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You ever had that inner struggle of who you are and who you want to be. This is a photo of just that. Jackie has been training for a fitness competition and her internal fight comes to a head a lot. It seems to be a constant battle of juggling her workouts and dedication to the sport and her family. I think it's something we can all relate to on some level. Her strength is un believable and it's a pleasure to watch. I was able to witness her hit the stage 2 years ago...she was amazing! This year is a lot tougher fitness is an entirely new beast. This photo and her journey reminds me of the song from Gym Class Heroes "The Fighter".
Andree Virot Peel, code name, Agent Rose, was a smooth "criminal" and true war hero. Before World War II, she ran a beauty parlor, but soon became an important part of the French Resistance movement. Beautician by day, spy by night.
Andree saved over 100 British and American airman. She directed airplanes to land at night by torchlight, hid French soldiers from Nazi soldiers, distributed a newspaper to share information about the resistance movement, and became a leader in figuring out and reporting German military movements and targets.
She worked for 5 years secretly defying the occupying Nazi forces and was captured by the Nazis in 1944 and tortured and imprisoned. Luckily, it was toward the end of the war and she was saved by Allied forces before they could kill her.
She was honored with the Legion of Honor, the U.S. Medal of Freedom and the King's Commendation from King George. She lived to 105.
Blythe a Day - Smooth Criminal - 7/31/24
All over Gold Blythe
French Trench Blythe coat
Beret from Etsy
Bag made by me
Calendar background
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Thank you for a wonderful month of prompts, Jess!! You are a fabulous host.
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More about her:
You Tube Video with photos:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHfAE7OQJVY
www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/andree-peel-french-...
The 9th and final installation in the "Ty Fighters: The Manly Team" team for the Starfighter Telephone Game. This one is based off Gabes 'Crosscurrent' fighter, though I've changed it quite a bit over several iterations over the past few months.
Enjoy!
David
The USMF's elite pilots (those given the rank of Paladin) are a tough breed whose exploits are well known across the galaxy. Though qualified on a wide array of different craft (including ones not used by the USMF) most Paladins operate solo or in small groups; often great distances from allied bases or capital ships and thus have found great use in one-man fighter craft with FTL capability.
Miniaturizing FTL jump drives is a complex and costly process, but the benefits of a faster-than-light starfighter are numerous. For years, the USMF Paladins utilized the AX-20 "Katana" in this role. While a sturdy and fast ship, the Katana's production foundry was completely destroyed in the beginning stages of the Dimension Wars, and as such, it's service numbers dwindled further from the already small amount (in comparison to non-FTL fighters in the fleet).
Starcom Solution's answered the call for a "faster-than-light jack of all trades" by introducing the "Tekkan" (a name of Japanese origin inspired by its spiritual predecessor "Katana"). Starcom Solutions, living up to it's name, conquered the complex issue of small FTL jump drives with a unique solution; the drive systems were built at the capital ship shipyards on Saturn and then shipped to Neptune where quantum technology was used to shrink the units down to a smaller size.
Impressed by the originality of Starcom Solutions' engineering prowess, the USMF quickly requested a Tekkan for immediate trial runs. The first Tekkan produced (which was painted red with white markings as tribute to the Katana) passed its tests with flying colors (no pun intended) and was assigned to Paladin Kira Janus.
The Tekkan features twin heavy repeating lasers (much like those found on Hyperius Industries' "Scorpion"-class heavy fighter) and twin "Mjölnir"-type lightning cannons, which fire thunderous bolts of energy across great distances. These weapons pack quite the punch and require no ammunition, but require a great amount of charge time. If safety protocols are bypassed, the capacitor banks can overcharge and result in a devastating chain reaction.
NASA's Andromeda Fighter was designed as a defensive and offensive space fighter that could be launched from earth and return on it's own power. The craft was also designed to be launched in groups of 4 not unlike the traditional Space Shuttle. The Andromeda is manned by a crew of 3 and it's weapon systems include guided rockets which launch from the port and starboard pods as well as 30mm rocket cannon.
This was done for Tromas's Real World Starfighter Contest.
Finally acquired a couple of these Nexo Knights windscreen elements and decided to build a nice little Ice Planet fighter to showcase one of them. I'm calling it the "Winterspike" because most of the other names that seemed appropriate (Ice Dagger, Snowhawk etc) seem to already be taken.
I set myself the challenge of making a completely brick built tri-fighter. There are parts that exist that can be used to provide some extra details, but I like the challenge of replicating the effect in bricks.
I’ve always had a soft spot for this model- I was always quite impressed with the 2005 version that used the click hinges to create the semi-circular ‘wings’ which seemed quite unconventional back then. LEGO traditionally includes a buzz droid minifig with their version, so in that spirit, I asked MisterShramp if he could design a buzz droid to accompany my design. And he really stepped up to the challenge!
I originally thought about using bionicle shoulder armour parts to create the central sphere, but I settled on this design after experimenting with a number of other spherical parts.
The next challenge was to find suitable parts to recreate the semi-circular wings. I went through a number of different ideas- but many of the parts I could find didn’t have the right radius to match the original design. In the end I used bricks with studs on 4 sides with a rigid hose through the middle. The curved tiles help maintain the shape.
After tackling those two challenges, all the other details were pretty intuitive, and the build is surprisingly sturdy too.
The colour scheme also went through a few revisions. Each illustration/ concept art/ scale model I could find had some variation of blue and grey. In the end I went for this pretty subtle pattern. Any thing busier tended to draw attention to the (unavoidable) gaps in the construction of the semi-circles.
Check out MisterShramp's flickr
and instagram if you haven't already- he's got a bunch of really interesting ideas and instructions for his builds too!
Makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter
derelict northrop F-5 fighter jet decays in a mojave desert junkyard. 2min exposure + AA maglite for fill. 10x 2min stacked exposures for star trails. nikon D7000 + nikkor 10-24mm.
fall 2012 paul's junkyard night photography workshop hosted by troy paiva and joe reifer. location not disclosed at the request of the owner.
A roboticist and great-niece of the WWII-era hero Red Bee, Jenna Raleigh mysteriously received a package full of her great-uncle's notes on communicating with insects. Using those notes, she created an exoskeleton and a fleet of robotic bees, becoming the new Red Bee!
Also nicknamed "the jug". Armament :
8XMG50 12.7mm
1X 150 U.S. gallons drop tank (568l.)
2X 500 pounds M43 bombs
6X 114mm (4.5 in.) bazooka/rocket launchers
This striking little moth was found at a suburban porch light in Durham NC on 8 July 2021.
Faint-spotted Palthis - Palthis asopialis
For some reason these always remind me of a delta-wing fighter plane. Lots of schmutz on background cloned and blurred out for aesthetics, but the moth was not altered.
I was a bit surprised to find that it has been seven years since I last took a picture of my "Teen Fighters", i.e. the F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon/ Viper and F/A-18 Hornet.
A Bristol F2 Fighter at the Aerospace Museum in the Bristol suburb of Filton. It was produced during the First World War where it proved it could hold its own against opposing fighters and when the war was over it became the RAF's standard army cooperation machine. The designer of the aircraft was Frank Barnwell.
The USMF's elite pilots (those given the rank of Paladin) are a tough breed whose exploits are well known across the galaxy. Though qualified on a wide array of different craft (including ones not used by the USMF) most Paladins operate solo or in small groups; often great distances from allied bases or capital ships and thus have found great use in one-man fighter craft with FTL capability.
Miniaturizing FTL jump drives is a complex and costly process, but the benefits of a faster-than-light starfighter are numerous. For years, the USMF Paladins utilized the AX-20 "Katana" in this role. While a sturdy and fast ship, the Katana's production foundry was completely destroyed in the beginning stages of the Dimension Wars, and as such, it's service numbers dwindled further from the already small amount (in comparison to non-FTL fighters in the fleet).
Starcom Solution's answered the call for a "faster-than-light jack of all trades" by introducing the "Tekkan" (a name of Japanese origin inspired by its spiritual predecessor "Katana"). Starcom Solutions, living up to it's name, conquered the complex issue of small FTL jump drives with a unique solution; the drive systems were built at the capital ship shipyards on Saturn and then shipped to Neptune where quantum technology was used to shrink the units down to a smaller size.
Impressed by the originality of Starcom Solutions' engineering prowess, the USMF quickly requested a Tekkan for immediate trial runs. The first Tekkan produced (which was painted red with white markings as tribute to the Katana) passed its tests with flying colors (no pun intended) and was assigned to Paladin Kira Janus.
The Tekkan features twin heavy repeating lasers (much like those found on Hyperius Industries' "Scorpion"-class heavy fighter) and twin "Mjölnir"-type lightning cannons, which fire thunderous bolts of energy across great distances. These weapons pack quite the punch and require no ammunition, but require a great amount of charge time. If safety protocols are bypassed, the capacitor banks can overcharge and result in a devastating chain reaction.
Foo Fighters @ Pinkpop Festival 13-06-2011
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A fun little build. A Fredoichi-inspired fighter with Don Solo's Neo-Ice Planet color scheme.
Enjoy!
The tail of a F-16 Fighting Falcon belonging to the 176th Fighter Squadron, part of the 115th Fighter Wing, on display at the 2021 Oshkosh Air Show.
Nothing is beyond your control unless you let it get the best of you.
We all have battles to overcome, demons to fight or ghosts from our past that haunt us. But it is important to know that you are in control of what can hurt you. It can not hurt you, unless you allow it to.
Take control, fight for what you believe in. Hold on
I'm not hiding it, this is a fighter design I adore. It works in any medium, from Lego to various scale models and even graphic silhouettes like the one in this poster.
A little over a year ago I made some Star Wars spaceship posters (album here), some with Lego, some with scale models. I added two more Lego posters to the series.
I will have to see if we have more of these models as I think they make swell subjects for things like this.
I generally like the design choices of the new, "special" TIE fighter. Instead of having cool angled side panels, some wacky shape, it is just slightly modified by adding details where it was lacking some.
This is a commisioned build available at BrickVault: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JxQnjlg_tc&t=252s
The TIE Fighter is such an iconic starfighter from the Star Wars universe I just had to build with LEGO bricks. There are some excellent TIE fighter designs in the AFOL community. I especially like Jerac’s TIE Fighter which inspired me to build a version of my own. I started from scratch using blueprints, screenshots from the movies and pictures of scale models. Obviously I also incorporated some of Jerac's ideas like the brick-build wings and the use of dome bricks for the round cockpit.
My version of Ryan Wood's fighter for the Starfighter Telephone Game. Check out the .gif of the wing animation below.
VL-400 Quimera
The Vila Disparador VL-400 “Quimera” is a single-seat, single-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet multi-role strike fighter originally developed for the Imperial Lego Air Force to replace the Freelancer fighter/interceptor. Fast, agile and extremely maneuverable, the Quimera was also operated by the Imperial Lego Naval Aviation, usually from the 130 000 tons Imperial Aircraft carriers.
The plane is considered today the very first “Strike Fighter” operated by the Lego nation, the project evolving from a high-speed interceptor into a fully multi-role capable (for both ground attack and air-to-air missions) fighter.
Featuring the highly advanced R-323 long-range radar, the Quimera was the first plane to employ the Fire-Dragon Air-to-air missile in combat and for many years was also the only fighter capable of firing 4 individual missiles against four different targets at the same time.
The Quimera nine weapons stations (including a small internal bomb bay) had a capacity for up to 8500kg of various weapons, including ground attack guided and unguided missiles or bombs, rockets, air-to-air missiles and other stores. Two 30mm ENA-60 auto-cannons are also carried on the sides of the frontal landing gear.
Despite the dimensions and heavy weight of the fighter, the very powerful V-475 jet engine and the variable geometry wings allows it to achieve a maximum speed of Mach 2.7, with four Firedragon missiles under the fuselage. To help maintain the control at those very high speeds, two movable fins deploy under the fuselage once the plane retracts his wings.
As soon as the Quimera entered service, it started to replace the older but still highly effective “Freelancer” fighter. Pilots found the new aircraft as docile as the previous one, thanks to the new wings and the advanced avionics. Before the Quimera, to perform a certain special role (like Wild Weasel), it was necessary to build a completely new plane for that role or to modify extensively an existing one. The VL-400 was the first multi-role plane, being capable of perform different missions without extensive modifications. On that role, it survived until the VL-27 Flanker fighter appeared.
For info about the construction of the MOC, visit this photo: www.flickr.com/photos/einon/12812165785/
Video about the MOC: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSjsqCfJPOE
Hope you like it!
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General characteristics
•Crew: 1
•Length: 17,8 m
•Wingspan: 16.7 m
•Height: 4,5 m
•Wing area: 57.2 m²
•Empty weight: 12,247 kg
•Max. takeoff weight: 31,430 kg
•Powerplant: 1 V-475 jet engine dry thrust -> 87.9 kN; 180 kN in afterburner;
•Maximum landing weight: 21,706 kg
Performance
•Maximum speed: Mach 2.7 at 40,000 ft (12,190 m)
•Cruise speed: 920 Km/h
•Combat radius: 1250km
•Ferry range: 3,800 km with 3 external fuel tanks
•Service ceiling: 21 000 meters
•Rate of climb: 230 m/s
•Takeoff roll: 800m at 23 480 kg
Landing roll: 920m at 19,256 kg)
Built to (roughly) the same scale as my latest X-wing. It's a little fragile, but still swooshable!
Cockpit bubble heavily inspired by TWP'st brilliant design.