I flew down to Nagasaki (them cats were jumpin') on Monday morning to visit Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
On the flight, I noticed some fine Japanese Fashion:
I want to buy some of those clam digger jeans and wear them with black shoes and striped socks. Very nice
The whole flight experience was great. We took a car from the hotel at 6:30 AM (my flight was at 8:10) and I was sitting in the airport lounge at 7:00. Check-in was fast and courteous (they opened a new lane for me), Security was fast and courteous (No shoes off, no belt off, just the computer out) and they started loading a 777 at 7:55 for an on-time 8:10 departure. (It was not too crowded, as you can see above). A very good travel day.
The weather was sort of bad in Nagasaki, though. Little did we know that Tropical Storm Toraji was bearing down on us.
The toilet in the hotel has the nice spray cleaning option that we also have in Tokyo. I want one of these:
Nagasaki is very hilly, as you can see from the view from the hotel window:
Of course, when you visit a manufacturing plant, you need to wear protective clothing:
and while this looks like a jump suit, it is only that I happened to wear chinos that day that matched the jacket:
This is one of the dry docks at MHI. It is 100 meters wide. It takes two hours to fill with water when they float (we just floated last Monday) and 10 hours to empty.
another view of the dry dock:
Here is our vessel, the Ramform Atlas:
The top deck:
On the bridge:
Caution: Above your head (now under working, just above place)
you may need to zoom in, but this sign tells you to Keep Crean:
Computers go here:
The engine room:
Engine controls:
The vessel through a rainy window:
This is from the MHI museum. A turbine that failed on testing overreving:
On the flight, I noticed some fine Japanese Fashion:
I want to buy some of those clam digger jeans and wear them with black shoes and striped socks. Very nice
The whole flight experience was great. We took a car from the hotel at 6:30 AM (my flight was at 8:10) and I was sitting in the airport lounge at 7:00. Check-in was fast and courteous (they opened a new lane for me), Security was fast and courteous (No shoes off, no belt off, just the computer out) and they started loading a 777 at 7:55 for an on-time 8:10 departure. (It was not too crowded, as you can see above). A very good travel day.
The weather was sort of bad in Nagasaki, though. Little did we know that Tropical Storm Toraji was bearing down on us.
The toilet in the hotel has the nice spray cleaning option that we also have in Tokyo. I want one of these:
Nagasaki is very hilly, as you can see from the view from the hotel window:
Of course, when you visit a manufacturing plant, you need to wear protective clothing:
and while this looks like a jump suit, it is only that I happened to wear chinos that day that matched the jacket:
This is one of the dry docks at MHI. It is 100 meters wide. It takes two hours to fill with water when they float (we just floated last Monday) and 10 hours to empty.
another view of the dry dock:
Here is our vessel, the Ramform Atlas:
The top deck:
On the bridge:
Caution: Above your head (now under working, just above place)
you may need to zoom in, but this sign tells you to Keep Crean:
Computers go here:
The engine room:
Engine controls:
The vessel through a rainy window:
This is from the MHI museum. A turbine that failed on testing overreving:
It killed four people, injured 60.
As we were flying home, there was an earthquake in Tokyo (offshore, actually). 6.5. Doreen was in the hotel room and said it felt like there was a very big train going under the building.
An earthquake and a Typhoon in one day for the family. A big disaster day.
As we were flying home, there was an earthquake in Tokyo (offshore, actually). 6.5. Doreen was in the hotel room and said it felt like there was a very big train going under the building.
An earthquake and a Typhoon in one day for the family. A big disaster day.
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