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I’m in New York and Toronto for a couple of weeks, so no updates till December.
Lots planned - some socialising, some museums, some birdwatching. drop me a line if you know of any good places to get breakfast in either cities..? ta
nobody died! friday #41: Continental Air Lines Boeing 707, Kansas City Downtown Municipal Airport, 1st July 1965
nobody died! friday: #39 Tanir Air Ilyushin 76TD catches fire whilst being loaded, Congo, 2007
(photo by “Serge”)
“Two U.S. Air Force Lockheed F-104A-15-LO Starfighters…in flight with Lockheed RC-121D-LO Warning Star, circa late 1950s or early 1960s.”
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation “Red Baron” racer, which was entered - along with the DC-7 “Super Snoopy” - in the 1971 California 1000 Mile Air Race at Mojave
(more info here)
Smoke-N-Thunder’s Scott Hammack ‘racing’ the Gee Bee R-2 replica, flown by Delmar Benjamin, late 1990s
(huge thanks to Bill Braack for the image)
“TWA mechanics at La Guardia Field resemble men from space after donning metal propeller hubs. 1941”
“Professor Paul Moller of the University of California sits in the cockpit of the flying saucer he invented after the craft landed successfully from a flight three feet above the ground. Moller could not take the saucer any higher because he is not a licensed pilot. He predicts, however, that saucers will soon move from city to city at 150 m.p.h”
(1967)
“Charles Pritchard, designer builder and pilot, makes first test of his wingless Rocket Air Ship on mile lone runway at Emporia, Virginia, airport, 8A-1030A today, (Friday). Plane has short baffles or fins in place of wings, 90 hp engine, conventional propeller and tail assembly, tricycle landing gear, is 21 feet long 98 inches wide weighs 800 lbs. Pritchard made eight runs along runway, but didn’t; get off the ground. Says he’ll make modifications and try again.” (circa 1955)
