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Gloster Javelins

Oct 1st

English Electric Lightning F1A

Oct 1st

English Electric Lightning F6 “XP693” Nose...

Oct 1st

reblog: planeshots

Sep 30th

reblog: thefuzzydave: “This is the greatest photograph...

Sep 30th

The Cropduster’s Dream (via squareamaerica)

Sep 30th

Sir Hiram Maxim, 1910. more on him next week..

Sep 30th

A`vi`ette´ n. 1. A heavier-than-air flying machine in which...

Sep 30th

the Gammeter Orthopter, 1907

Sep 30th

The Stoekel, 1909

Sep 29th

“1911: An early single-framed ‘multiplane’...

Sep 29th

“Ornithopter and creator George R. White at St....

Sep 29th

“Samuel Langley (1834 - 1906), right, and Charles...

Sep 28th

“American actor Ormer Locklear (1891-1920), wearing a...

Sep 28th

“Woman standing next to the “Curtiss”...

Sep 28th

Maurice Prevost, winner of the first Schneider Trophy in...

Sep 28th

Samuel Cody, circa 1911

Sep 28th

sunday fantasy #150: Mattias Adolfsson

Sep 27th

sunday fantasy #149: Marek Hlavaty

Sep 27th

sunday fantasy #148: Modern Mechanix, March 1935

Sep 27th

sunday fantasy #147: “godwinfj” on deviantART

Sep 27th

sunday fantasy #146: Lufei Bi

Sep 27th

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21SPS, Netherlands, 2007 “This...

Sep 26th

America West Airlines Boeing 757-2S7, 2003 “A one...

Sep 26th

Helsinki-Malmi airport, 2006 photo by Sami Virkkula

Sep 26th

Scandinavian Airlines Boeing 737-8, International Airspace,...

Sep 26th

nobody died! friday #34: Kalitta Air Boeing 747, Brussels,...

Sep 25th

nobody died! friday #33: Sikorsky CH-53G, Switzerland, 2008...

Sep 25th

nobody died! friday #32: A-6 Intruder partial/accidental...

Sep 25th

nobody died! friday #31: Piper Cherokee, Meadow Lake...

Sep 25th

nobody died! friday #30: North American X-15 at Mud Lake,...

Sep 25th

some light weekend reading, courtesy of the great Sobchak...

Sep 24th

“This photo illustrates how the X-15 rocket powered...

Sep 24th

“The X-15 pilots clown around in front of the #2...

Sep 24th

(North) Korean People’s Air Force pilots and aircraft...

Sep 24th

Yakovlev Yak-28

Sep 23rd

reblog: seditionsgraphiques: >Son of the earth via...

Sep 23rd

Tupolev Tu-22P

Sep 23rd

read about the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine today? ...

Sep 23rd

the Getti Tonanti

Sep 23rd

the Getti Tonanti (Thunder Jet) display team, of the Italian...

Sep 23rd

F-84G Thunderjets of the Hellenic Air Force “Aces...

Sep 23rd

Pitts S-2S Special, United Arab Emirates, 2007 (photo by...

Sep 23rd

the Pakistan Air Force Falcons display team, circa 1958

Sep 22nd

Martin B-57 Canberras of the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance...

Sep 22nd

reblog: planeshots: “Formation flight Sunday. RAF...

Sep 22nd

Nimrods, Phantoms and Buccaneers taking part in a flypast...

Sep 22nd

6 July 1935 A Royal Jubilee Review of the RoyalAir Force by...

Sep 21st

“three Vultee trainers flying low in formation over...

Sep 21st

“Airship Akron leaving for Cuba with bomber...

Sep 21st

“1934 Navy VP Aleutian Expedition”

Sep 21st

United States Navy Blue Angels display team at an unknown...

Sep 21st

(via figout)

Sep 21st

reblog: looneynerd: “ Advert from Grumman Aircraft...

Sep 21st

the Douglas 1186 - a long range supersonic nuclear bomber...

Sep 20th

the Grumman Nutcracker, late 1970s,

Sep 20th

1976

Sep 20th

“From a lakeside dock in Yucaipa Regional Park, the...

Sep 19th

Avro Shackleton of 38 Sqn Royal Air Force, Madagascar, 1966...

Sep 19th

ooops

it seems that some posts - intended to be published on sunday - appeared yesterday due to a mess-up....

Sep 19th

sunday fantasy #145 John Polgreen

Sep 18th

mudwerks: Cool-Mo-Dee: Comics Post - All-American Men Of War...

Sep 18th

mudwerks: vintagefuture: Self-guided rockets from Klaus...

Sep 18th

sunday fantasy #142: René Magritte

Sep 18th

nobody died friday #29: Boeing E-3 Sentry overshoots runway,...

Sep 18th

sunday fantasy #141: Albert Robida, circa 1900 (via)

Sep 18th

nobody died! friday #28: Silver Express Convair CV-240,...

Sep 18th

nobody died! friday #27: Carswell Air Force Base hit by a...

Sep 18th

nobody died! friday #26 “When he was forced to make...

Sep 18th

nobody died! friday #25: Pan Am Flight 6 ditches in the...

Sep 18th

“7th August 1930: The model seaplane belonging to Mr...

Sep 18th

Art Lacey’s Bomber gas station and restaurant,...

Sep 17th

Art Lacey’s B-17G, christened the “Lacey...

Sep 17th

after the war, three B-17 Flying Fortress bombers were...

Sep 17th

the Consolidated XB-24J hybrid aircraft, 1944. A program...

Sep 17th

Just three weeks after the first V-1 flying bomb fell on...

Sep 17th

The most interesting version of the V-1 flying bomb was the...

Sep 17th

The V-1 threat effectively ended towards the end of March...

Sep 17th

The German V-1 “buzz bomb” attacks on England...

Sep 16th

“The Fieseler Fi-103, better known as V-1 (German:...

Sep 16th

“The ‘Robot Plane’ - A Secret Weapon...

Sep 16th

“Two Kettering Bugs on a rail track ready for launch...

Sep 15th

“The Siemens torpedo glider, seen under the hull of...

Sep 15th

“In the event of a German war the Zeppelin type of...

Sep 15th

““Anthony’s Wireless Airship.” A small powered...

Sep 14th

sunday fantasy #140: Albert Guillaume

Sep 13th

sunday fantasy #139: Mike Doscher

Sep 13th

sunday fantasy #138: Jo Kotula, Vanadium Corporation of...

Sep 13th

sunday fantasy #137: Martin tanner design

Sep 13th

sunday fantasy #136: Ace Combat 6

Sep 13th

the Aerocon Wingship proposal, circa 1992

Sep 11th

the Ecolen Science and Production Association became...

Sep 10th

In the early 1990s, the Ecolen Science and Production...

Sep 10th

In the early 1980s, the Soviet military ordered two Lun...

Sep 10th

based on the earlier KM/”Caspian Sea Monster” -...

Sep 10th

the KM “Caspian Sea Monster” ekranoplan - it...

Sep 10th

the Russian KM (korahbl’-maket -...

Sep 10th

the Bartini Beriev VVA-14 Vertikal`no-Vzletayuschaya...

Sep 10th

Constantinos Vlachos in his “Tri-phibian” - a...

Sep 9th

the Monte-Copter Model 15 Triphibian taxis into a driveway,...

Sep 9th

The Monte-Copter Model 15 Triphibian, circa 1960, a 3-seat...

Sep 9th

The Piasecki Model 59N SeaGeep, evaluated by the US Navy and...

Sep 9th

the Kaman K-16B, 1962, a tilt-wing VTOL testbed...

Sep 9th

The Shin Meiwa “GS” (Giant Seaplane) project

Sep 8th

talizmatik: A helicopter carrying water passes in front of...

Sep 8th

“Off the south coast of Borneo flying through high...

Sep 7th

“FLOW AROUND CONCORDE IN A LANDING CONFIGURATION...

Sep 7th

“On a delta wing, the upper surface vortices break up...

Sep 7th

“Mr Guillon attempts to fly his Guillon and Clouzy...

Sep 7th

Edmond Charles Genet’s “Aeronaut” - a...

Sep 7th

the Gossamer Albatross, 1980

Sep 7th

sunday fantasy #135: “Voyage a la lune”, circa...

Sep 6th

sunday fantasy #134: mystery airship from Scientific...

Sep 6th

sunday fantasy #133: Aerotropolis, by Nicholas DeSantis/B.G...

Sep 6th

sunday fantasy #132

Sep 6th

sunday fantasy #131: Phil Foglio

Sep 6th

the LZ-129 Hindenburg, circa 1936

Sep 4th

Scientific American, 23rd December 1916 “Aerial...

Sep 4th

Airship hanger, Tillamook, Oregon

Sep 4th

inside the gondola of the R80 airship, first flown in 1921

Sep 3rd

“Date of Publication: 1914. Publisher: ...

Sep 3rd

A Sopwith Camel parasite fighter attached to His...

Sep 3rd

“A naval airship (SSZ - Sea Scout Zero) on the after...

Sep 3rd

“A Lewis gunner at action stations on the engine...

Sep 3rd

Aerolift Cyclo-Crane “proof-of-concept” vehicle...

Sep 3rd

the 21st Century Airships “Globe”

Sep 3rd

The Magnus Spherical Airship, Ottawa, 1981 Many thanks to...

Sep 3rd

The Magnus Spherical Airship prototype, circa 1982

Sep 2nd

The Van Dusen Commercial Development Ltd LTA (Lighter then...

Sep 2nd

things are a bit busy at the moment - but next up: the...

Sep 2nd

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