2013-03-27
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2012-11-12
2012-04-21
2012-04-14
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scanzen, from nationalmuseum.af.mil:
General Dynamics F-111A Aardvark. The F-111A could change the angle or “sweep” of its wings in flight. This image shows three different wing positions. With the wings swept forward, the F-111A had more lift to carry heavier loads, and it could land or take off at a slower speed. With the wings swept back, the F-111A could fly at very high speeds.
2012-04-08
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“Avions à décollage et atterrissage verticaux” (via balnibarbi, Mondorama 2000)
Those planes in full: the Hawker Siddeley HS.141, Canadair CL-84 “Dynavert”, Hawker Harrier, and de Havilland Canada DHC-7. Only the last two entered production, but the concept used by the CL-84 is similar to that of the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, now in use by US armed forces.
2012-03-30
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Phantoms over the three US-operated geodesic radomes at RAF Fylingdales (via). (More Fylingdales later, perhaps.)
2011-01-14
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Fly the future. Fly the flag. Concorde poster at G.W. Railwayana Auctions.
2010-12-05
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A Pan Am stewardess posing in the engine nacelle of an Boeing 707 (via)
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David Noël in On This Day Today: 1966. (The whole thing is worth a read for the story of a Pan Am plane crash in East Germany.)
The lounge, on Budapester Straße 43 near Wittenbergplatz U-Bahn has a Flash site (which I didn’t bother looking at), but it’s also covered Ultraswank. It seems to be private, but they (used to) occasionally host jazz nights. Seems like it might be worth looking out for.
