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B 17 "Sleepy Time Gal" on a bridge, heading to the museum at Dayton Ohio
Diposting oleh Unknown on Sabtu, 22 Juni 2013
found on http://mecanicien.tumblr.com
but credit for learning what a B17 was doing on a bridge goes to Bob, Vonredbeard.blogspot who somehow figured out the plane, the location, and what it was doing on the bridge! Thanks Bob!
B-17 44-83624 being delivered across the Mad River Bridge to the USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
info on the 'plane herself is here: http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b17registry/b17-4483624.html
cool photos from mecanicien.tumblr.com
Diposting oleh Unknown on Rabu, 19 Juni 2013
the Road Runner on the left looks like the concept that was on the show circuit, on the right is Don Prudhommes funny car Barracuda, in the center looks like the Hemi that was a show model.
this Chrysler dealership is hosting the Rapid Transit System, that is the colorful text on the far left side of the photo
I've never seen this photo before, or even heard of the tour that these cars were on together, this is one incedible photo!
Cool aircraft!
All from a Tumblr I just came across http://mecanicien.tumblr.com/
Have you seen the Gilmore airplane?
Diposting oleh Unknown on Selasa, 18 Juni 2013
all from a Flikr page of George, who has the cool trucking blog http://georgedennis.blogspot.com
The "GILMORE" plane was a Wasp powered C/n 75, NR-3057, the third of a total of eight air Expresses built, started its life on May 13 1929 as Lockheed’s development/demonstrator plane. c/n 75 failed in an attempt by Lockheed on the cross-country speed record. General Tire and Rubber Company bought her as their entry in the 1929 Los Angeles-Cleveland Non-Stop Derby.
Fitted with a 525 hp Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet, she won. Shortly thereafter Gilmore Oil Company bought c/n 75 for “Colonel” Roscoe Turner. The “Colonel” rank was self-bestowed for use on his self-designed uniforms. Turner set many point-to-point speed records with “Gilmore” carrying “Gilmore” the lion cub as his passenger as a publicity gimmick. “Gilmore” was fitted with his own parachute just in case.
A Wasp replaced the big Hornet in 1931. In 1932 Turner bought the plane and acquired sponsorship from MacMillan Petroleum and renamed the plane “Roscoe Turner’s Ring-Free Express.” Due to extensive dry rot, beyond economic repair, c/n75 was parted-out and burned in 1940.
