My picture of the day-Where's yours?

[swee'pea99]

The sky had a strange and beautiful iridescence last night as I headed pubwards...

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

I've a few snaps to show off from the last week having been on La Palma. Nice to get away for a bit and I didn't really want to come back.

Nice hotel.

Banananana plantations.

Black beaches.

Bond villian's lair. (Alright, one of the observatories at Roque de Los Muchachos)

Pine forests.

A lesser summit (Pico Bejenado - 6000 feet ASL) but harder work to reach.

Hello down there! Watch your step!

Heading for the summit of a dormant volcano (Volcan Teneguia). It was seriously windy up there.

A stroll through the lava fields.

 

[Drago]

@Rickshaw Phil is Chuck Norris!!!

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

@Rickshaw Phil is Chuck Norris!!!

 

[Spartak]

Waterfall at Cheddar Gorge.

 

[biggs682]

Spring is getting closer

 

[briantrumpet]

Today I got drenched. I'd stared at this view from my front door for too long, and decided to go for a ride anyway. Oops.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

This Morning
RAF Church Fenton, parked near the Control Tower
I so wanted a go!!!
(Reynolds-Boughton)



This Afternoon
Misson
east of (ex-RAF) Finningley

I guess someone will know where it is. what it is, what it was meant for, & the business that owns the site now
It is a place I've known about for many years, but have never been into
(a friend has, but told me after he'd been)



Edit @ 20:10

Also, this afternoon, whilst on a circuitous journey back from Misson
I had intended a few 'Great North Road' related images, northwards from Bawtry, but it was too busy, & the images kept flaring due to the bright Sun light

 

[Spartak]

Taken this afternoon at the National Trust grounds - Dyrham Park, South Gloucestershire.

 

[BlueDog]

A mini murmuration of starlings...

 

[Elysian_Roads]

This Morning
RAF Church Fenton, parked near the Control Tower
I so wanted a go!!!
(Reynolds-Boughton)
View attachment 396322
Recognised the missile as a Bloodhound surface to air missile. Remember building one as an Airfix model as a child! A quick Google reveals they were based at RAF Misson to defend other local airfields against air attack.

This Afternoon
Misson
east of (ex-RAF) Finningley

I guess someone will know where it is. what it is, what it was meant for, & the business that owns the site now
It is a place I've known about for many years, but have never been into
(a friend has, but told me after he'd been)
View attachment 396321


Edit @ 20:10

Also, this afternoon, whilst on a circuitous journey back from Misson
I had intended a few 'Great North Road' related images, northwards from Bawtry, but it was too busy, & the images kept flaring due to the bright Sun light

View attachment 396324

 

[Elysian_Roads]

Recognised the missile as a Bloodhound surface to air missile. Remember building one as an Airfix model as a child! A quick Google reveals they were based at RAF Misson to defend other local airfields against air attack. Need to working on my posting skills!

 

[briantrumpet]

The weather came good today after yesterday's drenching. Not a bad way to leave the place till my return at Easter.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Recognised the missile as a Bloodhound surface to air missile. Remember building one as an Airfix model as a child! A quick Google reveals they were based at RAF Misson to defend other local airfields against air attack. Need to working on my posting skills!

Indeed it is!
I remember the model too

Misson, is a couple of miles east of (RAF) Finningley...... which is now Robin Hood/Doncaster Airport
The Bloodhounds were there as the surface-air defence system, for the airfield..... which was a V-Bomber (nuclear) base
Co-incidentally XH558 was stationed at Finningley for 8(?) years

It's still known as 'The Rocket Site'




If you open this, & look at the aerial photographs, the launch points can be easily seen
http://www.ljacksonandco.com/index.php/visit-us


Fast accelerating little buggers too!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodhound_(missile)
As this quote, in the text, states;
"By the time the missile has just cleared the launcher it is doing 400 mph. By the time the missile is 25 feet from the launcher it has reached the speed of sound (around 720 mph). Three seconds after launch, as the four boost rockets fall away, it has reached Mach 2.5 which is roughly 1,800 mph"

 

[midlife]

I thought I was the only kid who made an airfix Bloodhound.

I knew someone who worked on them, they had magnetic core memory I was told.