Draken

Creator: Flygvapenmuseum / Matilda Ahl 

| Credit: Stina Hedvall

Copyright: Creative Commons CC-by Flygvapenmuseum

Some retouching has been done to the original.

Photography: Clouds are beautiful but...

photo: -s u r k h-, via this isn't happiness

...may cause problems.
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Vintage Photos: More Airships

It's a bird! It's a plane! Is it a drawn frog flying an airship on a vintage postcard and not a photo!

A bunch of great airship photos uploaded by aequor_ at Vintage Photo.

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Vintage Photos: Balloons

A bunch of great balloon photos uploaded by aequor_ at Vintage Photo.

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Transportation: Airship Dreams of Today and Yesterday

Aerial Landing Field from Modern Mechanix

Airship Dreams

Related:
Transportation: Yesterday's Airports of Today
Retro-Future: Means of transportation

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Transportation: Yesterday's Airports of Today

"This is a 1935 model for an underground air terminal. After landing, aircraft would go underground to various levels for passengers, maintenance, and cargo loading. Connections to ground transportation are at the lowest level."

Quote and image from The Smithsonian website - America by Air.


Via BibliOdyssey

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Photo: Vintage Balloon Parade

"...from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. The marquee on the movie theater is showing Divorce in the Family with Jackie Cooper which would date the photos to around 1932." From Swapatorium.


Via PCL LinkDump

Illustration: The Airplane Book

Wardomatic's The Airplane Book slideshow on Flickr






Via PCL Linkdump