A former Royal Navy Whirlwind in high-visibility rescue colors A prototype Tornado which spent most of its working life with MBB originally delivered to Air France in 1959 it was hidden away in a technical training school in Paris A Jetstream trainer from the British Royal Navy not long before production shifted to Fokker 50s In recent years the British Army has sold off dozens of Lynxes One of several F-104 Starfighters at Baarlo with an RAF Jaguar "flying" above it In the Southeast corner of The Netherlands there's a large aircraft collection with some significant exhibits but many aircraft find their way into the company's museum with a background in various non-aviation sectors for blue chip companies Nigel started as an aviation data analyst in 1999 with BACK Aviation Solutions and has been following all aspects of aviation for almost 40 years Stroudsburg resident Gary Wehrkamp knows some dreams demand more perseverance than others It's been 25 years since he and a group of Lehigh Valley men first got together to form the progressive rock group Shadow Gallery after seven albums and with a global following Wehrkamp and his bandmates are going on tour — their first ever The band will spend two weeks performing at shows and festivals in Europe they're planning a special performance at Barley Creek to say thanks to their friends and U.S and there's one other thing — it's Shadow Gallery's first live performance ever Allentown native Mike Baker died unexpectedly of a heart attack the band hooked up with lead singer Brian Ashland of Lancaster at the same company as bass guitarist Carl Cadden-James "Shadow Gallery has built a really big fan following since the '80s," rock writer and industry expert Jill Curtain said "They were one of the pioneering bands in progressive metal." Curtain believes there's pent up demand to see the ban perform live And ticket sales have proven her right so far Fans from across the country are traveling to Pocono Township to see the Barley Creek show "I haven't been away from my son for more than a few days since he was born," Wehrkamp said "That's one of the reasons we decided not to embark on another tour." The three-week European tour begins on Oct Shadow Gallery will play the ProgPower Europe 2010 festival in Baarlo He owns New Horizon Music Studios in Stroudsburg where he co-wrote and produced a "Christmastime in the Poconos," a song that raised thousands of dollars for Monroe County youth a couple of years ago Today's show at Barley Creek will feature music from each of the band's albums "Digital Ghosts," released in October 2009 "We're not adhering to commercial format but trying to make the music accessible," Wehrkamp said "Our focus is making sure something very melodic is at the core of it all." the Dutch Palynologische Kring invites nominations for the Florschütz Award for best MSc thesis in Palynology and Palaeobotany the thesis of Archaeology alumna Oda Nuij was deemed to be the best one since she was not sure that the thesis would be 'palynological enough' to even be considered 'It motivates me to continue the rich tradition of pollen analysis in Dutch archaeology.' Oda Nuij's thesis was entitled ‘Beyond the Heath – Reconstructing the late-prehistoric barrow landscape of Baarlo-De Bong (Dutch Limburg) using palynological modelling’ 'I applied two novel methods of archaeological modelling to the vegetation reconstruction of the late-prehistoric barrow landscape Baarlo-De Bong The research was part of an ongoing research project by the European Prehistory group.' palynologists have been trying to solve a major problem: there is no linear relationship between pollen percentages in a sample and vegetation cover percentages in the landscape.' Therefore vegetation reconstructions based on pollen analysis are almost always qualitative.  'But two different methods of palynological modelling now make it possible to make quantitative vegetation reconstructions because they (almost) solved the problem I tested the Landscape Reconstruction Algorithm (Sugita 2007) and the Multiple Scenario Approach (Bunting and Middleton 2009) and found that they can be used to make regional and local vegetation reconstructions of archaeological sites.' Oda used these methods to reconstruct the barrow Baarlo-De Bong 'From earlier pollen research into barrows we already know that all barrows were built on open spaces that existed before the barrows We also know how large those open spaces were and that most of them were covered by a heath.' What is unclear however is the landscape beyond the heath 'With the modelling methods I looked into the forest and reconstructed the vegetation composition 3km around an early bronze age barrow much more precise and further away from the barrow than would have been possible with traditional pollen analysis.' 'For me the prize is a recognition that palynology is just as important in archaeology as it is in biology or earth sciences Because of the archaeological focus I wasn't sure my thesis would be "palynological enough" to even be considered for the Florschütz Award so I was all the more surprised when I heard I had won it It motivates me to continue the rich tradition of pollen analysis in Dutch archaeology My thesis research has given me enough new questions to keep me occupied for the coming years alongside my job in commercial archaeology.' 'Oda’s comprehensive thesis is a substantial contribution to the extensive ongoing archaeobotanical research aimed at the reconstruction of Dutch barrow landscapes her work includes a pioneering pilot study that explores the application of palynological correction models as a tool for the improved quantitative reconstruction of vegetation types from pollen data Despite limitations of the available data sources she convincingly argues that notably the Landscape Reconstruction Algorithm (LRA) of Shinya Sugita may hold great potential for offering credible estimates of the forest composition around the open burial mound sites Although the strengths and limitations of palynological modelling require further scrutiny we are confident that Oda’s thesis is introducing promising new methodology in Dutch archaeobotanical research.' The award is named after one of the foremost Dutch pioneers in palynology and will be awarded annually to the most outstanding MSc thesis and consists of a prize of €500 More information Former Skytech Mi-26 to Baarlo On 17 October 2021 Scramble reported on the shipping of three former Skytech Mil Mi-26 helicopters The suggestion was launched at that time that at least one of these giants was destined for an (unknown) aviation museum Thanks to an announcement on their Facebook account it is now clear that one of the helicopters has arrived at PS AERO in Baarlo The Mi-26 involved is RA-06041 (with c/n 34001212431).  The company is a well-known supplier of static aircraft engines and spareparts. PS AERO buys and collects said items around Europe and manages to sell them to aviation museums The company is known as spotter friendly as they organize regular (paid) tours around their premises in the months March to October. Visit: https://www.psaero.com/ As a member you get access to all our premium content and benefits learn more staff of the Faculty of Archaeology travel to all parts of the world a major change in stone artefacts occurred This heralded the beginning of the Later Stone Age a period in which modern behaviour is assumed to be consistently present is now investigating this change by excavating caves in South Africa that were inhabited by people from this period Check out his research project Many of the NEXUS 1492 team attended the 28th Congress of the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology in Barbados More about the conference A team from Leiden is excavating and surveying at an Ancestral Pueblo site in the highland desert of New Mexico The site is part of a culture that was resisting processes of state formation in the American Southwest The participating students have all written blogs related to their work and experience there Read the blogs The hinterland of important centres like Petra can provide essential information that contributes to the understanding of their rise was actively exploited in antiquity with investments of great effort and ingenuity in agricultural intensification The Udhruh Archaeological Project was launched to investigate this interesting region The project is a joint venture between the Petra School of Archaeology and Tourism of Al-Hussein Bin Talal University (Wadi Musa) and the Faculty of Archaeology of Leiden University (the Netherlands) Follow the project on Facebook The Jebel Qurma Archaeological Landscape Project aims to study the extraordinary archaeological heritage in Jordan’s Black Desert over a long timescale and across several different environments The project comprises field survey and excavation in the prominent Jebel Qurma range close to the Jordan-Saudi border Follow the project on Facebook Mette Langbroek is investigating a part of a burial found in Veldhoven These are the remains of a woman who lived around 700 AD She was wearing an impressive necklace of colored beads when she was buried and found its way to Mette's office in the Van Steenis building Students and staff are exploring the burial mounds near the town of Baarlo Inhabitants of Baarlo and the surrounding area are drawn into the project They are invited to contribute and share their stories about the landscape and history of the region Follow this and other projects on Instagram Plants are vital resources throughout human history but we know little about how they were used and valued prior to agriculture an ethnoecologist working in the ERC-funded HARVEST project has developed an interdisciplinary approach combining anthropology and botany to explore how the Baka foragers of southeast Cameroon use and value plant foods French filmmaker Laurent Maget made a short video on her fieldwork.