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Date Photographed: April 4, 2018
Former Ralphs variant at the then-Habitat ReStore in Poughkeepsie, NY.
These two first-year laughing gulls didn't seem to get along particularly well., although they kept close together.
Once a factory for precision timepieces, Cheshire's iconic Watch Factory has gained a second life as a commercial center.
Stena Precision Ro-Ro cargo ferry moored at Twelve Quays South before going into Cammell Laird wetbasin later that night. She will once again become Seatruck
IMO: 9506239
MMSI: 235092453
Call Sign: 2FMI8
Flag: Great Britain
AIS Vessel Type: Cargo - Hazard A (Major)
Gross Tonnage: 19722
Deadweight: 5600 t
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 142m × 25m
Year Built: 2012
Status: Active
Registered owner: SEATRUCK FERRIES FOUR LTD
Ship manager: SEATRUCK FERRIES LTD
Shipayrd: Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Germany
Hull Number: 752
Contract date: 2008-02-26
Keel laid: 2012-01-16
Launch: 2012-03-16
Date of build: 2012-06-29
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U.S. Air Force Fact Sheet THUNDERBIRDS
Mission
Officially, the Thunderbirds are known as the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron.
The squadron’s mission is to plan and present precision aerial maneuvers to exhibit the capabilities of modern, high-performance aircraft and the high degree of professional skill required to operate those aircraft.
Within this broad mission, the team has five primary objectives: − Support Air Force recruiting and retention programs − Reinforce public confidence in the Air Force and to demonstrate to the public the professional competence of Air Force members − Strengthen morale and esprit de corps among Air Force members − Support Air Force community relations and people-to-people programs − Represent the United States and its armed forces to foreign nations and project international goodwill
The Team
The Thunderbirds squadron is an Air Combat Command unit composed of eight pilots (including six demonstration pilots), four support officers, four civilians and more than 100 enlisted personnel performing in almost 30 job specialties.
A Thunderbirds air demonstration is a mix of formation flying and solo routines. The four-jet diamond formation demonstrates the training and precision of Air Force pilots, while the lead and opposing solo aircraft highlight some of the maximum capabilities of the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
The pilots perform approximately 40 maneuvers in a demonstration. The entire show, including the ground show and air demonstration, lasts about 75 minutes. The season typically starts in March and ends in November, with the winter months used to train new members.
Officers serve a two-year assignment with the squadron, while enlisted personnel serve three to four.
The squadron performs no more than 80 air demonstrations each year and has never canceled a demonstration due to maintenance difficulty. More than 280 million people in all 50 states and 57 foreign countries have seen the red, white and blue Thunderbirds jets in more than 3,500 aerial demonstrations.
In addition to their responsibilities as the Air Force’s premier jet demonstration team, the Thunderbirds are part of our combat force. If required, the team's personnel and aircraft can be rapidly integrated into a fighter unit at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Since the aircraft are only slightly modified, they can be made combat-ready in less than 72 hours.
F-16 Fighting Falcon
The Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon represents the full range of capabilities possessed by the Air Force's tactical fighters. This highly-maneuverable multi-role fighter has proved to be one of the world's best precision tactical bombers and air-to-air combat aircraft. The only modifications needed to prepare aircraft for air demonstrations are a smoke-generating system and painting in Thunderbird colors. Additional information about the F-16 can be found at www.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/224/Article/1....
History
The Thunderbirds were officially activated June 1, 1953, as the 3600th Air Demonstration Unit at Luke AFB, Ariz. The unit was nicknamed the “Stardusters.” Their first aircraft was the straight-winged F-84G Thunderjet, a combat fighter-bomber that had seen action in Korea. Early in 1955, the team transitioned to the swept-winged F-84F Thunderstreak.
In June 1956, the team moved to its current home at Nellis. At the same time the Thunderbirds traded the veteran F-84 for the world's first supersonic fighter, the F-100 Super Sabre -- an aerial platform that would serve the Thunderbirds for 13 years. More than 1,000 demonstrations were flown in the Super Sabre, thrilling spectators around the world. In 1964, the team changed briefly to the F-105B Thunderchief, but an in-flight mishap revealed a problem with that airframe’s design. So, after only six shows, the Thunderbirds returned to the F-100.
From 1969 to 1973, the Thunderbirds flew the Air Force's front-line fighter, the F-4E Phantom II. In 1974, the Thunderbirds converted to the T-38 Talon, the world's first supersonic trainer. The T-38 was more fuel-efficient and less costly to maintain, which made it an ideal choice during the oil crisis of the 1970s.
Early in 1983, the Thunderbirds reinstituted their traditional role of demonstrating the Air Force's front-line fighter capabilities. Transition to the F-16A allowed the team to retain manpower and fuel efficiency while demonstrating to spectators the latest in fighter technology.
For additional information on our team, visit www.afthunderbirds.com.
Point of Contact
USAF Thunderbirds, Public Affairs Office; 4445 Tyndall Ave.; Nellis AFB, NV 89191-6079; DSN 682-6776 or (702) 652-6776; e-mail: USAF.Thunderbirds@nellis.af.mil
Seatuck Precision Ro-Ro cargo ferry leaving Cammell Laird Dry Dock 5 to head north for Langton Lock after being repainted into her Seatruck colours. She went into Lairds as Stena Precision she left as Seatruck Precision
IMO: 9506239
MMSI: 235092453
Call Sign: 2FMI8
Flag: Great Britain
AIS Vessel Type: Cargo - Hazard A (Major)
Gross Tonnage: 19722
Deadweight: 5600 t
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 142m × 25m
Year Built: 2012
Status: Active
Registered owner: SEATRUCK FERRIES FOUR LTD
Ship manager: SEATRUCK FERRIES LTD
Shipyard: Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Germany
Hull Number: 752
Contract date: 2008-02-26
Keel laid: 2012-01-16
Launch: 2012-03-16
Date of build: 2012-06-29
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Randy Lacasse sits on the steps leading to his Allenstown apartment on Thursday afternoon, August 26, 2010. Lacasse was a machine operator for five years when he was laid-off from Precision Technology last year when the company closed. Lacasse said he was on unemployment until late July, when he began finding work through a temporary job placement agency.
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Material: plastic ABS/PP
Blade material: stainless steel
Blade base dimensions: 5cm (height) by 10.7cm (width) by 28cm (length)
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"Film d'essai" (test film) of my new French FOCA camera type « PF3 » or ***, made in Châteaudun, Eure, France, year 1954 during a photo walk at the Parc Tête d'Or, Lyon, France, on November 13, 2023.
The OPLAR normal lens was equipped with a 42mm push-on FOCA (France) AUV filter plus a generic metal cylindric shade hood.
The camera was loaded with a Rollei Superpan 200S exposed for 200 ISO. Rollei Superpan 200S is derived from Agfa Aviphot 200 a super-panchromatic film sensitized in the red to 780 nm and coated on a maskless PET base. The anti-halation is provided by water-soluble black and blue pigments coated on the back.
Expositions were determined using a Minolta Autometer III with a 10° finder for selective measurements privileging the shadow areas. The weather was rainy and quite dark in the afternoon giving typical exposure from 1/50s to 1/25s at f/4.5 to the full aperture f/2.8.
Parc de la Tête d'Or, November 13, 2023
69006 Lyon
France
After exposure, the film was processed using Adox Adonal (= Agfa Rodinal) developer at dilution 1+25, 20°C for 8min.
The film was then digitalized using a Sony A7 body adapted to a Minolta Auto Bellows III and a Minolta Slide Duplicator using a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5 at a reproduction ratio of 1:1. The reproduced RAW files obtained were processed in LR prior the the final JPEG editions.
All views of the film are presented in the dedicated album either in the printing framed versions and unframed full-size jpeg accompanied by some documentary smartphone Vivio Y76 color pictures.
About the camera and the lens:
This French FOCA camera type « PF3 » or ***, was made in Châteaudun, Eure, France, year 1954.
I got the set from a French dealer on eBay , including the camera and its normal lens OPLAR 1:2.8 f=5cm, a rare ever-ready bag Ref 120-503 « Luxe » with a upper compartment for three 42mm push-on filters. The bag is made of a pork leather and was in 1950 three times more expensive than a normal ever-ready bag. The set also included a FOCA view finder covering the field of a 3,5cm focal lens in its original grey and rd small FOCA box, a soft neoprene FOCA hood, three 42mm FOCA filters yellow x2.5, green x3.5, and orange x4. The kit also included a (used?) roll of Kodachrome-64 (DX-coded canister).
According to the serial number in 401.xxx, this PF3 should be a model-1 (version 5 or 6).
The camera was used very carefully and has been probably well serviced in the past. The OPLAR normal lens 1:2.8 f=5cm is a model-3 version-3 from 1954 too with the "ECD/9" diaphragm graduation 2.8...3.5...9....18.
The camera was originally sold to its first owner by « Photo-Plait » in Paris, France, one of the most important photo store, founded in 1910 and editing a well-know catalog of camera's for mail-order selling in France and overseas. Then the camera could have been sold either in the Photo-Plait store, 35-39, rue Lafayette, Paris 9ème or by mail-order selling.
When I first detailed the camera, I soon realized that it is almost pristine with very little signs of a very careful use. All functions works flawlessly, including the slow shutter speeeds and the shutter curtains are as new. The view finder and range finder are very clear and contrasted as the day 1. The lens is also very nice condition.
The FOCA PF3 is essentially the same camera as the type PF2B (PF for "Petit Format") constructed in France by the company "Optique & Precision de Levallois" (OPL) starting from 1947. The difference lies in the built-in slow speed mechanism giving 1/10s, 1/5s, 1/2s and 1s exposition times, plus the T-mode. It was manufactured in the Châteaudun OPL factory, route de Jallans, France. The factory, constructed in 1938, is still at the same place under the name of SAFRAN now producing precision devices for aerospace appliances.