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An extremely... fast jet boat in a zig zag motion!
Their exciting moment frozen in time, with smiles included!
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Operator : Brussels Airlines
Aircraft : Airbus A320-214
Registration : OO-SNA
Airport : London Heathrow (LHR / EGLL)
Photo Date : 02.08.2019
Remarks : Red Devils
Date Taken: June 10, 2014
Basic Details:
Operator: DELTA TRANSPORT, INC.
Fleet Number: 544
Classification: Air-Conditioned City Operation Bus
Seating Configuration: 3x2 Seats
Seating Capacity: 56 Passengers
Body:
Coachbuilder: Xiamen Golden Dragon Bus Company, Ltd. (Golden Dragon) / Trans-Oriental Motor Builders, Inc.
Body Model: Golden Dragon XML6103J92 "Marcopolo 2"
Air-Conditioning Unit: Dependent Overhead Unit
Chassis:
Chassis Manufacturer: Fujian New Forta Automobile Industry Company, Ltd. (New Forta)
Chassis Model: Forta LFZ6103TRE
Layout: Rear-Longitudinally-Mounted Engine Rear-Wheel Drive (4x2 RR layout)
Suspension: Leaf Springs Suspension
Engine:
Engine Manufacturer: Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Group Company, Ltd.
Engine Model: Yuchai YC6G270-20 (G46MB / G4606)
Cylinder Displacement: 476.061 cu. inches (7,803 cc / 7.8 Liters)
Cylinder Configuration: Straight-6
Engine Aspiration: Turbocharged and Intercooled
Max. Power Output: 266 bhp (270 PS - metric hp / 199 kW) @ 2,400 rpm
Peak Torque Output: 795 ft.lbs (1,080 N.m / 110 kg.m) @ 1,400 - 1,600 rpm
Transmission:
Type: Manual Transmission
Gears: 6-Speed Forward, 1-Speed Reverse
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This operator operates with other operators in operational operations. Just something thrown together. More lego soon. Enjoy!
Operator | Victory Liner, Inc.
Fleet Number | 2805
Area of Operation | Provincial Operation
Seating Configuration | 2×2
Seating Capacity | 49+2
Coachbuilder | Santarosa Motor Works, Inc.
Model | SR Daewoo "Jetliner"
Chassis | Daewoo BH117
(PL5UN58JDK******)
Engine | Doosan DE12TiS
Operator | Pangasinan FiveStar Bus, Co.
Fleet Number | 2095
Classification | Regular-Airconditioned Bus
Coachbuilder | (Body by FiveStar Bus Co)
Model | SR615 exfoh
Chassis | Nissan Diesel JA450SSN
Engine | Nissan Diesel PF6-T
Suspension Type | LeafSpring Suspension
Seat Configuration | 2x2
Maximum Capacity | 49+2
Shot Location | Urdaneta, Pangasinan
Location: Eastwood Trading Estate
Route:
Operator: Preserved
Depot: n/a
Fleet No: n/a
Reg: KRE 279P
Chassis: Integral
Body: Leyland National
Livery: Potteries NBC
New to: Potteries (279) - 9/1975
Operator: Abellio Greater Anglia
Location: Ipswich
Platform: 3
Class: 90
Number: 003
Type: Electric Locomotive
Origin: Manningtree
Destination:Ipswich
Date: 14th February
Operator: Private
Type: Piper PA32-301 Saratoga II HP
Serial: 3246141
Registration: LN-MLM
Ex. reg: OO-TVK, PH-AEH and N41409.
Operator: Sweden Air Force Historic Flight
Aircraft: Saab J 32B Lansen
Registration: SE-RMD
C/n: 32542
Time & Location: 27.08.2022, ESCM (Uppsala), Sweden
Remarks: Swedish Armed Forces Air Show 2022.
Unknown original operator 8 (no, it isn't "Hickory Stick School District 13"), Springfield, Illinois.
Time to dig into the vaults again and exhume some sights from the summer of 2015, when I journeyed through the US states of Illinois and Missouri and touched the northwest corner of Arkansas before turning back again!
This bus was parked for many years at Shea's Service Station, a Route 66 historic site and roadside memorabilia repository in Springfield. The "museum" fell into disuse following the death of Bill Shea in 2013, and the entire collection was in the midst of being cleared and auctioned by the time I passed by.
K.S.K.T. (Kosovan Strike-Kill Team) bomb squad operator.
YAY MULTICAM!!!!
Smaller light tan is on the list to fix, what else should I do?
Operator: Saulog Transit, Inc.
Bus body no.: 71782, 71784, 71785
Manufacturer: BAR (Daewoo Surplus)
Model: Golden Dragon Marcopolo
A/C System: Overhead
Seating Configuration: 2 x 3
Seating Capacity: 56
Route: Cavite City or Ternate - Lawton
Shot Location: Saulog Transit, Inc. Cavite City Terminal
Operator: DRS
Livery: DRS
No: 88009 'Diana' & 88003 'Genesis'
Service: 6K41 Valley Nuclear Electrics to Crewe Coal Sidings (Drs)
Location: Llanduudno Junction
Operator: Finnish Air Force
Aircraft: British Aerospace Hawk Mk51A
Registration: HW-357
C/n: 416/5F007
Time & Location: 13,05.2019, EFTP, Finland
Remarks: Pihti 2019 military exercise.
The operator who requested this sent a bog standard AK-47 to us, missing it's stock, and asked for a full tactical conversion.
The handguard has been severely remodelled with top rails, and better grip/gas block cover, but set into the remaining woodwork (on request). An AEK style recoil reduction system was also added.
Receiver was stripped and in parts the metal work re-stamped. The dust cover being notable, being a new piece entirely, with integral rail.
A solid folding stock was made, with detachable cheekrest, and the grip was remade and modified with ergonomic inserts.
Suppressor was added for potential night/stealth operations.
Finally an all-purpose mid-range scope was added, with it's own top rails for BUIS, torch, laser etc.
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Started with the handguard area, couldn't make a good custom gun for it so decided to go to town on an AK instead. I apologise to the purists lol. Didn't think it was SPW enough at first but thought why not and added some extras.
Operator: Richards Bros, Cardigan (Cardigan)
Make/Model: Alexander Dennis (Dennis) Dart SLF/Alexander Dennis Enviro 200
Registration Number: FN57 EWV (XX57 PSW)
History: Select, Buses Excetra, Bodmans & Paul S Winston (107)
Operator: Unicair
Aircraft: Bombardier Challenger 604
Registration: D-AUKE
C/n: 5389
Time & Location: 07.10.2026, EFTP, Finland
Remarks: New livery.
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SMA Winch Operator prepares to bring up the rescue swimmer from the bridge of the Star of Abu Dhabi.
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Operator: Reading Buses
Make/Model: ADL E40D/Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 MMC (H47/33F)
Registration Number: YY15 OYF
Fleet Number: 764
Operator: Pallas Aviation
Aircraft: Lockheed Martin LM-100J Super Hercules
Registration: N67AU
C/n: 382-5894
Time & Location: 12.06.2023, EFTP, Finland
Remarks: Arctic Challenge Exercise 2023.
This is the first time I saw a drone operator wearing a first person viewer (FPV) headset. In fact, he was violating the law at the marina park which has a drone prohibited sign at the front entrance.
Operator: Precious Grace Transport / Grace Joaquin
Bus No.: 8816
Bus Body: 2014 Santarosa PKB
Chassis: PKB212N
Engine: FE6D
Route: NAIA (Pasay City) - Grotto (San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan) via EDSA / Fairview
Operator: Stagecoach South Wales
Branding: Standard Livery
Depot: Merthyr Tydfil
Route: Not in Service
Manufacturer: Optare
Model: Solo SR
Location: Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station
The July 2018 Wrightbus Streetlite WF with Factory Built bodywork snapped in the Coastlands carpark in Paraparaumu on Tuesday, 24 July 2018.
Operator - Uzabus
Depot - Kapiti
Fleet Number - 9010
Registration – LMQ674 (first NZ rego 10 July 2018)
Chassis Type - Wrightbus Streetlite WF
Chassis No. - SA9DSRXXN18141010
Body Manufacturer - Wrightbus
Body Date - 2018
Seating Codes - B29DW
Livery - Metlink
A REVIEW OF WRIGHTBUS FROM AUSTRALASIAN BUS AND COACH
By Paul Aldridge
Wrightbus may not be a brand on everybody’s lips in Australasia just yet, but with its innovative and tidy-looking StreetLite midibus packing a big micro-hybrid punch it soon just might be. We took one for quick spin and came away well impressed. Visually the Streetlite is distinctive from front to back.
It takes a few moments to fathom what great exports Northern Ireland has produced, but once the penny drops it’s a quality list of who’s who. There’s F1 ace Eddie ‘Irv the Swerve’ Irvine; pro golfer Rory McIlroy – who once formed a sporting power couple with tennis star Caroline Wozniacki; and who could forget the legendary Manchester United footballing icon George Best – who famously quipped, "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars – the rest I just squandered."
With reputations for doing things that stand out like that, it’s no doubt Northern Ireland’s Wrightbus has high expectations to meet. And it does so with oodles of class and style.
In terms of buses, Wrightbus is best known for that updated version of the London Routemaster double-deck – or so-called ‘Boris Bus’ – but with units like its micro-hybrid Streetlite midibus on the market here now it’s well placed to make its equally indelible mark.
Recently, we were handed the keys to test drive a Streetlite WF 8.8m (Wheel Forward) and good impressions were instant. Visually the Streetlite is distinctive. The large, round-based front window goes extremely low. This definitely is a positive for driver visibility and gives the bus a modern, open appearance that makes this bus easily recognisable as a Wrightbus.
The internals echo the front round window shape with a curved roofline and rear window.
Overall internally, the curved roofline gives the appearance of more headroom and tall occupants should feel right at home here.
The Streetlite 8.8m as tested had a seating capacity of 33 and a maximum standing capacity of 39 passengers and is a wheel-forward model. What’s that, you may ask?
This allows for a flatter floor area that offers more flexibility with seating options. This option is great particularly in the smaller buses, as passenger capacity and comfort can be maximised.
One safety feature that we hadn’t seen before was the emergency exit door placed halfway back on the driver’s side. This could be used for front or side collisions if they impacted on the normal exits, or if quick evacuation of passengers was needed. It’s a feature you’d hope to never use, but would certainly be welcomed in emergency situations.
A comfort feature that was impressive is the padded backrest that is placed for use by wheelchair users. The area has a safety bar that can be placed in securely by the driver for extra protection and passenger stability. This padded backrest would be both a good comfort feature, as the back of the chair is placed against it. It would give passengers somewhere to rest their head and this would give extra protection in case of collision or harsh braking. Often wheelchair provisions are adequate and safe, but comfort isn’t a consideration.
LOOKS TO THRILL
Externally, the placement of the headlamps outside the impact zone, the one-piece bumper and top-mount wipers are all design features part of the Wrightbus ethos to achieve low lifetime operational costs. Nice one!
Driver daily checks are made simpler with the addition of service accessibility doors while the fuel tank access is height improved with a raised, simple-to-reach access point. Drivers that fuel up will understand why this feature is beneficial for what can often be an uncomfortable job. The driver’s area is what you would expect from a route bus – basic but comfortable and spacious enough for long legs.
We got the chance to have a substantial drive through suburban areas, just as this bus would be expected to do on routes.
The Daimler OM906LA Euro 6 engine is quite powerful for a four-cylinder at 208hp. Although unloaded, uphill there was plenty of torque and it was quiet zippy, so you could feel that the capacity was certainly there to have plenty of power when fully loaded. The Voith gearbox changes were seamless and smooth, no complaints here. Suburban Melbourne has many narrow laneways and so maneuvering was easy, the Streetlite certainly passing the suburban driving test with aplomb.
Overall, the Streetlite was definitely as expected and does not disappoint.
LOCAL INPUT?
While we do like to see Australian-made components or features on a bus or coach and local knowledge and craftsmanship utilised, this British-built bus certainly is impressive by what it brings to our industry. When you drive some buses or coaches it is what you see that is impressive, but with the Streetlite the small details behind the economy of this vehicle show that Wrightbus thinks way beyond just the visual. Yes, it is an every-day route bus, it’s not built to be luxurious and impressive, but the impact of features to lifetime running costs and economy would certainly help operators looking at a vehicle in this class make a smart financial long-term choice.
WHO BRINGS IT IN?
Patico Automotive was founded in 2006. Originally named Irizar Oceania, it was founded with the distribution rights for its very first imported product, the luxury Spanish coach brand made in Brazil called Irizar.
Managing director of Patico Automotive Tony Fairweather said: "We introduced the first of these coaches in 2008 and from that initial product we have grown the business into a range of other luxury and niche-type bus products. When we started to take on other brands we had the name change to Patico."
Part of Patico’s philosophy is to represent high-quality, proven products that can be aimed at a mid-market price point. Fairweather said, "Our intention is to be able to introduce products to the Australian market that bring advanced safety features, total cost of ownership-type models. We like to bring styling and options not available on other Australian buses to the market; we are a niche importer and distributer – we like to offer a point of difference to operators."
GETTING IT WRIGHT
Wrightbus, explains Fairweather, is primarily a UK company founded in Northern Ireland by Robert Wright in 1946. It’s a 100 per cent family-owned business with a very unique culture for a business of its size. Initially locally produced, it now has major manufacturing facilities in south-east Asia, so it is building lots of double-deckers for Hong Kong and Singapore.
Eventually it will supply product out of its Malaysian facility to Australia and New Zealand, though it still has a big plant in Ireland.
"As well as their product being progressive and market leading, they are a very ethical and moral company. They invest a lot back into the local communities; uniquely they have a church on site, which is their church and one of the Wrights is the minister of the church – a very unique business for modern times and they aren’t just in business to make money. They want to make a difference to the world through their products and profits.
"We focus on the specific criteria of safety features and total cost of ownership. For the Wrightbus products, they are world leaders in this category.
"The UK manufacturers in both route bus and city bus arguably are, too – they all make integrated CBU products that focus on lowering costs of manufacturing and have low operational costs for the life of vehicle. So the total cost of ownership, life of products, cost for the UK models are – arguably on a per passenger transfer basis – significantly cheaper than the standard models used in Australia," Fairweather explained.
"What these products offer operators is size flexibility. The CBU products (Completely Built Up) mean you can build at eight-, nine-, or 10-metre and … can adapt your fleet to suit your route requirements opposed to a ‘one product fits all’.
"To use an analogy, you don’t see Qantas running 747s between Sydney to Melbourne, they have smaller, more-economical planes to do these routes. Arguably, operators globally need that flexibility in terms of fleet, and UK manufacturers offer that flexibility," he continued.
TECHNOLOGY VERSUS COSTS
Fairweather explains why Wrightbus fills the price gap for operators while current technologies are developing.
"In particular they have a proprietary driveline technology that is extremely unique. They have recognised that electrics and hydrogen, of which they do produce technologies, are still currently expensive and when you look at the total cost of ownership model they have developed micro-hybrid technology, which is still using the highly efficient diesel engine (Euro 6 Daimler).
"They have taken it to a form of electrification, which is not a battery-style electrification; it is an ancillary electrification, which means that by fitting extra alternators the electricity is being generated by the diesel engine."
He continued: "They have also electrified key components that are typically operated off the diesel engine – to me one of the most impressive examples is the power-steering pump. In a rear-engines bus, like we are driving today, you fundamentally have the power steering being powered from down the back by the diesel engine and the hydraulics having to run all that distance and back again.
"On a typical diesel engine it’s using diesel fuel to run the engine to be able to run the hydraulics, where as in the case of an electrification process the power steering is actually electrified and operated [from] the alternator and only being used when power steering is needed when you turn a corner.
"Subsequently, it’s using a lot less energy – in this case of the diesel engine, diesel fuel for operation."
"Wrightbus are getting with their proprietary micro-hybrid technology an extra 18 per cent fuel efficiency over the standard diesel engine," Fairweather said.
"Another benefit is it’s not substantially more expensive to fit this technology in comparison to a full hybrid.
"In terms of total cost of ownership of a bus, at the moment the micro hybrid is world class. It’s cheaper than electric. We do have electric trucks and I believe that electric is the future in buses, but it is still a few years away for the economics of it to stack up. That’s why we have chosen Wrightbus," said Fairweather.
This makes understandable financial sense, as with all new technologies they often are not initially cost effective, but time and volume of sales usually change that.
GREEN MACHINE
When he was asked about the green technologies being used by Wrightbus, Fairweather explained: "Of all the manufacturers in green technologies, they [Wrightbus] have options in everything, and I mean everything. They have two different types of hybrid – parallel and series, they have electric and hydrogen options – alternative fuels are their thing! But they and the operators keep coming back to the micro hybrid at the moment for lifetime costs of ownership, it’s what stacks up. They are developing all these other technologies and as they transition – and it will, 100 per cent electric will become viable – they have it ready, proven and tested.
"They have a big order going into Scotland at the moment for electrics, but they are fully government subsidised so financially they stack up."
This interim technology is adopted because the Streetlite model we are test driving would currently be close to double the purchase cost if fully electric.
PREMISES AND SUPPORT
"For smaller volume orders they are fully built in Northern Ireland, but for larger orders they will be fulfilled by the Malaysian facilities.
"All Australian orders are currently from Ireland. Malaysia is their other primary manufacturing facility and in future this will have the added cost savings of duty-free arrangements we have here with Malaysia," Fairweather explained.
"Ordering time is four-five months from initial order – that can be from one to 30, even up to 50 units all have the same order time".
Asked whether the Streetlite had any Australian made componentry or features he said, "It comes fundamentally ready to roll, just small components like CCTV cameras can be added, but Wrightbus do offer many variations and optional extras so they come ready to operate.
"The intention with Wrightbus is to deploy in volume. Where we deploy volume we will have mobile technicians established. We have this same commitment in New Zealand; there currently are 14 going into Wellington and we will have a mobile technician there. We have one in Auckland as well," said Fairweather.
Specs:
DISTRIBUTOR: Patico Automotive
MAKE: Wrightbus
MODEL: Streetlite WF 8.8m
ENGINE: Daimler four-cylinder OM934 Euro 6
POWER: 208hp/155kW
TRANSMISSION: Voith 824.6 four-speed fully automatic
Operator: French Air Force
Aircraft: Dassault Rafale C
Registration: 105 / 4-HE
C/n: 39218
Time & Location: 29.08.2020, EFKA, Finland
Remarks: Kauhava Airshow 2020
HX Challenge participant.
Operator: Stagecoach East Midlands
Vehicle Type: ADL Enviro 400 MMC
Fleet Number: 11195
Registration: YW19 VUR
Pictured at Bescot Park and Ride, working a shuttle for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
2/8/2022.
Operator: Victory Liner Inc.
Bus No: 238
Coachbulider: Yutong Bus Co. Ltd.
Model: Yutong ZK6122HD
Engine: Yuchai YC6L310-20
Chassis: Yutong ZK6122CRD9
Suspension: Air Suspension
Route: Pasay City - Dagupan City, Pangasinan
Shot Location: Victory Liner Inc. Bus Terminal, Dagupan City, Pangasinan
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Operator | North Genesis Bus Line
Fleet Number | 818599
Area of Operation | Provincial Operation
Seating Configuration | 2×2
Seating Capacity | 49+2
Coachbuilder | Santarosa Motor Works, Inc.
Model | SR Daewoo "Jetliner"
Chassis | Daewoo BV115
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Engine | Doosan DE12TiS
Operator | Pangasinan FiveStar Bus, Co.
Fleet Number | 3354
Area of Operation | Provincial Operation
Seating Configuration | 2×2
Seating Capacity | 45+2
Coachbuilder | Suzhou King Long United Automotive Industry Company, Ltd.(Higer Bus)
Model | KLQ123K U Tour
Chassis | LKLRIHS
Engine | Yuchai YC6L330-30