Interwar Americana from the Bundesarchiv
Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:53 am
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-11334, Amerikanisches Luftschiff, Verankerung auf dem Meer.
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-11928 Ozeanflieger Wiley Post und Harold Gatty.
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-11939A, Berlin, Zentralflughafen, Dänische Ozeanflieger.
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12353, Los Angeles, Schaufliegen von Kriegsflugzeugen.
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12377, Italien, Wasserflugzeug beim Start.
(I don't think so...)
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12772, Florida, Wettrennen Auto-Flugzeug.
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12879, Gross-Bomben-Schlepper.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witteman-Lewis_XNBL
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12958, Zeppelin "Los Angeles".
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12563, New Jersey, Luftschiff der US Navy.
And for the 'Only in America file'.
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12417, Amerika, Hochzeit über den Wolken
Apart from what the hell is going on, what's the type?
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-11097, USA, Cowboy-Kunststück.
Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:35 am
Thanks, James !
In order of appearance
If that is the American LTA mooring ship, a bridge in Texas was built specifically for it to pass under ! The town is appropriately named Bridge City, and the bridge still stands !
Never seen Wiley Post without his patch !
I've always liked Flugzueugs !
The Barling,...wonder who got paid off to get a govt cotract for that one !
No gondola or engines on the J-1 ? Was it a refined tethered observation ballon ? Yet it has a rudder and elevators ? Is everything podded underneath it, you would think attaching/detaching all the hanging stuff would be better accomplished inside.
And the last one ? WOW! A guy could lose his head if hit by one of those hooves !!
In order of appearance
If that is the American LTA mooring ship, a bridge in Texas was built specifically for it to pass under ! The town is appropriately named Bridge City, and the bridge still stands !
Never seen Wiley Post without his patch !
I've always liked Flugzueugs !
The Barling,...wonder who got paid off to get a govt cotract for that one !
No gondola or engines on the J-1 ? Was it a refined tethered observation ballon ? Yet it has a rudder and elevators ? Is everything podded underneath it, you would think attaching/detaching all the hanging stuff would be better accomplished inside.
And the last one ? WOW! A guy could lose his head if hit by one of those hooves !!
Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:19 pm
Airplane with the girl on the wing looks like a Curtiss Oriole.
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Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:23 pm
In that last picture, you can divide the "Pucker Factor" by 6 
Shay
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Shay
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Semper Fortis
Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:14 pm
Shay -- did you mean"multiply"??
"Gross-Bomben-Schlepper" Was meint, exactly? Big bomb carrier?
I don't remember much of my college German at all -- of course I did struggle mightily just to barely pass...
Great photos!
"Gross-Bomben-Schlepper" Was meint, exactly? Big bomb carrier?
I don't remember much of my college German at all -- of course I did struggle mightily just to barely pass...
Great photos!
Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:19 pm
"And for the 'Only in America file'.
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12417, Amerika, Hochzeit über den Wolken
Apart from what the heck is going on, what's the type "
Curtiss Oriole with C-6 engine.
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12417, Amerika, Hochzeit über den Wolken
Apart from what the heck is going on, what's the type "
Curtiss Oriole with C-6 engine.