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TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animilia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Sphaerophoria
This tiny hover fly was visiting the flowers on a potted Evolvulus plant.
Photo taken for Wild Pollinator Count April 2017
Above Qutb complex, Delhi, India
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On some experienced advice I used the tripod in order to improve the sharpness of my macro's. I spent alot of the day in my parents garden trying to catch a hover fly in flight, unfortunately this is as close as I got to a decent shot.
Any advice on how to increase the depth of field would be helpful (yes I tried reducing the aperture)
The remarkable Harrier originated from the Hawker P1127 Kestrel, designed by Sir Sydney Camm of Hurricane fame, and was the first Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) combat aircraft to enter regular squadron service with any air force in the world. A single Pegasus turbofan engine with rotating jet-pipe nozzles allows the aircraft to fly at high speed conventionally, to hover, and to fly at slow speed vertically or even backwards!
The first of six development Harriers was flown on 31 August 1966 and the first production aircraft flew in December 1967. The type entered service with the Royal Air Force with 1 Squadron at Wittering in July 1969. Ten Harrier G.R.3s from this squadron operated with Royal Navy Sea Harriers in the Falklands Conflict in 1982, flying 150 missions. Three of these aircraft were lost.
XV748 was built as a GR.1 and first flown in April 1969. It served at Wittering with the Conversion Unit and 1 Squadron and had been converted to G.R.3 standard by 1976. It later became a test aircraft with the then Royal Aircraft Establishment at Bedford. By 1991, it had been retired. The Museum acquired the aircraft from Cranfield University in September 2000. yorkshireairmuseum.org/exhibits/cold-war-aircraft/hawker-...
The Handley Page Victor K.2 tanker evolved from the original Victor B.2, ‘V’-bomber, which entered service with the Royal Air Force in October 1961. The first K.2 flew at Woodford on 1 March 1972. It had a crew of five, and was powered by four Rolls-Royce Conway turbofans of 20,600 lb thrust each. It had a maximum speed of 640 mph (Mach 0.92) at 40,000 feet, a ceiling of 59,000 feet and a range of 3,500 miles.
Victor K.2s made a substantial contribution in the Falklands War, flying over 3,000 hours and making over 600 air refuelling sorties from Ascension Island, in support of the Vulcans, Nimrods, Hercules and Harriers. They also flew in the Gulf War, refuelling the Tornado and other allied aircraft. The Victor’s outstanding versatility and advanced design enabled it to have the longest service of all the ‘V-bomber’ generation.
XL231 joined 139 Squadron on 1 February 1962, returning to Handley Page for conversion to a B(S.R) Mk 2 in November 1963 and joining the Wittering Wing in July 1964. It was converted to become the prototype K.2 Tanker on 23 January 1972 and saw service in the Falklands War, in support of the air operations from Ascension Island, and later in the Gulf War. It was flown into retirement at Elvington in November 1993. The aircraft is kept in ground operational condition by Andre Tempest and his ground crew. yorkshireairmuseum.org/exhibits/cold-war-aircraft/handley...
RAF Elvington was a Royal Air Force station which operated from the beginning of the Second World War until 1992 located at Elvington, Yorkshire, England. For more information, see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Elvington
The Museum is a living memorial to all allied air forces personnel particularly those during the Second World War, and especially the tens of thousands of young people who gave their lives in that conflict. We aim to be relevant to present day generations by explaining, in a realistic way, what life was like on a typical wartime bomber station, as well as displaying the history of aviation. yorkshireairmuseum.org/
Meliscaeva auricollis
Our Daily Challenge 13 - 19 Dec : It's the Little Things in Life ..on which the bigger things depend.
Thankyou to Roger for an ID!
Insect are what it;s all about.
Very warm here today for December and hovers and Bumbles are enjoying the flowers in my garden.
I came across an American Kestrel hovering over a farm field while hunting. It was windy enough that he was not moving very much while hovering.
Flight shot - hand held.
📷 - Back Garden
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Something a little different here. This is a Green Violet-Ear and I have combined a series of 6 frames showing the hummer hovering in place. See the other picture for a bigger size of one of these pictures.
I think you will find it makes a big difference seeing this large on black ("L").