Did You See Anything Good Today? [Non-Automotive Edition!]

xXKingJoshXx · Apr 23, 2013

First off, I would like to ask if this is the right place for this thread.

This is the place to post all of your non-automotive sightings, such as airplanes, helicopters, boats, trains, RV's, and whatever other non-automotive vehicles you see!

There are a few rules, such as:

-We prefer to have pictures with the claims, nobody wants to read about seeing Concorde without seeing a picture.

-Please try not to get off-topic.

-Just like with the DYSAGT Automotive threads, one thing that might boring to see in your area might be considered rare or cool to see in someone else's area, although it's probably less likely for this to happen in this thread.

-Unless someone wants to create a separate thread for shows, things like air shows, RV and boat shows, and train shows, pictures and videos from shows are allowed here, just be sure to say that you saw it at a show if it is not clear in the picture.

-Most of all, have fun and don't get in any arguments about anything unless it breaks the rules.

Feedback on the rules is welcome! 👍

xXKingJoshXx · Apr 23, 2013

Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS I think. In Florida.

Flying in formation in Florida.

Early amateur video of mine from the 2009 Indianapolis Air Show.

Part 2

poolhaas · Apr 23, 2013

Are bikes (motorcycles) allowed here? I know there's a thread in the motorcycle section but it's pretty abandoned.
I hardly ever have bike spots so if you prefer not I'll put them in the car thread.

Nice idea, I work close to a military base but never have a camera at work so it will be hard to get some spots

xXKingJoshXx · Apr 23, 2013

Motorcycles are allowed here, but I think they're allowed in the other thread too, so whichever one is fine.

I live close to a military base as well and there are always planes flying over my house. Yesterday someone in an airplane similar to a P-51 was doing some aerobatic maneuvers over my house, but I don't think it was military related unless it was for training.

Rue · Apr 24, 2013

Yay! Reckon this thread will be interesting. Here are some pics from me from the past year or so. Some of them are of cool vehicles, and some of them are of not so cool vehicles, but I hope they're all interesting in some way.

Delivery!

Whatever floats your boat... by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Police Ridged Hull Inflatable by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

HK Customs by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Brand new ferry terminal with the first cruise-ship moored

Welcome to Hong Kong, Kai Tak Cruise Terminal by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Sunday Morning Drive: BMW by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

HMS Rustbucket by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Azamara Journey by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Untitled by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Sunday Morning Drive: by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Sunday Morning Drive: by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Electric motorbike

Brammo Electric Police Motorbike by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Untitled by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Angry boat is angry

Angry Boats? by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Aprilia RSV4 by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Ducati Monster by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Tai Mei Tuk, Hong Kong by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Untitled by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

MV Agusta F4RR by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Macau Cotai Ferry by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Macau Sky Shuttle, Agusta Westland AW139 by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Macau Ferries by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Untitled by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Macau Ferry by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Ducati 748s by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

KTM by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Hong Kong Marine Police by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Esperanza, Greenpeace by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Hong Kong Police Motorcycle by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Adastra by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Untitled by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Got beam? by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Untitled by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Cue Wagner... by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

One of the last non-air conditioned buses that have been the workhorses of Hong Kong for years

The Hot Dogs are off! by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Solar Albatross by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

canam by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Tram by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

z_JH10303 by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

This is the view from the road at the end of my village. There's a marina nearby with some pretty cool boats in it.

Life Under Laundry by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Attention Seeker by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

z_JH10349 by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Powerboat by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Kwakka by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

1098 by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

People's Liberation Army by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Türanor and Star Ferry by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Türanor by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Untitled by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

bDSC_9297 by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

bDSC_9445 by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

air india by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

DSC_5164 by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Look Mum... by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

I have a tonne of these bike pics... No point in posting them all so this is the link http://www.flickr.com/photos/48817379@N03/with/5897115701/#photo_5897115701

Ducati 999S by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Ducati 1000DS by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

DSC_5954 by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Cathay Pacific 777 by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Smoking Tyres by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

UASC Ramadi (31 Megapixel Image) by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Untitled by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

DSC_4552 by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

These things fascinate me. They're like floating skyscrapers.

MSC Livorno by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

DSC_1295 by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

That's probably enough! Sorry for the big post...

Cano · Apr 24, 2013

HOLY HELL.

Those solar boats are amazing. Also, once again, wtf Hong Kong, wtf...

Aaaand also, you could post the bike pics in the bike thread? You could keep it alive all by yourself :lol:

some of those pics are incredible by the way Rupert, specially:

xXKingJoshXx · Apr 24, 2013

They're blocked on my computer (it's a school computer, Flickr isn't allowed) so I'll look at them when I get home. Can't wait! Sounds like it'll be a great first contribution to the thread!

Rue · Apr 24, 2013

Cheers, as usual Cano! Here are a couple more I missed.

This shot is of the exhaust port of one of the Macau Turbojets that blast from HK to Macau every twenty minutes or so. The old ones are actually made by Boeing!

New and Old by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Here's a huge cat, that I believe used to transport cars to Macau

Big Cat by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Slash · Apr 24, 2013

I think this would be better suited in the Rumble Strip but it doesn't really matter I guess.

I'll have to keep a sharp eye out for some things, great idea.

xXKingJoshXx · Apr 24, 2013

Epic post Rue! 👍

Carlos · Apr 27, 2013

Wow!! I must go to HK asap! Great photos too, so much to see it's really eye opening.

GranTurismo916 · Apr 28, 2013

Rue
canam by Rupert Procter, on Flickr

Tesla Roadster and Aston Martin DB9 easter egg?

EDIT:
Acutally, I think that's a V8 Vantage.

Carlos · Apr 28, 2013

I did see the Tesla but not the AM 👍

Pupik · May 2, 2013

Geez, Rupert...you win the thread.

Waiting, waiting in Charlotte

East by Southwest - Boeing 737 leaving FLL

Here's Your Parking Space - Boeing 757 N670SY at ATL

Sunset arrival in Little Rock - CRJ 200 (and a surprisingly expensive ticket, at that)

Hitching a ride: A CRJ 200 getting a tug at ATL

Parade of T-Tails Taxiing at ATL

Finally, Last Leg - MD88 under a post-stormy Florida sunset

SkyTeam Assembly over Colorado

Embraer ERJ145 - boarding the old fashioned way, but with safety cones

Grillenium Falcon Grilled Cheese Truck

Gathering of LAPD police motorcyclists

Broward County Sheriff Fire Department

These roads don't build themselves (asleep at the switch?)

Loads more, but that's only what I have for now.

Beeblebrox237 · May 2, 2013

I love this thread already!

Pupik · May 3, 2013

Foggy Wings: Take off and contrails during a very foggy Philadelphia morning.

xXKingJoshXx · May 3, 2013

Very nice! 👍

DaDog · May 3, 2013

Took the pictures from my truck

Port of Zeebrugge
freaking huge !!!

Port of Gent
( Gent Zeehaven )
One ship full of Honda's

and a nice little tank heading to Sweden

Gotbeefboy564 · May 17, 2013

Do trains count because at my tech school, which is by a local rail yard, I see at least 5 trains a day including a CSX and a CN locomotive pulling a mixed freight which was pretty rare mostly its usually CSXs and BNSFs I have a pic of the CN on my Ipod.

xXKingJoshXx · May 17, 2013

Gotbeefboy564
Do trains count?

Yes, as seen in the OP.

xXKingJoshXx
This is the place to post all of your non-automotive sightings, such as airplanes, helicopters, boats, trains, RV's, and whatever other non-automotive vehicles you see!

Cano · May 17, 2013

Haha the Grillenium Falcon rox teh sox!

Gotbeefboy564 · May 17, 2013

I just saw that after I posted I think I must've skipped the trains part. I still can't post my pics from Iphoto.

Crash · Jun 12, 2013

I didn't see this today. Actually, it's been a year since I saw this, but I think it's still one of my better non-automotive spots. Unfortunately, I only had my phone's camera to capture it.

Boeing 747-200: Air Force One

xXKingJoshXx · Jun 12, 2013

Very cool spot!

Rage Racer · Jun 12, 2013

Some old photos from the Kubinka Tank Museum I attended in November, 2010 (sorry for bad quality of some photos).

MS-1 (T-18)

The first Soviet-made tank - Type M "Lenin", a.k.a. "Russian Renault" - a copy of the famous French Renault FT-17.

T-34-85

A Soviet armoured train.

AML 90

T-72 (most likely T-72M, I can't tell exactly)

WWII German APC - Sd. Kfz. 251

Chinese tank - Type 59.

Swedish Strv 74

AMX-13 (and Somua S35 on the left)

Japanese engineer vehicle and Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank on the right.

IS-3 heavy tank

T-35 heavy tank

KV-85G heavy tank prototype and SU-152 Zveroboi tank destroyer on the left.

IS-2M

ISU-152 Zveroboi tank destroyer

Another IS-3

Object 704 prototype

IS-4 (and IS-7 on the left)

Object 279 prototype (Metal Gear Solid 3 players, do you remember it?

)

SU-100Y - 130mm self-propelled assault gun.

SU-152 Zveroboi tank destroyer.

T-80BV (Object 219RV) main battle tank.

T-34 - the legendary Soviet tank of WWII.

T-80

T-72AV with ERA

T-44 medium tank

Object 288 missile tank protoype

T-54A

ZSU-57-2 (Object 500) self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.

T-55 (not sure)

T-55AD and Object 167 on the left.

TO-55 flamethrower tank

T-64A (object 434)

V-2 engine of a T-34 tank. 500 hp V12 diesel.

ZiS-2 57mm anti-tank gun

ZiS-3 76,2mm anti-tank gun

PzKpfw I

Panzerwerfer

Kettenkrad HK 101 (Sd.Kfz.2)

Ferdinand

Pak 35/36 German 37mm AT gun

Jagdtiger

PzKpfw VIB Tiger II

PzKpfw V Panther

PzKpfw VI Tiger

Karl-Gerät - self-propelled 600mm mortar.

PzKpfw VII Maus - German super-heavy tank, the only one tn the world.

Slash · Jun 12, 2013

Dem tanks

xXKingJoshXx · Jun 13, 2013

Those tanks are 🤬 awesome! 👍 :drool:

MarinaDiamandis · Jun 13, 2013

Rage Racer, it seems that everywhere I look you are posting up interesting and awesome stuff. I have a serious man-crush on you right now!

If everything goes to plan and my trip to Russia next year happens, I will be visiting the tank museum at Kubinka for sure.

Antonisbob · Jun 13, 2013

NICE! I love tanks, I run a Tanks group on Facebook, and am an active WoT player. All of those I recognized and would love to see IRL.

Rage Racer · Jun 13, 2013

MarinaDiamandis
Rage Racer, it seems that everywhere I look you are posting up interesting and awesome stuff. I have a serious man-crush on you right now!

If everything goes to plan and my trip to Russia next year happens, I will be visiting the tank museum at Kubinka for sure.

Oh, thanks

What I posted here is really just a small part of what this museum has. This place worth visiting, for sure. But there are strict rules for foreign visitors (check the English Wiki page), especially if you're from USA. Kubinka is staffed by the military, and they consider every Western visitor a possible spy. :crazy:

This is weird, but true.

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