Tuesday, April 30, 2013

April 21, 1961

April 21, 1961
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Image by National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Couldn't resist a photo of someone called Rusty, so here is railwayman Rusty Kelly beside his Signal Frame at Lucan South, Dublin.

Date: Friday, 21 April 1961

NLI Ref.: ODEA 25/51


Old Wood Door Window and Stone
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Image by Striking Photography by Bo Insogna
This is an old building up in the Rocky Mountains in Rollinsville with peeling wood on a door and old wood window and stone. This was at one time a winter summer place for skates to bait. I have been to this place many times and it is funny how all of sudden you notice something cool that has been there the whole time. www.jamesinsogna.com/Architecture/Old-Wood-Doors-Windows-...


Bicycle frames on the line
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Image by The AlleyTree


Shirts on Line
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Image by nickcastonguay
First time I left my clothes to dry on the clothes line this summer! Taken with my Polaroid Supercolor 635CL on TIP PX600 black frame film.


X100 focuses better on vertical lines (when held with landscape framing)
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Image by _vikram
Now that I searched for it, I noticed that this was also mentioned on www.x100forum.com and confirmed by other users, so definitely not something wrong with my unit.

Whats being done in the video:

1. First I half-press to focus on the print on the plastic bag which is successful (green rectangle)
2. Next I try to focus on multiple places on the windows blinds with the blinds horizontal and don't get focus (red rectangle)
3. Next I flip the camera 90 degrees and try to focus again which is successful
4. Then back to the plastic bag but held vertically this time
5. And back to the blinds still vertically
...you get the idea!

Here is another similar test in continuous and single focus modes

1910 Sears Belt-Drive

1910 Sears Belt-Drive
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Image by “Caveman Chuck” Coker
The museum identified this motorcycle simply as a "1910 Sears Belt-Drive." My guess — as an uneducated motorcycle fan — is that it is a 1910 Sears Auto Cycle USA 4 HP.

Sears sold motorcycles under the Sears brand from 1909-1916. The base price for this bike was 9. You could get a spring fork for an additional .

In 1909, Sears sold single-cylinder motorcycles manufactured by Thiem. The Sears advertisements at the time gave the impression that Sears manufactured the motorcycles, but the ads showed a completely stock Thiem. In the ads, Sears referred to "our motors" and "our frames" and stated, "We have incorporated the very latest improvements."

Bikers "in the know" found the ads humorous, but first-time buyers and/or rural customers were usually unaware of the Thiem origins.

Customers could pay for the motorcycles on an installment plans, which allowed many low-pay workers to buy their first vehicle.

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Richard Warren Sears was a railroad station agent in North Redwood, Minnesota when he received an impressive shipment of watches from a Chicago jeweler which were unwanted by a local jeweler. Sears purchased them himself, sold the watches for a tidy profit to other station agents up and down the line, and then ordered more for resale. Soon he started a business selling watches through mail order catalogues. The next year, he moved to Chicago, Illinois where he met Alvah C. Roebuck, who joined him in the business. In 1893, the corporate business name became Sears, Roebuck and Co.

The first Sears catalogue was published in 1888. By 1894, the Sears catalog had grown to 322 pages. Sears, Roebuck and Co. soon developed a reputation for both quality products and customer satisfaction. By 1895, the company was producing a 532-page catalog with the largest variety of items that anybody back then could have thought of.

Sears sold cars from 1905-1915 that were built by Lincoln Motor Car Works of Chicago — no relation to Ford Motor Company's Lincoln brand.

On November 17, 2004, Kmart purchased Sears. At the time of the purchase, Kmart Holdings Corporation changed its name to Sears Holdings Corporation.

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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: main hall panorama (P-40 et al)
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Image by Chris Devers
See more photos of this, and the Wikipedia article.

Details, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Curtiss P-40E Warhawk (Kittyhawk IA):

Whether known as the Warhawk, Tomahawk, or Kittyhawk, the Curtiss P-40 proved to be a successful, versatile fighter during the first half of World War II. The shark-mouthed Tomahawks that Gen. Claire Chennault's "Flying Tigers" flew in China against the Japanese remain among the most popular airplanes of the war. P-40E pilot Lt. Boyd D. Wagner became the first American ace of World War II when he shot down six Japanese aircraft in the Philippines in mid-December 1941.

Curtiss-Wright built this airplane as Model 87-A3 and delivered it to Canada as a Kittyhawk I in 1941. It served until 1946 in No. 111 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. U.S. Air Force personnel at Andrews Air Force Base restored it in 1975 to represent an aircraft of the 75th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, 14th Air Force.

Donated by the Exchange Club in Memory of Kellis Forbes.

Manufacturer:
Curtiss Aircraft Company

Date:
1939

Country of Origin:
United States of America

Dimensions:
Overall: 330 x 970cm, 2686kg, 1140cm (10ft 9 15/16in. x 31ft 9 7/8in., 5921.6lb., 37ft 4 13/16in.)

Materials:
All-metal, semi-monocoque

Physical Description:
Single engine, single seat, fighter aircraft.

Long Description:
Whether it was the Tomahawk, Warhawk, or Kittyhawk, the Curtiss P-40 was a successful and versatile fighter aircraft during the first half of World War II. The shark-mouthed Tomahawks that General Claire Chennault led against the Japanese remain among the most popular airplanes of the war. In the Phillipines, Lt. Boyd D. Wagner became the first American ace of World War II while flying a P-40E when he shot down six Japanese aircraft during mid-December 1941. P-40s were first-line Army Air Corps fighters at the start of the war but they soon gave way to more advanced designs such as the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and the Lockheed P-38 Lightning (see NASM collection for both aircraft). The P-40 is not ranked among the best overall fighters of the war but it was a rugged, effective design available in large numbers early in the war when America and her allies urgently required them. The P-40 remained in production from 1939 to the end of 1944 and a total of 13, 737 were built.

Design engineer Dr. Donovan R. Berlin layed the foundation for the P-40 in 1935 when he designed the agile, but lightly-armed, P-36 fighter equipped with a radial, air-cooled engine. The Curtiss-Wright Corporation won a production contract for 210 P-36 airplanes in 1937-the largest Army airplane contract awarded since World War I. Worldwide, fighter aircraft designs matured rapidly during the late 1930s and it was soon obvious that the P-36 was no match for newer European designs. High altitude performance in particular became a priceless commodity. Berlin attempted to improve the P-36 by redesigning it in to accommodate a turbo-supercharged Allison V-1710-11 inline, liquid-cooled engine. The new aircraft was designated the XP-37 but proved unpopular with pilots. The turbo-supercharger was not reliable and Berlin had placed the cockpit too far back on the fuselage, restricting the view to the front of the fighter. Nonetheless, when the engine was not giving trouble, the more-streamlined XP-37 was much faster than the P-36.

Curtiss tried again in 1938. Berlin had modified another P-36 with a new Allison V-1710-19 engine. It was designated the XP-40 and first flew on October 14, 1938. The XP-40 looked promising and Curtiss offered it to Army Air Corps leaders who evaluated the airplane at Wright Field, Ohio, in 1939, along with several other fighter proposals. The P-40 won the competition, after some modifications, and Curtiss received an order for 540. At this time, the armament package consisted of two .50 caliber machine guns in the fuselage and four .30 caliber machine guns in the wings.

After production began in March 1940, France ordered 140 P-40s but the British took delivery of these airplanes when Paris surrendered. The British named the aircraft Tomahawks but found they performed poorly in high-altitude combat over northern Europe and relegated them to low-altitude operations in North Africa. The Russians bought more than 2,000 P-40s but details of their operational history remain obscure.

When the United States declared war, P-40s equipped many of the Army Air Corps's front line fighter units. The plucky fighter eventually saw combat in almost every theater of operations being the most effective in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater. Of all the CBI groups that gained the most notoriety of the entire war, and remains to this day synonymous with the P-40, is the American Volunteer Group (AVG) or the Flying Tigers. The unit was organized after the Chinese gave former U. S. Army Air Corps Captain Claire Lee Chennault almost 9 million dollars in 1940 to buy aircraft and recruit pilots to fly against the Japanese. Chennault's most important support within the Chinese government came from Madam Chiang Kai-shek, a Lt. Colonel in the Chinese Air Force and for a time, the service's overall commander.

The money from China diverted an order placed by the British Royal Air Force for 100 Curtiss-Wright P-40B Tomahawks but buying airplanes was only one important step in creating a fighting air unit. Trained pilots were needed, and quickly, as tensions across the Pacific escalated. On April 15, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt quietly signed an Executive Order permitting Chennault to recruit directly from the ranks of American military reserve pilots. Within a few months, 350 flyers joined from pursuit (fighter), bomber, and patrol squadrons. In all, about half the pilots in the Flying Tigers came from the U. S. Navy and Marine Corps while the Army Air Corps supplied one-third. Factory test pilots at Bell, Consolidated, and other companies, and commercial airline pilots, filled the remaining slots.

The Flying Tigers flew their first mission on December 20. The unit's name was derived from the ferocious fangs and teeth painted on the nose of AVG P-40s at either side of the distinctive, large radiator air intake. The idea is said to originate from pictures in a magazine that showed Royal Air Force Tomahawks of No. 112 Squadron, operating in the western desert of North Africa, adorned with fangs and teeth painted around their air intakes. The Flying Tigers were the first real opposition the Japanese military encountered. In less than 7 months of action, AVG pilots destroyed about 115 Japanese aircraft and lost only 11 planes in air-to-air combat. The AVG disbanded on July 4, 1942, and its assets, including a few pilots, became a part of the U. S. Army Air Forces (AAF) 23rd Fighter Group in the newly activated 14th Air Force. Chennault, now a Brigadier General, assumed command of the 14th AF and by war's end, the 23rd was one of the highest-scoring Army fighter groups.

As wartime experience in the P-40 mounted, Curtiss made many modifications. Engineers added armor plate, better self-sealing fuel tanks, and more powerful engines. They modified the cockpit to improve visibility and changed the armament package to six, wing-mounted, .50 caliber machine guns. The P-40E Kittyhawk was the first model with this gun package and it entered service in time to serve in the AVG. The last model produced in quantity was the P-40N, the lightest P-40 built in quantity, and much faster than previous models. Curtiss built a single P-40Q. It was the fastest P-40 to fly (679 kph/422 mph) but it could not match the performance of the P-47 Thunderbolt and the P-51 Mustang so Curtiss ended development of the P-40 series with this model. In addition to the AAF, many Allied nations bought and flew P-40s including England, France, China, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, and Turkey.

The Smithsonian P-40E did not serve in the U. S. military. Curtiss-Wright built it in Buffalo, New York, as Model 87-A3 and delivered it to Canada as a Kittyhawk IA on March 11, 1941. It served in No. 111 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). When the Japanese navy moved to attack Midway, they sent a diversionary battle group to menace the Aleutian Islands. Canada moved No. 111 Squadron to Alaska to help defend the region. After the Japanese threat diminished, the unit returned to Canada and eventually transferred to England without its P-40s. The RCAF declared the NASM Kittyhawk IA surplus on July 27, 1946, and the aircraft eventually returned to the United States. It had several owners before ending up with the Explorer Scouts youth group in Meridian, Mississippi. During the early 1960s, the Smithsonian began searching for a P-40 with a documented history of service in the AVG but found none. In 1964, the Exchange Club in Meridian donated the Kittyhawk IA to the National Aeronautical Collection, in memory of Mr. Kellis Forbes, a local man devoted to Boys Club activities. A U. S. Air Force Reserve crew airlifted the fighter to Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on March 13, 1964. Andrews personnel restored the airplane in 1975 and painted it to represent an aircraft of the 75th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, 14th Air Force.

• • •

Quoting from Wikipedia | Curtiss P-40 Warhawk:

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was an American single-engine, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. It was used by the air forces of 28 nations, including those of most Allied powers during World War II, and remained in front line service until the end of the war. It was the third most-produced American fighter, after the P-51 and P-47; by November 1944, when production of the P-40 ceased, 13,738 had been built, all at Curtiss-Wright Corporation's main production facility at Buffalo, New York.

The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36; this reduced development time and enabled a rapid entry into production and operational service.

Warhawk was the name the United States Army Air Corps adopted for all models, making it the official name in the United States for all P-40s. The British Commonwealth and Soviet air forces used the name Tomahawk for models equivalent to the P-40B and P-40C, and the name Kittyhawk for models equivalent to the P-40D and all later variants.

The P-40's lack of a two-stage supercharger made it inferior to Luftwaffe fighters such as the Messerschmitt Bf 109 or the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in high-altitude combat and it was rarely used in operations in Northwest Europe. Between 1941 and 1944, however, the P-40 played a critical role with Allied air forces in three major theaters: North Africa, the Southwest Pacific and China. It also had a significant role in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, Alaska and Italy. The P-40's performance at high altitudes was not as critical in those theaters, where it served as an air superiority fighter, bomber escort and fighter bomber.

P-40s first saw combat with the British Commonwealth squadrons of the Desert Air Force (DAF) in the Middle East and North African campaigns, during June 1941. The Royal Air Force's No. 112 Squadron was among the first to operate Tomahawks, in North Africa, and the unit was the first to feature the "shark mouth" logo, copying similar markings on some Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 110 twin-engine fighters. [N 1]

Although it gained a post-war reputation as a mediocre design, suitable only for close air support, more recent research including scrutiny of the records of individual Allied squadrons indicates that the P-40 performed surprisingly well as an air superiority fighter, at times suffering severe losses, but also taking a very heavy toll on enemy aircraft. The P-40 offered the additional advantage of low cost, which kept it in production as a ground-attack fighter long after it was obsolete in the air superiority role.

As of 2008, 19 P-40s were airworthy.


It Went on For Ever and Ever
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Image by Bo47
www.justwalkedby.com/2012/10/it-went-on-for-ever-and-ever/
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10 days ago I went to north Jutland with my girl friend, to visit her parents.
I - of course - had my camera gear with me, and spend most of the days out in the nearby forest capturing the autumn colors.
On my first day out, the weather wasn't at it best, is was grey and misty, but as my girl friend said to me, maybe you'll catch something interesting anyway.

Well what do you think, did I catch something interesting?

After processing the photo in Lightroom, I exported it to Color Efx Pro 2 (by Nik Software), where I added the Indian Summer (for more yellow leaves), the Fog effect (to enhance the mist in the background) and the frame.


Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: P-40 Warhawk with "sharktooth" nose
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Image by Chris Devers
See more photos of this, and the Wikipedia article.

Details, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Curtiss P-40E Warhawk (Kittyhawk IA):

Whether known as the Warhawk, Tomahawk, or Kittyhawk, the Curtiss P-40 proved to be a successful, versatile fighter during the first half of World War II. The shark-mouthed Tomahawks that Gen. Claire Chennault's "Flying Tigers" flew in China against the Japanese remain among the most popular airplanes of the war. P-40E pilot Lt. Boyd D. Wagner became the first American ace of World War II when he shot down six Japanese aircraft in the Philippines in mid-December 1941.

Curtiss-Wright built this airplane as Model 87-A3 and delivered it to Canada as a Kittyhawk I in 1941. It served until 1946 in No. 111 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. U.S. Air Force personnel at Andrews Air Force Base restored it in 1975 to represent an aircraft of the 75th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, 14th Air Force.

Donated by the Exchange Club in Memory of Kellis Forbes.

Manufacturer:
Curtiss Aircraft Company

Date:
1939

Country of Origin:
United States of America

Dimensions:
Overall: 330 x 970cm, 2686kg, 1140cm (10ft 9 15/16in. x 31ft 9 7/8in., 5921.6lb., 37ft 4 13/16in.)

Materials:
All-metal, semi-monocoque

Physical Description:
Single engine, single seat, fighter aircraft.

Long Description:
Whether it was the Tomahawk, Warhawk, or Kittyhawk, the Curtiss P-40 was a successful and versatile fighter aircraft during the first half of World War II. The shark-mouthed Tomahawks that General Claire Chennault led against the Japanese remain among the most popular airplanes of the war. In the Phillipines, Lt. Boyd D. Wagner became the first American ace of World War II while flying a P-40E when he shot down six Japanese aircraft during mid-December 1941. P-40s were first-line Army Air Corps fighters at the start of the war but they soon gave way to more advanced designs such as the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and the Lockheed P-38 Lightning (see NASM collection for both aircraft). The P-40 is not ranked among the best overall fighters of the war but it was a rugged, effective design available in large numbers early in the war when America and her allies urgently required them. The P-40 remained in production from 1939 to the end of 1944 and a total of 13, 737 were built.

Design engineer Dr. Donovan R. Berlin layed the foundation for the P-40 in 1935 when he designed the agile, but lightly-armed, P-36 fighter equipped with a radial, air-cooled engine. The Curtiss-Wright Corporation won a production contract for 210 P-36 airplanes in 1937-the largest Army airplane contract awarded since World War I. Worldwide, fighter aircraft designs matured rapidly during the late 1930s and it was soon obvious that the P-36 was no match for newer European designs. High altitude performance in particular became a priceless commodity. Berlin attempted to improve the P-36 by redesigning it in to accommodate a turbo-supercharged Allison V-1710-11 inline, liquid-cooled engine. The new aircraft was designated the XP-37 but proved unpopular with pilots. The turbo-supercharger was not reliable and Berlin had placed the cockpit too far back on the fuselage, restricting the view to the front of the fighter. Nonetheless, when the engine was not giving trouble, the more-streamlined XP-37 was much faster than the P-36.

Curtiss tried again in 1938. Berlin had modified another P-36 with a new Allison V-1710-19 engine. It was designated the XP-40 and first flew on October 14, 1938. The XP-40 looked promising and Curtiss offered it to Army Air Corps leaders who evaluated the airplane at Wright Field, Ohio, in 1939, along with several other fighter proposals. The P-40 won the competition, after some modifications, and Curtiss received an order for 540. At this time, the armament package consisted of two .50 caliber machine guns in the fuselage and four .30 caliber machine guns in the wings.

After production began in March 1940, France ordered 140 P-40s but the British took delivery of these airplanes when Paris surrendered. The British named the aircraft Tomahawks but found they performed poorly in high-altitude combat over northern Europe and relegated them to low-altitude operations in North Africa. The Russians bought more than 2,000 P-40s but details of their operational history remain obscure.

When the United States declared war, P-40s equipped many of the Army Air Corps's front line fighter units. The plucky fighter eventually saw combat in almost every theater of operations being the most effective in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater. Of all the CBI groups that gained the most notoriety of the entire war, and remains to this day synonymous with the P-40, is the American Volunteer Group (AVG) or the Flying Tigers. The unit was organized after the Chinese gave former U. S. Army Air Corps Captain Claire Lee Chennault almost 9 million dollars in 1940 to buy aircraft and recruit pilots to fly against the Japanese. Chennault's most important support within the Chinese government came from Madam Chiang Kai-shek, a Lt. Colonel in the Chinese Air Force and for a time, the service's overall commander.

The money from China diverted an order placed by the British Royal Air Force for 100 Curtiss-Wright P-40B Tomahawks but buying airplanes was only one important step in creating a fighting air unit. Trained pilots were needed, and quickly, as tensions across the Pacific escalated. On April 15, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt quietly signed an Executive Order permitting Chennault to recruit directly from the ranks of American military reserve pilots. Within a few months, 350 flyers joined from pursuit (fighter), bomber, and patrol squadrons. In all, about half the pilots in the Flying Tigers came from the U. S. Navy and Marine Corps while the Army Air Corps supplied one-third. Factory test pilots at Bell, Consolidated, and other companies, and commercial airline pilots, filled the remaining slots.

The Flying Tigers flew their first mission on December 20. The unit's name was derived from the ferocious fangs and teeth painted on the nose of AVG P-40s at either side of the distinctive, large radiator air intake. The idea is said to originate from pictures in a magazine that showed Royal Air Force Tomahawks of No. 112 Squadron, operating in the western desert of North Africa, adorned with fangs and teeth painted around their air intakes. The Flying Tigers were the first real opposition the Japanese military encountered. In less than 7 months of action, AVG pilots destroyed about 115 Japanese aircraft and lost only 11 planes in air-to-air combat. The AVG disbanded on July 4, 1942, and its assets, including a few pilots, became a part of the U. S. Army Air Forces (AAF) 23rd Fighter Group in the newly activated 14th Air Force. Chennault, now a Brigadier General, assumed command of the 14th AF and by war's end, the 23rd was one of the highest-scoring Army fighter groups.

As wartime experience in the P-40 mounted, Curtiss made many modifications. Engineers added armor plate, better self-sealing fuel tanks, and more powerful engines. They modified the cockpit to improve visibility and changed the armament package to six, wing-mounted, .50 caliber machine guns. The P-40E Kittyhawk was the first model with this gun package and it entered service in time to serve in the AVG. The last model produced in quantity was the P-40N, the lightest P-40 built in quantity, and much faster than previous models. Curtiss built a single P-40Q. It was the fastest P-40 to fly (679 kph/422 mph) but it could not match the performance of the P-47 Thunderbolt and the P-51 Mustang so Curtiss ended development of the P-40 series with this model. In addition to the AAF, many Allied nations bought and flew P-40s including England, France, China, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, and Turkey.

The Smithsonian P-40E did not serve in the U. S. military. Curtiss-Wright built it in Buffalo, New York, as Model 87-A3 and delivered it to Canada as a Kittyhawk IA on March 11, 1941. It served in No. 111 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). When the Japanese navy moved to attack Midway, they sent a diversionary battle group to menace the Aleutian Islands. Canada moved No. 111 Squadron to Alaska to help defend the region. After the Japanese threat diminished, the unit returned to Canada and eventually transferred to England without its P-40s. The RCAF declared the NASM Kittyhawk IA surplus on July 27, 1946, and the aircraft eventually returned to the United States. It had several owners before ending up with the Explorer Scouts youth group in Meridian, Mississippi. During the early 1960s, the Smithsonian began searching for a P-40 with a documented history of service in the AVG but found none. In 1964, the Exchange Club in Meridian donated the Kittyhawk IA to the National Aeronautical Collection, in memory of Mr. Kellis Forbes, a local man devoted to Boys Club activities. A U. S. Air Force Reserve crew airlifted the fighter to Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on March 13, 1964. Andrews personnel restored the airplane in 1975 and painted it to represent an aircraft of the 75th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, 14th Air Force.

• • •

Quoting from Wikipedia | Curtiss P-40 Warhawk:

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was an American single-engine, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. It was used by the air forces of 28 nations, including those of most Allied powers during World War II, and remained in front line service until the end of the war. It was the third most-produced American fighter, after the P-51 and P-47; by November 1944, when production of the P-40 ceased, 13,738 had been built, all at Curtiss-Wright Corporation's main production facility at Buffalo, New York.

The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36; this reduced development time and enabled a rapid entry into production and operational service.

Warhawk was the name the United States Army Air Corps adopted for all models, making it the official name in the United States for all P-40s. The British Commonwealth and Soviet air forces used the name Tomahawk for models equivalent to the P-40B and P-40C, and the name Kittyhawk for models equivalent to the P-40D and all later variants.

The P-40's lack of a two-stage supercharger made it inferior to Luftwaffe fighters such as the Messerschmitt Bf 109 or the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in high-altitude combat and it was rarely used in operations in Northwest Europe. Between 1941 and 1944, however, the P-40 played a critical role with Allied air forces in three major theaters: North Africa, the Southwest Pacific and China. It also had a significant role in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, Alaska and Italy. The P-40's performance at high altitudes was not as critical in those theaters, where it served as an air superiority fighter, bomber escort and fighter bomber.

P-40s first saw combat with the British Commonwealth squadrons of the Desert Air Force (DAF) in the Middle East and North African campaigns, during June 1941. The Royal Air Force's No. 112 Squadron was among the first to operate Tomahawks, in North Africa, and the unit was the first to feature the "shark mouth" logo, copying similar markings on some Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 110 twin-engine fighters. [N 1]

Although it gained a post-war reputation as a mediocre design, suitable only for close air support, more recent research including scrutiny of the records of individual Allied squadrons indicates that the P-40 performed surprisingly well as an air superiority fighter, at times suffering severe losses, but also taking a very heavy toll on enemy aircraft. The P-40 offered the additional advantage of low cost, which kept it in production as a ground-attack fighter long after it was obsolete in the air superiority role.

As of 2008, 19 P-40s were airworthy.


The Shrine Shop - Little Walsingham
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Image by ell brown
A village in Norfolk where people have made pilgrimage here since 1061.

This is The Shrine Shop in Little Walsingham.

A place for pilgrims to buy souvenirs.

At 2 Common Place.

The Shrine Shop is an integral part of the shrine, focusing on the needs of pilgrims. Situated in the very heart of the village of Little Walsingham in The Common Place, the Shrine Shop has long been an integral part of the Walsingham experience. It offers a wide selection of statues, rosaries, crucifixes and icons. More generally the shop sells cards for all occasions and books covering a wide range of Christian subjects...

Grade II listed.

2, Walsingham - British Listed Buildings

C16 with later alterations. Timber-frame; 3 storeys. Ground floor stuccoed.
First floor jettied with vertical close-set studding. Second floor added,
jettied and stuccoed. Black-glazed pantile roof with gable ends and dentilled
eaves. Ground floor 2 Victorian shop windows with splayed bays with cornices
and central door. First floor 2 sashes in moulded cases. Second floor 2 casements
also in moulded frames.



1 Common Place on the end.

Everett And The Soccer Ball

Everett And The Soccer Ball
soccer balls
Image by Joe Shlabotnik


The Waters and Soccer Ball of Lava Canyon
soccer balls
Image by OnceAndFutureLaura


Soccer ball stitch marks
soccer balls
Image by Champion of Cheese
see the Mercedes Benz looking red mark? That is from a soccer ball to the bare chest.


Sunbathing with a soccer ball?
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Image by mhaithaca


It's my soccer ball
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Image by ezra-goldschlager
Ninja is a tremendous goalie, he's in training for Premiere League.

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4) Use the 'Magic Wand' tool to select the (white) area(s) of the frame and cut the (white) area(s) out.

5) You should see your picture framed. If necessary, use your scale tool to adjust the frame for a better fit.

6) Merge the layers when you are happy with the fit and look.


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Image by xalamay
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See the full collection of frames HERE

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______________________________________________________________________

To use:

1) Click all sizes and download the size you need.

2) Resize this frame to fit the picture you wish to use it on.

3) Layer the frame over the picture.

4) Use the 'Magic Wand' tool to select the (white) area(s) of the frame and cut the (white) area(s) out.

5) You should see your picture framed. If necessary, use your scale tool to adjust the frame for a better fit.

6) Merge the layers when you are happy with the fit and look.


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See the full collection of frames HERE

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To use:

1) Click all sizes and download the size you need.

2) Resize this frame to fit the picture you wish to use it on.

3) Layer the frame over the picture.

4) Use the 'Magic Wand' tool to select the (white) area(s) of the frame and cut the (white) area(s) out.

5) You should see your picture framed. If necessary, use your scale tool to adjust the frame for a better fit.

6) Merge the layers when you are happy with the fit and look.


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2) Resize this frame to fit the picture you wish to use it on.

3) Layer the frame over the picture.

4) Use the 'Magic Wand' tool to select the (white) area(s) of the frame and cut the (white) area(s) out.

5) You should see your picture framed. If necessary, use your scale tool to adjust the frame for a better fit.

6) Merge the layers when you are happy with the fit and look.


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frames for pictures
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See the full collection of frames HERE

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To use:

1) Click all sizes and download the size you need.

2) Resize this frame to fit the picture you wish to use it on.

3) Layer the frame over the picture.

4) Use the 'Magic Wand' tool to select the (white) area(s) of the frame and cut the (white) area(s) out.

5) You should see your picture framed. If necessary, use your scale tool to adjust the frame for a better fit.

6) Merge the layers when you are happy with the fit and look.

Nice Soccer Balls photos

Soccer Balls Net 7-22-09 1
soccer balls
Image by stevendepolo
I picked up Qiqi at Soccer Camp at East Grand Rapids Middle School. She was really running around!

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uspoverty.change.org/blog/view/class_lines_slip_away_on_t...
www.uncafelitoalasonce.com/lo-mejor-del-mundial-de-surafr...
tabetainjya.com/archives/cat_3/post_696/
indianapublicmedia.org/news/indianapolis-vying-world-cup-...
cmpt165.csil.sfu.ca/~jaeseokc/assignment/index1.html
hubpages.com/hub/Origins-Of-Football-Soccer
tabetainjya.com/archives/cat_3/post_696/
www.baasvanhetjournaal.nl/2011/02/24/perschef-opgenomen-i...
www.wired.com/playbook/2011/02/fifa-goal-detection-tech/
uzaktanorta.blogspot.com/2011/04/golsuz-ve-zevkli-fenerba...
jasonpollock.tv/2011/04/the-highest-paid-athletes-from-18...
www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979270408
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www.graduatetimes.com/sport/2011/07/22/top-five-transfers...
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agrega.juntadeandalucia.es/repositorio/23072010/a1/es-an_...
www.1000dateideas.com/2011/09/199-soccer.html
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oursport.tv/ondemandblog/neil-warnock-s-many-disputes.aspx
julio.funnymonkey.com/demo/content/football
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www.englishnewslessons.com/lessons/2012/october/23102012a...
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www.pimvanheyningen.nl/respectloos-klimaat/


soccer balls for sale on the street corner
soccer balls
Image by dane brian
socks, dish towels, bottled water, fruit... but selling SOCCER BALLS at a street corner?? new one on me.


soccer ball
soccer balls
Image by nicgep114


Soccer Balls
soccer balls
Image by Joe Shlabotnik


Soccer Balls
soccer balls
Image by Joe Shlabotnik

pink

pink
clip art pics
Image by paul bica
my first infrared...


in for the storm
clip art pics
Image by paul bica
hdr; john's seafood restaurant (0 yonge st :)


celestial light
clip art pics
Image by paul bica
a night at the lake


"Many signs are immediately recognizable...
clip art pics
Image by ConnectIrmeli
...but if you get in close you might find something new. Try it!" www.todaysposting.com/TPAssignment.php?TP=305 - I sure got surprised when following the cross on Saturday (see the pic on the comment field). There was a special photo exhibition in the chapel - the Duva/Diva project photos. DuvTeatern is a theater group mainly formed by disabled actors and actresses. Carmen is one of plays they've performed. Duva/Diva shows Carmen characters photographed by Stefan Bremer. www.duvteatern.fi/english/home/a_bird_of_prey/

News clip: Duva/Diva - Exhibit of Stefan Bremer's photo portraits in Washington

This became pic #94/100 in my
" set: www.flickr.com/photos/connectirmeli/sets/72157631494094958/
[click slideshow]

Vieraista tutuiksi was an interactive event for sharing who we are and how we live our creativity true. - The special target group was people with disabilities - all ages included.

Activities:
- Borrow a real person from the library for 20 minutes - s/he shares who s/he is and you get a great opportunity to unlearn
- Build and rebuild your own sculpture - by Alexander Reichstein
- Paint with dessert cream kind of paint
- Produce iron wire art
- Visualize your dream
-> Feel more through my pics

- I walked by a locker room and couldn't help checking what was in a couple of cans on a shelf. - The label #1 said 'scent for the arrival to the workplace' and the label #2 'scent for the departure from the workplace'. There's so much within the procedures developed for the disabled the rest of us could daily utilize...

Markus Kaski (Senior Physician, Rinnekoti Foundation) says in an interview (slide 99) that events like this help us get acquainted with people who are relatively lightly disabled. - Events like this are fantastic, but we mustn't forget the much more severely disabled people living in our society and being members of our communities...

This year's event was hosted by Rinnekoti Foundation - the programme in Finnish www.kulttuuripaivat.fi/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Kulttuu...
The referred article (slides 98-99) in Finnish: www.esse.fi/nakoislehdet_2012/esse_12_35/esse_12_35.pdf "


Das Blinkenwheel
clip art pics
Image by 7-how-7
These two kids were really into this interactive piece at the BikeSHIFT show opening tonight.

Essentially you pedal and the purple colored thing spins and LED lights flash and create shapes and spell words and basically evolve according to the pedaler's actions.

Okay maybe not evolve. Adjust? adapt?

Created by Robert "Mayhem" Kaye and Pierre "Gizmo" Grayson et al...

There is a video of the show the night before opening on Vimeo.

More pics and a set tomorrow.

Monday, April 29, 2013

Nice Football Players photos

ready for some football
football players
Image by istolethetv
Football player dog, 2011 Annual Howl-o-ween and Muttsquearade parade, Brooklyn Heights.


Football player Tony Curcillo, no. 99 / Le joueur de football Tony Curcillo, no 99
football players
Image by BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives
Title / Titre :
Football player Tony Curcillo, no. 99 /

Le joueur de football Tony Curcillo, no 99

Creator(s) / Créateur(s) : Louis Jaques

Date(s) : September 13, 1958 / 13 septembre 1958

Reference No. / Numéro de référence : MIKAN 3591533

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collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&...

Location / Lieu : Unknown / Inconnu

Credit / Mention de source :
Louis Jaques. Weekend Magazine. Library and Archvies Canada, PA-209518 /

Louis Jaques. Weekend Magazine. Bilbiothèque et Archives Canada, PA-209518


Football player Dave Mann—No. 91 / Le joueur de football, Dave Mann, no 91
football players
Image by BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives
Title / Titre :
Football player Dave Mann—No. 91 /

Le joueur de football, Dave Mann, no 91

Creator(s) / Créateur(s) : Louis Jaques.

Date(s) : November 8 1958 / 8 novembre 1958

Reference No. / Numéro de référence : MIKAN 3591530

collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&...
collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&...

Location / Lieu : Unknown / Inconnu

Credit / Mention de source :
Weekend Magazine. Louis Jaques. Library and Archives Canada, PA-209515k /

Weekend Magazine. Louis Jaques. Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, PA-209515k


Football player
football players
Image by rasenkantenstein


Football player
football players
Image by Centre College Archives
Studio portrait of an unidentified Centre College football player from the early 1890's

Premier League and DEC unite to tackle famine

Premier League and DEC unite to tackle famine
footballer picture
Image by DFID - UK Department for International Development
(From left to right) Former footballer Niall Quinn, Premier League Chief Executive Richard Scudamore, Disasters Emergency Committee Dhief Executive Clive Jones, Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan MP, and former footballer Patrick Vieira, pictured at the launch of 'Tackle Famine', a partnership between the Premier League and the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), to raise money for the DEC East Africa Crisis Appeal, at No. 11 Downing Street.

From 26-28 November 2011, Premier League football grounds up and down the country will donate free advertising space to raise funds for the DEC appeal. Football fans will be encouraged to Tackle Famine by texting FOOD to 70000, to donate £5 to the appeal.

The UK Government has helped set up the partnership. British aid from the government is already helping to feed more than 2.4million people in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa region. The DEC is a charity that brings together 14 leading UK aid agencies, to raise funds when there is a major emergency in a poorer country overseas. The DEC appeal has already raised more than £72million in donations from the British public, but more funds are still needed.

Find out more at: www.dfid.gov.uk/News/Latest-news/2011/Premier-League-and-...

Picture: Russell Watkins/DFID

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Jen Su and Djimon Hounsou
footballer picture
Image by Jennifer Su
International celebrity Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond) was in Cape Town, South Africa for the Puma Legends of Unity Exhibition, where he has been working on a charity initiative to promote African footballers. Djimon Hounsou is pictured with 5 FM Hollywood Reporter Jen Su.



For the love of the game.
footballer picture
Image by _ambrown
Besides being a genuinely happy guy, Dawit is an excellent footballer, and just seeing this picture I can hear him shouting "beautiful, beautiful!" at his fellow teammates.

Lose the Shoes at Macalester raised over 00.


It's finals week, as well. I'll be home Monday, and I'll take lots of pictures while I'm in Portland. I've also got a lot of film to develop, so a visit to Blue Moon Camera and Machine just might be in order, along with many, many prints to come.


Conkers 3ft
footballer picture
Image by Global Imagination
(Photoshoot 0707-027) Opening of new exhibition at Conkers called the E.ON Energy experience, with footballer Viv Anderson. Picture shows children from Dovecote school with Viv and the interactive globe at the centre of the display. EON

Vince Dooley and gardening

Vince Dooley and gardening
georgia bulldogs football pictures
Image by bsteve76
The former University of Georgia football coach and athletic director shows a picture of himself at his Athens home. He discussed his gardening efforts on Oct. 15, 2010, at a speech at Gwinnett Technical College in Atlanta. My blog: humanclippingservice.wordpress.com/2010/10/16/vince-doole...


Pictures from the Liberty Bowl 2010
georgia bulldogs football pictures
Image by pgcummings
Posted via email from Not Yet Fully Trained


Pictures from the Liberty Bowl 2010
georgia bulldogs football pictures
Image by pgcummings
Posted via email from Not Yet Fully Trained


Pictures from the Liberty Bowl 2010
georgia bulldogs football pictures
Image by pgcummings
Posted via email from Not Yet Fully Trained


Pictures from the Liberty Bowl 2010
georgia bulldogs football pictures
Image by pgcummings
Posted via email from Not Yet Fully Trained

Framed

Framed
metal frames
Image by Hitchster


Frame 1
metal frames
Image by jakepjohnson


Frame 2
metal frames
Image by jakepjohnson


wood and metal frames
metal frames
Image by Jerrold


metal frames and NHCC angles
metal frames
Image by deafphilosoph
metal frames and angles c Venerable Photography

Nice Pictures Of Footballs photos

Picture 027
pictures of footballs
Image by Dinur


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pictures of footballs
Image by Dinur


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pictures of footballs
Image by Dinur


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pictures of footballs
Image by Dinur


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pictures of footballs
Image by Dinur