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re: History in Pictures is a great twitter feed. Here is one just posted.

Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:52 am to
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:52 am to
That SOB killed or injured almost everyone who flew it, except for Jimmy Doolittle.
Posted by Spaceman Spiff
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:54 am to
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That's the GeeBee racer, a treacherous beast.


This.
Posted by Spaceman Spiff
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:56 am to
In the line of air racers, what is this?

Posted by FightinTigersDammit
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:58 am to
Sweet looking aircraft. One of the Hughes racers?
Posted by Darth_Vader
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:01 am to
The Gee Bee is about the only racer I know a whole lot about. I really have no guess on that one.
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:02 am to
Whatever it is, its pretty. Real clean lines. The wheel spats say 1930's to me.
Posted by Spaceman Spiff
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:03 am to
That's a Travelaire Mystery Ship. What a name for a plane...
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:08 am to
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Travelaire Mystery Ship


Pretty famous in its day
Posted by Darth_Vader
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:12 am to
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That's a Travelaire Mystery Ship. What a name for a plane...



"Ride captain ride upon your mystery ship"
Posted by Spaceman Spiff
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:13 am to
Posted by Darth_Vader
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:16 am to
Try this one...



1. Name it's make and model.
2. This aircraft was the first to do what?
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:20 am to
Early British Jet. They loved that twin-boom design.

ETA Vampire?
This post was edited on 7/24/14 at 9:21 am
Posted by Spaceman Spiff
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:21 am to
Dehavlind (sp?) Vampire. First jet on a carrier?
Posted by Darth_Vader
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:24 am to
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Early British Jet. They loved that twin-boom design.

ETA Vampire?


Yep
Posted by Darth_Vader
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:26 am to
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Dehavlind (sp?) Vampire


Correc. And not a bad guess on the spelling.

De Havilland Vampire

quote:

First jet on a carrier?


Yep. First to land and take off from a carrier...

Posted by Spaceman Spiff
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:28 am to


Keeping on with jets, what is this?

Posted by FightinTigersDammit
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:29 am to
FJ-1 Fury?
Posted by Spaceman Spiff
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:30 am to

Damn that was fast!
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:31 am to
Looks so much like an F-86, so unless the Navy operated Sabres, that had to be it.
Posted by Spaceman Spiff
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:32 am to
Thats what it was...

Ok, here is another:

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