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I have a talent for collecting things I don’t need, and wooden cotton reels are right up there. Luckily, they’re getting harder to find.
99/126: Something you collect: 126 pictures in 2026
Shearwater Lake
I remember playing in the woods when I was a youngster, great fun.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR FAVS AND LOVELY COMMENTS THEY ARE MUCH APPRECIATED
I had the pleasure of talking the man who built this bench. He saw me taking this shot, and said to me, "do drop in.." It took me only a second to realize he was saying we're all welcome to sit here and enjoy the view. This was on the otherside of the rock wall, beach side.
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you'd think that trees would be easy to capture . . . they hardly move, they won't run away . . . and yet, they are so elusive. Can't help but love them.
Apparently, the first time these two aircraft types have ever been displayed together. In the foreground, the red de Havilland DH.88 Comet, a 1934 racing aircraft that won the England to Australia air-race in that year. Behind, the DH100 Venom, the first single-engined jet aircraft to serve with the RAF - thousands were built, and they were widely exported.
Maybe surprisingly, both aircraft are substantially made of wood. The Comet is almost entirely wooden, apart from the engines, undercarriage etc, and the Venom's cockpit nacelle is also made of wood. (The wings, tail and jet engine mounting are made from metal.)
The de Havilland company was expert in fabricating strong and light aero-structures, including complex double curvatures, from wood - often balsa sandwiched between plywood. The DH.98 Mosquito is probably their best known product.
The Vampire design dates from 1943, just 11 years after the Comet. It could fly at well over 500mph and entered service a few months after the end of the war. Over 3,200 Vampires were built, and many survive in flying condition today. This one is beautifully presented by the Royal Norwegian Air Force Historical Squadron.
The Comet, as a type, had a somewhat less successful career. Apart from winning the race, it was little use for much else, and only a handful were ever built. G-ACSS 'Grosvenor House' is owned and operated by The Shuttleworth Collection, based at Old Warden aerodrome in England, where the two aircraft are seen in the picture.
a stroll in Amager Fælled
This place used to be called Shit Island, according to Copenhagen Green www.kobenhavnergron.dk/place/amager-faelled/?lang=en . Now it's a magnificent nature park built on a massive landfill.
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