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Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 03-Feb-19.
Built in Feb-66 by Short Brothers & Harland in Belfast, NI, UK. The aircraft was first flown with the Shorts test registration G-52-13 and delivered to the UK Royal Air Force serialled XR368 in Mar-66.
A high level decision at the UK Ministry of Defence saw the whole fleet grounded by mid 1976 and this aircraft was sold to Pan African Freight Liners as G-BEPS in Apr-77.
The aircraft was sold to TAC HeavyLift in Sep-78 and transferred to HeavyLift Cargo Airlines in Oct-80. It was permanently retired at Southend, UK in Apr-01 and was eventually broken up there in Oct/Nov-08.
Replaced the Cotton Bag with a Square Bottom Paper Bag.
In Ballston Spa West gradually acquired nine water-powered mills on Kayaderosseras Creek by 1879 manufacturing cotton, paper, and paper bags.
West was called "The Paper Bag King" because he was one of the first men in the country to manufacture paper bags at a time when most bags were made from cotton
Looking back 2 years ago here and the standard face you'd find on First Kernow's U1 & U2 service at the time of taking this, ADL Enviro400 33664 SN12AEF is seen at Dracaena in Falmouth working the U1 in from Truro. At the end of this same year these were replaced by brand new MMC's with an all new livery for these routes www.flickr.com/photos/118283754@N07/25524381658/in/photol... which saw these 12 plate ones shipped off to Bristol.
Having talked at length about it in the “actual” version of this photo featuring 637 without branding, here’s a mock up of what a navy spare could have looked like. In some alternate timeline perhaps 616/7/8/9 went into full Uni4 livery instead of silver and 637/8/9 into navy spare so there were seven navy E400s to replace all seven navy Omnidekkas.
Or have it vice versa so that 637-9 the 4s as they are in real life, and the ex-lilacs as navy spares with possibly something like 640 done as well. Under normal operation they’d make up the numbers on the 4, but outside of term time or whenever else needed they wouldn’t look out of place on the 1 or 48.
Colour-specific spares aren’t a new thing, as around 2021/22 time orange line had one when 627 was branded up as a common vehicle for the 34/35/36, and even on navy line when 970 and 971 were briefly in plain silver and navy before they gained Easyrider wraps. Plus of course most of the vehicles carry branding for all routes of the same colour now, such as the old 17s now being 15/16/17.
Navy line is a bit weird by nature, however, using two main corridors either side of the River Trent and converging at Clifton. The 49 can be ignored as a Parliament Street route, hence its omission, so the side branding is “Clifton > Queens Drive or Trent Bridge > Railway Station > City” to provide a rather generalised outline of the navy route core. The 3 tends to keep out of whatever the other TBG navy routes are doing so is also omitted.
As for the frequency branding, I used the 20 minute one off the 1 because it was the lowest, although I could have possibly left it off completely as none of the navy line frequencies bear any relation to each other. Besides, when NCT changed the frequency to say “up to every XYZ” instead of “from every XYZ”, I never understood if it meant “up to” as in you could be waiting up to 20 minutes, or if the frequency went up to every 20 minutes but sometimes dropped to less often.
Shifting the focus over to the actual Photoshop edit itself, this is the first edit I’ve done in nearly three years that isn’t an April Fools one. I only did it on a whim after writing the photo description mentioning the idea of navy spares and realised it’d be a very simple task to make one as a demonstration.
For the benefit of gullible people with no attention span I’ve highlighted that this is, in fact, an edited photo in the corner. You know, just in case some plonker tries to edit 637 on bustimes, because unfortunately there are some people on the internet nowadays who genuinely are that stupid. Previously when I’ve made photo edits such things weren’t even a concern, but that’s just the state of the world in 2026, sadly.
sooc minus crop, because i'm too lazy.
(might replace later with one in the comments, couldn't pick.)
floral + plaid = excellent combo.
When Union Pacific's Yermo - Salt Lake City manifest glided around a gentle curve at 132nd South in Draper, Utah on July 10, 1988, the surrounding terrain had a bucolic charm. Fast forward to the mid-1990s, and hundreds of new homes were going up. Wildlife and freight trains were gone, replaced by real estate developers, construction workers, automobile traffic, and air pollution. Progress?
Bleasdale near Preston England is the location of an ancient wooden circle. Concrte posts have been used to replace the original tree stumps. This is one in a series of BW pictures taken of trees in this area.
In 2020 a new footbridge was built over the river Loddon at Piggy Dams near Old Basing, Hampshire. The footbridge, which is part of the Loddon Way footpath (also 180/8/2 or Parish FP9), replaces an old wooden structure that that became unsafe the year earlier. The new bridge is made of steel and wood and has a span of 13 metres. It was designed to blend in with the natural surroundings and to improve accessibility for walkers, cyclists and horse riders. The bridge was funded by the Hampshire County Council and the Environment Agency.
The River Loddon is a river in southern England that flows into the River Thames. It originates in Basingstoke, Hampshire and travels for about 45 kilometers before reaching Wargrave, Berkshire. The river and its tributaries cover an area of more than 1000 square kilometers and support a variety of wildlife and habitats. The river has a history of human use and modification, with many mills, weirs and sluices along its course. The River Loddon is part of the South East Rivers Trust, which works to protect and restore the health of the river and its catchment.
The name Piggy Dam is thought to be the original name for the dam on the River Loddon just off Newnham Lane, then called Piquet Dam. This came from its initial construction of stakes or pickets (piquet in French). However, it was also called Peaked Ham almost a century ago, and over the years the name has been transformed to Piggy Dam.
Replacing an earlier scanned 6"x4" print with a better version 29-Jul-21, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 23-May-24.
Named: "Eglantyne Jebb" (British Social Reformer).
Delivered to Britannia Airways as G-BRIG in Apr-90, this aircraft was due to be leased to Air Holland in 1991 as PH-AHN but the deal fell through. It was wet-leased to TACA International Airlines in Nov-92 returning to Britannia Airways in May-93.
It was briefly leased to Air New Zealand from Oct/Dec-95 to cover aircraft shortages. At the beginning of Apr-04 the marketing name of Britannia Airways was changed to Thomson.co.uk although it was still operated by Britannia Airways until Nov-04 when the whole thing became Thomsonfly.com.
The aircraft operated it's last flight for Thomsonfly in Nov-07 and was sold to CIT leasing Corporation the following month. In May-07 it was leased to SliverJet (FlyJet Ltd) as G-SLVR. Unfortunately, SilverJet ceased operations at the end of May-08 and the aircraft was impounded at Luton, UK. It was returned to the lessor in Jul-08 and ferried to Shannon (Ireland) for further storage.
In Oct-08 the aircraft was leased to Jordan Aviation as JY-JAG and sub-leased to Hamsal Air the following month for Haj Pilgrimage operations from Nigeria. It returned to Jordan Aviation in Jan-09. Around Apr-09 it was sub-leased to Sun Air (Sudan) and returned to Jordan Aviation in late 2009.
In Dec-09 it was leased to Syrian Air and noted still operating for from them in Jul-10, still in full SilverJet livery. The aircraft continued in service with Jordan Aviation until it was permanently retired at Amman, Jordan in Dec-19 after almost 30 years in service. Updated 29-Jul-21.
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 23-Mar-21, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 08-Jun-24.
Fleet No: "904".
Original 'Star Alliance' livery featuring the six founding members of the alliance, Air Canada, Lufthansa, United Airlines, Varig Brazil, SAS Scandinavian Airlines and Thai Airways International.
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWJF, this aircraft was delivered to Air Canada as C-FYLD in Apr-97. It was due to be leased to LAN Airlines (Chile) in Jan-08 but the lease was cancelled. The aircraft was leased to Gestair (Spain) as EC-KSE in May-08 and operated on behalf of Iberia in full Iberia livery.
It was returned to Air Canada as G-CHSJ in Feb-13 and stored at Sao Paulo - Guarulhos, Brazil. The aircraft remained stored until it was leased to Aerolineas Argentinas as LV-FPU in Dec-13. It was permanently retired at San Bernardino, CA, USA in Mar-20 and broken up there in 2021.
Note 1. The registration C-FYLD was later applied to a Sunwing Airlines Boeing 737-800 between Dec-09 / Apr-10.
Note 2. I was a bit suspicious of the British registration G-CHSJ for Air Canada while it was stored in Brasil, thinking it was likely to be a misprint for C-GHSJ. However, on checking the UK CAA aircraft database I found that G-CHSJ was correct. The aircraft was British registered between Feb/Dec-13. The Canadian registration C-GHSJ is/was a Cessna 172.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 24-Apr-21. Suffering from some heat shimmer...
This aircraft was delivered to Southwest Airlines as N26SW in Jul-75. It was sold to a lessor in Nov-88 and leased back to Southwest. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Sep-97 and sold to WestJet Airlines as C-GWJU later the same month.
WestJet dropped the 'Airlines' from the titles in Mar-02 (although I understand that the 'Airlines' is back in the titles as of 2020). It was withdrawn from service and permanently retired in Apr-04.
The aircraft was donated to Southern Alberta Institute of Technology at the Smith Aero Centre for Training & Technology at YYC and used to train ground crews for aircraft towing & running up. Updated 24-Apr-21.
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 photo with a better version 18-Jun-21
Named: "Islas Canarias".
First flown with the ATR test registration F-WWEI, this aircraft was delivered to ATRiam Capital Ltd (ATR) and leased to Bangkok Airways as HS-PGF in Nov-96. It was wet-leased to Siem Reap Airways (Cambodia) in Feb-01 and returned to Bangkok Airways in Nov-01. It was returned to ATRiam Capital in Jan-02 as F-WQNM and stored at Toulouse, France.
The aircraft was leased to Islas Airways as EC-IKQ in Feb-03. Islas Airways ceased operations in Oct-12. It was returned to ATR and stored at Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. It remained at Las Palmas until it was broken up there in early 2014. Updated 18-Jun-21.
The WS's Have Been Transferred To Replace The 03 Reg MPD's
Route R3
Go Ahead London Metrobus
Wright Streetlite WF LJ12CGX
Based At Orpington [MB]
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 25-Feb-15, plus DeNoise AI 09-Jan-23.
Now you know why Britannia Airways was called Britannia Airways...
Delivered new to BOAC British Overseas Airways Corporation in Mar-57 as G-ANBO, the aircraft was wet-leased to Cathay Pacific Airways from Dec-60/mid-61. It was wet leased to Malayan Airlines from Sep/Oct-61 and again from Jul/Aug-62.
The aircraft was stored at Cambridge, UK, in Dec-62 after just 5 years in service. It was leased to Britannia Airways (previously known as Euravia) in Jan-65 and they bought it in Mar-70. It was retired at Luton in Nov-70 and broken there up in May-71.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 10-Mar-22 with Topaz DeNoise AI.
Operated for Airbus Industrie by Aeromaritime.
This aircraft was built from parts of other Boeing 377 / C-97's. It was first registered N211AS to Aero Spacelines Inc, California, USA in Sep-69 and had it's first flight in Aug-70.
It was delivered to Aeromaritime, France as F-BTGV in Sep-71 and operated on behalf of Airbus Industrie for 25 years until it was retired in Jun-96.
The aircraft was ferried to Bruntingthorpe, UK in early Jul-96 and presented to a preservation group. It stayed at Bruntingthorpe for another 25 years. Unfortunately the airfield owner sold the land in Nov-20 and as the aircraft could no longer fly, it was broken up in Jan-21, which is very sad!
However, the flight deck section from the swinging nose has been preserved and is awaiting display at the South Wales Air Museum at St. Athan, UK. Updated 12-Mar-22.
There is another one in the museum at Toulouse Airport...
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 04-Mar-21.
I'm not really into 'egg whisks' but there's a lot of them in Canada.
Note: The registration C-GHJU was later used by HeliJet on a LearJet Air Ambulance.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with slightly better version 28-Aug-22 (DeNoise AI).
I must admit that I'm not particularly keen on underside shots like this, they invariably produce a silhouette. This one isn't bad though!
The Boeing 747-400D was built for the Japanese Domestic market and had no winglets. They didn't do anything for fuel efficiency on short sectors and omitting them saved weight. Only 19 were built for Japan Air Lines and All Nippon Airways, they had a maximum passenger capacity of 660.
This aircraft was delivered to ANA All Nippon Airways as JA8959 in Jan-93. It was in service with ANA for almost 20 years before being permanently retired at Tupelo, MS, USA in Oct-12. The registration was cancelled 3 days later.
Ford Mustang GT350 Hardtop (1 st generation) (1964-73) Engine 289 Ci Hipo Windsor V8 271bhp
Registration Number OPD 238 D (Surrey)
FORD US SET
www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623789312836...
The first generation Mustang introduced in 1965 was the first of the Pony cars. In order to keep down developement costs and to save time the concept utilized many proprietary components. It used drive train and components from thee Falcon and Fairlane and a similar platform type to the Falcon. Introduced in 1964 ahead of the 1965 model year meaning the 1965 year changes were made in mid 1965 as is the case with this car. This included the introduction of the 289 Ci engine with a twin barrel carb giving 200 bhp a four barrel carb was also available with a power increase to 225 bhp. The 1966 model is very similar with changes to the quarter panel badges and a bared grille replaced the mesh version.
For 1967 a features a major re-design
Diolch am 77,965,745 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr.
Thanks for 77,965,745 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated.
Shot 06.10.2019 at Bicester Scramble, Bicester, Oxon. 143-1247
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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.
[ YOUR SYSTEM IS SHUTTING DOWN ]
If I did not stop them, they would run forever, pausing only to replace parts of themselves.
Without me, they would know no fear. Without fear, they would know no joy.
They would run ... forever.
[ FATAL ERROR ]
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I'm not certain what a Death of Robots would look like, but I think it would probably be a holdover from the imagery known to human programmers. My (conscious) influences here are Stanislaw Lem, historical depictions of Death, and of course Terry Pratchett. If you haven't read it, you should run, not walk to the Kindle store and get the Death trilogy: Mort, Reaper Man, and Soul Music.
I don't know yet if I can make a series or story of this, but since I started with a birth, here's a death -- anything else I build in between can only be a bonus.
The Sangi Railway in Mie Prefecture somewhat recently announced that their fleet of 1960's and 70's era EMU's used for their local services would be replaced with "newer" secondhand 211 Series from JR Central, starting in 2025. Even though the 211's have their roots from the JNR era, displacing mid-century relics is still sad to see. It was fun while it lasted.
Here Sangi Railway 751 enters the elevated curve at the rice fields north of Misato Station with a "futsu" (local) for Nishi-Fujiwara.
Sangi Railway Sangi Line
Sangi 751 Series
Inabe, Mie Pref., Japan
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.
This waterfall is located just west of Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Highlands, south of Interlaken. The waterfall drops 297m from a hanging valley that ends in overhanging cliffs above the Weisse Lütschine.
The stream, on reaching the verge of the rocky walls of the valley, forms a cascade so high that it is almost lost in spray before it reaches the level of the valley. After rain, and early in the season (as seen above) when fed by melting snow, Staubbach Falls is very striking. The force of the stream above the fall at such times is sufficient to carry the water clear of the precipice, and the whole mass descends in a condition of liquid dust, between spray and cloud, that sways to-and-fro with the gentlest breeze. In a dry summer, when the supply of water is much reduced, the effect is comparatively insignificant.
The building in the foreground, in the village of Lauterbrunnen, would appear to be apartments. I cannot find it on that the street view element of that well-known online mapping tool - replaced in the 30+ years since then...?
Most of the World's Pied Wagtails breed in Britain and Ireland, being replaced on the Continent by White Wagtails, which occur in Britain on passage. Small numbers of Pied Wagtails breed in northern France, the Low Countries and southern Norway. Occasionally Continental White Wagtails breed in Britain, especially on the Northern Isles. Where Pied and Wagtails breed in the same place they select mates of their own type. This assortative mating was sufficient evidence to treat Hooded and Carrion Crows as different species but for the time being Pied and White Wagtails are considered to be one species. The distinctive subspecies yarrellii (named after British naturalist William Yarrell 1784-1856) has a darker grey back, which is black in adult males but pale grey in White Wagtails (subspecies alba). Most British Pied Wagtails are resident in Britain but some migrate south to spend the winter in Iberia and Western France. The White Wagtails that occur in Britain on passage are mainly Icelandic breeders (plus some from Faeroes and Greenland) and these winter around the Mediterranean with some migrating to sub-Saharan Africa.
I managed to isolate this female Pied Wagtail in a Hawthorn bush on the edge of the Peak District Moors. It is quite a common breeding species with about 460,000 pairs in Britain.
San Pedro, CA
The lighthouse was built in 1874 and designed by Paul J. Pelz, who also designed Point Fermin's sister stations, East Brother Island Light in Richmond, California, Mare Island Light, in Carquinez Strait, California (demolished in the 1930s), Point Hueneme Light in California (replaced in 1940), Hereford Inlet Light in North Wildwood, New Jersey, and Point Adams Light in Washington State (burned down by the Lighthouse Service in 1912), all in essentially the same style. The original fourth order Fresnel lens was removed in 1942 and a wood replica lantern was installed in 1974. The lighthouse was saved from demolition in 1972 and refurbished in 1974, and a new lantern room and gallery were built by local preservationists. In 1972, the light was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Historical Information from Coast Guard web site:
Point Fermin Light was built in 1874 with lumber from California redwoods. In 1941 the light was extinguished due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. There was fear that the light would serve as a beacon for enemy planes and ships. Later, the lantern room and gallery were removed. They were replaced by a lookout shack that remained for the next 30 years and was referred to as "the chicken coop" by locals. In 1972 the light was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The light fell into disuse and disrepair. A new lantern room and gallery were built in 1974.
The building has now been restored to its original state and is open to the public as the Point Fermin Lighthouse Historic Site and Museum.
U.S. Coast Guard Archive:
The original Fresnel lens from the lighthouse, removed in the 1940s, had been missing for decades. After being found and positively identified, on November 13, 2006, the lens was relocated to a display in the restored lighthouse museum from the real estate office of Louis Busch in Malibu, California where it had been on display.
The lighthouse is open daily except for Monday and holidays.
In 1986, the lighthouse appeared in a second-season episode of Amazing Stories, "Magic Saturday".
In June 2011, the General Services Administration made the Point Fermin Light (along with 11 others) available at no cost to public organizations willing to preserve them.
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 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 slightly better version 05-Jun-21. From a damaged & 'yellowed' negative...
This aircraft was delivered to JAL Japan Airlines as JA8155 in Dec-81. It was sold JAA Japan Asia Airways in Feb-92 and leased back to JAL. It was returned to JAA in May-93 and was operated by them until it was sold to Kalitta as N743CK in Nov-06. The aircraft was ferried to Kalitta's base at Oscoda, MI, USA and permanently retired. It was gradually dismantled for spare parts. The aircraft was last noted at Oscoda in Jul-08 without engines and missing many parts. The registration was cancelled in Dec-09.
Note 1... Quite a few years ago the Chinese Government in Beijing brought in a rule that said airlines operating services to Taiwan could not operate into mainland China. Quite a few airlines then created subsidiaries for flights to Taiwan. JAL with JAA, KLM with KLM asia, British Airways with British Asia Airways, Swissair with Swissair Asia etc. I think it's only KLM who still have aircraft painted with these titles. Japan Asia Airways was merged back into JAL mainline at the end of Mar-08.
Note 2... The registration N743CK was re-issued to an ex JAL B747-400(F) which was sold to Kalitta Air in Nov-10.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 28-Mar-15, plus DeNoise AI 05-Jan-23.
I was on the British Eagle Britannia in the background (well, not while I was taking the photo, obviously!)
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This aircraft was delIvered to Air Algerie in May-61 with the French overseas registration F-OBNK, it was re-registered 7T-VAK in Nov-64. Sadly, it didn't have a long life. It was written off during a forced landing at Biskra, Algeria after an in-flight fire in Jul-69.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 23-Feb-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 05-Apr-23.
I've given up on the C-47 histories, too complex and often incomplete...
This one went to the Norwegian forerunner of SAS (DNL) as LN-IAS in 1946, it was merged into SAS in Oct-52 and was sold to Fairways Rotterdam. The source I was looking at said it went to Fairways in Jan-66, yet here it is in Liverpool in Dec-64!
The Netherlands does re-use registrations though!
The fireplace can be found at the Marketplace. Search NewBrooke Partition Fireplace.
I have textured it wilth a texture from Jubran. I also replaced the flames and added the white rocks.
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This is my fourth upload from our trip to Paris last weekend.
This is just a part of the incredible huge gardens of the megalomane Versailles palace & gardens.
The shot
Standard 3 exposures HDR in RAW/ISO100 at f/13 using the Sigma 10-20mm lens on a tripod.
Photomatix
Tonemapped using the detail enhancer.
Photoshop
° For some reason the middle of the clouds where the sun is was all broken in the HDR shot, so I tonemapped one of the single RAW files and copied that part of the sun as a layer onto the HDR version and erased the edges of that layer to make it blend in.
° Curves, makes away on the darker areas.
° A small color balance towards the yellow.
° Some dodging on the sun rays and on the tree lit by it.
Reprocessed and replaced this image on 6 october :
° Created a second tonemapped image with the 0EV and 2EV only, used the ground of this version and blended it into the original version which looked a bit too dark.
° Did some supplemental dodging on the light rays, back working on my old PC were the Wacom gives me more control.
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All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are ( as always ) welcome.
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Old concrete railway sleepers, very neatly removed and replaced with the new without holding up the rail traffic unduly.
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.
Yeah if only I was sweet or 16, Oh how different the future might have been! actually I think i have lived the best years for while because the last ten or so have been pretty trouble free of hassle from the public unlike the hassle that is brewing on the horizon for our kind not only in the UK but around the world.
We do seem to be the hot potato that is getting chucked around a bit.
Not to worry, those who say we will never be are either threatened by us because we are viable replacement to them. Lets face it what guy doesn't want a feminine girl who can't get pregnant lol.
They don't like the blurred lines we present! You know the lines they have tried to blur for years to gain access into the mans world!
Or they are guys who get confused by us.
I am every bit a female in my head all be it a little tom boyish and know will take that away from me.
So back to the photo, the colour is a bit off because its my old old camera without a flash relying on a ring light to get a few photos hence why some from this set will be out of focus slightly. Probably not a bad thing.
Finally replaced my No 7 powder over the weekend only to find that the medium i used has now got a fair bit darker.