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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 Darth_Vader
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:52 am to Darth_Vader
That SOB killed or injured almost everyone who flew it, except for Jimmy Doolittle.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:54 am to FightinTigersDammit
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That's the GeeBee racer, a treacherous beast.
This.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:56 am to Spaceman Spiff
In the line of air racers, what is this?
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:58 am to Spaceman Spiff
Sweet looking aircraft. One of the Hughes racers?
Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:01 am to Spaceman Spiff
The Gee Bee is about the only racer I know a whole lot about. I really have no guess on that one.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:02 am to Darth_Vader
Whatever it is, its pretty. Real clean lines. The wheel spats say 1930's to me.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:03 am to FightinTigersDammit
That's a Travelaire Mystery Ship. What a name for a plane... 
Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:08 am to Spaceman Spiff
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Travelaire Mystery Ship
Pretty famous in its day
Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:12 am to Spaceman Spiff
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That's a Travelaire Mystery Ship. What a name for a plane...
"Ride captain ride upon your mystery ship"
Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:16 am to Spaceman Spiff
Try this one...
1. Name it's make and model.
2. This aircraft was the first to do what?
1. Name it's make and model.
2. This aircraft was the first to do what?
Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:20 am to Darth_Vader
Early British Jet. They loved that twin-boom design.
ETA Vampire?
ETA Vampire?
This post was edited on 7/24/14 at 9:21 am
Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:21 am to Darth_Vader
Dehavlind (sp?) Vampire. First jet on a carrier?
Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:24 am to FightinTigersDammit
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Early British Jet. They loved that twin-boom design.
ETA Vampire?
Yep
Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:26 am to Spaceman Spiff
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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 on 7/24/14 at 9:28 am to Darth_Vader
Keeping on with jets, what is this?
Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:30 am to FightinTigersDammit
Damn that was fast!
Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:31 am to Spaceman Spiff
Looks so much like an F-86, so unless the Navy operated Sabres, that had to be it.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:32 am to FightinTigersDammit
Thats what it was...
Ok, here is another:
Ok, here is another:
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