Aircraft pics

[Dog427435]

A friend sent me these - they are pretty cool -




Lockheed During W.W.II (unbelievable 1940s pictures) This is pretty neat--
special effects during the 1940's:
I have never seen these pictures or knew that we had gone this far to protect us.
During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant
to protect it from Japanese air attack.
They covered it with camouflage netting to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air.



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[nuch_ss396]

I'm sure most of you by now have heard that the Japanese
would do almost anything to inflict pain & suffering on
the Americans.

Case in point is the Japanese launched balloons from the
island of Japan ( with bombs attached ). It was hoped that
the air currents would bring the balloons ( with their deadly cargo )
to American shores.

I believe only one American fatality occurred from this method of attack.

Nuch

[NewportNic]

A-4 Skyhawk "Mighty Midget" @ Memphis Naval Air Reserve

[427TJ]

One of my favorite in-flight photos, a navy Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat over Hawaii in late 1945.

[427TJ]

Convair B-36 roars down Galveston Beach c1950.

[Xplantdad]

That is a great shot. It would have scared the crap out of me though

[TXZS]

There are fewer buildings on Galveston beach after last week than there were in that picture (1950). Great picture; early B-36?

[1967 Impala]

Yes I think it is an early one Only six turning none burning
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Check out the guy standing on the B36 tail

[Dog427435]

[1967 Impala]

Here is a before picture

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