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2007-04-21 - Blue Angels Jet Crash
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A Navy F-18 Blue Angel plane crashed during an air show Saturday, April 21st 2007, plunging into a small neighborhood of homes and trailers and killing the pilot.
Witnesses said the planes were flying in formation during the show at the Marine Corps Air Station and one dropped below the trees and apparently crashed, sending up clouds of smoke.
Reports have said the jet came to rest near Shanklin Rd & Pine Grove Rd in Beaufort, SC, just outside the Beaufort Marine Corp Air Base.

"Alignement du XXIe siècle" by Aurélie Nemours
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Oceania Cruise Lines ship "Insignia"
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Cusses Gourse motocross track
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PGM-17 Thor missile launch site - Breighton
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By: kjfitz.
Thor was the first operational ballistic missile in the arsenal of the United States. Thor was 65 feet (19.8 m) in height and 8 feet (2.4 m) in diameter. It was deployed in the UK between 1959 and 1963 as an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) with thermonuclear warheads. It was later augmented in the U.S. IRBM arsenal by the PGM-19 Jupiter.
A large family of space launch vehicles -- the Delta rockets -- were derived from the Thor design. Its descendants fly to this day as the Delta II and Delta IV rockets.

Static display aircraft at Camp Dodge
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Blimp Over Georgia
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By: mlc1us.
This blimp is probably covering a golf tournament at the TPC at Sugarloaf. Possibly the Bell South Classic which is an annual tournament on the PGA Tour.

Bloodhound surface-to-air missile site
On August 1st 1959 240 Squadron was formed at Breighton as a Thor Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) unit. In addition to these nuclear missiles, it housed number 112 Squadron equipped with Bloodhound Surface to Air Missiles (SAM).

Giant Beer Bottle

PGM-17 Thor missile launch site - Catfoss
Thor was the first operational ballistic missile in the arsenal of the United States. Thor was 65 feet (19.8 m) in height and 8 feet (2.4 m) in diameter. It was deployed in the UK between 1959 and 1963 as an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) with thermonuclear warheads. It was later augmented in the U.S. IRBM arsenal by the PGM-19 Jupiter.
A large family of space launch vehicles -- the Delta rockets -- were derived from the Thor design. Its descendants fly to this day as the Delta II and Delta IV rockets.

Pirate Ship
daggerwell (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: daggerwell.
Raymond James Stadium - home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

PGM-17 Thor missile launch site - Bardney
Thor was the first operational ballistic missile in the arsenal of the United States. Thor was 65 feet (19.8 m) in height and 8 feet (2.4 m) in diameter. It was deployed in the UK between 1959 and 1963 as an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) with thermonuclear warheads. It was later augmented in the U.S. IRBM arsenal by the PGM-19 Jupiter.
A large family of space launch vehicles -- the Delta rockets -- were derived from the Thor design. Its descendants fly to this day as the Delta II and Delta IV rockets.

B-1 Lancer strategic bombers
At Ellsworth AFB.
The B-1 Lancer is an American long-range strategic bomber. The B-1B version has been in service with the United States Air Force (USAF) since 1986. Together with the B-52 Stratofortress and the B-2 Spirit, it is the backbone of the United States's long-range bomber force.

PGM-17 Thor missile launch site - Boothby Graffoe

PGM-17 Thor missile launch site - Harrington

PGM-17 Thor missile launch site - Folkingham

North American RA-5C Vigilante
The North American A-5 Vigilante was a powerful, highly advanced carrier-based supersonic bomber designed for the United States Navy. Although its service in the strike role was very short, it saw extensive service in the reconnaissance role. Prior to the unification of the Navy designation sequence with the Air Force sequence in 1962, it was designated the A3J.
The reconnaissance version of the Vigilante, the RA-5C, had slightly greater wing area and added a long canoe-shaped fairing under the fuselage for a multi-sensor reconnaissance pack. This added an APD-7 side-looking airborne radar (SLAR), AAS-21 infrared linescanner, and camera packs, as well as improved ECM. An AN/ALQ-61 electronic intelligence system could also be carried. The RA-5C retained the AN/ASB-12 bombing system, and could, in theory, carry weapons, although it never did in service. Later-build RA-5Cs had more powerful -10 engines with afterburning thrust of 17,900 lbf (80 kN). The reconnaissance Vigilante weighed almost five tons more than the strike version with almost the same thrust and an only modestly enlarged wing. These changes cost it acceleration and climb rate, though it remained fast in level flight.

PGM-17 Thor missile launch site - Polebrook

M/S Don Quijote automobile carrier
The PCTC (Pure Car Truck Carrier) M/S DON QUIJOTE has a capacity of 5,873 cars or a combination of 2,949 cars and 488 trucks. Don Quijote is a sister ship to Don Pasquale and Don Carlos.

Newcastle Aviation Academy Boeing 737-2A3
Seen here in its final resting place after making its final flight on Feb 13th, 2003 from Stansted, this former Westjet 'classic' 737 now has 'Newcastle Aviation Academy' titles applied to the fin and associated 'Kingston University' titles on the forward fuselage, in preparation for its new career as an instructional airframe.

Grumman HU-16C Albatross (UF-1/G-64)
Formerly 131892 with the USN, this Albatross now sits in open storage at Carson City.

Zoo am Meer (Bremerhaven Zoo)

PGM-17 Thor missile launch site - Ludford

Lockheed C-141B Starlifter (L-300)
"Golden Bear"

Renault Seville
The main activity of the Seville plant is gearboxes. New powertrain projects – including a new gearbox for Renault and Nissan vehicles – went into production in 2005.

PZL-Okecie PZL-106BR Kruk

Figsbury Ring - Iron Age Hillfort

Peenemuende Air Museum

Wind turbine

Swiss Hawker Hunter F58s
Export version of the Hunter FGA.9 ground-attack fighter for Switzerland.
The Hawker Hunter was a British jet fighter aircraft of the 1950s and 1960s. The Hunter served for many years with the Royal Air Force and was widely exported, serving with 19 air forces. A total of 1,972 Hunters were produced by Hawker Siddeley and under licence.

Swiss Mirage III RS
The Mirage Reconnaissance version III/RS was procured at the same time as the Mirage III/S. The difference between this version and the Mirage III/S lies within the role it undertakes as well as the equipment installed. The nose section of these Reconnaissance aircraft are fitted with high-speed automatic series exposure cameras with high resolution capability, as well as having infrared sensors. These aircraft have the capacity to fly at very high speeds and at low altitudes over an advancing enemy having infrared sensors. These aircraft have the capacity to fly at very high speeds and at low altitudes over an advancing enemy and can determine a troop formation or position with the aid of their camera equipment. This information is of great value and strategic importance. The 18 Reconnaissance Mirage still, to this day, compose the successful 3rd and the 10th flieger staffel. Under the combat enhancement program they were also modified with the Canard fins and received the new camouflage colors.

Strange shaped fields
dda (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: dda.

Convair F-102A Delta Dagger and other static display airctaft