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sunday fantasy #174: Gabrielle Dell’Otto, from Secret War #1, Marvel Comics

sunday fantasy #174: Gabrielle Dell’Otto, from Secret War #1, Marvel Comics



November 08, 2009, 10:03pm

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sunday fantasy #173: Ben Procter

sunday fantasy #173: Ben Procter



November 08, 2009, 9:16pm

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sunday fantasy #172: Supersonic Spitfire, by “Yann Savage/Kris S”

sunday fantasy #172: Supersonic Spitfire, by “Yann Savage/Kris S”



November 08, 2009, 7:33pm

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sunday fantasy #171: Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (王立宇宙軍 オネアミスの翼 Ōritsu Uchūgun: Oneamisu no Tsubasa), 1987

sunday fantasy #171: Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (王立宇宙軍 オネアミスの翼 Ōritsu Uchūgun: Oneamisu no Tsubasa), 1987



November 08, 2009, 5:13pm

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nobody died! friday #37: Grumman F9F Panther sliced in two on the USS Midway, June 23rd 1951

(video here)

nobody died! friday #37: Grumman F9F Panther sliced in two on the USS Midway, June 23rd 1951

(video here)



November 06, 2009, 11:03pm

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nobody died! friday #36: Fairchild C-82 Packet crash testing, NACA Lewis Research Center, 1958

nobody died! friday #36: Fairchild C-82 Packet crash testing, NACA Lewis Research Center, 1958



November 06, 2009, 8:39pm

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nobody died! friday #35: Royal Air Force F-4 Phantom crashes after nose radome comes open in flight, 3rd June 1980

nobody died! friday #35: Royal Air Force F-4 Phantom crashes after nose radome comes open in flight, 3rd June 1980



November 06, 2009, 7:39pm

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nobody died! friday #34: Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2B-27 Islander, Durban, 2005
(photo by Gary Shephard)

nobody died! friday #34: Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2B-27 Islander, Durban, 2005
(photo by Gary Shephard)



November 06, 2009, 6:23pm

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nobody died! friday #33

“”Machine of F. J. Courtney, winner of the London Aerial Derby was slightly injured when his machine upset while he was making a landing at Hendon. The plane is shown in the picture taken immediately after the accident was turned over upside down. It is a Martynside Semi-quaver.”

nobody died! friday #33

“”Machine of F. J. Courtney, winner of the London Aerial Derby was slightly injured when his machine upset while he was making a landing at Hendon. The plane is shown in the picture taken immediately after the accident was turned over upside down. It is a Martynside Semi-quaver.”



November 06, 2009, 3:06pm

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the Fairey Rotodyne

the Fairey Rotodyne



November 06, 2009, 12:20am

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The Fairey Rotodyne prototype, circa 1959

The Fairey Rotodyne prototype, circa 1959



November 05, 2009, 10:47pm

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Fairey Jet Gyrodyne, circa 1957

Fairey Jet Gyrodyne, circa 1957



November 05, 2009, 9:34pm

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Landgraf H-2, circa 1944

Landgraf H-2, circa 1944



November 05, 2009, 8:35pm

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“The Filper Beta 200 used the ‘Gyroflex Rotor’ system, in which weights fitted to the roots of the rotor blades provided the balance. Developed under the guidance of William Orr, the helicopter was first flown on May 26, 1966. It was powered by a 210 hp Continental IO-360E engine.”

“The Filper Beta 200 used the ‘Gyroflex Rotor’ system, in which weights fitted to the roots of the rotor blades provided the balance. Developed under the guidance of William Orr, the helicopter was first flown on May 26, 1966. It was powered by a 210 hp Continental IO-360E engine.”



November 05, 2009, 7:22pm

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“President of United Helicopters Stanley Hiller Jr. leading a helicopter with a scarf in a demonstration for the company’s stockholders. San Francisco, March 1947”

“President of United Helicopters Stanley Hiller Jr. leading a helicopter with a scarf in a demonstration for the company’s stockholders. San Francisco, March 1947”



November 05, 2009, 6:03pm

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