Showing posts with label airplane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label airplane. Show all posts
Monday, January 3, 2011
funding ran out for this ground effects cruise missle carrying seaplane
this aircraft used the ground effect – extra lift of large wings when close to the waters surface, a maximum of three meters above the sea but at the same time could provide take off, stable “flight” and safe “landing” in conditions of up to 5-meter waves. These were originally developed by the Soviet Union as high-speed military transports, and were based mostly on the shores of the Caspian Sea and Black Sea.
see the whole gallery and write up at http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/03/12/ekranoplan/ but an even bigger gallery at http://acidcow.com/pics/7956-russian-tank-ship-plane-86-pics.html Sunday, December 26, 2010
I'd love to go see these gas stations with fighter planes and bombers
Above and below are the same place, six miles south of Portland Oregon
the above is in Everett WashingtonCool airplanes interest almost everyone.
I wasn't sure what the aircraft on the ground was (above it you see the B52 that it used for piggy back rides to test altitude) , but 3 readers used the comment feature to let me know it was the Northrop HL 10, used to do flight research on aircraft design for unpowered reentry from space, utilizing the speed of falling to create lift for the controlled flight of the spacecraft. More interesting than the facts of it's intended R&D use, is that it was the featured spacecraft the Million Dollar Man tv show appeared to use as the crash vehicle that made it necesary to create the bionic man. Just a fun tidbit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_HL-10
Amelia Earheart and her Cord
Bombers, love them, love the look, the stories, the awesome amount of turret guns
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Old fashioned fuel tankers from the 50's or so... when they had good looking designs
The fairing from the cab that goes to the back of the rear tires is good for aerodynamics, and good for a couple more miles per gallon, but really makes a semi look good
This photographer was taken with this tanker... why else would he take photos of the front and back?
Thursday, December 2, 2010
when you have a "Don't mess with me" 30mm Gatling, that is something to smile about
a damn good warplane, the A-10 Thunderbolt nicknamed a "Warthog"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Melisaki.tumbler.com has a cool variety of car and aircraft photos, here's a couple
1910 Fiat S76, the beast of turin, 28.3 liter engine
Cord 810 & Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie 1936
What happened to the high level of restroom cleanliness as the high priority? Former First lady Eleanor Roosevelt once toured the US inspecting them, and that is quite a feat of publicity!
Showing an obsolete public facility, the motordrome. Motordrome racer on an Excelsior motorcycle 1914
1967 Autorama I think, photo by Margery Krevsky
The Overland Train Mark II, Yuma proving ground, Arizona
P51 small scale in aerodynamics research and developement
1944, a Corsair
Boeing 2707-300 1966 full scale mockup
Via: http://melisaki.tumblr.com
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Cool images from pour15minutesdamour.blogspot.com (For 15 Minutes of Love)
Carole Lombard
Source: http://pour15minutesdamour.blogspot.com/
Monday, June 7, 2010
Duct tape, the wonder tool!
During a private "fly-in" fishing excursion in the Alaskan wilderness, the chartered pilot and fishermen left a cooler and bait in the plane. And a bear smelled it. This is what he did to the plane
The pilot used his radio and had another pilot bring him 2 new tires, 3 cases of duct tape, and a supply of sheet plastic. He patched the plane together, and FLEW IT HOME! Thanks Mike for emailing me this! For more photos of the bear damage and what seems to be the source of the photos http://www.armyparatrooper.org/dropzone/showthread.php/22477-The-Many-uses-of-Duct-Tape-in-Alaska
The pilot used his radio and had another pilot bring him 2 new tires, 3 cases of duct tape, and a supply of sheet plastic. He patched the plane together, and FLEW IT HOME! Thanks Mike for emailing me this! For more photos of the bear damage and what seems to be the source of the photos http://www.armyparatrooper.org/dropzone/showthread.php/22477-The-Many-uses-of-Duct-Tape-in-AlaskaThursday, June 3, 2010
A variety of cool stuff from Fantomatik75 blogspot
Never seen a primitive street sweeper before? Me neither
1936 Chicago, why aren't these viable parking stuctures now?
Looks like a knife sharpener, door to door, and probably early 1910's or 1920's
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