F-35 unintentional loop at takeoff on a carrier.. is a video game clip, but looks very very real

F-35 unintentional loop at takeoff... not real. Sure fooled me.

great images from National Geographics photo archives on Natgeofound.tumblr.com

New York Central's Mercury train in Cleveland

A view of Chicago’s historic La Salle Street train station, November 1936

Women pose with huge rubber tires made to use in Antarctica, February 1940

Nose assemblies for Douglas A-20 attack bombers in a factory

Chicago, June 1967

A Royal Mail bus with armed guards heads out from Razmak to Jandola, April 1946

A bird’s-eye view of a training Air Corps plane in Texas

found on http://natgeofound.tumblr.com/

Lest we forget what WW2 aircraft carrier hazards, and airborne war on other ships was about...

it gets really hairy about the 7 minute mark

thanks Mike!

simply an impressive photograph of content

found on http://cetaceous.tumblr.com

B17 Bomber the Mission

found on http://www.scoop.it/t/ww2-bomber-nose-art

Fokker invented the gearing that prevented WW1 fighter planes from shooting their propeller to pieces.

simplified for simple and easy tracking of the process

image is a screen shot from a terrific show called  "Connections" that used to be on TLC channel

the 1000th B-29 the Boeing built, in Wichita Kansas

above, shows the difference in size between a B 29 and the Boeing Kaydet... below, the size comparison between a B 29 and a B 17

Robert of RetroHound.com and ClassicDragsters.com posted these photos at http://www.retrohound.com/some-boeing-b-29-superfortresses-that-my-grandparents-helped-build/  because he came across them in a scrapbook or box and his grandparents were part of the crew that built the B-29s

long over due time to put these two photos together... I've had them posted in different places, and never realized til I looked up somehting else

The aircraft (Maia on the bottom, Mercury on top) were commissioned by the British government to fly transatlantic cargoes (mainly mail) in the late 30s. Built by Shorts in Belfast, Maia was a modified production model while Mercury was made for the job. The problem at the time was that an aircraft could just about get across the Atlantic but not with any useful payload. By using Maia to lift Mercury to operational height, not only was Maia's fuel demand reduced but it could be configured purely for efficient cruising. The experiment was successful and used in service but ended with the onset of WW2. Wartime design advances soon made the concept obsolete of course (thanks to comments from Tonyand03)!

strange that such a strikingly unusual image wouldn't stand out in my mind that I'd seen something similar before

I just learned a lot about this enormous WW2 Navy airplane, it's a Martin Mars

found on http://steampunkvehicles.tumblr.com/post/71170836271/http-www-jalopyjournal-com

a Martin JRM Mars (built by the Glenn L. Martin Company):
 it is a large, four-engined cargo transport seaplane originally designed and built in limited numbers for the U.S. Navy during the World War II era. It was the largest Allied flying boat to enter production, although only seven were built.
The United States Navy contracted the development of the XPB2M-1 Mars in 1938 as a long range ocean patrol flying boat, which later entered production as the JRM Mars long range transport. By the small number on the tail, that is "Hawaii Mars I" - JRM-1 - first flown on 21 July 1945 and delivered to the United States Navy. It sank on 5 August 1945 in the Chesapeake Bay and was disposed as scrap.

Named the Marianas Mars, Philippine Mars, Marshall Mars, Caroline Mars, and a second Hawaii Mars, the five production Mars aircraft entered service ferrying cargo to Hawaii and the Pacific Islands.

 On 4 March 1949, the Caroline Mars set a new world passenger load record by carrying 269 people from San Diego to Alameda, CA. The remaining "Big Four" flew record amounts of Naval cargo on the San Francisco-Honolulu route efficiently until 1956, when they were beached at NAS Alameda.

In 1959, the remaining Mars aircraft were to be sold for scrap, but a Canadian company, Forest Industries Flying Tankers, was formed and bid for the four aircraft and a large spares holding. The company represented a consortium of British Columbia forest companies

The Marianas Mars crashed near Northwest Bay, British Columbia, on 23 June 1961 during firefighting operations; all four crew members were lost. Just over a year later, on 12 October 1962, the Caroline Mars was destroyed by Typhoon Freda while parked onshore.

The Hawaii Mars and Philippine Mars had their conversions to water bombers accelerated and entered service in 1963

On 23 August 2012, the Coulson Group of Port Alberni, British Columbia announced that the Philippine Mars, due to its lack of use for five years, will be retired and flown to the National Naval Aviation Museum at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida to become a static exhibit. The aircraft was repainted to its original U.S. Navy colors and is expected to be delivered to the museum in July 2013

images and info from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_JRM_Mars

In the Movie The A-Team, the A-Team fly out of Germany with a Martin Mars with the red-white Coulson Flying Tankers livery.

Rosie was making them, Josie was delivering lead down range

found on http://remove-before-flight.tumblr.com/image/61702939052

U.S. Marine Randall Sprenger putting the finishing touches on “Little Gem”, on a B-29 Superfortress at Isley Field Saipan February 1945.

http://warisstupid.tumblr.com/post/50905001327/u-s-marine-randall-sprenger-putting-the-finishing

variety of cool images from Le Container

I can't tell how the front blades aren't hitting the ground, but, obviously they haven't

interestingly some of the very first airplanes that could fly intercontinental were named "spirit of" and "city of"

immediately reminded of http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/05/1983-jawa-ice-motorcycle-only-eastern.html

are they nuts? Han't they been shown the famous photo? Never drive a orange crawler over a crevass!

from Mad Max of course.... I've never seen this screen grab before though

all from lecontainer.blogspot.com

Louis Blériot, inventor of the 1st practical headlight, and 1st to fly over the English Channel, used his fame and fortune to make motorcycles and airplanes

a 1915 Bleriot

His experimentation and development in aircraft led to fame, fortune and one of the world’s first monoplanes (fixed-wing format with one main set of wing surfaces).

In 1909, he was the first to fly across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft (others before had flown across in a balloon).

After 1918, with the demand for aircraft slowing down (end of WWI), Bleriot Aeronautique took on contracts to build fishing boats, a motorcycle and a cyclecar. The motorcycles would be manufactured in Paris, the cyclecars in their England factory. Toward the end of its operation, the company would tackle projects to develop a four-engine floatplane (1929), twin-engine airliner with twin fuselages (1931) and a single-engine amphibian flying boat (1931) among many others.

photos and info found on http://goodsparkgarage.com/the-bleriot-motorcycle-and-early-flight/

Is this an early trick photo? Or did they really get a plane on the back of that truck?

found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/yachtclubdesavionsdelaroute/

well, I suppose since the below photo is real, that airplane could be a real photo too

Martin B-26, and Douglas A-26 bombers

found on http://silodrome.com/martin-b-26c-marauder-crew/

found on http://silodrome.com/douglas-a-26-invader/