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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
Conkers. There's lots of ideas about why horse chestnuts got this name. Maybe it's from the game that originally involved smashing snail shells together. This game was first played in the 1820's. There are no known written rules but horse chestnuts replaced snail shells and became the standard nuts to use by adversaries. Perhaps conkers came from the shells 'conches' or the sound of the shells breaking when they smashed together.
When I was a lad there were lots of ideas about how to make conkers stronger such as pickling them or baking them. The number of games the conker won gave it a special epithet - a one-er or a two-er, a three-er and so on and the name came with bragging rights at each match. This name growing in stature as it increased and the conker became even more legendary as the boy (it was primarily a boy's game) boasted not only of its number but of the battles won against higher numbered conkers it had beaten.
Horse chestnuts used to be given to horses to treat certain illnesses although they are slightly poisonous and can harm small animals.
The victorians used to make flour out of them too.
The tree is not native to Britain having been imported in the 16c but it is now a quintessentially British symbol of autumn. Had I have seen this small cluster of chestnuts when I was a boy I would have spent time throwing sticks at it to get the tree to drop its bounty and perhaps give me a prized chestnut that would survive many games; maybe even become a seasoned winner that would still be in good shape the following year.
Those of you who played conkers will remember your sore knuckles caused by the inaccuracies of your opponents attempts to hit your conker. Let's face it, putting a chestnut on a piece of string and giving it to a boy to play with is just asking for trouble!
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 16-Jan-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 08-Jul-23.
This aircraft was delivered to BEA British European Airways as G-APEX in Jun-58. It was sold to BKS Air Transport in Dec-69.
BKS was renamed Northeast Airlines in Nov-70 when it became part of British Air Services. British Air Services was merged into British Airways in Apr-74.
The aircraft continued in service with British Airways until it was sold to British Air Ferries in Mar-81. It was retired and stored at Southend, UK in Mar-84 and was broken up at Southend by 1994.
All my stuff is now piled into boxes, 3 months after half the house got trashed, the builders have finally arrived to replace the ceilings :) This is yesterday's photo, and is somewhat dull, I just liked the crazy sunlight that I couldn't go out in :( I had 3 months of exam work to do in a day. Great organisation skills obviously :p
Doesn't exactly fit the photo but it only seems fair to include this song as I've had the album on repeat for the past 18 hours as it's the only thing I seem to be capable of working to.
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Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 08-Dec-19
'Star Alliance' livery.
Named: "Essen".
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWCV, this aircraft was delivered to Lufthansa as D-AIHC in Dec-03 in full 'Star Alliance' livery. It was repainted into standard livery in Jan-09. Current, updated (Dec-19).
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 18-Feb-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 09-Apr-23.
I love this shot. Taken at Malaga, southern Spain on a beautiful sunny day. I was there on Viscount 701 G-AMOO with British Eagle. The early V700's didn't have the range to fly nonstop from Liverpool so we had to tech stop at Bordeaux both ways! To the right, just across the runway was a whole field of CASA built Heinkel 111's. I couldn't photograph them though, General Franco's Guardia Civil would have put me away!
This was an early build DC-7, delivered new to American Airlines in Feb-54 as N319AA. They only kept it 5 years and then sold it to a leasing company in Feb-59.
It was leased to ONA Overseas National Airways in Apr-59 as N319A. It was returned to the lessor in Sep-63 and was sold to Osterman Air Charter, Sweden, the following month as SE-XBR.
It was sold again the month after that, Nov-63, to Sveaflyg as OY-DMR and sub-leased to Flying Enterprise in Dec-63. In Feb-65 it was transferred to Osterman Air Charter as SE-CNH.
Ostermanair was merged into Internord in Nov-65. The aircraft was operated for a further 3 years until it was retired and broken up at Stockholm-Bromma Airport in mid 1968.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version. plus Topaz DeNoise AI 25-Jul-21.
Taken through glass as well as some 'yellowing' of the original negative.
'Little Europe' logojet, left side.
Originally built as a CRJ.100ER this aircraft was first flown with the Canadair test registration C-FMNW. It was delivered to Lufthansa as D-ACJH in Oct-98 and operated by Lufthansa CityLine.
It was repainted in 'Little Europe' special livery in Nov-98 prior to service entry. It was withdrawn from service and stored in Apr-10 prior to return to Bombardier Inc as C-GGDQ in Nov-10. It was converted to CRJ.200ER standard before being leased to UTAir Aviation (Russia) as VQ-BGT in Dec-10.
The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Feb-15 and stored at Teruel, Spain. It was broken up at Teruel in 2019.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 04-Mar-21.
Seattle Mariners logocopter.
The Seattle Mariners are a US Professional Baseball Team based in Seattle, WA, USA.
No longer in this livery, this helicopter has had a number of different liveries, now 40 years old, it's still in service.
Replaced with Hasselblad X1 Scan:
A Kyrgyz Mil-Mi 17 helicopter at Khan Tengri (7010m) and Pik Pobeda (7439m) base camp in the Tien Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan, about to pick up a group of climbers.
August 2010.
Contax G2, 21mm Biogon, B+W yellow filter and Fuji Acros 100 (in HC-110)
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092/365,
CDX-3160
Age; 1997
I purchased the Miata in 2006 with this radio installed so it's somewhere between 17 and 26 years old
Garden Village, Burnaby, British Columbia
St. Quentin's Cathedral in Hasselt bears the mark of many changes over the centuries. The 8th century church was replaced by a Romanesque church, to which a Romanesque tower was later added. During several centuries the church was enlarged with additions such as side aisles but also many gothic elements.
This one looked great when I was playing with the tones. Then I converted to b&w and it just had that classic street photograpy feel. I just had to do it!
update - after reading Zolashine's comments I re-did the picture. I think it makes it 1000% stronger. On the money my friend...
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 02-Mar-17 + DeNoise AI 14-Oct-22. Taken directly into the sun.
Shame about the dead grass...
First flown with the Boeing test registration N6018N, this aircraft was delivered to Asiana Airlines as HL7418 in Sep-94.
It was withdrawn from service and stored at Seoul-Inchon, Republic of Korea in Sep-19 and broken up there in Apr-20. Updated 14-Oct-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.
Replaced an earlier scanned slide with a better version 23-Jan-15 + DeNoise Ai 24-Sep-22.
This slide was a real mess when I took it out of the box, spots and fungal growth all over the place. I've cleaned it up as much as I can.
The first Britannia to land at Liverpool, coming 'over the fence' for a landing on runway '26' on 01-Jan-64, the day that British Eagle officially took over Starways routes.
Named: "Enterprise".
G-AOVT was delivered new to BOAC British Overseas Airways Corporation in Jan-59. It was briefly leased to BEA for a month in early 1961. In Sep-63, after less than 5 years with BOAC, it was leased to British Eagle International Airlines who later bought it.
They sold it to Monarch Airlines in Aug-68. In Dec-74 it was leased to Invicta International for 3 months, returning to Monarch in Mar-75. Three months later, in Jun-75, the aircraft was retired and presented to the Duxford Aviation Museum, UK. 50 years on, it's still on display. Updated 11-Mar-25.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 18-Jan-15, plus DeNoise AI 10-Jan-23.
Euravia became Britannia Airways and later Thomsonfly.com, Thomson Airways and TUI Airlines UK.
This aircraft was the 5th production Constellation. It was built as a Lockheed C-69 and delivered to the US Army Air Forces in Feb-45 as 43-10315.
It was stored at Lockheed's Burbank facility in Nov-45 and transferred to the US War Asset Administration in Mar-47. It was sold to Intercontinent Airways as N90828 in mid 1947. It was transferred to Lineas Aereas de Panama SA in 1948 as RX-124 and later transferred to 'The Jewish Agency Inc' as N67930.
It was stored in 1949, then sold to El Al Israel Airlines in Dec-50 and converted to L049 standard as 4X-AKB. It was retired by El Al and stored at Tel Aviv in 1961.
It was bought by UK Inclusive Tour operator, Universal Sky Tours in Feb-62 as G-ARVP and transferred to their in-house airline, Euravia (London) Ltd., in May-63.
Euravia's operation in that first summer season was awful. They suffered severe mechanical problems on the L049 fleet and it's no exaggeration to say they were frequently running up to 3 days behind schedule for much of the season.
In 1964 they leased Bristol Britannia 102's from BOAC and renamed the airline Britannia Airways in Aug-64. G-ARVP was retired at Luton in early 1965 and broken up in May-65.
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 scanned slide with a better version 22-Sep-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 01-Sep-25.
Delivered to National Airlines in Dec-67 as N4731, National were merged into Pan American World Airways in Jan-80 and the aircraft continued with Pan-Am until it was retired at Oklahoma City, OK, USA in Dec-91 after 24 years in service.
It was sold to General Electric Capital Corporation (later GECAS) in Sep-92 and broken up at Oklahoma City in 1993.
"I have always been vitally interested in physical conditioning.
I have long believed that athletic competition among people and nations should replace violence and wars. "
(Johnny Weissmuller - Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor, 1904 – 1984)
After taking a bath in the holy waters of the Ganges in Varanasi (Benaras), this man was applying some oil on his body which was drying under the sun.
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Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 13-Mar-15, plus DeNoise AI 17-Mar-26.
In basic Trans Meridian livery with Dan-Air titles.
Originally delivered as a standard DC-7 to United Airlines as N6348C in Sep-57, it only served as a passenger aircraft for 3 years and was converted by United to DC-7B(F) standard with two main-deck cargo doors in Dec-60.
It was sold to Trans World Leasing Ltd in Dec-64, re-registered G-ATAB in Jan-65 and leased to Trans Meridian Flying Service. It was returned to Trans World Leasing in Mar-66 and was immediately leased to Dan-Air London.
Dan-Air bought it in Dec-66 and it continued in service until it was retired at their engineering base at Lasham, Hants, UK, in Jun-69 (an operational life span of only 12 years!). It was broken up there in Aug-73.
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 photo with a better version 08-Sep-22.
'Star Alliance' livery.
Named: "Vincente Ferrer" (Spanish Jesuit Missionary).
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWDP, this aircraft was delivered to ILFC (Ireland) Ltd and leased to Spanair as EC-IPI in Jun-03. Spanair ceased operations in Jan-12, the aircraft was returned to the lessor in Feb-12 and stored at Dublin, Ireland.
It was repainted in full 'Fly RAK' (Ras al Khaimah) livery in Jul-12 for lease as A6-TIA but the lease was cancelled and it remained stored. In Jan-13 the aircraft was flown to Bournemouth, UK and repainted in full Shaheen Air International livery and leased to Shaheen as AP-BLK in Mar-13.
It was returned to the lessor in Jul-18 and stored at Lourdes, France. It was re-registered OE-IHA in Aug-18. The aircraft was sold to Universal Asset Management in Jun-19 and permanently retired at Lourdes. Updated 08-Sep-22.
NEW JERSEY 2017 BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
This is a scale model of a Ferrari 308 GTSi
It features:
4 wheel independent suspension with anti-roll bars
Front suspension with realistic setup (kingpin inclination, Ackermann, caster)
Pop-up headlights (operated with the lever in the dashboard)
3+R gearbox (with shifter in center console)
Detailed V8 engine
Opening doors
Opening trunk
Opening hood (with button in the dashboard)
Adjustable chairs (forward/backward + tilting backrest)
Removable rooftop
I build this car in commision with an exclusivity agreement. So there will be no building instructions available for this model.
If you are interested in commisioning a model yourself please send me a message or an email:
jjottens (at) onsmail.nl (replace the (at) with @)
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 07-Mar-15.
A USAF Herc bringing British Army troops back from an exercise.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 09-Nov-21 (DeNoise AI).
Slightly blurred...
Operated on behalf of British Airways Express by CityFlyer Express.
Originally ordered by TAT Transport Aerien Transregional (previously Touraine Air Transport) as F-GKNF. The order was cancelled before completion.
The aircraft was first flown as F-WWLP in Oct-92 and was stored at Toulouse until it was delivered to the GPA Group Ltd and leased to CityFlyer Express as G-BVEF in Mar-94. It was operated on behalf of British Airways Express.
It was returned to the lessor in Mar-01 and stored at Exeter UK. The aircraft was leased to Coast Air (Norway) in Feb-02 and re-registered LN-FAI in Nov-02. It returned to Nordic Aviation Capital A/S in Mar-04 and was immediately leased to Air Wales as G-CDFF.
Air Wales ceased operations in Apr-06 and the aircraft was returned to the lessor and stored at Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK. In Nov-06 it was leased to Aurigny Air Services and operated in association with Flightline.
It was briefly sub-leased to EuroManx in Sep-07. It was returned to operation by Aurigny from May-08 and was wet-leased to Aer Arann between May/Jul-08. It was returned to Nordic Aviation Capital in Sep-08 and stored at Billund (Denmark).
The aircraft was sold to First Air (Bradley Air Services) as C-GKLB in Feb-09. First Air consolidated their services with Canadian North in Nov-19. The aircraft was removed from service in Jan-21 and stored at Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada.
Canadian North took over the operation of the aircraft in May-21 and it returned to service in Jul-21. It's now 32 years old and continues in service. Updated 30-May-24.
first one of the year. i wanted to try something different so i slapped a "Y" in there to replace the I. it was fun painting something different then the norm. wish i had a better pic. but my phone did a better job then i thought.
In February 1972, the media was just starting to look closer at a burglary in Washington at some place called Watergate, I was in my first year in high school, and my parents gifted me a 35-millimeter film camera to replace my trusty Kodak Instamatic. I remember, having been used to dropping in a cartridge to load film, asking my folks how the heck I would ever get used to putting in a fresh "roll" of film every time - that seemed awfully difficult compared to the Instamatic!
Nonetheless my dad dutifully took me around town to try out the new camera and we shot a lot of stuff - stored E7s at BN's Dale Street Shops in St. Paul, BN passenger cars at SPUD, and, believe it or not, Milwaukee Road Little Joe E-21 at St. Paul Yard in transit to the Milwaukee Shops! But this was all on print film. By summer I decided to try slide film.
It was 50 years ago this month, July 1972, that I first loaded a roll of Kodachrome into the camera. I got on my trusty Schwinn Collegiate 5-speed bike and pedaled from my home in St. Paul's Highland Park neighborhood over to the Midway area of St. Paul, where I knew the Minnesota Transfer had a lot of tracks. However, the first thing I encountered was the Central Warehouse Company's 44-ton GE switcher somewhere in the warehouse complex. I rode up with the camera, the conductor posed by his locomotive, and I took my first slide ever, the only shot I ever got of Central Warehouse.
Little did I know the next 50 years would involve a lot more film and then digital technology, countless thousands of dollars in travel expenses, flat tires, car damage, and many, many discussions with the fine members of our law enforcement community, all just to get the shot. I don't have the camera, but I still have this slide, and my Schwinn, which hangs in my garage. Yes indeed, this is the one that started all the trouble!
Making a very rare appearance on the X60 is Arriva Midlands North DAF Wright Cadet BU03HRF 2733 is seen on Buckingham High Street heading Milton Keynes bound, having replaced a VDL that I broke down in! 19th February
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 19-Nov-17, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 22-Jul-23.
Fleet No: '5318', later '5418'.
This aircraft was delivered to United Airlines as N518UA in Sep-90. It was fitted with blended winglets in Jul-08. In Dec-08 the aircraft was sold to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest and sold back to United Airlines in Apr-17.
In Oct-19, after 29 years in service, the aircraft was ferried to Tupelo, MS, USA and permanently retired. It was sold to Universal Asset Management the following day and broken up at Tupelo in 2020.
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One of my favourite places in Prague, I thought I'd missed the chance to photograph this room as they closed up at 12 but it was only for an hour. Enough time to sample the monastery's on-site micro brewery selling very nice unpasteurised amber beer. The staff were also very patient with me whilst taking this shot with my tripod and lots of other visitors! You must buy a photography licence to take pictures in the monastery; however, it was only a small sum. Well worth it to work with such a location. There's also a guided tour that takes you into the rooms that aren't open to the public but it must be booked a few days in advance and subject to availability.
The Royal Canonry of Premonstratensians at Strahov is one of the oldest monasteries of the Premonstratensian Order in the world. It has been a working monastery practically ever since it was founded in 1142. Fire, the Hussite Wars, religious wars, and the Communists all failed to shut down this institution. Even when the members of the monastery were unable to live within its walls, they gathered wherever they could and nurtured the spirit of their House until they were able to return to the monastery complex.
The Theological Hall was built under Abbot Jeroným Hirnhaim (1671-1679). The architect was a Prague burgher of Italian origin, Giovanni Domennico Orsi, whose Italian school is evident in the stucco cartouches. The Baroque concept of the library is demonstrated by the shelves; unlike the Romanesque treasury system or the Gothic desk system, the books were stored upright. Above the shelves, there are gilded wooded carved decorations with wooden cartouches. This was a rudimentary library aid, because the pictures in the wooden cartouches and their titles specified the type of literature stored on the shelves. At this time (1672) Library Rules were compiled by Abbot Hirnhaim.
Theological Hall 1 Fifty years later, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the translation of St Norbert's relics (1727), the hall was extended by several metres. It was then decorated with frescoes by the Strahov Premonstratensian and painter Siard Nosecký. Symbolically, and based on quotations from the Bible (mainly Proverbs) and in part from the philosophical tracts of the hall's founder, Abbot Hirnhaim, he presented the true wisdom we acquire through piety, fear of God. In his tracts, Hirnhaim opposed scholasticism and its racionalistic understanding of the world and truth, which he believed to be false or proud wisdom. He wanted to gain an understanding of the world through true humble piety. A person enlightened by faith, however, must build on knowledge and education. The library hosts several frescoes as a symbol of this principle. Above the forged iron gates on the other side of the library there is a small legend: INITIUM SAPIENTIAE TIMOR DOMINI - the beginning of wisdom is fear of God. It remains a paradox that the philosophical works of the library's founder were put on the index of forbidden books and were therefore placed in special locked cabinets above both the hall doors; Hirnhaim himself had these cabinets installed. As time passed, publication of his works was permitted, and they became the inspiration for Siard Nosecký. A portrait of Jeroným Hirnhaim hangs by the first window, Nosecký's self-portrait by the second.
Theological Hall 2 The left-hand side of the hall is dominated by a Late-Gothic wooden statue of St John the Evangelist. The link between this statue and the library is his small pouch, held by St John in his left hand. This pouch called girdle-book, although frequently depicted in manuscripts, has only been preserved in several cases, mainly because of the purpose it served - as a travel bag. It was either destroyed during journeys or cut off on inclusion in the book collection. On the right-hand side, there is a 'compilation wheel', commissioned by the library in 1678 and used to compile texts. The scribe had the various sources he was using distributed over the shelves of the wheel. The planet mechanism means that when turned, its shelves were kept at the same angle so the books are not liable to fall.
A number of globes (both astronomical and terrestrial) line both sides of the Theological Hall. Some of them come from the workshop of the Rotterdam-based family Blaeu, which specialized in manufacturing maps, atlases, and globes over several generations in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Over 18,000 volumes are stored in the Theological Hall. The name of the hall comes from the content of these works. The northern wall contains nothing but different editions of the Bible or parts of the Bible in many languages.
In 1993 and 1994, the interior was restored; the shelves were completely dismantled and the wood was treated. At the end of the 1980s, the original red paint was discovered under the later blue-grey paint, and this red was used in the restoration as the oldest layer. The parquets from the 20th century were replaced with a historically and aesthetically more accurate copy of the original Baroque flooring. The original visitors' route went through all the main areas of the library. After long-term readings were analyzed, the tour was adjusted to the current version, as the humidity in the halls fluctuated so much during the day that the good condition of the frescoes and book bindings was in jeopardy.
The Strahov Monastic Brewery was first founded by King Vladislav II in 1142.
24 exposures combined in Photomatix Pro v5.
Canon's entry level camera R10 is replacing the R6 as my go to camera. Great little camera!!!
Arb0536B-0161b
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a slightly better version 05-Aug-19. Unfortunately the original negative has suffered badly while stored and I was unable to completely remove the yellow'ish sky!
This aircraft was delivered to ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation and leased to Cayman Airways as VR-CAA in Jan-92. It was returned to ILFC in Aug-93 and immediately leased to Carnival Airlines (USA) as N404KW.
It was returned to the lessor in Apr-98 and leased to Olympic Airways as SX-BKK the following month. In Dec-93 Olympic Airways, which had massive debts, was closed down by the Greek Government... and started again the following day as Olympic Airlines!
The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Apr-06 and leased to SKY Airlines, Turkiye as TC-SKG the following month. It was wet-leased to SAMA Airways (Afghanistan) between Nov-08/Jan-09 for a Haj Pilgrimage operation. Sky Airlines ceased operations in Jun-13.
The aircraft was returned to the lessor and stored at Sofia, Bulgaria. It was re-registered N707DB in Jul-13 and ferried to Goodyear, AZ, USA at the end of Aug-13 for further storage. In Dec-13 it was leased to Blue Air (Romania) as YR-BAR.
The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Dec-17 and was stored at Dothan, AL, USA as N971NZ. It was converted to freighter configuration with a main deck cargo door at Dothan in Jun-18 and sold to Airwork (NZ) Ltd as ZK-PAU.
It's operated by Airwork Flight Operations Ltd in all white livery on behalf of Virgin Australia. Current, updated 16-Feb-25.
For Station Saturday here's a look at the former New Haven Railroad Buzzards Bay station.
The classic depot below was built in 1912 replacing an earlier structure on the same site constructed by the Old Colony Railroad in 1872. Today it serves as a local chamber of commerce and stop for Cape Cod Central tourist trains and seasonal MassDOT/Keolis CapeFLYERs. Out of sight behind the locomotive is the 1911 vintage interlocking tower which is still manned to control the interlocking derails for the bridge and the Canal Jct. switch on the east side of the bridge. A Mass Coastal train dispatcher works out of the vintage structure.
Mass Coastal's ex CDOT FL9 #2026 is very much on home rails here having been built in Sept. 1957 as NH 2007. She is on the north end of the Cape Cod Central train that will go out later in the evening as the dinner train.
You may be wondering why the station is set so far back from the platform? No it was not moved and the depot remains in its as built location. For nearly six decades there were four tracks out front where the New Haven would combine or break apart trains destined to or from the Woods Hole branch or the mainline to Hyannis and the upper Cape. Additionally there was a wye that surrounded the station whose tail track led to a small freight yard located along the pre canal RofW. All of this was controlled by the electro-pneumatic interlocking machine located in the tower which also controlled the derails and signals for the drawbridge and the junction on the other side.
For another perspective take a look at this older photo for a cool view from 200 ft above looking down from the tower of the lift bridge:
Buzzards Bay
Wareham, Massachusetts
Friday September 1, 2023
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 11-Feb-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 13-Sep-23.
The Percival Pembroke was a military version of the civil Percival Prince with a greater wingspan to give a higher maximum take-off weight.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 09-Mar-17 + DeNoise AI 28-Oct-22.
Fleet No: "6642".
This aircraft was delivered to Singapore Airlines as 9V-SQQ in Sep-80. It was wet leased to Garuda Indonesia Airlines in Apr-94 and returned to Singapore Airlines at the end of May-96 when it was stored at Singapore.
In Jul-96 the aircraft was sold to Northwest Airlines as N642NW. It was retired and stored at Marana, AZ, USA in Aug-04. Three years later, in Aug-07, it was sold to Evergreen Aircraft Sales & Leasing and was broken up at Marana in Dec-07.
The complete nose section (Section 41), including the nosewheel was delivered to the Tokyo Museum of Aeronautical Sciences at Tokyo-Narita in 2008 and is displayed in the colours of the Boeing 747 prototype complete with stickers of all the airlines who originally bought the type.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 21-Oct-21 (DeNoise AI).
A series of 5 photos showing the final flight of British Airways Concorde G-BOAC. Arriving into Manchester for it's last ever landing. It was originally on open display at Manchester's 'Runway Viewing Park'. However British Airways stipulated it should be preserved under cover and It now sits in it's own 'hangar'.
G-BOAC was the 'Flagship' of the British Airways Concorde fleet. It was first flown as G-BOAC on 27-Feb-75 and after participating in the Concorde test programme it was delivered to British Airways on 13-Feb-76.
It was the aircraft which inaugurated supersonic trans-Atlantic scheduled services between London-Heathrow and Washington, DC, USA in May-76.
In early 1979, in a joint operation with Braniff International Airways, the London-Heathrow / Washington-Dulles service continued on to Dallas-Fort Worth. The aircraft was registered G-N81AC on the Trans Atlantic sectors. The 'G-' was removed for the US Domestic sectors, becoming N81AC.
The aircraft operated successfully for 27 years before it's final flight from London-Heathrow to Manchester on 31-Oct-03.
It's on permanent loan to Manchester Airport Plc and is displayed at Manchester Airport's Runway Visitor Park. Charges apply.
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 08-Apr-16, plus DeNoise AI 29-Nov-22.
Air Alfa, leased from Pegasus Airlines in this hybrid livery.
Delivered to GPA Group Ltd and leased to Nortjet with the temporary Spanish registration EC-251 in Feb-89, it was re-registered EC-EMY in Apr-89.
The aircraft was repossessed by the lessor in Feb-92 when Nortjet ceased operations. It was placed in storage and was re-registered EI-CEW in Apr-92. In Jul-92 it was leased to Transmed Airlines (Egypt) as SU-BLL and returned to the lessor in Nov-93.
The aircraft was stored again until it was leased to Trans Alsace Airlines as F-GNFS in Feb-94. This airline only lasted a couple of months and ceased operations Apr-94. The aircraft was repossessed again! It was re-registered EI-CEW again and leased to Markair (USA) later the same month.
It returned to the lessor a year later, in Apr-95 and was immediately leased to Pegasus Airlines as TC-AFZ. Pegasus sub-leased it to Air Alfa between Nov-98/Mar-99. It was also sub-leased to Air Algerie between Sep-99/Feb-00.
It was returned to the lessor in Apr-01 and was leased to SATA International the following month as CS-TGW. It was returned to the lessor in May-04 and was leased to Turkish Airlines as TC-JKB in Jul-04.
The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Feb-07 and leased to Adam Sky Connection Airlines (Adam Air), Indonesia as PK-KMA in Mar-07. The Indonesian CAA withdrew Adam Air's operating certificate and the airline closed down in Mar-08. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Apr-08.
It was initially stored at Singapore-Seletar and then ferried to Victorville, CA, USA in Sep-08, it was permanently retired at Victorville and was last noted still there in May-09. Updated 29-Nov-22
Facts:
Overview:
Lost bascule bridge over Intracoastal Waterway on FL 704 in West Palm Beach
Location:
West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida
Status:
Replaced by a new bridge
History:
Built 1929; reconstructed 1959; replaced 2005
Design:
Bascule
Dimensions:
Length of largest span: 113.9 ft.
Total length: 1,237.9 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Also called:
Intracoastal Waterway Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude:
+26.70602, -80.04645 (decimal degrees)
26°42'22" N, 80°02'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates:
17/594853/2954229 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Palm Beach
Inventory numbers:
FDOT 930505 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
FDOT 930022 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 12466 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection: (as of 04/1998)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 15.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic: (as of 1996)
11,000
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 03-Oct-15, plus Topaz DeNoise Ai 03-Apr-26.
Named: "Aruba".
An early DC-9-15 (l/n 55) leased from the Douglas Aircraft Company, it was delivered to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines as PH-DNE in Oct-66. It was transferred to ALM Dutch Antillean Airlines 2 years later in Nov-68 as PJ-DNA.
In Feb-75 it was returned to Douglas as N54648 and stored at Long Beach, CA, USA. in Aug-75 it was wet-leased to Cyprus Airways, returning to Douglas in Nov-76. A week later it was leased to AeroMexico as XA-GOK.
It was returned to Douglas in Mar-82 as N2896W and stored again. In Nov-82 it was wet-leased to Aeropesca, Colombia. They were renamed Intercontinental Colombia in Jun-83. In Jan-84 the wet-lease became a dry lease and the aircraft was re-registered HK-2865-X.
In Jun-93 it was sub-leased to SATENA, the airline division of the Colombian Air Force, returning to Intercontinental Colombia in Dec-94. The aircraft continued in service until it was retired at Bogota, Colombia, in late 2003 after 37 years in service. It was broken up at Bogota in Aug-04.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 17-Jan-15.
This 'Roller' (I wish I could say it was mine - but it wasn't!) only just fitted on the 'hi-lo' with it's long wheelbase and the 'hi-lo' driver had to reverse slightly to avoid scraping the front bumper on the aircraft on the way up.
Named: "Iarfhlaith / St Jarlath".
Built as a Douglas C-54B, this aircraft was delivered to the USAAF United States Army Air Force in Nov-44 serialled 42-72343. The USAAF was renamed the USAF United States Air Force in Sep-47.
The aircraft was 'demobbed' in 1950 and sold to North American Airlines as N88819. It was bought by Resort Airlines in 1955. They leased it to World Airways in Jul-60 and it was returned to Resort Airlines in Jun-61.
Slick Airways bought it in early 1962 and they sold it to Aviation Traders (Engineering) Ltd in Oct-62, still as N88819. It was converted into an ATL.98 Carvair and sold to Aer Lingus in Apr-63 as EI-AMR. In May-68 it was sold to Eastern Provincial Airways, Canada, as CF-EPV.
It was sold to British Air Ferries in Sep-63 and stored at Southend, UK. At the end of May-74 the registration officially changed to C-FEPV when the Canadian Government introduced the C-Gxxx registration series, although it remained as CF-EPV on the stored aircraft.
Two attempts were made to buy it by a new Norwegian airline. Norwegian Overseas Airways, once as LN-NAB and once as LN-MDA. Both failed!
(Note: While researching Norwegian Overseas, I found that they tried to buy seven aircraft at different times, 2 Carvair's, 4 C-54's and a C-47. They only managed to acquire two, a Carvair and a C-54E and they had gone out of business by 1976!).
C-FEPV was sold to a 'J Jorgensen' in Sep-74 but it remained stored at Southend until it was broken up in Sep-78. The nose section was preserved at the '100th Bomb Group Museum' at Thorpe Abbots, UK. However, it now resides at Halesworth Airfield Museum, Suffolk, UK, (Updated Jan-17).