those boys will be breaking hearts soon Idril!!!
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those boys will be breaking hearts soon Idril!!!
Some recent pictures: Once a year Ekeby Airfield, about 2 km from my house is transformed, to house a veteran car and aircraft show.
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An old Austin
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A Ford from 1926.
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Förstlingen II: A replica of the first steam engine produced in Sweden, in 1852 by Munktells in Eskilstuna.
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A biker on another old mount.
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Another picture of förstlingen (means The first, btw).
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Something more modern: A powered glider.
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Old couple.
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A Zlin aerobatic trainer.
More to come.....
/Claes
Claes, I love these photos. I have been to many car shows in the past. My ex-boyfriend owned an old Model A Ford...not a convertible though - rather a coupe. We actually drove it to many places around NJ. It was great fun!
These photos are truly marvelous; I love the variety of the vehicales....the planes are something, aren't they? They look really slick. I don't know of the förstlingen ; was that an early train locomotive? How funny it is on tracks.
Have you ever seen a Stanley Steamer - those were so cool, but of course went by the wayside with gasoline gussling vehicles.
Is the read and white car a Ford? That looks like one a friend of ours owns but his is mint green, even the interior. I think he has another more two toned like this one. He does a lot of shows.
I will dig up a photo of my ex's car to show everyone.
I took these pics during the day.
A vacant land next to the apartment where I live. There are many coconut trees there.
As seen from my balcony
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A close up of coconuts on the tree
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The weather of this city is very pleasant; took these in the evening today
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Nice pictures, Claes. :)
I wonder how that cyclist is able to maintain his balance.
They are. The very best gliders (with the exception of a few one-of a kindQuote:
Originally Posted by Janine
experimental craft that are even better) have a gliding ratio of 60:1... I.e: They can glide 60m for every meter of altitude lost.
Yes, but not for passenger traffic: It was used for industrial work:Quote:
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Nope... Never seen one. What does it look like?Quote:
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I think so, but I'm not certain. Can any of you LitNet people help us out?Quote:
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Yeah, do that.Quote:
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Aw... That looks so much nicer than the weather we are having...Quote:
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Some more pictures from the same event:
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An old Jaguar in fantastic condition.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...8/IMG_1530.jpgThis is a SG-38 Schulgleiter: A training glider from the 30's (I think).
It was towed behind a car.
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A nice bonnet ornament.
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A Lancia. I can't remember it's age.
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Take off with a (modern) glider in tow.
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The towplane is a Piper Pawnee, and used to be a cropduster.
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And off we go...
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Four pictures cobbled together.
Did you think a glider couldn't go aerobatic? Think again.
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The same picture, but... Well....
/Claes
Wow Claes! I love those old cars! thanks for posting them!
Maddie, those views are beautiful! :D
Okay, so i invested in a new camera yesterday, so i could have a decent camera for my trip to Australia. My other two digital cameras are messed up and the camera on my new phone just isnt as good as the one on my old one. I bought a Finepix S1000. Its a beautiful camera. Took a couple of pics of flowers from my garden today! :D
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A Fuji, right? Good on you Niamh. :thumbs_up When are you going down under, then? Use the time until you're off to keep practising with that new mount until you can handle it in your sleep.Quote:
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/Claes
Yes its a fuji! :D This is it here! What you think?Quote:
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I'll be practicing a lot over the next few days to see what i can do with it! I go to Aus on Wednesday!
With the greatest of ease by the looks of things, but you have to take great care when going downhill: If your center of mass moves to far forward you will go for a really serious nosedive :sick:.Quote:
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I think I like it, and I'm looking forward to seeing your aussie pictures here. :thumbs_up Have a safe trip.Quote:
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/Claes
Thanks!
Thanks Niamh, that was many years back. I like to take closeups. Sorry you can't enjoy the stargazer lilies - they are among my favorites. That I still have but some of the other more tender lilies went by the waysie - the orange Horizon lily I loved but now I think some critter ate it. They do that - the burrow underground and eat the bulbs. I really miss that one. I still have the Lemon lilys - anyone can grow those - very little care required.Quote:
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Janine that looks like such a beautiful garden. I just love gardens but I never have the energy to have a big one myself, it's always so dry and so hot here in the summers, I would have to be out there every single day and I just don't have that kind of commitment.
Idril, thanks also for your compliments. As I said the poor garden is not like this presently. I made the mistake of making it too big and then it was uncontrollable. I don't have the energy or strength any more, to keep up with it. It needs a ton of weeding and now I completely rely on rain to water it; dragging the hose was a killer...ugh.
Idril, You have nice looking boys. I am glad you posted the photos. I feel badly for your oldest. By the way, he has such beautiful blue eyes. Your other son has such a devilish smile and look about him; I bet he is fun. I know someone with Chrones (sp?)disease and know it is a difficult thing to deal with. He is doing well now, but was diagnosed in highschool and has just gotten his master's degree. Not sure which med he is on currently but he is doing very well now, but he was on Remecide.
Nice photo of you, also. Now I know what you look like; very attractive and proud mom.
Claes, I will have to look up some of those funky Stanley Steamers. The look like old cars but they run on steam - I don't think they got too far though without breaking down. Good idea but had some drawbacks. Still they are pretty cool looking.
I did find a few photos of my ex's Model A and will post them soon. It was a lot of fun to ride in and it never broke down. Hey, Mr. Ford made them that way!
The planes are awesome!
Claes, I love those gliders! My dad used to fly and we had our own little 4-seater cherokee for awhile and I remember him dragging me to air shows and I always loved them.
And Janine, thank you for the compliments, both for the boys and me. Isaac does have beautiful eyes. I remember when he was 3 and in preschool there was a girl there who told her mom, "He has the most beautiful blue eyes I've ever seen". :lol: A heartbreaker at 3. He has often been told how striking his eyes are and he really hates it but as I've told him many times, he's going to have to get used to it. ;) We've had some really tough years with Crohn's, every time I think we're starting to get a handle on it, it flares up again but...knock on wood...it really does seem to be abating a little bit now. He finally hit 90 pounds! It doesn't sound like much for a 15 year old but it was just a few months ago we were celebrating him hitting 80 pounds so that is quite a improvement.
And speaking of Sam...which we weren't actually but I was getting to him :p, he was on a class trip to Medora, which is in the South unit of the Badlands and the buses ran into a fairly large herd of buffalos. He got some incredible pictures so I thought I would share. He said while they were sitting in the road, stopped and surrounded by buffalo, they saw a herd of antelope running in the distance, a golden eagle was flying overhead and there were prairie dogs running around. A naturalist's dream.
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great pictures everyone!!!
Oh, great. I would have loved to have my own crate, but alas... Anyway, I had my glider pilots licence for 10 years or so (started flying when I was 15 years old, and had the licence at 16).Quote:
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Big brutes to put it mildly... I would be quite content watching them from inside a bus. Outside would be scary.Quote:
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/Claes