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A pair of unidentified Colas Class 70s pass through Radley on 4 March 2023 whilst working 6O26, the 09.24 Hinksey to Eastleigh.
At the far end of the platform on which I was stood are some other photographers, they are a bit of a clue as to why I arose from my bed at 'silly o'clock' to come to this large village a few miles south of Oxford. Vintage Trains were operating a shareholders' special train from Birmingham to Didcot for the Railway Centre's 'Castle' celebrations, 7029 and 5043 were the motive power for the special and I had never previously seen or photographed double-headed Castles on the main line. Unfortunately, just as the special hove into view there was a bit of a rush of selfish photographers who simply got in my way and ruined my shot. So, a long way to go just for a pair of 70s! I am not being bitter and twisted about this situation, honestly!
The dramatic hillside of Vila Nova de Gaia rises steeply from the Douro River, crowned by the round-domed Serra do Pilar Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage site that has watched over Porto since the 16th century. Its commanding position and fortified terraces once served military purposes, but today they provide one of the city’s most iconic viewpoints. Below, the stacked port wine lodges with their terracotta rooftops hug the cliffside, a reminder that this riverside has long been the beating heart of Porto’s global wine trade.
To the right, the iron latticework of the Ponte Luís I sweeps across the water, a masterpiece of 19th-century engineering by Téophile Seyrig, a disciple of Gustave Eiffel. Together, the monastery and bridge symbolize Porto’s dual character—sacred and industrial, historic and forward-looking. Sunlight glints on the rippling Douro, carrying centuries of commerce and culture downstream, as the city’s skyline tells its layered story.
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Built 1969.
XW175 spent her entire career as a test aircraft and was fundamental in the development of Vectored thrust Aircraft Advanced Control, or ‘VAAC’ for short.
Retired in 2010, she is believed to eventually be destined for the RAF Museum, although she currently remains safely stored with the Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering (DSAE).
Seen on static display at the 2018 Cosford Airshow.
RAF Cosford, Shropshire, UK.
10th June 2018
The following extensive history for XW175 is from the fascinating Bedford Aeronautical Heritage Group website:-
“Harrier XW175 was unique as a military aircraft as it spent all of its working life at RAE Bedford and Boscombe Down in support of innovative STOVL research programmes.
A two-seat second development batch T2 aircraft, XW175 first flew in 1969. It was delivered to RAE Bedford from BAe in February 1975. The aircraft extended the VTOL legacy at RAE Bedford following the Bedstead and the Short's SC1, and operated in research and development tasks for future STOVL concepts.
In the early 1970’s RAE was tasked by MoD to enable Sea Harriers to recover to a vertical landing on a ship at night in poor visibility. XW175 was allocated as the trials aircraft and thus began its illustrious 38 year research career at RAE Bedford and then post 1996 at Boscombe Down.
During 1977/78 two sea trials were completed with HMS Hermes. The research programmes included recovery to the ship using MADGE guidance, Head Up Display symbology, ski-jump launch, auto-stabiliser and autopilot development, pilot work-load measurements using heart rate measurements and later Forward Looking Infra Red vision demonstrations.
In the early 1980’s, studies into future advanced STOVL aircraft concepts, as a planned replacement for the Harrier, indicated that flight control at low speed and hover would be more complex than the Harrier. This situation started a research programme into novel pilot control methods to address ASTOVL control and was led by XW175. The basic idea was that the pilot's control of the aircraft was to be as similar as possible to conventional aircraft thus significantly reducing type conversion time for pilots and the training costs.
To test the design principles the aircraft had to be converted to a fly-by-wire aircraft such that digital techniques could be implemented. The aircraft modifications were made at the College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, The installations provided a full authority fly-by-wire system with links to the aerodynamic surface actuators and the engine thrust and thrust vector control actuation. It retained the basic mechanical control system to provide flight safety and meet airworthiness requirements. This approach allowed software to be introduced without having to address the rigour required to meet the full flight safety standards of fly-by-wire aircraft. The aircraft was also fitted with the MODAS recording system and a telemetry system for trials monitoring. The aircraft became known as the Vectored thrust Aircraft Advanced Control (VAAC).
Over the period 1986-2004, several different control and safety concepts were developed with UK Universities and Industry. Simulation played a major role in concept testing and the Bedford Advanced Flight Simulator with its large motion capability was critical for this task. Concept designs were assessed against a range of flight specific tasks prior to flight trials. The most important task was the ability to land vertically on a rolling, pitching and heaving ship deck which was where the Bedford Advanced Flight Simulator with its visual and motion systems provided a risk free and realistic testing environment. This method also provided the confidence to proceed to flight trials and ultimately the first ever deck landing with what became known as the 'Unified' control technique.
The implementation allowed an untrained Harrier pilot to fly the aircraft like a conventional aircraft with the addition that there were no restrictions due to the conventional wing stall speed. Thus it made possible the continued control of the aircraft down to zero airspeed with the wing lift blending from aerodynamic control seamlessly to direct lift control from the engine without any additional effort required from the pilot, unlike the conventional Harrier. Initially the technique was not well received by the majority of experienced Harrier pilots.
Many further assessments were to slowly change the mind set with much discussion in two pilot camps as to the pros and cons of the technique. Between the mid 1980's and mid 1990's RAE collaborated with NASA Ames research centre into the application of advanced digital control techniques to support ASTOVL aircraft concepts. This joint platform provided not only an excellent exchange of ideas between UK and US pilots and scientists but also promoted pilot debate on the merits of such advanced control methods. Pilot acceptability remained unresolved up to the early part of the Joint Strike Fighter programme. Then the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) contribution to the programme through the JSF Program Office (JPO) became significant through a joint targeted programme in support of the JSF STOVL variant (Lockheed Martin F-35B).
In 2002 the Bedford Unified control concept was selected for the JSF STOVL variant. XW175 was also part of the Empire Test Pilots School's training syllabus for a few years at this time.
The JPO continued to support further STOVL developments with several ship trials with XW175 and HMS Illustrious, HMS Invincible and the French carrier Charles de Gaulle. These trials introduced guidance techniques for automatic recovery along side a ship with an automatic vertical landing capability, some 30 years after the original HMS Hermes trials with XW175 in 1977 and some 35 years after the certification of Civil automatic landing systems back in the BLEU days. Technology advancements had bridged this time period and the gradual acceptance of the new control concepts.
With the established STOVL flight control standard, XW175 in its new livery continued to support JSF recovery requirements to ships with a 60 knot airspeed approach and landing method referred to as 'Ship Rolling Vertical Landing' (SRVL). This approach speed provided JSF with ship recovery flexibility as a percentage of wing lift at this airspeed would offset engine direct lift and enhance safety margins.
In conjunction with this programme ship deck lighting was developed for poor visibility and night recovery to ships. This programme produced the new 'Bedford Array' of deck lights to provide an unambiguous touch down point irrespective of the ship deck motion. The 'Bedford Array' with SRVL provided an effective and alternative solution to ship recovery at night in poor visibility and hence operational flexibility.
Having conducted its last research trial in support of JSF development at Boscombe Down on 18 November 2008, XW175’s final resting place remains to be resolved. BAHG has expressed strong interest in bringing the aircraft back to Bedford, its spiritual home. It is to be hoped that an appropriate resting place can be found for this illustrious aircraft of the Harrier fleet, but which became so unique providing the MOD with many products over its lifetime due to the combined efforts of all the pilots, scientific staff and engineers who had the great privilege to work with her.”
I hope this one shot explains why I haven't been around for a while.
You know the busiest one can be, yeah take that and multiply it by 10, that's how busy I am now, I just had to upload something because I feel that there is something missing in me when I don't photograph.
I honestly miss photographing so much, and miss you guys, wish me luck. =)
View of the full-size Rosetta engineering model (EQM) at ESOC, Darmstadt.
Rosetta is en route to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, where it will make the most detailed study of a comet ever attempted. It will follow the comet on its journey through the inner Solar System, measuring the increase in activity as the icy surface is warmed up by the Sun. The lander will focus on the composition and structure of the comet nucleus material. It will also drill more than 20cm into the subsurface to collect samples for inspection by the lander’s onboard laboratory.
More about Rosetta: www.esa.int/rosetta
Credit: ESA/J.Mai
The new Engineering 5 building on campus. Taken at a UW Photo Club meeting.
Velvia 100, 4x5 processed at home. No post-processing at all - just as scanned.
Taken with a Schneider 90mm, f/8
It was hard to decide which to enter the contest with, but I went with this shot instead.
Kirana Naree Handysize bulk carrier in Canada Dock branch 3 north west berth after discharging her cargo
x5 Holds - x5 Hatches
Deck Cranes: x4 @ 30t each
Name: Kirana Naree
Flag: Thailand
IMO: 9434723
MMSI: 567279000
Call sign: HSJK
Detailed vessel type: Handysize Bulk Carrier
Gross Tonnage: 33044t
Deadweight: 56823t
Design Draught: 12.8m
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 189.99m x 32.26m
Year Built: 2011
Registered owner: PRECIOUS PLANETS LTD
Ship manager/Commercial manager: PRECIOUS SHIPPING PSL
ISM: GREAT CIRCLE SHIPPING AGENCY
Shipyard: TAIZHOU SANFU SHIP ENGINEERING CO., LTD., China
Hull number: SF060108
Date of build: 31st Oct 2011
Engine: x1 STX Heavy Ind. MAN B&W 6S50MC-C 2 stroke 6 cyls @ 127rpm
Engine Power kW: 9480kW
x1 Fixed Pitch Propeller @ 127rpm
Speed: 14.2knots
Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.
1942 June
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Combustion Engineering Co.
World War, 1939-1945
Boiler industry
Welding
United States--Tennessee--Chattanooga
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-35 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35230
Call Number: LC-USW36-13
66562 with the Balcombe tunnel Jct to Eastleigh engineers train catching the last of the British Summertime sunshine late this afternoon as it trundles towards Burgess Hill.
These pictures were taken with my brand new Tokina 11-16mm 2.8 wide angle lens and I was just having some fun. The location for these pics is the University of Illinois, particularly the Main and Engineering Quad.
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Some cool prototype engineering images:
Sinsheim – Technikmuseum Sinsheim – Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 101-102 Air France F-BVFB 02
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The Pere Marquette 1225 steam locomotive on a holiday season excursion from Owosso (home of the Steam Railroading Institute) to Ashley, Michigan. This historic train (built 1941) was the model for the train in "The Polar Express" and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
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Toronto: York University: Bergeron Engineering - 2 (of 22) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Lumix G 14mm F2.5 Prime (M43 mount) & Polarizer - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Listed 1/12/2018
Gas Street, Concord, New Hampshire
Reference number: 100001962
The Concord Gas Light Company Gasholder House, in Concord, New Hampshire, is the last remaining example of a gasholder house in the United States that retains its interior wrought-iron gasholder. The storage tank held purified manufactured coal gas. The cylindrical brick structure was designed and erected by Deily & Fowler of Laurel Iron Works, Philadelphia. During the second half of the nineteenth century, coal gas was an important fuel for municipal, industrial, and domestic illumination and, therefore, played a significant role in the growth of American cities and industry. The Concord Gas Light Company, suppliers of illuminating gas to City of Concord, installed the Gasholder House in 1887–1888, during one of several late-nineteenth-century improvements to its facility on South Main Street.
National Register of Historic Places Homepage
This is a laser cut piece of steel we keep in Civil Club, which represent the VW shell of UBC Engineering. UBC engineers are famous for their pranks on Engineering week. Every year on the first day of Engineering week, UBC undergrad engineers hang a VW shell with a red E on it from a bridge! Where? Who knows, it could be our beautiful Lions Gate Bridge, or Golden Gates of California! I know it's not the best prank, but it has turned into a tradition since decades ago.
E week is in February, but I'm studying too much E-material these days that I liked to post this.
Hopefully this year, in Feb, I will take pictures of the hung VW from "a bridge"!
FAM Engineering 308FAM on Churchill Way, Salford hauling First Manchester 37440 (MX58DZO).
New as MW03NMA in July 2003
Photo taken by and copyright Noel Baxendale.
This video by Tek Domain gives you insight about Computer science vs Computer engineering -- Which is Right for you ? We are a community of tech pros sharing our experiences in the tech world, the successes and failures.
Do you see anything wrong in this "Rocket Ship XM" scifi film vehicle ? Does it seem a bit too tall for such a narrow-based landing gear ? "Unstable" is the word that comes to mind, utterly unsuited to land on uneven ground. NASA discarded such designs when they selected the Apollo lunar lander.
Where the chief engineer monitors and controls the star ships warp drive, weapons, life support and all things critical to the ship and crew. Set used for the fan films "Star Trek Continues". Neutral Zone Studios, Kingsland, Georgia.
A ground engineering expert applying shotcrete to a retaining structure
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