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Operator: First Eastern Counties
Fleet Numbers: 32476, 32479
Reg. Numbers: AU53 HJK, AU53 HJV
Liveries: Ipswich Reds (Pride), Eastern Counties Heritage
Bus Types: Volvo B7TL Alexander ALX400's
Routes: 32476 - 75 to Ipswich
32479 - 66 to Martlesham Tesco
Location: Revolution, next to Old Cattle Market Bus Station
Another 'boomerang bus' in the shape of Optare Versa YJ57 XWV is arriving at Piccadilly with the last evening journey to Stamford Bridge on service 10 with this long-exposure photo giving a ghostly effect. This was new to Lancashire United in SpotOn livery, then with 5 others moved to York for the 844 Coastliner service and carried on working York local services when no longer needed on the 844; it later moved back to Blackburn after vehicle requirement at York fell when other services stopped running or went to other operators. It had been seen initially as a temporary loan to York, but now 202 has gaind Y&C fleetnames whilst the red rose of Lancashire has wilted and the correct white rose has replaced it
Credits: Constellations
can you give me number nine?
can i see you later?
will you give me back my dime?
turn the oscillator
twist it with a dollar bill
mail man bring the paper
leave it on my window sill
Find a canary
a bird to bring my message home
carry my obituary
my coffin doesnt have a phone
how you gonna get the money?
send papers to an empty home?
how you gonna get the money?
nobody to answer the phone
BASIC DETAILS
Bus Company/Operator: VALLACAR TRANSIT, INC.
Bus Name: CERES TOURS
Fleet Number: 8003
Classification: Air Conditioned Provincial Operation Bus
Route:
Seating Configuration: 2x2 seater
Seating Capacity: 45+1 passengers
BUS BODY
Bus Manufacturer: VTI-TEBBAP (Vallacar Transit Incorporated-Transport Engineering Bus Body Assembly Plant)
Bus Model: VTI-TEBBAP Yanson ViKing 11th Generation
CHASSIS
Chassis Manufacturer: Hino Motors, Ltd.
Chassis Model: Hino RK1JMT
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
ENGINE
Engine Manufacturer: Hino Motors, Ltd.
Engine Model: Hino J08C-TK
TRANSMISSION
Type: Manual Transmission
Gear: 6 speed fonward and 1 speed reverse
Location: Cebu South Bus Terminal
Natalio B. Bacalso Avenue, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
Date Taken: August 06, 2018
*Specifications are subject to verification and may be changed without any prior notice.
Operator: Flightline
Aircraft: Swearingen SA226-TC Metro
Registration: EC-JIP
C/n: TC-301
Location: Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM/EHRD)
Date: 16-4-2018
Previously: N5666M Swearingen, F-GCFE Compagnie Aerienne du Languedoc, F-GCFE Air Littoral, F-GCFE Hex'Air, SX-BSC SEEA - Southeast European Airlines, N5FY Personal Airliner Ltd., EC-JIP Euro Continental Air, EC-JIP Via Tauro
Operator: LSL
Livery: BR Green / BR Black
No: D1924 'Crewe Diesel Depot' & 57311 'The Institution of Mechanical Engineers'
Service: 5Z83 2103 Northampton to Crewe H.S.
Location: Crewe
Operator: Ipswich Buses Ltd
Fleet Number: 80
Registration: YX63ZVV
Body/Chassis: Alexander Dennis Enviro200
Chassis No: SFD7E1AR6DGY13895
Seating: B37F
New: November 2013
Ex: --
Livery: Ipswich Buses
Date: Tuesday 8th August 2017
Location: Burrell Road, Ipswich
Route: 16 (Belstead Road & Halifax via Rail Station)
Operator: Richards Bros, Cardigan (Newport)
Make/Model: Optare Solo SR Slimline (M7900SE) - (B23F)
Registration Number: YJ66 ANR
P1140112
Operator: Sanders Coaches Ltd
Fleet No: 107
Registration: PM03EHR
Body/Chassis: VDL DB250 East Lancs Lowlander
Chassis No: ??
Seating: H45/27F
New: ??/2003
Ex: Bus Vannin
Livery: Sanders Services
Date: Thursday 19th June 2014
Location: Surrey Street, Norwich
Route: X44 (Norwich Express)
Operator- Arriva Midlands Telford
Operating Area- Shropshire, Staffordshire & Worcestershire
Make- Wright Bus
Model- Pulsar 2
Chassie- SB200 VDL
Fleet No- 3781
Reg- FL63DXO
Location Seen- Newport with Service 5
Info- New to Arriva Midlands Telford Garage
Seen 23/3/22
Unmanned Aircraft Systems 15W (Operator) & 15E (Repairer)
Maryland Guard members from A Co., Det. 1, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment (Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems) show the training they do during duty weekends and annual training.
15W: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operators remotely pilot of unmanned observation aircrafts that gather intelligence used in operational tactics. As intelligence specialists, they are integral to providing Army personnel with information about enemy forces and battle areas.
15E: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Repairers are primarily responsible for the maintenance functions on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. They keep the aircrafts ready to fly and ensure their ability to collect and transmit information.
(Photo by Spc. Nyia Patton, 29th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Operator: Mortons Travel, Basingstoke
Make/Model: Volvo B10BLE/Wright Renown (B44F)
Registration Number: R26 RED
Fleet Number: 4513
History: Arriva (V513 DFT) - (4513)
available @ Kawaii Secrets March round
8 colors, Head set, Tactical Vest, Flare Dress included
Legacy/Lara X/Lara
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Operator: Mulleys Motorways Ltd
Fleet Number: --
Registration: AE06YYU
Body/Chassis: Optare M920 Solo
Chassis No: SAB19000000002080
Seating: B??F
New: August 2006
Ex: Dews Coaches
Livery: Allover White
Date: Saturday 22nd July 2017
Location: Bury St Edmunds Bus Station
Route: 312 (Newmarket Bus Station)
Operator- Arriva Midlands Telford
Operating Area- Shropshire, Staffordshire & Worcestershire
Make- Optare
Model- Solo
Chassie- Mercedes
Fleet No- 2502
Reg- YJ57EKC
Location Seen- Madeley Centre
Service- 8 to Bridgnorth
Info- New to Arriva Midlands
Seen- 2/11/22
I started work at the Hollis Bros hardwood flooring department London Office at 150, Holborn EC1 in August 1971 and transferred to the head office in Hull in 1975. When that closed I rescued a number of truck photos, both of Hollis and other Hull area operators. For many years I thought I had lost them, but found them recently. There are 22 of them and here they are scanned and I hope of interest.
Country: GREAT BRITAIN
Operator: BR Scottish Region
Item: STATION
Class or Maker: -
Wheel Arrangement or Type: -
Number: -
Place details: NEILSTON HIGH Station Scotland
Additional notes: Gauge std
Original source material: Kodak 35mm slide
Photographer: Richard Franklin
Copyright: Photographer
Library locator reference: RLPF.0211
30937 Transport Photograph Database
1981SEP01RLPF006cs
Operator: Reading Buses
Make/Model: ADL E40D/Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 MMC (H41/35F)
Registration Number: SN16 OHG
Fleet Number: 789
History: Weavaway Travel
Operator: Abellio Greater Anglia
Location: Ingatestone
Platform: 2 / 1
Class: 90 / 360
Number: 001 / 112
Type: Electric Locomotive / Electric Multiple Unit
Origin: Ingatestone
Destination: Norwich / Ipswich
Date: 26th April 2015
Operators from The Norwegian Forsvarets spesialkommando (FSK) during a training exercise on an Industrial area as part of Exercise Oslofjord 2019
Photo: Torbjørn Kjosvold / Forsvaret
Operator- Travel Express Lets Go
Operating Area- West Midlands
Make- East Lancs
Model- Esteem
Chassie- Dennis Dart
Fleet No- N/A
Reg- PN07KRZ
Location Seen- Willenhall
Service- 303 to Bilston
Info- Epsom Coaches Richmond
Seen- 6/7/23
Operator: French Air Force
Aircraft: Dassault Rafale C
Registration: 140 / 7-GS & 143 / 7-GS
C/n:
Time & Location: 15.06.2019, EFTU, Finland
Remarks: Tactical performance show.
Stagecoach West's 15762 OU61 AUT is seen at Cribbs Causeway running the X10 on the last day before passing to Transpora and latterly to Big Lemon, still wearing the branding of its previous life with Oxford Depot
+++ DISCLAIMER +++
Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries during and after the Second World War. The Spitfire was built in many variants, using several wing configurations, and was produced in greater numbers than any other British aircraft.
The Spitfire was designed as a short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft by R. J. Mitchell, chief designer at Supermarine Aviation Works (which operated as a subsidiary of Vickers-Armstrong from 1928). In accordance with its role as an interceptor, Mitchell designed the Spitfire's distinctive elliptical wing to have the thinnest possible cross-section; this thin wing enabled the Spitfire to have a higher top speed than several contemporary fighters, including the Hawker Hurricane.
It was the only British fighter to be in continuous production throughout World War II, and remained in service with several air forces around the world for several years. One of its post-war operators was the Lebanese Air Force, or Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Lubnaniyya (لقوات الجوية اللبنانية).
The Lebanese Air Force was established in 1949 under the command of then-Lieutenant Colonel Emile Boustany who later became commander of the army. Soon after its establishment, a number of planes were donated by the British, French, and Italian governments, with additional planes donated by Britain and Italy later that same year.
Britain donated 4 Percival Prentices, 2 World War II-era Percival Proctors and seven trpocailized Supermarine Spitfires (six Mk. XVIe and one TR.8 two-seater), while Italy donated 4 Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 bombers which were mainly used for transportation.
The Mk XVI Spitfire was a WWII design, and the last variant powered by a Merlin engine and based on the original, sleek fuselage. It was basically the same as the Mk IX, except for the engine, a Merlin 266. The Merlin 266 was the Merlin 66 and was built under licence in the USA by the Packard Motor Company. The "2" was added as a prefix in order to avoid confusion with the engines, as they required different tooling.
All Mk XVI aircraft produced (a total of 1,054 Mk XVIs left Castle Bromwich) were of the Low-Altitude Fighter (LF) variety. This was not determined by the length of the wings (clipped wings were fitted to most LF Spitfires), but by the engine, which had been optimised for low-altitude operation. All production Mk XVIs had clipped wings for low altitude work and were fitted with the rear fuselage fuel tanks with a combined capacity of 75 gal. Many XVIs featured cut-down rear fuselages with bubble canopies. On these aircraft the rear fuselage tank capacity was limited to 66 gal.
Because of a slightly taller intercooler and rearranged accessories on the Packard Merlins a new, bulged upper cowling was introduced, a detail that also appeared on late production IXs. For the service in the Middel East region the Lebanese machines received dust filters which considerably changed the aircraft's silhouette.
Armament consisted of two 20 mm Hispano II cannons - each with 120 rpg - and two 0.50 calibre Browning machine guns - each with 250 rpg. 1 × 500 lb (227 kg) bomb could be carried underneath the centre rack, and 1 × 250 lb (114 kg) bomb could be slung under each wing. As a special feature, the wing hardpoints of the Lebanese Spitfires were "wet" so that slipper tanks with 24 gal. each could be carried, compensating for the reduces rear fuselage tank due to the bubble canopy's lowered dorsal spine.
The Lebanese Spitfires only saw a short service, since in 1953, jet fighters were introduced when 16 de Havilland Vampire jets were received, and the first Hawker Hunters arrived in 1959, which replaced the obsolete Spitfires. This initial Hunter batch was followed by more Hunters through 1977.
In 1968, 12 Mirage IIIELs were delivered from France but were grounded in the late 1970s due to lack of funds. In 2000, the grounded Mirages were sold to Pakistan, and four Hunters were even revived in 2008 and served until 2014.
General characteristics:
Crew: one pilot
Length: 29 ft 11 in (9.12 m)
Wingspan: 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Height: 11 ft 5 in (3.86 m)
Wing area: 242.1 ft2 (22.48 m2)
Airfoil: NACA 2209.4(tip)
Empty weight: 5,065 lb (2,297 kg)
Loaded weight: 6,622 lb (3,000 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 6,700 lb (3,039 kg)
Powerplant:
1× Rolls-Royce Merlin 60 supercharged V12 engine,
rated at 1.470 hp (1.096 kW) at 9.250 ft (2.820 m)
Performance:
Maximum speed: 370 mph, (322 kn, 595 km/h)
Combat radius: 410 nmi (470 mi, 760 km)
Ferry range: 991 nmi (1,135 mi, 1,827 km)
Service ceiling: 36,500 ft (11,125 m)
Rate of climb: 2,600 ft/min (13.2 m/s)
Wing loading: 27.35 lb/ft2 (133.5 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.22 hp/lb (0.36 kW/kg)
Armament:
2x 20mm Hispano Mk II cannon (120 RPG)
2x .5 in Browning machine guns (250 RPG)
Three hardpoints (1 ventral, 1 under each outer wing) for up to 1.000 lb (454 kg).
The kit and its assembly:
This whif is based on a simple idea: how did Lebanon's Air Force start? Small countries make a good whif playground, and I guess that nobody has the Lebanon on his/her list...?
Another factor was that I had some Austrian roundels left in store that could, with a green dot, easily be turned into Lebanese markings. So the theme was quickly settled, but the details take some preparation time, so the idea lingered for some time.
After some legwork I deemed a simple Spitfire with a dust filter worthy as an initial aircraft, and the respective Hobby Boss kit of a Spitfire Mk. VB in the stash came handy.
But somehow this was a bit dull, and at the inception of the Lebanon Air Force there were better option available than an early Mk. V. I still wanted a sleek, Merlin-powered Spitfire variant, though, and eventually settled for the Mk. XVI - with its clipped wings and the bubble canopy it has a very distinctive look.
When a "1 Week group Build" at whatifmodelers.com in the Easter Week 2015 was announced, I took this occassion to build the Lebanese Spitfire.
By that time I already had a basis kit at hand (Heller's Spitfire XVI) as well as some donation parts and decals.
Work was strightforward, the Heller kit was built almost OOB. It's a rather old model kit, with raised panel lines, but good detail. The material is thin, so the built item lacks some structural stability! On the other side, this makes some minor mods really easy: I lowered the flaps and moved the tail rudders slightly off of neutral position. I also opened the cockpit "door" on the left side for later static display, even though the cockpit itself was left OOB. It's a bit "flat", but for the kit's age it's pretty good, and the injected canopy is crystal clear and fits perfectly.
I had some major woes concerning the fit for the forward fuselage, and even more when I tried to mate wings and fuselage: there was a 1mm gap(!) on both sides that had to be bridged with putty, and the thin and flexible material did help much...
Other mods concern the propeller (added a styrene tube and a metal axis for free spin), the radiators (these are molded into the lower wings - sounds horrible, but is made very well and thin, I just added some foamed styrene inside as protective mesh because OOB there's just a blank "box" inside) and the kit received a dust filter - a resin piece taken from a Pavla conversion set for Hawker Hurricanes.
Painting and markings:
While a donated RAF Spitfire would certainly have carried a desert paint scheme in Dark Earth/Mid Stone/Azure Blue or a late WWII Dark Green/Ocean Grey/Light Sea Grey livery I settled for something more individual and effective for the rugged Levantine terrain.
In this case I went for the rarely used RAF 'Tropical Scheme' in Mid Stone/Dark Green from above and with Mediterrenean Blue undersides.
The pattern itself is standard RAF, the upper cammo taken down onto the dust filter's flanks was taken over from RAAF Spitfires during WWII (RAF aircraft would carry a higher waterline, with the filter painted completely in the lower surface's tone). Basic paints are RAF Dark Green from Modelmaster and Humbrol 84 (RAF Mid Stone) - rather authentic. But I used Humbrol 87 (Steel Grey) for the undersides - it's rather intense and has a greenish hue, and by far not as dark as the typical RAF Azure Blue or PRU Blue.
Interior surfaces were painted in RAF Cockpit Green (Modelmaster Authentic), while the landing gear and its wells were kept in Aluminum Dope (Humbrol 56).
Decals/markings were puzzled together and improvised. The Lebanese roundels are actually Austrian national markings into which a dark green dot has ben added manually... the fin flash and the roman/arabic codes come from an Xtradecal aftermarket sheet.
Beyond these basic markings I did not add anything flashy - in 1951 things were rather simple,
The kit received a light shading and some dry painting with light grey, plus a light black ink wash. Soot/exhaust stains were created with grinded graphite and around the engine some leaked oil was added with Tamiya's "Smoke", and everything was sealed under a coat of matt acrylic varnish.
I'll admit it's not a spectacular whif, and overall rather simple concerning build and painting. But a proud addition to whatifmodelers.com's "! Week Group Build", even though this was already finished in just three days from sprues to beauty pics...
My Mother was an Operator with Bell of Pennsylvania in the late 1950's and early 1960's. Here she is modeling a headset like the one she used then.
Operator: First Eastern Counties Buses Ltd
Fleet Number: 47512
Registration: SN64CRZ
Body/Chassis: Wright StreetLite DF10.8
Chassis No: SA9DSRXXX14141819
Seating: B37F
New: November 2014
Ex: --
Livery: Network Norwich
Date: Saturday 28th October 2017
Location: Castle Meadow, Norwich
Route: 39 (Lakenham) PURPLE LINE
Operator: Reading Buses - (Scania Demonstrater)
Make/Model: Scania N250UD/Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 MMC (H49/29F)
Registration Number: YN66 BBX
Fleet Number: 775
Operator: Arriva (The Shires) - (Luton)
Make/Model: VDL SB200/Plaxton Centro (B45F)
Registration Number: YJ58 FFA
History: Richards Bros, Arriva UK (7920, 5997, 1498 & 9010) Arriva Malta (Bus 309), Arriva UK (01)
P1070447
Operator: Go West Travel Ltd
Fleet No: 127 //\\ 126
Registration: AU05FKF //\\ AU05FKE
Body/Chassis: Irisbus Agora Line
Chassis No: VNEPS09D200000229 //\\ VNEPS09D200000228
Seating: B44F
New: March 2005
Ex: Norse
Livery: Old Norfolk Green
Date: Saturday 30th November 2013
Location: Kings Lynn Bus Station
Route: 505 (King's Lynn) //\\ Fairstead One
Operator: Stagecoach Bluebird
Vehicle Type: BYD / ADL Enviro 400 City
Fleet Number: 14053
Registration: LC71 KVU
Pictured departing not in service from Aberdeen Bus Station.
19/5/2022.
Operator | Pangasinan FiveStar Bus Co, Inc.
Fleet Number | 1105
Classification | Regular-Airconditioned Bus
Coachbuilder | Golden Dragon Bus (Trans Oriental Philippines-Assembled)
Model | Golden Dragon XML6126 "Superstar" Replica
Chassis | Man Diesel R39 18:350 HOCL
Engine | Man Diesel D2066LOH
Suspension Type |
Seat Configuration | 2x2
Maximum Capacity | 49+2
Shot Location | Rosales, Pangasinan.