefante preistorico rinvenuti durante i lavori per la costruzione di Via Dell'impero (05/1932); RARA 2010-22 (03/2013).

 

--- ROMA - “Il Nuovo Volta Di Roma – Quale ampiezza per la Via del Monte? IL GIORNALE D’ITALIA (06/07/1932): 3.

 

--- ROMA – “I resti di elefante preistorico nello scavo accanto al Colosseo.” IL GIORNALE D’ITALIA (24/05/1932): 3.

 

--- ROMA - Arch. Italo Gismondi (1941) - I FORI IMPERIALI RICOSTRUZIONE DI I. GISMONDI / AMBIENTAZIONE VOLUMETRICA, FORI IMPERIALI E VELIA (ASSAR P. ALTEMPS, INV. 1955). [published in B/W in the exhibit catalogue]; cited from: F. Fedora (ed.), Ricostruire l' antico prima virtuale Italo Gismondi Un architetto per l' archeologia (1887-1974). Rome (2007), pg. 68 / fig. 3. With the Colored vision of I. Gismondi, "AMBIENTAZIONE VOLUMETRICA, FORI IMPERIALI E VELIA," courtesy of ELECTA UFFICIO NEWS Mostra - Italo Gismondi (04/2007).

 

--- ROMA - Antonio Munoz & Italo Gismondi, "Ipotesi di sistemazione del muro di contenimento di Villa Rivaldi su progetto di Antonio Muñoz (disegno di S. De Angelis). Museo di Roma, MR-42232" [c. 1930?], in: Pier Federico Caliari (2017), "De prospectiva muniendi" [Italiano | English], p. 88; in: Luca Basso Peressut & Pier Federico Caliari (eds.), Piranesi Prix de Rome Progetti per la nuova Via dei Fori Imperiali. Rome: AIÓN EDIZIONI (2017) [PDF 1-16]. RE.PUBLIC@POLIMI Research Publications at Politecnico di Milano (2017).

 

--- ROMA - Arch. Italo Gismondi & Domus Praefecti Urbi | Velia: Roma, I Fori Imperiali / Velia / Via dell' Impero (1932): La Domus di età Imperiale ritrovata (e distrutta) sulla Velia durante gli scavi per la realizzazione di Via dell' Impero nel 1932. (Da: Sartorio), in: Archeologia Viva, n. 6, 1986 [2011].

 

--- ROMA - "Lungo La Via Dell'Impero - La Ricostruzione di un'antica templetto." Il Messaggero (10/11/1932):5. S.v., Maria Barosso, "Avanzi di edicola rinvenuti durante gli scavi per la realizzazione di via dell'Impero." (1932a); in: Museo di Roma - Gabinetto delle Stampe / SMART (04/2021).

 

Dr. Raffaella Ciofani / Facebook (07/04/2022).

www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51991394474

 

Fonte / source, foto; in:

RARA 2010-2022 romaarcheologiaerestauroarchitettura.wordpress.com/ =

 

— Plan 2: Rome, the Via Dell' Impero, the Velia Hill & the Palazzo Rivaldi (1931-32): General topographical plan of Ancient & Modern Rome; in: Dr. Raffaella Ciofani / Facebook (07/04/2022).

 

With additional inserted images:

 

--- ROMA – Forse qui la Collezione Torlonia? Il Palazzo Silvestri Rivaldi costituisce un’opportunità irripetibile per l’auspicata realizzazione del nuovo museo. Il Giornale dell’Arte, No. 404 (01/2020).

 

--- ROMA - Aerial view of the Velia Hill and Palazo Rivaldi (c. 1911); in: Roma - “Confronto tra un’immagine aerea del 1910 circa della zona compresa tra il Colosseo e il Vittoriano; tra le differenze più evidenti si notano il Vittoriano ancora in costruzione, la presenza della Meta Sudans vicino all’Arco di Costantino, e soprattutto gli edifici ancora in piedi, demoliti successivamente per l’apertura di Via dell’Impero (oggi Via dei Fori Imperiali).”

ROMA IERI OGGI REPHOTOGRAPHY (11 June, 2014).

 

--- ROMA - Attraverso le Cartoline d’Epoca… (Le Cartoline Originali appartengono all’autore degli articoli). Via dell’Impero vista con le cartoline d’epoca, da Maurizio Giorgi & Mauro Pecchioli, TorrinoNews.com - TorrinoNews.it (09/08/2009).

 

---ROMA - John Henry Packer, The Archaeology of Rome: 2: The Forum Romanum and the via sacra. J. Packer & Company (1876).

 

--- ROMA - Via dell'Impero, nascita di una strada - Musei Capitolini / Musei in Comune Roma: FLICKR (22 July 2009). www.flickr.com/photos/museiincomuneroma/

 

--- ROMA - Camilla Capitani, "Santa Maria della Neve al Colosseo. Dal primo insediamento al prospetto settecentesco." Bollettino d'Arte No. 124 (aprile-giugno 2003): 67-90 [in PDF].

 

--- ROMA - Foto: Donatella al ninfeo di villa Silvestri-Rivaldi; in: LA SAPIENZA / CITERA & IUC-CINA (02/2021) = Progetto Ad Templum Pacis / Progetto integrato di gestione, fruizione e valorizzazione di villa Silvestri-Rivaldi in via del Colosseo a Roma. MIBACT/DGERIC, LA SAPIENZA/CITERA & IUC-CINA (02/2021).

 

Foto: Antonella Aquiloni, Museo Paleontologico Montevarchi (AR) & Fb (30/10/2021).

www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51986240782

 

3). ROMA ARCHEOLOGICA & RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA 2022. VIA DELL’ IMPERO e “1932, L’ELEFANTE E IL COLLE PERDUTO”; in: Museo di Fori Imperiali (07/04/2022).” ROMATODAY (07/04/2022). S.v., Vedi anche: Roma e l’era pliocenica e i resti di elefante scoperti sul Campidoglio (fine del XIX secolo?), il Foro Romano ([ = una zanna di un ippopotamo] c. 1900-07?), la Velia (1932) e il Foro di Cesare (1941?). Anche: Antonella Aquiloni, Museo Paleontologico Montevarchi (AR) & Fb (30/10/2021) & Dott.ssa Rossella Rea, La Repubblica (10/10/2009): 1 & 27. wp.me/pbMWvy-2Am

+++ DISCLAIMER +++

Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!

  

In the period immediately after the Second World War the world found itself with hundreds of thousands of surplus aircraft and just as many surplus aviators. Most aircraft would meet the salvage blade and the smelter’s fiery furnace. Most pilots would return to civilian life, the bulk of them never to fly again.

 

With the plethora of military aircraft languishing in desert lots awaiting a certain fate, some of those disenfranchised aviators and aircraft designers would look to new growing markets for salvation. One of these emerging markets was the new-found requirement for fast and capable business transport aircraft for executives looking to link business interests across the vast distances of the nation. With few purpose-built business aircraft available for executives, medium bombers became the drug of choice for high flying big shots—fast, powerful and, with the right interior appointments, a visual statement of their success and power.

 

In early variants like the Executive, On Mark simply removed military equipment and replaced them with fairings and civil avionics, sealed the bomb bay doors, soundproofed the cabin, and added additional cabin windows. Later models had special wing spars designed to give more interior room, pressurization and equipment from bigger surplus aircraft such as DC-6 brakes and flat glass cockpit windows. It was an elegant mashing together of equipment, but it was not a true business aircraft.

 

In the Sixties, Jet Craft Ltd. of Las Vegas, Nevada, went for a different interpretation of the same topic: The company had purchased a number of former Royal Australian Air Force Vampire trainers and RCAF single-seaters, which were to be converted to a new design for a business aircraft called 'Mystery Jet', offering 4-8-seats.

 

Jet Craft worked with stellar British conversion experts Aviation Traders to do the structural design work. Aviation Traders Limited (ATL) was a war-surplus aircraft and spares trader formed in 1947. In 1949, it began maintaining aircraft used by some of Britain’s contemporary independent airlines on the Berlin Airlift. In the early 1950s, it branched out into aircraft conversions and manufacturing.

 

Aviation Traders worked on the drawings and the structural mock-ups. A full-scale mock-up of the Mystery Jet languished at Southend airport for a decade, trying to lure owners and operators into buying it. And this actually happened: about twenty former Vampire airframes were converted into Mystery Jet business aircraft, tailored to the customers' needs and desires.

 

The Mystery Jet was just what it looked like: a former De Havilland Vampire with a new, roomy nose section grafted onto it. The cabin was pressurized, and was available in two different lengths (130 and 160 inches long, with two or three rows of seats and reflected in the aircraft's title) and several window and door options - the most exotic option being the "Landaulet" cabin which featured a panoramic roof/window installation over the rear pair of seats (or, alternatively, a two-seat bench).

 

The original Goblin engine was retained, CG was retained due to the fact that the new cabin was, despite being considerably longer than the Vampire's nose, the biggest version being more than 8 feet longer. The new front section was much lighter, though, e. g. through the loss of the heavy cannons and their armament, as well as some more military avionics. The loss of fuel capacity through the enlarged cabin was compensated through fixed wing tip tanks, so that range was on par with the former military jet, just top speed and ceiling were slightly inferior.

 

Anyway, prices were steep and from the United States more modern and economical offerings ruled the market. Maintaining a former military jet was also a costly business, so, consequently, after a slight buzz (more of a hum, actually) in the early Seventies, the Mystery Jet and Jet Craft of Las Vegas, also fuelled by some dubious business practices by the company's owner, disappeared. Even further developments of the original concept, e .g. with a wide body for up to 14 passengers and two engines, would not save the Mystery Jet from failure.

  

General characteristics:

Crew: 1 pilot plus 5-7 passengers

Length (Mystery Jet 160): 38 ft 5 in (11.73 m)

Wingspan incl. tip tanks: 39 ft 7 1/2 in (12.09 m)

Height: 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m)

Wing area: 262 ft² (24.34 m²)

Empty weight: 7,283 lb (3,304 kg)

Max. take-off weight: 12,390 lb (5,620 kg)

 

Powerplant:

1× de Havilland Goblin 3 centrifugal turbojet, rated at 3,350 lbf (14.90 kN)

 

Performance:

Maximum speed: 516 mph (832 km/h)

Cruising speed: 400 mph (644 km/h)

Range: 1,220 mi (1,960 km)

Service ceiling: 37,700 ft (11,500 m)

 

Armament:

None

  

The kit and its assembly:

The first finished work in 2017 is a different kind of whif, one of the few civilian models in my collection. This conversion looks sick, but ,as weird as it may seem, the Business-Jet-From-Vintage-Vampires idea was real. For more information, and the source from where some of the backgound story was gathered, please check:

 

www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/article...

 

Anyway, my build is just a personal interpretation of the original concept, not a true model of the Mystery Jet. In fact, this was limited through the donor parts for this kitbash.

 

The rear end was the smaller problem: Airfix offers a very good Vampire T.11 trainer with excellent detail and fit - the passenger cabin was the bigger challenge. Finding "something" that would fit in shape and especialsl size was not easy - my first choice was a nose section from a vintage 1:100 Antonow An-24 from VEB Plasticart (still much too wide, though), and the best solution came as an accidental find in a local model kit shop where I found a heavily discounted MPM Focke Wulf Fw 189 B-0 trainer.

 

The reason: the kit was complete, but the bag holding the sprues must have been heated immensely during the packaging process: the main sprues were horrible warped - except for some single parts including the canopies and the sprue with the cabin! Height wind width were perfect, only the boxy shape caused some headaches. But I guess I would not find anything better...

 

That said, the transplantation mess started. I never built any of the two donor kits before, so I carefully tried to find the best place where to cut the Vampire's nose - I ended up with a staggered solution right in front of the wing root air intakes.

The Fw 189's cabin was bit more tricky, because I had to get rid of the original wing roots and wanted to use as much space as possible, up to the rear bulkhead and together with the rear cabin window. The idea was to blend the Fw 189's roof line into the Vampire's engine section, while keeping the original air intake ducts, so that the overall arrangement would look plausible.

 

The result became a pretty long nose section - and at that time the tail booms were not fited yet, so I was not certain concerning overall proportions. The cabin's underside had to be improvised, and blending the boxy front end with a flat underside into the tubby, round Vampire fuselage caused some headaches. I also had to re-create the lower flank section with styrene sheet, because I had originally hoped that I could "push" the new cabin between the wing roots - but that space was occupied by the Goblin's inlet ducts.

 

Inside of the cabin, the original floor, bulkheads and dashboard were used, plus five bucket seats that come with the MPM kit. In order to hide the body work from the inside, side panels from 0.5mm styrene sheet were added in the cabin - with the benefit of additional stability, but also costing some space... Since the machine was built with closed cabin, a pilot was added - actually a bash of a WWII Matchbox pilot and a German officer from an ESCI tank kit. Looks pretty good and "professional". ;-)

 

Once the cabin was in place, lots of PSR followed and the tail booms could be fitted. To my relief, the longer nose did not look too unbalanced (and actually, design sketches for the original Mystery Jet suggest just this layout!) - but I decided to add wing tip tanks which would beef up wingspan and shift the visual mass slightly forward. They come from an 1:100 Tamiya Il-28, or better the "R" recce variant.

 

The only other big change concerned the nose wheel. While the OOB wheel and strut were used, the well is now located in front of the wheel and it would retract forwards, giving the nose a more balanced look - and the cabin arrangement made this change more plausible, too.

 

Another addition were three small porthole windows in the solid parts of the cabin flanks - one of them ending up in the middle of the cabin door on starboard, where a solid part of the canopy roof lent itself for a good place just behind the pilots' seats.

  

Painting and markings:

I cannot help it, but the thing looks like a design from a vintage Tintin or Yoko Tsuno comic! This was not planned or expected - and actually the paint scheme evolved step by step. I had no plan or clue what to apply - the real Mystery Jet mock-up in silver with blue trim looked sharp, but somehow I did not want blue. So I started with the interior (out of a necessity, as the fuselage had to be closed before any further work progress at some point) and settled for plushy, British colors: Cream (walls and roof) and Claret-Red (carpet and seats).

 

I tried to find something for the outside that would complement this choice of colors, and eventually settled on Ivory and White (upper and lower fuselage halves, respectively) with some deep red trim, plus pale grey wing surfaces. I even considered some thin golden trim lines, but I think this would have been too much?

 

The trim was created with decals tripes from generic sheet material, the black anti-glare panel was painted, though. As a color contrast I painted some of the upper canopy panels in translucent, light blue, and this looks very good.

 

The wings received a lightb treatment with thinned black ink, in order to emphasize the engravings. No post-shading was done, though, for a rather clean look.

 

Most markings were puzzled together; the registration G-AZRE actually belonged to a Vickers Vanguard (from the 1:144 Airfix kit), the large letters above and under the wings were created with single 45° letters (USAF style). Most stencils come from a Vampire trainer aftermarket sheet from Xtradecal, from the OOB sheet only the "No step" warnings on the wings were used.

 

Finally, the kit was sealed with a semi-matt coat of varnish, except for the anti-glare panel, which recived a matt coat. The three small windows received artificial panes made from Clearfix, after their rims had been painted black.

  

A messy project, and you better do not take a close look. But the overall elegance of this creation surprises me - the real Mystery Jet already looked sleek, and this model, despite a more blunt nose, confirms this impression. The colors work together well, too - and the thing has a dedicated retro feel about it. Tintin might be on board, as well as Elton John, both sharing a cigar on the rear seats... ;)

A childhood dream come true: This is the Moon Base I would have loved to have when I was a kid: 9×3 baseplates filled with stations, vehicles and spaceships.

 

15/20: Details (4/9)

Echo Base diorama on display at BrickxFest, at the CityWest hotel in Dublin.

Based on Neytiri's paint at the end of Avatar. :3

25/05/2025, Fodico Marine base, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.

 

Left to right:

1) Shackleton - Built in 2012, Multicat.

2) Pacific Tiger - Built in 1990, tug/utility vessel.

3) Cape Gloucester - Built in 2022, landing craft.

  

Data:

Shackelton:

A twin-screw multicat designed for anchor handling, pusher tug, and marine construction duties.

LOA: 15m, Beam: 6m, Operating Draft: 1.5m, Clear Working Deck: 50 sqm.

Main Engines: 2x 405hp Yanmar.

Aux Engines: 1x 40kva Yanmar.

Deck Equipment: 15ton winch 2x3to coupling winch, 8mt HS marine crane.

 

Pacific Tiger, IMO 9040209:

Built by Southern Ocean Shipyard, Singapore (180).

158 g.t. & 119 dwt.

LOA: 23.5m, Beam: 7.8m, Operating Draft: 2.4m, Clear Working Deck: 48sqm.

Main Engines: 2x 600hp Yanmar.

Aux Engines: 2x 50kva Cummins.

Bow Thruster: nil.

Deck Equipment: 2x 8ton, 1x 5ton deck winches, 1x PK 14000 crane. 1x 28ton fixed davit.

 

Cape Gloucester - IMO 9816385:

See: flic.kr/p/2r6hdUm

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