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25/10/2016. YX14 RWN is one of two ADL Enviro 200's that have received yellow front ends for 'Metro' route 2 to Newton.
Again, not the nicest of colours!
Arriva put the first HT’s in service yesterday, on their newly won 202.
I had a quick ride on HT7 today and although it wasn’t on the other side of this stand at Blackheath Standard as I’d hoped I still grabbed this picture. HT1-17 are for the 202 at Norwood Garage, the balance of HT18-28 will be delivered shortly for the 405 at Croydon.
20.9.20.
19851 Orpington-Chislehurst 61
12438 Chislehurst-Mottingham 161
12379 Mottingham-QE2 Hospital 161
SEN16 QE2 Hospital-Woolwich 386
11322 Woolwich-Blackheath Standard 54
HT7 Blackheath Standard-Lee Green 202
E270 Lee Green-Lewisham 178
11321 Lewisham-Peckham 136
11324 Peckham-East Street 136
EH282 East Street-London Bridge 343
The period between the First World War and WWII is so distant that it's doubtful many people think about passenger air travel during those decades. If they do, what comes to mind are scary-looking wooden and canvas biplanes held together by a maze of guy wires.
If my father was dreading many noisy, bumpy and nerve-wracking hours on one of those all the way to Miami while on his way to the airfield at Rio in early 1943, he would have been delighted to see one of Pan Am's Boeing S-307 Strato-Clippers waiting on the apron for its lucky passengers.
Above, Pan American's three Boeing S-307s are parked together for an undated publicity shot. The one that carried my father is in the center, bearing registration number NC19910. There's some confusion as to whether it was Clipper Flying Cloud or Clipper Comet. Wikipedia isn't sure.
The Boeing S-307 story is too long to fit here but it doesn't need to, since Wikipedia has all the facts a person could possibly want about this pioneering airliner. Simply saying that it was pressurized with four engines mounted on a wing that was below the body doesn't begin to do it justice.
It's a shame Father wasn't as interested in aircraft as I am, because I would have loved to hear his impressions.
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The Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner (or Strato-Clipper in Pan American service, or C-75 in USAAF service) is an American stressed-skin four-engine low-wing tailwheel monoplane airliner derived from the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, which entered commercial service in July 1940.
It was the first airliner in revenue service with a pressurized cabin, which with supercharged engines, allowed it to cruise above the weather.
As such it represented a major advance over contemporaries, with a cruising speed of 220 mph (350 km/h) at 20,000 ft (6,100 m) compared to the Douglas DC-3s 160 mph (260 km/h), at 8,000 ft (2,400 m) then in service.
When it entered commercial service it had had a crew of five to six, including two pilots, a flight engineer, two flight attendants and an optional navigator, and had a capacity for 33 passengers, which later modifications increased, first to 38, and eventually to 60.
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The noted industrial designer Raymond Loewy designed the passenger cabin, with furnishings provided by Marshall Field's.
It was divided into four compartments, each with six deep comfortable reclining chairs which could be converted into 16 sleeping berths.
Each compartment was provided with adjustable air conditioning vents, reading lights, and a call button.
Nine additional seats were provided along the port side of the aircraft, while washrooms which doubled as dressing rooms were provided at both ends of the cabin.
The rear washroom was for women and was named the "ladies charm room", which aside from the walls being covered in heavy plate glass mirrors, in its 34 sq ft (3.2 m2) it two dressing tables, each with a sink, plush upholstered stools, soft indirect lighting provided by fluorescent lamps, ashtrays, hot and cold running water, shelves with towels, and a separate cubicle was provided for the toilet.
The men's washroom was in front as the "Men's Lounge", and also had a separate cubicle for the toilet, and two sinks, along with outlets to run an electric razor.
A somewhat cramped galley of 28 sq ft (2.6 m2) provided hot food was situated at the rear of the cabin, behind which was positioned the rear hemispherical pressure bulkhead.
Up to 412 cu ft (11.7 m3) or 6,590 lb (2,990 kg) of baggage could be stowed under the floor of the cabin, between the wing spars, and behind the rear spar, which was accessible in flight through a hatch in the cabin floor, or on the ground through three hatches on the underside of the fuselage.
Extensive use was made of the latest in sound proofing, and the Dynafocal engine shock mounts were designed to reduce vibrations from being felt by the passengers.
The air conditioning system used both electrical and mechanical systems, which drew air in through vents in leading edge of each wing near the roots to bring outside air to two engine driven superchargers that compressed the air, which was then passed through radiator condensers to cool the air, and it was then run through channels to the vents in the cabin.
External hookups allowed ground air conditioner units to cool the cabin air when the engines were off.
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In 1937 Pan American Airways placed their first order for two Stratoliners, which they soon increased to six. Deliveries to Pan Am started in March 1940, and they had received their first three before war intervened and civil aircraft production halted. The other three would not be built. All three were named for historically notable Clipper ships. Pan Am carried out their first revenue flight on July 4, 1940, with service between Miami, Brownsville, Texas and Los Angeles. Unlike TWA, Pan Am did not exclusively assign their aircraft to specific routes, and instead they were used for their Latin American routes and ranged from Miami and Los Angeles to Brazil.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_307_Stratoliner#Pan_American...(Pan_Am)
First AN02EDN (11036) is a Mercedes Benz Citaro O530G. Seen at Truro College, AN02EDN was new as 04-D-62404 to Last Passive of Dublin as their B17.
First Essex 44659 (YX66 WBD)
Alexander Dennis Enviro200MMC
Route C10 to City Centre via Beaulieu and North Springfield
Duke Street, Chelmsford, Essex
Taken on 18/06/2022
Copyright George Batchelor 2022
Il castello di Torrechiara sorge sulle colline di Torrechiara, vicino a Langhirano, a circa 18 km da Parma. La sua posizione elevata gli permette di dominare perfettamente la vallata dove scorre il torrente Parma, punto di incontro tra la città e la montagna poco distante.
Il castello fu fatto costruire da Pier Maria II de' Rossi fra il 1448 e il 1460, sulle rovine di una precedente casaforte del 1259, di cui rimane una sezione del portico nel lato ovest del cortile interno.
Dopo il 1575 gli Sforza di Santa Fiora trasformarono la geometria del maniero: fecero costruire le due ampie logge panoramiche affacciate sul torrente Parma, abbassarono le mura difensive, allargarono porte e finestre, trasformarono gli spalti in frutteti e giardini pensili, accentuando la funzione residenziale del castello.
È in questo periodo che Sforza Sforza di Santa Fiora fece realizzare i primi affreschi del Cinquecento. A completarli sarà l'erede Francesco (1562-1624) che incaricò Cesare Baglione di ricoprire tutte le stanze di affreschi a grottesche.
Dominating the Val Parma, it was constructed by Pier Maria Rossi between 1448 and 1460, and right from the beginning devised as an instrument of defence, as well as a distinguished home for the count and his lover Bianca Pellegrini da Arluno.
Positioned on the very first hills, in an area which has always been remembered for its mild climate, surrounded by vineyards it benefits from a beautiful view towards the end of the valley as well as towards the city.
Once having surpassed all the defensive details and having admired the battle structures, the entrance to the courtyard creates a sense of peace and strongly evokes court life just like itwas once: such as decorations, lodges, wells, which describe a beautiful home more than an instrument of war.
The decorations describe the tastes of the various owners as well as the various eras.
From the chapel of Saint Nicomede, in the North-Eastern tower, which contain the two empty tombs of the two lovers, you can go on to a series of rooms with decorations from the fifteenth century. Two gracious, small rooms re-evoke the peaceful stay of a cardinal, which is then followed by a kitchen offering intelligent solutions to organization.
The gold room from the period of Pier Maria (1464), is a complete anthem to love and the anxieties of love in the search for the loved one.
Scenes of the 1985 film Ladyhawke were shot at the castle.
Strobist: AB1600 with gridded 60X30 softbox camera right. AB800 with gridded 7 inch reflector camera left. AB800 with gridded HOBD-W overhead. Triggered by Cybersync.
First morning, first light, first sunrise, my first picture of 2012, so I say that the heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament the works of his hands. and this makes me believe more in God, he's real.
It's all change in Galashiels..the bus station is no more..perhaps new railway construction is the reason?
This was taken with the other picture on Vermunt Stausee Silvretta. Maybe it is boring to show two pictures of the same subject. But when I view to my archive this always leaps to my eye. First I prefer the other one, but now I am with this. I don't know what is the reason, maybe the red aid box, or the line of the stage. I hope you could see it with the first view and tell me...