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The Airship "Norge's" Flight Over the Arctic Ocean (1926)

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"Colossea"

Colossea is a megayacht with a detachable superstructure, and that superstructure just happens to be a blimp. It's not just any blimp, though: it's a modern interpretation of the iconic, history-making Norge (ex N1), which marked the first verified expedition to the North Pole on May 12, 1926.

The creation of Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth was piloted to glory by Captain Umberto Nobile at a time when humanity's dream of flight was just beginning.

Courtesy: Pierpaolo Lazzarini

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It’s the last few days to see Amy Lincoln’s exhibition of dreamy paintings at Sperone Westwater.

From the press release-

These large-scale seascapes and landscapes reference atmospheric elements—air, water, light and clouds—and engage concepts of light reflection and refraction. Working in a more expansive format, Lincoln continues her exploration of the cosmos.

Lincoln covers each of her wood panels with acrylic paint in gradations of colors from light to dark to develop a precise perspective and imply the illusion of space. Sun and Moon Spectrum, the centerpiece of the exhibition, measures over 11 feet wide, her largest seascape to date. “This painting moves sequentially through the colors of rainbow, starting at yellow, then to orange, red, magenta, purple and blue,” says Lincoln. “Bands of color progress from and divide the two glowing orbs of sun and moon, shifting from light to dark and back to light again, while also moving from warm to cool colors.” The visual conceit of moving through a color spectrum references Ellsworth Kelly’s work, a nod to the minimal abstraction that has influenced her recent practice.

In this new series, Lincoln also utilizes as subject matter botanical and forest imagery (for example, Radiant Sun with Trees (Yellow, Pink, Green), 2022). Like the waves in the seascape paintings, the fir and gingko trees repeated throughout the foreground and background serve to enhance depth and perspective. “This creates an overall simplicity and focus on color, pattern and space,” says Lincoln. “I also didn’t want to be too dependent on the seascape imagery as a formula. I wanted to apply the inventive approach to color I had learned in making the seascapes to a different set of imagery.”

This exhibition closes 5/6/23.

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On the night of November 15, 2013, a woman driving with her daughter on Ellsworth Avenue in the Bronx saw a parked Lincoln whose driver’s door was partly open. A man’s leg was extended toward the street as if he may have suffered a heart attack or been overcome with drink as he was trying to step out. The woman was preparing to offer assistance when she saw that he had a gunshot wound to the head and that blood was streaming from both his ears. The victim was Michael Meldish, who with his brother Joseph once headed the murderous Purple Gang, named after a Depression-era Detroit outfit. Some have called his killing New York’s last bonafide Mafia hit. Meldish’s crew once did dirty work for the Lucchese, Genovese and Bonanno crime families. But Meldish made the fatal mistake of refusing to pay a gambling debt owed to MattyMadonna, who was then the acting boss of the Lucchese family. Madonna, 84, ordered Meldish be taken out. Stephen Crea, the underboss, helped Madonna make the decision and relayed the order. Londonio, a made member of the family, helped set up Meldish, who was his friend. Caldwell, a mob associate, fired the fatal shot and fled the scene in a car driven by Londonio. This could go down as the last official mafia hit to have taken place. (United States) #michaelmeldish #purplegang #lucchesefamily #lucchese #luchessefamily #mattymadonna #wonderboy #mafia #gangster #newyork #ny #nypd #joecoffey #bronx #thebronx #manhattan #statenisland #organizedcrime #straightenedout #truecrime #mafiahit #contract (at Arrowhead Ranch, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqFQQTKOam9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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USAF positions B-1B bombers in Guam amid friction with China and North Korea

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 06/07/2022 - 08:33 AM in Military, War Zones

Two years after the U.S. Air Force withdrew four bombers from Guam, four B-1Bs are back at Anderson Air Force base on the island.

The aircraft arrived on the island on June 3. Personnel, aircraft and assets arrived from the 28th Bombing Wing of Ellsworth Air Base to conduct PACAF training alongside allies, partners and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Joint Force, the service reported.

The four B-1B bombers at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. (Photo: Planet Labs)

The U.S. Air Force ended the Continuous Presence of Bombers on the island after 16 years in 2020, when five B-52s left the base in April. However, reports from military circles last month said that the U.S. Air Force would redistribute the B-1Bs as an impediment to North Korea's missile tests and rising tensions with China and Russia, according to The Drive website.

Although not specified, B-1Bs may be in Guam to participate in the Valiant Shield exercise, a series of multi-domain exercises, which is taking place in Guam between June 6 and 17, in Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau and at sea around the Serra da Ilha das Marianas Complex.

The Valiant Shield will have the participation of the attack groups of aircraft carriers USS Ronald Reagan and USS Abraham Lincoln.

A statement by the commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet added that more than 200 aircraft would participate in the exercise, although there was no specific mention of the B-1Bs. The U.S. Air Force also brought the B-52Hs to the island last February for the annual Cope North multinational military exercises.

However, the deployment of B-1Bs comes amid reports that China has assembled replica ships in Guam to practice missile attacks. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) also recently revealed images of its next-generation D-26 ballistic missile, nicknamed "Guam Killer" for its range.

With the increase in Beijing's threat, measures to increase Guam's missile defense capabilities beyond the existing THAAD battery have been widely discussed. In addition to training to better survive a more limited attack, Iron Dome batteries were also deployed on the island in an experimental initiative to combat missile threats.

The U.S. has already increased the number of nuclear-powered attack submarines stationed there, with the arrival of a fifth vessel in April this year.

The U.S. had already deployed the bombers during North Korea's nuclear and missile provocations in 2017, when the aircraft flew along the Northern Border Line in the West Sea. The measures are being seen as a show of strength aimed at avoiding potential provocations from North Korea.

However, since 2017, bombers have never appeared on the Korean peninsula. Three years later, the Pentagon removed them from Guam, stating that bombers may be more effective when flying from their bases in the continental United States.

Tags: Military AviationB-1B LancerbombersUSAF - United States Air Force / U.S. Air ForceWar Zones - Indo-Asia-Pacific

Fernando Valduga

Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, he has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Dayton Airshow and FIDAE. He has works published in a specialized aviation magazine in Brazil and abroad. He uses Canon equipment during his photographic work in the world of aviation.

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I'm reading a book on Lincoln Ellsworth, a lazy depressed gay Arctic/Antarctic explorer who had a major crush on Roald Amundsen whom he went on two expeditions with and wrote a poem for. I thought I was gonna hate Lincoln he sounds so whiny but damn I like him.

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IMAGENES Y DATOS INTERESANTES DEL DIA 12 DE MAYO DE 2023

Día Internacional de la Enfermería, Día Internacional de la Sanidad Vegetal, Día Internacional de las Mujeres Matemáticas, Día Mundial de la Fibromialgia y del Síndrome de la Fatiga Crónica, Día Europeo de las PYMEs, Semana de Acción Contra los Mosquitos, Año Internacional del Mijo y Año Internacional del Diálogo como Garantía de Paz.

San Nereo, Santo Domingo de la Calzada y Santa Domitila.

Tal día como hoy en el año 1912: Aparece publicada la primera fotografía en color en la prensa española, en la revista Blanco y Negro.

En 1926: Umberto Nobile, Roald Amundsen y Lincoln Ellsworth a bordo del dirigible Norge sobrevuelan el polo norte.

En 1930: El aviador Juan Muñoz atraviesa el océano Atlántico sur en un hidroavión.

En 1937: Jorge VI es coronado rey de Inglaterra.

En 1940: Alemania inicia la invasión de Francia, y tras seis semanas derrotará a las fuerzas aliadas, conquistando Francia, Bélgica, Luxemburgo y los Países Bajos.

En 1949: La Unión Soviética levanta el bloqueo de Berlín, Alemania.

En 1956: Nace Homer Simpson, personaje ficticio protagonista de la serie de televisión de dibujos animados estadounidense Los Simpson.

En 2002: El ex presidente de Estados Unidos Jimmy Carter visita durante cinco días a Fidel Castro en Cuba, siendo el primer presidente dentro o fuera de su mandato en visitar la isla desde la Revolución cubana de 1959.

En 2010: Se estrella el vuelo 711en la maniobra de aterrizaje en las inmediaciones de la pista del aeropuerto de Trípoli (Libia). En el accidente pierden la vida 103 personas y sólo hay un sobreviviente, un niño de 9 años.

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Ellsworth’s Ghost: Hauntings of The First Casualty

LONG SHADOWS: More Ghosts and Haunts of the Civil War Colonel Elmer E Ellsworth was a personal friend of Lincoln’s and leader of the elite New York “Fire” Zouaves. Courtesy of the National Gallery In Chapter 31 of Dixie Spirits, we investigated the Custis-Lee Mansion, also known as Arlington House, which still stands near Alexandria, Virginia, but we did not explore the other many ghosts and…

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U.S. Daily Precipitation Records Tied/Broken 5/31/22

Arapaho National Forest, Colorado: 0.8" (previous record 0.7" 1991)

Unincorporated Boulder County, Colorado: 0.9" (previous record 0.7" 1991)

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado: 0.8" (previous record 0.5" 1991)

Brooklet, Georgia: 1.17" (previous record 1.03" 1933)

Unincorporated Kaua'i County, Hawaii: 0.44" (previous record 0.3" 1991)

Unincorporated Kaua'i County, Hawaii: 0.85" (previous record 0.77" 1949)

Ashton, Idaho: 1.12" (previous record 1.1" 1999)

Kamiah, Idaho: 1.23" (previous record 0.82" 2000)

Sedgwick Peak summit, Idaho: 0.3" (also 0.3" 2019)

Spirit Lake, Iowa: 1.88" (previous record 0.42" 1943)

Abilene, Kansas: 2.13" (previous record 1.2" 1898)

Alta Vista, Kansas: 2.8" (previous record 2.46" 1977)

Blue Township, Kansas: 1.92" (previous record 1.46" 1896)

Cottonwood Falls, Kansas: 2.78" (previous record 2.5" 2006)

Ellsworth Township, Kansas: 3.64" (previous record 1.04" 2016)

Garnett, Kansas: 2.8" (previous record 1.55" 1982)

Geneseo, Kansas: 1.63" (previous record 1.25" 2006)

Holton, Kansas: 2.4" (previous record 1.36" 1999)

Lawrence, Kansas: 2.5" (previous record 1.73" 2013)

Lincoln Township, Kansas: 1.39" (previous record 1.31" 2012)

Manhattan, Kansas: 2.52" (previous record 1.98" 1896)

Manhattan Township, Kansas: 1.93" (previous record 0.87" 2012)

McFarland, Kansas: 3.22" (previous record 1.68" 1977)

Rossville, Kansas: 3.63" (previous record 1.8" 2012)

Smoky Hill Township, Kansas: 1.68" (previous record 1.4" 1977)

Wichita, Kansas: 3.9" (previous record 1.76" 2021)

Browns Valley, Minnesota: 1.25" (previous record 0.8" 1996)

Dawson, Minnesota: 0.85" (previous record 0.8" 1951)

Pipestone, Minnesota: 0.94" (previous record 0.92" 2011)

Wheaton, Minnesota: 2.91" (previous record 2.44" 1938)

Kansas City, Missouri: 2.96" (previous record 2.44" 1996)

North Kansas City, Missouri: 3.15" (previous record 2.17" 1959)

Platte Township, Missouri: 1.7" (previous record 1.53" 2013)

Unincorporated Carbon County, Montana: 0.55" (previous record 0.53" 1969)

Custer National Forest, Montana: 0.9" (previous record 0.7" 1987)

Gallatin National Forest, Montana: 0.5" (also 0.5" 1987)

Unincorporated Dawes County, Nebraska: 1.03" (previous record 0.66" 1967)

Unincorporated Sheridan County, Nebraska: 2.06" (previous record 0.98" 2005)

Unincorporated Sioux County, Nebraska: 2.07" (previous record 1.8" 1935)

Unincorporated Elko County, Nevada: 0.65" (previous record 0.57" 1990)

Ashley, North Dakota: 1.75" (previous record 1.42" 2007)

Unincorporated Foster County, North Dakota: 2.02" (previous record 1.04" 2004)

Langdon, North Dakota: 2.08" (previous record 1.35" 2013)

Pembina, North Dakota: 2.33" (previous record 1.73" 2013)

Unincorporated Stutsman County, North Dakota: 1.4" (previous record 0.64" 2018)

Unincorporated Tillman County, Oklahoma: 3.91" (previous record 3.2" 1973)

Alexandria, South Dakota: 2.7" (previous record 1.5" 1991)

Unincorporated Brule County, South Dakota: 0.66" (previous record 0.51" 1996)

Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota: 2.6" (previous record 0.41" 2013)

Edgemont, South Dakota: 1.28" (previous record 0.74" 2005)

Gettysburg, South Dakota: 2.34" (previous record 1.93" 1949)

Unincorporated Sanborn County, South Dakota: 1" (previous record 0.97" 1954)

Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge, South Dakota: 2.26" (previous record 1.08" 1971)

Wessington Springs, South Dakota: 0.93" (previous record 0.7" 1996)

Winner, South Dakota: 0.95" (previous record 0.85" 1945)

Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, Washington: 0.8" (previous record 0.43" 1940)

Unincorporated Bighorn County, Wyoming: 1.01" (previous record 0.75" 1992)

Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming: 0.7" (previous record 0.4" 2013)

Black Mt. summit, Wyoming: 1.37" (previous record 0.98" 1971)

Boysen State Park, Wyoming: 0.6" (previous record 0.58" 1979)

Bridger National Forest, Wyoming: 0.5" (previous record 0.3" 1994)

Buffalo, Wyoming: 0.85" (previous record 0.82" 1909)

Casper Mt. summit, Wyoming: 0.7" (also 0.7" 1991)

Cody, Wyoming: 1.1" (previous record 0.7" 1967)

Unincorporated Goshen County, Wyoming: 0.63" (previous record 0.58" 1967)

Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming: 0.6" (also 0.6" 1992)

Midwest, Wyoming: 1.13" (previous record 0.97" 1939)

Unincorporated Natrona County, Wyoming: 2.1" (previous record 0.51" 1969)

Unincorporated Natrona County, Wyoming: 0.55" (previous record 0.38" 1947)

Unincorporated Park County, Wyoming: 0.38" (previous record 0.37" 1981)

Pavillion, Wyoming: 1.3" (previous record 0.6" 1967)

Riverton, Wyoming: 1.19" (previous record 1.03" 1971)

Sheridan, Wyoming: 1.69" (previous record 1.08" 1967)

Unincorporated Sheridan County, Wyoming: 2.75" (previous record 0.92" 1992)

South Pass summit, Wyoming: 0.8" (also 0.8" 1989)

Spring Creek Divide summit, Wyoming: 0.5" (also 0.5" 2005)

Teton National Forest, Wyoming: 1.4" (previous record 1.2" 1991)

Togwotee Pass summit, Wyoming: 0.6" (previous record 0.4" 1999)

Unincorporated Washakie County, Wyoming: 1.24" (previous record 0.9" 1971)

Unincorporated Washakie County, Wyoming: 1.3" (previous record 0.7" 2007)

Younts Peak summit, Wyoming: 0.7" (previous record 0.4" 2005)

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Roald Amundsen - Lincoln Ellsworth's Flight Expedition 1925 (1925)

[moneyisnobject]

“Colossea”

Colossea is a megayacht with a detachable superstructure, and that superstructure just happens to be a blimp. It’s not just any blimp, though: it’s a modern interpretation of the iconic, history-making Norge (ex N1), which marked the first verified expedition to the North Pole on May 12, 1926.

The creation of Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth was piloted to glory by Captain Umberto Nobile at a time when humanity’s dream of flight was just beginning.

Courtesy: Pierpaolo Lazzarini

[fiezcapnordsblog]

Jeudi 2 Juin,

De Tana Bru nous repartons plus au Nord Est direction Vadso puis encore plus loin Vardo et ,sur conseil de Luigi jusqu’à Hamningberg … et là, fin de la route !

Ce village n’est plus habité depuis 1960, il est réputé et reconnu des ornithologues pour sa grande diversité et d’espèces rares. Les touristes qui viendront ici pourront également s’adonner la pêche au King Crabe qui, paraît il est le meilleur du monde. La route qui y mène est incroyable, elle n’est pas lunaire mais martienne ! On ne s’y croise pas sur 17 km à flanc de falaises dans des champs de rochers noirs comme déchirés par les éléments. Nous passerons la nuit au bord de l’océan Atlantique en compagnie des observateurs animaliers non sans avoir grillé une côte d’agneau au feu de bois. Depuis le temps que nous voyons paître des moutons, c’est la première fois que nous en avons trouvé en magasin !

Vardo, pour atteindre ce village de pêcheurs il faut « plonger » sous le fjord à moins 88 m sous le niveau de la mer par un tunnel de près de 3 km. Nous visiterons ce lieu demain.

Vadso ville portuaire, connue pour avoir été le théâtre d’une tragédie. En 1920 un m^at en forme de derrick fut construit pour amarrer le dirigeable de Roald Amundsen, Umberto Nobile et Lincoln Ellsworth qui rallièrent l’Alaska en passant par le Pôle Nord. Deux ans plus tard il servit au lancement de l’Italia, Nobile voulant revivre cet exploit, mais il s’écrasa dans le Svalbard. Amundsen partit à leur recherche en compagnie de 12 navires et 1500 hommes, il disparut au cours de cette tentative et devint un martyr et un héros national.

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Lincoln Ellsworth and Roald Amundsen try their sun compasses before the expedition with the Airship “Norge” to the North Pole, Ny-Ålesund, Norway, 1926

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Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth was a man with large military ambitions, but his meteoric fame came in a way he could not have hoped for: posthumously. At the age of 24, as commander of the 11th New York Volunteers, also known as the First Fire Zouaves, Ellsworth became the first Union officer killed in the war.

He was not just any Union officer. After working as a patent agent in Rockford, Illinois, in 1854, Ellsworth studied law in Chicago, where he also served as a colonel commanding National Guard cadets. In 1860, Ellsworth took a job in Abraham Lincoln’s Springfield law office. The young clerk and Lincoln became friends, and when the president-elect moved to Washington in 1861, Ellsworth accompanied him. A student of military history and tactics, Ellsworth admired the Zouaves, Algerian troops fighting with the French Army in North Africa, and had employed their training methods with his cadets. He even designed a uniform with baggy trousers in the Zouave style.

On May 24, 1861, the day after Virginia voters ratified the state convention’s decision to secede from the Union, Ellsworth and his troops entered Alexandria, Virginia, to assist in the occupation of the city. As it happened, an 8- by 14-foot Confederate flag—large enough to be seen by spyglass from the White House—had been visible in Alexandria for weeks, flown from the roof of an inn, the Marshall House.

The regiment, organized only six weeks earlier, encoun­tered no resistance as it moved through the city. Barber notes, however, that “the Zouaves were an unruly bunch, spoiling for a fight, and when they got into Alexandria they may have felt they were already in the thick of it. So Ellsworth may have wanted to get that flag down quickly to prevent trouble.”

At the Marshall House, Barber adds, “Colonel Ellsworth just happened to meet the one person he didn’t want to meet”—innkeeper James Jackson, a zealous defender of slavery (and, says Barber, a notorious slave abuser) with a penchant for violence.

Ellsworth approached the inn with only four troopers. Finding no resistance, he took down the flag, but as he descended to the main floor, Jackson fired on Ellsworth at point-blank range with a shotgun, killing him instantly. One of Ellsworth’s men, Cpl. Francis Brownell, then fatally shot Jackson.

A reporter from the New York Tribune happened to be on the scene; news of the shootings traveled fast. Because Ellsworth had been Lincoln’s friend, his body was taken to the White House, where it lay in state, and then to New York City, where thousands lined up to view the cortege bearing Ellsworth’s coffin. Along the route, a group of mourners displayed a banner that declared: “Ellsworth, ‘His blood cries for vengeance.’” (x)