Air Travel and Airlines
Doing the Charleston
1927: 10-year-old Mildred Unger dances the Charleston on the wing of an airplane, while it's flying in the air.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jun 01, 2015 -
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Category: Air Travel and Airlines, 1920s, Dance
Flying Aircraft Carrier
Concept airplane from 1955. Jet fighters would land on top of it, then be lowered below on the ramp. It reminded me of the flying aircraft carrier (or "helicarrier") from the Avengers movies.
Posted By: Alex - Sat May 30, 2015 -
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Category: Air Travel and Airlines
TSA gets a hold on things
A couple of TSA agents at Denver International Airport have been found manipulating the screening process to grope other mens gentials they found attractive.
Posted By: BrokeDad - Tue Apr 14, 2015 -
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Category: Air Travel and Airlines, Men
Wrong-Way Corrigan
Always a pleasure to revisit this famous incident and charming fellow, with some "new" vintage footage of him at a press conference.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 12, 2014 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Air Travel and Airlines, 1930s
Mystery Illustration 3
This "futuristic" plane was:
1) conceived in the 1920s to occur in the 1940s
2) conceived in the 1930s to occur in the 1950s
3) conceived in the 1940s to occur in the 1970s
4) conceived in the 1950s to occur in the 1980s
The answer is here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 01, 2014 -
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Category: Futurism, Air Travel and Airlines, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Cropdusting
Now that I know about this, I'll never view airplane travel in the same way again.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Nov 12, 2014 -
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Category: Flatulence, Air Travel and Airlines
No more low flying!
This is what the airlines did for in-flight entertainment, back in the day. From the Los Angeles Times, Sep 8, 1935:
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 02, 2014 -
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Category: Air Travel and Airlines, 1930s
Dirigible Hanging
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 16, 2014 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Air Travel and Airlines, Sightseeing, 1930s
The Great Mull Air Mystery
In 1975, a pilot in a small plane makes a mysterious unscheduled night flight, and goes missing.
Several months later, the pilot's body is found, close by the air base from which he took off.
His plane is found even later, sunk in the ocean.
Did he jump from the plane in mid-air? No injuries consistent with that.
Did he escape the downed plane and swim to shore? No traces of sea water on the corpse.
Read the details here of this still-baffling enigma.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 13, 2014 -
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Category: Tragedy and Pathos, Unsolved Mysteries, Air Travel and Airlines, 1970s
Strongest Hair Ever
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 28, 2013 -
Comments (3)
Category: Human Marvels, Air Travel and Airlines, 1930s, Hair and Hairstyling
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