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Victory Liner Inc.
Bus Number: 1654
Bus Manufacturer: Santarosa Motor Works, Inc.
Model: Exfoh Hi-Deck
Chassis: MAN 18.310 HOCL
Engine: MAN D2866LOH27
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 44
Shot Location: Munoz, Balintawak
JAM Liner
Bus Number.: 1252
Body: Santarosa Philippines
Model: SR Cityliner
Chassis: Daewoo BF106
Engine: Daewoo DE08TiS
Suspension:
Seating Configuration:
Capacity:
Shot Location: Kamias
Company/Owner: Pangasinan Five Star Bus Company, Inc.
Fleet/Bus Number: 3234
Classification: Air-conditioned Provincial Bus
Coachbuilder: (Suzhou) Higer Bus Company, Ltd.
Body Model: Higer V91 KLQ6119QE3
Engine Model: Yuchai YC6L280-30 (L38MA)
Chassis Model: Higer KLQ6112 (LKLR1HSF*CB)
Transmission: 6-speed Manual Transmission
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2×2
Seating Capacity: 49
Route: N/A [Santiago City, Isabela–Cubao, Quezon City]
Municipalities/cities passing: N/A)
Type of Operation: Provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Regular Class)
Area of Operation: Cagayan Valley (Region II)
Shot Location: Five Star Bus Terminal, Calao East, Santiago City, Isabela
Date Taken: January 29, 2016
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Company/Owner: Victory Liner, Inc.
Fleet/Bus Number: 57
Classification: Air-conditioned Provincial Bus
Coachbuilder: Hyundai Motor Company
Body Model: Hyundai Universe Space Luxury
Engine Model: Hyundai D6AB (Q300)
Chassis Model: Hyundai Universe (KMJKJ18BP8C)
Transmission: Manual (5-speed forward, 1-speed reverse)
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2×2
Seating Capacity: 45
Route: Olongapo City, Zambales–Monumento, Caloocan CIty via Jose Abad Santos Avenue (Olongapo–Gapan Road)
Municipalities/cities passing: Tipo (Hermosa)/Dinalupihan/Lubao/Guagua/Bacolor/San Fernando City
Type of Operation: Provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Express Regular Class)
Area of Operation: Central Luzon (Region III)
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Company/Owner: Victory Liner, Inc.
Fleet/Bus Number: 8156 (former 1259)
Classification: Air-conditioned Inter-provincial Bus
Coachbuilder: Hyundai Motor Company
Body Model: Hyundai Universe Space Classic (with Xpress Prime emblem)
Engine Model: Hyundai D6HA (H380)
Chassis Model: Hyundai Universe (KMJKJ18LP8C)
Transmission: Manual (5-speed forward, 1-speed reverse)
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2×2
Seating Capacity: 45
Route: Baguio City, Benguet–Olongapo City, Zambales via Aspiras–Palispis Highway / Pugo–Rosario Road / MacArthur Highway / Magalang–Concepcion Road / SCTEX-Concepcion–SCTEX-NLEX Connector–NLEX-Dau / Dau Access Road–NLEX-San Fernando / Jose Abad Santos Avenue (Olongapo–Gapan Road)
Municipalities/cities passing: Tuba/Pugo/Rosario/Sison/Pozorrubio/Binalonan/Urdaneta City/Villasis/Carmen (Rosales)/San Manuel/Moncada/Paniqui/Gerona/Tarlac City/Capas/Concepcion–Dau (Mabalacat City)–San Fernando City/Bacolor/Guagua/Lubao/Dinalupihan/Tipo (Hermosa)
Type of Operation: Inter-regional, inter-provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Regular Class)
Area of Operations: Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) / Central Luzon (Region III)
Shot Location: Victory Liner Terminal, Barangay Dolores, San Fernando City, Pampanga
Date Taken: August 25, 2015
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Pintakasi Tours
Bus Number:
Bus Manufacturer: Del Monte Motor Works Inc. (Philippines)
Bus Model: DMMC AX
Chassis: MAN 18.310
Engine:
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 49
Shot Location: A.boni
Sta. Lucia Express
Bus number: 85
Classification: Airconditioned Provincial Operation Bus
Coachbuilder: Kia Motors
Model: Granbird SD
Engine: Hyundai D6AC
Airconditioning Unit: Overhead Unit
Suspension: Air-Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Capacity: 45
Shot Location: A.boni
Truck Manufacturer: MAN Truck & Bus AG
Model: MAN TGS
Chassis 18.360
Engine:
Suspension:
Axle Configuration:4x2
Shot Location: A.boni
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Red Phoenix Livery
Victory Liner Inc.
Bus Number: 8007
Model : KingLong Xmq 6118 Y
Coachbuilder : Xiamen King Long United
Chassis : LKLR1HSH86B6
Engine : Nissan Diesel PE6T
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Capacity: 49
Shot Location: Victory Liner Pasay Terminal
Golden Bee Transport & Logistics Corp.
Bus number: 920
Classification: Airconditioned Provincial Operation Bus
Bus Body Model: AMC Tourist Star
Bus Body Manufacturer: Almazora Motors,
Chassis: MAN 16.290 HOC
Engine: MAN D2866TOH
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 49 Passengers
Shot Location: NLEX
Specifications:
Configuration: Inline front-mounted
Engine: OHC V6 with twin Solex carburetors
Displacement: 2.2 L
Horsepower: 84 bhp at 4,800 RPM
Torque: 161 Nm at 3,500 RPM
Loaded weight: 1,790 kg
A Little History
Mercedes-Benz launched its 220a, the predecessor to this car, in 1954. It represented their new generation of unit-body constructed cars, which was later nicknamed the “Ponton” series, in reference to its pontoon-style front fenders. The 220a, considered by many to be the first modern Mercedes-Benz, was built on a 17 cm longer wheelbase than its predecessor, allowing more legroom for the rear-seat passengers and more room under the hood for a 2.2-liter six-cylinder engine. Servo-assisted brakes became standard in September 1955.
When the 220S was introduced in August 1957, the engine had two Solex downdraft carburetors and its effect was increased to 106 horsepower. A Hydrak hydraulically operated clutch also became available as an extra-cost option. The 220S was a quick car by the standards of the day, offering genuine 160 km/h capability.
These 157 cabriolets were produced in limited numbers (1,066 220S Coupés and Cabriolets) and hand-finished at Sindelfingen to the highest standards of Mercedes-Benz’s prestige models. Bodies were mass-produced yet finished by craftsmen skilled in the art of coachbuilding. This in part explained why the cabriolets cost nearly 75 percent more than their saloon equivalents when new. Unlike the larger 300 S models, the 220S Cabriolets featured a fully retractable convertible roof, giving them a much sleeker and more modern appearance. The “Ponton” was Mercedes-Benz’s first totally new series of post-War passenger vehicles produced from 1953 through 1959. The nickname comes from the German word for “pontoon” and refers to a definition of pontoon fenders subsequently called Ponton styling, which became the precursor of modern automotive design.
The trend featured all-enveloping bodywork enclosing the full width and uninterrupted length of a car, incorporating previously distinct running boards and fully articulated fenders.
Ads from the period emphasized the comfort that the grand touring car’s lengthened wheelbase, produced, as well as the extra room in the rear seat and trunk for luggage.
Source: Audrain Automobile Museum
Taken at Gärdesloppet in Stockholm, Sweden on 2023-06-04.
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Victory Liner Inc.
Bus Number: 2010
Model: BV115 SR Cityliner
Classification: Airconditioned Provincial Operation Bus
Coachbuilder: Santarosa Philippines Motor Works, Incorporated
Chassis: Daewoo BV115
Engine: Doosan DE12TIS
Airconditioning Unit: Overhead Unit
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 49 Passengers
Shot Location:
Odd seating configuration.
Raymond Transportation 7158
Company/Owner: Raymond Transportation, Inc.
Route: Naga-Cubao/PITX
Area of Service: Camarines Sur, Bicol Region (R5)
Type of Service: PUB Provincial Operation Bus
Classification: Deluxe Economy Airconditioned Bus
Coachbuilder: Zhongtong Bus Holdings, Ltd.
Model: LCK6118 "Elegance"
Chassis: LDYGCS
Engine: WP7.300E50
Transmission: M/T
Speed: 6 Forward, 1 Reverse
Suspension Type: Airsuspension
Seat Configuration: 2x3 with CR
Maximum Capacity: 56+2
Shot Location: Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange, Parañaque City
Date Taken: December 30, 2022
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
F-84 Thunderjet
RoleFighter-bomber
ManufacturerRepublic Aviation
First flight28 February 1946
IntroductionNovember 1947
Retired1964 (USAF)
1974 (Yugoslavia)
Primary userUnited States Air Force
Number built7,524
Unit cost
US$237,247 (F-84G)[1]
US$769,330 (F-84F)
VariantsRepublic F-84F Thunderstreak
Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech
Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor
The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was an American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft. Originating as a 1944 United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) proposal for a "day fighter", the F-84 first flew in 1946. Although it entered service in 1947, the Thunderjet was plagued by so many structural and engine problems that a 1948 U.S. Air Force review declared it unable to execute any aspect of its intended mission and considered canceling the program. The aircraft was not considered fully operational until the 1949 F-84D model and the design matured only with the definitive F-84G introduced in 1951. In 1954, the straight-wing Thunderjet was joined by the swept-wing F-84F Thunderstreak fighter and RF-84F Thunderflash photo reconnaissance aircraft.
The Thunderjet became the USAF's primary strike aircraft during the Korean War, flying 86,408 sorties and destroying 60% of all ground targets in the war as well as eight Soviet-built MiG fighters. Over half of the 7,524 F-84s produced served with NATO nations, and it was the first aircraft to fly with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team. The USAF Strategic Air Command had F-84 Thunderjets in service from 1948 through 1957.
The F-84 was the first production fighter aircraft to utilize inflight refueling and the first fighter capable of carrying a nuclear weapon, the Mark 7 nuclear bomb. Modified F-84s were used in several unusual projects, including the FICON and Tom-Tom dockings to the B-29 Superfortress and B-36 bomber motherships, and the experimental XF-84H Thunderscreech turboprop.
The F-84 nomenclature can be somewhat confusing. The straight-wing F-84A to F-84E and F-84G models were called the Thunderjet. The F-84F Thunderstreak and RF-84F Thunderflash were different airplanes with swept wings. The XF-84H Thunderscreech (not its official name) was an experimental turboprop version of the F-84F. The F-84F swept wing version was intended to be a small variation of the normal Thunderjet with only a few different parts, so it kept the basic F-84 number. Production delays on the F-84F resulted in another order of the straight-wing version; this was the F-84G.
Design and development
An F-84G at Chaumont-Semoutiers Air Base, France, in 1953
In 1944, Republic Aviation's chief designer, Alexander Kartveli, began working on a turbojet-powered replacement for the P-47 Thunderbolt piston-engined fighter. The initial attempts to redesign the P-47 to accommodate a jet engine proved futile due to the large cross-section of the early centrifugal compressor turbojets. Instead, Kartveli and his team designed a new aircraft with a streamlined fuselage largely occupied by an axial compressor turbojet engine and fuel stored in rather thick unswept wings.[1]
On 11 September 1944, the USAAF released General Operational Requirements for a day fighter with a top speed of 600 mph (521 kn, 966 km/h), combat radius of 705 miles (612 nmi, 1,135 km), and armament of either six 0.50 in (12.7 mm) or four 0.60 in (15.2 mm) machine guns. In addition, the new aircraft had to use the General Electric TG-180 axial turbojet which entered production as the Allison J35.
On 11 November 1944, Republic received an order for three prototypes of the new XP-84—Model AP-23.[1] Since the design promised superior performance to the Lockheed-built P-80 Shooting Star and Republic had extensive experience in building single-seat fighters, no competition was held for the contract. The name Thunderjet was chosen to continue the Republic Aviation tradition started with the P-47 Thunderbolt while emphasizing the new method of propulsion. On 4 January 1945, even before the aircraft took to the air, the USAAF expanded its order to 25 service test YP-84As and 75 production P-84Bs (later modified to 15 YP-84A and 85 P-84B).
Meanwhile, wind tunnel testing by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics revealed longitudinal instability and stabilizer skin buckling at high speeds.[1] The weight of the aircraft, a great concern given the low thrust of early turbojets, was growing so quickly that the USAAF had to set a gross weight limit of 13,400 lb (6,080 kg). The results of this preliminary testing were incorporated into the third prototype, designated XP-84A, which was also fitted with a more powerful J35-GE-15 engine with 4,000 lbf (17.79 kN) of thrust.[1]
The first prototype XP-84 was transferred to Muroc Army Air Field (present-day Edwards Air Force Base) where it flew for the first time on 28 February 1946 with Major Wallace A. "Wally" Lien at the controls. It was joined by the second prototype in August, both aircraft flying with J35-GE-7 engines producing 3,745 lbf (16.66 kN). The 15 YP-84As delivered to Patterson Field (present-day Wright-Patterson Air Force Base) for service tests differed from XP-84s by having an upgraded J35-A-15 engine, carrying six 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns (four in the nose and one in each wing root), and having the provision for wingtip fuel tanks holding 226 U.S. gal (856 L) each.
Due to delays with delivery of jet engines and production of the XP-84A, the Thunderjet had undergone only limited flight testing by the time production P-84Bs began to roll out of the factory in 1947. In particular, the impact of wingtip tanks on aircraft handling was not thoroughly studied. This proved problematic later.[1]
After the creation of the United States Air Force by the National Security Act of 1947, the Pursuit designation was replaced with Fighter, and the P-84 became the F-84.
F-84s were assigned to the 27th Fighter Wing, 27th Fighter Escort Wing, 27th Strategic Fighter Wing, 31st Fighter Escort Wing, 127th Fighter Day Wing, 127th Fighter Escort Wing, 127th Strategic Fighter Wing, 407th Strategic Fighter Wing and the 506th Strategic Fighter Wing of the Strategic Air Command from 1947 through 1958.[2]
Operational history
The F-84B, which differed from YP-84A only in having faster-firing M3 machine guns, became operational with 14th Fighter Group at Dow Field, Bangor, Maine in December 1947. Flight restrictions followed immediately, limiting maximum speed to Mach 0.8 due to control reversal, and limiting maximum acceleration to 5.5 g (54 m/s²) due to wrinkling of the fuselage skin. To compound the problem, parts shortages and maintenance difficulties earned the aircraft the nickname, "Mechanic's Nightmare".[1] On 24 May 1948, the entire F-84B fleet was grounded due to structural failures.
P-84Bs of the 48th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group, 1948.
A 1948 review of the entire F-84 program discovered that none of the F-84B or F-84C aircraft could be considered operational or capable of executing any aspect of their intended mission. The program was saved from cancellation because the F-84D, whose production was well underway, had satisfactorily addressed the major faults. A fly-off against the F-80 revealed that while the Shooting Star had a shorter takeoff roll, better low altitude climb rate and superior maneuverability, the F-84 could carry a greater bomb load, was faster, had better high altitude performance and greater range.[1] As a temporizing measure, the USAF in 1949 committed US$8 million to implement over 100 upgrades to all F-84Bs, most notably reinforcing the wings. Despite the resultant improvements, the F-84B was withdrawn from active duty by 1952.[1]
The F-84C featured a somewhat more reliable J35-A-13 engine and had some engineering refinements. Being virtually identical to the F-84B, the C model suffered from all of the same defects and underwent a similar structural upgrade program in 1949. All F-84Cs were withdrawn from active service by 1952.[1]
The structural improvements were factory-implemented in the F-84D, which entered service in 1949. Wings were covered with thicker aluminum skin, the fuel system was winterized and capable of using JP-4 fuel, and a more powerful J35-A-17D engine with 5,000 lbf (22.24 kN) was fitted. It was discovered that the untested wingtip fuel tanks contributed to wing structural failures by inducing excessive twisting during high-"g" maneuvers.[1] To correct this, small triangular fins were added to the outside of the tanks. The F-84D was phased out of USAF service in 1952 and left Air National Guard (ANG) service in 1957.[1]
The first effective and fully capable Thunderjet was the F-84E model which entered service in 1949. The aircraft featured the J35-A-17 engine, further wing reinforcement, a 12 in (305 mm) fuselage extension in front of the wings and 3 in (76 mm) extension aft of the wings to enlarge the cockpit and the avionics bay, an A-1C gunsight with APG-30 radar, and provision for an additional pair of 230 gal (870 L) fuel tanks to be carried on underwing pylons.[1] The latter increased the combat radius from 850 to 1,000 miles (740 to 870 nmi; 1,370 to 1,610 km).
One improvement to the original F-84 design was rocket racks that folded flush with the wing after the 5-inch HVAR rockets were fired, which reduced drag over the older fixed mounting racks. This innovation was adopted by other U.S. jet fighter-bombers.[3]
A Portuguese F-84 being loaded with ordnance in the 1960s, at Luanda Air Base, during the Portuguese Colonial War.
Despite the improvements, the in-service rates for the F-84E remained poor with less than half of the aircraft operational at any given time.[1] This was primarily due to a severe shortage of spares for the Allison engines. The expectation was that F-84Es would fly 25 hours per month, accumulating 100 hours between engine overhauls. The actual flight hours for Korean War and NATO deployments rapidly outpaced the supply and Allison's ability to manufacture new engines.[1] The F-84E was withdrawn from USAF service in 1956, lingering with ANG units until 1959.
The definitive straight-wing F-84 was the F-84G which entered service in 1951. The aircraft introduced a refueling boom receptacle in the left wing,[4] autopilot, Instrument Landing System, J35-A-29 engine with 5,560 lbf (24.73 kN) of thrust, a distinctive framed canopy (also retrofitted to earlier types), and the ability to carry a single Mark 7 nuclear bomb.[1] The F-84G was retired from USAF in the mid-1960s.
Starting in the early 1960s, the aircraft was deployed by the Força Aérea Portuguesa (FAP) during the Portuguese Colonial War in Africa. By 1972, all four operating F-84 aircraft were supplementing the FAP in Angola.[5]
Flying the Thunderjet
Typical of most early jets, the Thunderjet's takeoff performance left much to be desired. In hot Korean summers with a full combat load, the aircraft routinely required 10,000 ft (3,000 m) of runway for takeoff even with the help of RATO bottles (two or four of these were carried, each producing 1,000 lbf (4.4 kN) of thrust for 14 seconds).[1] All but the lead aircraft had their visibility obscured by the thick smoke from the rockets. Early F-84s had to be pulled off the ground at 160 mph (140 kn, 260 km/h) with the control stick held all the way back. Landings were made at a similar speed, for comparison the North American P-51 Mustang landed at approximately 120 mph (100 kn, 190 km/h). Despite the "hot" landing speeds, the Thunderjet was easy to fly on instruments and crosswinds did not present much of a problem.[6]
An F-84E launching rockets.
Thanks to the thick straight wing the Thunderjet rapidly reached its Mach 0.82 limitation at full throttle and low altitude. The aircraft had sufficient power to fly faster, but exceeding the Mach limit at low altitudes resulted in a violent pitch-up and structural failure causing the wings to break off.[6] Above 15,000 ft (4,600 m), the F-84 could be flown faster but at the expense of severe buffeting. However, the airspeed was sufficiently easy to control to make safe dive bombing from 10,000 ft (3,000 m) possible.[6] The top speed limitation proved troublesome against Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15s in Korea. Slower than the MiG, the F-84 was also unable to turn tightly with a maximum instantaneous-turn load of only 3 Gs followed by rapid loss of airspeed. One F-84E pilot credited with two MiG kills achieved his second victory by intentionally flying his aircraft into pitch-up.[6] The MiGs chasing him were unable to follow the violent maneuver and one crashed into the ground. Luckily for the F-84E pilot, the aircraft did not disintegrate but the airframe did suffer heavy warping. The F-84 was a stable gun platform and the computing gunsight aided in accurate gunnery and bombing. Pilots praised the aircraft for Republic's legendary ruggedness.[6]
Pilots nicknamed the Thunderjet "The Lead Sled".[2] It was also called "The Iron Crowbar", "a hole sucking air", "The Hog" ("The Groundhog"), and "The World's Fastest Tricycle", "Ground Loving Whore" as a testament to its long takeoff rolls.[2] F-84 lore stated that all aircraft were equipped with a "sniffer" device that, upon passing V2, would look for the dirt at the end of the runway. As soon as the device could smell the dirt, the controls would turn on and let the pilot fly off the ground. In the same vein, it was suggested a bag of dirt should be carried in the front landing gear well. Upon reaching V2, the pilot would dump the dirt under the wheels, fooling the sniffer device.[2]
Korean War
The Thunderjet had a distinguished record during the Korean War. Although the F-84B and F-84C could not be deployed because their J35 engines had a service life of only 40 hours, the F-84D and F-84E entered combat with 27th Fighter Escort Group on 7 December 1950.[1] The aircraft were initially tasked with escorting the B-29 Superfortress bombers. The first Thunderjet air-to-air victory was scored on 21 January 1951 at the cost of two F-84s.[2] The F-84 was a generation behind the swept-wing Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 and outmatched, especially when the MiGs were flown by more-experienced pilots, and the MiG counter-air mission was soon given to the F-86 Sabre. Like its famous predecessor, the P-47, the F-84 switched to the low-level interdiction role at which it excelled.
A KB-29M tanker refueling an F-84E over Korea. F-84Es could only refuel the wingtip tanks separately.
F-84G-26-RE Thunderjet 51-16719 while assigned to the 3600th Air Demonstration Team (USAF Thunderbirds), 1954.
The F-84 flew a total of 86,408 missions, dropping 55,586 tons (50,427 metric tons) of bombs and 6,129 tons (5,560 metric tons) of napalm.[2] The USAF claimed F-84s were responsible for 60% of all ground targets destroyed in the war. Notable F-84 operations included the 1952 attack on the Sui-ho Dam. During the war, the F-84 became the first USAF fighter to utilize aerial refueling. In aerial combat, F-84 pilots were credited with eight MiG-15 kills against a Soviet-claimed loss of 64 aircraft. The total losses were 335 F-84D, E and G models.[2]
Portuguese Overseas War
In 1961, the Portuguese Air Force sent 25 of their remaining F-84G to Angola. There they formed the Esquadra 91 (91st Squadron), based at Luanda Air Base. From then on, the F-84s were engaged in the Angolan Theater of the Portuguese Overseas War, being mainly employed in air strike missions against the separatist guerrillas.
The last F-84 were kept operational in Angola until 1974.
Notable achievements
The F-84 was the first aircraft flown by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, which operated F-84G Thunderjets from 1953 to 1955 and F-84F Thunderstreaks from 1955 to 1956. The F-84E was also flown by the Skyblazers team of United States Air Forces Europe (USAFE) from 1950 to 1955.[1]
On 7 September 1946, the second XP-84 prototype set a national speed record of 607.2 mph (527.6 kn, 977.2 km/h), slightly slower than the world record 612.2 mph (532.0 kn, 985.2 km/h) held by the British Gloster Meteor.[1]
On 22 September 1950, two EF-84Es, flown by David C. Schilling and Col. William Ritchie, flew across the North Atlantic from Great Britain to the United States. Ritchie's aircraft ran out of fuel over Newfoundland but the other successfully made the crossing which took ten hours two minutes and three aerial refuelings. The flight demonstrated that large numbers of fighters could be rapidly moved across the Atlantic.[1]
F-84G was the first fighter with built-in aerial refueling capability and the first single-seat aircraft capable of carrying a nuclear bomb.[1]
On 20 August 1953, 17 F-84Gs using aerial refueling flew from the United States to the United Kingdom. The 4,485-mile (3,900 nmi, 7,220 km) journey was the longest-ever nonstop flight by jet fighters.[1]
In 1955, an F-84G became the first aircraft to be zero-length launched from a trailer.[7]
By the mid-1960s, the F-84/F-84F was replaced by the F-100 Super Sabre and the RF-84F by the RF-101 Voodoo in USAF units, being relegated to duty in the Air National Guard. The last F-84F Thunderflash retired from the ANG in 1971. Three Hellenic Air Force RF-84Fs that were retired in 1991 were the last operational F-84s.
Costs
F-84BF-84CF-84DF-84EF-84GF-84FRF-84F
Airframe139,863139,863150,846562,715482,821
Engine41,65441,65441,488146,02795,320
Electronics7,1657,1654,7619,62321,576
Armament23,55923,55937,43341,71363,632
Ordnance2,7199,2524,529
Flyaway cost286,407 for the first 100
163,994 for the next 141147,699212,241212,241237,247769,300667,608
Cost per flying hour390
Maintenance cost per flying hour185185
Notes: The costs are in approximately 1950 United States dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation.[1]
Variants
Straight-wing variants
The XP-84A (foreground) and YP-84As
XP-84
The first two prototypes.
XP-84A
The third prototype with a more powerful J35-GE-15 engine. This airframe was subsequently modified with a pointed fairing over the intake and lateral NACA intakes were installed into the intake trunks.
YP-84A
Service test aircraft; 15 built.
P-84B (F-84B)
First production version, J35-A-15 engine; 226 built.
F-84C
Reverted to the more reliable J35-A-13 engine, improved fuel, hydraulic and electrical systems; 191 built.
F-84D
J35-A-17 engine, various structural improvements. The pitot tube was moved from the tail fin to the splitter in the air intake with fins added to the wingtip fuel tanks; 154 built.
F84 E&G Thunderjet French Air Force 1951–1955
EF-84D
Two F-84Ds, EF-84D 48-641 and EF-84D 48-661 were modified with coupling devices; 641 starboard wing, 661 port wing for "Tip-Tow Project MX106 Wing Coupling Experiments." An EB-29A 44-62093 was modified with coupling devices on both wings. Because of the difference in landing gear lengths, the three aircraft took off separately and couple/uncoupled in flight. The pilot of 641 was Major John M. Davis and the pilot of 661 was Major C.E. "Bud" Anderson.
"One of the more interesting experiments undertaken to extend the range of the early jets in order to give fighter protection to the piston-engine bombers, was the provision for inflight attachment/detachment of fighter to bomber via wingtip connections. One of the several programs during these experiments was done with a B-29 mother ship and two F-84D 'children', and was code named 'Tip Tow'. A number of flights were undertaken, with several successful cycles of attachment and detachment, using, first one, and then two F-84s. The pilots of the F-84s maintained manual control when attached, with roll axis maintained by elevator movement rather than aileron movement. Engines on the F-84s were shut down in order to save fuel during the 'tow' by the mother ship, and inflight engine restarts were successfully accomplished. The experiment ended in disaster during the first attempt to provide automatic flight control of the F-84s, when the electronics apparently malfunctioned. The left hand F-84 rolled onto the wing of the B-29, and the connected aircraft both crashed with loss of all on board personnel (Anderson had uncoupled so did not crash with the other two aircraft)."[8]
F-84E
J35-A-17D engine, Sperry AN/APG-30 radar-ranging gunsight, retractable attachments for RATO bottles, inboard wing hardpoints made "wet" to permit carrying an additional pair of 230 U.S. gal (870 L) fuel tanks. Most aircraft were retrofitted with F-84G-style reinforced canopies. The fuselage was stretched 15"; the canopy was lengthened 8", the canopy frame was lengthened 12" (accounting for another 4"), and a 3" splice panel was added aft of the canopy. The stretch was not done to enlarge the cockpit but rather to enable a larger fuel tank, provide additional space for equipment under the canopy behind the pilot's seat, and to improve aerodynamics. This can be distinguished from earlier models by the presence of two fuel vents on ventral rear fuselage, the added radar in the nose splitter, and the pitot tube was moved downward from mid-height in the splitter (as on the F-84D) to clear the radar installation. 843 built. F-84E 49-2031 was a test aircraft for air-to-air missiles. F-84E 50-1115 was a test aircraft for the FICON project.
EF-84E
Two F-84Es were converted into test prototypes, to test various methods of air-to-air refueling. EF-84E 49-2091 was used as a probe-and-drogue test aircraft. The probe was mid-span on the port wing. Production aircraft with probes (removable) had the probe fitted to the auxiliary wing tanks. EF-84E 49-2115 was used as a FICON test aircraft with a B-36 host. EF-84E 49-1225 and EF-84E 51-634 were test aircraft for the ZELMAL (Zero-length launch, Mat landing) experiments version for point defense, used the booster rocket from MGM-1 Matador cruise missile.
F-84G
Single-seat fighter-bomber capable of delivering the Mark 7 nuclear bomb using the LABS, J35-A-29 engine, autopilot, capable of inflight refueling using both the boom (receptacle in left wing leading edge) and drogue (probe fitted to wingtip fuel tanks), introduced the multi-framed canopy which was later retrofitted to earlier straight-winged F-84s. A total of 3,025 were built (1,936 for NATO under MDAP). The larger engine had a higher airflow at its take-off thrust than the intake had been designed for. This caused higher flow velocities, increased pressure losses and thrust loss. Commencing with block 20, auxiliary "suck-in" doors were added ahead of the wing leading edge to regain some of the thrust loss. At high engine rpm and low aircraft speeds, such as take-off, the spring-loaded doors were sucked open by the partial vacuum created in the duct. When the aircraft reached sufficient airspeed the ram pressure rise in the duct closed the auxiliary doors.[9] F-84G 51-1343 was modified with a periscope system to test the periscope installation proposed for the Republic XF-103.
F-84KX
Eighty ex-USAF F-84Bs converted into target drones for the United States Navy.
RF-84G
F-84G Thunderjets converted by France and Yugoslavia for recon duty with cameras in the ventral fuselage and modified auxiliary wing tanks.
YF-96A aka YF-84F aka YRF-84K
F-84E 49-2430 converted to swept wing configuration. The "first prototype" for the F-84F Thunderstreak. Canopy and ventral speed brake carried over from Thunderjet. Originally with a V-windscreen, later reverted to the standard Thunderjet flat windscreen. Modified by adding a fixed hook at the weapons bay and anhedral horizontal tailplane to enable FICON tests (trapeze capture) with GRB-36D mother ship. The airframe was capable of higher speeds than the Thunderjet engine could deliver. The YF-84F was a follow on with a larger engine and deepened fuselage.
YF-84F
F-84G 51-1344 converted to swept wing configuration. The "second prototype" for the F-84F Thunderstreak. Fuselage deepened by 7 inches (180 mm) to accommodate larger engine. Canopy and ventral speed brake carried over from Thunderjet, tail configuration same as YF-96A.
YF-84F aka YRF-84F
F-84G 51-1345 converted to swept wing configuration with a pointed nose and lateral intakes. This was a test airframe to evaluate the effects of moving the intakes to the wing roots. Like 1344, the fuselage was deepened by 7 inches (180 mm) to accommodate larger engine. Canopy and ventral speed brake carried over from Thunderjet, tail configuration same as YF-96A. For the swept wing versions of the F-84 series, see Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
Tip-Tow
See EF-84D above, did not become operational. See FICON project
Tom-Tom
Two RF-84K and B-36 wingtip coupling experiment, did not become operational. See FICON project
FICON
F-84E and GRB-36D trapeze system, became operational. See FICON project
Swept-wing variants
Main articles: Republic F-84F Thunderstreak and Republic XF-84H
YF-84F
Two swept-wing prototypes of the F-84F, initially designated YF-96A.
F-84F Thunderstreak
Swept wing version with Wright J65 engine.
RF-84F Thunderflash
Reconnaissance version of the F-84F, 715 built.
RF-84K FICON project
Reconnaissance version of the F model, 25 built to hang from the Consolidated B-36 Peacemaker.
XF-84H Thunderscreech
Experimental supersonic-turboprop version.
YF-84J
Two conversions with the General Electric J73 engine.
Operators
Republic F-84 Thunderjet in the Royal Military Museum at the Jubelpark, Brussels.
Imperial Iranian Air Force F-84G of the Golden Crown aerobatic team.
Republic F-84 Thunderjet at the en:Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle in 2012.
Royal Norwegian Air Force Republic F-84G Thunderjet.
Portuguese Air Force F-84 Thunderjet.
Belgium
Belgian Air Force operated 213 Republic F-84G from March 1952 until September 1957 and 21 Republic RF-84E
Denmark
Danish Air Force operated 240 Republic F-84G fromApril 1952 until January 1962 and 6 Republic F-84E[10]
France
French Air Force operated 335 F-84G from April 1952 until November 1956 and 46 Republic F-84E
Greece
Hellenic Air Force operated 234 Republic F-84G from March 1952 until June 1960. They equipped the 335, 336, 337, 338, 339 and 340 Squadrons (Μοίρα Δίωξης)
Iran Iran
Imperial Iranian Air Force operated 69 Republic F-84G from May 1957 until September 1961
Italy
Italian Air Force operated 256 Republic F-84G from March 1952 until May 1957[11][12]
Netherlands
Netherlands Air Force operated 166 Republic F-84G from April 1952 until December 1957 and 21 Republic RF-84E
Norway
Norwegian Air Force operated 208 Republic F-84G from June 1952 until Jun 1960 and 6 Republic F-84E from 1951 until 1956 and 35 Republic RF-84F from 1956 until 1970
Portugal
Portuguese Air Force operated 125 Republic F-84G from January 1953 until July 1974
Taiwan (Republic of China)
Republic of China Air Force operated 246 Republic F-84G from June 1953 until April 1964
Thailand
Royal Thai Air Force operated 31 Republic F-84G from November 1956 until 1963
Turkey
Turkish Air Force operated 489 Republic F-84G from March 1952 until June 1966
United States
United States Air Force operated 226 Republic F-84B, 191 Republic F-84C, 154 Republic F-84D, 743 Republic F-84E, 789 Republic F-84G
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavian Air Force operated 231 Republic (R)F-84G from June 1953 until July 1974
Major USAF operational F-84 units
Republic F-84E-15-RE Thunderjet Serial 49-2338 of the 136th Fighter-Bomber Wing, Korea
10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing: RF-84F (1955–1958)
12th Fighter Escort Wing/Group: F-84E/G/F (1950–1957;1962–1964)
14th Fighter Wing/Group: P/F-84B (1947–1949)
15th Tactical Fighter Wing: F-84F (1962–1964)
20th Fighter Bomber Wing/Group: F-84B/C/D/E/F/G (1958–1959)
27th Fighter Escort Wing/Group: F-84E/G/F (1950–1958)
31st Fighter Escort Wing/Group: F-84C/E/F (1948–1950; 1951–1957)
49th Fighter Bomber Wing/Group: F-84E/G (1951–1953)
58th Fighter Bomber Group: F-84E/G (1952–1954)
66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing: RF-84F (1955–1959)
67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing: (15th & 45th TRS5) RF-84F/K (1955–1958)
71st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing: RF-84F/K (1955–1956)
81st Fighter Bomber Wing/Group: F-84F (1954–1959)
136th Fighter Bomber Wing/Group F-84E (1951–1952) @ K2, also J-13
312th Fighter Bomber Group: F-84E/G (1954–1955)
363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing: RF-84F (1954–1958)
366th Fighter Bomber Wing/Tactical Fighter Wing: F-84E,F (1954–1958;1962–1965)
401st Fighter Bomber Wing/Tactical Fighter Wing: F-84F (1957)
405th Fighter Bomber Wing/Tactical Fighter Wing: F-84F (1953–1956)
407th Strategic Fighter Wing: F-84F (1954–1957)
474th Fighter Bomber Wing: F-84D/E/G (1952–1953)
506th Strategic Fighter Wing: F-84F (1953–1957)
508th Strategic Fighter Wing: F-84F (1952–1956)
3540th Combat Crew Training Wing: F-84E (1952–1953)
3600th Combat Crew Training Wing: F-84D/E/G/F (1952–1957)
Redesignated 4510th CCTW with F-84D/F (1958)
3645th Combat Crew Training Wing: F-84E/G (1953–1957)
4925th Test Group (Atomic): F-84E/F/G (1950–1963)
Royal Netherlands Air Force operational F-84 units
JVS-2 (Jacht Vlieger School): RF-84E (1953)
306 Squadron: F-84G (1953–1954) / RF-84E (1954-1957)
311 Squadron: RF-84E (1951-1952) / F-84G (1952-1956)
312 Squadron: RF-84E (1951-1954) / F-84G (1952-1956)
313 Squadron: RF-84E (1953-1954) / F-84G (1953-1956)
314 Squadron: F-84G (1952-1956)
315 Squadron: F-84G (1952-1956)
Aircraft on display
A F-84 during Zero-length launch testing
Croatia
F-84G
10676 Ex-USAF – Rijeka Airport, Omišalj.[13]
Denmark
F-84G
51-9966/KR-A – Aalborg Defence and Garrison Museum, Aalborg[14]
51-10622/KU-U – Aalborg Defence and Garrison Museum[14]
A-777/SY-H – Danmarks Tekniske Museum, Helsingør[15]
KP-X – Danish Collection of Vintage Aircraft, Skjern[16]
RF-84F
C-581 – Flyvestation Karup Historiske Forening Museet, Karup[17]
C-264 – Danish Collection of Vintage Aircraft, Skjern[16]
Netherlands
F-84G
K-171 – Nationaal Militair Museum, Soesterberg.[18]
Norway
F-84G
51-10161 – Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola, Stavanger Airport, Sola, near Stavanger.[19]
51-11209 – Forsvarets flysamling Gardermoen, Oslo Airport, Gardermoen near Oslo.[20]
52-2912 - Ørland Main Air Station
52-8465 – Royal Norwegian Air Force Museum, Bodø[21]
Portugal
F-84G
5131 – Museu do Ar, Sintra Air Base, Sintra.[22]
5201 - Military and Technical Training Center of the Air Force, Ota (Alenquer).[23]
Serbia
F-84G
10501 – Ex-USAF 52-2936, c/n 3050-1855B Museum of Aviation, Nikola Tesla Airport, Belgrade.[24][verification needed]
10525 – Ex-USAF 52-2939, c/n 3050-1858B Museum of Aviation, Nikola Tesla Airport, Belgrade.[25][verification needed]
10530 – Ex-USAF 52-8435, c/n 3250-2260B Museum of Aviation, Nikola Tesla Airport, Belgrade.[26][verification needed]
Slovenia
F-84G
10642 Ex-USAF 52-2910, c/n 3050-1829B – Pivka Military History Park, Pivka.[27]
Thailand
F-84G at the Royal Thai Air Force Museum
F-84G
51-10582 Ex-USAF and retired Royal Thai Air Force fighter in Royal Thai Air Force Museum
Turkey
110572 F-84G at Atatürk Airport.
F-84G
10572 – Istanbul Aviation Museum.
19953 – Atatürk Airport, İstanbul.
RF-84F
1901 – Istanbul Aviation Museum.
1917 – Istanbul Aviation Museum.
United States
YP-84A
45-59494 – Discovery Park of America, Union City, Tennessee. Formerly at Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum at the former Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois.[28][29]
F-84B
45-59504 – Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, New York.[30]
45-59556 – Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California.[31]
46-0666 – Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania.[32]
F-84C
47-1433 – Pima Air and Space Museum, adjacent to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona.[33]
47-1486 – Goldwater Air National Guard Base, Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona.[34]
47-1498 – EAA Airventure Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.[35]
47-1513 – Kansas Aviation Museum at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas.[36]
47-1530 – Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico.[37]
47-1562 – Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum in Pueblo, Colorado.[38]
47-1595 – March Field Air Museum at March Air Reserve Base (former March Air Force Base) in Riverside, California.[39]
F-84E
F-84E at the USAF Museum
49-2155 – Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California.[40]
49-2285 – Texas Military Forces Museum in Austin, Texas.[41]
49-2348 – American Airpower Museum in East Farmingdale, New York.[42]
50-1143 – National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. It was obtained from Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, in October 1963.[43]
51-0604 – Museum of Aviation at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.[44]
F-84G
51-0791 – Springfield Air National Guard Base, Springfield, Ohio.[45]
51-11126 - under restoration to airworthiness by a Vulcan Warbirds Inc. for the Flying Heritage Collection in Seattle, Washington.[46][47]
52-3242 – Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill Air Force Base, Utah.[48]
52-8365 - under restoration to airworthiness by a private owner in Edmonds, Washington.[49][50]
Specifications (F-84G Thunderjet)
Line drawing of F-84C
Data from Encyclopedia of US Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems[1]
General characteristics
Crew: one
Length: 38 ft 1 in (11.60 m)
Wingspan: 36 ft 5 in (11.10 m)
Height: 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m)
Wing area: 260 ft² (24 m²)
Empty weight: 11,470 lb (5,200 kg)
Loaded weight: 18,080 lb (8,200 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 23,340 lb (10,590 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Allison J35-A-29 turbojet, 5,560 lbf (24.7 kN)
Performance
Maximum speed: 622 mph (540 kn, 1,000 km/h,Mach .81)
Cruise speed: 475 mph (413 kn, 770 km/h)
Range: 1,000 mi (870 nmi, 1,600 km) combat
Ferry range: 2,000 mi (1,700 nmi, 3,200 km) with external tanks
Service ceiling: 40,500 ft (12,350 m)
Rate of climb: 3,765 ft/min (19.1 m/s)
Wing loading: 70 lb/ft² (342 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight: 0.31 lbf/lb
Armament
6 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M3 Browning machine guns, 300 rpg
Up to 4,450 lb (2,020 kg) of rockets and bombs, including 1 × Mark 7 nuclear bomb
Avionics
A-1CM or A-4 gunsight with APG-30 or MK-18 ranging radar
F-84F Thunderstreak
Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor
XF-84H Thunderscreech
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Genesis Transport
Bus Number: 818287
Manufacturer: Santarosa Motor Works Inc. Philippines
Body: Santarosa Philippines
Model: SR NV620
Chassis: Nissan Diesel JA450SSN
Engine: Nissan Diesel PF6A
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Capacity: 49
Shot Location: NLEX
Biñan Bus Line Trans
Bus Number: 3222
Classification: Airconditioned Provincial Operation Bus
Coachbuilder: Guilin Daewoo Bus Company, Ltd.
Chassis:
Model: Daewoo GDW6119H2
Engine:
Airconditioning Unit: Overhead Unit
Suspension:
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Seating Capacity:
Shot Location: Cubao
Dominion Bus Lines
Bus number: 80110
Bus Manufacturer: Santarosa Motor Works, Inc.
Model: Daewoo BV115 Cityliner
Chassis: Daewoo BV115
Engine: Doosan DE12TiS
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Area of Operation: Provincial Operation
Seating Configuration: 2x1
Seating Capacity: 29
Shot Location : Cubao
Victory Liner Inc.
Bus Number: 7019
Bus Manufacturer: Almazora Motors Corporation
Model: AMC Tourist Star RE Deluxe
Chassis: MAN R39 18.350 HOCL
Engine: MAN D2066LOH
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 49
Shot Location : Victory Liner Kamias Terninal
Pangasinan Five Star Bus Company
Bus Number: 9652
Body: Five Star Bus Body
Model:
Chassis:
Engine:
Seating Configuration: 2x3
Capacity : 66
Shot Location Five Star Cubao Terminal
This Euro was donated by Victory Liner, Inc. to the Provincial Government of Bulacan, which is now a shuttle service to those who work in a government. Before, this Euro was either 700 or 800 series when it was in Victory Liner.
Company/Owner: Provincial Government of Bulacan
Fleet/Bus Number: N/A
Classification: Air-conditioned Government Shuttle Bus
Coachbuilder: Del Monte Motor Works, Inc.
Body Model: Nissan Diesel/Del Monte Euro
Engine Model: Nissan Diesel PE6-T
Chassis Model: Nissan Diesel RB46S
Transmission: Manual (6-speed forward, 1-speed reverse)
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2×2
Seating Capacity: 49
Route: N/A (Shuttle Bus)
Municipalities/cities passing: N/A
Type of Operation: Shuttle Service Operation Non-Public Utility Bus (Private Class)
Area of Operation: N/A (Service Use)
Shot Location: Malolos City Capitol, Malolos City, Bulacan
Date Taken: January 26, 2016
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Victory Liner Inc.
Bus Number: 8017
Model: Yutong ZK6100H
Manufacturer: Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Company, Ltd
Chassis: Yutong ZK6100CRU (LZYTBTD6)
Engine: YuChai YC6A240-30
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Classification: Airconditioned Provincial Operation Bus
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 45 Passengers
Shot Location: Victory Liner Caloocan Terminal
Victory Liner Inc.
Bus Number: 1244
Coachbuilder: Hyundai Motor Company
Chassis: KMJKJ18BPSC
Model: Hyundai Universe Space Luxury
Engine: Hyundai D6AB
Airconditioning Unit: Overhead Unit
Suspension: Air-Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 45 Passengers
Shot Location : Victory Liner Sampaloc Earnshaw Terminal
Victory Liner Inc.
Bus Number: 214
Model: Yutong ZK6107HA
Chassis: Yutong ZK6107CRA
Engine: Yuchai YC6A260-30
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 45
Shot Location: Victory Liner Cubao Terminal
Viron Transit Inc.
Bus Number: 1128
Body: Xiamen Kinglong United Ltd.
Model: 2006 Kinglong XMQ6118F Series
Engine: Cummins
Chassis:
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Fare: Airconditioned
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Capacity: 49
Shot Location: NLEX
Victory Liner Inc.
Bus Number: 8006
Model: Kinglong XMQ6118
Manufacturer: Xiamen Kinglong United (Kinglong Bus)
Chassis: LKLR1HSH86B6
Engine: Nissan Diesel PE6-T
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 49 Passengers
Shot Location: Victory Liner Cubao Terminal
Viron Transit
Bus Number:
Bus Manufacturer: King Long Bus (China)
Bus Model: XMQ6117Y
Engine:
Suspension:
Seating Configuration:
Capacity:
Shot Location: Viron Transit Cubao Terminal
Bataan Transit Co., Inc
Bus Number: 713
Bus Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor Company (Korea)
Model: Hyundai Universe Xpress Noble
Chassis: Hyundai KMJKL18CP8C
Engine: Hyundai D6AC-Q
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Capacity: 45
Shot Location: Bataan Transir Doroteo Jose Terminal Avenida
"Launch Configuration."
Alrighty then. Talk about cursory & perfunctory.
I don't think I've ever seen the first/S-IC stage labeled as just "S I". Hmm...mislabeled, or being early on, the nomenclature not yet formalized?
I don't know enough about the development of the Saturn C-5/V, and really don't feel like searching.
It is a neat looking early NASA LEM though. The earliness even evident in the CSM, with recessed SPS nozzle ’well’, smaller nozzle size and size/placement of the RCS quads.
A configuration of the Prometheus first stage booster with Satyr A and B solid rocket clusters as upper stages. Capable of placing small satellites into equatorial orbits and quickly decaying polar ones.
Victory Liner Inc.
Bus number: 2118
Old Bus Body Model: SR Exfoh
New Bus Body Model: SR Modulo 310
Bus Body Re-Manufacturer: Santarosa Motor Works Inc. Philippines
Chassis: MAN 18.310 HOCL
Engine: MAN D2866LOH27
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 49 Passengers
Shot Location: Balintawak
Kagagaling lang nito ng LAO or VGN. Bandang 7:25 pm ko ito nakunan sa terminal.
Company/Owner: GMW Trans/GV Florida Transport, Inc.
Fleet/Bus Number: 45
Classification: Air-conditioned Inter-provincial Bus
Coachbuilder: (Suzhou) Higer Bus Company, Ltd.
Body Model: Higer KLQ6118HKQE2A U-Tour SD
Engine Model: Yuchai YC6L280-30 (L38MA/L53SA)
Chassis Model: Higer KLQ6118H (LKLR1GS**EB)
Transmission: 6-speed Manual Transmission
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2×2
Seating Capacity: 45
Franchise route: Vigan (Ilocos Sur)–Santiago City(?)
Route: Vigan City, Ilocos Sur–Santiago City, Isabela via N2 (MacArthur Highway) and N1 (Maharlika Highway)
Municipalities/cities passing: Bantay/San Ildefonso/Santo Domingo/Magsingal/San Juan/Cabugao/Sinait/Badoc/Pinili/Currimao/Paoay or Batac/San Nicolas/Laoag City/Bacarra/Pasuquin/Burgos/Bangui/Pagudpud/Santa Praxedes/Claveria/Sanchez-Mira/Pamplona/Abulug/Ballesteros/Aparri/Allacapan/Lal-lo/Gattaran/Alcala/Amulung/Iguig/Tuguegarao City/San Mateo-Tuguegarao Road: Maddarulug [Santo Domingo (Solana)]/Enrile/Santa Maria/Rizal/Quezon/Mallig/Roxas/San Manuel/Aurora/Cabatuan/San Mateo/Ramon or via Maharlika Highway: Peñablanca/San Pablo/Cabagan/Tumauini/Ilagan City/Gamu/Naguilian/Reina Mercedes/Cauayan City/Alicia/Echague/San Isidro
Type of Operation: Inter-regional, Inter-provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Regular Class)
Area of Operations: Ilocos Region (Region I) / Cagayan Valley (Region II)
Shot Location: GV Florida Bus Terminal, Barangay Villasis, Santiago City, Isabela
Date Taken: May 20, 2018 (19:25H)
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Company/Owner: Saulog Transit, Inc.
Fleet/Bus Number: 71797
Classification: Air-conditioned Inter-provincial Bus
Coachbuilder: (Zhengzhou) Yutong Bus Company, Ltd.
Body Model: Yutong ZK6107HA
Engine Model: Yuchai YC6G240-20 (G52MA/G52YA)
Chassis Model: Yutong ZK6107CRA (LZYTBTD6XC1)
Transmission: Manual (6-speed forward, 1-speed reverse)
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2×2
Seating Capacity: 45
Route: Cavite City, Cavite/Pasay City–Olongapo City, Zambales via CAVITEX (Manila–Cavite Expressway)–EDSA–NLEX-Balintawak–NLEX-San Fernando / Jose Abad Santos Avenue (Olongapo–Gapan Road)
Municipalities/cities passing: Noveleta/Kawit/Bacoor City–San Fernando City/Bacolor/Guagua/Lubao/Dinalupihan/Tipo (Hermosa)
Type of Operation: Inter-regional, inter-provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Regular Class)
Area of Operations: CALABARZON (Region IV-A) / Central Luzon (Region III) via National Capital Region (NCR)
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Company/Owner: Saulog Transit, Inc.
Fleet/Bus Number: 717161
Classification: Air-conditioned Inter-provincial Bus
Coachbuilder: (Xiamen) Golden Dragon Bus Company, Ltd./Trans-Oriental Motor Builders, Inc.
Body Model: Golden Dragon/Trans-Oriental XML6103J92 Marcopolo 2 Series I (Snowfox)
Engine Model: Yuchai YC6G270-20 (G46MB/G4608)
Chassis Model: Golden Dragon XML6103D92 (LFZ6103TR)
Transmission: Manual (6-speed forward, 1-speed reverse)
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2×2
Seating Capacity: 45
Route: Olongapo City, Zambales–San Jose City, Nueva Ecija via Jose Abad Santos Avenue (Olongapo–Gapan Road) / N1 (Maharlika Highway)
Municipalities/cities passing: Tipo (Hermosa)/Dinalupihan/Lubao/Guagua/Bacolor/San Fernando City/Mexico/Santa Ana/Arayat/Cabiao/San Isidro/Gapan City/San Leonardo/Santa Rosa/Cabanatuan City/Talavera/Santo Domingo/Science City of Muñoz
Type of Operation: Intra-regional, inter-provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Regular Class)
Area of Operation: Central Luzon (Region III)
Shot Location: Robinsons Starmills, Barangay San Jose, San Fernando City, Pampanga
Date Taken: December 28, 2015
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Victory Liner Inc.
Bus Number: 1214
Coachbuilder: Hyundai Motor Company
Chassis: Hyundai KMJKJ18BPSC
Model: Hyundai Universe Space Luxury
Engine: Hyundai D6AB-D
Airconditioning Unit: Overhead Unit
Suspension: Air-Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 45 Passengers
Shot Location: Victory Liner Caloocan Terminal
ang ride namin :)
Victory Liner Inc.
Bus Number: 44
Classification: Airconditioned Provincial Operation Bus
Coachbuilder: Hyundai Motor Company
Chassis: Hyundai KMJKJ18BPSC
Model: Hyundai Universe Space Luxury
Engine: Hyundai D6AB-D
Airconditioning Unit: Overhead Unit
Suspension: Air-Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 45 Passengers
Shot Location: Victory Liner Pasay Terminal
+++ 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:
The Cessna Model 336 and 337 “Skymaster” were American twin-engine civil utility aircraft built in a unique push-pull configuration. Their engines were mounted in the nose and rear of its pod-style fuselage. Twin booms extended aft of the wings to the vertical stabilizers, with the rear engine between them. The horizontal stabilizer was aft of the pusher propeller, mounted between and connecting the two booms.
The first Skymaster, Model 336, had fixed landing gear and initially flew on February 28, 1961. It went into production in May 1963 with 195 being produced through mid-1964. In February 1965, Cessna introduced the larger Model 337 Super Skymaster with more powerful engines, retractable landing gear, and a dorsal air scoop for the rear engine (the "Super" prefix was subsequently dropped from the name). In 1966, the turbocharged T337 was introduced, and in 1973, the pressurized P337G entered production.
The type was very prolific and Cessna built 2.993 Skymasters of all variants, including 513 military O-2 (nicknamed "Oscar Deuce") versions from 1967 onwards. The latter featured underwing ordnance hard points to hold unguided rockets, gun pods or flares, and served in the forward air control (FAC) role and psychological operations (PSYOPS) by the US military between 1967 and 2010. Production in America ended in 1982, but was continued by Reims in France, with the FTB337 STOL and the military FTMA “Milirole”.
Both civil and military Cessna 336/337 version had long service careers, and some were considerably modified for new operators and uses. Among the most drastic conversions was the Spectrum SA-550, built by Spectrum Aircraft Corporation of Van Nuys, California, in the mid-1980s: Spectrum took the 336/337 airframe and removed the front engine, lengthened the nose to maintain the center of gravity, and replaced the rear piston engine with a pusher turboprop which offered more power than the combined pair of original petrol engines. The Spectrum SA-550 conversion also came together with an optional modernization package that prolonged the airframes’ service life, so that modified machines could well serve on for 20 years or more.
This drastic conversion was executed for both military and civil operators. The best-known military SA-550s were six former USAF O-2A airframes, which had been transferred to the U.S. Navy in 1983 for use as range controllers with VA-122 at NAS Lemoore, California. These aircraft were operationally nicknamed “Pelican”, due to the characteristic new nose shape, and the name unofficially caught on.
However, the SA-550 package was only adopted sporadically by private operators, but it became quite popular among several major police and fire departments. Typical duties for these machines included border/drug patrol, surveillance/observation duties (e.g. traffic, forest fire) and special tasks, including drug interdiction as well for SAR missions and undercover operations like narcotics and serialized criminal investigations. Some SA-550s were accordingly modified and individually outfitted with suitable sensors, including IR/low light cameras, searchlights, and internal auxiliary tanks. None were armed, even though some aircraft featured underwing hardpoints for external extra tanks, flare dispensers for nocturnal operations or smoke charge dispensers for ground target marking to guide water bombers to hidden forest fires.
The type’s versatility, low noise level, high travel speed and good loitering time in the operational area at low speed proved to be vital assets for these public service operators and justified its relatively high maintenance costs. A handful of the modernized Spectrum SA-550 machines were still in active service after the Millennium, primarily in the USA.
General characteristics:
Crew: 1 + 3 passengers (up to 5 passengers possible in special seat configuration)
Length: 32 ft 6½ in (9.94 m)
Wingspan: 38 ft ¾ in (11.62 m)
Height: 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
Wing area: 201 sq ft (18.81 m²)
Aspect ratio: 7.18:1
Airfoil: NACA 2412 at root, NACA 2409 at tip
Empty weight: 2,655 lb (1,204 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 4,400 lb (1,996 kg)
Fuel capacity: 92 US gal (77 imp gal; 350 l) normal,
128 US gal (107 imp gal; 480 l) with auxiliary tank
in the cabin instead of two passenger seats
Powerplant:
1× Pratt & Whitney PT6A-27 turboprop engine, delivering 550 shp (410 kW) and
driving a four-blade McCauley fully-feathering, constant-speed propeller, 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) diameter
Performance:
Maximum speed: 199 mph (320 km/h, 173 kn) at sea level
Cruise speed: 144 mph (232 km/h, 125 kn) at 10,000 ft (3,000 m) (econ cruise)
Stall speed: 69 mph (111 km/h, 60 kn)
Range: 1421 mi (2.288 km, 1.243 nmi) at 10.000 ft (3.050 m) altitude and economy cruise
Service ceiling: 19,500 ft (5,900 m)
Rate of climb: 1,200 ft/min (6.1 m/s)
Takeoff distance to 50 ft (15m): 1,545 ft (471 m)
Landing distance from 50 ft (15m): 1,650 ft (500 m)
The kit and its assembly:
This build is the combination of ingredients that had already been stashed away for a long time, and the “Red Lights” Group Build at whatifmodellers.com in early 2021 was a good motivator and occasion to finally put everything together.
The basis is an ARII 1:72 Cessna T337 model kit – I had purchased it long ago with the expectation to create a military Skymaster from it, but I was confused by a fixed landing gear which would make it a 336? Well, without a further concrete plan the kit preliminarily landed in The Stash™…
However, the ARII model features the optional observation windows in the doors on the starboard side, in the form of a complete(!) fuselage half, so that it lends itself to a police or firefighter aircraft of some sort. This idea was furthermore fueled by a decal sheet that I had been given from a friend, left over from a 1:72 Italeri JetRanger, with three optional police helicopter markings.
The final creative element was the real-world “Pelican” conversion of six O-2As for the US Navy, as mentioned in the background above: the front engine was replaced with a longer nose and the engine configuration changed to a pusher-only aircraft with a single powerful turboprop engine. This looked so odd that I wanted to modify the ARII Cessna in a similar fashion, too, and all these factors came together in this model.
My Arii Cessna 337 kit is a re-boxing from 2009, but its origins date back to Eidai in 1972 and that’s just what you get: a vintage thing with some flash and sinkholes, raised (but fine) surface details and pretty crude seams with bulges and gaps. Some PSR is direly necessary, esp. the fit of the fuselage halves is cringeworthy. The clear parts were no source of joy, either; especially the windscreen turned out to be thick, very streaky (to a degree that I’d almost call it opaque!) and even not fully molded! The side glazing was also not very clear. I tried to improve the situation through polishing, but if the basis is already poor, there’s little you can do about it. Hrmpf.
However, the kit was built mostly OOB, including the extra O-2 glazing in the lower doors, but with some mods. One is a (barely visible) extra tank in the cabin’s rear, plus a pilot and an observer figure placed into the tight front seats. The extended “Pelican” nose was a lucky find – I was afraid that I had had to sculpt a nose from scratch with 2C putty. But I found a radome from a Hasegawa RA-5C, left over from a model I built in the Eighties and that has since long fallen apart. However, this nose fitted almost perfectly in size and shape, I just “blunted” the tip a little. Additionally, both the hull in front of the dashboard and the Vigilante radome were filled with as many lead beads as possible to keep the nose down.
The kit’s OOB spatted, fixed landing gear was retained – even though it is dubious for a Cessna 337, because this type had a fully retractable landing gear, and the model has the landing gear covers actually molded into the lower fuselage. On the other side, the Cessna 336’s fixed landing gear looks quite different, too! However, this is a what-if model, and a fixed landing gear might have been a measure to reduce maintenance costs?
The propeller was replaced with a resin four-blade aftermarket piece (from CMK, probably the best-fitting thing on this build!) on my standard metal axis/styrene tube adapter arrangement. The propeller belongs to a Shorts Tucano, but I think that it works well on the converted Cessna and its powerful pusher engine, even though in the real world, the SA-550 is AFAIK driven by a three-blade prop. For the different engine I also enlarged the dorsal air intake with a 1.5 mm piece of styrene sheet added on top of the molded original air scoop and added a pair of ventral exhaust stubs (scratched from sprue material).
Another addition is a pair of winglets, made from 0.5 mm styrene sheet – an upgrade which I found on several late Cessna 337s in various versions. They just add to the modernized look of the aircraft. For the intended observation role, a hemispherical fairing under the nose hides a 180° camera, and I added some antennae around the hull.
However, a final word concerning the model kit itself: nothing fits, be warned! While the kit is a simple affair and looks quite good in the box, assembling it turned out to be a nightmare, with flash, sinkholes, a brittle styrene and gaps everywhere. This includes the clear parts, which are pretty thick and blurry. The worst thing is the windscreen, which is not only EXTRA thick and EXTRA blurry, it was also not completely molded, with gaps on both sides. I tried to get it clearer through manual polishing, but the streaky blurs are integral – no hope for improvement unless you completely replace the parts! If I ever build a Cessna 337/O-2 again, I will give the Airfix kit a try, it can only be better…
Painting and markings:
The choice between the operator options from the JetRanger sheet was hard, it included Sweden and Italy, but I eventually settled for the LAPD because the livery looks cool and this police department not only operates helicopters, but also some fixed-wing aircraft.
I adapted the LAPD’s classic black-and-white police helicopter livery (Gloss White and Black, Humbrol 22 and 21, respectively) to the Cessna and extended it to the wings. At this point – already upset because of the poor fit of the hardware – disaster struck in the form of Humbrol’s 22 turning into a pinkish ivory upon curing! In the tin, the paint and its pigments looked pretty white and “clean”, and I assume that it’s the thinner that caused this change. What a crap! It’s probably the third tin with 22 that causes trouble, even though in different peculiarities!
The result was total rubbish, though, and I tried to rub the paint off as good as possible on the small model with its many windows, the fixed, delicate landing gear and the wing support struts. Then I overpainted the areas with Revell 301 (Semi-matt White). While this enamel yielded the intended pure white tone, the paint itself is rather gooey and not easy to work with, so that the overall finish turned out worse than desired. At least the black paint worked properly. The demarcations were created with black decal stripes (TL Modellbau), because the tiny model left little room for complex masking measures – and I did not risk any more painting accidents.
Since the aircraft would be kept shiny and clean, I just did a light black ink washing to emphasize surface details and did a light panel post-shading on the black areas, not for weathering but rather to accent surface structures. No further weathering was done (and necessary).
The markings/decals come – as mentioned above – from an Italeri 1:72 JetRanger, but they were augmented with some additional markings, e. g. grey walkways on the wings and “L-A-P-D” in large black letters under the wings, to distract from the poor finish of the white paint around them…
Finally, the kit was sealed overall with Italeri semi-gloss acrylic varnish, just with a matt anti-glare shield in front of the windscreen, which received thin white trim lines (generic decal stripes).
A challenging build due to the Arii kit’s rather poor basis, the massive rhinoplasty and the crisp paint scheme. However, I like the result – what-if models do not always have to be armed military vehicles, there’s potential in other genres, too. And this mono-engine “Pelican” Skymaster plays its role as a “flying eye” in police service credibly and well. However, this was my first and last Eidai kit…
PLC
Truck Manufacturer: MAN Truck & Bus AG
Model: MAN TGS
Chassis 26.360
Engine:
Suspension:
Axle Configuration: 6x4
Shot Location: A.boni
muling pagkikita namin :)
Victory Liner Inc.
Bus Number: 1554
Classification: Airconditioned Provincial Operation Bus
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 49 Passengers
Model: SR Flextar
Manufacturer: Santarosa Motor Works Inc. Philippines
Chassis: RB46S
Engine: Nissan Diesel PE6-T
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Shot Location: Victory Liner Caloocan Terminal
“Two possible supersonic transport configurations studied by Boeing Transport Division engineers are shown in this artist’s drawing. The design shown at top has a modified delta wing under which are four pod-mounted engines with a high-mounted canard forward. The configuration below it also uses a modified delta wing, but of different shape, and has four engines mounted at the aft end of the fuselage. The canard is mounted low on the forward fuselage. Speed of both the study configurations is in the Mach 2-3 range. Boeing has expended several million dollars over the past few years in conducting basic studies of a supersonic transport to which it has given the numerical designation 733.”
The image was featured on page 5 of the July 1961 issue (Volume XXXI - Number 7) of "Boeing Magazine".
These aircraft are gorgeous, elegant, sleek, and look like they could’ve been designed yesterday. I really dig canards on any air/spacecraft.
An absolutely beautiful depiction by Boeing Aircraft Company artist/illustrator Jack E. Young.
The following is immensely satisfying, humbling and one in the “W” column:
www.aeroclassics.us/artist.html
Credit: AERO CLASSICS website
Another great American/human being, with an amazing story. Note how eloquently, yet unassumingly he recounts his story. They don't make 'em like this anymore. Here & there, yes, but not on a large scale anymore. THANK YOU for your sacrifice and service Brother.
The top aircraft, in a possible subsequent version, appearing a bit more squat, with "733" on the tail & flying solo. Also rendered by Mr. Young:
Credit: "The Unwanted Blog" website
Finally:
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Credit: CAP AVENIR CONCORDE website
Victory Liner Inc.
Bus Number: 62
Coachbuilder: Hyundai Motor Company
Chassis: Hyundai KMJKJ18BPSC
Model: Hyundai Universe Space Luxury
Engine: Hyundai D6AB-D
Airconditioning Unit: Overhead Unit
Suspension: Air-Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 45 Passengers
Shot Location: Victory Liner Pasay Terminal
Victory Liner Inc.
Bus Number: 1566
Bus Manufacturer: Pilipinas Hino, Inc.
Rebodied Model: Hino Prototype *Generic*
Former Bus Manufacturer: Santarosa Motor Works, Inc.
Former Model: SR Flextar
Chassis: Nissan Diesel RB46S
Engine: Nissan Diesel PE6-T
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Seating Configuration: 3x2
Capacity: 66
Shot Location: Victory Liner Caloocan Terminal
Company/Owner: Genesis Transport Service, Inc.
Fleet/Bus Number: 818638
Classification: Air-conditioned Provincial Bus
Coachbuilder: Autodelta Coach Builders, Inc.
Body Model: Volvo/Autodelta B7R Coach (GL6127HKC2) (in Volvo 9800 front fascia)
Engine Model: Volvo D7E-290 (D7E11)
Chassis Model: Volvo B7R (YV3R6R62*HA)
Transmission: 6-speed Automatic Transmission
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2×2
Seating Capacity: 49
Franchise route: Mariveles (Bataan)–Pasay City (Metro Manila)
Route: Pasay City–Mariveles, Bataan via N3 (Jose Abad Santos Avenue/Olongapo–Gapan Road) / N301 (Bataan Provincial Highway/Roman Superhighway)
Municipalities/cities passing: San Fernando City/Bacolor/Guagua/Lubao/Dinalupihan/Hermosa/Orani/Samal/Abucay/Balanga City/Pilar/Orion/Limay
Type of Operation: Provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Regular Class)
Area of Operation: Central Luzon (Region III)
Shot Location: Ligas Overpass/NLEX-Santa Rita, Barangay Santa Rita, Guiguinto, Bulacan
Date Taken: May 26, 2018 (15:39H)
Notices:
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** If I have mistakes on the specifications, please comment in a good manner so that I can edit it immediately.
*** The specifications and routes (for provincial, inter-provincial, and city operation) mentioned above are subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice.
Victory Liner Inc.
Bus Number: 1566
Bus Manufacturer: Pilipinas Hino, Inc.
Rebodied Model: Hino Prototype *Generic*
Former Bus Manufacturer: Santarosa Motor Works, Inc.
Former Model: SR Flextar
Chassis: Nissan Diesel RB46S
Engine: Nissan Diesel PE6-T
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Seating Configuration: 3x2
Capacity: 66
Shot Location: Victory Liner Caloocan Terminal
Detail from the ceiling inside Ayasofya Müzesi.
The building was the third church to be built on the same site. The second church was razed to the ground by a fire in January 532. Construction commenced on the present building on the 23rd February 532, culminating in its consecration on 27th December 537. Between 537 and 1453 it served as church, initially as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral (537 to 1204), then as a Roman Catholic cathedral (1204 to 1261), before reverting to the Eastern Orthodox faith (1261 to 1453). Following conversion to use as a mosque in 1453, it remained in use as a building for prayer until 1931. After renovations and deconsecration, the building reopened in 1935 as a museum, which it remains to this day.
GV Florida Transport, Inc.
Bus Number: GD27
Bus Manufacturer: Del Monte Motor Works, Inc.
Model: Golden Dragon XML6127 Marcopolo Replica
Chassis: MAN R39 18.350 HOCL
Engine: MAN D2066LOH
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x1
Seating Capacity: 29
Shot Location: GV Florida Sampaloc Terminal
Goldtrans Tours
Bus Number: 824
Classification: Airconditioned Provincial Operation Bus
Model: PHI Hino RK
Manufacturer: Pilipinas Hino Inc.
Chassis: MAN 753 (16.290 HOC-SKD)
Engine: MAN D2866TOH
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 49 Passengers
Shot Location: Sampaloc
Company/Owner: Victory Liner, Inc.
Fleet/Bus Number: 2238
Classification: Air-conditioned Provincial Bus
Coachbuilder: Santarosa Motor Works, Inc./Columbian Manufacturing Corporation
Body Model: Santarosa Daewoo Bus BV115
Engine Model: Doosan DE12TIS
Chassis Model: Daewoo BV115 (PL5UN58JDFK)
Transmission: 6-speed Manual Transmission
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2×2
Seating Capacity: 49
Franchise route: Tuguegarao (Cagayan)–Earnshaw (Sampaloc, Manila)
Route: Sampaloc, Manila City [SMP, MN]–Tuguegarao City, Cagayan [TUG, CV] via E1 expressway (NLEX-Balintawak–NLEX-Dau; NLEX-SCTEX-Connector–SCTEX-Amucao–TPLEX-Pura); N215 (Dau Access Road) / Pura–Guimba Road / N114 (Pangasinan–Nueva Ecija Road) / N1 (Maharlika Highway)
Municipalities/cities passing: Dau (Mabalacat City) [DAU]–Pura/Guimba [GUI]/Santo Domingo/Talavera/Science City of Muñoz/San Jose City [SJC]/Carranglan/Santa Fe/Aritao/Gabut (Dupax Del Sur)/Ineangan (Dupax Del Norte)/Bambang/Bayombong/Solano [SOL]/Bagabag/Diadi/Cordon/Santiago City [STO]/San Isidro/Echague/Alicia/Cauayan City [CYZ]/Reina Mercedes/Naguilian/Gamu/Ilagan City [ILA]/Tumauini/Cabagan/San Pablo/Peñablanca
Type of Operation: Provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Regular Class)
Area of Operation: Cagayan Valley (Region II)
Shot location: Victory Liner Bus Stop, Pura, Tarlac
Date and time taken: May 22, 2018 (17:15H)
Notices:
* Please DON'T GRAB A PHOTO WITHOUT A PERMISSION. If you're going to GRAB IT, please give A CREDIT TO THE OWNER. Also, don't PRINT SCREEN my photos.
** If I have mistakes on the specifications, please comment in a good manner so that I can edit it immediately.
*** The specifications and routes (for provincial, inter-provincial, and city operation) mentioned above are subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice.
**** The vehicle's registration plate(s), conduction sticker(s), and/or persons (if applicable) were pixelated/blurred to prevent any conflict with the photographer, the bus company and/or to the car owner for their security and/or privacy purposes. So, don't use their plate number, conduction sticker, and vehicle tag as an evidence for any incident. And, I have taken this photo for bus fanatics, bus enthusiasts, and bus lovers purposes.
Super Lines Luxury Love Lines
Bus Number: 904
Manufacturer: Guillin Daewoo Bus Company, Ltd.
Model: Guilin Daewoo GDW6117HKC2
Engine: Doosan DE12TIS
Chassis: LGLFD5A4XDK
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Capacity:
Shot Location: Cubao
Viron Transit
Bus Number: 8040
Bus Manufacturer: King Long Bus (China)
Bus Model: XMQ6117Y
Engine:
Chassis:
Suspension:
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Capacity: 45
Shot Location: A.boni
SFOIL
Truck Manufacture : Mercedes Benz
Model: MB Actros MP3
Chassis 33.400
Engine:
Suspension:
Axle Configuration: 6x4
Trailer : 3 Axle Transbuilt Tanker Trailer
Shot Location: Luneta
my ride avenida to SM Pampanga :)
Bataan Transit Co., Inc
Bus Number: 710
Bus Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor Company (Korea)
Model: Hyundai Universe Xpress Noble
Chassis: Hyundai KMJKL18CP8C
Engine: Hyundai D6AC-Q
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Capacity: 45
Shot Location: SM Pampanga
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