Images Dated 30th May 2007

HYDRIA by LYSIPPIDES. 525 B.C. Greece

GREEK ART. GREECE. HYDRIA by LYSIPPIDES depicting the Hercules departure towards Olympus with Athena as auriga and Hermes as a guide. Black figures. Dated to 525 b.C. Museum of Cycladic and Ancient Greek Art. Athens. Greece

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

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Hercules C1 Takes Off from Desert

A Royal Air Force C130K Hercules takes off from the Californian desert during Exercise Crown Pinnacle in the USA.
The transport aircraft, otherwise known as a Hercules C1, is the workhorse of the RAFs Air Transport (AT) fleet and is based at RAF Lyneham, in Wiltshire, where it is operated by Nos 24, 30, 47 and 70 Squadrons. The fleet totals 50 aircraft and is a mixture of C1/C3 aircraft and the new C-130J aircraft, designated C4/C5.
The C1 and C3 aircraft are used primarily to carry troops, passengers or freight and are capable of carrying up to 128 passengers, or 20 tonnes of palletised freight or vehicles, for up to 2000nmls. The freight bay can accommodate a range of wheeled or tracked vehicles, or up to seven pallets of general freight. In the aeromedical evacuation role either 64 or 82 stretchers can be carried, depending on the mark of aircraft and the stretcher configuration

Unidentified montage of nursery rhyme characters

Unidentified montage of nursery rhyme characters with items associated with them. Includes Little Bo Peep and her sheep, dancing pigs, the Queen of Hearts and her tarts and Little Jack Horner and pie

© Mary Evans Picture Library 2015 - https://copyrighthub.org/s0/hub1/creation/maryevans/MaryEvansPictureID/10612848

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