O/T Count to Infinity using Pictures: The Next 500 Edition

[Albionic68]

Sounds nice.
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[TundraWolf]

GTR 614 0-6-0T Built Portland 365 10/1880 Carried this number from 1898-1910


GTR 27 and 21 a pair of 0-6-0T yard switchers in Windsor, Ontario 1909. GTR #1156 5/1887 GTR #1143 3/1884.
Note the different type of water tanks. 27 side tank 21 saddletank.


Grand Trunk Railway of Canada was built to provide a main trunk line "throughout the entire length of the Province of Canada, and from the eastern frontier thereof ... to the city and port of Halifax." Under the sponsorship of Sir Francis Hincks, the GTR was formally incorporated in 1852 to build a railway from Toronto to Montreal. In 1853 it amalgamated with 5 other railway companies, a method of operating which was to characterize its major expansion periods and supplement the construction of new track. Much of the financing had to be raised in England, and the English construction firm of Peto, Brassey, Jackson and Betts received the contract

[Woking88]

Great detail in there, Tundra. Quite an education!


French frigate Jean Bart (D615)

The Jean Bart is an anti-air frigate of the French Marine Nationale of the Cassard type. She is the eighth vessel of the French Navyd after the privateer Jean Bart. She was commissioned on 3 March 1991.

The Jean Bart was fitted with a number of types of prototype equipment which were later incorporated in the La Fayette type frigates.

On 12 April 2008, Jean Bart was used to capture the pirates of Le Ponant. She took part in Operation Unified Protector until she returned to her home port Toulon in April 2011.

[TundraWolf]

Full colour print of the RAF Supermarine Spitfire Mark 5b of 616 Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force, with Squadron crest and historical information.
Includes pencil sketch of Squadron Leader L.H. 'Buck' Casson DFC, AFC, along with a short biography.

[Woking88]

617 Squadron - The Dambusters!





No more information needed!

[TundraWolf]

Very impressive pictures, Wokes, would look great hanging on the wall of a "man cave."




1904 Renault XH 618 - London to Brighton Veteran Car Run - 2002

[Woking88]

A private PZL-Mielec Lim-6R (Lim-6bisR), aircraft Registration N619M (NX619M/619 red) construction Number 1J0619 at Miramar Airshow 2000. The Lim-6 is a ground-attack variant of MiG-17 built in Poland.

[Woking88]

620 Squadron.





Operation Mallard - Short Stirlings of 620 and 190 Squadrons tow Horsas of the 6th Airborne Division to Normandy.
In the early evening of D-Day, June 6, 1944, as part of Operation Mallard, 36 Short Stirling Mk.IVs of 620 and 190 Squadrons, based at Fairford, towed the Horsa gliders of the British 6th Airborne Division to their landing zones in Normandy. The Airspeed Horsa gliders cast off and landed troops and equipment near Ranville. The gliders carried 254 men, 33 jeeps, 29 trailers, 11 motorcycles and eight 75mm Pack Howitzers. One of the Stirlings involved in this operation was LJ849 of 620 Squadron, coded ‘QS-E’, captained by Flight Lieutenant Gordon Thring DFC (RCAF). Moments after releasing its glider, LJ849 was hit by German anti-aircraft fire. A petrol tank in the port wing blew up and the aircraft rolled upside down. Fortunately, Thring managed to make a successful cra

[TundraWolf]

Air Canada Flight 621


An Air Canada McDonnell Douglas DC-8 similar to the aircraft that crashed.

The Air Canada Flight 621 crash near Toronto International Airport, now called Pearson International Airport, took place on July 5, 1970, when an Air Canada Douglas DC-8, registered as CF-TIW, was attempting to land. It was flying on a Montreal–Toronto–Los Angeles route.

All 100 passengers and 9 crew on board were killed, and at the time it was Canada's second deadliest aviation accident.

Captain Peter Hamilton and First Officer Donald Rowland had flown on various flights together before, and had an ongoing discussion on when to arm the ground spoilers. They both agreed they did not like arming them at the beginning of the final approach, fearing it could lead to an inadvertent spoiler deployment. The captain preferred arming them on the ground, while the copilot preferred arming them during the landing flare.

The flare is executed just abov

[Woking88]

A very sad story that, Tundra. My immediate thought is why did they disagree, the instruction manual should have spelled out exactly what to do and when. Reminded me of the time we took delivery of a brand new HS748 Andover. In the short landing configuration, these were supposed to be 'flared' at 20 feet above the ground. This one was flared at 40 feet, sank the first 20 as expected and then fell out of the sky for the other 20. The starboard prop tip hit the ground, but otherwise the aircraft looked OK. When the experts came to look at it the aircraft was written off as, what we couldn't see with the naked eye, the fuselage was wrinkled all the way down that side.

Anyway, 622 Squadron and some heavier kit:-

Short Stirling and Avro Lancaster.

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