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Replace HR Wells with Malcolm Merlyn. Im not changing it.
Honorable Mentions
Deathstroke
Firestorm (Both)
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 12-Feb-15, plus DeNoise AI 18-Jan-23.
This is not a good photo and was taken just as it was going dark. Thank goodness for Photoshop and DeNoise software! (if you think it's bad now, you should have seen the original!).
D-ALIN had only a short life-span compared with today's airliners. It was delivered new to Lufthansa in Apr-55 and operated for 12 years. It was retired and stored at Hamburg in Jun-67. It was donated to Hermeskeil Museum, West Germany in May-80 and is still there today (Feb-15).
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 10-Feb-22 (DeNoise AI).
This aircraft was delivered to Singapore Airlines as 9V-SMO in Oct-92. It was sold to a lessor and leased to Air Atlanta Icelandic as TF-AMI in Feb-05. The aircraft was returned to the lessor as N940RB in Nov-05 and stored prior to freighter conversion.
It was converted to freighter configuration with a main deck side cargo door (SCD) in Oct-06 and leased to Air Atlanta Icelandic again at the end of that month.
It was wet-leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines Cargo in Jul-07 and operated on their behalf for over 11 years, returning to Air Atlanta Icelandic in Oct-18.
The aircraft was wet-leased to Magma Aviation in Dec-18. Current, updated 10-Feb-23.
Note: The registration 9V-SMO was re-used on a Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-941 in Jun-17.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 04-Mar-17, DeNoise AI 29-Sep-02.
This is a very rare bird indeed. First flown in Jun-01 with the Airbus test registration F-WWJF, it was originally ordered by Sabena as OO-SQB. It was never delivered and was stored at Toulouse, France.
It was leased to Canada 3000 as C-GZIA on 19-Sep-01 to start non-stop services between Toronto and Delhi and entered service 10 days later operating a flight into Manchester UK.
Just five and a half weeks later, on 07-Nov-01, Canada 3000 ceased trading in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist atrocities in the USA. The aircraft was repossessed by ILFC and stored at YYZ.
It was leased to Air Tahiti Nui as F-OJTN in Mar-02. The aircraft was sub-leased to Air Caledonie International for two months between Aug/Oct-14 while their A330 was on maintenance. The aircraft was withdrawn from service in Nov-18 and permanently retired at San Bernardino, A, USA in Dec-18. Updated 29-Sep-22.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 26-Aug-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 29-May-26.
A bit of London-Gatwick history from 1970...
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 22-May-22 (DeNoise AI).
Fitted with 'Hush Kits'.
First flown with the Boeing test registration N57001, this aircraft was delivered to Britannia Airways as G-BHWF in Dec-80. It was sold to Thomson Tour Ops in Nov-85 and leased back to Britannia.
It was sub-leased to Air New Zealand in Jan-88 and returned to Britannia Airways in Apr-88. The aircraft was also sub-leased to Midway Airlines (USA) in Nov-88 and returned to Britannia Airways in Apr-89.
It was returned to the lessor, sold to Indigo Aviation AB and leased to Air New Zealand ZK-NAI in Dec-93. The aircraft was retired and stored at Christchurch in Dec-01. It was returned to Indigo Aviation in Feb-02 and leased to ADC Airlines (Nigeria) as 5N-BEE in May-02.
ADC Airlines ceased trading in Apr-07, one of seven Nigerian Airlines that were closed down by the Nigerian Government as being underfunded. The aircraft was withdrawn from use at Lagos, Nigeria.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 29-Jan-15, plus DeNoise AI 07-Jan-23.
The above photo was taken through the dirty window of a Channel Airways Vickers Viking...
Hybrid livery. Basic Silver City Airlines with British United titles.
Originally built as a Bristol 170 Mk XIA (11A) and registered to the Bristol Aeroplane Company as G-AIME in Dec-46, this aircraft was delivered to Suidair (South Africa) as ZS-BVI in Aug-47.
They didn't have it long and it returned to the Bristol Aeroplane Company two months later, in Oct-47, and was re-registered G-AIME again in Jan-48. It was converted to a Bristol 170 Freighter 21 in early 1948 and was leased to British Aviation Services in Jul-48.
It was returned to the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1949 and was eventually sold to Silver City Airways in Nov-50 and was converted to 'Wayfarer' standard with passenger seats. It was occasionally leased to the Ministry of Defence for trooping flights and used the RAF serial XF662 during these flights.
In Feb-56 it was leased to Air Kruise (Kent) Ltd. They dropped the '(Kent)' and were renamed Air Kruise Ltd in Feb-57. The aircraft was returned to Silver City in Oct-57 (I can remember seeing it at Blackpool in the early 1960's operating passenger services to the Isle of Man).
Silver City became a part of the British United Group in Jan-63 as part of British United Air Ferries. It remained in the above livery and was withdrawn from use at the end of the summer season in Oct-63 when it was stored at Lydd, UK. It was later moved to Southend, UK and was broken up there in May-64.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 07-Oct-17, plus DeNoise AI 26-Feb-23.
Named: "Long Beach".
This aircraft was delivered to Air Malta as 9H-ABC in Mar-83. It was sold to British Aerospace in Dec-94 in part-exchange for B.Ae 146-RJ70's. British Aerospace immediately sold it to a leasing company who leased it to Air New Zealand as ZK-NAG later that month.
It returned to the lessor in Dec-95 when it was immediately leased to TEA Cyprus (Trans European Airways) as 5B-DBF. TEA Cyprus wet-leased the aircraft to Pacific Airlines (Asia) the following day. It returned to TEA Cyprus in May-97 and was wet-leased to Air Afrique five days later.
It was returned to TEA Cyprus in Dec-97 and returned to the lessor in Feb-98. It was leased to Winair as N118RW the same month. Winair bought it in Mar-98 but apparently didn't keep up the payments as it was repossessed by the lessor in Jun-99.
In Jul-99 the aircraft was leased to Frontier Airlines. The registration N276FL was reserved by Frontier but wasn't used. It returned to the lessor in Oct-03 and was stored until May-04 when it was leased to Atlantic Airlines de Honduras as HR-ATN. The aircraft was permanently retired at La Ceiba, Honduras in mid 2008.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 21-Mar-16, plus DeNoise AI 29-Nov-22.
First flown in Feb-92 with the Airbus test registration F-WWCL, this aircraft was delivered to Balair Switzerland as HB-IPL in Apr-92.
Balair merged with CTA in Jan-93 to form Balair/CTA. It was renamed Balair CTA Leisure in Nov-97. The aircraft was sold to a lessor in Nov-99 and leased to Oman Air in Dec-99 as A4O-OC.
It was returned to the lessor in Mar-02 as N640KS. In Jul-02 it was leased to Air Plus Comet as EC-IHV and in Nov-03 they sub-leased it to Aerolineas Argentinas as LV-AIV.
It was repossessed by the lessor in May-10, re-registered N391LF and permanently retired at Walnut Ridge, AR, USA the following month. It was last noted still at Walnut Ridge in Sep-11. The aircraft was broken up there in late 2011. Updated 29-Nov-22
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 21-Nov-25.
First flown in Nov-93 with the de Havilland Canada test registration C-GFUM, this aircraft was delivered to Tyrolean Airways, Austria as OE-LLY in Jan-94. It was withdrawn from serevice and ferried to North Bay, ON, Canada for storage in Jul-01.
The aircraft was sold back to Bombardier Inc as C-GHQZ in Oct-01 and remained stored at North Bay. It was leased to Hydro Quebec in Feb-02 and returned to Bombardier Capital in Sep-03 when it was stored at Calgary, AB, Canada.
In Jan-04 it was leased to Voyageur Airways and wet-leased to the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service in mid Apr-05 and based at Nairobi, Kenya. The aircraft returned to Canada a couple of times for scheduled heavy maintenance.
Bombardier sold it to Voyageur Airways in Feb-19 while the lease to the UN continued. It returned to Voyageur Airways in Feb-21 and was sold to Wasaya Airways, Canada in Jul-22. Now 32 years old, it continues in service. Updated 21-Nov-25.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 22-Sep-21 (DeNoise AI).
Named: "St. Flannan / Flannan".
First flown with the Fokker Aircraft test registration PH-EXG, this aircraft was delivered to Aer Lingus Commuter as EI-FKD in Apr-90. It was withdrawn from service and stored at Woensdrecht, Netherlands in Feb-01.
It was re-registered to Fokker Services as PH-EXG and leased to Denim Air in Nov-03. It was sub-leased to VLM Airlines as OO-VLY, initially operated by Denim Air, in Dec-03. The aircraft was briefly leased to Fokker Services as PH-ZFC in Jan-04, returning to VLM as OO-VLY in Feb-04.
VLM was taken over by CityJet in Oct-09 although the companies continued to operate separately and it was operated for CityJet by VLM. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Apr-13 and stored until it was leased to Hunnu Air (Mongolia) in Jul-13 as JU-8883.
The aircraft was sold to VGAS Vermeer Global Aviation Services (Netherlands) as 2-MIES in Jul-19 and sold to Gomair (Democratic Republic of Congo) as 9S-ABG the following week. Current, updated 22-Sep-21.
Cusworth Hall is an 18th-century Grade I listed country house in Cusworth, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire in the north of England. Set in the landscaped parklands of Cusworth Park, Cusworth Hall is a good example of a Georgian country house. It is now a country house museum.
The house is constructed of ashlar with slate roofs. The rectangular 6 x 5 bay plan main block is linked to 5 x 2 bay service wings.
The Wrightson family had held the lordship of Cusworth since 1669.
The present house was built in 1740–1745 by George Platt for William Wrightson to replace a previous house and was further altered in 1749–1753 by James Paine. On William's death in 1760 the property passed to his daughter Isabella, who had married John Battie, who took the additional name of Wrightson in 1766. He employed the landscape designer Richard Woods to remodel the park. Woods was one of a group of respected landscape designers working across the country during the 18th century and Cusworth was one of his most important commissions in South Yorkshire, another being at Cannon Hall. Woods created a park of 250 acres with a hanging and a serpentine river consisting of three lakes embellished with decorative features such as the Rock Arch and the Cascade.
The estate afterwards passed to John and Isabella's son, William Wrightson (1752–1827), who was the MP for Aylesbury from 1784 to 1790 and High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1819–1820. He was succeeded by his son William Battie-Wrightson (1789–1879), who at various times was MP for East Retford, Kingston upon Hull and Northallerton. He died childless and Cusworth Hall passed to his brother Richard Heber Wrightson, who died in 1891.
The property was then inherited by his nephew William Henry Thomas, who took the surname Battie-Wrightson by Royal Licence and died in 1903. He had married Lady Isabella Cecil, eldest daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Exeter. Between 1903 and 1909 Lady Isabella made further alterations to the house. She died in 1917, leaving an only son Robert Cecil Battie-Wrightson (1888–1952). On his death in 1952, the estate descended to his sister, a nurse who had married a Major Oswald Parker but later was variously known as Miss Maureen Pearse-Brown and as Mrs Pearce. She was obliged to sell the contents of Cusworth Hall in October 1952 to meet the death duties levied at Robert Cecil's death. She subsequently sold the hall to Doncaster Council.
Cusworth Estate Cusworth was first mentioned as ‘Cuzeuuorde’ in the domesday survey of 1086 but there has been a settlement here for centuries dating back to the Anglo-Saxon period. Many different families had held the lands and manor but they did not always live at Cusworth.
‘Old Hall’ A large house is first mentioned in 1327. Robert Wrightson bought the lands and manor of Cusworth in 1669 from Sir Christopher Wray. The first surviving map of Cusworth is that of Joseph Dickinson's 1719 plan which shows the hall and gardens covered only 1 acre with the orchards a further 2 acres. What is most significant at this time was the ‘Parke’ of some 25 acres. The ‘Old Hall’ was next to the walled gardens in the centre of Cusworth village. In 1726 the ‘Old Hall’ was expanded including altering the gardens between 1726 and 1735. This expanded the kitchen garden into the size and form we know today with the Bowling Green and Pavilion.
In the period 1740–1745 William Wrightson employed George Platt, a mason architect from Rotherham, to build a new hall – the current Cusworth Hall – high on a scarp slope on the Magnesian Limestone removing the Hall, and the family, from the village of Cusworth. The ‘Old Hall’ was largely demolished in the process, many components from the old building re-used in the new.
Cusworth Hall Cusworth Hall itself and its outbuildings are at the centre of the park enjoying ‘prospect’ over the town of Doncaster. The Grade I-listed eighteenth century hall was designed by George Platt in the Palladian style. Cusworth Hall is handsome, well proportioned, with wings consisting of a stable block and great kitchen. Later additions by James Paine include a chapel and library. It has decorative outbuildings including a Brew House, Stable Block and Lodge. In addition it has a decorative garden called Lady Isabella's Garden on the west side adjacent to the chapel. On its eastern flank the stable block and gardeners' bothy. Attached to the bothy is a decorative iron enclosure known as the Peacock Pen.
Cusworth Park Cusworth Park is an historic designed landscape with a Grade II listing in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens. It was designed and created by the nationally known landscape architect Richard Woods to ‘improve’ the park in the style made famous by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown now termed ‘The English Landscape Park’. Work started in 1761 laying out the ‘grounds and the serpentine river’.
The land forming the existing park is 60 acres (25 hectares) – 250,000m, and was part of the much larger parkland (250 acres) and estates (20,000 acres) of the Battie-Wrightson family who owned Cusworth Hall.
The walled garden The earliest description of the layout of the park and walled gardens is that shown on Joseph Dickinson's 1719 plan. In 1761 Richard Woods altered areas within the walled gardens. Together ‘woods’ Kitchen Garden and Green House Garden occupy the site of the orchard shown on Dickinson's plan.
The purchase of bricks from Epworth for the construction of the walled gardens is recorded in the New House Accounts.
The garden was a compartmentalised space, however with focus on domestic production in some sections, exotics in another, an orchard, and formal flower gardens in the rest.
The kitchen gardens included pine pits (pineapple house), later to become stove houses and mushroom houses.
The Entrance Terrace (Upper Terrace) Old plans show a narrow walled enclosure or ‘entrance terrace' running east–west. The walls of this enclosure may well have been of stone or stoned faced and still, in part survives. To the south are the main components of the walled garden. Access from the terrace down to the bowling green is via a flight of stone steps.
Bowling Green Described on Richard Woods plans of 1760. This is a roughly square, walled enclosure where the bowling green is surrounded by an earthed banked terraced walk. The enclosure is defined by a brick wall, which was lowered along its western side to give a view over to the Green House Garden.
Summerhouse / Bowling Pavilion Built 1726. The summerhouse is the main architectural feature of the walled garden. It is of two stories with the upper storey accessed from the Bowling Green. There is an impression of more carefully shaped quoins at the corners but it is probable that the walls were originally rendered and lime washed externally. There are windows giving views across the Bowling Green from the upper chamber and across the Flower Garden from the lower chamber.
During restoration in the 1990s the upper chamber was decorated with Trompe-l'œil. showing views of imagined walled gardens at Cusworth.
Flower Garden The garden was designed to be viewed principally from the higher position of the bowling green. It was subdivided by cross-paths and furnished with four formal beds. Although one of the smallest compartments, the flower garden was the most highly ornamental and tightly designed. It would have created a formal, colourful architectural space contrasting with the simplicity of the bowling green
Hall Garden The function of the Hall Garden is not clear but appears to have been an extension of the decorative scheme of the flower garden. The Hall Garden has a perimeter walk and is then divided into two plots by a further, central path.
Peach House This whitewash wall indicates the position of the peach house.
Melon Pits Melon pits ran east–west along this area.
Orchard Through the 18th century the orchard was not enclosed and remained open until the late 19th century. It was double its current size extending back up to Cusworth Lane until the northern half was sold off for housing in the 1960s.
Kitchen Garden (No longer existing) The west, south and this east boundary wall(s) of the garden still exist but the plot of land was sold off for housing in the 1960s. There was an access gate between the Hall Garden and the kitchen garden (this can be seen bricked up in the northwest corner). This garden had a perimeter walk and was planted with trees arranged in parallel lines orchestrated around a small building at the northern end of the compartment.
Green House Garden (No longer existing) The kitchen garden represents the greater part of the area occupied by the original orchard shown on Dickinson's 1719 plan. The remaining area was described on Woods’ plan as the Green House Garden and was shown divided into two unequal parts. Both parts of the garden appear to have been planted with trees, probably fruit trees. A building abuts the bowling green in roughly the position as the one shown on the Dickinson plan but there is an additional building, roughly square in plan, to the northwest corner of the enclosure. This was probably the Dovecote for which Wrightson paid £9 15s 0d in 1736.
The west boundary wall still exists and this low (east) wall that runs along the length of the bowling green but the plot of land was sold off for housing in the 1960s.
In 1961 Doncaster Rural District Council purchased Cusworth Hall and the adjoining parkland from the Battie-Wrightson family. The Council undertook an initial restoration of the grounds and also recreated what is now the tearooms within the former stable block. The former reception rooms and spacious galleries now house the Museum of South Yorkshire life, officially opened on 30 September 1967.
Cusworth Hall and Park underwent an extensive £7.5 million renovation between 2002 and 2005, involving essential conservation repairs to the Hall and extensive restoration of the landscape gardens. Within the hall external repairs to the stonework and roof were undertaken to ensure that the exterior was watertight, whilst internal works upgraded internal services and enabled new displays to be installed.
The restoration of the designed landscape have been greatly influenced by a comprehensive analysis of available archive material, among which are the original written memoranda and sketches produced by Richard Woods for his site forman Thomas Coalie. An integrated archaeological programme also formed a key aspect of the restorations, recording in detail landscape features such as the Rock Arch, Cascade, and Bridge. This restoration has not 'recreated' the 18th century scheme, although elements are still incorporated within a 'living' amenity garden that is now thriving as a result of the recent work undertaken in partnership with the Friends of Cusworth Park.
The Hall reopened to the public on 23 May 2007 and the new displays document the history of South Yorkshire and it is a valued resource for local residents, students and school groups alike.
Cusworth Hall Museum and Park is the venue for a varied program of seasonal exhibitions, events and activities linked to the history of the area. including Country Fairs, vintage vehicle rallies, historic re-enactments, wildlife sessions and a range of seasonally themed events. A free, weekly, 5 km parkrun takes place every Saturday at 9 am in the grounds of Cusworth Hall. The first event was held on Saturday 5 October 2019 and was hosted by the staff at Cusworth in collaboration with the local community.
Additionally, Doncaster Museums' Education Service offers a range of learning sessions to schools and educational establishments. Specialist and experienced Education Officers deliver learning workshops to schools across a broad range of topics as well as out-of-school-hours activities for families and local communities.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 20-Feb-14.
This aircraft brought in the instruments for the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra on a UK tour.
Currently (Sep-18), the registration SP-LWA has been re-used on a LOT B737-800/W.
Immature replacing tail feathers.
San Luis Obispo County, California, USA.
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Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 29-Jul-24.
Bit too much ground equipment really!
This aircraft was delivered to the Polish Air Force serialled '102' in Apr-66. It was transferred to LOT Polish Airlines as SP-LSI in Mar-75.
The aircraft was sold to Balkan Bulgarian Airlines as LZ-BEH in Jul-91 and re-registered LZ-ZAH in 1999. It was sold to Phoenix Aviation as EX-75905 in 2000 and sold to Intal Air in 2003. Withdrawn from use and stored by 2006. No further information.
Signals of the CTC Tennessee Pass Route at Granite, Colorado stand guard for the possibility that a train may one day traverse the rails again between Dotsero and Pueblo. Of course, at this point, the signals would likely just be replaced.
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 16-Feb-19, plus DeNoise AI 21-Dec-22.
My one regret is that I never saw these aircraft on the water or flying.
Named: "Hawaii Mars".
Delivered to the United States Navy in 1945.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 28-Feb-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 23-Sep-21.
It only took me 55 years to notice that this aircraft has a non-standard double forward door on the right side. The usual forward door is a standard 'Douglas' round topped single door leading right on to the flight deck.
On lease to Cambrian Airways as a passenger aircraft for a couple of months in the summer of 1965 after the tragic loss of Viscount G-AMOL on 20-Jul-65 (hat-tip to Tony Merton Jones & Barry Lloyd for the info).
Delivered to the US Army Air Force in Nov-44, serialled 42-72336, the aircraft was sold to Cruzeiro do Sul as PP-CCI in Apr-46.
It was sold to Transocean Air Lines in Jun-48 as N226A and sold again 5 years later, in Aug-52, to California Eastern Airlines. In Jun-54 it became OD-ACA with Air Liban and was sold to Air France in Apr-59 as F-BIUT.
The aircraft was sold to Aer Turas as EI-AOR in Jun-65. In Nov-69 it was sold to Africair as ZS-IGC and sold to WENELA Botswana in Mar-71 as A2-ZFH. It transferred back to South African register as ZS-IGC again, in Feb-76.
It was sold to Transair Cargo (Congo) in May-77 as 9Q-CAM and operated for ‘African Lux’ three months later. It was destroyed when it was shot down over Mozambique while operating a flight from Rhodesia to Zaire in Nov-77. The two Belgian crew survived but were imprisoned for a year (thanks to Huart Michel for the additional info).
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 19-Sep-15.
Named: "Narino".
Delivered to AVIANCA Colombia in Apr-65 as HK-726, the aircraft was sold to Monarch Aviation in Jul-83. It was sold on to Jet Star Inc the following month as N4450Z. It was sold to Leaseway International Inc in Nov-83 and leased to Silver Wings. It was returned to Leaseway International in Oct-84. The same month it was sold to Boeing Military Airplane Company. It was withdrawn from use and parts were used in the KC-135E conversion programme. The remains were stored at Davis-Monthan Air Base, AZ, USA, and were broken up there in Mar-91.
Replacing a photo from Jul-16 with a better version.
'TUI BLUE, The New Kind of Hotel' logojet.
I like the way the logo on the rear fuselage spells out the word 'BLUE'.
Delivered to the TUI Group and leased to Hapagfly (Hapag-Lloyd) as D-ATUD in Mar-06, Hapagfly was renamed TUIfly in Nov-06 and the aircraft was fitted with 'Split Scimitar' winglets in May-14. Current (May-18).
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 26-Aug-15. plus Topaz DeNoise AI 08-Jun-26.
Delivered new to Air America as N7951S in Nov-68, it was leased to Southern Air Transport on delivery. It was upgraded to L100-30 standard in Aug-71 and Southern Air Transport bought it in Jan-74.
They immediately sold it to Saturn Airways as N23ST. Saturn was merged into Trans International Airlines in Dec-76 and TIA was renamed Transamerica Airlines in Oct-79. In Oct-87 it was sold back to Southern Air Transport and re-registered N923SJ in Mar-88.
The aircraft was wet-leased to Air Foyle (UK) in the early 1990's. In Jul-98 it was sold to T.W.L. Ltd Sao Tome as S9-CAV and leased to Air Transafrik International. It was operated extensively in Angola during the war between the Angola Government and UNITA rebels.
The aircraft was re-registered 5X-TUA (date unknown). I have read a report that it was withdrawn from use in 2015 and there's no sign of it on FR24 in the last 12 months. Updated (May-19).
Walking alongside the Rochdale Canal approaching the Grade II Listed Woodhouse Mill Bridge and the Grade II* Listed Woodhouse Mill, in Todmorden, Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
The Rochdale is a broad canal because its locks are wide enough to allow vessels of 14 feet width. The canal runs for 32 miles (51 km) across the Pennines from the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin in Manchester to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire. As built, the canal had 92 locks. Whilst the traditional lock numbering has been retained on all restored locks, and on the relocated locks, the canal now has 91. Locks 3 and 4 have been replaced with a single deep lock, Tuel Lane Lock, which is numbered 3/4.
The Rochdale Canal was conceived in 1776, when a group of 48 men from Rochdale raised £237 and commissioned James Brindley to conduct a survey of possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester. Brindley proposed a route similar to the one built, and another more expensive route via Bury. Further progress was not made until 1791, when John Rennie was asked to make a new survey in June, and two months later to make surveys for branches to Rochdale, Oldham and to a limeworks near Todmorden. Rennie at the time had no experience of building canals.
The promoters, unsure as to whether to build a wide or a narrow canal, postponed the decision until an Act of Parliament had been obtained. The first attempt to obtain an act was made in 1792, but was opposed by mill owners, concerned about water supply. Rennie proposed using steam pumping engines, three in Yorkshire, eight in Lancashire, and one on the Burnley Branch, but the mill owners argued that 59 mills would be affected by the scheme, resulting in unemployment, and the bill was defeated. In September 1792, William Crosley and John Longbotham surveyed the area in an attempt to find locations for reservoirs which would not affect water supplies to the mills. A second bill was presented to Parliament, for a canal which would have a 3,000-yard (2,700 m) tunnel and 11 reservoirs. Again the bill was defeated, this time by one vote. The promoters, in an attempt to understand the mill owners' position, asked William Jessop to survey the parts of the proposed canal that were causing most concern. Jessop gave evidence to the Parliamentary committee, and on 4 April 1794 an act was obtained which created the Rochdale Canal Company and authorised construction.
Rennie's estimated cost in the second bill was £291,000, and the company was empowered to raise the money by issuing shares, with powers to raise a further £100,000 if required. The estimate was for a narrow canal, whereas the act authorised a broad canal, and so the capital was never going to be adequate. The summit tunnel was abandoned in favour of 14 additional locks saving £20,000. Jessop proposed constructing each lock with a drop of 10 feet (3.0 m), resulting in efficient use of water and the need to manufacture only one size of lock gate.
The canal opened in stages as sections were completed, with the Rochdale Branch the first in 1798 and further sections in 1799. The bottom nine locks opened in 1800 and boats using the Ashton Canal could reach Manchester. Officially, the canal opened in 1804, but construction work continued for more three years. A 1.5-mile (2.4 km) branch from Heywood to Castleton opened in 1834.
Apart from a short profitable section in Manchester linking the Bridgewater and Ashton Canals, most of the length was closed in 1952 when an act of parliament was obtained to ban public navigation. The last complete journey had taken place in 1937, and by the mid 1960s the remainder was almost unusable. Construction of the M62 motorway in the late 1960s took no account of the canal, cutting it in two.
When an Act of Parliament was sought in 1965, to authorise the abandonment of the canal, the Inland Waterways Association petitioned against it, and when it was finally passed, it contained a clause that ensured the owners would maintain it until the adjacent Ashton Canal was abandoned. Discussion of the relative merits of restoring the canal or the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in 1973 led the formation of societies to promote both schemes in 1974. The Rochdale Canal Society wanted to see the canal fully re-opened, as part of a proposed Pennine Park
The Rochdale Canal Society worked hard both to protect the line of the canal and to begin the process of refurbishing it. A new organisational structure was created in 1984, with the formation of the Rochdale Canal Trust Ltd, who leased the canal from the owning company. The MSC-funded restoration was approaching Sowerby Bridge, where planners were proposing a tunnel and deep lock to negotiate a difficult road junction at Tuel Lane, so that a connection could be made with the Calder and Hebble Navigation. The entire eastern section from Sowerby Bridge to the summit at Longlees was open by 1990, although it remained isolated from the canal network.
In 1997, the Rochdale Canal Trust was restructured, in response to announcements that there might be large grants available as part of the millennium celebrations. The canal was still at this point owned by a private company, and the Millennium Commission would not make grants to a scheme which was for private profit, rather than public benefit. The restructuring would allow the Trust to take over responsibility for the canal from the Rochdale Canal Company. However, the plan was rejected by the Commission, and in order to access the grant of £11.3 million, the Waterways Trust took over ownership of the canal. As restoration proceeded, boats could travel further and further west, and the restoration of the sections through Failsworth and Ancoats were a significant part of the re-development of the north Manchester districts. The restored sections joined up with the section in Manchester below the Ashton Canal junction, which had never been closed, and on 1 July 2002 the canal was open for navigation along its entire length.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 13-Jan-24.
The 10th A330-243/MRTT for the UK Royal Air Force which is in 'Reserve Status' and was leased to Thomas Cook Airlines UK by Air Tanker Services Ltd. It has been fully fitted out and still has it's underwing refuelling equipment fitted. It had just been painted at Air Livery, Manchester in Thomas Cook Airlines [very] basic new livery and departed today back to the Airbus Military facility at Getafe, Spain. It entered service with Thomas Cook in Apr/May-15.
First flown in Jan-14 in storage primer as F-WWTR, this aircraft was delivered to EADS Spain as EC-330 in Mar-14 for conversion to MRTT (Multi Roll Tanker Transport) standard.
It became MRTT026 in Dec-14 and was delivered to Air Tanker Ltd at RAF Brize Norton, UK as G-VYGK in Feb-15. This is an RAF Reserve aircraft which would be seriallied ZZ340 in military service. On arrival at Brize Norton the military equipment was removed and stored and the interior was fitted out for civil use with 320 economy seats.
The aircraft was wet-leased to Thomas Cook Airlines UK in Apr-15 and returned to Air Tanker Ltd in Mar-19. It was wet-leased to Condor Flugdienst in Apr-19 and returned to Air Tanker Ltd in Mar-20 at the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The Air Tanker civilian A330 fleet operate regular Royal Air Force scheduled services between Brize Norton and the Falkland Islands and operate short-term and ad-hoc charter flights for airlines worldwide.
The aircraft was leased, short-term, to Jet2 .com in May-24 to cover while sister-ship G-VYGL was on maintenance at Birmingham, UK. Current, updated 04-Jun-24.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 28-Oct-21.
Named: "Royal Burgh of Nairn".
G-ASJI was delivered new to British United Airways in Apr-65. British United merged into Caledonian Airways to form Caledonian//BUA in Nov-70 and became British Caledonian Airways in Sep-71.
The aircraft was sold to the British Jet Aircraft Company in Jan-82 and leased to Pacific Express as N106EX. Pacific Express didn't keep up the payments and it was repossessed in Mar-84.
After 6 months in storage it was leased to Cascade Airways in Sep-84 and was returned to the British Jet Aircraft Co in Jan-86. It was sold to Florida Express the same month. Florida Express merged into Braniff Airways in Mar-88.
It was sold to the GPA Group Ltd (which later became part of GECAS) in Jul-88 as EI-BWM while the lease to Braniff continued. It was repossessed in Dec-89 and stored at Kansas City, USA.
In Mar-91 it was leased to Shabair, Zaire as 9Q-CSJ. It was sold to ITAB Cargo in Jan-96 (Zaire became the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997) and to Air Katanga in Jun-98. The aircraft was still in service with Air Katanga as late as Apr-05 although it was thought to be stored at Lubumbashi, Dem Rep of Congo, by 2009.
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Lulu modelling and photographed in casual outfit. Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, 29th January 2016.
She is seen here, modelling in a light brown and cream coloured stripped faux fur coat made by Quality Fashion, bought second-hand from a charity shop. She is wearing her own black scoop neckline top, with her own dark blue jeans. She is wearing a pair of black high heels. The photographs were taken in front of a studio backdrop, using a Nikon D200 DSLR.
In 1985, when I was at a deaf school in my last year, I decided to get into doing photography as a career. It is the kind of off-beat job that I would like to do, so I tried to apply for a college course studying photography. But the hearing teachers, my own family, family friends, career advisors, and even the social workers, told me that I should not do photography as a job because I am deaf.
In those days here in the United Kingdom, there were discrimination against disabled people, as there weren’t much laws protecting our rights at that time. My mother told me I can’t do photography, because I’m deaf with speech impaired.
I tried to make an effort to get them into helping me get a college course, studying photography. But they got me on a training course at college, instead of a proper serious course. From 1987 to 1989, I spent two days studying traditional graphic design while at college, with three days work experience for a professional photographer as part of my training course, mainly as photographer’s assistant and darkroom technician.
I admit that I became hooked on doing graphic design, so in additional to wanting to become a photographer, I decided I want to become a graphic designer as a second option.
After leaving college, I attempted to get a job working either in photography or graphic design, but as I mentioned earlier, in those days, there were still discrimination against the disabled people, so employers are likely to favour hearing people over deaf people.
For a few years, I continue to do my own photography and my own graphic design projects at home, in order to keep up my skills, while at same time, trying to find a job. Then I got married, and started a family life, but divorced her and I became a full-time single parent, so everything was put on hold for a while, until the kids were much older.
Finally, in the United Kingdom, we got The Equality Act 2010, that would protect our rights.
Few years later, while my kids were old enough to attend full-time school, I resumed my own projects, mainly to refresh my skills. I would need to improve my portfolio if I were to try to apply for a job, or may even consider going freelance. One of the graphic design projects I planned to do, requested a female model.
So I searched online, looked at some of the modelling agencies and model booking websites.
I booked Lulu for a two-hours outdoors photo-shoot in Newport, Gwent, South Wales. I arrived at her home, met up with her, and went through the details of the photo-shoot. We went into city centre, and I found a perfect location for my needs, did the photo-shoot for my graphic design project.
When the outdoors photo-shoots were done, there was still time to spare, I think maybe one and half hour of the booked two-hours slot was used up, leaving maybe half hour left.
I think that both she and her husband didn’t think it was right, I think they feel like they were overcharging me for less time used, or something like that. They were nice and polite, and they allowed me to use up what was left of the booked timeslot. They pointed out that they have a small makeshift studio in their spare bedroom, and suggested I could use it for some indoor photo-shoots, use what was left of the booked timeslot to do more photographs if I wish to do so. I figured why not? Not only that I would get my money’s worth, but also take a chance to do more refresher photography.
And this is one of the series of photos I took in the remaining half hour of the booked timeslot.
Point of note: Lulu had left a glowing and positive review on my profile, on the model booking website, pointing out that despite my being deaf with speech impaired, she had found working with me a pleasure and enjoyable.
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Replacing the U-Mag with a black Technic part, the BrickArms Sten Gun prototype makes for a pretty neat scifi item. It reminded me most of the scrapped together ion blasters used by Jawas
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 20-Jan-26.
Named: "Janice Joplin".
This aircraft was delivered to a lessor and leased to Lauda Air as OE-LNI in Feb-93. It was wet-leased to Aeris (France) for 4 weeks in Jun/Jul-03 and to Edelweiss Air (Switzerland) in Sep-04.
Lauda Air was merged into Austrian Airlines in early Oct-04 and the aircraft was returned to them at the end of Oct-04. It was returned to the lessor in Jun-05 and immediately leased to Ukraine International Airlines as UR-GAP.
The aircraft was wet-leased to Blue Panorama Airlines (Italy) between Jun/Oct-14. It was returned to the lessor as N837AC in Nov-14 and stored at Miami, FL, USA.
It was converted to freighter configuration with a main deck cargo door at Miami in Jul-15 and leased to JetTime A/S Cargo (Denmark) as OY-JTM the same month.
The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Feb-17 and leased to ASL Airlines Ireland Ltd as EI-STM in Mar-17. it was withdrawn from service and initially stored at Shannon, Ireland in Apr-25.
In mid Jun-25 it was moved to St. Athan, Wales, UK for further storage. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Aug-25 as 2-ITSM (it was initially painted as 2-ISTM in error) and remained stored at St.Athan. It's thought to be permanently retired. Updated 20-Jan-26.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 21-Feb-16.
OK, I know it's a Space Shuttle, but it's sitting on top of a B747-100 !
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Mill chimney. Built in 1837 to replace an earlier chimney of c1809 on the same site. The connected main mill building is not included in the listing.
Reasons for Designation
The chimney at Springfield Mill, Maidstone, rebuilt in 1837 on the site of an earlier chimney of c1809, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reason:
* Architectural interest: as a good example of a mid-C19 industrial chimney, few examples of which survive in Kent;
* Historic interest: Springfield Mill was the first paper mill in the world to be successfully powered by steam and the chimney, although not the original, is an evocative reminder of this fact.
History
Paper making developed as a major industry in the Maidstone area from the late C17 due to the suitability of the River Len for water-power and its proximity to London, the major market for paper and source of rags, its raw material. There were seven functioning paper mills between 1671 and 1700 and by 1733 there were 14 mills. By 1865 this number had increased to around 40.
Springfield Mill, the first paper mill to be successfully powered solely by steam, was founded in 1805 by William Balston (1759-1849). Balston had been apprenticed in 1774 to James Whatman II (1741-1798), owner of Turkey Mill and one of the most successful paper makers of the C18. By 1794, when Whatman sold Turkey Mill, Balston was his principal subordinate and he entered into partnership with the new owners to form Hollingworths and Balston with a loan of £5,000 from Whatman. The outbreak of war with France in 1793 had cut off the import of superior French paper and the new firm prospered. By 1805 Balston had decided to open his own steam-powered mill on the banks of the Medway at a site with a spring providing the clean water necessary for the paper making process. The new mill, with its 36 horse-power Boulton & Watt beam engine powering a Hollander (the machine which broke down the rags into a pulp) opened at the end of 1807. Running for 440 ft, parallel with the River Medway, it consisted of a Drying Room at the north and Rag Room at the south with rooms for the various processes, and the engine and its boilers, set between them. The beam engine remained in use until decommissioned in 1896-7.
The original chimney was located in the mill itself but as pollution from the chimney affected the paper a new chimney was built in the present position c1809. This chimney, however, fell into disrepair after problems with the flue meant use transferred back to the original chimney. The current chimney was rebuilt in 1837 and remained in use until the beam engine was de-commissioned. A later extension to the top of chimney was removed in early 2015.
Details
Mill chimney. Built in 1837 by William Balston to replace an earlier chimney of c1809 on the same site.
MATERIALS: yellow stock brick, laid in header bond.
Replaced in 2015 from the Airlink service 100 between Waverley Bridge and Edinburgh Airport by new buses, the original vehicles were transferred to East Coast Buses. Seen in Waterloo Place is 20937 - SN10DKE.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 14-Apr-25.
Fleet No: "604".
An early build Boeing 767, first flown in Apr-84 with the Boeing test registration N6046P, this aircraft was delivered to El Al Israel Airlines as 4X-EAD in Jun-84.
After 27 years in service the aircraft was permanently retired at Tel Aviv, Israel in Oct-11. It was broken up there in Nov-13.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 10-Feb-16.
'Royal Mail Special Services - Datapost' special livery.
Outside the Mail Building on Liverpool's West Apron.
This was the fourth production SD.360, first flown in Dec-82 using the Short Brothers temporary registration G-14-3604. It became G-RMSS the following day and was delivered to Fairflight Charters Ltd in Jan-83.
It was leased to Air Ecosse the same day in a special 'Royal Mail Special Services' livery. It was sub-leased back to Short Brothers for 3 weeks in Apr/May-85 and sub-leased to Loganair between Aug/Nov-86.
It was also sub-leased to Manx Airlines in Feb-87 and Guernsey Airlines in May-87. Guernsey Airlines was renamed Aurigny Air Services. It was sold to Connectair as G-BPCO in Feb-88 and Connectair was renamed Air Europe Express in Feb-89.
The aircraft was repossessed by Fairflight Charters in Mar-91 when the Air Europe Group ceased trading. In Apr-91 the aircraft was leased to Gill Air and it was re-registered G-OLAH in Aug-91.
It was sub-leased to Air UK between Mar/Aug-95. It was retired and stored at Exeter, UK, in Dec-00. In June-01 it was sold to Aer Arran Express as EI-CWG. It was sold to Emerald Airways in Nov-01 becoming G-ROND.
Emerald Airways ceased operations in May-06 and the aircraft was sold to BAC. It was finally withdrawn from use and stored at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, in 2007.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version.plus Topaz DeNoise AI 21-Jan-25.
Named: "Spirit of Westmoreland". Fleet No: "566".
First flown with the Airbus test registration D-AVZM, it was re-registered D-ASSY a few days later. The aircraft was delivered to ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation and leased to UK charter airline, Air World as G-BXAW in Mar-97. Air World was merged into Flying Colours Airlines in Nov-98 and it returned to the lessor in early Jan-99.
It was leased to Air Jamaica as 6J-JMD a few days later and returned to the lessor 10 years later, in mid Mar-09. The aircraft was leased to Turkuaz Airlines (Turkey) as TC-TCE in May-09. It was wet-leased to Al Wafeer Air (Saudi Arabia) for a Haj Pilgrimage operation between Oct/Dec-10. Turkuaz ceased operations at the end of the lease and the aircraft was returned to the lessor and stored at Medina, Saudi Arabia.
In Mar-11 the aircraft was re-registered N851LF and moved to Shannon, Ireland for further storage in May-11. It was re-registered again in Aug-11, this time as EI-ESI and remained stored at Shannon. The aircraft was leased to Al Masria Universal Airlines (Egypt) as SU-TCC in Oct-11. It returned to the lessor as EI-ESI in Jun-13.
In Aug-13 the aircraft was leased to Hermes Airlines (Greece) as SX-BHT. It was wet-leased to Air Moldova between May/Oct-14 and again between Apr/Oct-15. It was returned to the lessor in Mar-16 and stored at Craiova, Romania.
The aircraft was leased to Olympus Airways (Greece) in Jul-16, using the same registration. It was wet-leased to Air Moldova the following day and returned to Olympus in Mar-17. It was wet-leased to Wings of Lebanon, short-term, between Apr/May-17 and then to Windrose Aviation (Ukraine) between May/Oct-17. On it's return to Olympus the aircraft was initially stored at Istanbul before being ferried to Goodyear, AZ, USA where it was permanently retired in Jan-18.
Replaced old file coz it looked too blue when viewed with other devices.
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Eagle -- Crobidoll B-line Yuri
Elyse -- Volks SDgr Lorina
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 10-Sep-17, plus DeNoise AI 19-Nov-22,
This aircraft was delivered to Aeronaves de Mexico as XA-SOA in May-67. Aeronaves de Mexico was renamed AeroMexico in Feb-72.
The aircraft continued in service until it was sold to the GPA Group Ltd (later to become GECAS) in Jun-89. Already 22 years old it was stored at Waco, TX. USA. It was re-registered EI-BZX in Nov-89.
The aircraft was leased to Aero California in Oct-90. They suspended operations in Apr-06 and the aircraft was permanently retired at Mojave, CA, USA. It was last noted still stored at Mojave in Oct-15 in poor condition. Updated 19-Nov-22.