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This one sat for a bit before gathering itself up and leaving. A pretty airplane and untroubled by the engineering management problems that have grounded all 737-8 MAXes.

787s had a LiPo battery problem, including a fire, on the ground, but the FAA and Boeing grounded the fleet, promptly, and sorted it out. Changes included:

1) A more fireproof steel box around the battery;

2) completely sealing the battery off from the inside of the plane;

3) restricted airflow from outside to starve any fire of oxygen;

4) reducing charging rate and end-point to reduce stress on the cells,

5) redesign of the battery to remove/mitigate thermal runaway in one cell cascading to the rest;

and. most important,

6) getting the battery manufacturer (Yusa), and Boeing's own power, structure and safety engineers all reading the same pages. A number of people had "thought" they had countermeasures in place to prevent battery fires. mitigate them if they started, etc. But there was room for improvement.

A more "holistic" approach, getting all the requirements in front of all the players and evaluating a larger set of possible failures, "looking for trouble", all under the laser focused gaze of upper management, customer engineers and regulators, got the job done, right, the second time. "Never wanting to have that happen again" can be strong medicine. A Yusa employee's comment that the 787's battery installation is now the most studied in history, may or may not be true, but it certainly wasn't the case originally.

An unexpected bonus from this work was discovery that the 787 cockpit voice recordings contained more ambient noise and less aircrew speaking than it should. That problem was fixed too.

Remarkably, but mentioned more in sorrow than in anger, there was a subsequent fire, in a 787, also on the ground. It was parked, unattended, and the LiPo battery was in the (a?) Emergency Locator Transmitter. This is a radio beacon that is activated by a crash and transmits automatically, to assist finding a crash. Poor design but bad manufacturing, created an opportunity, the short circuit in the cabling ignited the battery and the smoky, slow-burning fire, eventually involved heat-damaged resin from the crown of the composite fuselage. It took fire-fighters over 20 minutes to identify where combustion was taking place, and both Halon and water mist were used to extinguish the fire and cool the remains. Thermal imaging helped locate the multiple hot-spots.

Had the ELT been mounted "old school", in the vertical fin or unpressurized tail-cone, like a Flight Data Recorder or Cockpit Voice Recorder, it would have been easier to spot the fire and put it out. This may reflect un-desired experience in searching for recorders (and wrecks) highlighted the danger of a recorder or transmitter in an extremity that might be destroyed or lost a considerable distance from the site of the crash, I have seen suggestions to put recorders nearer the center of mass. The reader is invited to write their own sermon considering whether to mandate data recorder and emergency transmitter vaults made from billet titanium and lined with space shuttle re-entry tile insulation. Vault location would be mandated inside or behind the main wing box / fuel tank, or in the crown of the fuselage above the trailing edge of the wing root...

Colton Manor - Atlantic City, New Jersey by Cardboard America™

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Pennsylvania Avenue, Atlantic City, N.J.

250 Rooms and Baths - Fireproof - Swimming Pool and Terraces - Parking on Premises

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Silverstone Classic 2016 by Jonny Henchman

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Silverstone Classic 2016

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The "Transamerica Pyramid" by Greatest Paka Photography

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The Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline. Commissioned by Transamerica CEO John R. Beckett in 1969, it was designed by architect William Pereira and built by Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company. It was the eighth tallest building in the world. Built on the site of the historic "Montgomery Block", it has a structural height of 853 ft. and has 48 floors of retail and office space.

The Transamerica Pyramid replaced the "Montgomery Block", San Francisco's first fireproof and earthquake resistant building erected in 1853. Upon construction, this former four-story structure became the tallest building of its time west of the Mississippi River.

If you admit that I saw this coming, your whole world would burn down. by FutureNostalgia

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Sometimes I run into those people who can't be bothered with someone who is not immediately volunteering to bend to their will. It's a little incendiary. I have been learning to become fireproof.

Fireproof by Viva la' Film!

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Thomas Luthi - Derendinger Racing Interwetten by Jonny Henchman

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Thomas Luthi - Derendinger Racing Interwetten

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2015 British Grand Prix MotoGP

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Shane BYRNE by Jonny Henchman

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Shane BYRNE - Ducati - Be Wiser Ducati

BSB Round 1 - Silverstone

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FIA WEC - Silverstone 2018 by Jonny Henchman

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FIA World Endurance Championship - Silverstone 2018

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Danilo Petrucci - Octo Pramac Racing by Jonny Henchman

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Danilo Petrucci - Octo Pramac Racing

Honda

2015 British Grand Prix MotoGP

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#47 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage 2019 by Jonny Henchman

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#47 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GT3 2019: Graham Davidson, Jonny Adam - British GT Round 9 - Donington Park

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DSC00087 by Nick Davis

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I wanted to share my workspace, the desk and chair were both thrift store finds, I didn't have to do much too the desk except clean it up, but the chair I had to disassemble and Polish the aluminum parts, and repaint some of the metal hardware

#69 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO: Sam De Haan by Jonny Henchman

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#69 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO: Sam De Haan - British GT Round 9 - Donington Park

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Neel Jani - Porsche 919 #2 by Jonny Henchman

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#2, Porsche 919 Hybrid, Neel Jani , during WEC 6 Hours of Silverstone race day

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Fireproof by Neil Harris

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This auditorium is part of a 1920 building that caught fire in 2015. The majority of the building was made of stone, but 35% of the place was burned down. Slowly it’s being rebuilt. I have watched this place for 2 years and was finally allowed to take a look inside.

Coleman's Fireproof Depository by Kev Thomas

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The building stands at the corner of Park Road and Northumberland Street was built c1900. The four storey building was built of red brick and cast iron, allowing for maximum storage space at minimum cost. There was also a cellar and lift.

Apart from housing a number of mobile phone masts the building has been out of use for several decades since it was ironically set on fire during the Toxteth Riots of 1981.

Located in Toxteth,Liverpool.

Tower Bridge by Jonny Henchman

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Images from London

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British GT 2019 - Brands Hatch by Jonny Henchman

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Shot trackside at round 8 of the British GT championship at Brands Hatch in 2019.

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St. Paul's Churchyard by Leonard Bentley

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This is a Magic Lantern Slide showing the scene in St. Paul’s Churchyard, the view is looking roughly north from the bottom of the west steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral. It is probably the weekend before Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee on Tuesday 22nd June 1897. Final touches are being made to the top tier of the Grandstand outside the premises of James Spence & Co. Ltd at 76-79 St. Paul’s Churchyard purveyors of Ladies dresses and Draperies all at City wholesale prices, the premises was only one of several “Warehouses” which specialised in Ladies clothing of all sorts in the Churchyard. Opposite the west steps and just out of sight on the left is York House, all five floors of which were occupied by “Goodmans” who were a firm of Dentists. In the months prior to Jubilee day speculators were buying up window and Grandstand space not knowing exactly the route of the Jubilee procession, some got their fingers burnt but those who were lucky in predicting the route could charge between two and six guineas for a grandstand seat and more for a window, many advertised as being in a fireproof building. The motto below the top tier of “Spences” Grandstand states “In every heart one prayer, God Save Victoria”. The thanksgiving service at St. Paul’s lasted twenty minutes, Queen Victoria remained in her carriage at the bottom of the steps before continuing the procession to London Bridge and South London. It was felt that she was too frail to climb the steps and enter the Cathedral for the service.

#6 RAM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3: Ian Loggie, Yelmer Buurman - British GT Championship - Brands Hatch by Jonny Henchman

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Shot spectator side at Brands Hatch for the British GT Championship

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1807 Courthouse in Carlinville, Illinois 01 10.14.19 by Gene Ellison

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#66 Team Parker Racing Ltd - Mercedes-AMG GT4 - Nick Jones, Scott Malvern British GT Championship by Jonny Henchman

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#66 Team Parker Racing Ltd - Mercedes-AMG GT4 - Nick Jones, Scott Malvern British GT Championship - Silverstone - Sunday

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Porsche LMP Team - Porsche 919 Hybrid #2 by Jonny Henchman

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Porsche LMP Team - Porsche 919 Hybrid #2 driven by Timo Bernhard (DEU) / Brendon Hartley (NZL) / Earl Bamber (NZL)

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South Carolina Historical Society by Dixie Photog

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Fireproof Building

The Fireproof Building, a National Historic Landmark, was the most fire protected building at the time of its construction in 1827. Aptly named for this architectural feature, the building was originally called the Charleston District Record Building. It is now believed to be the oldest building of fireproof construction in the United States. The Fireproof Building is also characteristic of the work of Robert Mills, the first native-born American to be trained as an architect, and a Charleston native. He worked with other important early American architects such as Thomas Jefferson, as a draftsman for Monticello, and Benjamin Latrobe, engineering the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. Mills was responsible for the Washington Monument and many public buildings throughout the State and nation.

The Fireproof Building was constructed in a simple Greek Doric style, with minimal ornamentation, and conveys a sense of order and serenity. Because the building was designed to store public records safely, no flammable materials were used in its construction. The building consists primarily of solid masonry, with window sashes and shutters of iron. The high columnar porticoes on an arcaded basement and the triple windows are typical of Mills. Inside, an oval hall contains a cantilevered stone staircase, lit by a cupola. Of such sound construction, the Fireproof Building survived the 1886 earthquake unharmed, except for the exterior stairs. Currently the building is the headquarters for the South Carolina Historical Society, a private non-profit organization founded in 1856.

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Alex Lynn - DAMS by Jonny Henchman

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GP2

Formula One British Grand Prix 2015 - Silverstone

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Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes by Jonny Henchman

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F1 British Grand Prix 2016 - Silverstone

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Vaillante Rebellion - Oreca 07 Gibson #31 by Jonny Henchman

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Vaillante Rebellion - Oreca 07 Gibson #31 driven by Julien Canal (FRA) / Bruno Senna (BRA) / Nicolas Prost (FRA)

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Marc Marquez - Honda by Jonny Henchman

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Marc Marquez - Honda

Repsol Honda Team

2015 British Grand Prix MotoGP

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This Was A "Fireproof" Building. Remington Rand Has Over 200 Styles Of Insulated Equipment To Protect Your Records Through Such An Inferno by SwellMap

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The Only Fireproof Hotel with a Coffee Shop in Muskogee Oklahoma by Rick Hebenstreit

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General Fireproofing (1954) by Bart Solenthaler

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Grand Junction MBTA Transfer by Sam LaRussa

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My girlfriend and I wound up walking by the Grand Junction tracks behind the Fireproof Storage building at MIT while the MBTA was transferring three locomotives and two train cars from the North Station lines towards South Station. I had heard that this line was used for the purpose of transferring MBTA rolling stock between the two stations, but had never seen any trains there in person. It was odd to see a train only consisting of three locomotives and two passenger cars going past MIT.

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Canada Permanent Building, Edmonton by Timothy Neesam

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Edmonton's first "fireproof bank." Designed by well-known architect Roland W. Lines and built in 1910 in the style of Edwardian Baroque. The bank features Ionic pilasters, entablatured entrance, an open topped segmentally arched pediment, a balustraded parapet, and a variety of ornate, classical stone detailing.

And yes, it may be developed as a strip club. Just ask the man in the upper right of the picture.

British GT 2019 - Brands Hatch by Jonny Henchman

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Shot trackside at round 8 of the British GT championship at Brands Hatch in 2019.

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PRIAULX / HASSID / KROHN by Jonny Henchman

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PRIAULX / HASSID / KROHN

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