Showing posts with label airplane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label airplane. Show all posts
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Sunday, August 5, 2012
It's been a couple years since I posted the best of Dieselpunk... so here's an update
All found on the militant Steampunk style site.. . http://dieselpunk.livejournal.com
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Friday, July 6, 2012
I found a new website that celebrates cool photography, airplanes, celebs, motorbikes, race cars, etc.. Silidrome.com very cool stuff, not much info, but cool photos
I posted last November... wire wheels, not that common
... notice the banner hanging from the handlebar, it says US Tires
there is a lot about their story, so late in life the youngest kid's wife and daughter put together a book. The boys were raised by their dad, and somehow got hooked on being exploited for cash prizes, ala the cross country ride, drive, or whatever - craze that newspapers were using to sell papers... beginning at age 5 and 9. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0966216601/ref=as_li_tf_til?tag=giftbasketsfr03-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0966216601&adid=1DDBRAT23E67XAH6S6N3&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanishedamericana.com%2Fkids%2Fmore-information-on-the-abernathy-kids%2F
So what is the name about? A silodrome is the "Wall of Death" like the one that Fearless Elbert and his Racing Lion rode on... and that was one of his first posts... he has a lot of cool stuff I've posted years ago, like Elbert and the lion, Burt Munro, the Fonz, old race cars, old motorcycles, and so on... so much cool stuff, that the above is just a glimpse at the ones I liked the most when browsing through http://silodrome.com/ enjoy!
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
I just learned that there is a WW2 warbird museum in Palm Springs at the airport
The Museum contains one of the world's largest collections of flying World War II military aircraft, many courtesy of Mr. Robert Pond. There are also aircraft on loan from the US Navy, and private owners. An average of 29 aircraft are on display on a daily basis.
The vast antique automobile collection of Robert Pond is also on a rotating display
The Flying Collection includes:
- Bell P-63 Kingcobra
- Boeing Stearman PT-17 Kaydet
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (which visitors can walk through, as well)
- Consolidated PBY Catalina
- Curtiss P-40 Hawk
- Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
- Douglas B-26 Invader
- Douglas C-47 Dakota
- Douglas SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber
- General Dynamics F-16 Falcon
- Grumman A-6 Intruder
- Grumman C-1A COD Transport
- Grumman F4F Wildcat
- Grumman F6F Hellcat
- Grumman F7F Tigercat
- Grumman F8F Bearcat
- Grumman F-14 Tomcat
- Grumman TBF Avenger
- Grumman OA-13/G-21 Goose
- Lockheed T-33 Trainer Shooting Star
- McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom
- McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornet
- North American B-25 Mitchell
- North American P-51 Mustang
- North American T-6 Texan
- Piper J-3 Cub Grasshopper
- Republic P-47D-40RA 45-49205 Big Chief
- Ryan Sport
- Supermarine Spitfire
- Chance Vought FG-1D 92629 S 301
http://palmspringsairmuseum.org/about.htm
it was also the location for the 2009 Desert Classic Concours de Elegance http://www.classicaldrives.com/50226711/palm_springs_concours_begins_with_a_blast.php
Monday, July 2, 2012
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
All stop, all engines stop, hold everything, nobody move til you see this... a WW2 P40 was just found in the Sahara desert. So intact the bullets are still in the wing guns, it crashed in 1942
Not much story, just that no human remains were with the plane, the parachute was deployed next to the plane, so you can guess that the pilot landed well enough to use it for shade, then tried to walk out of the desert.
Full gallery (but I sure didn't leave much you didn't see here) at http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/05/pictures/120524-world-war-ii-plane-egypt-desert-science-p-40-lost/#/lost-ww2-fighter-plane-found-desert-egypt-propellor_53834_600x450.jpg via a photo posted at http://remove-before-flight.tumblr.com
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