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Trial Island Gulls


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Trial Island is visible off the South-eastern tip of Vancouver Island. It has a ighthouse and some scrubby vegetation. Mostly a big rock. Legend has it, a lighthouse keeper back in the day had a cow on the island, but it kept looking longingly at the luscious grass of Victoria Golf Club, which is clearly visible from the Island, and repeatedly attempted to swim to greener pastures.

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Boeing 367-80 (prototype 707, first jet airliner), and De Havilland Canada DHC-1A Chipmunk Pennzoil Special


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Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | De Havilland-Canada DHC-1A Chipmunk, Pennzoil Special:

De Havilland originally designed the Chipmunk after World War II as a primary trainer to replace the venerable Tiger Moth. Among the tens of thousands of pilots who trained in or flew the Chipmunk for pleasure was veteran aerobatic and movie pilot Art Scholl. He flew his Pennzoil Special at air shows throughout the 1970s and early ’80s, thrilling audiences with his skill and showmanship and proving that the design was a top-notch aerobatic aircraft.

Art Scholl purchased the DHC-1A in 1968. He modified it to a single-seat airplane with a shorter wingspan and larger vertical fin and rudder, and made other changes to improve its performance. Scholl was a three-time member of the U.S. Aerobatic Team, an air racer, and a movie and television stunt pilot. At air shows, he often flew with his dog Aileron on his shoulder or taxied with him standing on the wing.

Gift of the Estate of Arthur E. Scholl

Manufacturer:
De Havilland Canada Ltd.

Pilot:
Art Scholl

Date:
1946

Country of Origin:
United States of America

Dimensions:
Wingspan: 9.4 m (31 ft)
Length: 7.9 m (26 ft)
Height: 2.1 m (7 ft 1 in)
Weight, empty: 717 kg (1,583 lb)
Weight, gross: 906 kg (2,000 lb)
Top speed: 265 km/h (165 mph)
Engine: Lycoming GO-435, 260 hp

Materials:
Overall: Aluminum Monocoque Physical Description:Single-engine monoplane. Lycoming GO-435, 260 hp engine.

• • • • •

Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Boeing 367-80 Jet Transport:

On July 15, 1954, a graceful, swept-winged aircraft, bedecked in brown and yellow paint and powered by four revolutionary new engines first took to the sky above Seattle. Built by the Boeing Aircraft Company, the 367-80, better known as the Dash 80, would come to revolutionize commercial air transportation when its developed version entered service as the famous Boeing 707, America’s first jet airliner.

In the early 1950s, Boeing had begun to study the possibility of creating a jet-powered military transport and tanker to complement the new generation of Boeing jet bombers entering service with the U.S. Air Force. When the Air Force showed no interest, Boeing invested million of its own capital to build a prototype jet transport in a daring gamble that the airlines and the Air Force would buy it once the aircraft had flown and proven itself. As Boeing had done with the B-17, it risked the company on one roll of the dice and won.

Boeing engineers had initially based the jet transport on studies of improved designs of the Model 367, better known to the public as the C-97 piston-engined transport and aerial tanker. By the time Boeing progressed to the 80th iteration, the design bore no resemblance to the C-97 but, for security reasons, Boeing decided to let the jet project be known as the 367-80.

Work proceeded quickly after the formal start of the project on May 20, 1952. The 367-80 mated a large cabin based on the dimensions of the C-97 with the 35-degree swept-wing design based on the wings of the B-47 and B-52 but considerably stiffer and incorporating a pronounced dihedral. The wings were mounted low on the fuselage and incorporated high-speed and low-speed ailerons as well as a sophisticated flap and spoiler system. Four Pratt & Whitney JT3 turbojet engines, each producing 10,000 pounds of thrust, were mounted on struts beneath the wings.

Upon the Dash 80′s first flight on July 15, 1954, (the 34th anniversary of the founding of the Boeing Company) Boeing clearly had a winner. Flying 100 miles per hour faster than the de Havilland Comet and significantly larger, the new Boeing had a maximum range of more than 3,500 miles. As hoped, the Air Force bought 29 examples of the design as a tanker/transport after they convinced Boeing to widen the design by 12 inches. Satisfied, the Air Force designated it the KC-135A. A total of 732 KC-135s were built.

Quickly Boeing turned its attention to selling the airline industry on this new jet transport. Clearly the industry was impressed with the capabilities of the prototype 707 but never more so than at the Gold Cup hydroplane races held on Lake Washington in Seattle, in August 1955. During the festivities surrounding this event, Boeing had gathered many airline representatives to enjoy the competition and witness a fly past of the new Dash 80. To the audience’s intense delight and Boeing’s profound shock, test pilot Alvin "Tex" Johnston barrel-rolled the Dash 80 over the lake in full view of thousands of astonished spectators. Johnston vividly displayed the superior strength and performance of this new jet, readily convincing the airline industry to buy this new airliner.

In searching for a market, Boeing found a ready customer in Pan American Airway’s president Juan Trippe. Trippe had been spending much of his time searching for a suitable jet airliner to enable his pioneering company to maintain its leadership in international air travel. Working with Boeing, Trippe overcame Boeing’s resistance to widening the Dash-80 design, now known as the 707, to seat six passengers in each seat row rather than five. Trippe did so by placing an order with Boeing for 20 707s but also ordering 25 of Douglas’s competing DC-8, which had yet to fly but could accommodate six-abreast seating. At Pan Am’s insistence, the 707 was made four inches wider than the Dash 80 so that it could carry 160 passengers six-abreast. The wider fuselage developed for the 707 became the standard design for all of Boeing’s subsequent narrow-body airliners.

Although the British de Havilland D.H. 106 Comet and the Soviet Tupolev Tu-104 entered service earlier, the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 were bigger, faster, had greater range, and were more profitable to fly. In October 1958 Pan American ushered the jet age into the United States when it opened international service with the Boeing 707 in October 1958. National Airlines inaugurated domestic jet service two months later using a 707-120 borrowed from Pan Am. American Airlines flew the first domestic 707 jet service with its own aircraft in January 1959. American set a new speed mark when it opened the first regularly-scheduled transcontinental jet service in 1959. Subsequent nonstop flights between New York and San Francisco took only 5 hours – 3 hours less than by the piston-engine DC-7. The one-way fare, including a surcharge for jet service, was 5.50, or 1 round trip. The flight was almost 40 percent faster and almost 25 percent cheaper than flying by piston-engine airliners. The consequent surge of traffic demand was substantial.

The 707 was originally designed for transcontinental or one-stop transatlantic range. But modified with extra fuel tanks and more efficient turbofan engines, the 707-300 Intercontinental series aircraft could fly nonstop across the Atlantic with full payload under any conditions. Boeing built 855 707s, of which 725 were bought by airlines worldwide.

Having launched the Boeing Company into the commercial jet age, the Dash 80 soldiered on as a highly successful experimental aircraft. Until its retirement in 1972, the Dash 80 tested numerous advanced systems, many of which were incorporated into later generations of jet transports. At one point, the Dash 80 carried three different engine types in its four nacelles. Serving as a test bed for the new 727, the Dash 80 was briefly equipped with a fifth engine mounted on the rear fuselage. Engineers also modified the wing in planform and contour to study the effects of different airfoil shapes. Numerous flap configurations were also fitted including a highly sophisticated system of "blown" flaps which redirected engine exhaust over the flaps to increase lift at low speeds. Fin height and horizontal stabilizer width was later increased and at one point, a special multiple wheel low pressure landing gear was fitted to test the feasibility of operating future heavy military transports from unprepared landing fields.

After a long and distinguished career, the Boeing 367-80 was finally retired and donated to the Smithsonian in 1972. At present, the aircraft is installated at the National Air and Space Museum’s new facility at Washington Dulles International Airport.

Gift of the Boeing Company

Manufacturer:
Boeing Aircraft Co.

Date:
1954

Country of Origin:
United States of America

Dimensions:
Height 19′ 2": Length 73′ 10": Wing Span 129′ 8": Weight 33,279 lbs.

Physical Description:
Prototype Boeing 707; yellow and brown.

A few things I’ve noticed about car travel in South Africa


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The little differences:

1. Most cars are white or silver – something to do with the heat.
Makes are mainly Toyota, Mercedes, Audi, Hyundai.

2. People use pick up trucks as people carriers. There were 10 in the
one we were following today. They also like to stand up in the back as
they whizz along the motorways.

3. Speaking of motoways, they don’t have crash barriers in the middle,
instead they have flower bushes. Pretty, but not exactly known for
their car stopping power.

4. Garbage trucks make u-turns on the motoway, like the one we saw
today pulling out in front of us.

5. Roadworks are random and appear without warning. Temporary traffic
lights are two guys, each with a red flag. You go when the guy starts
waving you through. The flag means nothing.

6. Gas stations are full-serve (you don’t have to leave your car) and
petrol is very cheap – 50p/litre.

7. Parking is cheap (see picture), but you’re supposed to tip the
parking attendant when you return.

8. When being overtaken, it’s courtesy to pull aside onto the hard
shoulder.

9. Production of classic cars hasn’t stopped (you can buy a brand new
Mark I Golf).

10. The Corsa comes in a saloon style. Who knew!

11. Almost all the cars are shiny…

12. …with the exception of the ones that are being held together
with tape with wonky wheels and a crowbar to steer them.

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Seven weeks ago, in an attempt to increase the quality of golf in Lawrence and thereby speed up play, I shared tips accumulated the past 40 years and suggested incorporating them all into one swing.
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Lake and pavilion at Hedgeley Dene Farm, c. 1880s


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View of the Charsley family at the pavilion, with a rowing boat on the lake at Hedgeley Dene Farm. Hedgeley Dene Gardens were formed along an early watercourse that was once part of Hedgeley Dene Farm. In 1874 solicitor Edward Charsley owned land extending west from Malvern Road. The farmhouse was situated in Wattletree Road close to the present site of Tollington Avenue.
Fom 1892-1894 the farm of 60 acres was tenanted by James Henry Moorhead .
From 1902, the Maidment family ran a dairy farm and the waterholes and dam on the property were known locally as Maidment’s Lakes. From 1891 to 1907 the waterholes were used as water hazards by the (Royal) Melbourne and Caulfield (later Metropolitan) Golf Clubs.
Hedgeley Dene Farm was subdivided in 1911 by W.L. Bailleau, the farmhouse was demolished, and the Maidment family moved their dairy to Kardella Street. Malvern Council purchased 8.5 acres of land, using it first as a quarry for sand and clay and then as a rubbish tip. The present Gardens were developed from 1924. The lake was excavated, bridges were built and raised beds in the lake were planted with Japanese Iris.

Stonnington History Centre catalogue entry:
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Concorde!


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Posted via email to ☛ HoloChromaCinePhotoRamaScope‽: cdevers.posterous.com/concorde. See the full gallery on Posterous …

• • • • •

Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Concorde, Fox Alpha, Air France:

The first supersonic airliner to enter service, the Concorde flew thousands of passengers across the Atlantic at twice the speed of sound for over 25 years. Designed and built by Aérospatiale of France and the British Aviation Corporation, the graceful Concorde was a stunning technological achievement that could not overcome serious economic problems.

In 1976 Air France and British Airways jointly inaugurated Concorde service to destinations around the globe. Carrying up to 100 passengers in great comfort, the Concorde catered to first class passengers for whom speed was critical. It could cross the Atlantic in fewer than four hours – half the time of a conventional jet airliner. However its high operating costs resulted in very high fares that limited the number of passengers who could afford to fly it. These problems and a shrinking market eventually forced the reduction of service until all Concordes were retired in 2003.

In 1989, Air France signed a letter of agreement to donate a Concorde to the National Air and Space Museum upon the aircraft’s retirement. On June 12, 2003, Air France honored that agreement, donating Concorde F-BVFA to the Museum upon the completion of its last flight. This aircraft was the first Air France Concorde to open service to Rio de Janeiro, Washington, D.C., and New York and had flown 17,824 hours.

Gift of Air France.

Manufacturer:
Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale
British Aircraft Corporation

Dimensions:
Wingspan: 25.56 m (83 ft 10 in)
Length: 61.66 m (202 ft 3 in)
Height: 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Weight, empty: 79,265 kg (174,750 lb)
Weight, gross: 181,435 kg (400,000 lb)
Top speed: 2,179 km/h (1350 mph)
Engine: Four Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593 Mk 602, 17,259 kg (38,050 lb) thrust each
Manufacturer: Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale, Paris, France, and British Aircraft Corporation, London, United Kingdom

Physical Description:
Aircaft Serial Number: 205. Including four (4) engines, bearing respectively the serial number: CBE066, CBE062, CBE086 and CBE085.
Also included, aircraft plaque: "AIR FRANCE Lorsque viendra le jour d’exposer Concorde dans un musee, la Smithsonian Institution a dores et deja choisi, pour le Musee de l’Air et de l’Espace de Washington, un appariel portant le couleurs d’Air France."

700s – January 2009


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Your Guide to Active Summer Living: Success Stories and Tips From Diabetes Forecast
ALEXANDRIA, VA–(Marketwire – Jun 30, 2011) – Summer is a time for fun and exercise — for people of all ages and backgrounds. The July issue of Diabetes Forecast , the consumer magazine of the American Diabetes Association, looks at the importance of exercise for people with diabetes and some of their successes, from a professional golfer to young athletes to older folks who are aging …
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Golf course preview: Shaker Hills in Harvard
HARVARD – Halfway to Shaker Hills Golf Club last Monday my playing partner realized he had forgotten his golf shoes, so we turned around and his teenage daughter met us along the way to save time. She brought the shoes, but we noticed that she had a near flat tire and we changed it for her. To be honest, my playing partner changed it while I admired his quick work.
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Watch Instructional Videos, Read My Blog, and Discuss Your Game at: The Gateway To Better Golf golfswing.thruhere.net BPS golf instructor Steve Bishop discusses setting up for a chip shot and the proper execution of a chip shot. Included with this lesson is also a drill which will help with your chipping technique.
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In order to improve golf swing mechanics, it’s important not to lift the club too early, to keep the head steady and to hold the finish. Learn how to do a one-piece takeaway in golf with help from a golf instructor in this free video on golf swing mechanics. Expert: Tim Panzanaro Contact: www.casperkillgolf.com/content/view/20/45/ Bio: Tim Panzanaro has been teaching golfers of all abilities for 20 years. Filmmaker: Kefa Olang
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Smart golfers are very selective about what kinds of golf tips they are willing to integrate into their game.  Sure, they may politely listen to another golfer’s take on their swing, but if you watch carefully they are usually extremely careful about what input actually gets tried out.  This makes a lot of sense, because much of the information received through casual tips isn’t worth a whole lot!  However, every once in a while there are changes in golf instruction that deserve attention, and one of those watershed moments are happening right now…

Golf Tips That Work with the Body

The interaction between the golf swing and a golfer’s biomechanical design has probably not received enough attention over the years.  The best modern golf tips are able to utilize information and analysis from biomechanical scientists, kinesiologists, and golf instructors to implement pertinent information that makes it a part of the golf swing, to be used in each and every round.  How does that affect the golf swing of the average golfer?
 
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Golf technology has certainly had an effect on the game, but the fact is that the information provided through Perfect Connection Golf Swing can likely surpass even those benefits for most golfers.   Through utilizing the information gathered from biomechanics and health knowledge, this new era of golf instruction will allow them to forge a golf swing that offers consistency, reliability, and longevity, not to mention a diminished risk of injuries.

Using this scientific understanding of the ways that muscles and joints work together naturally, a golfer has the opportunity to become better and better over time.  This doesn’t even take into consideration the ability to correct some of the hitches that may already exist in the swing.  It will also allow most golfers to continue playing the game for many years to come without any stress injuries!

What Does It Take To Offer These Kinds Of Golf Tips?

The Perfect Connection Golf Swing was developed by an experienced professional golf instructor.  He has painstakingly combined his years of golf knowledge and training skills with some of the most pertinent research work available from the biomechanical scientific community and health care experts.  If you think about it, this is frankly the only type of experience that could successfully develop an effective system. Golfing with this system is far more body friendly than in the past, and the program is quite natural for people to implement in their games. 

In fact, most are able to integrate their new skills quite well with just one trip to the range, because the swing is so natural and works with the body so effectively!  If you are interested in taking full advantage of this research to improve your golf swing, then be sure to check out all of the details on www.perfectconnectiongolfswing.com, and start changing your game for the better today.  There has never been a better time to look for valuable golf tips than right now!

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In golf, the most popular putting grip is called the reverse overlap, and it involves placing the index finger of the left hand down the right hand. Learn about keeping the wrist still in a golf putt with tips from a golf instructor in this free video on golf putting grips. Expert: Conan Elliott Contact: www.teacherofchampions.com Bio: Conan Elliott has been the director of instruction at Camas Meadows Golf Club since January 2004. He has been teaching for more than 30 years, and truly is a “teacher of champions.” Filmmaker: Lisa Fenderson
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About 10 days ago as I was almost over my achilles tendon issue, when my right quad blew out. I have been with two leg braces in bed. A wonderful friend gave me a wireless computer to play with and another got it to work with the internet. I can do about 2 hours a day on this thiingy.

But I’m having to forgo pixel play and wandering across my wacom tablet. In stead, I worked a bit with filters and such on this simple image…

These days I am returning mostly to my wordsmithing ways–journaling.

There is no need to reply to this pathos…it just made me feel good to get it down, out of my head…put it on a keyboard…and then set it free in cyberspace.
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In 2006 my joints, nerves, and spine collaborated in distorting muscles and tendons as they waged war upon my soul. During winter the spine sent suicide bombers down from my sciatica and into my big right toe. Then in Spring-Summer the C3 and C4 sent terrorists to mess with the wiring from my neck down to the finger tips on my left hand. I’m certain, my finger tingling is not how God designed the infrastructure. On this 93 degree day in the Pacific Northwest, I’m writing to you now from my encampment on the second floor of my home. Both legs are velcroed into braces, and if you want to laugh, watch me use the toilet.

In 1910 Louise Meunier took his first breath. As the techies would say today, “he was an early adopter.” He had one of the first model-T cars in his neighborhood, owned a plane at age 33, and went on to design paper mills that used re-cycled products in an era when Rachel Carlson was still just a kid dreaming about the environment.

None of this was given to him, he earned it all. He was always workin’ which included: golf caddy, soda jerk, newspaper boy, salesman, manager, saxophone player. Louis had large, luminous-almost kid-like-eyes. He was unassuming, except when he would impersonate admirals and Nordstrom CEO’s to perfect strangers. He also likes to portray himself as a Frenchman, but only knows a half dozen words

Louis and his wife Agnes raised a funny, bright, and magical daughter…whom I tricked into marrying me. She is my Judy-bug.

On Sunday, around 5 am Louis went in for that final “innovation” and left us at age 96 on a hot July day.

By that Sunday night, I could no longer get out of bed. The next day I would struggle to get downstairs to go to the emergency service room. I almost passed out twice from pain. By the second time, they gave me the preferred drug of choice by Hospice patients. This past week I have bonded with Mrs. Vicadin and Ms. Percaset as I needed the friendship at times.

Judy had to do things unheard of, like helping me pee into mayonnaise jar, removing a toilet seat to replace it with a tall adapter, run obscure parts of the computer, and try to exercise my bum knee by hand. She almost-cheerfully wakes up at 11 pm and 2 am to strap me into my “legs” so I can wobble towards the bathroom, clutching Louis’s creaky walker.

My bed is surrounded by pill bottles standing at attention, while a remote handset and cell phone snooze in black plastic cradles.

Brian came over for 6 hours to see if he could install a wireless computer so I would have something to do during the day. (How many times can I look at my darn photos on the wall?) Nobody, but a very solid friend would spend that much time tinkering with my hardware. Unfortunately, it didn’t work completely…gotta call Apple tomorrow.

Ever try to get tech support, while balancing a phone on your ear and computer on a pillow? The only thing worse than that nightmare is when the phone becomes jammed, and I have to wait for Judy to return and disconnect and re-connect the batteries in the phone at the other end of the house.

I know there is a lesson here somewhere. Is it that old crazy aphorism: If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans”. Or might it be heard in my more acute pain moments when I call out to God in my head, “Please take me all at once, not in little pieces like this!” Perhaps this preview of advanced aging serves to spur me into taking early retirement in order to enjoy what I might have left.

Or am I just having Twilight Zone moment, At any moment I expect to see Rod Serling exit from the bathroom, cigarette in hand….and saying something like:

What happens when the wiring in your world goes a bit off?

In the predawn light , you notice three spiders [Louis, me, Judy] behaving as if they were drunk on the rosy rising sun….they are deviating from the horizontal and vertical grids you have seen on all the previous mornings…In this particular moment you notice they are spinning a new, odd and surreal webbing…criss-crossing in an intoxicated manner. Suddenly, you see what looks like a shadow-bug of yourself heading for the web. You have been so busy making the web, you hadn’t noticed who it was for…

Welcome to YOUR twilight zone.

Dennis Washingtons “End of the Island” by Air


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The entire Northern Tip of Stuart Island belongs to Dennis Washington. It even features a private 9 hole golf course along the Arran Rapids.

My old Huntsville neighborhood.


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Kingsway, the street where I grew up, Huntsville AL.
More of Jim’s stuff at jimthompson.org
Image courtesy USGS

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Camp Hero


Image by SeeBeeW
Inside of Pump Station Building

Camp Hero (also known as Fort Hero or the Montauk Air Force Station) was a military base at Montauk Point on the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. It was decommissioned in the 1980s and is now owned by the New York State Department of Parks as Camp Hero State Park. The park offers a beach, fishing, hiking, a bridle path, biking, and cross-country skiing. Despite rumors to the contrary, there is no concrete evidence of any secret underground facility. The supposed Montauk Project or Philadelphia Experiment which supposedly occurred at the base are widely regarded as hoaxes or urban legends.

Early history

The eastern tip of Long Island has always had strategic significance, even in the days of the American Revolution. When the Montauk Lighthouse was first authorized in 1792, part of its mission was to keep a lookout for British ships sailing for New York or Boston, and as such was the first military installation at Montauk.

World War I

Montauk was always considered a prime location for a possible invasion because of its remoteness and prime location midway between two major American cities. During World War I, the Army stationed reconnaissance dirigibles, an airplane, troops and Coast Guard personnel at Montauk.

World War II

Based on its history and location, it was not surprising that the government established Fort Hero in 1929 on the point just south of the lighthouse. The fort was named after Major General Andrew Hero, Jr., who was the Army’s Chief of Coast Artillery between 1926 and 1930 . He died in 1942.

In World War II, with German U-boats threatening the East Coast and Long Island, Montauk was again considered a likely invasion point. The US Army upgraded Fort Hero, and renamed it Camp Hero in 1942. The Navy also acquired land in the area, including Fort Pond Bay and Montauk Manor. They built docks, seaplane hangars, barracks, and other buildings in the area. There was also a huge torpedo testing facility.

The whole facility, with U.S. Army, Navy and Coast Guard constituents, was officially known as the "US Military Reservation", but the locals just called it "Camp Hero".

Camp Hero itself swelled to 278 acres (1.13 km2), and included four obsolete 16-inch naval rifles, originally intended for battleships, installed as expedient coastal artillery pieces in concrete bunkers. The coastal gun emplacements were camouflaged with netting and foliage. A large "Fire Control Center" was built next to the lighthouse to direct the artillery and Anti-aircraft warfare. Other armaments included quadruple fifty caliber Machine Gun for low altitude defense up to large 90mm and 120mm artillery. The camp was a self-contained town with recreational facilities, barracks and its own power plant.

Camp Hero was also used as a training facility and a target range, with guns being fired at offshore targets.

To protect it from enemy bombers and the prying eyes of Nazi spies in fishing boats, the entire base was built to look like a typical New England fishing village. Concrete bunkers had windows painted on them and ornamental roofs with fake dormers. The gymnasium was made to look like a church with a faux steeple.

When World War II ended, the base was temporarily shut down and used as a training facility by the Army Reserves. The naval facilities were largely abandoned.

Cold War

In the 1950s, the Cold War was on and the big concern was Soviet long-range bombers armed with nuclear weapons, so the Army gave over the western portion of the military reservation to the 773rd Aircraft Control and Warning (AC&W) Squadron. Their job was plane spotting and aircraft identification. During this time the military reservation was run jointly by the Army and the Air Force, with the Air Force in the western portion and the Army in the eastern portion.

In 1952, the 773rd was transferred to the 26th Air Division and operated as an Air Defense Direction Center. Several different types of additional surveillance and height finder radars were deployed at the base, the first radar units having been installed in 1948.

In November 1957, the Army closed the Camp Hero portion of the military reservation as Soviet long-distance bombers could fly well above ground-based artillery. The Air Force continued using the western half of the facility for radar surveillance. The Eastern portion of the site was donated to New York State, but it remained unused because of its close proximity to a high-security facility.

In 1958 a Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) radar system was installed at what was now known as the Montauk Air Force Station and the facility was merged into the national air defense network. The equipment included a huge AN/FPS-35 radar antenna, built by Sperry. The reflector was 126 feet (38 m) long and 38 feet (12 m) tall, weighing 40 tons, and was supposedly only the second ever built. It was able to detect airborne objects at distances of well over 200 miles (320 km). It also used "frequency diversity" technology making it resistant to electronic countermeasures. The site was under the command of the Air Force with Sperry personnel operating and maintaining the actual radar equipment. Radar data collected at the site was sent to the SAGE Direction Center located at Hancock Field, a small Air Force installation in Syracuse, New York that coordinated inputs from SAGE radars all over the northeastern United States.

The SAGE system was so powerful that it disrupted local TV and radio broadcasts, and had to be shut down several times and re-calibrated. The problems were later resolved.

The Montauk facility was state of the art and many new systems were developed or tested there including magnetic memory for storage, light pens, keyboards, WANs (Wide area networks) and modular circuit packaging. It was also a major part of the NORAD defense system, so security was very tight.

The unit was renamed the 773rd Radar Squadron (SAGE) in 1963.

In 1978 the Air Force submitted a proposal to the Carter Administration to close the base, as it was largely obsolete due to the emergence of spy satellite technology. The installation was kept operational until a new facility operated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Riverhead, New York was ready for use. The Montauk installation was shutdown on July 1, 1980.

Considering its size, removing the huge antenna was problematic at best so it was "abandoned in place", with its controlling motors and electronics removed, allowing it to move with the wind to prevent it being torn off its base in a storm. A GATR (Ground Air Transmitter Receiver) facility remained in service to direct military aircraft operating within the region. This system was deactivated and removed in 1984. Riverhead now controls all air traffic in the area.

Post-military use

In 1984 the General Services Administration attempted to sell the entire facility to real estate developers. Local environmental activists protested, claiming that the site had many unique ecosystems and animal habitats. The remaining portions of the military reservation at Montauk were decommissioned and most of the facility, including Camp Hero, was donated to the National Park Service, which then turned it over to the New York State Department of Parks. Portions not deemed environmentally sensitive were sold off.

In 1992, Preston Nichols and Peter Moon wrote a book called "The Montauk Project: Experiments in Time" (ISBN 0-9631889-0-9) in which they alleged that secret experiments were carried out at the Camp Hero site. The book proved quite popular with conspiracy theorists, and spawned several sequels. (See Montauk Project)

Camp Hero remained largely undeveloped through the 1980s and 1990s. In 1996, a feasibility study was undertaken for developing the site as a golf course. However, environmentalists were concerned that the golf course would impact rare species of plants and endangered wildlife such as the Blue-spotted salamander and Eastern tiger salamander and irrigation would deplete limited sources of groundwater on the peninsula.Although there was a great demand to create new golf courses on Long Island, particularly on the East End, the idea of creating a new golf course in Montauk in addition to Montauk Downs State Park was dropped in 1999

The site, now called Camp Hero State Park, was opened to the public on September 18, 2002. There are plans in the works for a museum and an interpretive center that will focus on World War II and Cold War history.

Information from
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Hero_State_Park

Camp Hero


Image by SeeBeeW
Inside of Pump Station Building

Camp Hero (also known as Fort Hero or the Montauk Air Force Station) was a military base at Montauk Point on the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. It was decommissioned in the 1980s and is now owned by the New York State Department of Parks as Camp Hero State Park. The park offers a beach, fishing, hiking, a bridle path, biking, and cross-country skiing. Despite rumors to the contrary, there is no concrete evidence of any secret underground facility. The supposed Montauk Project or Philadelphia Experiment which supposedly occurred at the base are widely regarded as hoaxes or urban legends.

Early history

The eastern tip of Long Island has always had strategic significance, even in the days of the American Revolution. When the Montauk Lighthouse was first authorized in 1792, part of its mission was to keep a lookout for British ships sailing for New York or Boston, and as such was the first military installation at Montauk.

World War I

Montauk was always considered a prime location for a possible invasion because of its remoteness and prime location midway between two major American cities. During World War I, the Army stationed reconnaissance dirigibles, an airplane, troops and Coast Guard personnel at Montauk.

World War II

Based on its history and location, it was not surprising that the government established Fort Hero in 1929 on the point just south of the lighthouse. The fort was named after Major General Andrew Hero, Jr., who was the Army’s Chief of Coast Artillery between 1926 and 1930 . He died in 1942.

In World War II, with German U-boats threatening the East Coast and Long Island, Montauk was again considered a likely invasion point. The US Army upgraded Fort Hero, and renamed it Camp Hero in 1942. The Navy also acquired land in the area, including Fort Pond Bay and Montauk Manor. They built docks, seaplane hangars, barracks, and other buildings in the area. There was also a huge torpedo testing facility.

The whole facility, with U.S. Army, Navy and Coast Guard constituents, was officially known as the "US Military Reservation", but the locals just called it "Camp Hero".

Camp Hero itself swelled to 278 acres (1.13 km2), and included four obsolete 16-inch naval rifles, originally intended for battleships, installed as expedient coastal artillery pieces in concrete bunkers. The coastal gun emplacements were camouflaged with netting and foliage. A large "Fire Control Center" was built next to the lighthouse to direct the artillery and Anti-aircraft warfare. Other armaments included quadruple fifty caliber Machine Gun for low altitude defense up to large 90mm and 120mm artillery. The camp was a self-contained town with recreational facilities, barracks and its own power plant.

Camp Hero was also used as a training facility and a target range, with guns being fired at offshore targets.

To protect it from enemy bombers and the prying eyes of Nazi spies in fishing boats, the entire base was built to look like a typical New England fishing village. Concrete bunkers had windows painted on them and ornamental roofs with fake dormers. The gymnasium was made to look like a church with a faux steeple.

When World War II ended, the base was temporarily shut down and used as a training facility by the Army Reserves. The naval facilities were largely abandoned.

Cold War

In the 1950s, the Cold War was on and the big concern was Soviet long-range bombers armed with nuclear weapons, so the Army gave over the western portion of the military reservation to the 773rd Aircraft Control and Warning (AC&W) Squadron. Their job was plane spotting and aircraft identification. During this time the military reservation was run jointly by the Army and the Air Force, with the Air Force in the western portion and the Army in the eastern portion.

In 1952, the 773rd was transferred to the 26th Air Division and operated as an Air Defense Direction Center. Several different types of additional surveillance and height finder radars were deployed at the base, the first radar units having been installed in 1948.

In November 1957, the Army closed the Camp Hero portion of the military reservation as Soviet long-distance bombers could fly well above ground-based artillery. The Air Force continued using the western half of the facility for radar surveillance. The Eastern portion of the site was donated to New York State, but it remained unused because of its close proximity to a high-security facility.

In 1958 a Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) radar system was installed at what was now known as the Montauk Air Force Station and the facility was merged into the national air defense network. The equipment included a huge AN/FPS-35 radar antenna, built by Sperry. The reflector was 126 feet (38 m) long and 38 feet (12 m) tall, weighing 40 tons, and was supposedly only the second ever built. It was able to detect airborne objects at distances of well over 200 miles (320 km). It also used "frequency diversity" technology making it resistant to electronic countermeasures. The site was under the command of the Air Force with Sperry personnel operating and maintaining the actual radar equipment. Radar data collected at the site was sent to the SAGE Direction Center located at Hancock Field, a small Air Force installation in Syracuse, New York that coordinated inputs from SAGE radars all over the northeastern United States.

The SAGE system was so powerful that it disrupted local TV and radio broadcasts, and had to be shut down several times and re-calibrated. The problems were later resolved.

The Montauk facility was state of the art and many new systems were developed or tested there including magnetic memory for storage, light pens, keyboards, WANs (Wide area networks) and modular circuit packaging. It was also a major part of the NORAD defense system, so security was very tight.

The unit was renamed the 773rd Radar Squadron (SAGE) in 1963.

In 1978 the Air Force submitted a proposal to the Carter Administration to close the base, as it was largely obsolete due to the emergence of spy satellite technology. The installation was kept operational until a new facility operated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Riverhead, New York was ready for use. The Montauk installation was shutdown on July 1, 1980.

Considering its size, removing the huge antenna was problematic at best so it was "abandoned in place", with its controlling motors and electronics removed, allowing it to move with the wind to prevent it being torn off its base in a storm. A GATR (Ground Air Transmitter Receiver) facility remained in service to direct military aircraft operating within the region. This system was deactivated and removed in 1984. Riverhead now controls all air traffic in the area.

Post-military use

In 1984 the General Services Administration attempted to sell the entire facility to real estate developers. Local environmental activists protested, claiming that the site had many unique ecosystems and animal habitats. The remaining portions of the military reservation at Montauk were decommissioned and most of the facility, including Camp Hero, was donated to the National Park Service, which then turned it over to the New York State Department of Parks. Portions not deemed environmentally sensitive were sold off.

In 1992, Preston Nichols and Peter Moon wrote a book called "The Montauk Project: Experiments in Time" (ISBN 0-9631889-0-9) in which they alleged that secret experiments were carried out at the Camp Hero site. The book proved quite popular with conspiracy theorists, and spawned several sequels. (See Montauk Project)

Camp Hero remained largely undeveloped through the 1980s and 1990s. In 1996, a feasibility study was undertaken for developing the site as a golf course. However, environmentalists were concerned that the golf course would impact rare species of plants and endangered wildlife such as the Blue-spotted salamander and Eastern tiger salamander and irrigation would deplete limited sources of groundwater on the peninsula.Although there was a great demand to create new golf courses on Long Island, particularly on the East End, the idea of creating a new golf course in Montauk in addition to Montauk Downs State Park was dropped in 1999

The site, now called Camp Hero State Park, was opened to the public on September 18, 2002. There are plans in the works for a museum and an interpretive center that will focus on World War II and Cold War history.

Information from
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Hero_State_Park

Camp Hero


Image by SeeBeeW
Inside of Pump Station Building

Camp Hero (also known as Fort Hero or the Montauk Air Force Station) was a military base at Montauk Point on the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. It was decommissioned in the 1980s and is now owned by the New York State Department of Parks as Camp Hero State Park. The park offers a beach, fishing, hiking, a bridle path, biking, and cross-country skiing. Despite rumors to the contrary, there is no concrete evidence of any secret underground facility. The supposed Montauk Project or Philadelphia Experiment which supposedly occurred at the base are widely regarded as hoaxes or urban legends.

Early history

The eastern tip of Long Island has always had strategic significance, even in the days of the American Revolution. When the Montauk Lighthouse was first authorized in 1792, part of its mission was to keep a lookout for British ships sailing for New York or Boston, and as such was the first military installation at Montauk.

World War I

Montauk was always considered a prime location for a possible invasion because of its remoteness and prime location midway between two major American cities. During World War I, the Army stationed reconnaissance dirigibles, an airplane, troops and Coast Guard personnel at Montauk.

World War II

Based on its history and location, it was not surprising that the government established Fort Hero in 1929 on the point just south of the lighthouse. The fort was named after Major General Andrew Hero, Jr., who was the Army’s Chief of Coast Artillery between 1926 and 1930 . He died in 1942.

In World War II, with German U-boats threatening the East Coast and Long Island, Montauk was again considered a likely invasion point. The US Army upgraded Fort Hero, and renamed it Camp Hero in 1942. The Navy also acquired land in the area, including Fort Pond Bay and Montauk Manor. They built docks, seaplane hangars, barracks, and other buildings in the area. There was also a huge torpedo testing facility.

The whole facility, with U.S. Army, Navy and Coast Guard constituents, was officially known as the "US Military Reservation", but the locals just called it "Camp Hero".

Camp Hero itself swelled to 278 acres (1.13 km2), and included four obsolete 16-inch naval rifles, originally intended for battleships, installed as expedient coastal artillery pieces in concrete bunkers. The coastal gun emplacements were camouflaged with netting and foliage. A large "Fire Control Center" was built next to the lighthouse to direct the artillery and Anti-aircraft warfare. Other armaments included quadruple fifty caliber Machine Gun for low altitude defense up to large 90mm and 120mm artillery. The camp was a self-contained town with recreational facilities, barracks and its own power plant.

Camp Hero was also used as a training facility and a target range, with guns being fired at offshore targets.

To protect it from enemy bombers and the prying eyes of Nazi spies in fishing boats, the entire base was built to look like a typical New England fishing village. Concrete bunkers had windows painted on them and ornamental roofs with fake dormers. The gymnasium was made to look like a church with a faux steeple.

When World War II ended, the base was temporarily shut down and used as a training facility by the Army Reserves. The naval facilities were largely abandoned.

Cold War

In the 1950s, the Cold War was on and the big concern was Soviet long-range bombers armed with nuclear weapons, so the Army gave over the western portion of the military reservation to the 773rd Aircraft Control and Warning (AC&W) Squadron. Their job was plane spotting and aircraft identification. During this time the military reservation was run jointly by the Army and the Air Force, with the Air Force in the western portion and the Army in the eastern portion.

In 1952, the 773rd was transferred to the 26th Air Division and operated as an Air Defense Direction Center. Several different types of additional surveillance and height finder radars were deployed at the base, the first radar units having been installed in 1948.

In November 1957, the Army closed the Camp Hero portion of the military reservation as Soviet long-distance bombers could fly well above ground-based artillery. The Air Force continued using the western half of the facility for radar surveillance. The Eastern portion of the site was donated to New York State, but it remained unused because of its close proximity to a high-security facility.

In 1958 a Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) radar system was installed at what was now known as the Montauk Air Force Station and the facility was merged into the national air defense network. The equipment included a huge AN/FPS-35 radar antenna, built by Sperry. The reflector was 126 feet (38 m) long and 38 feet (12 m) tall, weighing 40 tons, and was supposedly only the second ever built. It was able to detect airborne objects at distances of well over 200 miles (320 km). It also used "frequency diversity" technology making it resistant to electronic countermeasures. The site was under the command of the Air Force with Sperry personnel operating and maintaining the actual radar equipment. Radar data collected at the site was sent to the SAGE Direction Center located at Hancock Field, a small Air Force installation in Syracuse, New York that coordinated inputs from SAGE radars all over the northeastern United States.

The SAGE system was so powerful that it disrupted local TV and radio broadcasts, and had to be shut down several times and re-calibrated. The problems were later resolved.

The Montauk facility was state of the art and many new systems were developed or tested there including magnetic memory for storage, light pens, keyboards, WANs (Wide area networks) and modular circuit packaging. It was also a major part of the NORAD defense system, so security was very tight.

The unit was renamed the 773rd Radar Squadron (SAGE) in 1963.

In 1978 the Air Force submitted a proposal to the Carter Administration to close the base, as it was largely obsolete due to the emergence of spy satellite technology. The installation was kept operational until a new facility operated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Riverhead, New York was ready for use. The Montauk installation was shutdown on July 1, 1980.

Considering its size, removing the huge antenna was problematic at best so it was "abandoned in place", with its controlling motors and electronics removed, allowing it to move with the wind to prevent it being torn off its base in a storm. A GATR (Ground Air Transmitter Receiver) facility remained in service to direct military aircraft operating within the region. This system was deactivated and removed in 1984. Riverhead now controls all air traffic in the area.

Post-military use

In 1984 the General Services Administration attempted to sell the entire facility to real estate developers. Local environmental activists protested, claiming that the site had many unique ecosystems and animal habitats. The remaining portions of the military reservation at Montauk were decommissioned and most of the facility, including Camp Hero, was donated to the National Park Service, which then turned it over to the New York State Department of Parks. Portions not deemed environmentally sensitive were sold off.

In 1992, Preston Nichols and Peter Moon wrote a book called "The Montauk Project: Experiments in Time" (ISBN 0-9631889-0-9) in which they alleged that secret experiments were carried out at the Camp Hero site. The book proved quite popular with conspiracy theorists, and spawned several sequels. (See Montauk Project)

Camp Hero remained largely undeveloped through the 1980s and 1990s. In 1996, a feasibility study was undertaken for developing the site as a golf course. However, environmentalists were concerned that the golf course would impact rare species of plants and endangered wildlife such as the Blue-spotted salamander and Eastern tiger salamander and irrigation would deplete limited sources of groundwater on the peninsula.Although there was a great demand to create new golf courses on Long Island, particularly on the East End, the idea of creating a new golf course in Montauk in addition to Montauk Downs State Park was dropped in 1999

The site, now called Camp Hero State Park, was opened to the public on September 18, 2002. There are plans in the works for a museum and an interpretive center that will focus on World War II and Cold War history.

Information from
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Hero_State_Park

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Daihakone Country Club, Kanagawa – Japan


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Dai-Hakone C.C. is a 18 hole par 73 course. Back tee yardage: 7,121 yards, White tee (regular menÅfs) 6,605 yards, Ladies: 5,526 yards. *Caddy only. Soft Spikes only The course rate is 74.1 on the main green and 72.2 on the sub green. This course features all bent greens and has a driving range on-site.

The premier club in the valley and priced to suit. Host to a LPGA tournament every year, won in 2005 by popular Japanese superstar Ai Miyazato. This par 73 plays an incredible 7221 yards from the tips and has a combination of mature forested and open country holes. Designed by Komyo Otani in 1954 this impeccably groomed course has water coming into play on 6 holes and offers a combination of easy as well as challenging holes. Signature 17th features a green shaped like a lotus leaf and extensive bunkering.

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