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Bus Number: 81208
Body: Del Monte Motors Corporation
Model: DMMC DM10 s3
Chassis: MAN 18.310 HOCL
Engine: MAN D2866LOH27
Suspension : Airsus
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Capacity: 49
Shot Location : Valenzuela City
"The Johnson Space Center's “Racetrack” configuration appears to be loosely based on the earlier Space Operations Center concept.
NASA/JSC “Racetrack” growth configuration with space tug hangar & satellite servicing facilities. This concept was abandoned fairly early, however.”
Above & image at:
www.pmview.com/spaceodysseytwo/station/sld029.htm
Credit: PMView Pro website
The view is to the southwest, the large inlet below the space station being Galveston Bay, adjacent to Houston, TX.
Although not to be found at any NASA website, a rather nice version of it is available at the following...the University of Texas Medical Branch/Moody Medical Library - Texas Digital Library website. THERE, but NOT at any NASA website. Sure, why not.
Wait one...this explains it:
utmb-ir.tdl.org/handle/2152.3/563
utmb-ir.tdl.org/handle/2152.3/8507?show=full
I'll be damned, look at that:
utmb-ir.tdl.org/bitstream/handle/2152.3/8507/29.48%20S84-...
Based on the unique airbrush style, even the colors used, I think this is by Paul Houston, possibly/likely a Boeing artist.
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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Pangasinan FiveStar Bus Company
Bus Number: 1002
Model: Golden Dragon XML6126 Body
Engine: MAN D2066LOH
Chassis: MAN R39 18.350 HOCL
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Capacity: 45
Shot Location: FiveStar Cubao Terminal
Victory Liner Inc.
Bus Number: 10
Manufacturer: Del Monte Motor Works
Model: DMMW DM10-2
Chassis: Hyundai KMJRL18CPAC
Engine: Hyundai D6AC
Seating Configuration: 2x1
Capacity: 29
Shot Location: Victory Liner Cubao Terminal
ES Transport
Bus Number: 47067
Classification: Air Conditioned Provincial Operation Bus
Model: Yutong ZK6119HA
Manufacturer: Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Company, Ltd. (Yutong Bus)
Chassis: Yutong ZK6119CRA (LZYTATE6)
Engine: YuChai YC6L280-30
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 49 Passengers
Shot Location: Balintawak
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.
For full resolution click on the image twice.
NIKON NIKKOR-P.C 1:2 8.5cm S mount + S to M mount adaptor + Voigtländer VM-E close focus mount adaptor
Del Monte Land Transportation Bus Company.
Bus Number: 8M
Coachbuilder:Del Monte Motors Corporation
Model: DMMC DM12
Chassis Model: MAN Diesel R39 18.350 HOCL
Suspension: Air Suspension
Engine Model: MAN Diesel D2066LOH
Seating Configuration: 2x1
Capacity: 29 Passengers
Shot Location: DLTBco. Pasay Terminal
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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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Career
Name: RMS Olympic
Owner: White Star flag NEW.svg White Star Line 1911–1934
Cunard White Star Line Logo.JPG Cunard White Star Line 1934–1935
Port of registry: United Kingdom Liverpool, United Kingdom
Route: Southampton to New York
Ordered: 1906
Builder: Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number: 400
Laid down: 16 December 1908
Launched: 20 October 1910
Completed: May 1911
Maiden voyage: 14 June 1911
In service: 1911
Out of service: 1935
Identification: Official Number 131346
Code Letters HSRP
ICS Hotel.svgICS Sierra.svgICS Romeo.svgICS Papa.svg
Radio callsign "MKC"
Fate: Retired at Southampton after 24 years service & scrapped. Superstructure dismantled at Jarrow, England, and the hull at Inverkeithing, Scotland.
Status: scrapped (besides the Second Class Lounge)
General characteristics
Class & type: Olympic-class ocean liner
Tonnage: 45,324 gross register tons; 46,358 after 1913; 46,439 after 1920
Displacement: 52,067 tons
Length: 882 ft 6 in (269.0 m)
Beam: 92 ft 6 in (28.2 m)
Height: 175 ft (53.3 m) (keel to top of funnels)
Draught: 34 ft 7 in (10.5 m)
Decks: 10 decks (1 crew deck)
Installed power: 24 double-ended (six furnace) and 5 single-ended (three furnace) Scotch boilers. Two four-cylinder triple-expansion reciprocating engines each producing 15,000 hp for the two outboard wing propellers at 75 revolutions per minute. One low-pressure turbine producing 16,000 h. 59,000 hp produced at maximum revolutions.[1]
Propulsion: Two bronze triple-blade wing propellers. One bronze quadruple-blade centre propeller.
Speed:
21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) (maximum)
Capacity: 2,435 passengers
Crew: 950
RMS Olympic was a transatlantic ocean liner, the lead ship of the White Star Line's trio of Olympic-class liners. Unlike her younger sister ships, the Olympic enjoyed a long and illustrious career, spanning 24 years from 1911 to 1935. This included service as a troopship during World War I, which gained her the nickname "Old Reliable". Olympic returned to civilian service after the war and served successfully as an ocean liner throughout the 1920s and into the first half of the 1930s, although increased competition, and the slump in trade during the Great Depression after 1930, made her operation increasingly unprofitable.
She was the largest ocean liner in the world for two periods during 1911–13, interrupted only by the brief tenure of the slightly larger Titanic (which had the same dimensions but higher gross tonnage due to revised interior configurations), and then outsized by the SS Imperator. Olympic also retained the title of the largest British-built liner until the RMS Queen Mary was launched in 1934, interrupted only by the short careers of her slightly larger sister ships.[2][3]
By contrast with Olympic, the other ships in the class, Titanic and Britannic, did not have long service lives. On the night of 14/15 April 1912, Titanic collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank, claiming 1,500 lives; Britannic struck a mine and sank in the Kea Channel in the Mediterranean on 21 November 1916, killing 30 people.
Background
Built in Belfast, Ireland, the RMS Olympic was the first of the three Olympic-class ocean liners – the others were the RMS Titanic and the HMHS Britannic.[4] They were by far the largest vessels of the British shipping company White Star Line's fleet, which comprised 29 steamers and tenders in 1912.[5] The three ships had their genesis in a discussion in mid-1907 between the White Star Line's chairman, J. Bruce Ismay, and the American financier J. Pierpont Morgan, who controlled the White Star Line's parent corporation, the International Mercantile Marine Co. The White Star Line faced a growing challenge from its main rivals Cunard, which had just launched Lusitania and Mauretania – the fastest passenger ships then in service – and the German lines Hamburg America and Norddeutscher Lloyd. Ismay preferred to compete on size rather than speed and proposed to commission a new class of liners that would be bigger than anything that had gone before as well as being the last word in comfort and luxury.[6] The company sought an upgrade in their fleet primarily in response to the Cunard giants but also to replace their largest and now outclassed ships from 1890, the SS Teutonic and SS Majestic. The former was replaced by Olympic while Majestic was replaced by Titanic. Majestic would be brought back into her old spot on White Star's New York service after Titanic's loss.
The ships were constructed by the Belfast shipbuilders Harland and Wolff, who had a long-established relationship with the White Star Line dating back to 1867.[7] Harland and Wolff were given a great deal of latitude in designing ships for the White Star Line; the usual approach was for the latter to sketch out a general concept which the former would take away and turn into a ship design. Cost considerations were relatively low on the agenda and Harland and Wolff was authorised to spend what it needed on the ships, plus a five percent profit margin.[7] In the case of the Olympic-class ships, a cost of £3 million for the first two ships was agreed plus "extras to contract" and the usual five percent fee.[8]
The launch of Olympic on 20 October 1910
Harland and Wolff put their leading designers to work designing the Olympic-class vessels. It was overseen by Lord Pirrie, a director of both Harland and Wolff and the White Star Line; naval architect Thomas Andrews, the managing director of Harland and Wolff's design department; Edward Wilding, Andrews' deputy and responsible for calculating the ship's design, stability and trim; and Alexander Carlisle, the shipyard's chief draughtsman and general manager.[9] Carlisle's responsibilities included the decorations, equipment and all general arrangements, including the implementation of an efficient lifeboat davit design.[10]
On 29 July 1908, Harland and Wolff presented the drawings to J. Bruce Ismay and other White Star Line executives. Ismay approved the design and signed three "letters of agreement" two days later authorising the start of construction.[11] At this point the first ship – which was later to become Olympic – had no name, but was referred to simply as "Number 400", as it was Harland and Wolff's four hundredth hull. Titanic was based on a revised version of the same design and was given the number 401.[12] Bruce Ismay's father Thomas Henry Ismay had previously planned to build a ship named Olympic as a sister ship to the Oceanic. The senior Ismay died in 1899 and the order for the ship was cancelled.[13]
Construction of the Olympic began three months before Titanic to ease pressures on the shipyard. Several years would pass before Britannic would be launched. In order to accommodate the construction of the class, Harland and Wolff upgraded their facility in Belfast; the most dramatic change was the combining of three slipways into two larger ones. Olympic's keel was laid in December 1908 and she was launched on 20 October 1910.[4] For her launch, the hull was painted in a light grey colour for photographic purposes; a common practice of the day for the first ship in a new class, as it made the lines of the ship clearer in the black and white photographs. Her hull was repainted black following the launch.[3]
The Olympic was designed as a luxury ship; her passenger facilities, fittings, deck plans and technical facilities were largely identical to those of her more famous sister Titanic, although with some small variations.[14] The first-class passengers enjoyed luxurious cabins, and some were equipped with private bathrooms. First-class passengers could have meals in the ship's large and luxurious dining room or in the more intimate A La Carte Restaurant. There was a lavish Grand Staircase, built only for the Olympic-class ships, along with three elevators that ran behind the staircase down to E deck,[15] a Georgian-style smoking room, a Veranda Café decorated with palm trees,[16] a swimming pool, Turkish bath,[17] gymnasium,[18] and several other places for meals and entertainment.
The second-class facilities included a smoking room, a library, a spacious dining room, and an elevator.[3][19]
Finally, the third-class passengers enjoyed reasonable accommodation compared to other ships, if not up to the second and first classes. Instead of large dormitories offered by most ships of the time, the third-class passengers of the Olympic travelled in cabins containing two to ten bunks. Facilities for the third class included a smoking room, a common area, and a dining room.[3][19]
Olympic had a cleaner, sleeker look than other ships of the day: rather than fitting her with bulky exterior air vents, Harland and Wolff used smaller air vents with electric fans, with a "dummy" fourth funnel used for additional ventilation. For the power plant Harland and Wolff employed a combination of reciprocating engines with a centre low-pressure turbine, as opposed to the steam turbines used on Cunard's Lusitania and Mauretania.[20] White Star had successfully tested this engine set up on an earlier liner SS Laurentic, where it was found to be more economical than expansion engines or turbines alone. Olympic consumed 650 tons of coal per 24 hours with an average speed of 21.7 knots on her maiden voyage, compared to 1000 tons of coal per 24 hours for both the Lusitania and Mauretania.[21]
Although Olympic and Titanic were nearly identical, and were based on the same design, a few alterations were made to Titanic (and later on Britannic) based on experience gained from Olympic's first year in service. The most noticeable of these was that the forward half of the Titanic's A Deck promenade was enclosed by a steel screen with sliding windows, to provide additional shelter, whereas the Olympic's promenade deck remained open along its whole length. Also the promenades on the Titanic's B Deck were reduced in size, and the space used for additional cabins and public rooms, including two luxury suites with private promenades. A number of other variations existed between the two ships layouts and fittings. These differences meant that Titanic had a slightly higher gross tonnage of 46,328 tons, compared to Olympic's 45,324 tons.[22]
Olympic on her sea trials in Belfast in 1911
Career
Following completion, Olympic started her sea trials on 29 May 1911, which she successfully completed; Olympic then left Belfast bound for Liverpool, her port of registration, on 31 May 1911. As a publicity stunt the White Star Line deliberately timed the start of this first voyage to coincide with the launch of Titanic. After spending a day in Liverpool, open to the public, Olympic sailed to Southampton, where she arrived on 3 June, to be made ready for her maiden voyage.[23] The deep-water dock at Southampton, then known as the "White Star Dock" had been specially constructed to accommodate the new Olympic-class liners, and had opened in 1911.[24]
Her maiden voyage commenced on 14 June 1911 from Southampton, calling at Cherbourg and Queenstown, reaching New York on 21 June.[25] The maiden voyage was captained by Edward Smith who would lose his life the following year in the Titanic disaster.[26] Designer Thomas Andrews was present for the passage to New York and return, along with a number of engineers, as part of Harland and Wolff's "Guarantee Group" to spot any problems or areas for improvement. Andrews would also lose his life in the Titanic disaster.[27]
As the largest ship in the world, and the first in a new class of superliners. Olympic's maiden voyage attracted considerable worldwide attention from the press and public. Following her arrival in New York, Olympic was opened up to the public and received over 8,000 visitors. More than 10,000 spectators watched her depart from New York harbour, for her first return trip.[28]
Hawke collision
Photographs documenting the damage to the Olympic (left) and the Hawke (right) following their collision (alternate view)
Olympic's first major mishap occurred on her fifth voyage on 20 September 1911, when she collided with a British warship, HMS Hawke off the Isle of Wight. The collision took place as Olympic and Hawke were running parallel to each other through the Solent. As Olympic turned to starboard, the wide radius of her turn took the commander of the Hawke by surprise, and he was unable to take sufficient avoiding action.[29] The Hawke's bow, which had been designed to sink ships by ramming them, collided with Olympic's starboard side near the stern, tearing two large holes in Olympic's hull, below and above the waterline respectively, resulting in the flooding of two of her watertight compartments and a twisted propeller shaft. HMS Hawke suffered severe damage to her bow and nearly capsized. Despite this, Olympic was able to return to Southampton under her own power, and no-one was seriously injured or killed.[14][30]
Captain Edward Smith was still in command of Olympic at the time of the incident. One crew member, Violet Jessop, survived not only the collision with the Hawke but also the later sinking of Titanic and the 1916 sinking of Britannic, the third ship of the class.[31]
At the subsequent inquiry the Royal Navy blamed Olympic for the incident, alleging that her large displacement generated a suction that pulled Hawke into her side.[32][33] The Hawke incident was a financial disaster for Olympic's operator. A legal argument ensued which decided that the blame for the incident lay with Olympic, and although the ship was technically under the control of the pilot, the White Star Line was faced with large legal bills and the cost of repairing the ship, and keeping her out of revenue service made matters worse.[29] However, the fact that Olympic endured such a serious collision and stayed afloat, appeared to vindicate the design of the Olympic-class liners and reinforced their "unsinkable" reputation.[29]
Olympic (left) returning to Belfast for repairs in March 1912, and Titanic (right) This was the last time the two sister ships would be seen together
It took two weeks for the damage to Olympic to be patched up sufficiently to allow her to return to Belfast for permanent repairs, which took just over six weeks to complete. To speed up the repairs, Harland and Wolff was forced to delay Titanic's completion in order to use her propeller shaft for Olympic. By 29 November she was back in service, however in February 1912, Olympic suffered another setback when she lost a propeller blade on an eastbound voyage from New York, and once again returned to her builder for repairs. To get her back to service as soon as possible, Harland & Wolff again had to pull resources from Titanic, delaying her maiden voyage from 20 March 1912 to 10 April 1912.[34]
Titanic disaster
Main article: Sinking of the RMS Titanic
On 14 April 1912, Olympic, now under the command of Herbert James Haddock, was on a return trip from New York. Wireless operator Ernest James Moore[35] received the distress call from her sister Titanic, when she was approximately 500 nautical miles (930 km; 580 mi) west by south of Titanic's location.[36] Haddock calculated a new course, ordered the ship's engines to be set to full power and headed to assist in the rescue.[37]
When Olympic was about 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) away from Titanic's last known position, she received a message from Captain Rostron captain of Cunard Liner RMS Carpathia, explaining that continuing on course to Titanic would gain nothing, as "All boats accounted for. About 675 souls saved [...] Titanic foundered about 2.20 am."[36] Rostron requested that the message be forwarded to White Star and Cunard. He said that he was returning to harbour in New York.[36] Subsequently, the wireless room aboard the Olympic operated as a clearing room for radio messages.[36]
When Olympic offered to take on the survivors, she was heatedly turned down by an appalled Rostron, who was concerned that it would cause panic amongst the survivors of the disaster to see a virtual mirror-image of the Titanic appear and ask them to board. Olympic then resumed her voyage to Southampton, with all concerts cancelled as a mark of respect, arriving on 21 April.[3]
Over the next few months, Olympic assisted with both the American and British inquiries into the disaster. Deputations from both inquiries inspected Olympic's lifeboats, watertight doors and bulkheads and other equipment which were identical to those on Titanic.[38] Sea tests were performed for the British enquiry in May 1912, to establish how quickly the ship could turn two points at various speeds, to approximate how long it would have taken the Titanic to turn when it sighted the iceberg.[39]
1912 "mutiny"
Olympic, like Titanic, did not carry enough lifeboats for everyone on board, and was hurriedly equipped with additional, second-hand collapsible lifeboats following her return to Britain. Toward the end of April 1912, as she was about to sail from Southampton to New York, 284 of the ship's firemen went on strike because of fears that the ship's new collapsible lifeboats were not seaworthy. 100 non-union crew were hastily hired from Southampton as replacements, with more being hired from Liverpool.[40]
The 40 collapsible lifeboats were secondhand, having been transferred from troopships, and many were rotten and could not open. The crewmen instead sent a request to the Southampton manager of the White Star Line that the collapsible boats be replaced by wooden lifeboats; the manager replied that this was impossible and that the collapsible boats had been passed as seaworthy by a Board of Trade inspector. The men were not satisfied and ceased work in protest.[41]
On 25 April a deputation of strikers witnessed a test of four of the collapsible boats. Only one was unseaworthy and they said that they were prepared to recommend the men return to work if it was replaced. However the strikers now objected to the non-union strikebreaker crew which had come on board, and demanded that they be dismissed, which the White Star Line refused. 54 sailors then left the ship, objecting to the non-union crew who they claimed were unqualified and therefore dangerous, and refused to sail with them. This led to the scheduled sailing being cancelled.[40][42]
All 54 sailors were arrested on a charge of mutiny when they went ashore. On 4 May 1912 Portsmouth magistrates found the charges against the mutineers were proven, but discharged them without imprisonment or fine due to the special circumstances of the case.[43] Fearing that public opinion would be on the side of the strikers, the White Star Line let them return to work and the Olympic sailed on 15 May.[39]
Refit
Olympic as she appeared after her refit following the Titanic disaster, with a full complement of lifeboats
On 9 October 1912 White Star withdrew Olympic from service and returned her to her builders at Belfast to be refitted to incorporate lessons learned from the Titanic disaster 6 months prior, and improve safety.[44] The number of lifeboats carried by Olympic was increased from twenty to sixty four (per Carlisle's original number), and extra davits were installed along the boat deck to accommodate them. Also, an inner watertight skin was constructed in the boiler and engine rooms, to create a double hull. Five of the watertight bulkheads were extended up to B-Deck, extending to the entire height of the hull. This corrected a flaw in the original design, in which the bulkheads only rose up as far as E or D-Deck, a short distance above the waterline. This flaw had been exposed during Titanic's sinking, where water spilled over the top of the bulkheads as the ship sank and flooded subsequent compartments. In addition, an extra bulkhead was added to subdivide the electrical dynamo room, bringing the total number of watertight compartments to seventeen. Improvements were also made to the ship's pumping apparatus. These modifications meant that Olympic could survive a collision similar to that of Titanic, in that her first six compartments could be breached and the ship could remain afloat.[45][46]
At the same time, Olympic's B-Deck underwent a refit, which necessitated eliminating her B-Deck promenades – one of the few features that separated her from her sister ship. The refit included extra cabins (the parlour suites which proved popular on the Titanic were added to the Olympic), more cabins were fitted with private bathing facilities, and a Cafe Parisian (another addition that had proved popular on the Titanic) was added, offering another dining option to first class passengers. With these changes, Olympic's gross tonnage rose to 46,359 tons, 31 tons more than Titanic's.[47]
In March 1913, Olympic returned to service and briefly regained the title of largest ocean liner in the world, until the German liner SS Imperator entered passenger service in June 1913. Following her refit, Olympic was marketed as the "new" Olympic and her improved safety features were featured prominently in advertisements. [48][3]
World War I
In August 1914 World War I began. Olympic initially remained in commercial service under Captain Herbert James Haddock. As a wartime measure, Olympic was painted in a grey colour scheme, portholes were blocked, and lights on deck were turned off to make the ship less visible. The schedule was hastily altered to terminate at Liverpool rather than Southampton, and this was later altered again to Glasgow.[3][49]
The first few wartime voyages were packed with Americans trapped in Europe, eager to return home, although the eastbound journeys carried few passengers. By mid-October, bookings had fallen sharply as the threat from German U-boats became increasingly serious, and White Star Line decided to withdraw Olympic from commercial service. On 21 October 1914, she left New York for Glasgow on her last commercial voyage of the war, though carrying only 153 passengers.[50][49]
Audacious incident
On the sixth day of her voyage, 27 October, as the Olympic passed near Lough Swilly off the north coast of Ireland, she received distress signals from the battleship HMS Audacious, which had struck a mine off Tory Island and was taking on water.[51]
The crew of the stricken Audacious take to lifeboats to be rescued by Olympic
The Olympic took off 250 of the Audacious' crew, then the destroyer HMS Fury managed to attach a tow cable between Audacious and Olympic and they headed west for Lough Swilly. However, the cable parted after the Audacious' steering gear failed. A second attempt was made to tow the warship, but the cable became tangled in HMS Liverpool's propellers and was severed. A third attempt was tried but also failed when the cable gave way. By 17:00 the Audacious' quarterdeck was awash and it was decided to evacuate the remaining crew members to Olympic and Liverpool, and at 20:55 there was an explosion aboard the Audacious and she sank.[52]
Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Commander of the Home Fleet, was anxious to suppress the news of the sinking of Audacious, for fear of the demoralising effect it could have on the British public, so ordered Olympic to be held in custody at Lough Swilly. No communications were permitted and passengers were not allowed to leave the ship. The only people departing her were the crew of the Audacious and Chief Surgeon John Beaumont, who was transferring to RMS Celtic. Steel tycoon Charles M. Schwab, who was travelling aboard the liner, sent word to Jellicoe that he had urgent business in London with the Admiralty, and Jellicoe agreed to release Schwab if he remained silent about the fate of Audacious. Finally, on 2 November, Olympic was allowed to go to Belfast where the passengers disembarked.[53]
HMT Olympic in dazzle camouflage while in service as a troopship during World War I
Naval service
Following Olympic's return to Britain, the White Star Line intended to lay her up in Belfast until the war was over, but in May 1915 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty, to be used as a troop transport, along with the Cunard liners Mauretania and Aquitania. The Admiralty had initially been reluctant to use large ocean liners as troop transports because of their vulnerability to enemy attack, however a shortage of ships gave them little choice. At the same time, Olympic's other sister ship Britannic, which had not yet been completed, was requisitioned as a hospital ship. In that role she would strike a mine and sink the following year.[54]
Stripped of her peacetime fittings, and armed with 12-pounders and 4.7-inch guns, Olympic was converted to a troopship, with the capacity to transport up to 6,000 troops. On 24 September 1915 the newly designated HMT (Hired Military Transport) 2810, now under the command of Bertram Fox Hayes left Liverpool carrying 6,000 soldiers to Mudros, Greece for the Gallipoli Campaign. On 1 October she sighted lifeboats from the French ship Provincia which had been sunk by a U-boat that morning off Cape Matapan and picked up 34 survivors. Hayes was heavily criticised for this action by the British Admiralty, who accused him of putting the ship in danger by stopping it in waters where enemy U-boats were active. The ship's speed was considered to be its best defence against U-boat attack, and such a large ship stopped would have made an unmissable target. However the French Vice-Admiral Louis Dartige du Fournet took a different view, and awarded Hayes with the Gold Medal of Honour. Olympic made several more trooping journeys to the Mediterranean until early 1916, when the Gallipoli Campaign was abandoned.[55]
In 1916, considerations were made to use Olympic to transport troops to India via the Cape of Good Hope. However on investigation it turned out she was unsuitable for this role, because her coal bunkers, which had been designed for transatlantic runs, lacked the capacity for such a long journey at a reasonable speed.[56] Instead, from 1916 to 1917, Olympic was chartered by the Canadian Government to transport troops from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Britain.[57] In 1917 she gained 6-inch guns and was painted with a "dazzle" camouflage scheme to make it more difficult for observers to estimate her speed and heading. Her dazzle colours were brown, dark blue, light blue, and white. Her many visits to Halifax Harbour carrying Canadian troops safely overseas, and back home after the war, made her a favourite symbol in the City of Halifax. Noted Group of Seven artist Arthur Lismer made several paintings of her in Halifax. A large dance hall, "Olympic Gardens" was also named in her honour. After the United States declared war on Germany in 1917, Olympic also transported thousands of U.S. troops to Britain.[58]
In the early hours of 12 May 1918, while en route for France with US troops under the command of Captain Hayes, Olympic sighted a surfaced U-boat 500 m (1,600 ft) ahead.[59] Her gunners opened fire at once, and she turned to ram the submarine, which immediately crash dived to 30 m (98 ft) and turned to a parallel course. Almost immediately afterwards Olympic struck the submarine just aft of her conning tower and her port propeller sliced through U-103's pressure hull. The crew of U-103 blew her ballast tanks, scuttled and abandoned the submarine. Olympic returned to Southampton with at least two hull plates dented and her prow twisted to one side, but not breached.[60]
Olympic did not stop to pick up survivors, but continued on to Cherbourg. The USS Davis sighted a distress flare and picked up 31 survivors from U-103. It was discovered that U-103 had been preparing to torpedo the Olympic when she was sighted, but the crew could not flood the two stern torpedo tubes.[61] For this service, Captain Hayes was awarded the DSO.[62] Some American soldiers on board paid for a plaque to be placed in one of Olympic's lounges to commemorate the event, it read:
This tablet presented by the 59th Regiment United States Infantry commemorates the sinking of the German submarine U103 by the Olympic on May 12th 1918 in latitude 49 degrees 16 minutes north longitude 4 degrees 51 minutes west on the voyage from New York to Southampton with American troops...[63]
During the war, Olympic is reported to have carried up to 201,000 troops and other personnel, burning 347,000 tons of coal and travelling about 184,000 miles.[64] Her impressive World War I service earned her the nickname Old Reliable.[65] Her captain was knighted in 1919 for "valuable services in connection with the transport of troops".[66]
Post-war
In August 1919 Olympic returned to Belfast for restoration to civilian service. Her interior was modernised and her boilers were converted to burn oil rather than coal. Oil was cheaper than coal, it lowered the refuelling time from days to hours, and allowed the engine room personnel to be reduced from 350 to 60 people.[67] During the conversion work and drydocking, a dent with a crack at the centre was discovered below her waterline which was later concluded to have been caused by a torpedo that had failed to detonate.[68]
Olympic at Southampton in 1929
Olympic emerged from her refit with an increased tonnage of 46,439, allowing her to retain her claim to the title of largest British built liner afloat, although the Cunard Line's Aquitania was slightly longer. In 1920 she returned to passenger service, on one voyage that year carrying 2,249 passengers.[69] Olympic transported a record 38,000 passengers during 1921, which proved to be the peak year of her career. From 1922 she was joined for an express service by Majestic and Homeric; two former German liners which had been ceded to Britain as war reparations, operating successfully until the Great Depression reduced demand after 1930.[70]
During the 1920s, Olympic remained a popular and fashionable ship, and often attracted the rich and famous of the day; Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, and Prince Edward, then Prince of Wales, were among the celebrities that she carried.[71] Prince Edward and Captain Howarth were filmed on the bridge of the Olympic for Pathé News.[72] One of the attractions of the Olympic was the fact that she was nearly identical to the Titanic, and many passengers sailed on the Olympic as a way of vicariously experiencing the voyage of the Olympic's ill-fated sister ship.[73]
On 22 March 1924, Olympic was involved in another collision with a ship, this time at New York. As Olympic was reversing from her berth at New York harbour, her stern collided with the smaller liner Fort St George, which had crossed into her path. The collision caused extensive damage to the smaller ship. At first it appeared that Olympic had sustained only minor damage, but it was later revealed that her sternpost had been fractured, necessitating the replacement of her entire stern frame.[74]
Changes in immigration laws in the United States in the 1920s greatly restricted the number of immigrants allowed to enter. This led to a major reduction in the immigrant trade for the shipping lines, forcing them to cater to the tourist trade to survive.[3] At the turn of 1927–28, Olympic was converted to carry tourist third cabin passengers as well as first, second and third class.[75] Tourist third cabin was an attempt to attract travellers who desired comfort without the accompanying high ticket price. New public rooms were constructed for this class, although tourist third cabin and second class would merge to become 'tourist' by late 1931.
A year later, Olympic's first class cabins were again improved by adding more bathrooms, a dance floor was fitted in the enlarged first class dining saloon, and a number of new suites with private facilities were installed forward on B-deck.[76] More improvements would follow in a later refit, but 1929 saw Olympic's best average passenger lists since 1925.
On 18 November 1929, as the Olympic was travelling westbound near to Titanic's last known position, the ship suddenly started to vibrate violently, and the vibrations continued for two minutes. It was later determined that this had been caused by the 1929 Grand Banks earthquake.[77]
Last years
The shipping trade was badly affected by the Great Depression. Until 1930 there had generally been around one million passengers a year on the transatlantic route, but by 1934 this had dropped by more than half. Furthermore, by the early 1930s, increased competition emerged, in the form of a new generation of larger and faster liners such as Germany's SS Bremen and SS Europa, Italy's SS Rex and France's SS Île de France, and the remaining passengers tended to prefer the more up to date ships. Olympic had averaged around 1,000 passengers per journey until 1930, but this declined by more than half by 1932.[78]
Olympic's running mate Homeric was withdrawn from the transatlantic route as early as 1932, leaving only Olympic and Majestic maintaining White Star Line's Southampton-New York service, although this was occasionally augmented during the summer months by either the MV Britannic or MV Georgic. [79]
At the end of 1932, with passenger traffic in decline, Olympic went for an overhaul and refit that took four months. She returned to service in March 1933 described by her owners as "looking like new." Her engines were performing at their best and she repeatedly recorded speeds in excess of 23 knots, despite averaging less than that in regular transatlantic service. Passenger capacities were given as 618 first class, 447 tourist class and only 382 third class after the decline of the immigrant trade.[80]
Despite this, during 1933 and 1934, Olympic ran at a net operating loss for the first time. 1933 was Olympic's worst year of business – carrying just over 9,000 passengers in total.[81] Passenger numbers rose slightly in 1934, but many crossings still lost money.[79]
Olympic in 1934, passing the lightvessel she struck and sank a few months later
Lightship collision
In 1934, Olympic again struck a ship. The approaches to New York were marked by lightships and Olympic, like other liners, had been known to pass close by these vessels. On 15 May 1934, Olympic, inbound in heavy fog, was homing in on the radio beacon of Nantucket Lightship LV-117.[82] Now under the command of Captain John Binks, the ship failed to turn in time and sliced through the smaller vessel, which broke apart and sank.[83] Four of the lightship's crew went down with the vessel and seven were rescued, of whom three died of their injuries – thus there were seven fatalities out of a crew of eleven.[84] The lightship's surviving crew and the Olympic's captain were interviewed soon after reaching shore. One crewman said it all happened so quickly that they didn't know how it happened. The captain was very sorry it happened but said the Olympic reacted very quickly lowering boats to rescue the crew, which was confirmed by an injured crewman.[85]
Retirement
Olympic (left) and Mauretania laid up in Southampton prior to their scrapping.
In 1934, the White Star Line merged with the Cunard Line at the instigation of the British government, to form Cunard White Star.[86] This merger allowed funds to be granted for the completion of the future RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth. When completed, these two new ships would handle Cunard White Star's transatlantic business, and so their fleet of older liners became redundant and were gradually retired.
Olympic was withdrawn from the transatlantic service, and left New York for the last time on 5 April 1935, returning to Britain to be laid up.[when?] Her new owners considered using her for summer cruises for a short while, but this idea was abandoned and she was put up for sale. Among the potential buyers was a syndicate who proposed to turn her into a floating hotel off the south coast of France, but this came to nothing.[87] After being laid up for five months alongside her former rival Mauretania, she was sold to Sir John Jarvis – Member of Parliament for £97,500, to be partially demolished at Jarrow to provide work for the depressed region.[88] Her superstructure was demolished in 1936, and in 1937, Olympic's hull was towed to Inverkeithing to T.W. Ward's yard for final demolition.[89]
By the time of her retirement, Olympic had completed 257 round trips across the Atlantic, transporting 430,000 passengers on her commercial voyages, travelling 1.8 million miles.[87][90]
Olympic artefacts
Fittings from the ship installed in the Olympic Suite at the White Swan Hotel, Alnwick
The marble fireplace from the Olympic now at the White Swan, Alnwick
The Olympic's fittings were auctioned off immediately before she was scrapped; some of her fittings, namely those of the first-class lounge and part of the aft grand staircase, can be found in the White Swan Hotel, in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. The rest of her fittings found homes in scattered places throughout Great Britain.[91]
In 2000, Celebrity Cruises purchased some of Olympic's original wooden panels to create the RMS Olympic restaurant on board their new cruise ship, Millennium. According to Celebrity Cruise Line, this wood panelling once lined Olympic's à la carte restaurant.[91]
The clock depicting "Honour and Glory Crowning Time" from Olympic's grand staircase is on display at Southampton's SeaCity Museum.[92][93]
Flammable Tanker
Truck Manufacturer: MAN Truck & Bus AG
Model: TGA
Chassis: 33.530
Engine:
Suspension: Front: Leaf, Rear: Air
Axle Configuration: 6x4
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
Victory Liner Inc.
Bus Number: 2124
Bus Manufacturer: Almazora Motors Corporation
Former Model: AMC Travel Star
Model: Exfutong
Chassis: MAN 18.310 HOCL-SKD
Engine: MAN D2866LOH
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 49
Shot Location: Balintawak
PLC
Truck Manufacturer: MAN Truck & Bus AG
Model: MAN TGS
Chassis 26.360
Engine:
Suspension:
Axle Configuration: 6x4
Shot Location: A.boni
JAM Liner
Bus Number.: 1252
Body: Santarosa Philippines
Model: SR Cityliner
Chassis: Daewoo BF106
Engine: Daewoo DE08TiS
Suspension:
Seating Configuration:
Capacity:
Shot Location: Kamias
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
Malanday Metro Link
Bus Number: 1425
Coachbuilder: Golden Dragon
Model: Golden Dragon XML6103
Chassis Model:
Layout: Rear-Mounted Engine Rear-Wheel
Engine Model:
Seating Configuration: 2x3 Seats
Seating Capacity:
Shot Location: Valenzuela
EJ Trans- 200306
Bus No: 200306
Year released: 2003
Capacity: 58; 2x3 seating configuration
Route: Camiling-Tarlac City via Sta. Ignacia
Body: Santarosa Motorworks Inc.
Model: 2003 SR-EXFOH ORD FE Series
Chassis: Nissan Diesel CPB87N
Engine: Nissan Diesel FE6B
Fare: Ordinary Fare
Transmission System: M/T
Suspension: Leaf-Spring Suspension
Previous Operator: Greenstar Transport Inc.
Taken On: August 24, 2016
Location: Romulo Highway, Brgy. Malacampa, Camiling, Tarlac
Victory Liner Inc.
Bus Number: 52
Bus Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor Company
Model: Hyundai Universe Space Luxury
Chassis: Hyundai KMJKJ18BPSC
Engine: Hyundai D6AB-D
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Capacity: 45
Shot Location: Victory Liner Capas Stop over
SuperLines
Bus Number: 390
Bus Manufacturer: Partex Auto Bus Body (Philippines)
Bus Model: PHI Noge Titanium
Air-Conditioning Unit: Dependent Overhead Unit
Chassis:
Engine:
Suspension:
Seating Configuration: 2x2 Seats
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: 1600
Model: SR Exfoh Hi-Deck
Manufacturer: Santarosa Philippines Motor Works, Inc.
Chassis: MAN 18.310 (A55)
Engine: D2866LOH27
Suspension: Air-suspension
Classification: Airconditioned Provincial Operation Bus
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 49 Passengers
Shot Location:Balintawak
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
“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:
cap-avenir-concorde.fr/les-dossiers-de-presse/interavia/i...
Credit: CAP AVENIR CONCORDE website
Company/Owner: Pangasinan Five Star Bus Company, Inc.
Fleet/Bus Number: 1127 (former 1008)
Classification: Air-conditioned Provincial Bus
Coachbuilder: Five Star Bus Body
Body Model: MAN/Five Star A80 KLQ6123K R39 (Scania Higer KLQ6123K replica)
Engine Model: MAN D2066LOH12
Chassis Model: MAN 18.350 HOCL (PBMR39)
Transmission: Manual (6-speed forward, 1-speed reverse)
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2×2
Seating Capacity: 49
Route: Tuguegarao City, Cagayan–Cubao, Quezon City via N1 (Maharlika Highway) / Pangasinan–Nueva Ecija Road / TPLEX-Pura–SCTEX-Amucao–NLEX-Balintawak
Municipalities/cities passing: Peñablanca/San Pablo/Cabagan/Tumauini/Ilagan City/Gamu/Naguilian/Reina Mercedes/Cauayan City/Alicia/Echague/Quezon (San Isidro)/Santiago City/Cordon/Diadi/Bagabag/Solano/Bayombong/Bambang/Ineangan (Dupax del Norte)/Gabut (Dupax del Sur)/Aritao/Santa Fe/Carranglan/San Jose City/Science City of Muñoz/Talavera/Santo Domingo/Guimba/Pura
Type of Operation: Provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Regular Class)
Area of Operation: Cagayan Valley (Region II)
Shot Location: Maharlika Highway, Mabini, Santiago City, Isabela
Date Taken: February 1, 2016
Notices:
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*** 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.
Victory Liner Inc.
Bus Number: 7026
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 Cubao Terninal
Duelist Configuration: 2Rd+d8 / 2Rm / 1B / 2W
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Built for Mobile Frame Zero - a tabletop wargame.
Mobile Frame Hangar (MFZ Community Forums).
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An undated photograph of HMS Tiger, in her original armament configuration. She is seen at speed with all the turrets are facing aft.
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
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
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
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
"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.
Date Taken: May 9, 2015
Basic Details:
Operator: Victory Liner, Inc.
Fleet Number: 229
Classification: Air-Conditioned Provincial Operation Bus
Seating Configuration: 2x2 Seats
Seating Capacity: 51 Passengers
Body:
Coachbuilder: Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd.
Body Model: Yutong ZK6122HD9
Chassis:
Chassis Model: Yutong ZK6122CRD9
Layout: Rear-Longitudinally-Mounted Engine Rear-Wheel Drive
Suspension: Air-Suspension
Engine:
Engine Model: Yuchai YC6L310-20 (L32YA)
Cylinder Displacement: 8.4 Liters
Cylinder Configuration: Straight-6
Engine Aspiration: Turbocharged & Intercooled
Max. Power Output: 310 hp @ 2,200 rpm
Peak Torque Output: 1,150 N.m @ 1,200 - 1,600 rpm
Transmission:
Type: Manual Transmission
Gears: 6-Speed Forward, 1-Speed Reverse
* Some parts of the specifications may be subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice...
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Viron Transit
Bus Number:
Bus Manufacturer: King Long Bus (China)
Bus Model: XMQ6117Y
Engine:
Suspension:
Seating Configuration:
Capacity:
Shot Location: Viron Transit Cubao Terminal
MEGA TRANSPORT MACHINERY MOVER
Truck Manufacturer: MAN Truck & Bus AG
Model: TGS
Chassis: 33.400
Engine:
Suspension:
Axle Configuration: 6x4
Trailer: 3 Axle Flatbed Trailer
Shot Location: Ayala Cloverleaf A.bonifacio
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
+++ 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…
DALIN Bus Line
Bus Number: 2629527
Classification: Airconditioned Provincial Operation
Coachbuilder: Xiamen Golden Dragon Tourism Autos
Model: Golden Dragon XML6127 "Marcopolo"
Engine: YuChai YC6G300-20
Chassis: Golden Dragon XML6127D52
Airconditioning unit: Overhead Unit
Suspension: Air-Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 53 Passengers
Shot Location: A.boni
Manufacturer: Boeing
Operator: Qatar Emiri AIr Force/ Boeing
Type: F-15QA Ababil (QA538) multirole fighter aircraft
Evnet/ Location: 2024 RIAT/ RAF Fairford
Comment: The demonstration of the Qatari Boeing two F-15QA consisted of two different configurations: one with a 'clean' fit, the second with a simulated full weapons load to demonstrate how little the aircraft's aerodynamic performance is affected by the additional weight/drag. The aircraft themselves were en route to Qatar on their delivery flights from the US, with the demos at RIAT provided by Boeing test-pilots.
Alfonso Liner
Bus number: 37824
Classification: Non aircon Provincial Operation Bus
Coachbuilder:
Chassis:
Model:
Engine:
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2x3
Seating Capacity:
Shot Location: Tagaytay
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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*** The specifications and routes (for provincial, inter-provincial, and city operation) mentioned above are subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice.
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JAC Liner
Bus Number: 892
Bus Manufacturer: Yutong Bus (China)
Bus Model: ZK6122HD
Engine : Yuchai YC6L310-20
Chassis: ZK6122CRD9
Suspension: Air-Suspension
Seating Configuration : 2x2
Capacity: 50
Shot Location: Cubao
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
Company/Owner: AB Liner, Inc.
Fleet/Bus Number: 74088
Classification: Air-conditioned Provincial Bus
Coachbuilder: (Suzhou) Higer Bus Company, Ltd.
Body Model: Higer KLQ6112H
Engine Model: Yuchai YC6L280-30 (L53SA/L538A)
Chassis Model: Higer KLQ6110SE3 (LKLR1HSG8GA)
Transmission: 6-speed Manual Transmission
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2×2
Seating Capacity: 49
Case Number: TBD
Franchise route: TBD
Route: Tagkawayan, Quezon [TGK, QP]–Cubao, Quezon City [CUB, QC] via N68 (Andaya Highway) / Tiaong Bypass Road / N1 (Maharlika Highway)
Municipalities/cities passing: Tabugon (Santa Elena)/Calauag [CUG]/Lopez/Gumaca/Plaridel/Atimonan/Pagbilao/Lucena City [LUC]/Sariaya/Candelaria/Tiaong/San Pablo City/Alaminos/Santo Tomas City/Calamba City [CLM]
Type of Operation: Provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Regular Class)
Area of Operation: CALABARZON (Region IV-A)
Shot location: EDSA-Boni, Mandaluyong City
Date and time taken: May 14, 2018 (17:50H)
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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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*** 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.