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configured "F8C48Y172"
named "Parrotspitze 4432m"
named "Chur" 07/2007
re-configured "F8C47Y164" 2011
re-configured "F8C47Y168" 03/2019
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N199AN Boeing 757-223(WL) American Airlines
14 Dec 2001 C16W52Y108 2x RR RB211-535E4B
5FJ configured "C22Y166"
re-configured "C16Y166" 2009
re-configured "C16W52Y108" 2012
std at ROW 26 Mar 2020
The BMW R nineT is a standard motorcycle made by BMW Motorrad since 2014. It is a retro styled roadster marketed by BMW to custom builders and enthusiasts as a "blank canvas for customizing".
The BMW R nineT has several design elements configured to allow the bike to be easily modified, such as separate engine and chassis wiring harnesses and minimal bolts attaching the rear subframe, tail lights, and headlight.
The R nineT version of the bike has upside-down (USD) telescopic forks rather than BMW's usual Telelever front suspension. The other versions have conventional telescopic forks.
All variations have an air/oil-cooled oilhead flat twin (or boxer) 1,170 cc (71 cu in) engine, which has the inlet manifold at the rear of the cylinders and the exhaust at the front. The oilhead is arguably[by whom?] more suitable for customization as it has a more conventional appearance than the new water-cooled engine.
The R nineT Scrambler knows no conventions: rough, unadapted, individual. Its handling is balanced and unique. With the boxer, you can ride around with your head held high, it is available for every spontaneity. And the typical Scrambler look together with the relaxed seating position makes a lot of difference – and above all is a lot of fun. Design your R nineT Scrambler so that it fits perfectly into your life. No matter what the others say. Just typical Soulfuel.
Turn on the power: With the air/oil-cooled boxer of the Scrambler, you can do this in a playful way. We have optimised its power and torque curve and noticeably increased it in the 4,000 to 6,000 rpm range. This way, you have the power exactly where you need it and can remain powerful and completely relaxed out on the road. The peak torque remains at 116 Nm at 6,000 rpm. And of course the boxer complies with the Euro 5 standard.
Jangdokdae(장독대): platform for crocks of sauces and condiments
Jangdokdae history of Korea
With a history of food storage.
Collected while passing through the farming community
Remaining, it is necessary to store the grain and corrosion did.
Evaporation of water and drying method
And the salt section,
Fermented foods with soy sauce, soybean paste, red pepper paste, save, etc. as a way to
earthenware bowl, put together food place.
Classic roadside sign on Pacific Highway SW (Highway 99) in Lakewood, Washington
If interested, this can be obtained as a card here: www.redbubble.com/products/configure/7421332-greeting-card
Seen at Blackburn Bus Station is The Blackburn Bus Company ADL Enviro 200 bodied ADL E20D, 502 YX69 NTC.
New to the company in Jan 2020 and configured to BC40F.
Seen at Bus & Coach Wprld, Blackburn is ex Arriva London Wrightbus Gemini Pulsar 2 bodied VDL DB300, LJ11 ACX.
This was new in May 2011 and configured to B41/24D. Now possibly belonging to Tyrer's of Adlington.
GBRf ex Dutch configured 66748 'West Burton 50' paired with 66769 is captured in lovely early morning sunshine at Stoke Prior heading the late running 6M78 Pengam Reception Sidings - Washwood Heath RMC loaded dredged sand movement which originated from Neath Abbey Wharf.
This working has recently transferred from Colas to GBRf and fortunately is routed via the Lickey Bank(hence the need for two locomotives) as opposed to the former operator who preferred the route via the N&W (via Hereford).
OY-SED Boeing 737-8Q8 Sterling European 9 Feb 2001
Y189 2x CFMI CFM56-7B26 leased from ILFC
wfu and std at ARN 29 Oct 2008
Ferried ARN-BEG 23 Nov 2008 on return to lessor
N813SY Boeing 737-8Q8 Sun Country Airlines 18 Feb 2009
Y183 2x CFMI CFM56-7B26 Lake Winona 813
configured "C12Y150" leased from ILFC
Ferried ARA-MSP 4 Mar 2009 on delivery
leased from AerCap 05/2014 re-configured "Y183" 2018
[Version Française en haut / English version below]
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Note sur la V2 : Un grand merci à Damien Guillard, un ptit gars qu'est pas mauvais en astro, à m'avoir aidé à tirer le meilleur du signal de cette photo.
La différence est un traitement BlurXTerminator sur ma photo, fait par Damien. J'ai utilisé sa sortie affinée comme calque parmi les calques existants pour faire ressortir les nébuleuses.
Note about the V2 : A special thank to Damien Guillard,a young fella who's pretty good at astrophotography, for helping me get the most out of the signal in this photo.
The difference is a BlurXTerminator treatment on my photo, done by Damien. I used his refined output as a layer among the existing layers to bring out the nebulae.
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[Version française]
La galaxie du Triangle (Messier 33)
Il y a deux ans, j'avais fait une petite session sur la galaxie M33. Je n'en étais qu'à moitié satisfait car triop peu de poses (1h11 seulement). Voilà ce que j'écrivais à l'époque : "j'ai un peu galéré ce soir là parce que je testais ma configuration mobile (loin de la maison), avec une reprise des sessions astro avec le télescope (il fallait se réhabituer depuis le printemps), beaucoup d'humidité et je n'avais pas encore fabriqué mes résistances chauffantes, mon autoguidage ne fonctionnait pas parce que j'avais mal configuré mon wifi ... Du coup la photo n'est pas top car j'ai du jeter la moitié des poses à cause de la buée, et aussi parce que je n'ai toujours pas mis mon correcteur de coma. Elle a un goût de revanche du coup !". Eh bien ça y est ! je l'ai ma revanche. J'ai pas mal attendu ne trouvant jamais le temps ou la météo adaptée pour M33.
Cataloguée par Charles Messier en 1764, elle a du être observée avant. Sous un ciel extraimement clair, il est effectivement possible de distinguer sa tâche laiteuse à l'oeil nu. J'en ai fait l'expérience le 06/09/23 (deuxième session). Avec de bonnes jumelles, si vous savez où elle se trouve, sa détection est un peu plus facile (elle reste très sombre).
Sa distance est comprise entre 2.38 et 3.07 millions d'années lumières (elle n'est pas connue avec précision), et elle fait environ 50000 à 60000 AL de diamètre. La masse de cette galaxie est d'environ 60 milliards de masses solaires, mais seulement 17% de sa masse vient de matière ordinaire ; 83% de sa masse provient de cette composante de l'univers qu'on ne détecte pas encore, mais dont on mesure la présence, et que l'on nomme matière noire (pour signifier qu'on ne la voit pas). Les presque 12h d'exposition en HOO (Hydrogène Alpha dans le rouge + Oxygène III dans le bleu/vert) font ressortir fortement les nébuleuses, ces grandes tâches rouges et bleues qui sont des nuages denses en gaz échauffés par les étoiles environnantes. Dans notre galaxie, vous pouvez facilement observer la grande nébuleuse d'orion ou la nébuleuse de la lagune. Là, on voit leur équivalent à 2-3 millions d'années lumières. Ces nébuleuses sont des régions d'intense formation stellaire. Certaines des structures observables dans M33 ont été répertoriées dans les catalogue NGC et IC notamment, en particulier NGC 588, NGC 592, NGC 595 et NGC 604. Vous pourrez facilement les repérer en vous servant de l'astrométrie faite sur cette photo : nova.astrometry.net/annotated_full/9241132 .
Sinon, pour les amateurs de BDs, Vinéa (fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinéa), la planète aux trois soleils sur laquelle se rend plusieurs fois Yoko Tsuno dans ses aventures, est supposée se trouver dans la galaxie du triangle.
* Matériel :
Télescope Newton Skywatcher 150/750
Correcteur de coma
Monture Skywatcher AZ-EQ5
Capteur Canon 1200 D modifié (défiltré partiellement)
Filtre Optolong L-Enhance (sur 3 sessions).
Autoguidage Asi 120mm + Kepler 50/162 + Raspberry Pi3 + PhD Guiding
* Réglages :
800 iso ; poses de 90 s espacées de 5 sec.
DOFs systématiquement refaits (Darks et Flats ; Offsets conservés) et constitués de Darks>35, Offsets=30, Flats>45
* sessions et temps d'exposition :
22/08/23 : 116 brutes 90s (2h54) + DOFs - L-Enhance (H-Alpha + H-Beta + O III -> HOO)
06/09/23 : 164 brutes 90s (4h06) + DOFs - L-Enhance (H-Alpha + H-Beta + O III -> HOO)
08/09/23 : 197 brutes 90s (4h55) + DOFs - L-Enhance (H-Alpha + H-Beta + O III -> HOO)
09/09/23 : 189 brutes 90s (4h43) + DOFs - pas de filtre (spectre visible -> RVB)
Soit un cumul total de 16h39 (dont 11h55 en Ha+HB+OIII) ce qui constitue de loin mon record en temps d'exposition sur une même cible.
* Qualité du ciel : Excellente : la galaxie du triangle (M33, mag 6.27) était bien visible à l'œil nu 3 nuits sur 4. De même pour M4.
* Lune : entre 50% et 20% , seulement présente en fin de nuit.
* Traitement :
J'ai traité chaque session individuellement produisant une image Ha et une image OIII pour chaque session avec filtre, et une image RVB pour la dernière session.
Toute la phase du prétraitement jusqu'à post-traitement des sessions Ha, OIII et RVB séparées a été faite sous Siril. Le traitement complet est le suivant : 1) prétraitement des brutes par les DOFs, 2) retrait de la trame horizontale pour chaque image, 3) extraction du gradient linéaire pour chaque image, 4) extraction Ha / OIII pour les sessions avec filtre 5) alignement des images, 6) empilement, 7) retrait de la trame sur l'image empilée (il en reste un peu), 8) retrait du gradient (non linéaire), 9) déconvolution (PSF des étoiles), 10) étalonnage des couleurs (d'après catalogue pour l'image RVB) sinon manuel, 11) étirement hyperbolique généralisé, 12) histogramme, 13) suppression du bruit vert.
Les images Ha de chaque session ont été alignées puis cumulées (moyenne avec rejet) pour n'en former qu'une. De même pour les images OIII. De là, une image couleur composite HOO (RVB=Ha-OIII-OIII) a été générée.
L'image HOO et l'image RVB ont été ensuite alignées entre elles sous Siril. Pour chacune de ces images alignées, j'ai généré une starless et un starmask avec Starnet V2.
A partir de là, j'ai fait l'assemblage des quatres images alignées (2 starless et 2 starmasks) sous Gimp (en travaillant avec plusieurs calques duplicant ces images pour faire ressortir tantôt les couleurs, tantôt les contrastes).
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The Triangulum galaxy (M33).
Two years ago, I had a small session on the M33 galaxy. I was only half satisfied because there were too few exposures (only 1 hour and 11 minutes). Here's what I wrote back then: 'I struggled a bit that evening because I was testing my mobile setup (far from home), getting back into astrophotography sessions with the telescope (had to reacquaint myself since spring), dealing with high humidity, and my autoguiding wasn't working because I had misconfigured my Wi-Fi... So, the photo isn't great because I had to discard half of the exposures due to dew, and also because I still hadn't put on my coma corrector. It feels like a rematch now!' Well, here it is! I finally got my rematch. I had to wait quite a while, never finding the right time or weather conditions for M33.
Cataloged by Charles Messier in 1764, it must have been observed before. Under an extremely clear sky, it's actually possible to distinguish its milky patch with the naked eye. I experienced this on 06/09/23 (second session). With good binoculars, if you know where to look, its detection is a bit easier (it remains quite dark).
Its distance is estimated to be between 2.38 and 3.07 million light-years (it's not precisely known), and it's about 50,000 to 60,000 light-years in diameter. The mass of this galaxy is about 60 billion solar masses, but only 17% of its mass comes from ordinary matter; 83% of its mass comes from that component of the universe that we can't yet detect but whose presence we measure, and we call it dark matter (to signify that we can't see it). The nearly 12 hours of exposure in HOO (Hydrogen Alpha in red + Oxygen III in blue/green) strongly highlight the nebulae, those large red and blue patches that are dense clouds of gas heated by surrounding stars. In our galaxy, you can easily observe the Orion Nebula or the Lagoon Nebula. Here, we see their equivalent at 2-3 million light-years. These nebulae are regions of intense star formation. Some of the structures observable in M33 have been cataloged in the NGC and IC catalogs, notably NGC 588, NGC 592, NGC 595, and NGC 604. You can easily locate them using the astrometry done on this photo: nova.astrometry.net/annotated_full/9241132 .
Otherwise, for comic book fans, Vinéa (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin%C3%A9a), the planet with three suns that Yoko Tsuno visits several times in her adventures, is supposed to be located in the Triangle Galaxy.
* Equipment:
Skywatcher Newton Telescope 150/750
Coma Corrector
Skywatcher AZ-EQ5 Mount
Modified Canon 1200D Sensor (partially defiltered)
Optolong L-Enhance Filter (across 3 sessions)
Autoguiding with Asi 120mm + Kepler 50/162 + Raspberry Pi3 + PhD Guiding
* Settings:
800 ISO; 90-second exposures spaced 5 seconds apart.
Dark, Offset, and Flat frames systematically taken (Darks > 35, Offsets = 30, Flats > 45).
* Sessions and Exposure Times:
08/22/23: 116 raw 90s exposures (2h54) + Dark, Offset, and Flat frames - L-Enhance (H-Alpha + H-Beta + O III -> HOO)
09/06/23: 164 raw 90s exposures (4h06) + Dark, Offset, and Flat frames - L-Enhance (H-Alpha + H-Beta + O III -> HOO)
09/08/23: 197 raw 90s exposures (4h55) + Dark, Offset, and Flat frames - L-Enhance (H-Alpha + H-Beta + O III -> HOO)
09/09/23: 189 raw 90s exposures (4h43) + Dark, Offset, and Flat frames - No filter (visible spectrum -> RGB)
For a total cumulative exposure time of 16h39 (including 11h55 in Ha+HB+OIII), which is by far my longest exposure on a single target.
* Sky Quality: Excellent - The Triangulum Galaxy (M33, mag 6.27) was clearly visible to the naked eye on 3 out of 4 nights. The same applies to M4.
* Moon: Between 50% and 20%, only present in the late night.
* Processing:
I processed each session individually, producing an Ha and an OIII image for each filtered session and an RGB image for the last session. The entire pre-processing to post-processing phase for separate Ha, OIII, and RGB sessions was done in Siril. The complete processing is as follows: 1) Pre-processing of raw frames using Darks, 2) Removal of horizontal banding for each image, 3) Linear gradient removal for each image, 4) Ha / OIII extraction for filtered sessions, 5) Image alignment, 6) Stacking, 7) Further removal of remaining banding in the stacked image, 8) Non-linear gradient removal, 9) Deconvolution (PSF of stars), 10) Color calibration (catalog-based for the RGB image, manual otherwise), 11) Generalized hyperbolic stretch, 12) Histogram, 13) Green noise removal.
The Ha images from each session were aligned and then averaged (mean with rejection) to form one image. Likewise for the OIII images. From there, an HOO color composite image (RGB=Ha-OIII-OIII) was generated.
The HOO image and the RGB image were then aligned with each other in Siril. For each of these aligned images, I created a starless and a starmask using Starnet V2.
From there, I assembled the four aligned images (2 starless and 2 starmasks) in Gimp (working with multiple layers duplicating these images to bring out colors and contrasts as needed).
The growing decline of commercial aviation continues as there continues to be never ending developments in regards to traffic and demand... For British Airways and in regards to COVID-19, the airline has cut capacity by up to 75% during April and May this year.
For over the past month alone, British Airways has retired 4 Airbus A319s which was the initial plan even prior to COVID-19 becoming an international problem as the carrier continues to take delivery of new Airbus A320/A321neos.
The airline's Boeing 747-400 fleet is the worst affected among the British Airways fleet as a large portion are in storage at various locations, either temporary or permanently.
The initial plan was for British Airways to retire 5 Boeing 747-400s in 2020, 3 of which are Mid-J configured examples which only received a mild refurbishment (which does not include updated Panasonic eX3 entertainment systems), and 2 Super Hi-J Boeing 747-400s.
Now, their retirement has become somewhat blurred; with London Heathrow at capacity with both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic parking planes left, right and centre; other storage locations include Bournemouth, Cardiff, Glasgow, Kemble, London Gatwick and Teruel.
Aircraft stored at Bournemouth, Cardiff, Glasgow, London Gatwick and London Heathrow are likely to return back into service however those being sent to Kemble are less likely to make reappearances given its more of a scrapyard. The 5 Boeing 747-400s sent to Teruel in early-April 2020 are in storage as operational depending if demand does pick back up again.
The official fleet currently stands at 28 but expect that number to further plummet as at least another 3 examples are expected to be withdrawn by the end of 2020.
The second withdrawal goes to another mild-refresh Mid-J Boeing 747-400, this time going to G-CIVJ on 15th April 2020 after being ferried to Kemble; she was initially due for retirement in June 2020 but was pushed forward a further two months owing to COVID-19.
Currently, British Airways operates 28 Boeing 747-400s, all of which are currently in storage.
Charlie India Victor Juliet was delivered new to the flag-carrier on 11th February 1997 and she was powered by 4 Rolls-Royce RB211-524H engines. During her career, she has carried Landor colours but has never carried a World Tail livery, gaining the standard Chatham Dockyard Union Jack livery in November 2002. Prior to withdrawal, she had accumulated 102,244 flight hours.
Boeing 747-436 G-CIVJ on final approach into Runway 09L at London Heathrow (LHR) on BA274 from Las Vegas-McCarran (LAS), Nevada.
One of the earliest editions of the mighty Ford Escort, a car of humble roots that soon became an icon for so many reasons!
The Ford Escort was a small family car that was manufactured by Ford from 1968 to 2004. The Ford Escort name was also applied to several different small cars produced in North America by Ford between 1981 and 2003.The first use of the Escort name was for a reduced specification version of the Ford Squire, a 1950s estate car version of the Ford Anglia 100E, though this did not sell well by comparison to the other members of the 100E family.
The Mark I Ford Escort was introduced in the United Kingdom at the end of 1967, making its show début at Brussels Motor Show in January 1968, replacing the successful long running Anglia. The car was presented in continental Europe as a product of Ford's European operation. Escort production commenced at Halewood in England during the closing months of 1967, and for left hand drive markets during September 1968 at the Ford plant in Genk.
Initially the continental Escorts differed slightly from the UK built ones under the skin. The front suspension and steering gear were differently configured and the brakes were fitted with dual hydraulic circuits; also the wheels fitted on the Genk-built Escorts had wider rims. At the beginning of 1970, continental European production transferred to a new plant on the edge of Saarlouis, West Germany.
The Escort was a commercial success in several parts of western Europe, but nowhere more than in the UK, where the national best seller of the 1960s, BMC's Austin/Morris 1100 was beginning to show its age while Ford's own Cortina had grown, both in dimensions and in price, beyond the market niche at which it had originally been pitched. In June 1974, six years into the car's UK introduction, Ford announced the completion of the two millionth Ford Escort, a milestone hitherto unmatched by any Ford model outside the USA. It was also stated that 60% of the two million Escorts had been built in Britain. In West Germany cars were built at a slower rate of around 150,000 cars per year, slumping to 78,604 in 1974 which was the last year for the Escort Mark I.
Many of the German built Escorts were exported, notably to Benelux and Italy; from the West German domestic market perspective the car was cramped and uncomfortable when compared with the well-established and comparably priced Opel Kadett, and it was technically primitive when set against the successful imported Fiat 128 and Renault 12. Subsequent generations of the Escort made up some of the ground foregone by the original model, but in Europe's largest auto-market the Escort sales volumes always came in well behind those of the General Motors Kadett and its Astra successor.
The Escort had conventional rear-wheel drive and a four-speed manual gearbox, or 3-speed automatic transmission. The suspension consisted of MacPherson strut front suspension and a simple live axle mounted on leaf springs. The Escort was the first small Ford to use rack-and-pinion steering. The Mark I featured contemporary styling cues in tune with its time: a subtle Detroit-inspired "Coke bottle" waistline and the "dogbone" shaped front grille – arguably the car's main stylistic feature. Similar Coke bottle styling featured in the larger Cortina Mark III (also built in West Germany as the Taunus) launched in 1970.
Initially, the Escort was sold as a 2-door saloon (with circular front headlights and rubber flooring on the "De Luxe" model). The "Super" model featured rectangular headlamps, carpets, a cigar lighter and a water temperature gauge. A 2 door estate was introduced at the end of March 1968 which, with the back seat folded down, provided an impressive 40% increase in maximum load space over the old Anglia 105E estate, according to the manufacturer. The estate featured the same engine options as the saloon, but it also included a larger, 7 1⁄2-inch-diameter clutch, stiffer rear springs and in most configurations slightly larger brake drums or discs than the saloon. A panel van appeared in April 1968 and the 4-door saloon (a bodystyle the Anglia was never available in for UK market) in 1969.
Underneath the bonnet was the Kent Crossflow engine also used in the smallest capacity North American Ford Pinto. Diesel engines on small family cars were rare, and the Escort was no exception, initially featuring only petrol engines – in 1.1L, and 1.3L versions. A 940cc engine was also available in some export markets, but few were ever sold.
There was a 1300GT performance version, with a tuned 1.3L Crossflow engine with a Weber carburetor and uprated suspension. This version featured additional instrumentation with a tachometer, battery charge indicator, and oil pressure gauge. The same tuned 1.3L engine was also used in a variation sold as the Escort Sport, that used the flared front wings from the AVO range of cars, but featured trim from the more basic models. Later, an executive version of the Escort was produced known as the 1300E. This featured the same 13 inch road wheels and flared wings of the Sport, but was trimmed in an upmarket, for that time, fashion with wood trim on the dashboard and door cappings.
A higher performance version for rallies and racing was available, the Escort Twin Cam, built for Group 2 international rallying. It had an engine with a Lotus-made eight-valve twin camshaft head fitted to the 1.5L non-crossflow block, which had a bigger bore than usual to give a capacity of 1,557cc. This engine had originally been developed for the Lotus Elan. Production of the Twin Cam, which was originally produced at Halewood, was phased out as the Cosworth-engined RS1600 production began. The most famous edition of the Twin Cam was raced on behalf of Ford by Alan Mann Racing in the British Saloon Car Championship in 1968 & 1969, sporting a full Formula 2 Ford FVC 16-valve engine producing over 200hp. The Escort, driven by Australian driver Frank Gardner went on to comfortably win the 1968 Championship.
The Mark I Escorts became successful as a rally car, and they eventually went on to become one of the most successful rally cars of all time. The Ford works team was practically unbeatable in the late 1960s /early 70s, and arguably the Escort's greatest victory was in the 1970 London to Mexico World Cup Rally being driven by Finnish legend Hannu Mikkola. This gave rise to the Escort Mexico (1.6L Crossflow-engined) special edition road versions in honour of the rally car.
In addition to the Mexico, the RS1600 was developed with 1,601cc Cosworth BDA which used a Crossflow block with a 16-valve Cosworth cylinder head, named for Belt Drive A Series. Both the Mexico and RS1600 were built at Ford's Advanced Vehicle Operations facility located at the Aveley Plant in South Essex. As well as higher performance engines and sports suspension, these models featured strengthened bodyshells utilising seam welding in places of spot welding, making them more suitable for competition.
After updating the factory team cars with a larger 1701 cc Cosworth BDB engine in 1972 and then with fuel injected BDC, Ford also produced an RS2000 model as an alternative to the somewhat temperamental RS1600, featuring a 2.0L Pinto engine. This also clocked up some rally and racing victories; and pre-empted the hot hatch market as a desirable but affordable performance road car. Like the Mexico and RS1600, this car was produced at the Aveley plant.
This generation of the car eventually ended production in 1975, taking on a much more angular design for the next model year. The car would however continue to gain further fame in the hatchback war years of the 1980's, with the Ford Escort XR3i going head-to-head with the Volkswagen Golf GTi in the battle for the most powerful and greatest hot hatch. This would eventually evolve into what many consider the greatest European sporty Ford ever made, the RS Cosworth, a favourite amongst rally champions and yobbos everywhere!
Welcome on Board ! - Paris Orly
Corsair International
Airbus A330-243 cn.285
- Engines 2x RR Trent 772B-60
- Reg : F-HCAT
@ History Aircraft :
# 16.JUN.1999 : First flight under test reg F-WWKB - Toulouse ( TLS ) France
# 30.JUN.1999 : Delivrered to "Corsair" SS & CRL leased from CIT with reg F-HCAT and config cabin configured "C18Y332"
# 2012 : Re-configured "C26Y278"
Flickr buddy Hugh mentioned somewhere that he thinks about getting a pair of these handlebars. I had these on my Homer a while back but swapped them out for drop bars. I missed the many groovy positions these bars offer. When I put them on this bike I decided to take full advantage of their elegant curvy-ness and leave all the grip area free of hardware. It's nice to be able to hold the bars anywhere I want.
Been busy with configuring my new i5 MacBook Pro, had a few issues with startup apps crashing the Kernel after migrating from the old Mac, all is well and I hope to catch up soon.
G-VKSS Airbus A330-343 Virgin Atlantic Airways
C33W48Y185 2x RR Trent 772B-60 28. Feb 2011
Mademoiselle Rouge configured "W59Y255"
leased from AerCap Ferried TLS Toulouse - Blagnac (TLS / LFBO)-ZRH 02/28/2011 for cabin outfitting configured "C33W48Y185" 10/2013
Utxesa - Lleida - Spain
With the help of an external flash configured manually 1/32, and also a light diffuser to avoid the direct sun light.
iss065e167830 (July 16, 2021) --- Expedition 65 Commander Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) configures the Astrobee robotic free-flyer to demonstrate complex maneuvers in the orbital lab while using less propulsion. The Astrobatics robotic mobility study has implications for future space missions and technologies on Earth.
Photo by Armando Rafael for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Laurie Ellen Pellicano
Let It All Take Shape
This braided style is traditional for Shabbat. You can configure the dough into any shape you like -- a round loaf with raisins, for example, is traditional for
Rosh HaShanah.
This attack-configured P-2 of the Roadrunners of Heavy Attack Squadron 21 (VAH-21) was photographed today at Pima Air and Space Museum. There were four of these conversions for Viet Nam duty and this is the sole remaining example.
The skies were threatening today but showcased nicely the aircraft's camouflage scheme.
Seen at Blackburn Bus and Coach World is Wrightbus Gemimi Pulsar 2 bodied VDL DB300, DW496 LJ61 CKC.
This was new to the company in Nov 2011 and configured B41/24D
The Conductor was handing up orders to CB&Q E8 9942B heading Train # 1, the Denver Zephyr, at Chicago Union Station on October 23, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Admittedly not a good photo, also not a Dinky, but it helps illustrate the following story by Karl Rethwisch, a retired CB&Q locomotive engineer.
All the CB&Q E units had the 24RL brake schedule with Dual Service mode built into it. In mainline passenger service the brake valve was configured to operate in the conventional manner, meaning the normal automatic ( AU ) brake valve operation. In suburban service, however, the brake valve was configured to operate in the Straight Air ( SA ) mode. The Dual Mode Brake Valve was a great feature on suburban trains. In mainline passenger service SMOOTH was the name of the game. In suburban service QUICKNESS was the order of the day. When an initial terminal brake test was required, the Engineer placed the air brake selector clutch in the AU position and performed the test. Upon receipt of an indication from the Trainman performing the walking inspection that the brakes set and released, the Engineer placed the selector clutch in the SA position. An application of the brakes is made and the Trainman walks the train again to assure the proper operation of the SA equipment. As his walk ends at the engine, he would report to the Engineer that everything works. It must be noted that LAP position does not exist when in SA mode. Instructions admonish the Engineer to NOT move the selector clutch again for the remainder of the trip.
In the old days when a crew went on duty at 14th Street, the air tests were performed prior to backing into CUS (Chicago Union Station). Also, in the old days, a tail hose was employed by the Trainman responsible for getting the train safely into the depot and stopped, SHORT of the bumping post ( end of track ). The tail hose was a crude device consisting of a whistle and a valve designed to reduce trainline pressure in an unmeasured manner. As the rear car approached the bumping post, the Trainman would crack the valve to slow the movement. At the proper moment ( hopefully ) the valve was opened ALL the way, placing the train in emergency. The air in the trainline cannot now be restored until some kindly person closes the tail hose valve. If no one does anything, the engine will send air back through the brake pipe until it runs out of air.
That having been said, this might be a good place to insert a note concerning an idiosyncrasy of Vapor-Clarkson Steam Generators. The boilers need pressurized air to atomize the fuel in order to remain operational. There are several methods available to the Engineer of saving the air most of which require getting down off the engine. One method that does not require getting down is as simple as moving the air brake selector clutch to AU and placing the brake valve handle in LAP position. We have now stopped the flow of air as well as violated a rule.
Once under way, another rule requires that an application of the train brakes must be made to determine that they work ( the running test ) . Since the maximum speed through the Canal Street curve is 25 mph, what better place to kill two birds with one brake application. Most trains can exceed 25 on their way past the coach yard so, as the curve draws near, the Engineer reaches for the brake valve handle and moves it to the Application Position. Application Position exists ONLY in SA mode. As the handle is moved the Engineer hears a small but DISTINCTIVE exhaust of air. This small exhaust ONLY occurs in the AU position and, with the speed well above 25 and the curve immediately in front of the engine there's a MAD SCRAMBLE by the Engineer to center the brake handle, fumble with the selector clutch to find SA, move the brake valve handle to Release Position and then apply the straight air brakes to the train.
Let's see, what was that rule governing the use of the selector clutch after an air test? Hmmm.
SE-REE Airbus A330-343 SAS Scandinavian Airlines C34W35Y195 2x RR Trent 772B-60 20. Feb 2003 Sigrid Viking
configured "C54Y207"leased from Rurik Ltd re-configured "C34W35Y195" 2006
LN-RKO Airbus A330-343 SAS Scandinavian Airlines C32W56Y178 2x RR Trent 772B-60 11. Jan 2013 Sigrid Viking
configured "C34W35Y195" rr re-configured "C32W56Y178" 06/2015
iss064e0221711 (Jan. 8, 2021) --- Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins works inside the Quest airlock configuring tools for planned spacewalks to continue maintenance on the outside of the International Space Station.
Photographed August 2017 : Kodak 2C Autographic Brownie with Bausch & Lomb Rapid Rectilinear lens. Camera re-configured to transport 120 film (originally 130 format). FOMAPAN 200 rated 125 ASA developed in a Metol based film developer (16-8-XFG).Negative was illuminated on a light box and 'scanned' with an iPad mini using Film Scanner app. Image was then processed in Flickr.
I found the Shikumen alleyways (longtang) of Xintiandi hard to resist. All appear configured on the basic plan but each one unique.
In 2010, "construction techniques of shikumen lilong architecture" was recognized by the Chinese government on the national non-physical cultural heritage register.
Shikumen Residence, literally meaning ‘Stone Warehouse Gate’, is regarded as the most representative house style of Shanghai.
It is so named due to the stone door frame. This sort of residence combines the architecture styles of southern China and western countries.
@ JetBlue Airways ( USA )
Airbus A320-232 - cn.1915
• ENG : 2x IAE V2527-A5 Engines
• REG : N558JB
• RMK : named "Song Sung Blue"
@ Aircraft History :
• 06.DEC.2002 : First flight with reg F-WWIF
• 29.JAN.2003 : Delivered to "JetBlue Airways" ( B6 & JBU ) leased from GECAS with cabin config Y162
• 2003 : re-configured Y156
• 2007 : re-configured Y150
KLM continues to undergo major modernisation of its long-haul aircraft and its growing fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft forms part of the programme whereby they are being configured with brand new cabin interiors as well as in the process of receiving the revised livery. None of the Boeing 777-200ER fleet currently don't carry the revised KLM colour scheme however 4 out of 10 Boeing 777-300ER's have since been repainted. All new deliveries to KLM and to its subsidiary KLM Cityhopper will too feature the revised livery. Currently, KLM operate 25 Boeing 777's, this includes 15 Boeing 777-200ER's and 10 Boeing 777-300ER's which include 4 more examples on-order.
Bravo Victor Golf is one of 6 Boeing 777-300ER's out of a fleet of 10 that retains KLM's now defunct livery. Delivered new to the Dutch flag-carrier in June 2012 and she is powered by 2 General Electric GE90-115B engines. All of KLM's Boeing 777 as mentioned before are named after either National Parks or World Heritage Sites... Bravo Victor Golf is named after the Wolong National Nature Reserve located in the Sichuan Province of China. The Wolong National Park as well as many of the sanctuaries around the Sichuan Province are designated UNESCO world heritage sites, the reserve itself houses more than 150 endangered species of giant panda as well as red pandas, golden monkeys and white-lipped deer. The closest city to Wolong is Chengdu, of which KLM serves the city 4 times a week using Boeing 747-400M's.
Boeing 777-306(ER) PH-BVG 'Wolong National Nature Reserve / Nationaal Park Wolong' powers out of Runway 24 Kaagbaan on KL743 to Lima-Jorge Chávez (LIM).
VC-137C SAM 26000
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SAM 26000
VC-137-1 Air Force One.jpg
Other name(s)"Air Force One"
TypeVC-137C (Boeing 707-353B)
Construction number18461
Manufactured1962
Serial62-6000 (tail code "26000")
First flightAugust 10, 1962
Owners and operatorsUnited States Air Force
In serviceOctober 9, 1962 - March 24, 1998
FateRetired
Preserved atNational Museum of the United States Air Force
SAM 26000 was the first of two Boeing VC-137C United States Air Force aircraft specifically configured and maintained for use by the President of the United States. It used the callsign Air Force One when the President was on board, SAM 26000 otherwise.
A VC-137C with Air Force serial number 62-6000, SAM 26000 was a customized Boeing 707. It entered service in 1962 during the administration of John F. Kennedy and was replaced in Presidential service in 1972 but kept as a backup. The aircraft was finally retired in 1998 and is now on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
The aircraft was built at Boeing's Renton plant at a cost of $8 million. Raymond Loewy, working with First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, designed the blue and white color scheme featuring the presidential seal that is still used today. The plane served as the primary means of transportation for three presidents: Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon during his first term. In 1972, during the Nixon administration, the plane was replaced by another 707, SAM 27000, although SAM 26000 was kept as a back-up plane until 1998.
Contents [hide]
1 Kennedy and Johnson
2 Nixon
3 Missions after replacement
4 Current status
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Kennedy and Johnson[edit]
The most famous photo ever taken aboard a presidential aircraft was taken aboard SAM 26000. Hours after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson is sworn in just before take off for Washington.
John F. Kennedy was the first president to use SAM 26000.[1] SAM 26000 took Kennedy to Berlin ("Ich bin ein Berliner") in 1963; the month before that, it set a new Washington-Moscow time record.[2] It was designer Raymond Loewy who, at the invitation of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, gave SAM 26000 the now-familiar Air Force One livery of blue, silver, and white.
On November 22, 1963, after landing the President and First Lady at Dallas' Love Field, SAM 26000 was the backdrop to live broadcasts of the Kennedys greeting well-wishers.[citation needed] Later that day, after Kennedy's assassination made Vice President Lyndon Johnson the new president, SAM 26000 carried the Johnsons, Jacqueline Kennedy, and John Kennedy's body back to Washington.[3] To accommodate the casket four seats were removed from the passenger compartment; Johnson took the Oath of Office (see photo) aboard SAM 26000 before takeoff.[3][4]
As Kennedy was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery, 50 fighter jets flew overhead, followed by SAM 26000.[5]
Johnson was SAM 26000's most frequent flyer, logging some 1,523,000 miles during his five years as president; he once called it "my own little plane". New seats were installed, now facing rearward toward the presidential cabin, in which was installed a spacious leather chair (dubbed "the throne")[citation needed] and a crescent-shaped table which the president could raise and lower by means of a switch. Aides and guests sat on couches around "the throne."
Johnson flew in SAM 26000 twice to Vietnam and took tours of Asia in 1968 and 1969.[6] In 1967, Johnson went on a largely unplanned aerial odyssey, making stops in California, Hawaii, Australia, Thailand, South Vietnam, Pakistan, and Italy.[7] The body of Senator Robert Kennedy was flown aboard the SAM 26000 after he was assassinated in June 1968 and was eventually buried in Arlington National Cemetery, next to his brother John.
Nixon[edit]
President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon disembark SAM 26000 after landing in the People's Republic of China, 1972
Upon the inauguration of Richard Nixon in 1969, SAM 26000 underwent repairs and upgrades. Nixon and his staff were offered a key role in the redesigning of the plane, a position they took up, and indeed, the finished plane reflected the new president's persona. The interior of the plane was stripped from the nose to the tail; all minor problems were taken care of; upgrades were made on the flight management system; communications gear was slightly modified. Richard Nixon had the interior of the plane redesigned to suit his fancy. Nixon did away with the open floor plan of the Johnson era and replaced it with a three-room suite for himself and his family, serving as a combination of lounge, office, and bedrooms. Accommodations for guests, aides, security and media personnel were located aft of the three rooms.
Although SAM 27000 took over as the primary presidential aircraft in 1972, Nixon's family preferred SAM 26000 because its interior configuration allowed greater privacy for the First Family.[4] Nixon also had the name "The Spirit of '76" applied to the nose of both VC-137Cs.[8][9] The Nixons flew on SAM 26000 to China in 1972, becoming the first American President and First Lady to visit that nation. SAM 26000 was also used by National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger during his secret meetings with the French to negotiate the Vietnam peace process. In D
Washington-class battle carrier. Scaled down version of my SHIP from SHIPtember 2013.
Configured with heavy rail gun turrets, communication systems, and 2x frame catapults.
Look at the note I've place on my photo; then view at original size and look at that particular stigma...the water droplets are configured in such a way that it looks like the cartoon face of the sun with rays shining out all around it.
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Ship number 3361 is a former Northwest Airlines aircraft, first delivered in November 2006. As it is currently configured, it seats up to 223 passengers.
BuAer 29585 was overhauled and configured for service as a photo reconnaissance trainer in the 1950s, and it served with the Navy's Photo School at Pensacola, Florida
As mentioned further up, a close examination of 'Mater' from Disney / Pixar 'Cars' leads me to believe that the automotive inspiration of the character is likely to have been the 1958 International Harvester A180, like the one shown here. Apparently there is an older IH from about 1953 on Route 66 which is configured as a tow truck, but the sheetmetal on the front of the vehicles is quite different, with more pronounced separate fenders.
Anyway, International Harvester looked to have a pretty solid business in pickups and related trucks, along with more focused farm machinery such as tractors, until a series of managerial bungles, including trying to freeze out the unions in the early 1980s as a way of improving the books, forced the whole combine into receivership.
The A180 here though, was created during the company's hey day, the 50th anniversary having been celebrated in the prior year.
International Harvester even made trucks and other equipment here in Australia, in Geelong no less. Some of the skilled trades folk I had work in my team in the Prototype department had done their apprenticeships with International Harvester, just around the corner from Ford. The old headquarters is now boarded up, and where the plant once stood is now a woodchipping facility.
I had known that International Harvester did make trucks and farm machinery, but not to the scale that some research had indicated.
To read more about International Harvester on wikipedia, please follow this link:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Harvester
What is clear from some of the images on the site, is how glamorous some of these vehicles were - I really like the 'Jungle Yacht', and the tanker truck - some future Lego build for sure.
This A180 Pickup is at the more shiny end of the spectrum too, but shows that at one stage IH occupied part of this market segment in the way that GMC does now - fancy truck for people with money from industry and agriculture.
This Lego miniland-scale International Harvester A180 Pickup Truck of 1958 has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 116th Build Challenge, - "Pickups and Vans", - a challenge to build pickups and vans.
The initial test flight of Lockheed Martin’s second T-50A configured aircraft occurred July 25, 2016. The T-50A is Lockheed Martin’s aircraft offering in the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Pilot Training (APT) competition. lockheedmartin.com/us/products/t50A.html
configured "F16C35Y194"
leased from Guggenheim Aviation Partners Apr 2011
leased from Investec Dec 2013
re-configured "C37Y252" Feb 2017
re-configured "C37W24Y212" 2018
std at BFM 28 Mar - 16 Jul 2020
N821SY Boeing 737-8FH(WL) Sun Country Airlines
23 Dec 2014 Y186 2x CFMI CFM56-7B27E FN 821
configured "Y183" leased from SMBC
Ferried BFI-MSP 23 Dec 2014 on delivery
named "Lake Mille Lacs" 2017 - 2019 re-configured "Y186" 2020
C-GLQC De Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 Porter Airlines Y74 2x PWC PW150A 10. Oct 2006 802 configured "Y70"re-configured "Y74" 2013
painted in "Celebrating Canada's 150th" special colours 10/2016
Hasselblad 503 CW
Zeiss Distagon CFT* 60mm ƒ/3.5
Hasselblad CFV-39 Digital Back with the incorrect setting configured
Street Photography
Crouch End, London, UK
I haven't been able to post anything today because my laptop crashed severely. I had to shop for another laptop and have been very busy configuring it. Unfortunately I lost many pictures, but the most important ones are published here... and all my model shoots are intact.
Seen at Bus & Coach World, Blackburn is Go North East Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B9TL, 6094 NL63 YHX
This was new to the company in Dec 2013 and configured to B43/28F