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Chertsey Tavern, Chertsey, Canterbury, NZ.
The Chertsey Tavern's first licence was granted in Dec.1877 to a Mr A Stenning (earlier that year Peter Kelly had "applied for a hotel licence for his house, now in course of erection at Chertsey. The licence was refused, the Bench deeming the applicant an unsuitable man to conduct a house." - The Press, 06 Sept.1877).
In those early years, hotels and bars were seen as useful places for men to gather socially. However, there was also criticism of the effects of alcohol on pioneering families, with allegations that men spent more in one night on grog than their families spent in a month on food.
The vocal temperance movement forced the closure of all hotels in Ashburton in June 1903. However this did not include hotels in nearby towns, so the prohibition saw a rapid increase in traffic between Ashburton and Chertsey! Ashburton remained 'dry' until 1949...
Edgar and Diane Smith bought the Chertsey Tavern in 1977, though it was leased out for 12 years.
They closed the doors for the last time in May 2015. A sign on the front window says: "Bar closed. Owners retired."
Thirsty locals must now go to nearby Rakaia or Ashburton. Mind you, there's a perfectly good pub up for grabs now...just sayin'.
Carl: hay Joe check out that new mobile armor i bet he sucks at piloting that tin can heheheh!!
Joe: shut up thats the Comander your talking and your in load speaker Dimwit!
Commander: carl im sending you to the front line hope you like it there heheeh!!
my hanger bays are ready for display i just wish i had more bricks to build 1 more ohh well maybe next time
Original Digital Painting with Procreate, iPad Pro, and Apple Pencil. 24 hours painting time.
This is my most complex, carefully crafted, work to date. The black grid and shapes are all hand-drawn and painted. The red yellow and blue fills likewise. The white overlays were added last and sit on top of the primary fills.
Because it was painted in layers, I also can produce the ‘Primary Variation’ - a version without the white overlays. Although this one is what I envisioned from the start, the Primary Variation may be the stronger image. Opinions welcome.
With a meet at Loretto and multiple slow orders in effect. CP 7014 slowly leads loaded Potash train 640 from Saskatchewan bound for interchange with NS in Chicago.
A First Order Snowtrooper officer gives out his orders from the comfort of a speeder. Why slog along with the grunts?
Hasbro's got me. I'm getting increasingly excited for "The Force Awakens", and I'm a chump for snow toys. This speeder sucks and I still paid $30 for it. The 5-POA figures are easier to tolerate at $5-6 each, and when my Walmart had 4 fresh on the pegs, I pounced.
The last of my Spring pre-orders have arrived and the first one is Fine Print Elise. For 2015 the theme for Fashion Royalty is inspired by the early 60s. I can say that this is where Integrity Toys’ comfort zone is. Fashion Royalty is known for vintage flair and glamour of that period. Along with the theme they have new face designs for each of the dolls. It’s stylized in a way that their reminiscent to the paint styles of vintage dolls from the mid-century era. You see this is where the risk that they took got tricky because for me this somehow affected the sales of the collection. The dolls don’t stand a chance from other versions from past collections and from the 2016 Cinematic Convention collection. They just don’t compare. There’s nothing edgy about these dolls. They’re stripped off of that. Obviously this isn’t my favorite collection in terms of face design. I realize how hard it is to redesign faces because it's like reinventing the wheel over and over again and that's why we see a lot of rehashed screenings lately. But the new face styles in this collection are kind of a step back. They just feel odd to me. They're more appropriate for Monogram or Victoire Roux.
I do have to say that the Madame look that they gave Elise fits her character. The hairstyle works for her. In fact I love it. I really hope they use this hairstyle for her again on a version with toned down make-up and a better face design. Also the color palette is like a flashback to Vivid Impact Agnes. That doll is dreckitude! That’s all I’m gonna say. Fine Print does come with good fashion pieces though. The coat feels luxurious. The printed pencil dress seems like a good addition to the wardrobe even though I’m tired of seeing the same neckline. The shoes are basic. Very similar to Style Notes Isha. In fact I think they’re just the same as well as the earrings, but with the addition of the bracelet and the magnetic brooch. The must-have piece though is the Hermès inspired hand bag. It has a pearlescent finish. It’s well-made. It has an open closure. I hate to be a Debby Downer but I feel this version of Elise/Elyse will go down as one of the worst versions of her. For 2016 I want Integrity to push for more chic, edgy, modern and less matronly looks for Fashion Royalty. I’m not saying that they should be as edgy as the Nu.Face girls but think of the way Victoria Beckham, Karolina Kurkova and even Naomi Campbell wear dresses by David Koma, Antonio Berardi and Azzedine Alaïa. Age appropriate, classy but very fashion forward. Let's give that Madame look a rest for a change. They can have several seats for now.
This March 1989 Kodachrome shows a rather burnt U30B leading this southbound train at Carleton, Michigan.
Stuck behind my airlines and below my sander, a GBO which was handed up to me rides along all day. It was issued to alert crews if the new speed limit sign which can be seen in yellow out of focus to the right of the smoke stack. It’s not often I’m given a GBO or any orders during the day, so this stood out to me a little bit and made for a classic scene.
Should I be afraid ? I already sold some of the dolls I didn't want to keep, I still need to make some space for the new arrivals ... I'm proud I am able to let some go I must say ... with the slow production it gives me more time ...
Mormon crickets (Anabrus simplex) have hatched in Sierra Valley and are swarming. We saw a dense black mat of them fifty yards wide crossing an asphalt road from grass to chaparral, but the whole of the crossing swarm was more like a quarter mile of road. One reason they are all marching mostly one direction is that they are cannibals - bigger ones eat smaller nymphs - so keep moving to either eat or avoid being eaten. The wet winter set off the mass hatching and this swarm of at least a million will persist for months or even years, eating every plant in its path.
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(Geonosis, a few minutes after Black Moon Squad enters the tower)
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"Commander, the droids have us outnumbered! We're running low on ammunition and cover! What are your orders?!"
"Keep fighting, Flash! We just got to hold out 'til Kydan and his men get here!"
"Copy that, ma'am!"
'If he gets here in time, that is...', the blonde haired Jedi Knight woman though to herself, before deflecting an energy blast back with her green bladed lightsaber.
Down below the sixth floor within the research tower, Rilicia and her squad, White Claw, had breached the large room of what little cargo there was left, having defeated some B1 Battle Droids and B2 Super Battle Droids in the vicinity. They had all just begun to head towards the next set of stairs to the seventh floor before being entrapped within the cargo bay, the door before them sealed off. To make matters worth, the reinforcements that were suppose to aid the other droid forces earlier had finally caught up to them; containing B1 Battle Droids, B2 Super Battle Droids, a few, but deadly, Droidekas and one single DSD1 Dwarf Spider Droid, all charging up to them all, pinning them back to take cover.
Rilicia thought that it was a nightmare. "Boomer, we need that Spider Droid gone!"
"Working on it, commander!" Boomer cried out, rushing to reload his rocket launcher in hand. After a few seconds, he lifts the launcher in the air and aims it right at the droid, using the automatic targeting computer for better success.
"Suck on this, you clanker!"
Pulling the trigger, the missile launches out from the rocket launcher, flying right towards the Spider Droid at high speed. With little time to react, the missile makes a clean hit, creating a massive explosion that engulfed almost the entire droid itself, destroying both the Spider Droid, one Super Battle Droid and a couple Battle Droids that had been around it.
Boomer places the rocket launcher down before cheering out loud. "Ha ha! Take that, you junkies!"
"Good work Boomer, that takes ca-," Rilicia paused for a brief moment before looking at her other clone soldier, Wilow, who had just taken down a simple battle droid. When she saw the Super Battle droid aim its wrist blaster at him, she cried out, "Wilow, get down!"
"Wha-!" Before Wilow could even finish whatever he was going to say, he felt the sudden, burning stings in his chest plate, multiple shots piercing right through him. "GAH!"
Rilicia winced and mourned the death of her fellow trooper, who had dropped to the ground. But even though she had lost her fellow trooper, that wasn't gonna stop her from defeating the droid forces. She and her squad had come too far to surrender and lay down their lives now. They had to hold this position!
She looked behind her to one of her other troopers, who was currently slicing his way through the control panel next to the sealed door. "Hacker! How's it coming with that door?!"
"Its taking a little longer than I would have hoped ma'am," he replied, just pulling two small blue and black wires out as it caused it to spark. "I don't know how much longer it'll take to get her open!"
Rilicia sighed silently in annoyance. She wasn't mad with Hacker, but more with their current situation before them all. "Then work as fast as you can! Otherwise, those droids will call for reinforcements! And frankly, we don't have enough ammunition or men for that!"
"Copy that, Commander! I'm on it!"
"Hang on boys! Droidekas incoming!"
As soon as she turned her attention back to the droids, two large, brown metallic machines, known as Droidekas, rolled into the fray of the battle, deploying themselves right beside the remaining Super Battle Droids as they began to blast away at the remaining clones and Jedi commander. If that wasn't enough; one of the remaining Super Battle Droids was able to hit one of the soldiers, named Kuros, gunning the clone right down to the ground just as the last droid had done to Willow earlier. They were all beginning that this was the final line of defense; either kill or be killed.
Dodging the incoming gunfire from the opposite side, Flash ducks beside next to Boomer and behind his commander. "I don't think we can hold out much longer commander! We're down to three men!"
Although she hated to admit it, Lieutenant Flash was right. Their entire squad was now slimmed down to three men. It was now up to Flash, Boomer, Hacker, and herself to survive and hold the line. Even though the odds were against them, they had no other choice. This was their final stand alright, and they all knew it.
"...Then we'll go down by taking them with us, Lieutenant." She looks to the rest of her remaining soldiers around her, who were all looking at her awaiting her final order as their leader. "White Claw Squadron, take out as many as you can! No mercy!"
"Sir, yes ma'am!" They all shouted as Flash, Boomer, and even Hacker all picked themselves out from their cover and began to open fire at the droid forces, hoping to take down whatever they can with them. Rilicia jumped out of her own cover, igniting her green saber and started to deflect the incoming fire from the Super Battle Droids and droidekas.
As the entire squadron made their final attempts against the droids, from behind the droid enemy, a few unknown blue energy shots are heard and seen from behind, taking out two of the five Super Battle Droids. Then, out of one of the droidekas that was continuing to barrage the clones and Jedi with its ray shield on surrounding it, slowly begins to float in midair as the shield itself deactivates and all shots from it was ceased to a halt.
None of them knew what was happening, but the clones stopped firing at the droids, taking cover once again and only poking their helmets out to look beyond the battlefield. Even Rilicia was totally confused to what was happening, as well.
She looked at the droids dumbfounded. "What the blazes...?"
Taking a moment to see what was causing the droids to act weird and stop firing at them, Flash looked behind the enemy to see if the source of their actions was the case. When he did, he realized what was happening. "Ma'am, look!"
In an instant, the droideka was flung right towards the right, smashing into the metal wall as it somewhat exploded and sparked simultaneously, falling back onto the steel floor with a thud. From behind the droids was but Kydan and Black Moon Squad, rushing towards them as they began to focus all their efforts on the remaining droids before them all.
Kydan activates his purple blade, pointing the saber directly at the droids. "Alright boys, take them out!"
As the last of his words escaped his lips. each one chose to target the last droideka as they caught it off guard, creating enough it could make a full turn around. With just the right amount of attacks, the droideka was too vulnerable and utterly was shredded away from the gunfire shots.
Meanwhile, Kydan chose to pursue one of the last Super Battle Droids while Rilicia took the chance to attack the other from behind, both of them slicing each droid's arms off and cutting them in half at the exact same time.
As the two collapsed tot he ground in pieces, White Claw made a cheer of victory as they knew the battle was finally over. Rilicia, sighing in relief, turns her gaze towards Kydan with a bright smile. She was so glad that they came in the nick of time, but was also worried about them when they attacked the tower outside earlier. Though, she was overjoyed that he was okay.
"Kydan!" She rushed up to him before coming to a halt in front of him, forcefully restraining herself to not hug him. "Thank the Force your alright! We thought your team was wiped out."
"We thought the same about you guys when we couldn't make any contact with you," Kydan admitted, a small smile forming on his lips. "But, thanks to Scanner, he was able to locate where you and your squad were. If he hadn't, we would have never got here in time. I'm just glad your safe, Rilicia."
Rilicia was slightly caught off from his last comment, a small blush appearing on her cheek bones. Hoping to avoid the embarrassment, she smiled and replied back, "Well, I'm glad your safe too Kydan. Thanks for saving me and my team."
Kydan blushed back, rubbing the back of his neck in his own embarrassment with a small chuckle. "O-Oh, j-just doing my job as a Jedi."
Not fully understanding what was going on between their two commanders, Flash and R.S. approached them both, their helmets being held between their arms. Flash spoke up first, "Commanders, Hacker just finished hacking through the main door. Area is secured and are ready to proceed to the labs on your orders."
"Excellent. What is our loses Leuitenant?" Rilicia questioned them.
"We lost Wilow and Curos in the battle. We're down to three men in the squad ma'am. Our squad is down to a task force, and we don't have enough numbers to overrun the tower. Any ideas, ma'am?"
It was true, their numbers have dwindled to only a small task force all because of her actions. She should be feeling guilt for the whole outcome, but knew that it wouldn't help her if she started to blame herself. She then murmurs to herself, not satisfied with it all. "This might be harder than I expected..."
Kydan understood what she meant. Being under the command of many lives was very challenging, and it's difficult to figure out if you will carry out the right or wrong orders during the battles before and after. It wasn't very pleasant.
With a broad grin, Kydan spoke up. "Well, I guess it's a good thing you have us then, huh Rilicia?"
"Still, who knows how much tougher it's gonna be when we reach the labs. If Eclipse is still there, he'll definitely be ready for us."
Kydan's grin grows even more, "Then we'll use that to our advantage. Flash, you and your men have any thermal detonators left?"
When Kydan looked to the rest of White Claw Squadron, he saw the three clones searching through their plastic white pouches and backpacks for any detonators they had left. Fortunately for them, each one of them was carrying one each.
Flash and his men showed the commander their last grenades. "Uh, yes sir. Each of us have at least one. But if you don't mind me asking; why?"
"Cause, Lieutenant, we're gonna need to be blowing ourselves a new 'entrance'?"
"Uh...'new entrance', sir?"
He chuckles at the soldier. "You'll understand once we get in there."
Rilicia just giggles from Kydan's comment, while Flash just tilted his head in an utterly confused state. With a simple smirk, Kydan turns his attention to Rilos, Scanner and Hopper who were just approaching them all.
"Rilos? I need you and the rest of the team to secure and hold this position until we get back. There's no telling what or when the droids will be coming back."
"Understood sir," Rilos replied, both he and his men cocking their weapons. "We'll contact you if we see any droids in the vicinity."
"Good man," the young Jedi nodded with a smile. He turns to Rilicia and her men, his smile not faltering in the slightest. "Alright, lets get in there and capture that Mandalorian."
"Lets just hope we're not too late," Rilicia hoped as she, Kydan and the team rushed out of the room and through the corridors of the tower, leaving the rest to protect the area for escape.
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(Ten minutes after losing contact with droid forces...)
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Inside the laboratory, droid unit K-17, ex-assistant droid of Alurak, scrambles across the entire lab in preparations for the enemies' arrival. With one last objective left to accomplish, K17 quickly contacts its master, revealing a small blue silhouette appears before it.
"My lord, our reinforcements have all been eliminated below the lab," K-17 addresses, "We no longer have reinforcements available."
'It is of little concern,' the mysterious man replies to the droid, unfazed by the news. 'We have accomplished what we needed here. Do what you can to keep the Jedi and Republic away from our mission. We do not need any interference.'
"Understood, sir," K-17 said, nodding its head. "We'll hold them here."
As the hologram projecting the silhouette disappears in front of K-17, the two battle droids that are guarding the doorway to the lab start to hear a small knocking noise from the other side of the room. The one on the left notices the noise as it looks, first, to the door and then back at it's counterpart.
"Did you hear that?" It asked the other droid.
"I didn't hear anything," the other replied, slightly shaking it's thin stick-like head. "You must be hearing things again."
The droid looks to the door. "I could have sworn I heard something. It sounded like a knock."
"Your sensors must be malfunctioning again," the other said to it. "You should head down to repairs later, get yourself a che-"
Before the droid could finish it's sentence, they both suddenly start hearing a small, quiet beeping noise from the other side. This time, both of them looked to the door, utterly confused as to what the sound is.
"What is that sound?"
"Sounds like some sort of 'beeping' noise."
"Wait a minute...isn't that what they call a-"
"Get back!" a man's voice shouted from the other side of the metal doorway.
Immediately, the two droids looked at one another with concerned voices, "Uh-oh..." With that, the doorway in front of them shattered into multiple pieces, blasting off across the laboratory, striking at few of the droids that were protecting the room as they broke into piles of scrap metal.
K-17 picked itself up from hiding underneath the panel, slightly shaken from the surprise attack, before seeing a handful of clones rushing into the room, followed by none other but Kydan and Rilicia who both had their swords ignited into pure energy blades.
The droid assistant coward backwards slowly as it started shouting commands to the remaining three battle droids and the single super battle droid in the room. "Don't just stand there! Blast them already!"
But before the droids could even retaliate against their foes, Flash and his clone brothers were far too quick on the draw as they all gunned down the four security droid guards in the room, leaving only K-17 alone without any droid support or reinforcements to depend on. The clones and the two young Jedi all had their blades and blasters directed at the droid assistant, who was now terrified as it could be.
Not knowing what to do, the droid raised it's thin metal arms in the air slowly as he spoke, "Uh...I...surrender myself?" But as it's words left its voice box, Boomer had taken the shot first, piercing a clean energy blast right between the droid's memory band and eyes. With that, the droid assistant collapsed onto the ground, shutting itself down permanently.
Flash shook his head slightly at Boomer, "Couldn't resist, could ya' brother?"
"What? Like that droid was gonna talk," Boomer shrugged innocently and truthfully, causing half of the team to slightly chuckle.
"So much for meeting with the assassin himself," Rilicia said in disappointment. "He must have escape the tower the moment we all breached inside."
"Well if anything, we can see if he left anything valuable for us to take back for Republic Intelligence," Kydan replied in a hopeful matter, strolling up to one of the computer panels in the center. "So let's get to work, and fast."
"Right. Flash, have the others guard the door while we hack into the computer main frames. We don't want to have anymore surprises left in this place."
"Copy that, ma'am."
As Flash, Boomer, R.S. and Hopper stayed near the exploded doorway watching for any droid reinforcements to start marching to them, Kydan, Rilicia and Hacker got to work on trying to slice through the mainframes of what was Alurak's personal files.
Fifteen minutes passes as Kydan, Rilicia and Hacker continue to slice through the mainframes for any information about Alurak or any other important documents on what the Separatist were doing here. So far, however, none of them were making much progress.
"Anything yet Rilicia?" Kydan sighed as he looked over his shoulder for a brief moment before turning his attention back to the mainframe.
"I got...nothing. How about you Hacker?"
Hacker shook his head in a 'no' fashion. "Nothing. Its looks like he wiped out everything inside the computers before he left the tower. He knew that we would come."
"Which was why that droid assistant stayed behind, so he could have insurance of wiping out the data..." Kydan's frustration was building up slowly, but just made it worse when he smashed his fisted hands on the computer in front of him. "Karabast!"
Noticing and sensing his frustration, Rilicia approaches him and places a delicate hand on his shoulder to try to calm him down, as well as comfort him at the same time. "Relax Kydan. No need to get all worked up about it. Besides, there's always a next time. When we meet him again, we'll be more than ready."
Reluctantly, Kydan knew that she was right. She was always right, as a matter of fact. True, it wasn't a complete lost just yet. They still have a mission to finish, and that's what he was going to do. Complete the mission and go home, simple as that.
Exhaling some air as he collected himself calmly, he smiles to her. "You're right, Rilicia. I shouldn't let my anger get the better of me. That's not what a Jedi would let happen, and I shouldn't give into it so easy. I appreciate it a lot. Thank you."
A small pink blush appears on her cheeks as she gives him a gentle and sincere smile. But then she lets a frown to form on her lips as she lets go of his shoulder, obviously causing some confusion to her young Jedi friend. Friend, that was what they were right now. But somewhere, deep down in her heart, she wanted something...more. Of course she knew that it was forbidden in the Jedi Order, in fact, it was severe punishment for having such an attachment like that! But she knew that she had to tell him, and right now was the time. The more she keeps hold onto the feeling, the more it will eat at her. And the more she waits will be the day when it will be too late.
Taking a large, deep breath to try and calm herself, she looks to Kydan in the eyes as her own eyes shine in the bright light that was directly above her. That same small blush she had now turning to a lingering shaded red. "Kydan? There's...there's something I need to tell you."
Kydan cocked his head a bit, still unsure of what was going on with her. "Sure, what is it?"
Taking a moment adjust herself, she takes another deep breath before choosing her words correctly. "Kydan, we've been through so much all these years. We've known each other since we were just younglings, and on the day we met at the funeral in the Jedi Temple. And, throughout all that time, I can always remember the best times we had going on missions together. And I remember all the amazing things we've done together as we grown up, and none of that has left me to this day. In fact...I don't want those times to end anytime soon..."
Still not understanding what she was trying to say, he urges her to continue. "What are you trying to say, Rilicia?"
"W-What I'm trying to say is...um, well...what I'm trying to say exactly is...is that...I..."
"Go on..."
"I...Kydan, I lo-"
Just before she could finally complete her sentence to him, Flash approaches them from the doorway. His body language was giving them both an obvious worry and concern. "Commanders, we've been trying to contact Rilos and the rest of his squad, but there hasn't been any response."
Kydan's eyes widen as his concern peaked. It wasn't normal for a clone to not respond back when being contacted. He has a strong feeling that something is definitely wrong. "Something must have happened to them. We need to get back down to the cargo area and check on them. There's nothing left for us to do here, anyhow."
"Yes sir! Let's move White Claw Squad!"
The clones of White Claw all not in compliance to their sergeant's orders, all of them moving into the hallway. Kydan was close behind them, just making his way out before he looked over his shoulder to see Rilicia had not moved an inch from her spot. He could see disappointment and, what appeared to be, sadness written across her entire face. Her eyes looked more glassy than before, much more than from before.
Concern washed over him quickly, not really knowing what to say to her. "Rilicia, is everything alright?"
Snapping out of her own sadness, she looks to Kydan who was staring at her with his concerned expression. She didn't want him to see her sadness, let alone her disappointment. She was a Jedi Knight, and a Jedi does not look weak to anyone, especially their closest friends. Doing he best to hide her expression, she immediately changes her mood rubbing her glassy eyes with her sleeve. "Y-Yeah, I'm good. Let's get moving!"
Brushing past him as fast as her legs could bare, her last expression of sadness returns as she tries her best to hide her face from Kydan and the clones before her. Kydan looked to Rilicia for a moment when the clones looked to him in question. He shrugs at them in response, not really knowing what was going on with her. With that, he and the others follow behind the young Jedi Knight as they make haste back to the cargo bay.
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I hope all of you enjoyed the third part of the "Star Wars The Jedi Mercenary" series so far. And like I have said last time, these next chapters were taken back years ago so we are very sorry that they aren't perfect. But I still hope you have enjoyed them nonetheless.
But, putting all that aside, I hope you can all give us your thoughts and feedback about hope the series is so far by giving this and the other chapters either a comment and/or fave. if we're asking too much, then just reading them for yourself is good too. Anyways, Thank you all for the countless support, and as always, have a fan-building-tastic day/night ! See ya' in the next one!
- Director K.W.
Sad demise of yet another drinking hole...
Just a little further up the road from the previous "Last Orders" image.
The year has hardly begun and already there are major airline orders in the woodworks, and joining in with the recent plethora of orders goes to Air Canada.
Prior to the start of 2026, it was reported that Air Canada was looking into ordering new wide-body aircraft, mainly long-range aircraft with it likely either the Airbus A350-1000 or Boeing 777-8 would be ordered... Of course, I laughed at the thought of why anyone would order the Boeing 777-8, and in the end, Air Canada wisely chose the Airbus A350-1000 instead.
Confirmed on 12th February 2026, Air Canada announced they had placed an order for 8 Airbus A350-1000s with options for 8 more examples, whilst many may think this order maybe in part to replace the Boeing 777s, they have instead been specifically ordered to replace Boeing 787-9s that are utilised on Air Canada's longest routes, notably transpacific flights to and from their western hub at Vancouver where there is a plethora of over 15 hour long flights.
The Airbus A350-1000s are earmarked to replace Boeing 787-9s that would otherwise be operating long-range flights; and the order for 8 Airbus A350-1000s will release like-for-like 8 Boeing 787-9s that can be utilised on shorter long-haul routes and potentially replace their eldest aircraft. Yes, it has been indicated that the cascade of 8 Boeing 787-9s will very likely mean these will replace the eldest 8 Airbus A330-300s dating from 1999 to 2001, so get them while you can.
First deliveries of the Airbus A350-1000s are due to commence from 2030 at the earliest, and whether or not Air Canada will exercise the 8 remaining options remains to be seen. Congratulations to both Air Canada and Airbus for this order, and another customer for the Airbus A350-1000.
Currently, Air Canada operates 20 Airbus A330s, all of which are Airbus A330-300s.
Golf Hotel Kilo X-Ray is one of 20 Airbus A330-300s operated by Air Canada, delivered new to the flag-carrier on 28th June 2001 and she is powered by 2 Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-60 engines.
Airbus A330-343X C-GHKX on final approach into Runway 06R at Toronto-Pearson (YYZ), Ontario on AC829 from Copenhagen-Kastrup (CPH)
Nobody, and no high step was going to stop the old dear with the shopping trolley boarding this Coventry Corporation Fleetline first when the driver opened the doors.
Clem Smith caught ECW 'Highbridge' bodied Daimler Fleetline KWK 36F at Pool Meadow bus station immediately prior to the corporation's transport activities being absorbed into those of The West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive in 1974. Two variations of the operator's livery are visible in this shot.
Waiting on orders for rest of the track pieces to arrive, so I MOCed up this test track. Seems to work just fine. More tests are to follow shortly.
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Once again I had been called into the field for a last minute operation for the Triumvirate, I had my orders to go to Iridonia, a planet covered in rocks sand and acid pools. The planet was an important one to capture as it had access to many useful hyper lanes, leading straight to the hearts of some of our greatest threats, so it was key that we executed the orders without fail.
Once landing, I had been dispatched from the main group with a squad of elite death troopers, who were to help me target a specific group of rebels while the rest rounded out other rebels. We arrived at the house, which was surrounded by an acid lake, typical of this part of the planet, where we entered peacefully, the Zabrak I talked claimed he knew nothing but I k ew who he was, Baak Chiser, freedom fighter of Iridonia, as I continued to pursue answers from him about the hideouts located around the planet, the remainder of my squad located those that were there and executed them without question. We had them all where we wanted them except for one, there was a child of Chiser’s who was hidden from us, I tapped into their fins but found nothing, my troopers arrived back to me and reported they had done what they had asked. “I will escort Chiser back the ship personally, he has a child find it!”
AD64 - Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle)
1290 - King Edward I of England orders expulsion of Jews
1330 - Battle of Velbuzd
1334 - The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.
1536 - Pope's authority declared void in England
1572 - Willem van Orange recognized as viceroy of Holland/Friesland/Utrecht
1610 Highly influential Italian baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio died in Porto Ercole at age 38.
1630 - Spanish troops occupy Mantua
1656 - -20] Battle at Warsaw: Swedish king Karel X Gustaafbeats Johan II Kasimir & occupies Warsaw
1696 - Czar Peter I's fleet occupies Azov at mouth of Don River
1716 - Decree orders all Jews expelled from Brussels
1737 - Battle at Banja Luka: Turkish army beats Austrians
1743 - 1st half-page newspaper ad is published (NY Weekly Journal)
1753 - Lemuel Haynes, escapes from slave holder in Framingham Mass
1766 - Society of the Dutch Literary forms
1768 - Boston Gazette publishes "Liberty Song," America's 1st patriotic song
1792 American naval hero John Paul Jones died in Paris at age 45.
1811 English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray, author of "Vanity Fair," was born in Calcutta, India.
1814 - British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc)
1853 - Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine & Montreal
1857 - Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.
1861 - Battle of Blackburn's Ford, VA US57 CS68 - Manassas -
1862 - Battle of Newburgh, IN - captured by Union forces
1863 - Battle of Fort Wagner, SC - Second assault US1500 CS174
1864 - President Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for milt service
1870 - Pontifical infalliability proclaimed
1872 - Britain introduces secret ballot voting
1882 - Louisville Tony Mullane is 1st to pitch righty then lefty
1893 - Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia v England, Lord's
1896 - 2nd US Golf Open: James Foulis shoots a 152 at Shinnecock Hills NY
1896 - George Giffen is 1st to complete 1000/100 double, in 30th Test Cricket
1896 - Ranjitsinhji completes 154* on Test Cricket debut v Aust, Old Trafford
1897 - Cap Anson, is 1st to get 3,000 hits
1907 - Florenz Ziegfeld's "Follies of 1907," premieres in NYC
1907 - French troops occupy Casablanca
1912 - Chic Cubs get 21 hits but lose to Phila Phillies in 11 innings
1913 - After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk
1914 - US army air service 1st comes into being, in Signal Corps
1915 - 2nd Battle of Isonzo begins & ends with loss of 280,000 men
1915 - Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champs
1918 - US & French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I
1921 - Black Sox trial begins in Chicago
1923 - England's House of Lords accepts new divorce law
1924 - KPD points out Rote Frontkampferbund against Nazi
1925 - Hitler publishes Mein Kampf
1927 - Ty Cobb's 4,000th career hit
1930 - SHO soccer team forms in Old Beijerland
1931 - 1st air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched
1932 - Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands sign Unity treaty
1932 - US & Canada sign a treaty to develop St Lawrence Seaway
1935 - Amsterdam city council accept city growth plan through the year 2000
1936 - Spanish Civil War begins, Gen Francisco Franco led uprising
1938 - Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland-left NY for Calif
1940 - 1st successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Ct
1940 - British govt signs Bruma law under Japanese pressure
1940 - Democratic Convention nominates FDR for an unprecedented 3rd term
1941 - SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia
1942 - 1st legal NJ horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens
1942 - Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe, 1st jet fighter, takes 1st flight
1942 - World War II: the Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me-262 using only its jet engines for the first time.
1943 - British assault on Catania Sicily
1943 - Giants & Phillies strand record 30 baserunners, NY wins, 10-6
1944 - 7:45 Operation-Goodwood: British assault east of Caen
1944 - Allies air raid railways at Vaires Paris
1944 - Arne Andersson runs world record 1 mile (4:01.6)
1944 - British Mosquito's attack Cologne & Berlin
1944 - British air raid on German convoy SW of Helgoland
1944 - British troops occupy Bourquebus hill range Normandy
1944 - Polish troops under gen Anders occupy Ancona Italy
1944 - US troop march into St-Lo
1947 - British seize "Exodus 1947" ship of Jewish immigrants to Palestine
1947 - King George VI signs Indian Independence Bill
1947 - President Truman signs Presidential Succession Act, which placed the speaker of the House and the Senate president pro tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president
1947 - Tigers shut out Yanks 2-0, end 19 game win streak
1947 - US begins administering Trust Territory of Pacific Islands
1948 - "Marinka" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 168 performances
1948 - Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 HRs in a game
1948 - White Sox Fat Pat Seerey, hits 4 HRs in 11 inning game
1951 - Uruguay accepts its constitution
1951 - Jersey Joe Walcott at 37 becomes oldest to win heavyweight champion
1951 - Jersey Joe Walcott KOs Ezzard Charles in 7 for hw boxing title
1952 - KWGN TV channel 2 in Denver, CO (IND) begins broadcasting
1954 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Inverness Four-Ball Golf Tournament
1954 - Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forfeit game
1955 - 1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially
1955 - 280 mm rain in Martinstown, Dorset (UK-record)
1956 - Erno Gero succeeds Matyas Rákosi as party leader of Hungary
1959 - 1st black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright)
1960 - 1st UN troops reach Congo
1960 - Baseball's NL votes to add Houston & NY franchises
1960 - Premier Kishi of Japan, resigns
1961 - Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games
1962 - Minn Twins Bob Allison & Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn & Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning
1962 - Minn is 1st AL team to hit 2 grand slams in an inning as Bob Allison
1963 - Failed military coup in Syria
1964 - Race riot in Harlem (NYC); riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bkln)
1965 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Yankee Golf Open
1965 - Zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit
1966 - Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old
1966 - Gemini 10 launched (John Young & Michael Collins)
1967 - Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY
1968 - The Intel Corporation is founded in Santa Clara, California
1969 - Joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL
1969 A car driven by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha's Vineyard; his passenger, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne, drowned.
1970 - "Boy Friend" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 119 performances
1970 - Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palermo Sicily
1970 - Giants Willie Mays 3,000th hit
1970 - Ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time
1971 - Eddy Merckx wins his 3rd Tour de France
1972 - 200,000 attend Mt Pocono rock festival in Penns
1972 - Egypt president Sadat throws 20,000 Russian military aids out
1972 - Mike Procter 8-73 with hat-trick, plus 51 & 102, Gloucs v Essex
1974 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1974 - World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed
1975 - Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins (1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play)
1976 - "Something's Afoot" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 61 performances
1976 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
1976 - Lucien van Impe wins Tour de France
1976 - Stockhausens "Sirius," premieres in NYC
1976 - Thiokol conducts 2-min firing of space shuttle's SRB at Brigham, Ut
1976 - Nadia Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
1977 - Hugh Leonard's "Da," premieres in London
1977 - Vietnam becomes member of UN
1978 - Billy Martin suspends Reggie Jackson for not bunting
1978 - Egyptian & Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks
1979 - Gold hits record $303.85 an ounce in London
1979 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 - Billy Joel's Glass Houses album tops charts
1980 - Failed attack on Iran ex-premier Bakhtiar in Neuilly France
1980 - Federal court voids Selective Service Act as it doesn't include women
1980 - Quett Masire installed as president of Botswana
1980 - Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches into orbit
1981 - Part of Hyatt Regency Hotel KC caves in (113 killed)
1981 - Poland communist party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek
1981 Six weeks after being paroled from prison, Jack Henry Abbott, acclaimed for his book "In the Belly of the Beast," fatally stabbed waiter Richard Adan. (Abbott was convicted of manslaughter and sent back to prison; he later committed suicide.)
1982 - "Blues in the Night" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 53 perfs
1982 - 111th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 284 at Royal Troon
1982 - Sally Little wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1983 - Despite being in 1st place in NL East, Phils fire manager Pat Corrales
1984 - James Huberty kills 21 McDonald's patrons in San Ysidro Calif
1984 - Walter F Mondale wins Democratic presidential nomination in SF
1985 - USSR performs underground nuclear Test
1986 - 115th British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 280 at Turnberry Scotld
1986 - Royals announce manager Dick Howser, 50, has a brain tumor
1986 - Videotapes released showing Titanic's sinksen remains
1987 - Molly Yard elected new pres of Natl Org for Women
1987 - NY Yanks Don Mattingly ties record of HRs in 8 cons games
1988 - Abu Nidal terrorists kill 9 on City of Poros cruise ship
1988 - Shooting begins on "License to Kill"
1989 - 48 cm rainfall at Rockport, West Virginia (state record)
1991 - Florida Marlins' logo unveiled
1991 - Mike Tyson meets Miss Black America contestants
1992 - Film critic Roger Ebert marries Chaz Hammel-Smith
1992 - Helen Windsor (daughter of English prince Edward) weds Timothy Taylor
1992 - Sharon Belden, of Fla, 25, crowned Miss World USA
1992 - Singers Whitney Houston & Bobby Brown marry
1992 - The ten victims of the La Cantuta massacre disappear from their university in Lima.
1993 - 122nd British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 267 at Royal St George
1993 - Afghanistan president Ishaq Khan & premier Nawaz Sharif resign
1993 - Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (51,596 K)
1993 - Hiromi Kobayash wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
1993 - Liberal-Democratic Party loses Japan's parliamentary election
1994 - Bomb attack on Jewish center AMIA in Buenos Aires, 86 killed
1994 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy collides with Jupiter
1994 - Court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights
1994 - Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan, 22, weds Don Burton, 32
1994 - Crayola announces introduction of scented crayons
1994 - Houston Astros tie NL comeback record, trailing 10-0, beat Cards 15-12
1994 - NY Jets sign USA soccer goalkeeper Tony Miola as a place kicker
1995 - DC3 crashes at Antananarivo Madagaskar, 34 die
1996 - Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Québec's costliest natural disasters ever.
1999 - 128th British Golf Open: at Carnoustie Scot Paul Lawrie wins after play off
Ten years ago President George W. Bush, en route to an economic summit in Italy, stopped over in Britain as he began his second trip to Europe in a month.
Five years ago The Senate voted after two days of emotional debate to expand federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, sending the measure to President George W. Bush for a promised veto.
One year ago Pakistan and Afghanistan sealed a landmark trade deal in the presence of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who pushed the two neighbors to step up civilian cooperation and work together against al-Qaida and the Taliban.
Thought for today "Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?" — William Makepeace Thackeray (Born on this day in 1811, died in1863).