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Chevy Bel Airs are by far the most common vintage American car in Havana. More than I have ever seen in one place.
Havana, Cuba
St Baldricks Brevard at The Avenue Viera by commercial photographer Rich Johnson of Spectacle Photo. Dedicated to the St. Baldrick's Foundation Events on the Space Coast of FL and raising awareness for Childhood Cancer. The St. Baldrick's Foundation is a volunteer-driven charity committed to funding the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives.
This was driven on its two runs with considerable verve and enthusiasm, the smiles say it all!
Chelmsford Motor Club East Anglian Classic Historic Rally.
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Inveraray Castle is haunted by several ghosts. In 1644 the Duke of Argyll was driven from the castle by the Marquis of Montrose. As the Duke departed the castle his harpist was left behind. The harpist had been caught peaking through a keyhole at the Lady of the house. For his he was hung. The ghost of the harpist has been seen still wandering the castle, wearing his Campbell tartan. It is said that he is heard playing his harp every day in the castles Library.
Another legend is said to be of a ghost that warns of the death of a Campbell Chieftain. It is said that two days before the death of a chief a ghostly galleon, similar to the galleon on the Clan Campbell coat of arms is seen sailing up Loch Fynne. When the ship reaches land it does not stop, instead it continues to sail over land until it reaches the castle and claims its victim. It is said that in the 18th century, one of the chieftains was so convinced that the ghost ship was coming to take him that he actually drank poison so he would not disappoint the galleons ghostly crew.
On the 10th of July 1758 a Physician, William Hart, was walking along the castle grounds with two other men. The trio had all witnessed "a battle taking place in the sky, between Highland soldiers and French soldiers." They saw that the Highlanders had to retreat, and left behind many of their dead soldiers. Two ladies had also witnessed the battle in the sky. Several weeks later startling news arrived from America, telling of how a Highland regiment lost 300 of its soldiers on July 10, 1758, while attacking a fort held by the French.
The ghost of a young woman who was murdered by the Jacobites has also been seen haunting the castle.
HISTORY:
Inveraray Castle has been the seat of the Dukes of Argyll since the early 1400s. The original castle was built in the 15th century by Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll. This castle, now demolished, had been visited by James V in 1533 and Mary Queen of Scots in 1562. It was burnt by the Marquis of Montrose in 1644. The present castle is the third built on this site. Rebuilt in 1744, with corner towers and turrets, the castle is a fine example of early Scottish Baronial style. In 1780 the 5th Duke of Argyll made improvements to the interior resulting in the "finely detailed Tapestry Room in the style of a Paris Salon" and the Dinning Room, which is described as the "finest painted room in Britain."
The 8th Duke of Argyll began restoration in 1877 after a fire destroyed the upper floors of the castle. It was during this time the Armory Hall was built, and the external conical caps added to the corner towers. The castle was the first residence in Scotland to install electricity in 1890.
"Another massive restoration was undertaken by the 12th Duke of Argyll in the mid 1990s following a further disastrous fire in 1975".
Inveraray Castle is the family home of the Clan Campbell. The State Dining Room, the Tapestry Room, the Armory Hall, the main reception rooms, the Clan Room, and a suite of former bedrooms are open to the public. The Armory holds over 1,300 pieces, a superb display including pikes, cutlasses, claymores, shields and ancient guns. "Other Items of interest include Rob Roy MacGregors sporran and dirk handle." There are fine French tapestries on display, a grand collection of 18th century French, English and Scottish furniture, magnificent chandeliers, paintings, porcelain and silver. The Clan Room features information of special interest to members of Clan Campbell and on the ceiling towering above the entrance hall are the shields of different Campbell families.
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IMSA Weathertech racing at Watkins Glen. Continental Tire Race Day. All classes including Continental Tire Sports Cars, Prototype, and Lamborghini Trofeo, Prototype, GTD and GTLM
Mercedes 300 SL Le Mans 1952 winner Fernando Pinto Portugal 1/24. Driven by Lang and Riess. Built by Fernando Pinto.
In 1948, the USAF requested Ryan Aircraft to develop a jet-powered target drone aircraft, as it was anticipated that propeller-driven drones would be too difficult to intercept for fast jet fighters then coming into service. Ryan responded with the Q-2 Firebee, which could be launched from modified A-26 Invader drone controllers, or from the ground.
While the Q-2 was adequate, the rapid progression of aviation in the 1950s rendered it obsolete. Ryan then developed an advanced version, the Q-2C, which was larger, used swept wings, and used an uprated engine with a different style intake. This subsequently became the BQM-34 after 1962.
Most Firebees were (and remain) used as targets for weapons training, and could be configured with flares or radar reflectors to simulate different types of aircraft. If the drone was not destroyed, the controller could then cut off the engine and deploy a parachute, after which a helicopter would recover it for future use. Drone controllers either flew the Firebee from a ground station, or more often, converted DC-130 Hercules aircraft. BQM-34 drones are still in service.
Besides their use as targets, the BQM-34 series was also converted to reconnaissance duties prior to the Vietnam War. Under various codenames (Firefly, Lightning Bug, and Buffalo Hunter), a dizzying amount of Firebee variants for these purposes were built and used. Some were equipped with cameras, others with infrared detectors and signals intelligence (SIGINT) equipment. The advantage of Firebees were that, if they were shot down or crashed, there would be no loss of a pilot. Between 1968 and 1970, when American aircraft were officially banned from flying over North VIetnam, BQM-34s were used instead. Several were shot down, though North Vietnamese MiG fighters found them elusive targets; rumors persist that one MiG-17 crashed while in pursuit of a Firebee, and the controller claimed it as an aerial victory. Firebees were also used over China and North Korea, and as late as 2003 over Iraq, where they were used as decoys for Iraqi surface-to-air missiles.
Losses of Douglas EB-66 Destroyer standoff jamming aircraft over North Vietnam led to the USAF to consider modifying drones to act as ECM aircraft. Not only would this no longer risk the lives of aircrew, the drones could precede the strike force to the target area. The USAF began Project Combat Angle in 1966, modifying AQM-34G Firebees to carry ECM suites and chaff dispensers as AQM-34Vs. As ECM pods that could be carried on strike aircraft improved, Combat Angle did not receive much attention, and the first AQM-34V was not tested until after the Vietnam War was over, in 1976. Though the AQM-34V was never used in combat, similarly modified BQM-34-53s were used in the Second Gulf War in 2003.
Though it is painted as an AQM-34L, this is actually a K model Firebee. It depicts "Tom Cat," an AQM-34L Compass Bin used over North Vietnam in the late 1960s; "Tom Cat" was one of the more successful Firebees, flying 68 missions over North Vietnam (most of them in the lethal Pak Six area) before its luck ran out in 1974, when it was shot down by flak near Hanoi. "Tom Cat" was assigned to the 556th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron at Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, where it dropped AQM-34s from DC-130 motherships.
Though many Vietnam-theater Firebees were either camouflaged or painted black, "Tom Cat" wore ADC Gray, which made it harder to see against the clouds. This AQM-34K was repainted and donated to the SAC Museum at Ashland, Nebraska by the 100th SRW. It is slightly inaccurate: the real "Tom Cat" had a different sharkmouth, didn't carry a tail number, and didn't carry a SAC stripe on the rear fuselage. It currently hangs by the entrance area at the museum, between the SR-71 and the museum's restoration facility.
Seen at the 2012 Amelia Island Concourse d'Elegance. It's a 1934 MG PA owned by Jack E. Kahler.
From the info card:
"This MG PA1976 was shipped from the UK to New Zealand in 1939. After having passed through the hand of 50 owners - yes, fifty! The current owner bought it and shipped it from New Zealand in 2001. It was in very poor condition, but it was complete and ready for a body-off, nut-and-bolt 10 year restoration performed by this owner.
What distinguishes the MG PA from earlier model is its larger overhead cam engine, 12" brakes, larger chassis, and upgrade in finish details. Between 1929 and 1939, all MGs had overhead-cam engines, which was very advanced for the time. It is definitely a sports car, rather than a touring car. A Marshal 75 supercharger is installed to improve the cars performance which was a popular accessory available for most British cars of the time."
Driven by Damon Hill in the 1995 Formula 1 season.
On display at the Haynes International Motor Museum, Sparkford, Somerset during December 2021.
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I have driven past Winchester on the M3 five times this year, on the sixth passing, I tried to find a place to park so I could visit the cathedral.
It costs £8.50 to go in, but you can take as many pictures as you like, which is fine by me.
The Nave and Chancel are huge, and long. All surfaces are apparently covered with memorials, with other spaces filled with chapels and shrines to past Bishops, as well as the relics of St Swithun.
It did rain after I left. Not a good sign.
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Winchester Cathedral is a cathedral of the Church of England in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It is one of the largest cathedrals in Europe, with the longest nave and greatest overall length of any Gothic cathedral in Europe.[3]
Dedicated to the Holy Trinity,[1] Saint Peter, Saint Paul, and before the Reformation, Saint Swithun,[4] it is the seat of the Bishop of Winchester and centre of the Diocese of Winchester. The cathedral is a Grade I listed building.
The cathedral was founded in 642 on a site immediately to the north of the present one. This building became known as the Old Minster. It became part of a monastic settlement in 971.
Saint Swithun was buried near the Old Minster and then in it, before being moved to the new Norman cathedral. So-called mortuary chests said to contain the remains of Saxon kings such as King Eadwig of England, first buried in the Old Minster, and his wife Ælfgifu, are in the present cathedral.[5] The Old Minster was demolished in 1093, immediately after the consecration of its successor.
In 1079, Walkelin, Bishop of Winchester, began work on a completely new cathedral.[6] Much of the limestone used to build the structure was brought across from quarries around Binstead, Isle of Wight. Nearby Quarr Abbey draws its name from these workings, as do several nearby places such as Stonelands and Stonepitts. The remains of the Roman trackway used to transport the blocks are still evident across the fairways of the Ryde Golf Club, where the stone was hauled from the quarries to the hythe at the mouth of Binstead Creek, and thence by barge across the Solent and up to Winchester.[citation needed][No sign of any Binstead Creek on the map]
The building was consecrated in 1093. On 8 April of that year, according to the Annals of Winchester, "in the presence of almost all the bishops and abbots of England, the monks came with the highest exultation and glory from the old minster to the new one: on the Feast of S. Swithun they went in procession from the new minster to the old one and brought thence S. Swithun's shrine and placed it with honour in the new buildings, and on the following day Walkelin's men first began to pull down the old minster."[6]
A substantial amount of the fabric of Walkelin's building, including crypt, transepts and the basic structure of the nave, survives.[7] The original crossing tower, however, collapsed in 1107, an accident blamed by the cathedral's medieval chroniclers on the burial of the dissolute William Rufus beneath it in 1100.[6] Its replacement, which survives today, is still in the Norman style, with round-headed windows. It is a squat, square structure, 50 feet (15 m) wide, but rising only 35 feet (11 m) above the ridge of the transept roof.[8] The Tower is 150 feet (46 m) tall.
After the consecration of Godfrey de Luci as bishop in 1189, a retrochoir was added in the Early English style. The next major phase of rebuilding was not until the mid-14th century, under bishops Edington and Wykeham.[10] Edingdon (1346–1366)[11] removed the two westernmost bays of the nave, built a new west front and began the remodelling of the nave.[12]
Under William of Wykeham (1367–1404) the Romanesque nave was transformed[clarification needed], recased in Caen stone and remodelled in the Perpendicular style,[13] with its internal elevation divided into two, rather than the previous three, storeys.[14] The wooden ceilings were replaced with stone vaults.[13]
Wykeham's successor, Henry of Beaufort (1405–1447) carried out fewer alterations, adding only a chantry on the south side of the retrochoir, although work on the nave may have continued through his episcopy.[15] His successor, William of Waynflete (1447–1486), built another chantry in a corresponding position on the north side. Under Peter Courtenay (Bishop 1486–1492) and Thomas Langton (1493–1500), there was more work. De Luci's Lady chapel was lengthened, and the Norman side aisles of the presbytery replaced. In 1525, Richard Foxe (Bishop 1500–1528) added the side screens of the presbytery, which he also gave a wooden vault.[10] With its progressive extensions, the east end is now about 110 feet (34 m) beyond that of Walkelin's building
King Henry VIII seized control of the Catholic Church in England and declared himself head of the Church of England. The Benedictine foundation, the Priory of Saint Swithun, was dissolved. The priory surrendered to the king in 1539. The next year a new chapter was formed, and the last prior, William Basyng, was appointed dean.[17] The monastic buildings, including the cloister and chapter house, were later demolished, mostly during the 1560–1580 tenure of the reformist bishop Robert Horne.[18][19]
North Transept
The Norman choir screen, having fallen into a state of decay, was replaced in 1637–40 by a new one, designed by Inigo Jones. It was in a classical style, with bronze figures by Hubert le Sueur of James I and Charles I in niches. It was removed in 1820, by when its style was felt inappropriate in an otherwise medieval building. The central bay, with its archway, is now in the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge;[20] it was replaced by a Gothic screen by Edward Garbett, its design based on the west doorway of the nave.[21]
This stone structure was itself removed in the 1870s to make way for a wooden one designed by George Gilbert Scott,[22] who modelled it on the canopies of the choir stalls of the monks (dating from around 1308).[23] Scott's west-facing screen has been much criticised, although the carving is of superlative workmanship and virtually replicates the earlier, albeit finer, carving of the early 14th century east-facing return stalls on to which it backs. The displaced bronze statues of the Stuart kings were moved to the west end of the Cathedral, standing in niches on each side of the central door. Scott's work was otherwise conservative. He moved the lectern to the north side of the quire beside the pulpit, facing west, where it remained for a century before returning to its present central position, now facing east.