The Flickr History Image Generatr

N341A Douglas C-41A Golden Age Air Tours This is the only C-41A in the world and was used for carrying VIP’s and Military personnel 40-0070 USAAC
This aircraft was built in 1939 during its military career it has served with USAAC s/n 40-0070 and was based at Bolling Field Washington DC USA 1st Staff Squardron
Photo taken at the Imperial War Museum Duxford Cambridgeshire July 2026
HAA_2563

As the low Arctic sun catches the snow-dusted ridges above Pangnirtung Fjord, golden light illuminates one of Baffin Island’s most dramatic landscapes. Nestled along a narrow coastal terrace at the throat of the fjord, the community of Pangnirtung serves as the threshold to Auyuittuq National Park, surrounded by sheer granite walls rising straight out of icy, tide-swept waters.

The Geology
The monumental peaks framing the fjord are carved from ancient Paleoproterozoic granodiorite and gneiss of the Qikiqtarjuaq plutonic suite, formed roughly 1.88 to 1.9 billion years ago deep within the Earth's crust (publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/rncan-nrca...). Tectonic uplift brought these crystalline rocks to the surface, where repeated Ice Age glaciations went to work. Massive glaciers gouged through the bedrock, scouring out deep, steep-walled U-shaped troughs that filled with sea water as the ice retreated, leaving behind the vertical rock faces and sharp pinnacles seen today.

The Challenge from Above
For pilots, landing at Pangnirtung Airport (CYXP) is widely recognized as one of the most demanding approaches in Arctic aviation (www.vintagewings.ca/stories/flying-the-high-arctic.) Squeezed onto a short gravel runway between soaring mountain walls and the fjord, the approach must be conducted entirely under Visual Flight Rules (VFR).

Funneled through a two-mile-wide mountain chasm, Arctic winds generate intense mechanical turbulence, severe wind shear, and sudden downdrafts along the valley walls (nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/move-pangnirtungs-airport-m...). Depending on wind direction and low cloud cover, flight crews are often required to execute a steep 5.5-degree descent slope or bank through a tight 180-degree turn within the narrow confines of the fjord walls to touch down safely.

Craven Arms: Aug 26

Craven Arms: Aug 26

I don't photograph EVERY rat rod that I see, but this one was right next to a locomotive I had just photographed, and it had an appropriately tattered flag. See next picture.

And I liked the emblem.

2026 Vintage Transport Extravaganza
Illinois Railway Museum (IRM)
Union, Illinois USA 42.226735, -88.527482
August 2, 2026

Some of my albums:
Rat Rods
IRM Vintage Transport Extravaganza - all years
Car Shows
Classic cars and trucks

….....

This is a real photograph taken with a real, physical camera, and not created by AI.

© 2026 Jim Frazier All Rights Reserved.


20260802cz7-52431920X1080y

Tynemouth Priory and Castle – a spectacular English Heritage site perched high above the North Sea, combining over 1,400 years of religious, military and royal history.

Tynemouth Priory and Castle – a spectacular English Heritage site perched high above the North Sea, combining over 1,400 years of religious, military and royal history.

Tynemouth Priory and Castle – a spectacular English Heritage site perched high above the North Sea, combining over 1,400 years of religious, military and royal history.

Tynemouth Priory and Castle – a spectacular English Heritage site perched high above the North Sea, combining over 1,400 years of religious, military and royal history.

Fish Quay Low Lighthouse in North Shields – the historic Old Low Light, one of England's oldest surviving lighthouse buildings and a key landmark on the River Tyne

Tynemouth Priory and Castle – a spectacular English Heritage site perched high above the North Sea, combining over 1,400 years of religious, military and royal history.