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Flying back home from lake Constance.
First I wanted to fly to the "Zugspitze" but the weather was to bad in the morning. So I flew to Rottweil, landed and had coffe while waiting for higher cloudbase and then flew to the lake Constance. What a great day!
Tandem paragliding at the Sedgeview launch/landing site in Sedgefield with Jan Minnaar of Cloudbase Paragliding (www.cloudbase-paragliding.co.za/)
Hang Glider Wills Wing SST Malcolm Hawksworth was manufacturing the Wiils Wing Swallowtail, and the SST Super Swallow Tail from 14 coombe terrace brighton sussex the swallowtail was £375 and the SST was £465 , The sails were bought in from Wills Wing USA and the airframe was manufactured in England, later Tony Prentice joined Hawsworth skysports Ltd and the company moved to the north of england in December 1976 to a old dye factory in Upper Hulme, Leek, Staffordshire, england. The airframe was manufactured and Wills Wing still supplied the sails.
The gliders were expensive at that time you could buy a Hiway cloudbase or Wasp Falcon 3 for £300
The Wills Wing Glider after the SST was the XC cross country
Peter in the back, me upfront, flying the ASK21 over Celle, Germany. The altimeter is in metric units.
Diecast. Made by Corgi Circa 2006. From Captain Scarlet the Gerry Anderson SciFi series. This Falcon is from the 'New' Captain Scarlet, released in CGI. IN the new series the Angels had these Falcon Interceptors and Cloudbase had become Skybase and Leiutenant Green was female.
Out of chronological order I know but here are a few more offerings from yesterday on the WCML in the Southern Uplands. Trans Pennine Class 350, 350 402, approaching Abington on service 1M90 Glasgow Central to Manchester Airport. Hard to believe it is the 1st July and the cloudbase is so low and drizzle so constant!
A proper wall cloud! In the hilly landscape of NW England, I'm rarely in a suitable location to see these (other than from inside).
Today I was at ~490 m asl on Knowles in the Howgill Fells, with a clear view down the Lune Valley towards Kirkby Lonsdale. Middleton Fell, just south of the Howgills, is on the left, with Firbank Fell 5 km away on the right. Sunlit in the background, ~35 km away, is the northern edge of the Bowland Fells, in Lancashire.
A wall cloud, a 'wedge' protruding down from the surrounding cloudbase, marks the trailing edge of a thunderstorm, following and drawn into the zone of heavy rain, itself seen at the right of the image. In other cases, this is where a tornado could form. They can also be a little deceptive: one might have thought the mature storm was heading away to the right, whereas it was actually still building – in this direction.
Quite a rare visitor I believe, on the approaches to Newcastle Airport via the coast. Not the best weather to try and get photos but this is the best I could do with the cloudbase. Canon EOS R, Sigma 60-600mm Sport.
when the cloudbase touches ground, you need an alternative plan.... mono's the way to go!!
(but I think I've been a bit heavy handed with the vignette.....)
66 (s)miles.. Out on Navi today..
Picture here on Snake Pass..
Overcast at first and then heavy rain and mist going over Woodhead Pass and back over Snake Pass..
The rain eased off for my cappuccino break at Bamford petrol station and then on the way back home via Froggatt saw an amazing glimpse of the sun as it went down through a crack in the cloudbase!
Lighting of the Imagine Peace Tower in Viðey - Imagine Peace
Imagine Peace Tower in Viðey will be lit for the 18th time (2024) on Wednesday, October 9 at 8pm. A peaceful ceremony will take place on the island. Valdimar Guðmundsson and Örn Eldjárn will perform music, and Mayor Einar Þorsteinsson will give a speech. Organized walks will be available. The artist Yoko Ono offers free trips to Viðey, departing from Skarfabakki at 5:30pm.
The Imagine Peace Tower is an outdoor artwork by Yoko Ono, erected in Viðey in 2007. The artwork is a strong landmark in the city and a necessary reminder to uphold ideals of peace, especially now with wars raging worldwide. Yoko Ono created the Imagine Peace Tower in memory of her late husband John Lennon and to emphasize the importance of the message of peace. The artwork shines from his birthday until his death anniversary on December 8.
The Imagine Peace Tower's beam of light, illuminating the evening sky, originates from a wishing well. The well is engraved with the words "imagine peace" in 24 languages, referencing John Lennon's song "Imagine". Many of Yoko Ono's famous works are participatory, inviting the public to take part in creating art. Among these is the "Wish Tree", found worldwide. People write down their wishes for peace and prosperity and hang them on the trees. The wishes are then collected and stored in the Imagine Peace Tower. Nearly a million wishes from people lie under the Imagine Peace Tower.
The Tower consists of 15 searchlights with prisms that act as mirrors, reflecting the column of light vertically into the sky from a 10-metre wide wishing well.
It often reaches cloudbase and indeed can be seen penetrating the cloud cover. On a clear night, it appears to reach an altitude of at least 4,000 metres. The power for the lights is provided by Iceland's unique geothermal energy grid. It uses approximately 75 kW of power.
Buried underneath the light tower are over 1 million written wishes that Ono gathered over the years for another project called Wish Trees. Iceland was selected for the project because of its beauty and its eco-friendly use of geothermal energy.
And Iceland has no army !!!
Great light.
The community in the foreground is the 14th Century Skelgill Farm itself. The white farm at the foot of Rowling End is, similarly, Rowling End Farm, and guess the name of the crag above Ellas Crag guesthouse.
Beyond Rowling End, the ridge rises to Causey Pike, which neatly defines the cloudbase as at 637 m asl, then on to Crag Hill; at 839 m, well within the cloud.
To the left is the arc of Ard Crags, not obviously a ridge from this angle; the nearer end is Rigg Screes.
Better On Black?
Tandem paragliding at the Sedgeview launch/landing site in Sedgefield with Jan Minnaar of Cloudbase Paragliding (www.cloudbase-paragliding.co.za/)
The approach into Oksibil is fairly straight forward, provided you've managed to get below the clouds with a reasonable gap between the cloudbase and the ground. If the clouds are too low then it could make the go-around somewhat "interesting".
Tandem paragliding at the Sedgeview launch/landing site in Sedgefield with Jan Minnaar of Cloudbase Paragliding (www.cloudbase-paragliding.co.za/)
John in the yellow Cub towing us, Waimea on the right and the airport in the middle of the picture. Approaching cloudbase.
Tandem paragliding at the Sedgeview launch/landing site in Sedgefield with Jan Minnaar of Cloudbase Paragliding (www.cloudbase-paragliding.co.za/)
Tandem paragliding at the Sedgeview launch/landing site in Sedgefield with Jan Minnaar of Cloudbase Paragliding (www.cloudbase-paragliding.co.za/)
Tandem paragliding at the Sedgeview launch/landing site in Sedgefield with Jan Minnaar of Cloudbase Paragliding (www.cloudbase-paragliding.co.za/)
Tandem paragliding at the Sedgeview launch/landing site in Sedgefield with Jan Minnaar of Cloudbase Paragliding (www.cloudbase-paragliding.co.za/)
Tandem paragliding at the Sedgeview launch/landing site in Sedgefield with Jan Minnaar of Cloudbase Paragliding (www.cloudbase-paragliding.co.za/)
Tandem paragliding at the Sedgeview launch/landing site in Sedgefield with Jan Minnaar of Cloudbase Paragliding (www.cloudbase-paragliding.co.za/)
Tandem paragliding at the Sedgeview launch/landing site in Sedgefield with Jan Minnaar of Cloudbase Paragliding (www.cloudbase-paragliding.co.za/)
Tandem paragliding at the Sedgeview launch/landing site in Sedgefield with Jan Minnaar of Cloudbase Paragliding (www.cloudbase-paragliding.co.za/)
Take a moment to study this image, as the attractive cloud texture isn't instantly apparent (viewing On Black might help).
I loved the rapidly changing light as rain-blurred slopes, well above the cloudbase, were rapidly hidden and revealed.
Hang Glider Wills Wing SST Malcolm Hawksworth was manufacturing the Wiils Wing Swallowtail, and the SST Super Swallow Tail from 14 coombe terrace brighton sussex the swallowtail was £375 and the SST was £465 , The sails were bought in from Wills Wing USA and the airframe was manufactured in England, later Tony Prentice joined Hawsworth skysports Ltd and the company moved to the north of england in December 1976 to a old dye factory in Upper Hulme, Leek, Staffordshire, england. The airframe was manufactured and Wills Wing still supplied the sails.
The gliders were expensive at that time you could buy a Hiway cloudbase or Wasp Falcon 3 for £300
The Wills wWing Glider after the SST was the XC cross country
Tandem paragliding at the Sedgeview launch/landing site in Sedgefield with Jan Minnaar of Cloudbase Paragliding (www.cloudbase-paragliding.co.za/)
Pilot: Miguel de Jong. Location: Razorback, South Australia.
About midway along the leading edge of Miguel's hang glider is a small camera hanging down - see the note. This is the vid of his short flight taken with that camera moments after this photo: The day that could have been.
Yes, the sky may look like an awesome cross country day with a great smattering of cu's, but it wasn't sucking up any hang gliders or paragliders to cloudbase. Nothing but a flight to the landing paddock for all who stepped off Razorback range.
Tandem paragliding at the Sedgeview launch/landing site in Sedgefield with Jan Minnaar of Cloudbase Paragliding (www.cloudbase-paragliding.co.za/)
don liddard flying graham cheshire's hiway cloudbase hang glider at walton on the naze cliffs clacton essex the log book says I managed to get a 20 minute flight - nice handling glider, dont know why I bought a wasp falcon 3, !!!!
High in Saturn's atmosphere there is a temperate zone where the pressure is not too high and humans could live comfortably without spacesuits breathing a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen. Any aircraft that can fly on earth would be able to fly on Saturn by using the hydrogen in the atmosphere as fuel and carrying oxygen in its fuel tanks instead of fuel. The waste product of burning hydrogen is water so the base would recycle its own waste.