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Lake Palmdale is an artificial lake completed in 1924. It is part of the California State Water Project and is fed by the California Aqueduct which can be seen meandering in the foreground.
UP 6706 East (ex-CNW 8804), the last former CNW C44-9W still draped in its original Lightning Stripe paint scheme, really showing its age as it leads the MRVWC 03 across the Joshua tree covered landscape found along the former Southern Pacific Palmdale-Cutoff.
On a beautiful summer morning, a UP MOW train cruises through the gorgeous canyon on UP's Palmdale Cutoff. The scenery here was truly stunning, and while not every shot is a drone shot, this one certainly was meant to be.
On August 16, 1956, a U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-5K Hellcat drone crashed on open land near Palmdale, California. Small pieces of the wreckage were still visible when I took this photo at the crash site.
Battle of Palmdale (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Palmdale
Los Angeles County, California
Photographed March 8, 2024
(Scanned 35mm color negative)
Camera: Nikon FE
Lens: Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S
Film: "Film Never Die" Sora 200
U.S. Navy photograph, via Tony Moore
On August 16, 1956, a U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-5K Hellcat drone crashed on open land near Palmdale, California. This U.S. Navy photo shows a similar F6F-5K drone, in the same colors and markings. Note the yellow paint on the wing-tip camera pods.
Battle of Palmdale (Wikipedia):
Manufacturer:Lockheed
Operato: USAF
Type: LT-33A-1-LO Shooting Star (TR-540/ 35540)
Location: Edwards AFB, Palmdale, California
USSCs Sebring turn stops in Palmdale briefly to do some work. An ACL scale house can also still be seen to the left of the frame. This section of SCFE was part of ACLs line to both Lake Harbor and Everglades City.The split was just south of this location and south of Fisheating Creek.
Proteus, a one-of-a-kind aircraft designed by Scaled Composites and operated by parent company Northrup Grumman.
'VooDoo One', highly modified 727 operated as an avionics testbed by Raytheon, on the go and turning crosswind, runway 25 at Palmdale.
The rear unit on UP MWCRVC 28 continues away from the camera as this West Colton to Roseville train coasts on the high desert toward Mojave.
Back in December of 1984, a Union Pacific Van train has coupled up to a stalled Eastbound APL Doublestack train and is shoving it to the top of Cajon Pass. The consist for the Van train was SD40-2 #3692 and 3 Centennials (6914, 6936, 6931) all facing forward! Shot on the North Main with SP's Palmdale Cutoff seen above the train.
28/10/18
61-7973 Lockheed SR-71A c/n2024
60-6924 Lockheed A-12 c/n 121
56-6721 Lockheed U-2D c/n 388
525 Lockheed D-21B c/n 525
Video screenshot of a mystery Wal-Mart. Any idea of location?
This is taken from the documentary, The High Cost of Low Prices.
Edit: Likely store #1660 in Palmdale CA
28/10/18
61-7973 Lockheed SR-71A c/n2024
60-6924 Lockheed A-12 c/n 121
56-6721 Lockheed U-2D c/n 388
525 Lockheed D-21B c/n 525
It's like a roster shot but from farther away....
Union Pacific 6617 holds back the rear end of the Fresno as the train clears up the north switch at Canyon. And yes I know that taking pictures of the DPU is slowly becoming sacrilege but if you miss the head end and if facing out the it becomes more of a "When in Rome" situation.
This entire fifteen minute debacle has a companion video including the whole missing of the MFRWC front half: youtu.be/cQWB9KNN_6o
The term is iconic in Australia. In reference to the landscape, "The Bush" refers to any sparsely inhabited region regardless of vegetation. It also refers to any populated region outside of the major metropolitan areas, including mining and agricultural areas.
Romanticising the bush was a big step forward for Australians in their steps towards self-identity.
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En Australie, le terme de "Bush" peut englober les aires agricoles et les petits groupements humains dans les régions faiblement peuplées. Il ne constitue alors une simple distinction entre paysage rural (outback) et paysage urbain.
“A U. S. Air Force XB-70, North American Aviation-built delta winged bomber, nears completion at NAA’s Palmdale, California facility. Roll-out of the aircraft is scheduled for May 11, 1964.”
Another wonderful photograph, possibly taken during the same photo “session”:
vintageairphotos.blogspot.com/2011/12/valkyrie-coming.html
Credit: ‘Vintage Air’ blogspot
Also:
www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/north-american-b-70-valk...
Credit: SECRET PROJECTS Forum website