Images Dated 7th December 2007

Palm tree and sandy beach in Sun Bay in Vieques, Puerto Rico, West Indies

Palm tree and sandy beach in Sun Bay in Vieques, Puerto Rico, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

© Donald Nausbaum

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C17 Globemaster Transport Aircraft at RAF Brize Norton

Royal Air Force C17 Globemaster transport aircraft are pictured in the early morning mist at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
The C-17 Globemaster III is capable of rapid, strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases anywhere in the world, or directly to more temporary forward operating bases owing to its short field capability. The design of the aircraft allows it to carry out high-angle, steep approaches at relatively slow speeds, thus allowing it to operate into small, austere airfields onto runways as short as 3, 500 feet long and only 90 feet wide.
The aircraft can operate into and out of problematic sites such as those surrounded by inhospitable terrain or made difficult by adverse weather conditions. The fully-integrated, electronic flight-deck and the advanced cargo-handling systems allow a basic crew of only two pilots and one air loadmaster to operate the aircraft.
On the ground, the aircraft can be turned in a very small radius and its four Pratt & Whitney engines are fully reversible, giving it the ability to manoeuvre into and out of restricted parking or freight-offload areas at undeveloped strips. This enables the C-17 to deliver cargo to small airfields with limited parking space in a shorter time, so increasing throughput where time on the ground is kept to a minimum.
The C-17 can transport 45, 360kgs of freight over 4, 500 nautical miles whilst flying at heights in excess of 30, 000 feet

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Score cover for The Dodo Dawdle'. Sheet music. One step by Ernest Dunkels. Published

Score cover for The Dodo Dawdle'. Sheet music. One step by Ernest Dunkels. Published, London, Chappell. 1911. bob cut hair style, dancer in evening dress with pince-nez / lorgnette. Birds meant to be dodos

© Lebrecht Music & Arts

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