I was actually quite sober when I pondered the Ferris Wheel.
I hate the damn things. Well, hate them and I am deathly afraid of them, however, Evil Bee made me face my fears.
Alllllll aboard!
And OMG!
I almost puked, hurled, barfed and yakked but I survived.
More images of this little excursion are in this album
I had the distinct pleasure of having the Base General Safety Officer, RF Radiation Safety Officer and the Line Crew back up my opinion that a 68 foot self supporting radio mast was unsafe – it was actually so dangerous that it was condemned, taken apart and lowered to the ground in one bug hurry.
The mast in all of it’s decrepit glory.
The fancy Z shape should be an H with three parallel elements bisected by one additional supporting element – this is the first sign of trouble.
Half of an antenna supported only by a cable.
The supporting tube that failed, showing the the electrical tape that is holding up the entire mess.
The first element finally drops.
And sticks into the ground to a depth of six inches.
The mast was assembled with the wrong bolts.
Pieces were rusted and bending in the wind.
Dissimilar metal corrosion…
And piece of broomstick used to support antennas…
An CC-130 Hercules landing as CC-130 130314, the oldest Canadian Herc is skidded to it’s new home.
CC-130 number 130315, the most worn Hercules in the world amassed over 45,000 hours of flight time. At cruising speed that’s enough flying time to have travelled a distance equal to the moon and back — sixty times.
112 images await you in a carlykb album
Way back in my younger days I operated a big brother of this.
That must have been 30 years ago and I was wearing steel toed boots and overalls at the time, not crocs and capris, but it was amazing how I remembered how to move around and climb up the tires, into the cab and onto the engine.
A few of the locks that I have been to – the pictures are small to save bandwidth but you’ll get the idea…
images of Lock 1, Trenton are here…
images of Lock 2, Sidney are here…
images of Lock 3, Glen Miller are here…
images of Lock 4, Batawa are here…
images of Lock 5, Trent are here…
images of Lock 6, Trenton are here…
images of Lock 7, Glen Ross are here…
images of Lock 8, Percy Reach are here…
images of Lock 9, Meyers are here…
images of Lock 10, Hagues Reach are here…
images of Lock 11/12, Ranney Falls are here…
This SAR tech was ambushed by a tree – a vicious tree!
Funny how he looks suspiciously like Ed Robertson of Ed’s Up and the Bare Naked Ladies…
A CC-150 Polaris (Airbus A-310) landing in a secure air field.
CC-144 Challenger in VIP configuration, being used for ongoing pilot proficiency flights.
The CC-130 Hercules is not a jet but what the hell – it’s awesome and this one dumped some SAR types out the back.
A whole pile more images await you in a girlgeekcat album
I do know better which is probably why I have lived to do so many wonderful and dangerous things outdoors.
This is really geeky but:
CEFX #1001-1025 delivered in late 2001 and CEFX #1026-1059 delivered between October and December 2004 are on long term lease from CIT Capital Finance (CEFX).
Units #1001-1025 are painted blue and white, with grey fuel tank, and grey GE Hi-Adhesion trucks. Built to Union Pacific specifications, these units have high mounted number boards above the cab windows, a white dome type antenna, and don’t have portholes in the cab doors.
Units #1026-1059 also painted blue and white and riding on Hi-Adhesion trucks, but with black frame, fuel tank and trucks. Built to CP specifications, they all have low nose-mounted number boards, standard antennas, and portholes in the cab doors.
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