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Sun Country Airlines (opf Prime Air) 737-83N(BCF) N7907A landing at Fairbanks after an evening flight from Portland.
Brooks Fuel ATL-98 Carvair seen taxiing out for departure with a friendly wave. Seen at Fairbanks Alaska, 26 September 2005. Very sadly this rare aircraft was written off in a landing accident in Alaska on 30 May 2007.
Curtiss C-46R Commando (c/n 273/CK250)
Everts Air Fuel
Fairbanks-International (FAI/PAFA)
24 June 1986
Delivered to the USAF as a C-46A in 1945 shortly before the end of WWII, this Commando soon became surplus, and was sold to the civil market. Circa 1958 it was converted to a C-46R, and after countless operators, it was eventually registered as N7848B, and leased by Everts Air Fuel in 1985.
It was seen at its base, titleless and in an all-silver finish, ready to be towed to the hangar after arriving on a flight earlier in the day.
The Commando continued with Everts delivering fuel to remote communities not linked to the state road system, and recent photos suggest that it is still active with Everts Air Fuel, now named 'Dumbo' and based at Kenai, and turning a proud 80 this year!
Ready to Fly
Landing Lights illuminate the props as this Everts DC-6 takes the runway for a fuel delivery.
Lenfest Plaza | PAFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Here we have 5 bracketed images taken under different exposures, blended using Photomatix Pro. (Method: Exposure Fusion/Interior)
Image edited using Adobe Photoshop Elements with the Topaz Clarity (Interior Strong) filter applied.
Objektiv Meyer Oreston 1,8/50 an SONY A5000
Bildflächennutzung ggü. Kleinbild: 43%
Bildflächennutzung ggü. Bildkreis << 25% (Makro)
Photo 1 from the Philadelphia Series
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Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)
From PAFA:
About the Museum
PAFA's museum is internationally known for its collections of 19th- and 20th-century American paintings, sculptures, and works on paper. Its archives house important materials for the study of American art history, museums, and art training.
History
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) was founded in 1805 by painter and scientist Charles Willson Peale, sculptor William Rush, and other artists and business leaders. They sought to "promote the cultivation of the Fine Arts, in the United States of America, by [...] exciting the efforts of artists, gradually to unfold, enlighten, and invigorate the talents of our Countrymen." (December 26, 1805, Academy Charter).
The Plane
Grumman Greenhouse, is a sculpture by Philadelphia artist Jordan Griska commissioned PAFA for the newly constructed Lenfest Plaza.
Grumman Tracker II was a 45-foot-long cold war era Naval plane with a 73’ wingspan, used to bomb submarines. Griska obtained the decommissioned plane and folded the metal of the nose and body of the plane so that it appears to be crumpling into the platform. In addition, he turned the existing sections of the plane into working greenhouses, leading to the name of the piece - Grumman Greenhouse.
“These repurposed finished pieces simultaneously lead the viewer to contemplate the history of ‘the thing’ while changing the function of the object,” says Jordan Griska, 2008 PAFA alumnus. “Halting the actions of this machine by grounding it in Lenfest Plaza will turn this mobile weapon into a stationary iconic object.”
The inside of the plane grows nutritive and medicinal plants, provided by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and uses the edible growth for City Harvest, which feeds low income families in the region.
“Jordan’s work engages us in social and environmental issues in extraordinary ways,” says PAFA President & CEO David R. Brigham. “I am pleased to see our alumni creating such ambitious and challenging work. Grumman Greenhouse will be a great start to the temporary sculpture program in Lenfest Plaza.”
Griska's Grumman Greenhouse inaugurates the temporary exhibitions program in Lenfest Plaza. Complementing the permanent, site-specific work by Oldenburg, the platform at the west end of the plaza will display projects by emerging and established artists.
The Building -
Overview:
On April 22, 1876, while America celebrated its centennial, PAFA marked an important milestone in its then 71-year history with the opening of its new building. While the museums in New York City and Boston (both founded in 1870) were but fledglings, PAFA began its eighth decade in a striking and revolutionary new home.
PAFA’s Historic Landmark Building is considered one of the finest surviving examples of Victorian Gothic architecture in America. It provides the museum with a magnificent setting for the presentation of its 19th-century collections and special exhibitions. As the modernist architect Louis I. Kahn observed, it is a life-giving and inspired building.
Design:
The building, designed by the Philadelphia firm of Frank Furness and George Hewitt, is generally considered to be primarily the work of Furness, who finished the project after the partnership dissolved in 1875. Furness had been a pupil of Richard Morris Hunt, who introduced him to the aesthetics of the modern Gothic revival. This included John Ruskin's appreciation of the richly colored designs of 14th-century Venice, Owen Jones's and Christopher Dresser's Eastern influenced ornament, and Viollet le Duc's use of foliated decoration combined with cast-iron architecture.
Features
Rising 70 feet above the sidewalk, the PAFA building must have seemed a towering fortress in 1876. Today, dwarfed by more recent buildings, it looks like a decorated jewel box. On the facade, heavy courses of dark stone rise toward a roofline marked with such colorful elements as red and black brick patterning, fanciful floral motifs, and a bas-relief frieze depicting famous artists of the past. A gothic window dominates the central pavilion and creates a motif that recurs inside.
After entering through a low vaulted hall, the visitor steps into the spectacularly ornamented Grand Stairhall. Its staircase, bordered by richly tiled floor and walls, and bronze and mahogany banisters, sweeps upward to the gallery level. This grand space is ringed with gothic arches carrying gold rosette-studded walls. The vaulted ceiling above is painted a brilliant blue with silver stars. Beyond are the galleries where foliate columns support exposed steel beams, one of several radical design elements in the building.
Source for the above: PAFA
Douglas C-47A (c/n 12363)
Frontier Flying Service
Fairbanks-International (FAI/PAFA)
25 June 1986
Built for the USAF as 42-92550, this C-47 was delivered in early 1944, and quickly passed on to the Royal Air Force, and eventually to the Royal Canadian Air Force. By 1975 it was sold to the civil market, and by 1978 it was registered to Basler at Oshkosh as N59314, and subsequently leased to Frontier Flying Service.
Frontier were founded in 1950 at Fairbanks, and initially ferried contract mail to bush communities on bahalf of Wien Air Alaska. In 1974 it was acquired by John Hajdukovich, and expanded its fleet and reach to become a regional carrier.
N59314 was subsequently seen at its base, awaiting its next sortie. It continued in Frontier service until 2001, when it was sold to Abbe Air Cargo of Wasilla, Alaska. It continued flying in Alaska until 2025, when it was reported as stored at Wasilla in May 2025, but still in flyable condition. Last reported owner is Barton M. Tiernan of Anchorage.
I visited the Academy for the first time since before the pandemic and spent over two hours there. It's one of my faves. PAFA was founded in 1805 and the current building was opened in 1876 and was designed by Frank Furness and George Hewitt. I took a million photos on this visit (maybe even 75) and this mosaic has some of my favorite pieces. Not counting the four architectural shots and going from the upper left anticlockwise: Cecillia Beaux, "Mother and Child"; Ridgway Knight, "Waving to the Ferryman"; Rembrandt Peale, "Self Portrait"; Anna Elizabeth Klumpte, "Laundry Day"; Edmund Darch Lewis, "Lake Willoughby"; Joseph Mozier, "The Prodigal Son"; Randolph Rogers, "Nydia, the Blind Girl of Pompeii"
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Objektiv Meyer Oreston 1,8/50 an SONY A5000
Bildflächennutzung ggü. Kleinbild: 43%
Bildflächennutzung ggü. Bildkreis << 25% (Makro)
Objektiv Meyer Oreston 1,8/50 an SONY A5000
Bildflächennutzung ggü. Kleinbild: 43%
Bildflächennutzung ggü. Bildkreis << 25% (Makro)
Objektiv Meyer Oreston 1,8/50 an SONY A5000
Bildflächennutzung ggü. Kleinbild: 43%
Bildflächennutzung ggü. Bildkreis << 25% (Makro)
Fire Watch.
I landed in Fairbanks at 0100 and noticed this tanker, parked on the north ramp. Despite my fatigue, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to photograph this old girl.
Everts Air Cargo C-46D N54514 Maid in Japan settling in for Runway 2L at Fairbanks after an morning flight from Galena.