PAISLEY, OR

Checking out ZX Ranch (private airstrip) from the air before landing.

Peter Griffin and Brian travel to Ireland and wonder if the Irish really drink as much as people think.

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Hugh MacDonald was a poet, writer, local historian and folklorist from Bridgeton in Glasgow but he worked in Paisley. Hugh wrote many 'Rambles Round Glasgow' articles which were published in the 'Glasgow Citizen'. The braes were one source of inspiration for his poetry. His monument was built here by the Paisley Old Weavers Society and thousands attended the dedication ceremony.

A Second World War bombing decoy located at Armthorpe. This decoy was originally built to deflect enemy night bombing from Royal Air Force Finningley airfield and was later used for Royal Air Force Doncaster airfield. This was a 'Q-type' night decoy, which displayed a series of lights to simlulate an active airfield. It is referenced as being in use from 1940 to 1942. In 1941 the Armthorpe site expanded and became part of the 'C-series' of civil decoys, operating as a 'QL' decoy to protect Workham main colliery. The 'QL' decoy displayed simulated railway marshalling yard lights, locomotive glows and factory lighting to reconstruct the colliery. It operated between late 1941 and May 1943. The Armthorpe site also functioned as a 'Permanent Starfish' decoy for the town of Doncaster. 'Permanent Starfish' were large scale fire decoys where controlled fires were lit to replicate an urban area targeted by bombs. The 'Starfish' decoy at Armthorpe was operational between Spring 1941 and April 1943. By the late 1970s the site had been given over to agricultural use and no features of the decoys survive. A further 'C-series' bombing decoy for Doncaster was located at Tickhill, and a further 'Q-type' decoy for Royal Air Force Finningley was located at Owston Ferry.

copied from Historic England Pastscpe

Wingwalking at Strathaven Airfield



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An American Eagle flight landed at DuPage Airport on Monday, shortly after takeoff from O’Hare International Airport, after the cockpit and passenger cabin began filling with smoke. CBS 2's Chelsea Irving reports.

Some footage from an impromptu breakfast ride from Palm Beach Co. to Okeechobee.

The POV footage on the bike is with the GoPro Hero6 and the drone footage is with the Mavic Pro.

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Rough one at Lower Loon Creek / Simplott, Idaho landing strip.

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The control bunker for the WWII Starfish Decoy Site on the Gleniffer Braes designed to look like burning factory buildings so that the German planes would not bomb the real factories. The controlled were on the other side of the road. An earth mound once covered the bunker and a blast wall lay at the front. Another Starfish was located at Auchenreoch near Dumbarton.