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Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus DeNoise AI 12-Nov-22.
This livery was originally one of the 'World Tails' (Chatham Historic Dockyard) and you can see on this shot, it has 'United Kingdom' titles on the nose. This eventually became the standard British Airways livery.
First flown in Oct-92, this aircraft was delivered to British Airways as G-DOCS in Dec-92. It was in service with British Airways for almost 21.5 years before being parked at London-Gatwick in Jun-14.
It was ferried to Victorville, CA, USA a week later and permanently retired. The aircraft was last noted still stored at Victorville in Oct-16. Updated 12-Nov-22.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 13-Mar-21 + DeNoise AI 05-Nov-22.
I think this final Canadian Airlines livery was the best they ever had.
Fleet No: "881".
Named: "Maxwell W. Ward" (Canadian Aviation Pioneer and founder of Wardair).
First flown with the Boeing test registration N6018N, this aircraft was delivered to Canadian Airlines International as C-GMWW in Dec-90. Canadian Airlines was merged into Air Canada in Apr-01 and the aircraft continued in service until it was sold to Pegasus MSN 24883 LLC as N987PG in May-05.
It was leased to Aerolineas Argentinas the following month as LV-BBU. The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Buenos Aries (EZE), Argentina in Apr-12. It was returned to the lessor as N278AW and stored at Marana, AZ, USA in Jun-12. In Aug-12 it was sold to Eirtrade Aviation Ireland and permanently retired at Marana. The registration was cancelled in Sep-12 and the aircraft was last noted still at Marana in Oct-13 without engines.
Chatsworth House
Grade I listed
List Entry Number: 1373871
PARISH OF CHATSWORTH CHATSWORTH PARK SK 2570/2670 6/82 29.9.51 Chatsworth House GV I Country house. South wing 1687-9 by William Talman. East front 1689-91 by Talman, west front 1700-03, north front 1705-7 by Thomas Archer. Alterations and additions 1756-60 by James Paine, mostly replaced by alterations and additions including the north wing 1820-42 by Jeffrey Wyatt, later Sir Jeffrey Wyatville. Baroque and Neo-classical styles. For the First, Fourth and Sixth Dukes of Devonshire. Sandstone ashlar (mostly local) with other stones and marbles used for decoration. Roofs hidden behind parapets. Basically preserving the plan of the previous Elizabethan house, of four ranges around a courtyard, and with a long north east wing with a return range to south and wall enclosing a long entrance courtyard. Three floors, the ground floor treated as a basement due to the fall of the land. North wing of one storey over a basement. South front of twelve bays, 3-6-3 with a rusticated basement and two upper floors of equal height. Advanced end pavilions have giant fluted Ionic pilasters. Full entablature with carving to the frieze of the pavilions and bold inscription CAVENDO TUTUS across the centre. Balustrade added in 1693 and urns in 1701. The basement has segment headed glazing bar sashes and in the centre a double return flight staircase, a replacement of 1837 by Wyatville. The first and second floors have twelve glazing bar sashes in moulded architraves with stepped keyblocks. East front of 1-8-1 bays, continues the rusticated basement, entablature, balustrade and urns. Segment headed sashes to ground floor and glazing bar sashes in keyed moulded architraves, to the two upper floors. The end bays are set back and are flanked by paired giant pilasters. The front was altered by Wyatville in 1823, who removed a row of attic windows and refaced the whole front. West front (originally the entrance front) of 3-3-3 bays. The centre three advanced and pedimented, on four fluted Ionic attached columns. The outer bays have giant fluted Ionic pilasters. Rusticated basement with segment headed glazing bar sashes and a central flat arched entrance with moulded architrave. Two tiers of glazing bar sashes above, in moulded architraves with stepped keyblocks, the centre and upper ones decorated with relief carving. Complete entablature with carved frieze, carving also in the pediment. Balustraded parapet with urns. Garlands around the centre windows. Carving by Nadauld and by Samuel Watson. North front of 3-5-3 bays, the centre five forming a shallow curve, taller than the rest. Rusticated basement, giant fluted Corinthian pilsters to the centre bow, and glazing bar sashes in moulded architraves. The facade was altered by Wyatville whose north wing abuts it. He altered the fenestration of the centre part, removing attic windows and making the pilasters fluted. The internal courtyard has elevations of five and seven bays, mostly in their present form as altered by Wyatville. Plain pilasters with carved trophies by Watson. Top floor windows with alternately triangular and segmental pedimented architraves. Wyatville replaced an open colonnade on the south side. North wing has north elevation of 1-5-5-5-1 bays, followed by the orangery of 2-5-2 bays. Of the first part the middle and end bays are divided by plain pilasters and have solid parapets with urns rather than balustraded parapets. Rusticated basement with segment headed glazing bar sashes and glazing bar sashes in moulded architraves above. The orangery has the five middle bays advanced and divided by plain pilasters. Large casement windows. Balustraded parapet, dated 1827. The wing is terminated by a three by six bay pavilion and belvedere, rising to four storeys. Entablatures between storeys, glazing bar sashes in moulded architraves and the corner bays with plain pilasters. The belvedere has open colonnades on all sides. Lower pavilion beyond. Return range to west with gateways and entrance lodges. Tripartite composition with three round-arched carriageways. The centre flanked by paired Tuscan Doric columns, triglyph frieze, entablature and parapet, partly balustraded. Flanked by glazing bar sashes in moulded architraves and rusticated advanced end bays. Partly balustraded parapet. The central gates are re-set and are late C17 by Jean Tijou. Wall to south enclosing entrance courtyard with statues on pedestals. Interior: North entrance hall converted from a kitchen by James Paine. Tuscan Doric columns with triglyphs. Wyatville replaced the chimneypieces and widened the staircase. North corridor enclosed and altered by Wyatville. The Painted Hall of two storey height. Ceilings and walls painted by Laguerre, assisted by Ricard, in 1694. Stone carvings by Samuel Watson. Staircase 1911-12 by W H Romaine-Walker. The south range commences with private apartments, one room with an early C18 chimneypiece, another with early C19 painted panels in the window reveals. The Oak Room has panelling and twisted columns of c1700, brought from Germany by the Sixth Duke. The chapel in the south west corner is of two storeys, with an east gallery. Cedar panelling with limewood carvings by Samuel Watson. Sumptuous Baroque alabaster reredos designed by Cibber and carved by Watson. Completed in 1694. Walls and ceilings painted by Laguerre. On the west side, the west stairs with iron balustrade of 1702 by John Gardom, with wrought iron panels on the landings by Tijou. Painted ceiling by James Thornhill. West entrance hall with Grisaille painting. Leather Room and Lower Library redecorated in 1839 by Crace. The ground floor of the north wing contains service rooms. First floor has mostly private apartments, taking in the upper half of the chapel and hall, except the north wing. On the south side private dining and drawing rooms, basically early C18 but redone in 1780s by John Carr. The dining room was altered by Wyatville. In the west wing the centre bedroom was originally a vestibule and has late C17 panelling. Other rooms with delicate late C18 plasterwork. Duchess' dressing room ceiling by Joseph Palfreyman, 1775. The Red Velvet Room has a chimneypiece by Kent. On the north side the Library made in 1832 by Wyatville with woodwork and fittings by Armstrong and Siddons. Late C17 ceiling with painting by Verrio. The Ante-Library by Wyatville with ceiling painting by Hayter. To the north the suite of rooms in Wyatville's north wing. Dome Room, the Great Dining Room with segmental arched coffered ceiling and chimneypiece by Westmacott the Younger and Sievier. Sculpture Gallery lit by three lantern skylights. At the north end ormolu capitals to the columns, by Delafontaine of Paris. Bas reliefs by Thorwaldsen and collection of neo-classical sculpture. Second floor contains the state rooms along the south wing. Great Staircase designed by Talman (1689-90). Ceiling by Verrio; statues and doorcases by Cibber, balustrade by Tijou. The state Dining Room, Drawing Room, Music Room and Bedroom fill the south side. They have painted ceilings by Verrio, Laguerre and Ricardi and a profusion of wood carving by the London carvers Lobb, Davis and Young, assisted by Watson. The rooms were decorated in 1689-99, but only the Dining Room survives in its original state. In the centre of the west wing is the Sabine Bedroom, originally a lobby, with uninterrupted illusionist painting over ceiling and walls by Thornhill (1708). In the north wing are smaller family rooms and in the east wing the Queen of Scots Rooms, a suite of rooms redone by Wyatville c1830. The oak stairs between ground and first floor are by Wyatville, 1823-4. At the end of Wyatville's wing is the Theatre, designed in 1833 as a banqueting chamber. The painted ceiling panels of c1700 by Cheron and Thornhill, were originally in the Library. Sources: William, 6th Duke of Devonshire Handbook of Chatsworth & Hardwick, London 1844. J Lees-Milne and J Cornforth Chatsworth. Nine articles in Country Life April-September 1968. Duchess of Devonshire The House: A Portrait of Chatsworth MacMillan 1982.
Listing NGR: SK2602270104
Sources
Books and journals
Devonshire, William Duke of, Handbook of Chatsworth and Hardwick, (1844)
Devonshire, Duchess of , The House a Portrait of Chatsworth, (1982)
'Country Life' in September, (1968)
From tea bag to finished cup - four images.
This image started out as baking a cake, but after some thought the cake was replaced by a cup of tea. I set the cup/saucer up on a black velvet board and mounted my camera on a sturdy tripod looking down on the cup/saucer.
image taken with a Canon 5D mounted on a Manfrotto 055CB Professional Tripod. Two Canon 580EX flashes were used one on each side of the cup and saucer. Both flashes diffused to avoid hot spots on the ceramic, water etc. I set up the cup on the saucer a little off centre because I felt this looked more pleasing.
My first shot of the cup & tea bag was done quite leisurely but the fun started when the water started to pour. Taking the other three images kettle/milk/spoon took about 45 seconds to do, because I wanted to ensure that the water was hot out of the kettle (though not too hot that it sent steam up to my camera!!!). Hot water meant that the tea bag would do it's stuff properly and that I would get effects like the condensation on the side of the cup as seen in the image with the milk.
Even though I had less than a minute to take these images I still managed to get a range of images at each stage so that afterwards I could choose an image that I wanted. I eventually chose images which showed how the tea in the cup changes colour progressively towards the final result. In the final image with the spoon I stirred up the tea and then took the image so that I got the pleasing highlights on the surface of the tea.
Post production was pretty easy. I took one image and using guide lines to help me make sure that the edge of the saucer to the edge of the image was the same all around - which is important when it came to quartering the image. Once sure that the saucer was in the centre of the image (remember the cup is off centre) I cropped it to the size that wanted. Then I dragged different image layers onto this initial image and changed the opacity of this new layer to 60% and aligned it exactly with the first image. I did this for all the layers so that they all aligned together perfectly. Then I cropped so that all layers were the same. The rest was simple - quarter, new image (black background), extract each layer to new image, position etc.
And finally, my wife had the resulting cup of tea and she said it tasted disgusting...
Note: This image won the Gold Cup in a Worth1000 Advanced Photography Competition in April 2007.
Copyright © 2007 f2 Photography
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Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 16-Feb-22 (DeNoise AI).
Named: "Ailbhe / St. Albert".
This aircraft was delivered to Aer Lingus as EI-BXF in Dec-90, it was sold to a lessor in May-91, leased back to Aer Lingus and re-registered EI-CDB.
It was returned to the lessor in Dec-04 and leased to Air Baltic as YL-BBG later the same month. It was fitted with blended winglets in Dec-09.
The aircraft returned to the lessor in Feb-11 and was immediately leased to Deta Air (Kazakhstan) as UP-B3708, It was withdrawn from use and stored in Oct-11. It was sold to Goiana Kazakhstan around Jan-12 and remained stored until it was leased to Aerosvit Airlines (Ukraine) as UR-AAM in Dec-12.
Aerosvit ceased operations in Feb-13 and the lease was transferred to Ukraine International Airways later the same month. It was re-registered UR-GBF in Apr-13. The aircraft was withdrawn from use and stored at Billund (Denmark) around Nov-14.
It was ferried to Bacau, Romania in Oct-15 before being sold to Opel Investments Ltd as G-MADA in Nov-15. It was moved to Bucharest-Baneasa, Romania in May-16 and stored. In Jun-18 it was ferried to Lasham, UK and stored again.
The aircraft was leased to Maleth Aero as 9H-VOX in Sep-19 and operated on behalf of Oryx Jet. It was withdrawn from service and stored at Tallinn, Estonia in Aug-21. It was ferried to Stansted, UK in early Feb-22 and stored. Now 32 years old it's thought to be permanently retired.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 23-Jan-23 (DeNoise AI).
A cold and misty morning at Manchester...
This aircraft was delivered to Singapore Airlines as 9V-SPL in Jan-97. It was repainted in the 'Tropical Megatop / Raffles' special livery in 1998, however it was quickly returned to standard livery after sister-ship 9V-SPK (also in the 'Raffles' livery) was lost when it crashed on take-off at Taipei, Taiwan on 31-Oct-2000.
It was sold to Cathay Pacific Airways Cargo as B-HKX in Jan-09 and was converted to freighter configuration with a main deck side cargo door (SCD) in Jun-09.
The aircraft was transferred to Air Hong Kong in Jul-17 and returned to Cathay Pacific Cargo in Jun-18 when it was stored at Hong Kong.
It was sold to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest and leased to Atlas Air Cargo as N471MC in Aug-18. The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Lleida, Spain between Feb/Apr-20. It returned to service on 09-Apr-20. Current, updated 28-Jul-22.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 02-May-18, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 20-Mar-24.
Named: "Caliacan".
Delivered to AeroMexico as XA-AMB in Apr-80, this aircraft was sold to GECAS in Jun-89 and leased back to AeroMexico until it was returned to the lessor in Nov-03.
It was stored at Goodyear, AZ, USA. The aircraft was re-registered N481SG in Jan-04 and remained stored at Goodyear until it was sold to Bravo Air Congo as TN-AHQ in Jan-07.
It operated for just over a year before being stored at Kinshasa in early 2008. It was last reported still stored at Kinshasa in Nov-11 and has presumably been broken up.
Replacing an earlier scanned 6"x4" print with a better version 15-Mar-18, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 12-Nov-25.
With additional 'Freightmaster' titles.
This aircraft was delivered to BEA British European Airways as G-AOYJ in Jan-58. It was wet-leased to Cyprus Airways in Oct-65, returning to BEA in May-70. It was sold to Cambrian Airways in Oct-70.
In early 1971, BEA formed British Air Services and merged both Cambrian Airways and BKS Air Services into it although they both kept their separate identities. At the end of Mar-74 both airlines were merged into the newly formed British Airways along with BEA and BOAC.
G-AOYJ continued in service with British Airways until it was sold to BAF British Air Ferries in Apr-81. It was wet leased to Air Algerie between May/Sep-81. It was sold to Panavia Air Cargo in Jan-84 and leased back to BAF.
In Aug-84 the aircraft was re-registered G-BLOA and was sub-leased to Manx Airlines between Oct-84/Feb-85. Manx Airlines sub-leased it again for a couple of weeks in Oct-85. It was sub-leased to Guernsey Airlines in Jun-86, returning to BAF in Sep-87.
In Jan-89 the aircraft was sub-leased to Securicor Air Cargo for a year, returning to BAF in Jan-90. BAF was renamed British World Airlines in Apr-93 and the following month the aircraft was retired at Southend, UK. It was broken up there in Aug-96.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 19-May-22 (DeNoise AI)
"N'debele - Martha", Southern Africa World Tail livery.
Operated by British Airways franchise partner, British Regional Airlines.
First flown with the British Aerospace test registration G-4-018 in Jul-93, this aircraft was due for delivery to Markair (USA) as N140MA but the order was cancelled and the aircraft was stored.
It was registered to Jetstream Aircraft Ltd (British Aerospace) as G-BVKT in Mar-94 and leased to Manx Airlines Europe as G-MAJB in Jun-94. It was operated on behalf of British Airways Express from Jun-95.
In Sep-96 the aircraft was transferred to BRA British Regional Airlines while the operation on behalf of British Airways Express continued. The 'Express' titles were dropped in Jun-97.
British Regional Airways was merged into British Airways CitiExpress in Mar-02 while the operation for British Airways continued. The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Hull-Humberside Airport, UK in Apr-03.
It was sold to Eastern Airways (UK) in Jul-03 and remained stored until it entered in Sep-03. In Sep-16 the aircraft was wet-leased to the UK Coastguard and painted in their full livery.
It was returned to Eastern Airways in Jan-17 and repainted in their full livery before returning to service. Now almost 29 years old it continues in service. Updated 07-Mar-22.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 11-Oct-20.
'Wunala Dreaming', Australia World Tail livery.
An early build Boeing 757, line No:16, this aircraft was delivered to British Airways as G-BIKF in Apr-83. It was leased to Air Europe two days later for the summer season and returned to British Airways in Oct-83. It was sold to Barclays Mercantile Finance in Aug-02 (on behalf of DHL Air Ltd) and stored at Tel Aviv, Israel prior to freighter conversion. The aircraft was converted to freighter configuration with a main deck cargo door in Apr-03 and delivered to DHL Air Ltd in May-03. It was permanently retired at Madrid, Spain in Jul-16 after 33 years in service and had retained the same registration throughout it's life. Updated (Oct-20).
Replacing an earlier scanned 6"x4" print with a better version 13-Dec-21 (DeNoise AI)
I'm no longer doing histories for the smaller aircraft, they're too complicated and take too much time.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 01-Sep-19, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 05-Mar-23.
This was taken at Pisa, Italy. Note the wartime ramp, made up of Marston Matting (aka Pierced Steel Planking). I was on a British Eagle Viscount on the next stand.
I-LIFE was delivered new to LAI Linee Aeree Italiane in Mar-57, seven months later, in Oct-57, LAI were merged into Alitalia. It remained in service with Alitalia for 12 years until it was sold to Somali Airlines in Jun-69 as 6OS-AAK.
It was re-registered 6O-AAK later the same month. It was retired at Mogadishu, Somalia, in Jun-77 and later broken up.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 23-Feb-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 24-Apr-23.
Named: "John Moody".
Originally registered to the Bristol Aeroplane Company as G-AMLJ, it later used the Bristol temporary registration G-18-116 before being delivered to Aer Lingus in Jul-52 as EI-AFR.
It was sold to Skyways Ltd in Jun-55 but wasn't returned to the UK Register as G-AMLJ until 3 months later. In Dec-55 Skyways sold it to Middle East Airlines as OD-ACM.
It was acquired by BOAC Associated Companies in May-58 but remained operating in the middle east until it returned to the UK, again as G-AMLJ, in Oct-58 and was leased to BKS Air Transport. They bought it in Jul-59.
It was sold to Aer Turas Ireland in Mar-66 as EI-APC. Aer Turas flew it for more than 6 years until it was sold in France in Dec-72 to Transportes Aeriens Reunis as F-BTYO. It was retired at Nice, France, in 1976 and broken up.
The Roman bridge of Córdoba is a bridge in the Historic centre of Córdoba, Andalusia, southern Spain, originally built in the early 1st century BC across the Guadalquivir river, though it has been reconstructed at various times since. It is also known locally as the Old Bridge as for two thousand years, until the construction of the San Rafael Bridge in the mid-twentieth century, it was the city's only bridge across the river.
Most of the present structure dates from the Arabs reconstruction in the 8th century.
It is included in the small preserved area known as Sotos de la Albolafia. Since 1931, the bridge, together with the Puerta del Puente and the Calahorra tower, has been declared a Bien de Interés Cultural in the monument category. It also part of the historic centre of Córdoba, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984.
The bridge was built by the Romans in the early 1st century BC, perhaps replacing a previous wooden one. After the Islamic reconstruction its shape had 16 arcades, one fewer than originally, and a total length of 247 meters. The width is around 9 meters.
730002 has arrived in the bay at Four Oaks and prepares to depart running as 5Q60 14:58 to New Street. At this point the lighting at the station was being replaced and just a handful of the Osram GEC Z6860 lanterns remained on the footbridge, the next time we visited they'd gone.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 05-May-22.
Named: "Clann Obar Chrombaich / Clan Abercromby".
First flown with the ATR test registration F-WWER, this aircraft was delivered to Nordic Aviation Capital and leased to Airlinair as F-HOPZ in Jul-15. It was operated on behalf of HOP! for Air France.
The aircraft was returned to Airlinair at the end of Jan-20 and returned to the lessor in early Feb-20. It was stored at Monchengladbach, Germany and later moved to Toulouse-Francazal in Jul-20.
The aircraft was re-registered OY-YDI in Sep-20 and moved to Billund, Denmark for further storage. It was leased to Loganair as G-LMTA in mid Oct-21. Current, updated 05-May-22.
2024 the days of DB class 101 on Austrian Schoberpass are over (good). The EC216 "Dachstein" has now a Taurus on front and rear end. Here we see 1116 184 with the train, passing Baerndof. On the rear end is 1016 044.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 27-Feb-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 04-Mar-23.
Dan-Air operated eight Ambassadors in the 1960's on passenger charters and scheduled services.
G-ALZN was delivered new, on lease, to BEA British European Airways in Aug-51 and they bought it in Jan-53. It was sold to Overseas Aviation (CI) Ltd, in Mar-61.
Overseas didn't operate it and sold it to Dan-Air London in Apr-62. It was retired and stored at Dan-Air's engineering base at Lasham, Hampshire, UK, in May-68 and later broken up.
Replacing an earlier scanned 6"x4" print with a better version 23-Feb-19, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 27-Jul-23.
This aircraft was delivered to Air Malta as 9H-ABE in Jul-87. It was sold to a lessor in Apr-99 and leased back to Air Malta. The aircraft was returned to the lessor as N341CA in Mar-04 and stored.
It was leased to Aerogal - Aerolineas Galapagos as HC-CER in Jul-04. It was returned to the lessor as N443RC in Jan-11 and stored at Blytheville, AR, USA. The aircraft was leased to AVIOR Airlines, Venezuela as YV495T in Aug-11. It was re-registered YV2937 in Nov-13.
The aircraft 'suffered a runway excursion' on landing at Manaus, Brasil on 28-Nov-18 during a thunderstorm, there were no injuries. It was eventually returned to service but was withdrawn from use and stored at Barcelona, Venezuela in Nov-19. Permanently retired. Updated 26-Jul-23.
Note: Looking at a photo online, the aircraft only overran the end of the runway by about 30 yards/meters and was standing on it's undercarriage and looked undamaged (mind you, it is over 31 years old!). You can see the photo at...
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 13-Aug-22 (DeNoise AI).
An early build aircraft, first flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWKP, this aircraft was delivered to PAL Philippine Airlines with the French Overseas registration F-OHZM in Jul-97.
It was sold on delivery to the Acacia Air Lease Company and leased back to Philippine Airlines. The aircraft was re-registered RP-C3330 in Jun-08. It was permanently retired at Manila, Philippines in Aug-13 and was eventually broken up there in late 2014/early 2015. Updated 13-Aug-22
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 20-Jan-22 (DeNoise AI).
This aircraft was bought by AWAS Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services but by the time it was due for delivery they didn't have an airline to lease it to. It was due to be delivered as VR-BLC but that wasn't used and it was delivered to AWAS as HB-IHU in Oct-89.
It was sold on delivery to Petrolair System SA (Switzerland). The aircraft was re-registered HB-IEE the following month. In Sep-95, Petrolair System SA dropped the 'System' and was renamed Petrolair SA. They became Privatair in Jan-97.
The aircraft was wet-leased to the UK Royal Air Force for 10 days in Feb-00 when the Swiss Flag style tail logo was replaced by a small Union Flag. The aircraft was fitted with blended winglets in Oct-07. It was withdrawn from service and stored at Hahn, Germany in Mar-13
It was sold to JetMagic (Malta) as 9H-AVM in Oct-13 and remained stored at Hahn until it was delivered to Malta in Feb-14. The aircraft was stored at Montpellier (France) between Aug-14/Aug-15, it was then moved to Auch (France) in Aug-15 and stayed there until Apr-16 when it moved back to Montpellier again.
The aircraft returned to service in Jun-16. It was repainted in a special livery in Jul-17 for the Band, U2 for their 'U2 - The Joshua Tree Tour 2017' and for U2 again in Feb-19 for the 'U2 - Joshua Tree Tour 2019'.
Although it's now over 32 years old it continues in service, it can't have that many hours or cycles 'on the clock'. Current, updated 19-Jan-22.
Today is the "retirement day" of Taichung Station. Tomorrow, it will be replaced by an new elevated station and tracks.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 01-Jul-21
KD Air started operations in 1990 and was based at Qualicum Beach, a small town on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. They operated flights between Qualicum Beach and Vancouver, Tofino and Gillies Bay. There was also ground transport link between Qualicum Beach and Port Alberni.
KD Air ceased operations in 2019.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 19-Sep-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 05-Sep-25.
Named: "Jet Clipper Splendid". Fleet No: "721".
Quite an early turbojet engined Boeing 707 (Line No: 71), N721PA was delivered to Pan-Am in Oct-59, It was retired by Pan-Am after 11 years in service and stored at Wichita, KS, USA, in Sep-70 (just 2 months after this photo was taken).
It was sold to Dan-Air London in Jan-71 and re-registered G-AYSL 2 months later. It was wet leased to British Airways between Jul/Nov-78 and to British Airtours for the summer season between May/Oct-79.
On it's return to Dan-Air it was stored at their Engineering base at Lasham, UK. It was sold to International Air Leases Inc the following month as N80703 although it remained stored at Lasham. Just over 3 years later, in Jan-83, it was sold to KIVU Cargo for spares and was broken up at Lasham the following month.
One of my favourite ships, Searoad Mersey passes us as it leaves the Devonport Outer Port Limit on one of its last voyages. At 26 years old, it is being replaced by the newer and much larger LNG powered Searoad Mersey II, built in Germany in 2016.
Searoad Mersey engages in an every second day service between Webb Dock Melbourne, Victoria and 2 East, Devonport, Tasmania carrying general goods, vehicles and livestock. It completes the 437km / 271.5 mile voyage across Bass Strait and through Port Phillip Bay in roughly sixteen hours; departing port at 1600 and arriving at its destination at 0800 the next morning. Searoad Mersey alternates ports with Searoad Tamar.
Searoad Mersey is scheduled to call into the tiny port of Grassy on King Island once per week. The vessel is the primary supplier of machinery, bulk fuel and other products to the Island and has supply contracts with Hydro Tasmania for diesel fuel requirements used for power generation on King Island.
Searoad Mersey uses a system of “cassettes” onto which containers and other break-bulk freight are loaded. The cassettes are then towed onto and off of the vessel using prime movers that are able to lift these cassettes hydraulically and position them on to the vessel. The vessels have 33 cassettes in their main decks and carry road trailers on the upper deck.
GENERAL
IMO: 8914831 | MMSI: 503000035 | Call Sign: VJBA | Flag: Commonwealth of Australia | Registration: Devonport
BUILD AND ALTERATION HISTORY
Singmarine Industries was awarded the $13.3 million contract to build the RORO, Searoad Mersey by Australia National Line on the 29th August 1989. Searoad Mersey's keel was laid on the 6th December 1989 as Hull 178 and was launched on November 29th, 1990.
Searoad Mersey arrived in Melbourne on the morning of 19 April 1991, after the delivery voyage from Singapore and took up its regular service that night.
An image of Searoad Mersey in her original livery pre-lengthening: Link
In the third quarter of 1996, Searoad Mersey underwent lengthening at the Pan-United shipyard in Singapore. The process involved cutting the vessel in half and adding the new midship block between the existing forward and aft sections.
This increased Mersey's capacity from 120 to 186 TEU. This also increased the following measurements from the old ones below
LOA: 91.5m | LBP: 85.1m | GT: 5925t | NT:1178t | DWT: 3287t | TEU: 120
CAPACITY & MEASUREMENTS
Length Overall: 118.39m | Length Between Perpendiculars: 109.35m | Lload: 112.4m | Breath, Moulded: 18.52m | Depth, Moulded: 13.60m | Draught: 5.512m | Freeboard: 8.088m | Deadweight Tonnage: 4,824t | Gross Tonnage: 7,928t | Net Tonnage: 2,378t | Cargo, Total: 4,000t | Ballast: 2669 m³ | Lane Metres: 350m | TEU: 186 | Distillate fuel: 47t | Residual Fuel: 461t
CLASSIFICATION
Type: 320 - Roll-on/Roll-off Carrier | Class Notation: ✠ 1A1 General cargo carrier RO/RO Container E0 under the Det Norkse Veritas Germanischer Lloyd class society | DNV Class Number: 16828
ENGINE
Searoad Mersey is fitted with two four-stroke, single-acting, Wartsila 8R32E main engines each with a maximum continuous rating of 3 280 kW at 750 rpm. Each engine has eight cylinders in line, with each cylinder having a bore of 320 mm, and a stroke of 350 mm. The engines are clutched into individual Volda ACG 680 reduction gearboxes which in turn drive a pair of contra-rotating controllable pitch propellers to give the ship a service speed of 16 knots.
Generators, Main: 2x Yanmar M220L-EN | Generator, Emergency: GMC 6-71T | Generator, Other: Shaft Generator | Propeller: 2x Mono-block Wichma 11CS39PR4-11DS3 | Bow thruster: 1x Bruno UF45 TC | Fuel Consumption: 22t/day at 15kn
OWNER & MANAGER HISTORY
• 2007 Sold/Transferred to Commonwealth Bank of Australia ( Same manager ) Sydney NSW Australia.
• 2005 Sold to Patrick Shipping Pty Ltd ( Same manager ) Sydney Australia.
• 2002 New manager : Searoad Shipping Pty Ltd Melbourne Vic. Australia.
• 1994: Owners: ANL, Managers: ASP Ship management
NOTES OF INTEREST
• Article: Replacement Vessel
• Video: Some good footage of Searoad Mersey on the ship lift
• Video: A short documentary on Searoad Mersey
IMAGE INFORMATION
Nikon D3300 with Nikon 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 lens | Aperture: f/11 | Shutter: 1/320 seconds | ISO: 200 | Focal Length: 150mm
IMAGE LOCATION
Devonport Pilot Boarding Ground (AU DPO-PBG)
INFORMATION SOURCES
• Det Norske Veritas Germanischer Lloyd (DNV GL) Vessel Register
• Maritime Reporter and Engineering News Archive
• Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation reports: #040, #064, #065, #193, #233, #242
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 14-Mar-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 30-Mar-23.
During the 1966 UK Seaman's Strike (or was it a dock strike, can't remember!), this Connie was doing 3 rotations a day bringing cigarettes from Belfast. It was usually parked in this area, just look at the amount of oil on the ramp! In the background, a Hibernian C-47 and an Aer Turas Bristol Freighter, also hauling cargo from Belfast.
Originally ordered by Transcontinental & Western Air as N86535, an L749 Constellation, the order was cancelled and the aircraft was delivered to Aerlinte Eireann (Irish International Airlines) in Aug-47 as EI-ACS.
It didn't operate with them for long and was withdrawn from service and stored at Dublin in Feb-48. It was sold to BOAC British Overseas Airways Corporation as G-ALAL in Jun-48 and converted to L749A standard.
It was leased to Skyways of London in Jul-59 and they bought it in Jun-62. It was transferred to Euravia (London) Ltd in Sep-62. Euravia was renamed Britannia Airways in Aug-64 and the aircraft was stored at Luton, UK.
It was sold to ACE Freighters in Feb-65 and was stored at Coventry Airport, UK when ACE ceased trading in Sep-66. It was sold to a 'W W Tilton' in Apr-67.
It was due to be sold to COPISA Peru as OB-R-899 but the sale fell through and it was stored at Miami in 1968. It then went through a couple of 'private owners' in 1971/72 and was seized by the US Authorities for 'illegal operations' in Oct-72. It was broken up in 1974.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus DeNoise AI 04-Dec-22.
Taken into the sun on a cold, misty and frosty morning!
Fleet No: '008'.
This aircraft was delivered to Continental Airlines as N78008 in Mar-99. It was sold to a lessor in Apr-01 and leased back to Continental. In Oct-10, Continental was merged into United Airlines. Now 23.5 years old, the aircraft continues in service. Updated 04-Dec-22
Note: The rear fuselage was damaged by a tail strike at New York - Newark on 02-Mar-05. It was repaired by Boeing and returned to service on 16-Apr-05.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 14-Apr-15.
BKS = Barnby, Keegan and Stevens, the airline's founders.
G-ALZR in it's final livery, just 16 months before it was written off at London-Gatwick (LGW)
G-ALZR was delivered new to BEA British European Airways in Feb-52. Just over five years later, in Aug-57, it was sold to Rolls Royce and was re-registered G-37-4 in Feb-59. It was used as a test-bed for the Rolls Royce Tyne engine.
It was sold to BKS Air Transport in May-63 and was converted to a freighter in Nov-64 for the BKS Bloodstock Division specialising in the carriage of horses.
It was damaged beyond repair while landing at London-Gatwick Airport in Jul-69 when the nosewheel collapsed. It was sold to Dan-Air London in Nov-69 for spares and transported to Dan-Air's Engineering base at Lasham, Hants, UK, where it was broken up in 1972.
3/2019 - Ardenheim, PA
A coal train is eastbound on track one at the 200 signal. I remember when Conrail replaced the PRR signal bridge here with these tri-light signals.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 14-Aug-22 (DeNoise AI).
This aircraft was delivered to Alaska Airlines as N796AS in May-98. It was sold to a lessor on delivery and leased back to Alaska. It was returned to the lessor in May-16 and stored at Victorville, CA, USA.
The aircraft was sold to Safair Operations Pty Ltd (South Africa) in Sep-16. It was due to be registered ZS-WRO but that wasn't taken up and it was registered ZS-WMP (after Safair's Executive Director 'Wimpie' Davidson. It's operated by flySafair.co.za. Current, updated 14-Aug-22.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 28-Mar-23.
Southern England storm 'Katie' diversion from London-Heathrow. With a nice shot of Derbyshire's snow covered hills in the background.
Special livery celebrating "50 years, Singapore's Golden Jubilee" in 2015.
First flown in Jan-09 with the Airbus test registration F-WWSC, the aircraft was ferried to the Airbus airfield at Hamburg-Finkenwerder for interior fitting out and painting.
It was delivered to Singapore Airlines as 9V-SKI in Jul-09. The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Singapore at the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mar-20.
It was moved to Alice Springs, Australia in Apr-20 for continued long term storage. The aircraft never re-entered service and was broken up at Singapore in Nov-22.
Despite the livery having been replaced over 5 years ago, Air Canada's old Evergreen livery still lives on and whilst in certain conditions does look particularly dated and even weathered poorly, in most cases such as good lighting and well-maintained still looks sleek and elegant... The winter light certainly proves the old colours still looks superb and dare I say better than the new livery.
For the W22 scheduler, Air Canada are certainly busy at London Heathrow; the carrier is operating 8 daily flights from their usual hubs across Canada, as well as a fifth-freedom flight to and from Mumbai. 5 out of the 8 daily flights are in the hands of the large Boeing 787-9 fleet, whilst the remaining 3 flights are provided by one Airbus A330-300, Boeing 737 MAX 8 and Boeing 777-300ER each.
At present, Air Canada is in the process of finalising their upcoming S23 schedule where capacity and frequency are expected to increase, expect a update in the future...
Currently, Air Canada operates 37 Boeing 787s, which includes 8 Boeing 787-8s and 29 Boeing 787-9s. Air Canada have 2 Boeing 787-9s on-order.
Foxtrot Romeo Sierra Alpha is one of 29 Boeing 787-9s operated by Air Canada, delivered new to the flag-carrier on 5th January 2017 and she is powered by 2 General Electric GEnx-1B engines.
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner C-FRSA on short finals into Runway 27L at London Heathrow (LHR) on AC858 from Toronto-Pearson (YYZ), Ontario.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 13-Nov-21 (DeNoise AI).
'Colum', Ireland World Tail livery. Operated on behalf of British Airways by franchise partner Brymon Airways.
First flown in Feb-97 with the deHavilland Canada test registration C-GFHZ. It was ordered for Pelangi Air (Malaysia) initially as 9M-PGD then 9M-PGB. Neither was taken up and the order was cancelled.
The aircraft was stored at Toronto-Downsview. Bombardier Inc took delivery of it in Jul-97 and it remained stored until it was leased to Brymon Airways as G-BRYV in Apr-98 and operated on behalf of British Airways Express.
Brymon was merged into British Airways CitiExpress in Mar-02 with the aircraft still operating for British Airways. The operation was renamed BA Connect in Feb-06. In Mar-07 the BA Connect operation was turned over to FlyBe and the aircraft was stored at Exeter (UK) in basic British Airways livery.
It was returned to Bombardier Inc around Jan-08 and was leased to Air Tanzania as 5H-MWG the following month. The aircraft was written off when it crashed during an aborted take-off at Kigoma, Tanzania on 09-Apr-12.
The take-off was abandoned after an engine failure, the aircraft overran the runway, the undercarriage collapsed and the right wing was torn off at the wing root. Surprisingly, there were no injuries! Updated 13-Nov-21
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 09-Apr-22 (DeNoise AI).
Right side.
This aircraft was delivered to QANTAS Airways as VH-EBQ in Dec-79. It was leased to Air Pacific (Fiji) as DQ-FJI in Dec-98 and returned to QANTAS as VH-EBQ in Aug-00.
It was withdrawn from service and retired in Nov-02 and was donated to the Outback Museum, Longreach, Australia where it's on display.
Replacing an earlier digital photo from 06-Jun-23 with a better version.
Operated on behalf of TUI Airways UK by SmartLynx Airlines - Estonia. All white with titles & tail logo.
First flown with the Airbus test registration D-AUBL, this aircraft was delivered to Etihad Airways as A6-EIQ in Nov-12. It was sold to a lessor as VP-CRI in Sep-22 and leased to SmartLynx Airlines Estonia as ES-SAF in Nov-22.
It was briefly wet-leased to Air Malta for four weeks between Apr/May-23. It was wet-leased to TUI Airways UK in May-23 for the summer season and is expected to return to SmartLynx at the end of Oct-23. Current, 08-Jul-23.
I replaced the leather on a few joints of Alisha, my Paperwhite Doll by Teri. Teri offered to do it for me of course, but I decided to tackle it myself rather than having to ship her back. I'll be posting more of my notes on the Hearts of Clay forum soon. :)
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 18-Jan-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 04-Sep-23.
First flown in Jan-62, this aircraft was delivered to the UK Royal Air Force (114 Squadron) as XN856 in Mar-62. It was transferred to the A&AAE (Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment) at Boscombe Down, UK in Nov-62 and returned to the RAF (114 Squadron) in Feb-63.
It was withdrawn from use and permanently retired at RAF Kemble, UK in Oct-71. The aircraft was sold to Field Aircraft Services in Aug-75 and had been broken up at Kemble by the end of the year. A 9 year working life isn't much of a life at all! Updated 05-Sep-23.