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Bus Éireann (Cork) VDL Futura FHD2 LC 318 (171-D-16976) in Ballinacurra, Cork 31st June 2017, with the 16:00 service from Cork.
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Bus Éireann (Cork) VDL Futura FHD2 LC 313 (171-D-10140) in Ballinacurra, Cork 7th June 2017, with the 16:00 service from Cork.
Das erste Foto von der Erde, aufgenommen vom Raumschiff Orion:
Am zweiten Tag der 25,5-tägigen Artemis-I-Mission nutzte Orion seine optische Navigationskamera, um Schwarz-Weiß-Fotos des Planeten Erde zu machen. Orion verwendet die optische Navigationskamera, um Bilder der Erde und des Mondes in unterschiedlichen Phasen und Entfernungen aufzunehmen, wodurch ein erweiterter Datenbestand bereitgestellt wird, um seine Wirksamkeit als Methode zur Bestimmung seiner Position im Weltraum für zukünftige Missionen unter unterschiedlichen Lichtbedingungen zu zertifizieren.
The first photo of Earth taken by the Orion spacecraft:
On the second day of the 25.5-day Artemis I mission, Orion used its optical navigation camera to take black-and-white photos of planet Earth. Orion is using the optical navigation camera to take images of Earth and the Moon at different phases and distances, providing an expanded data set to certify its effectiveness as a method of determining its position in space for future missions under different lighting conditions.
BAC 221 WG774 at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton.
This aircraft had an successful and productive career as a research aircraft spanning nearly 20 years. It was originally designed and built by Fairy Aviation as the first of two Fairy Delta 2 (FD2) transonic research aircraft in response to Air Ministry specification ER.103 for “an experimental research aircraft capable of Mach 1.5 at 36,000 ft”. It first flew in October 1954 and became the first aircraft to fly faster than 1,000 mph. In March 1956, Fairy experimental test pilot Peter Twiss broke the world air speed record in this aircraft, raising it to 1,132 mph, an increase of 310 mph from the previous record set by an F-100 Super Sabre.
In 1958 WG774 was allocated to the Royal Aircraft Establishment and was subsequently converted by British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) at Filton as a high speed test-bed for the Anglo-French SST (Concorde) development programme. The modified aircraft was re-designated the BAC 221 and first flew in this guise in May 1964. The extensive modifications included a lengthened fuselage, completely new Ogival “Ogee” delta wing, redesigned engine inlets, higher power Avon RA.28 engine and a new, taller landing gear (compare with unmodified second FD2 protoype WG777: flic.kr/p/HUb67d), plus several other more minor changes.
WG774 was finally retired from research flying in 1973 and passed to the Fleet Air Arm Museum for preservation along with Concorde 002.
Commander Chris Ferguson and pilot Doug Hurley smile for the camera from their stations on the Atlantis forward (FWD) flight deck (FD) during STS-135 Flight Day 2 (FD2).
Camera : SIGMA sd Quattro “ Foveon ” “ Foveon X3” “ SA-mount ” “ sdQuattro ”
Lens : SIGMA 24-105mm F4 DG HSM | Art A013 “ SA-mount ” SIGMA Photo Pro
This time a couple of 1:72nd scale models.
The Russian manufacturer Novo re-issued a range of kits using the old 1950's 'Frog' moulds.
These two models are actually the same kit - the Fairey Delta 2 - a 1950's British record breaker designed to explore supersonic flight and the first aircraft to exceed 1,000mph..
However there are obvious differences between the two:
Above is the basic kit - the silver finished Fairey Delta 2 of which only two were ever built, WG774 and WG777.
This is the basic kit straight from the box.
Below her in the blue scheme is again WG774 but this time modelled as per the highly reworked BAC221 which was rebuilt to explore the 'ogee' wing planform as proposed for the supersonic Concorde!
The FD.2 had the drooping nose - used to improve visibility on approach as the incidence of the wing required a hi-speed arrival and this was kept on the BAC221 as well which had similar chracteristics.
In this one I completely reworked the kit as per the actual BAC221 conversion using a mix of plastic card and model putty to form the new wing-shape and engine nacelles, a new hand-blown cellulose cockpit and replacement of the undercarriage with the same units as used on the real conversion - a Fairey Gannet modified nose leg and BAC Lightning main-gear and wheels.
Whilst the real WG777 now resides in the RAF Museum at Cosford, along with a Concorde prototype the BAC221 WG774 can be found in the Fleet Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton.
For more on the FD.2 see:
Den Haag Madurodam 20-09-2022. Atlas, Stellendam (NL) 91-BHB-2 (1609), VDL Futura FHD2 129/370 hired back from VDL Bus & Coach.