sunday fantasy #174: Gabrielle Dell’Otto, from Secret War #1, Marvel Comics
November 08, 2009, 10:03pm
x planes
experimental aircraft. exotic aeromachines. oddities. sleek silver cigars. pedal-o-trons. soviet hive-mind bombers. aerial joy. the olden days. action shots. propaganda posters. etc
[xplanes] [at] [hotmail] [dot] [co] [dot] [uk]
Designed by Redfield. Icons by Cameron Hunt.
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
reblog: artsandcrafts
sunday fantasy #169: Tsutomu Nihei
Reblogged from ARTSANDCRAFTS..
November 01, 2009, 11:12pm
“Finnish Airforce identification manual for the Russian aircraft in spring 1942”
October 28, 2009, 3:20pm
the Grokhovsky G-38, a Soviet multi-role project, circa 1935. no photos seem to exist of the sole aeroplane that was built, so here is a nice image courtesy of Gino Marcomini
October 28, 2009, 8:40am
reblog: mudwerks:
WWII: Intense Propaganda Posters - Photo Gallery, 37 Pictures - LIFEBlackout!
A 1943 German poster exhorting citizens to keep their lights off at night to hinder Allied bombings reads: “The enemy sees your light! Blackout!”
Photo: Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images, Jan 01, 1943
Reblogged from sloth unleashed.
October 27, 2009, 8:51am
sunday fantasy #164: Étienne-Gaspard Robert’s “Minerva”, 1803. an “aerial ship, designed for exploration and offered to all the Academies of Europe”. the key to the letters:
A: Balloon, 150 ft in diameter, fashioned of raw silk, coated on the inside and outside with rubber
B: The cock is a symbol of vigilance..the highest point of the aerostat; he also tells the hour
C: Weather-cock or streamer for ascertaining the direction of the balloon’s course
D: The Watchmen’s quarters
E: Needle which indicates the expansion and condensation of gas in the sphere
F: The observatory
G: Hall reserved for recreation, walking and gymnastics
K: Lecture hall for scientific conferences
L: The chemistry laboratory
M: The valve
N: Sail which shows the aeronauts when they descend or rise
O: Silken ladders providing ease of communication between all points of the sphere
P: Small escape ship
Q: Large store to keep water, wine and all nutrative substances for the expedition
R: Quarters for a few interested ladies..set at a distance from the body of the construction, lest the learned travellers by distracted in their observations
S: The kitchen
U: Room for musical activities, organ etc
X: Workshop for carpentry
Y: Study, for physics and modern studies
Z: Small subsidiary (spare gas) balloon
October 25, 2009, 11:02pm
sunday fantasy #162: Jean-Charles Thilorier’s invasion balloons, circa 1805
October 25, 2009, 7:50pm
