nobody died! friday #41: Continental Air Lines Boeing 707, Kansas City Downtown Municipal Airport, 1st July 1965
November 13, 2009, 10:32pm
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Designed by Redfield. Icons by Cameron Hunt.
“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.”
November 12, 2009, 9:21pm
“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)
November 09, 2009, 10:03pm
“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
“Fire fighter jumps from helicopter to fight fire in Tucson, May 1961. Photographer: George Silk”
November 04, 2009, 11:27pm
another shot of the Cessna CH-1, of Seattle Helicopter Airways, at the Space Needle during the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair (photo by Jim Larsen)
November 04, 2009, 3:14pm
“31st May 1960: The SC1 vertical take-off and landing research aircraft, piloted by Tom Brooke-Smith of Short Brothers and Harland Limited, in flight at the Royal aircraft Establishment at Bedford.”
October 03, 2009, 5:53pm
nobody died! friday #30: North American X-15 at Mud Lake, Nevada, November 9 1962
September 25, 2009, 3:20pm
“This photo illustrates how the X-15 rocket powered aircraft was taken aloft under the wing of a B-52. Because of the large fuel consumption, the X-15 was air launched from a B-52 aircraft at 45,000 ft and a speed of about 500 mph. This photo was taken from one of the observation windows in the B-52 shortly before dropping the X-15.” (circa 1962)
September 24, 2009, 11:34pm
“The X-15 pilots clown around in front of the #2 aircraft.From left to right: USAF Capt. Joseph Engle, USAF Maj. Robert Rushworth, NASA test pilot John “Jack” McKay, USAF Maj. William “Pete” Knight, NASA test pilot Milton Thompson, and NASA test pilot William Dana.” (1966)
September 24, 2009, 8:01pm
the Getti Tonanti (Thunder Jet) display team, of the Italian Air Force - that took part in the opening of Olympic Games in Rome in 1960
September 23, 2009, 3:06pm
United States Navy Blue Angels display team at an unknown airshow (possibly Moffett Field Naval Air Station), circa 1960
(photo sent by Mark Luntzel, thanks!)
September 21, 2009, 1:18pm
