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View of the spine from the "Walk Like an Egyptian" letterbox logbook. Finshed size is 5" wide; x 3" high;. Double-needle coptic binding stitched with ivory waxed linen thread; 8 signatures of 6 natural-colored folios each. Covers are lokta paper in a tobacco color. The back cover bows a little from the glue -- it needs to go into the book press yet.
Registration EBC194C
Make BEDFORD
Model HA VIVA VAN
Date of first registration 03 JUNE 1965
Year of manufacture 1965
Cylinder capacity 1159cc - PETROL
Export marker No
Vehicle status Taxed
Vehicle colour WHITE
Date of last V5C (logbook) issued - 3 September 2012
Continuing the New Year 2020 with something a bit different :)
These two pages are in one of my school note books - a useful way of utilising what we called our 'Rough Books' - I was an early adopter of Recycling :)
They show runway 23 arrivals as noted by me from the back bedroom and garden of my house in Southall :)
Highlights from the log books
Best highlight must be me 'copping' the famous Kar Air DC-6 OH-KDA at 01.19 in the morning!! I still had the airband radio on under my pillow and would have looked through my bedroom window as it growled over on 'Kar Air 713'. This was repeated many an early morning over on 23, and was often my first indication that they would be using 23 that day - happy days :)
More highlights
National 2 - the morning National DC-10
Icelandair 124 - using an Eagle Air Arnaflug Boeing 720 - now they had a nice livery
Speedbird Concorde 170 - 9 times out of 10 when they were on 23, Concorde still used 28L, as Concorde didn't mind crosswinds, but that day was an exception.
And three biz jets - HS. 125s G-BART, G-AVAI and G2 A40-AA
Interesting to note the different callsigns that British Airways used back then:
Speedbird - for long-haul ex BOAC flights
Bealine - for short-haul ex-BEA flights
Shuttle - for the mainly Trident 3 shuttle service (walk on walk off - the original 'no frills' service
Albion - Viscounts and sometimes the BAC 1-11s - these were the ex-Regional flights of Northeast airlines, swallowed up by BEA
Note the many missing registrations. Although they went right over my house, they were often still in cloud, even at 4 miles out - ask crusader752 :)
I can't believe I logged all the times! I think I might have been getting a bit obsessive :)
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
My copy of Aircraft Illustrated from January 1976 which had a feature on the first scheduled Concorde flight on 21st January 1976.
In the summer of 1976 Concorde was a new and exciting sight at Heathrow. It took a few months before I started to get a bit tired of visitors coming over and asking "when the Concorde was going to take off" - I'm pretty sure that a lot of them thought there was only one Concorde rather than the five we had at the time G-BOAA/B/C/D/E :)
I missed the inaugural flight, but I was there when the first Washington flights started in May/June 1976. New York didn't get going until the following year:
'Scheduled flights began on 21 January 1976 on the London–Bahrain and Paris–Rio de Janeiro (via Dakar) routes, with BA flights using the Speedbird Concorde call sign to notify air traffic control of the aircraft's unique abilities and restrictions, but the French using their normal call signs. The Paris-Caracas route (via Azores) began on 10 April.
The US Congress had just banned Concorde landings in the US, mainly due to citizen protest over sonic booms, preventing launch on the coveted North Atlantic routes. The US Secretary of Transportation, William Coleman, gave permission for Concorde service to Washington Dulles International Airport, and Air France and British Airways simultaneously began a thrice-weekly service to Dulles on 24 May 1976. Due to low demand, Air France cancelled its Washington service in October 1982, while British Airways cancelled it in November 1994.
When the US ban on JFK Concorde operations was lifted in February 1977, New York banned Concorde locally. The ban came to an end on 17 October 1977 when the Supreme Court of the United States declined to overturn a lower court's ruling rejecting efforts by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and a grass-roots campaign led by Carol Berman to continue the ban. In spite of complaints about noise, the noise report noted that Air Force One, at the time a Boeing VC-137, was louder than Concorde at subsonic speeds and during take-off and landing. Scheduled service from Paris and London to New York's John F. Kennedy Airport began on 22 November 1977. [Wiki]
Continuing the New Year 2020 with something a bit different :)
These two pages are in one of my school note books - a useful way of utilising what we called our 'Rough Books' - I was an early adopter of Recycling :)
They show runway 23 arrivals as noted by me from the back bedroom and garden of my house in Southall :)
it looks like it was a school day as the log runs from 07.11 to 08.10 and then 17.52 to 20.32!
Highlights from the log books
EC-CEZ a nice Iberia DC-10 on the evening Madrid flight IB344
Aeroflot 582 Il-62 typically chose 28L - I had forgotten about this late evening Aeroflot flight which was from Tokyo via Moscow
TG910 Thai International DC-8S
LG401 LX-LGF Luxair Caravelle - soon to be replaced by the new Boeing 737s
and four light aircraft movements in 20 mins, which would be banished today!
SN981 OO-WAY Sabena Beech 99
AQ051 G-BECP and
AQ028 G-BEOJ Air Anglia Pa-31 Navajos
Thurston 501 G-BBNT Thurston Aviation Pa-31 Navajo
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
7th Jan 1984
F & W Railtours
Locos Used - 50004, 73107, 33201
Locos & Route
50004 Plymouth - Bristol Temple Meads - Filton Jn - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Swindon - Reading -Earley - Ascot - Staines - Barnes - Clapham Junction - Stewarts Lane - London Victoria
At Victoria (where I joined the tour), the Class 50 was replaced by Southern ED 73107
London Victoria - Nunhead - Lewisham - Blackheath - Dartford - Hoo Jn - Grain
At Grain, the train was taken over by 33201
Grain - Hoo Jn - Gravesend (reverse) - Gravesend - Strood - Maidstone West - Paddock Wood - Orpington - Lee Jn - Sidcup - Crayford - Crayford Creek Jn - Woolwich Arsenal - Charlton - London Bridge - London Cannon Street
For the return leg, the train was back in the charge of 50004
London Cannon Street - London Bridge - Sydenham - Crystal Palace - Tulse Hill - Herne Hill - Brixton - Factory Jn - Latchmere Jn - Kensington Olympia -North Pole Jn - Old Oak Common East Jn - Ealing Broadway - Reading (where I left the tour) - (reverse of outward route) - Plymouth
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Continuing 2020 with some time travel back to Heathrow in the 1970s :)
From a page torn from an old 1970 diary - I was an early adopter of Recycling :) It shows a variety of Heathrow arrivals and overflights in 1977, as noted by me from the back bedroom and garden of my house in Southall :)
So here is a challenge for my aviation friends on Flickr!
Can anyone tie-up any of my unusual aircraft sightings from a mere 43 years ago :))
Highlights from the log books
Pride of place on this sheet is:
04Jun77 DM-SCW Interflug Tu-134A on a VIP flight - the only Interflug 134 I saw at LHR, although I was lucky enough to catch a couple of their Il-18s :)
Other Jun highlights
20Jun77 N800FT Flying Tigers 747 - operating a Lufthansa cargo flight
29Jun77 CS-01 Belgian Air Force HS-748
29Jun77 16+01 Hansa Jet & 17+01 VFW-614 of the West German Air Force, both being quite rare aircraft types!
Other than that, most of those identified were from the usual range of lights and biz jets:
HB-VFD Swiss Learjet
HB-VAV Swiss Mystere 20
N100P, N329K G2s
N800CS Sabre-40
N857MA Mitsubishi Mu-2
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
"The Hon. Hudson's Bay Co. ship Prince of Wales about 80 miles off the Straits"
"Cape Best at the north entrance of the straits / sun on the 24th of July 1857 at 10 am"
"Resolution Island"
Title: Log of Samuel Smith, Surgeon to the Hon. Hudson’s Bay Co. Ship Prince Arthur from London to Moose Fort, Hudson’s Bay, June 13 to August 24, 1857
Creator: Samuel Smith
Date: 1857
Identifier: 954-4
Format: Manuscript, octavo
Rights: Public domain
Courtesy: Toronto Public Library.
You can read the logbook online as part of our Curator’s Showcase
You can order order a print or high-resolution copy.
Copy of the Log from famous German interrogator Hanns Scharff. The log lists the pilots which he interrogated and the squadrons they belonged to.
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
28th May 1984
Lancashire Locomotive Society / T & N Railtours
Locos Used - 31180, 31259, 40057, 40135, 40177, 47199
Stock Used - Load 12 (BSK+5SK+BSK+CK+4SK)
Locos & Route
40057 + 40135 Preston - Wigan North Western - Hindley - Bolton - Salford - Manchester Victoria - Miles Platting - Ashton Moss North Jn - Denton Jn - Stockport - Cheadle Hulme - Wilmslow - Sandbach - Crewe - Shrewsbury - Hereford - Maindee North Jn - East Usk Jn - Severn Tunnel Jn - Pilning - Filton - Bristol Temple Meads - Taunton - Exeter St Davids.
At Exeter St Davids the train split and 40057 + 40135 took four coaches (BSK + 3SK) on to Paignton:
Locos Route
40057 + 40135 Exeter St Davids - Paignton.
The remainder of the train (2SK+BSK+CK+4SK) heading for Meldon thence Paignton via a short diversion to Heathfield;
Locos Route
31259 Exeter St Davids - Meldon
31259 Meldon - Newton Abbot
31180 Newton Abbot - Heathfield
31259 Heathfield - Paignton
The train was then joined back together and returned homeward:
Locos Route
40135 + 40057 Paignton - Exeter St Davids - (3) - Bristol Temple Meads.
47199 Bristol Temple Meads - Filton - Bristol Parkway - Cheltenham Spa - (direct route) - Bromsgrove - King's Norton - Selly Oak - Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - Aston - Bescot - Bushbury Jn - Stafford - Madeley - Crewe.
40177 Crewe - (reverse of outward route) - Preston
478 miles of Class 40 ;)
A note about the Rev Arthur John Burr, who compiled these notes until 1944.
Copyright © 2016, St Ambrose Parocial Church Council.
Continuing 2020 with some time-travel back to Heathrow in the 1970s :)
This is a bit of office card stationery that I probably purloined from the BBC where my mother worked - I was an early adopter of Recycling :) It shows runway 23 arrivals as noted by me from the back bedroom and garden of my house in Southall :)
Here we have a few 23 arrivals - obviously a school day as they start at 5pm. The date has been 'mislaid :)
Highlights from the log books
N765A was a regular G2
G-AZCH was also a regular Shell HS.125
PH-SAT B200 I don't recall
KLM DC-10 PH-DTL was leased to Viasa at the time
OH-LYO Finnair DC-9 is a bit of a mystery,
flying for BA as 'Beeline 703' - perhaps it was leased?
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
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NC718N
From EAA Website:
Existing logbooks only go back to the third owner of our 1930 Spartan C3, NC718N, C.L. Sloan of Memphis, Texas, but we know from FAA records that the first owner of the airplane was the Haliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. of Duncan, Oklahoma, which purchased it July 26, 1930. Like many aircraft at that time, it was likely used to transport company officials between offices and job sites.
On December 8, 1934, Haliburton sold NC718N to Edward F. Booth, Inc., based at Love Field in Dallas, Texas. This was an aircraft dealership founded in 1932 by Army flyer “Doc” Booth that became Southwest Airmotive in 1940 and is now Aviall, Inc., a Boeing subsidiary. It was six months later, on June 22, 1935, that Sloan acquired the Spartan. In August of that year he flew NC718N to Denver, Colorado, where Western Flying Service performed some maintenance work before he returned to Texas 20 days later.
It was overhauled by Spartan in January 1936 and by March of that year was back in the ownership of Spartan, but this time at the Spartan School of Aeronautics. Two months later it belonged to the Oklahoma Military Academy in Claremore, Oklahoma. Most of the flying there seems to have been done by a J.L. Fletcher.
The next owner, John J. Armbruster, kept NC718N in Claremore at Will Rogers Airport when he bought it June 14, 1940, through his company, Union Cotton Oil Co. of Prague, Oklahoma. But it moved almost immediately on July 18, 1940, when it was sold to Burnham and Miller Flying Service in Omaha, Nebraska, where the flying was done by L.D. Miller.
The Spartan stayed in Omaha when it was sold May 1, 1942, to James A. Davis and Oliver V. Tyler, Jr. Burnham-Miller Flying Service continued to hold a mortgage on it during this time. On October 6, James A. Davis became the sole owner and the plane was transferred that same day back to Burnham-Miller Flying Service. Davis obviously had some connection to Burnham-Miller but whether it was as an employee or an owner isn’t clear. The logs do show that he continued to initial the daily inspection reports through March of 1944.
Early in its time at Omaha the Spartan helped in the war effort as there are entries where the nature of flight is noted as CPT (civilian pilot training). These flights were piloted by a W.B., possibly the Burnham of Burnham and Miller.
The log adds some mystery to the story here as there is a note across one page reading “Bought Plane from Burnham & Miller 6-2-43 — Total Time 1909:50” and the initials of James A. Davis reappear. This transaction doesn’t show in the paperwork, so possibly Burnham and Miller retained ownership while Davis paid for the plane.
Thomas Doryland, Carl E. Bishop, and Tasker B. Sherill in Lincoln, Nebraska, became co-owners on March 8, 1944. Two months later on June 21, Doryland became the sole owner. In 1948, he had the Spartan modified for banner towing. He towed banners near Lincoln on 10 occasions before flying the aircraft for the last time in May 1953.
Sometime later the Spartan was disassembled and stored in a barn where it resided for 49 years until 2002.
That was when J. Patrick McNamara of Superflite Aircraft Covering and Finishing Systems in Granite City, Illinois, purchased NC718N at an auction held by Starman Bros. Auctions of Papillion, Nebraska. Superflite, which has been in the aircraft finishing business since 1949, was looking for a project to showcase their products and methods. McNamara thought the vintage biplane would be a perfect canvas.
Randy Long of Long’s Aircraft Service in Coleman, Texas, was contracted to do the restoration. With the help of Jay Dalton and Corey Townson he completed the ground-up restoration between November 2003 and July 2004. During the process, Coker Tire Co. manufactured the 30-by-5-inch smooth tread tires, Keystone Instruments, Inc. re-certified all the instruments, Holloway overhauled the original engine, Steen Aero Labs provided new flying and landing wires, and San Antonio Propeller overhauled the propeller. The banner towing equipment was removed. The fuselage was sandblasted and epoxy coated. All the wood was stained and varnished. New cables, hardware, glass, and hoses were used and a new stainless steel firewall was fabricated.
The fuselage had last been recovered in 1936 by Spartan using Grade A cotton and dope, and the horizontal stabilizers and elevators were again recovered in 1947. All this was replaced by Dacron fabric finished using Superflite’s System VI urethane covering system.
The result was impressive enough for the Spartan to garner a Silver Age Champion Lindy Award at AirVenture 2004. In September 2005, Superflite donated NC718N to the EAA AirVenture Museum.
Length: 23 feet, 2 inches
Wingspan: 32 feet
Height: 8 feet, 10 inches
Empty Weight: 1,741 pounds
Gross Weight: 2,700 pounds
Cruise Speed: 110 mph
Maximum Speed: 133 mph
Range: 460 miles
Crew: 3
Powerplant: Wright R-760 (J-6-7) Whirlwind Seven
Horsepower: 225 hp
Aviation Memories
Continuing Year 2020 with a dip into the written archives :)
Another page from one of my school note books - what a useful way of utilising what we called our 'Rough Books' - I was an early adopter of Recycling :)
I had just turned 14 years of age, and I was looking to expand my portfolio of hobbies! I had already been indoctrinated into the world of bus spotting and train spotting by my older brother, but he never had an interest in aviation. It was my school mates at senior school who encouraged me to visit Heathrow - a mere 4 miles from where I lived in Southall! I was quickly hooked, and the interest never really went away, although it waned by the early 1990s when all the best aircraft had disappeared :(
Some comments on the sightings
Tue 29th Nov 1977 - Heathrow runway 23 approach
Another school day disrupted/enhanced by Heathrow runway 23 arrivals - looks like I was utilising my morning break and lunch hour to check out some arrivals :)
Mostly regular movements for 1977, but still some good variety:
ET-ACQ Ethiopian Airline 707 operating for Air India
JA8011 JAL DC-8-53
F-BUTA TAT F-27 Friendship operating on behalf of Air France
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
USS Orleck DD-886
1948 Deck Logs (Compact Version by MG McDonald)
February 14, 2014
www.ussorleck.com/uss-orleck/deck-logs/
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Notes - I tried to figure out where by date the ship was to try and place the ships in the photos and ships in the logs at the same place. Not totally successful as I think the arrival (February) and departure (October) from Pearl harbor may be combined - see the picture of the light table slides for more info, and there were a LOT of trips in/out of several harbors in Tokyo that were hard to follow for the purposes of this project.
Not all trips are noted, and I have tried to identify some "other than normal" activity that occurred to give the ship and crew a more personal touch.
As noted - the basic work of the deck logs was done by others, and any errors here are totally mine. It has been a learning experience - and could not possibly have been done without the internet and those willing to share their work and passions.
Mike
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February 1948
17th – Leaving San Diego for Pearl Harbor
23rd – Docked at Pearl Harbor
March 1948
8th – Leave Pearl Harbor
16th – Arrivied Eniwetok
31st – Leave Eniwetok
April 1948
5th – Arrived Yokosuka, Berth A-9
6th – Leave for Sasebo, Japan
8th – Arrive Sasebo, Buoy 2
14th – leave Sasebo
16th – Arrived Sasebo, Buoy 5, Secured from Captain's inspection. The commanding officer presented Presidential Unit Citation awarded U.S.S. SUWANNEE (CVE 27) to GRUHOT, Edward Thomas, 328 37 63, CQM, USN in the presence of all hands.
19th – left Sasebo, patrol Tsushima Island
22nd – Arrived Sasebo, Buoy 1
23rd – Baseball team arrived - Pursuant to verbal orders of the Commanding Officer U.S.S. Floyd B. Parks (DD 884), the following men reported for temporary Additional Duty in connection with ComDesDiv 11 Baseball team: JORDAN, R.D., 360 69 48, SN, USN; JOHNSON, D.N. Jr., 617 89 51, SN, USN; and CATO, H.E., 347 50 44, FN, USN.
25th – left Sasebo
25th – Arrived Izuhara Harbor, Tsushima
27th – Arrived Tomiye Bay, Fukaye Island, Gotto Retto, Japan
28th – left Tomiye Bay
28th – Arrived Sasebo, Buoy 1
29th – leave Sasebo
30th – Arrivved Sasebo
May 1948
1st – left Sasebo for Yokosuka
4th Arrived Yohosuka via Kagoshima Harbor
6th – left for Rebun Jima
8th – arrived Rebun Jima
9th - Transferred eclipse observation party ashore. In accordance with Commander Naval Forces Far East, travel orders, serial P-682 of 23 April 1948, FALK, R., of the North American Newspaper Alliance was transferred ashore.
9th – left for Yokosuka
12th – arrived Yokosuka - Solar Eclipse party consisting of National Geographic Society representatives, newspaper correspondents, and U.S. Army Personnel aboard for temporary additional duty, left ship.
25th – left Yokosuka, Arrived Tateyama Wan, Honshu, Japan
29th – Left Tateyama for Yokosuka, berthed at buoy D-9
June 1948
1st – left Yokosuka for Tateyama
4th – left Tateyama for Yokosuka
5th – Berthed at D-9, Commander Support Group, Naval Forces Far East, accompanied by his flag secretary, called officially on the Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. John R. Craig (DD 885) and Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Orleck (DD 886).
7th – Yokosuka to Tateyama
9th – Tateyama to Yokosuka
14th – left yokusuka
16th – arrived Kure naval Base
17th - Ensign D.G. Foxwell with 22 men left for the Central Provost Station, Kure, Japan, to assist with the identification by Japanese witnesses of the men held for assault.
*Manitee and *Mork were definitely identified as the assailants in a line up of 24 men and were retained in custody of the Special Investigation Branch, British Commonwealth Occupational Forces, Kure, Japan, for transfer to representatives of the Criminal Investigation Department, U. S. Provost Marshall's Office. Their bags, records and transfer papers were transferred to the U.S. Naval Liaison Officer, Kure, Japan.
18th – Left kure for Iwakune, Arrived at Iwakune, left for Sasebo
19th – arrived sasebo
20th – left for Kyushu, lat. 33-53N., Long. 128-18E. Stopped. Boarding party investigated and found boat empty and abandoned. Papers indicate it to be the Juci Maru, Number MS305, a 6 ton sail boat from Saishu To bound for Chunan Zuisan Gun, Korea. Believed to have carried a crew of three. Master, Ko Ekikon of Saishu To. (towed back to japan and delivered towed by Whaleboat)
22nd – arrived Miho Wan, Honshu, Japan
23rd – arrived sasebo, Buoy 1
26th – Left for Chejii To, arrived Saishu Ko, Saishu, Korea To
27th – Saishu Ko, Saishu To, Korea, enroute to Patrol Area
30th – arrived Sasebo
July 1948
4th - Got underway from buoy No. 1, Sasebo Harbor, Sasebo, Kyushu, Japan, for Tsushima Patrol
7th – Arrived Sasebo
15th – Left for excises
18th – arrived Okinawa
20th – left Okinawa for Jinsen Korea
22nd - Arrived - Higashi Suido, arrived Anchored in Jinsen Ko, Korea, in berth C-18
23rd – Left for sasebo
24th – arrived sasebo
25th – leave for Yokosuka
27th – arrived Yokosuka
August 1948
2nd – left for maneuvers
4th – Arrive Tateyama, In accordance with CTG 96.5 dispatch 030250Z, full dressed ship in honor of the Queen of England's birthday. Arrived Yokosuka D-9
5th – Left Yokosuka
7th – Arrived Sasebo, left Sasebo for fusan, korea
8th – arrived fusan, Got underway for Tsingtao, China
9th - Anchored in berth E-2, Tsing Tao outer harbor, Tsing Tao, China
12th – left, Tsing Tao, China for fusan
14th - arrived fusan, left fusan for sasebo, moored sasebo
17th – left Sasebo, arrived Tomiye Wan
18th – Left and returned Tomiye Wan
19th - Left and returned Tomiye Wan
20th – left Tomiye Wan, arrived Sasebo
22nd - Underway for Tsushima patrol area
25th - terrminated patrol. Proceeding to Izuhara, Izuhara Ko, Tsushima Island, Japan, to lend assistance to or transport to Sasebo, an Army man with advanced blood poisoning attached to the 34th Infantry Garrison Unit at Izuhara. Changed speed to 15 knots, picked up soldier, left for sasebo, arrived sasebo, left for Yokosuka
27th - Captain took conn, proceeding on various courses at various speeds to make approach to take USCG Kukui (WAK-186) in tow. Made all preparations for towing.
Took USCG Kukui (WAK-186) in tow at 25° 04' North, 130° 48' East and slowly commenced increasing speed to reach towing speed. Changed course to 039 (T&pgc), 040 (psc).
30th – arrived Yokosuka
31st – left Yokosuka
September 1948
2nd – Yokosuka, d-9
6th - Moored in berth 9-D, Yokosuka Harbor, Yokosuka, Honshu, Japan, with 5 fathoms of the starboard anchor chain to the buoy. Regular in port watch set, ship in material condition "Baker" modified. Boiler number 2 in use for auxiliary purposes. Ships present: various units of the British Pacific Fleet, U.S. Far East Naval Forces, Fleet Activities small craft and SCAJAP vessels with SOPA CTG 96.5 in USS Oakland (CL-95). HMS Constance (R-71) got underway and stood out of harbor. USS Breckinridge (AP-176) standing in.
8th - Moored to buoy 9-D, Yokosuka Harbor, Yokosuka, Honshu, Japan, with 5 fathoms of starboard anchor chain to the buoy. Regular in port watch set, ship in material condition "Baker" modified and boiler No. 1 in use for auxiliary purposes. Ships present: USS Oakland (CL-95), USS Breckinridge (AP-176), USS John R. Craig (DD-885), USS Sabine (AO-25), HMAS Bataan (I-91), USS Elkhorn (AOG-7), USS Cree (ATF-84) and various yard craft with SOPA CTG 96.5 in the USS Oakland (CL-95).
9th - Moored to buoy 9-D, Yokosuka Harbor, Yokosuka, Honshu, Japan, with 5 fathoms of the starboard anchor chain to the buoy. Ship in material condition "Baker" modified with regular in port watch set. Boiler No. 1 in use for auxiliary purposes. Ships present: USS Oakland (CL-95), USS Breckinridge (AP-176), USS John R. Craig (DD-885), USS Elkhorn (AOG-7), USS Cree (ATF-84), USS Sabine (AO-25), USS Guadalupe (AO-32), USS Uvalde (AKA-88), USS Kukui (WAK-186), Banshu Maru (B-007), HMAS Bataan (I-91), USS Suisun (AVP-53) and various yard craft with SOPA CTG 96.5 in USS Oakland (CL-95).
9th - USS Breckinridge (AP-176) got underway from Piedmont Pier and stood out of harbor (1353)
27th – left on training unit cruise, arrived tateyama
28th – left Tateyama, arrived Yokosuka 9-D
October 1948
1st – leave Yokosuka for Pearl Harbor
10th – arrived Pearl Harbor
16th - left for San Diego
23rd – Arrive San Diego
Slide show (F11 = full screen): www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/sets/72157649507913833...
Album mosaïque: www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/sets/72157649507913833
Notre CARNET DE VOYAGE VIETNAM TRAVEL LOGBOOK, JOURNEY DIARY:
www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/collections/7215762238...
-*- ENGLISH: Đà Lạt, Vietnam, Lâm Đồng Province, Waterfall, Langbian Plateau, Southern Parts of Central Highlands, "City of thousands of pine trees", "City of Eternal Spring", "She gives to some the enjoyment, in the others the good time"
TIPS AND TRICKS: Take the municipal very economic buses, and go where you want! Be amazed in exploring this magnificent region!
-*- FRANÇAIS: Đà Lạt, Vietnam, Chutes d’eau, Paysages & Cascades, Région des Hauts-Plateaux de Langbian, "Cité aux mille pins", "Cité de l’Eternel Printemps", "Elle donne aux uns la joie, aux autres le bon temps"
TRUCS et ASTUCES: Prenez les bus municipaux, très économiques, et allez où vous voulez! Émerveillez-vous en explorant cette magnifique région!
REMARKABLE PLACES WATERFALLS AND LANDSCAPES DA LAT:
Tiger Cave Waterfall, Prenn Waterfall, Pongour Waterfall, Jraiblian waterfall, Elephant Waterfall, Datanla Waterfall, Dambri Waterfall, Cam Ly Waterfall, Bobla Waterfall, Ho Xuan Huong, Dreamlike Hill, Mong Mo Hill, Langbiang Peak, Valley of Love, Golden Stream Lake,
INVITATION ET PRÉPARATION AU VOYAGE VIETNAM
Sites recommandés: saigon-vietnam.fr/accueil.php
belleindochine.free.fr/sommaire.htm et nguyentl.free.fr/html/liens_fr.htm
75 Mots Clefs:
"đà lạt" vietnam "lâm đồng" province waterfall landscapes langbian plateau highlands "city of thousands of pine trees" "city of eternal spring" "chutes d’eau" paysages cascades "hauts-plateaux" "cité de l’éternel printemps" "tiger cave waterfall" "prenn waterfall" "pongour waterfall" "jraiblian waterfall" "elephant waterfall" "datanla waterfall" "dambri waterfall" "cam ly waterfall" "bobla waterfall" "ho xuan huong" "dreamlike hill" "mong mo hill" "langbiang peak" "valley of love" "golden stream lake" "chutes de l’éléphant" prenn dambri datanla pongour jraiblian "cam ly" "vallée de l’amour" "tour operator" tour guide curiosité "office du tourisme" traveling trip "national geographic" "lonely planete" routard cute awesome amazing stunning oustanding beautifull great excellent wonderful super delightful fantastic superbe nice unbelievable remarkable beau extraordinaire magnifique surprenant étrange insolite ravissant
"carnet de voyage" "journey diary" vietnamien vietnamienne "vietnamese people" vietnamese man men woman women lady ladies femmes hommes
Badbury Clump, near Faringdon, Oxfordshire.
HINGEFINKLE'S LOGBOOK (Eighth Instalment)
From Slime to Civilisation
or How to Train a Frog
“But wait a minute,” you will no doubt say. “What about Llew Llaw Gyffes? And what happened to King Math and Codpiece after Agrimony turned them into frogs? Your way of telling stories does leave something to be desired, Hingefinkle, for half of your characters seem to disappear without trace. It really is most frustrating.”
And I shall reply, “On the contrary! It really is the most reprehensible of faults in a storyteller when, having once begun to narrate his tale from a certain limited viewpoint, he suddenly introduces selected elements which could only be known from the perspective of an Omniscient Being. Such a charlatan is not worthy of the name of Bard, and the informed reader will find his methods quite frustrating. Why, I would not blame his victim for shouting ‘Cheat! You insult my intelligence!’ and storming infuriatedly from the room.”
For the fact is that, at the time when Atropa and Amanita ceased their rampage, neither Agrimony, Gladys or I had any idea what had happened to any of them. In the days that followed, having pieced together various testimonies from the few remaining people in the village, we deduced that the Goblins had indeed made Llew Llaw their titular head of state, and for a while things seemed to go swimmingly between them. But at last, Llew Llaw had baulked at one of Scabpicker’s strategies, and in the ensuing argument, Scabpicker had hurled a spear at him. Here the narratives diverged, for some said that Llew Llaw ended up pinned stone dead to the wall, while others maintained that the moment the spear hit him, he was transformed into an eagle and flew away. Agrimony, being of a prosaic disposition, inclined to favour the former narrative; I the latter, for as everyone knows, that had happened to Llew Llaw once before. In any case, there seemed little doubt that Scabpicker had plumbed the depths of Llew Llaw’s heart, so that at the last, Llew Llaw had stood firm and refused to compromise any further.
But what of King Math and Codpiece? If you have been attentive, you will remember that Agrimony disdained to fill out notification forms after he had turned them into frogs, so that his little spell was not on the books of the local Druid fraternity, but even so, in the weeks which followed our strange deliverance, I could tell that the incident was weighing heavily on his conscience. Still, he procrastinated for several weeks more, so that it was only when the Hermitage had been restored after the ravages of its Goblin occupation, and Agrimony and I sat before the fire meditating on our tribulations, that he at last decided to unburden himself.
“You know Hingefinkle,” he said suddenly, “I really do have some qualms about having turned that ridiculous King and his imbicilic Fool into amphibians. They may have been two of the most aggravating specimens of humanity ever to have walked the earth, but they were, at least, relatively harmless. Besides, after nine years of Goblin hegemony, a few decades of mismanagement and dodgy revenue raising by King Math would probably seem like paradise.”
“Hum,” I replied, blowing smoke rings with my beloved pipe, which, thankfully, the Goblins had left unused, “well, I have had quite enough of politicians to last me a lifetime, and besides, how do you propose to find them, amongst the seven-and-a-half-million frogs which, by my own estimate, inhabit the Rancid Swamp? You can’t exactly turn them back into hominids in situ. They would drown.”
“Quite so,” said Agrimony with a frown. “But if Gladys can invent an astrolabe, and a microscope, and a pocket-watch, and an iron-ore extractor, and a giant mousetrap for the catching of Hydras, I daresay she can invent a way out of this problem too. If we could just get her to attract all the frogs from the Rancid Swamp onto dry land, then I could cast the reversal spell, and we could find Math and Codpiece by a simple process of elimination.”
Now that, I had to admit, did sound rather interesting, and Agrimony was soon cursing and grumbling as Snowdrop (who had survived the Goblin hegemony remarkably well - don’t ask me how) plodded his way down the path towards the workshop of Gladys Sparkbright.
*
“Eeee, by gum, Ah’m raht glad yer’ve come,” said Gladys as she brewed the tea. “Lahfe is lonely arahnd ‘ere now all me colleagues ‘ave gone. An’ inventin’s not th’ same when thar’s nowt to invent, and nobody ter admire wot yer do invent. Ah’m thinkin’ o’ movin’ away from these parts, yer know, an’ startin’ up afresh.”
“Hum,” I said, “do you know, Gladys, I have been getting itchy feet too. Perhaps we should go exploring togther.”
Gladys’s mood brightened visibly; even the knitting needles seemed to tremble with anticipation. “Now that’s wot Ah call an insp’ration! ‘Splorin’, yer say? Aye, that sounds grand, me duck! A chance ter test out th’ new plates fer me astrolabes, not ter mention th’ new chronometer for th’ determinin’ o’ longitudes!”
“Oh, no you don’t,” said Agrimony grumpily, “I’m not having you two going off on some hare-brained mystery tour, not before you’ve helped me to get all of the frogs out of the Rancid Swamp!”
“Frogs?” said Gladys, “Why, if it’s frogs yer after, yer oughter talk ter Bufo Croaktrapper, th’ younger brother o’ Otto Baconrasher!”
“Indeed,” said Agrimony. “And where might I find him?”
“Ah don’t rahtly know. Ran away o’er th’ sea lahk t’others, no doubt. Raht bright lad, ee was, an’ all. Got ‘imself a foreign scholarship ter study th’ matin’ calls o’ frogs an’ toads, so ‘e did. Most promisin’ young lad, tho’ a bit adventurous in th’ kitchen fer mah lahkin’.”
“Is that so?” said Agrimony. “I don’t suppose, by any chance, that he shared his brother’s interest in magical recordings?”
“Interest?” laughed Gladys, “Ee were obsessed by ‘em. Thar’s a whole archive o’ amphibian calls on t’ thirty-eighth floor!”
And so it was that we found ourselves standing once more at the edge of the Rancid Swamp, beneath the rusty remains of Gladys Sparkbright’s giant mousetrap, listening to a strange recital of the mating calls of the genus Ranidae, while Gladys wildly turned the handle of the wooden contraption which reproduced them. As the light began to fade, I had the distinct impression that the tide was coming in on the Rancid Swamp, but since swamps are not usually very tidal, I rubbed my eyes and looked again, and realised to my astonishment that the experiment was working. Or, at least, it seemed to be working, for what I had at first taken for an influx of swamp water was in fact a seemingly endless flood of frogs who, once they were on dry land, congregated patiently and with great devotion around Gladys Sparkbright’s apparatus. I picked up a few of the frogs and examined them. Then I gave a despairing sigh.
“Hum. Agrimony, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but all of these frogs are females. I rather think we need the males if we are going to find Codpiece and King Math.”
“Eeee, well, why didn’t yer say?” interrupted Gladys consolingly. “Yer’ll be wantin’ me ter change th’ frequency! There! Now that’s better! This ‘ere is th’ typical Ah’ve-got-a-mate-an’-you-can’t-‘ave-‘er call o’ th’ male. Just you watch!”
Sure enough, the ground at our feet was soon swarming with irate male frogs. Some of them wasted no time in climbing atop the nearest female frog, but the more pessimistic among them evidently thought that these female frogs must be inferior to the one that their unseen rival was boasting about, and they sat around looking gloomy and licking their eyes with their tongues. At last, the incoming tide of frogs seemed to diminish, and we stared about ourselves awestruck, for to the north, south and west of us, the ground was one heaving mass of amphibian flesh for as far as the eye could see.
“Fiddlesticks!” I cried. “I think you had better get on with it, Agrimony. Some of these frogs don’t look too friendly.” And indeed, as I spoke, it seemed as though the frogs began to draw even closer around us, until it was impossible to move one’s feet without committing amphibiocide.
It was, therefore not a moment too soon that Agrimony began intoning his spell:
Long is the route from newt to man,
Hard the road from newt to toad,
An age i’th’ bog ‘twixt toad and frog
Who sits for aeons atop his log.
O! Dark earth’s force! Speed nature’s course!
O! Slimy thing! Become the King!
O! Earth, revolve! This curse resolve!
I command you to evolve!
And, before my eyes, the two frogs closest to my feet - a great, fat one and a little, scrawny one - slowly grew scales and began to turn into reptiles. They seemed somewhat distressed by this metamorphosis at first, and indeed, had only just reconciled themselves to their new, entirely terrestrial forms when the little one, which I took to be Codpiece, suddenly sprouted fur. Within moments there were two archetypal-looking mammals scurrying around at my feet, and over the space of about an hour the poor, bewildered creatures passed through a plethora of transitional forms on the way to becoming anthropoid apes. By midnight, it was safe to say that we had King Math and Codpiece back again, and they were not happy about it, I can tell you.
“Ribitwoofeyoreugh!” said King Math, trying to regain his composure and dignity. “We are the King! We will not be treated in this manner! We do not take kindly to having to spend nine years, three months, seven days, six hours and twenty-two minutes eluding pike in the Rancid Swamp. It is decidedly beneath our dignity.”
“Verily, merrily! Hop, flop, plop!” cried Codpiece in agreement. “Not to mention the giant multicoloured axolotls! Methinks, m’lord, you should chop of ye head of ye perpetrator of this heinous and irreverent crime. Yes indeed! Chop, plop! Plop, flop and tiddly-widdly!”
“I seem to remember,” Agrimony pointed out sternly, “that you were trying to do something of the kind when you got yourselves into this mess. Besides, you should be thanking me. A bit of exercise undertaken in order to elude the odd marauding pike or axolotl is nothing compared to languishing in a Goblin’s prison. I advise you to look on the bright side, before I let you try the experiment again from the tadpole phase.” He lifted his staff threateningly, and I must say, I have never seen King Math look so repentant.
“Well,” he said, “since you put it that way, perhaps we can find it in our hearts to forgive you after all. But let there be no mistake. We are the King. We will never again allow our power to be usurped.”
Agrimony stooped and pulled something round and white from beneath the frogs who were still clamouring and flailing at his feet. It was unmistakably the skull of a Goblin. “Do you know, King Math,” he said with a rueful chuckle, “I am compelled to admit that I am glad to hear it.” And then he gazed at the undulating landscape around him, glistening slimily in the moonlight. “Gladys, I don’t suppose that by any chance this contraption of yours has any other frequency options?”
“Aye, it does, me duck. Wot would yer lahke it ter say?”
“I suggest you try something short, simple, and to-the-point,” said Agrimony. “Something to the effect of Go away! should suffice.”
This is my trainspotting logbook for a visit to Carnforth engine shed/depot (code 10A, formerly 24L) and a part-afternoon by the lineside at Hest Bank (West Coast Main Line near Lancaster) in December 1967. The date is about 6 months before the end of all steam engines on British Railways, with most steam by that time concentrated in this area of North-West England. Carnforth was a large steam shed with several large and smaller diesels also on-shed by 1967. Hest Bank was and still is a wonderful place to watch trains; a handy car park with the line on one side and a Morecambe Bay beach on the other.
Hest Bank page ABBREVIATIONS etc:
'XP' and 'pass' are express and regular passenger.
'R.S' is the Royal Scot express Glasgow-London.
'light' is light engine (engine only).
'd' is towards the North (Scotland etc.)
'u' is towards the South (London etc.)
On the right are times of day.
note: D in front of a number indicates a diesel engine, as per system at that time. Other numbers are steam engines.
Payday Loans for Kids - ‘Pocket Money Loans’ shop to open in London.
London, UK
27th October 2014
The first payday loan shop especially for children opens in London, England today. The store, which offers kids advance loans on their pocket money at rates as low as 5000% APR*, hopes to attract young people from across the capital to take advantage of their wide range of credit products.
The company, which uses the bright, cartoon-filled graphics synonymous with payday lenders, wants to allow children of any background to be able to “buy what they can’t afford”. As well as pocket money loans, the shop also offers kids ‘logbook loans’ secured by their toy cars, sub-prime ‘bouncy castle mortgages’ and rent-to-buy deals on gobstoppers.
As you might have guessed, the shop is in fact a work of satire created by London based artist Darren Cullen, who says he wants to draw attention to, among other things, the way the consumer credit industry preys on the vulnerable and targets children with marketing.
Cullen says that the aim of Pocket Money Loans is to “take our consumer debt culture to its logical conclusion.”
“Almost all payday loan companies have cartoon mascots, animated characters or sing-along jingles in their adverts.” Cullen says, “Their high street shops often have play areas full of toys and some of them hand out balloons and sweets to kids at the counter. It’s a clear fact they target children, as both a means of persuading their parents, but also as a way to groom the next generation of indebted customers.”
He claims that the insidious nature of advertising means we are trapped into cycles of living beyond our means, “Advertising is so powerful, that without us realising it makes us define who we are through objects. People end up identifying with the products of industry as if they were a part of their personality.”
But it is advertising directed at children which he finds most disturbing, “Marketers are putting kids in MRI scanners and showing them adverts to see which areas of the brain light up to certain words, colours or shapes. There is a giant industry of vastly intelligent psychologists and advertisers who are using every advance of modern science to make your child feel like they need and love certain products and brands.”
The shop’s website (pocketmoneyloans.com) contains such slogans as “Get out of debt with a loan” and while Cullen blames consumer culture for a lot of debt problems he admits that most people aren’t using payday loan companies to buy new things, and that many are forced to rely on such companies because they are simply in dire economic straits.
He claims the main issue is that financial deregulation has led to the poor being ripped apart by vulture-like lenders who are able to charge eye-watering levels of interest to those least able to afford it. “Payday loan customers who repay on time are in the minority and they offer the smallest profit margin to the company.” Cullen says, “It’s the people who can’t afford to repay on time who rack up charges and compound interest over weeks or months. That’s where the real profits lie, built upon the backs of the poorest, most vulnerable members of society.”
The shop which will open for two weeks, also features art prints deriding cash-for-gold pawn shops, (“Tooth Fairy – Healthy Teeth Bought for £££s”) and an advert for ‘Nivea Pro-Aging Cream’ (“Dramatically Reduces the Appearance of Childhood”) which the artist claims is part and parcel of the insidious nature of youth consumerism, “The momentum of child marketing is towards “age compression”, where products previously the domain of older kids are advertised to younger and younger age groups,” he says. “This strategy not only brutally robs children of their childhood for commercial gain, but it also leads to a decrease in imaginative play, as children feel pressured into acting more grown up. Not to mention the disturbing trend of sexualising young girls in tween fashion.”
Despite all this however, the artist, who initially studied advertising before changing to fine art at Glasgow School of Art, says that, apart from a ban on payday loan companies or advertising directed at children, he’s pessimistic about there being any meaningful change to consumer culture as many of these problems are inherent to the system. “Modern capitalism has to relentlessly grow or die, it constantly needs new markets of consumers and it needs those consumers to increasingly buy more. Obviously that eventually reaches a limit of what people can afford, and when you have a recession compounded by austerity, where people have low wages and very little savings, the economy needs them to go into debt in order to keep consuming. ”
The shop is the first installation to take place in Finsbury Park’s new Atom Gallery, 77 Stroud Green Road, and runs from the 27th October until the 8th November (Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm), with a closing exhibition private view on the 7th November, from 6pm.
Darren Cullen, 31, (not to be confused with the graffiti artist of the same name) is originally from Leeds but lives and works in London where he produces art, illustration and comics under the banner of his website spellingmistakescostlives.com. His previous projects include an anti-army recruitment comic ‘Join the Army’ (recently admitted into the V&A Museum’s Permanent Collection), Baby’s First Baby, a pregnant toy doll, and a billboard which claimed “Santa Gives More to Rich Kids than Poor Kids”.
*853% less APR than wonga.com
Contact
Darren Cullen
Darren@spellingmistakescostlives.com
Twitter @darren_cullen
Pocket Money Loans
77 Stroud Green Road
London N4 3EG
pocketmoneyloans.com
spellingmistakescostlives.com
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Found in a box with memorabilia that my mom gave me some time ago.
It's a logbook that KLM gave out to kids in which they were referred to as 'Junior Jet Passenger'. In this logbook, the captain could write some specific info about the flight.
It was my very first flight, we were moving to Bonaire and I remembered flying AMS-CCS-BON. When I saw DC-10, I couldn't be happier. Even though I don't remember a lot of that flight, I still flew a freakin' DC-10!
The written record of the park’s history is preserved not only in formal government records, but in accounts by park rangers, fire lookouts, and other park staff. These logbooks and diaries are part of the park’s archival collection.
Payday Loans for Kids - ‘Pocket Money Loans’ shop to open in London, UK
The first payday loan shop especially for children has opened in London, England. The store, which offers kids advance loans on their pocket money at rates as low as 5000% APR*, hopes to attract young people from across the capital to take advantage of their wide range of credit products.
The company, which uses the bright, cartoon-filled graphics synonymous with payday lenders, wants to allow children of any background to be able to “buy what they can’t afford”. As well as pocket money loans, the shop also offers kids ‘logbook loans’ secured by their toy cars, sub-prime ‘bouncy castle mortgages’ and rent-to-buy deals on gobstoppers.
As you might have guessed, the shop is in fact a work of satire created by London based artist Darren Cullen, who says he wants to draw attention to, among other things, the way the consumer credit industry preys on the vulnerable and targets children with marketing.
Cullen says that the aim of Pocket Money Loans is to “take our consumer debt culture to its logical conclusion.”
“Almost all payday loan companies have cartoon mascots, animated characters or sing-along jingles in their adverts.” Cullen says, “Their high street shops often have play areas full of toys and some of them hand out balloons and sweets to kids at the counter. It’s a clear fact they target children, as both a means of persuading their parents, but also as a way to groom the next generation of indebted customers.”
He claims that the insidious nature of advertising means we are trapped into cycles of living beyond our means, “Advertising is so powerful, that without us realising it makes us define who we are through objects. People end up identifying with the products of industry as if they were a part of their personality.”
But it is advertising directed at children which he finds most disturbing, “Marketers are putting kids in MRI scanners and showing them adverts to see which areas of the brain light up to certain words, colours or shapes. There is a giant industry of vastly intelligent psychologists and advertisers who are using every advance of modern science to make your child feel like they need and love certain products and brands.”
The shop’s website (pocketmoneyloans.com) contains such slogans as “Get out of debt with a loan” and while Cullen blames consumer culture for a lot of debt problems he admits that most people aren’t using payday loan companies to buy new things, and that many are forced to rely on such companies because they are simply in dire economic straits.
He claims the main issue is that financial deregulation has led to the poor being ripped apart by vulture-like lenders who are able to charge eye-watering levels of interest to those least able to afford it. “Payday loan customers who repay on time are in the minority and they offer the smallest profit margin to the company.” Cullen says, “It’s the people who can’t afford to repay on time who rack up charges and compound interest over weeks or months. That’s where the real profits lie, built upon the backs of the poorest, most vulnerable members of society.”
The shop which will open for two weeks, also features art prints deriding cash-for-gold pawn shops, (“Tooth Fairy – Healthy Teeth Bought for £££s”) and an advert for ‘Nivea Pro-Aging Cream’ (“Dramatically Reduces the Appearance of Childhood”) which the artist claims is part and parcel of the insidious nature of youth consumerism, “The momentum of child marketing is towards “age compression”, where products previously the domain of older kids are advertised to younger and younger age groups,” he says. “This strategy not only brutally robs children of their childhood for commercial gain, but it also leads to a decrease in imaginative play, as children feel pressured into acting more grown up. Not to mention the disturbing trend of sexualising young girls in tween fashion.”
Despite all this however, the artist, who initially studied advertising before changing to fine art at Glasgow School of Art, says that, apart from a ban on payday loan companies or advertising directed at children, he’s pessimistic about there being any meaningful change to consumer culture as many of these problems are inherent to the system. “Modern capitalism has to relentlessly grow or die, it constantly needs new markets of consumers and it needs those consumers to increasingly buy more. Obviously that eventually reaches a limit of what people can afford, and when you have a recession compounded by austerity, where people have low wages and very little savings, the economy needs them to go into debt in order to keep consuming. ”
The shop is the first installation to take place in Finsbury Park’s new Atom Gallery (www.atomgallery.co.uk), 77 Stroud Green Road, and runs from the 27th October until the 8th November (Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm), with a closing exhibition private view on the 7th November, from 6pm.
Darren Cullen, 31, (***NOT to be confused with the graffiti artist of the same name***) is originally from Leeds but lives and works in London where he produces art, illustration and comics under the banner of his website spellingmistakescostlives.com. His previous projects include an anti-army recruitment comic ‘Join the Army’ (recently admitted into the V&A Museum’s Permanent Collection), Baby’s First Baby, a pregnant toy doll, and a billboard which claimed “Santa Gives More to Rich Kids than Poor Kids”.
*853% less APR than wonga.com
Contact
Darren Cullen
Darren@spellingmistakescostlives.com
Twitter @darren_cullen
Pocket Money Loans
77 Stroud Green Road
London N4 3EG
pocketmoneyloans.com
spellingmistakescostlives.com
###
This black and white photograph, taken with an Otus lens, captures an electronic logbook used for trucking. The image showcases the impressive bokeh and depth of field characteristics of the Otus lens, which brings a strikingly beautiful quality to the scene. The focus is on a narrow part of the logbook, with the surrounding elements gently blurred, highlighting the detailed craftsmanship and sharpness for which the Otus lens is renowned. The overall composition provides an artistic view of a utilitarian object, elevating its visual appeal.
Aviation Memories
Starting 2021 with another dip into the archives :)
This was quite an expensive purchase back in 1982!
I can't remember the exact price now, but it was something of an investment - and an invaluable resource to check up all those military aircraft that I logged on my travels. I bought this specially for my 1982 Scandinavian Aviation Tour!
I'm particularly pleased with the double page on Finland (the next upload), where I recorded some rare Soviets including a single Mikoyan Mig-21 :)
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
Continuing the New Year 2020 with something a bit different :)
Another page of recycled stationery that I probably purloined from the BBC where my mother worked - I was an early adopter of Recycling :)
The sheet shows Heathrow arrivals as noted by me from the bedroom window of my house in Southall :)
Highlights from the log books
6x WGAF Transalls
4x Belgian Hercules
1x USAF Starlifter
See more fascinating details on Exercise "Avon Express" here at Fighter Control:
www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=128686
And "By testing the operational readiness of an Fill unit based in the United Kingdom, this United States Air Force exercise has made a direct contribution to the effectiveness of the NATO defences."
api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1977/nov/08/na...
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
Slide show (F11 = full screen): www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/sets/72157649643428956...
Album mosaïque: www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/sets/72157649643428956/
Notre CARNET DE VOYAGE VIETNAM TRAVEL LOGBOOK, JOURNEY DIARY:
www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/collections/7215762238...
INVITATION ET PRÉPARATION AU VOYAGE VIETNAM
Sites recommandés: saigon-vietnam.fr/accueil.php
belleindochine.free.fr/sommaire.htm et nguyentl.free.fr/html/liens_fr.htm
ENGLISH: We propose our photo collection on our many trips to different cities of the Mekong, unforgettable walks along the river banks on small well appointed roads, flowers and fruits everywhere, pretty houses, friendly people, "Looks the earthly paradise. "Do not forget the stilt houses: They are disappearing: Photograph them.
A cruise in the Mekong is an exciting time. We meet constantly any size new colorful boats. Old engines backfiring, careless drivers who maneuver the rudder with their feet. Families smiling . And this immense silty surface water that stretches out of sight.
FRANCAIS: Nous proposons notre collection de photos reportage sur nos nombreuses excursions dans différentes villes du Mékong, Promenades inoubliables le long des rives du fleuve sur de petites routes bien aménagées, des fleurs et des fruits partout, de jolies maisons, des habitants accueillants, "On dirait le paradis sur Terre". Ne pas oublier les maisons sur pilotis: Elles sont en train de disparaître: photographiez les,
Une croisière sur le Mékong est un moment passionnant. Nous croisons sans cesse de nouveaux bateaux colorés de toute taille. De vieux moteurs pétaradants, des conducteurs nonchalants qui manoeuvrent le gouvernail avec leurs pieds. Des familles souriantes. Et cette immense surface d'eau limoneuse qui s'étend à perte de vue.
Cute, Awesome, Priceless, Amazing, Stunning, Oustanding, Beautifull, Lovely, Charming, Great, Excellent, Wonderful, Super, Delightful, Bello, Fantastic, Superbe, Nice, Beau, Belle, Extraordinaire, Magnifique, Surprenant, Étrange, Insolite, Ravissant. Macro, Pow, Close Up unbelievable
75 Mots clefs:
delta mekong "mekong delta" "delta du mekong" delta mekong "mekong river" vietnam "viet nam" "my tho" "can tho" "vinh long" "long xuyen" "sa dec" "soc trang" "cao lanh" "chau doc" "cai rang" "ca mau" "cai rang" "phmg hiep" "phong dien" "cai be" "marché flottant" "floating market" vietnamien vietnamienne "vietnamese people" vietnamese man men woman women lady ladies femmes hommes fleuve paysage "tour operator" "croisière mekong" "mekong cruse" tour guide curiosité "office du tourisme" traveling trip "national geographic" "lonely planete" routard cute awesome amazing stunning oustanding beautifull great excellent wonderful super delightful fantastic superbe nice beau extraordinaire magnifique surprenant étrange insolite ravissant "carnet de voyage" "journey diary" unbelievable
Autre mots clefs:
Cute, awesome, priceless, amazing, stunning, oustanding, beautifull, lovely, charming, great, excellent, wonderful, super, delightful, bello, fantastic, superbe, nice, beau, belle, extraordinaire, magnifique, surprenant, étrange, insolite, ravissant. oustanding amazing gorgeous nice young graceful pleasant attractive cute stunning oustanding beautifull lovely charming priceless wonderful super delightful smile smiling generous magnificent pleasant attractive kind kindness happy happiness brave nice elegant smart classy mode fashion jeune belle jolie agréable superbe gracieuse épanouie heureuse généreuse superbe souriante ravissante élégante sourire gentille courageuse sourire
When I was in the Navy, record books like these were all over the place. Many times, a log would get started (equipment maintenance, visitors, coffee mess, etc.) but only two or three pages would be used before it was forgotten. Then, after a few years, it would be thrown out. That's where I would get involved. I accumulated many of these discarded record books over the years. What you see here is how some were recycled for my eBay record-keeping. The first page shows my first sale ($17.00 for a book I paid 45 cents for) in November of 1998. I quit/paused the eBay hobby after fifteen years. But I have more recycled record books if I get started again!
We're Here! looking at how we Recycle, Reuse, Repurpose, Rejoice!
Photo used by sven-lieber.org/en/2017/04/07/provenance/.
Chantilly 2016 - Concours d'élégance
British Salmson 20/90hp 2.6-Litre roadster 1938
Châssis n° 110
Moteur n° 104
â¢Une des huit survivantes sur les 12 construites
â¢Modèle du Salon de Londres 1938
â¢Histoire connue depuis l'origine
â¢Restaurée par son propriétaire actuel
Cette rare Salmson six cylindres britannique est l'une des 12 construites entre 1935 et 1939. Son châssis prenait pour modèle celui de la quatre cylindres S4D qui était dotée d'une excellente suspension indépendante à l'avant et d'une direction à crémaillère. Ce châssis resta en production en France jusqu'en 1952, aussi les pièces détachées (pour le châssis) sont-elles disponibles. La première voiture arborait une carrosserie « trial » typiquement anglaise, des freins à câble Bendix et des roues Salmson de série qui furent par la suite échangées contre des roues Jordan à moyeu central et freins hydrauliques. Tous les châssis suivants adoptaient cette configuration. Les carrosseries étaient confiées au carrossier londonien Whittingham & Mitchell. Huit de ces Salmson six cylindres britanniques survivent, un pourcentage exceptionnel pour un modèle d'avant-guerre.
La voiture de la vente, châssis numéro 110, a été exposée au Salon de Londres 1938. Comparée aux autres voitures, les ailes avant sont plus enveloppantes et elle dispose d'intéressants déflecteurs sous les portes. Ces voitures affichées à 650 £ étaient très chères, comparées à une SS 100 aux environs de 350 £.
Le châssis numéro 110 fut conservé par l'usine jusqu'en 1947 lorsqu'il fut vendu. Le premier propriétaire, E. A. Yates, la revendit en 1958 à Guy Broad, le spécialiste des pièces moteur pour la préparation des Jaguar XK bien connu. Il échangea la voiture contre une Austin-Healey avec Performance Cars (on peut encore voir leur macaron sur le tableau de bord). Elle fut alors achetée par Bob Chelley qui démonta le moteur et stocka les pièces dans des conditions peu favorables. Son propriétaire actuel a alors acquis la voiture à moitié démantelée et l'a reconstruite.
Le moteur a été doté d'un vilebrequin, de bielles, de pistons, de soupapes et d'arbres à cames neufs. Simultanément, la boîte de vitesses et l'essieu arrière ont été révisés et divers roulements remplacés. Les freins ont été révisés et les cylindres hydrauliques ont été depuis équipés de chemises en acier inoxydable pour éviter qu'ils soient bloqués au cours des longues périodes de stockage. Une pompe à eau et un ventilateur électrique ont été ajoutés pour éviter tout problème à la voiture dans la circulation urbaine. De plus, une pompe à huile électrique a été montée pour faire monter la pression avant le démarrage. Un starter moderne a également été installé.
Les panneaux de la carrosserie d'origine ont été démontés et la structure en bois rénovée comme il se doit, après quoi l'intérieur a été regarni de cuir noir et de nouveau tapis ont été installés. La nouvelle capote n'a été utilisée que deux fois. Un reportage photographique de ces travaux figure au dossier et la voiture est également accompagnée de ses papiers d'immatriculation 5V du Royaume-Uni et de son carnet de bord en cuir.
Depuis la fin de sa restauration, la Salmson a été utilisées pour des rallyes du club et comme transport quotidien. Elle a aussi participé à une sortie en France pour une course de régularité. Récemment, des pistons haute compression neufs ont été montés et seulement 150 miles parcouru depuis et il convient de roder gentiment le moteur. Après quelques miles supplémentaires, le carburateur et l'allumage devront être réglés. En dehors de cela aucun travail n'est nécessaire, la voiture étant dans un état remarquable. Le kilométrage total est d'environ 31 000 miles (50 000 km). gé aujourd'hui de plus de 70 ans, le propriétaire possède plusieurs autres voitures et pense qu'il est sage de se séparer de certaines d'entre elles, ses enfants ne manifestant aucun intérêt pour l'automobile.
Le British Salmson Owners Club au Royaume-Uni et l'Amicale Salmson en France s'occupent des Salmson et organisent tous deux des manifestations et des rallyes internationaux. En 2014, Salmson était la marque à l'honneur au Vintage Montlhéry. Salmson est aussi l'une des grandes marques françaises et donc éligible pour le « rallye des grandes marques ».
En plus du fait d'être accepté dans la plupart des manifestations réservées aux avant-guerre, son nouveau propriétaire profitera de l'une des meilleurs voitures de « conducteur » d'avant-guerre, dotée d'une suspension avant indépendante, d'une direction à crémaillère et de puissants freins hydrauliques. Tony Dron, le journaliste bien connu et ancien rédacteur en chef de Classic cars a essayé « 110 » et a décrit la Salmson britannique 20/90 comme « la meilleure voiture dont on ait eu connaissance ». Il est rare de trouver des exemplaires offerts à la vente et il y a peu de voiture à moteur à double arbre à cames en tête de cette trempe.
1938 British Salmson 20/90hp 2.6-Litre Roadster
Chassis no. 110
Engine no. 104
â¢One of eight survivors of 12 made
â¢Displayed at the 1938 London Motor Show
â¢Known history from new
â¢Restored by the current owner
This rare six-cylinder British Salmson is one of only 12 completed between 1935 and 1939. The chassis was based on that of the four-cylinder S4D model, which had excellent independent front suspension and rack-and-pinion steering. This chassis remained in production in France until 1952, so spare parts (for the chassis) are readily available. The first car was fitted with a typically 'English' trials body, Bendix cable brakes, and standard Salmson wheels, which were changed to hydraulic brakes and Jordan centre-lock steel wheels; all the later chassis were so fitted. Bodies were supplied by London-based coachbuilder Whittingham & Mitchel. Eight of these six-cylinder British Salmsons survive, an exceptional percentage rate for any pre-war car.
The car offered here, chassis number '110', appeared at the 1938 London Motor Show. Compared to the two other similar cars, the front wings are 'fuller' and it has attractive flairs under the doors. These cars were extremely expensive at £650 compared to an SS 100 at around £350.
Chassis number '110' was retained by the factory until 1947 when it was sold. The first owner, E A Yates, passed it on in 1958 to Guy Broad, the well-known XK Jaguar performance parts specialist. He exchanged the car for an Austin-Healey with Performance Cars (their logo is still on the dashboard). It was then purchased by Bob Chelley, who dismantled the engine and stored the parts in less than ideal conditions. The current owner purchased the car, which was in a semi-dismantled state, and rebuilt it.
The engine was fitted with a new crankshaft, con-rods, pistons, camshafts, and valve gear. At the same time, the gearbox and rear axle were checked, and various bearings replaced. The brakes were overhauled, and the hydraulic cylinders have since been fitted with stainless steel liners to avoid 'sticking' in periods of long storage. A water pump and electric fan have been added, making the car trouble free in modern traffic. Additionally, an electric oil pump is fitted to allow pressure to build up before starting. A modern pre-engaged starter is fitted also.
The original body panels were removed, and the wooden body frame renewed as required, following which the interior was reupholstered in black leather, and new carpets fitted. The new hood has only been used twice. There is a photographic record of the work on file, and the car also comes with a UK V5 registration document and its original buff logbook.
Since the restoration's completion, the Salmson has been used in club rallies and as everyday transport. It has also had the occasional outing in French regularity hill climbs! Recently, new higher-compression pistons have been fitted; only some 150 miles have been covered since then and the engine still needs to be gently run-in. After a few more miles, the carburettor settings and ignition timing will need to be optimised. Otherwise, no work should be required, as the car is in first class condition. Total mileage is circa 31,000. Now over 70 years of age, the owner has several other cars and feels it is time to dispose of some of them as his children have no interest in them.
Salmsons are looked after by the British Salmson Owners Club in the UK and the Amicale Salmson in France, both of which organise events and international rallies. In 2014 Salmson was the featured marque at Vintage Montlhéry. Salmson is also one of the 'Grand Marques' of France and eligible for the 'Rally de Grand Marques'.
Apart from being able to participate in all major pre-war events, the new owner will enjoy one of the very best pre-war drivers' cars, boasting independent front suspension, rack-and-pinion steering, and powerful hydraulic brakes. Tony Dron, the well known journalist and former Editor of 'Classic Car', tested '110' and described the British Salmson 20/90 as the 'best car you have never heard of.' Examples are seldom offered for sale, and there are very few similar twin-overhead-camshaft engined cars available.
Slide show (F11=full screen): www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/sets/72157649291204639...
Album Mosaic: www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/sets/72157649291204639/
(*) ENGLISH: Acknowledgment to the high quality of teaching of Academies and Schools of Fine Art in Vietnam. Our report by images demonstrates the Beauty of Art Works discovered here and there.
Do not miss to visit the Pagodas, place of peace often associated with wonderful gardens. You will notice a new golden Buddhist Art Traditional Vietnamese age. Wherever you go you will notice Pagodas richly endowed and beautifully decorated by artists of great talent. We recommend visiting these Pagodas, we believe the best of South Vietnam:
(*) FRANÇAIS: Accusé de réception à la haute qualité de l'enseignement des Académies et Écoles des Beaux-Art du Vietnam. Le reportage par l'image que nous vous proposons démontre la beauté des œuvres d'Art découvertes ici et là.
Ne manquez pas de visiter les Pagodes, lieu de Paix souvent associées à de merveilleux jardins. Vous observerez un nouvel âge d’or de l’Art Traditionnel Bouddhiste Vietnamien. Partout où vous irez vous remarquerez des Pagodes richement dotées et merveilleusement décorées par des artistes de grands talents. Nous recommandons la visite de ces Pagodes, selon nous les plus belles du Sud-Vietnam:
(*) Pagode LINH PHUOC: 120 Trai Mat - P.11 – Da Lat
(*) Pagode LINH SON: 20 Nguyen Van Troi – P.2 - Da Lat
(*) Pagode PHAP VO: 28/1 Huynh Tan Phat - Ap 3- Phu Xuan - Nha Be - TP Ho Chi Minh
(*) Pagode NAM THIEN NHAT TRU: 100 Dang Van Bi - Khu Pho 4 - Binh Tho - Thu Duc- TP Ho Chi Minh
-*- Summum du Kitsch (Choses à voir au Vietnam) TP Ho Chi Minh ville City, Saigon:
(*) Funfair Amusement Parck DAI NAM
(*) Funfair Amusement Parck SUOI TIEN
Notre CARNET de VOYAGE VIETNAM TRAVEL LOGBOOK, JOURNEY DIARY:
www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/collections/7215762238...
INVITATION et PRÉPARATION au VOYAGE VIETNAM
Sites recommandés: saigon-vietnam.fr/accueil.php
belleindochine.free.fr/sommaire.htm et nguyentl.free.fr/html/liens_fr.htm
75 Mots Clefs:
art vietnam vietnamien vietnamese "art asiatique" statue sculpteur sculpture peinture gouache aquarelle "peinture à l’huile" tableau musée "beaux arts" "chef d’oeuvre" décoration architecture relief "bas-relief" bouddhiste bouddhisme bouddha pagode "art traditionnel" statue sculptor sculpture paint painting watercolor gouache watercolor "oil paint" picture board museum "fine arts" decoration architecture buddhist buddhism buddha pagoda "traditional art" Cute Awesome Priceless Amazing Stunning Oustanding Beautifull Lovely Charming Great Excellent Wonderful Super Delightful Bello Fantastic Superbe Nice Beau Belle Extraordinaire Magnifique Surprenant Étrange Insolite Ravissant unbelievable "chef d’oeuvre" masterpiece
Autres Mots Clefs:
estatua escultor escultura pintura aguada acuarela "pintura al óleo" cuadro tablero museo "bellas artes" "jefe de obra" decoración estructura relieve "bajorrelieve" budista budismo buda pagoda "arte tradicional"
bildhauer bildhauerei skulptur malerei deckfarben aquarell "ölmalerei" tabelle "bild" museum "schöne künsten" meisterwerk dekoration architektur relief buddhistisches flachrelief buddhismus buddha pagode "traditionelle kunst" entscheidet
statua scultore scultura pittura gouache acquerello "pittura ad olio" quadro museo "bel arti" "capo di opera" decorazione architetta rilievo bassorilievo buddista buddismo bouddha pagoda "arte tradizionale"
regra escultor escultura pintura pintando gouache aquarela "óleo" "pintura" quadro tábua pintando museu "belas artes" "obra-prima" decoração estrutura alívio "baixo-relevo" budismo buddha pagode budista " arte tradicional
водоцвет gouache краски скульптуры живопись скульптора правила нефть красят живопись картинный правление музей искусствами «школа искусств» буддистом помощи структуры художественного оформления шедевра буддизмом барельефа пагодой будды «традиционным искусством»
Aviation Memories Another random dive into my archive of old aviation log books :)
This page shows a report on the aircraft seen at my first ever visit to RAF Greenham Common for the Air Tattoo in 1977 :)
Highlights from the log books
It looks like I was trying out my multi-coloured (four-colour) ball-point pen on this sheet :)
Not a comprehensive report of the airshow, but a list of aircraft present from three main players, and a lesser fourth player:
- United States Air Force with 18 aircraft
- United States Navy with 8 aircraft
- West German Air Force / Army / Marine with 21 aircraft
- Royal Netherlands Air Force / Navy with 4 aircraft
I doubt if any of those 51 aircraft are still flying?
More on the USAF here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force
More on the USN here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy
More on the German Air Force here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Air_Force
More on the Royal Netherlands Air Force here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Air_Force
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/