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[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Thanks guys !

I finally managed to spend a day in Chicago this past Sunday.
So.....

A few photos from a day spent in Chicago this past Sunday.
These first groups of photos were taken at Millennium Park utilizing the “Cloud Gate” sculpture as a prop.
“Cloud Gate” was created by artist Anish Kapoor

http://www.millenniumpark.org/artand...loud_gate.html

“Aon Center Eclipse”
Cloud Gate in the guise of Mercury eclipsing the Aon Center building. (unaltered original image):





“Aon Center Eclipse” w/ B&W filter applied:




“Caught in a Cloud” (That’s me in the lower right corner) :




Overall view of “Cloud Gate”:





“Roswell Mystery Cover Up – A Reflection of the Alien World”





A few from the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago: http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/


From Khorsabad ancient Mesopotamia.
Relief sculptures that once lined the throne room façade in the palace of the Assyrian king Sargon II, who ruled from 721-705 B.C.





From Khorsabad ancient Mesopotamia.
Detail of hands from relief sculptures that once lined the throne room façade in the palace of the Assyrian king Sargon II, who ruled from 721-705 B.C.







From Khorsabad ancient Mesopotamia Human headed winged bull that that once lined the throne room façade in the palace of the Assyrian king Sargon II, who ruled from 721-705 B.C.



Head of bull from Persepolis ancient Persia that once guarded the “Hundred Columns Hall”
From 520 bc to 331 bc




Gilliatt

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Some pictures from my latest visit to the Swedish Airforce Museum:


SAAB 39 Griffin prototype.


SAAB 37 Viggen


SAAB 35 Draken


SAAB 29 Flying Barrel


SAAB 105 trainer. I have a story about a couple of those:

One day many years ago I was flying a glider at 4000 feet, calmly minding
my own business when two 105's targeted me for a mock attack and
boomed past me, one on each side. I nearly soiled myself. They appeared
out of nowhere and were quite noisy


SAAB 21. A somewhat unorthodox design using a pusher prop configuration.


Another angle of the SAAB 21.


SAAB 21R. When SAAB got their hands on their first jet engine they promptly
redesigned the previously prop driven SAAB 21: They chucked the piston
engine out, bolted the jet engine on, moved the vertical stabilizer up a bit
to avoid frying it with the jet blast, and hey presto: SAAB's first jet aircraft.

Btw: Have those of you familiar with SAAB Automobiles ever wondered where the name came from?
It stands for Svenska Aeroplan AB - Swedish Aeroplane Ltd.
The company did not start out building cars. That came later.

/Claes

[Virgil]

Wonderful pictures Claes. I didn't know what SAAB stood for. Now I will never forget. Hey, that Flying Barrell plane looks really odd. What's its function? Why is it built that way?

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Wonderful pictures Claes. I didn't know what SAAB stood for. Now I will never forget. Hey, that Flying Barrell plane looks really odd. What's its function? Why is it built that way?

It's not as odd as it looks: First of all it is old. the original spec is from 1945(!), and it entered squadron service in 1950. Its wide "tummy" is a result of the fact that its De Havilland Ghost engine was very wide. The type saw action with UN forces in Congo.

It was the first post WWII jet fighter with swept wings to become operative in western europe and is of the same generation as the similar MiG-15 & F-86 Sabre. It was also faster than it looks: A pair of S 29Cs set a world record for a 1000 km closed circuit on March 23:rd 1955 with 900.6 km/h (the previous record being 822 km/h set by a RAF Gloster Meteor in 1950). You can read more about it here: J29 Tunnan

/Claes

[miss tenderness]

My sister's daughter



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The French Village in Malysia :




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Wafi Mall in Dubai :



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Dubai Mall :



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[Paulclem]

Great pictures Gilliat, Claes and Miss.

[Virgil]

My sister's daughter

Ah, she's beautiful Miss T. Nice to see you back and nice pictures.

[Lulim]

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Dubai Mall :

Miss Tenderness, those are no real people, jumping down that waterfall on the left side? -- Very nice pictures

[Olga4real]

I took these pictures this morning and send them to all people who like roses:

[Virgil]

Lovely roses Olga.

[Olga4real]

Thank you Virgil, I know that my pictures are not as good as Gilliatt`s Claes` or Miss`.

Here are one taken in the afternoon and as you can see new flowers opened during the day:



And some red roses:

[Olga4real]

Almost forgot I took these pictures on Friday:

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Some pictures from my latest visit to the Swedish Airforce Museum:

SAAB 35 Draken

One day many years ago I was flying a glider at 4000 feet, calmly minding
my own business when two 105's targeted me for a mock attack and
boomed past me, one on each side. I nearly soiled myself. They appeared
out of nowhere and were quite noisy

I always admired the design of the "Draken". I believe I had a toy Draken when younger and great story by the way.

The French Village in Malysia :

"French village in Malaysia" -it is a small world!

Almost forgot I took these pictures on Friday:

Forgive my ignorance, but who is the subject of those last two photos?

Thanks all for sharing.

Gilliatt

[Leland Gaunt]

Those Dubai and Chicago pics were wonderful.

I'd post some from my recent road trip but they won't upload.


Edit:
By the power of grayskull! That's Susan Boyle, isn't it?

[Olga4real]

Those Dubai and Chicago pics were wonderful.

I'd post some from my recent road trip but they won't upload.


Edit:
By the power of grayskull! That's Susan Boyle, isn't it?

Can`t wait for the pictures from your trip!

I don`t know what does it mean "By the power of grayskull" but yes it is her Susan Boyle, I met her accidentally and she was very nice and friendly with people she didn`t behave as a star. I didn`t know much about her before because in Hungary very few people know her I read an article about her about a year ago but from now it will change.