Vintage shots from days gone by!

To you railway blokes, what is she wiping?
Also those kodachrome images are fantastic

 

wow, what a giant rv, think you must have had a Lincoln at minimum to haul this thing! would be nice to see that one in person, anybody know about a surviving one of these?

 

NO,---NOT near Inglewood---Probably over the Santa Monica mtns.
During WWII, I lived 1 mile from NAA where P-51 Mustangs & B-25 Mitchells were built & tested.

 

Yeah, I think they called it the Empire State Building!
(I know, I know, poor humor right? Well, it beats no humor at all!)

That thing is crazy, I agree seeing inside one would be interesting. Sure beats the shit out of a Hootchie and a fart sack!!!


Doc.

 

Train terminal in Jacksonville, Florida. Has been saved and looks very much like that now.

 

My first car was a 53 Pontiac.........

 

University of Minnesota

 

Canada-US Border at Waterton Glacier Parks ( Montana Alberta) 1947

 

That would be an A-36 Apache, the 'Dive bomber' variant of the first Mustangs. The main difference was the main-plane (Wings), To incorporate the dive breaks that were in the center of the main-plane a complete re-design was necessary.
North American Aviation took this as a chance to 'Beef up' the main-plane to include two bomb racks and four .50in (50Cal)M2 Browning Machine Guns. It also had to incorporate the pre-mentioned and quite unique hydraulically operated cast Aluminium dive brakes.
Although known as a 'Dive Bomber' the aircraft was in fact envisioned as a low level Attack Aircraft. This resulted in top power and performance being produced below 12,000ft with the use of the 'Sea level rated' Allison V-1710-87 with 1,352hp (988 kW) at 3,000 ft.
Although the aircraft now is considered a poor performing version of the Mustang it acquired a reputation of sturdiness and precision in bombing. The Germans being on the receiving end of the aircraft dubbed it the "screaming helldivers".

Doc.

 

c'mon it's only 35' and two levels



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