#curtiss museum

[curatorsday]

Monday, November 13, 2023

We got our jeep back today. It had been on loan to the Corning Museum of Glass as part of their Dig Deeper exhibit. We had to move a Henderson motorcycle and a Model T to make space but it’s now back where it belongs.

#curator #museum #curtiss museum #jeep

[madhatterer]

Finger Lakes vacation- July, 2023 Spent a morning at the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum.

#madhatterer #Hammondsport #Finger Lakes #Curtiss Museum

[nocternalrandomness]

"A Rare Bird” 

Curtiss P-40B Tomahawk 41-13297 is  the world’s only  P-40B and only surviving airworthy American fighter from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor flies wearing the scheme she wore during her time in Hawaii with the 18th Pursuit Group.

#American Heritage Museum #Curtiss #P-40B #Tomahawk #Fighter aircraft #Pearl Harbor survivor #Historic aircraft #Vintage airplane

[carbone14]

Curtiss P-40E Warhawk – National Museum of the United States Air Force – Riverside – Ohio – Etats-Unis

©United States Air Force - 050215-F-1234P-065

#WWII #Aviation militaire #Military aviation #Avion de chasse #Chasseur #Fighter #Curtiss P-40 Warhawk #Curtiss P-40 #P-40 #Warhawk #National Museum of the United States Air Force #Riverside #Ohio #Etats-Unis #USA

[aviatrix-ash]

Talk about hangar Tetris! No there is no odd perspective at play, those wing are maybe 4-6 inches apart! :o

But also what if we were both planes and we held wings

What if 🥺💕

#planeposting #planes #hangar #aviation #biplanes #museum #aviation maintenance #f 14 tomcat #curtiss biplane

[desertmarauder]

Curtiss C-46 D "Commando" S/N 44-77575 | Castle Air Museum, Atwater, California | 6/10/2023

#nikon z7ii #desertmarauder #photographers on tumblr #california #travel photography #castle air museum #atwater #curtiss c-46 d #aircraft #my photography

[johnjhalseth]

Some of the many ways the mail has been delivered.

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/networking-a-nation

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_JN_Jenny

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_AA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinson_Reliant#Specifications_(SR-10F)

#Washington D.C. #Washington #D.C. #Smithsonian National Postal Museum #Smithsonian #National Postal Museum #Museum #Postal Museum #1851 Concord stagecoach #1931 Ford Model A #Curtiss JN-4H Jenny #Curtiss Jenny #Jenny #Stinson Reliant SR-10F #My Photography #Photographers on Tumblr

[bestmayben]

#Glenn Curtiss Museum

[vintagelasvegas]

McCarran Field on opening day, December 19, 1948, with an air show of military aircraft. Photo by Las Vegas News Bureau.

Timeline of Las Vegas Airports

• ‘20: First flight. Randall Henderson piloted a Curtiss “Jenny” to Las Vegas, landing south of Las Vegas, 5/7/20.

ANDERSON FIELD-ROCKWELL FIELD ('20-'29)

• '20: Anderson Field. Las Vegas’ first airport, designed by Robert Hausler and named after the property owner, opened 11/25/20. Location: southeast of present Sahara Ave & Paradise Rd. • '25: Leon & Earl Rockwell purchase Anderson Field from Hausler; renamed Rockwell Field. • '26: Western Air Express launches airmail route utilizing Rockwell Field. The air strip is closed in '29 after purchase by Leigh Hunt.

LAS VEGAS AIRPORT-NELLIS AFB ('29-present)

• '29: Las Vegas Airport built by “Pop” Simon, present location of Nellis AFB. • '33: Simon sells Las Vegas Airport to WAE; renamed Western Air Express Field. • '41: City of Las Vegas buys WAE Field Jan. '41; dual use facility becomes McCarran Field, and Las Vegas Army Air Field. • '48: McCarran Field relocates to Alamo Field. • '49: Las Vegas AFB reopened Jan. '49 at the former McCarran Field/Las Vegas Army Air Field site. Renamed Nellis AFB in '50.

BOULDER CITY AIRPORT ('33-'88)

• '33: Boulder City Airport, dedicated 12/10/33. Later replaced by nearby Boulder City Municipal Airport ('90).

SKY HAVEN-NLV AIRPORT ('41-present)

• '41: Sky Haven Airport. From '59-65 known as Thunderbird Field. Since '66, North Las Vegas Airport.

ALAMO FIELD-LAS AIRPORT ('42-present)

• '42: Alamo Field est. by George Crockett south of Las Vegas, present site of Harry Reid International (LAS Airport). • '48: The new McCarran Field. Clark County purchases Alamo Field, opening new airport 12/19/48. Alamo Field and Alamo Airways continue operation at McCarran Field. • '63: Field terminal (T1) opens at McCarran, 3/15/63. Airport gateway relocated to Paradise Rd. Alamo Airways continues operating at the original Las Vegas Blvd location. • '67: Hughes Terminal at McCarran. Howard Hughes buys Alamo (airport and airline) in '67, and Air West in '70. • '68: McCarran renamed McCarran International Airport (LAS). Renamed Harry Ried International Airport in 2021.

SKY CORRAL AIRPORT ('46-'49)

• '46: Sky Corral Airport. Located west of Last Frontier Hotel; air strip approximately the path of present Interstate 15 at Desert Inn Rd. Closed by '49. • Note: Another airstrip at D-4-C ranch southwest of Sky Corral, circa '46-49.

SKY HARBOR-HENDERSON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT ('70-present)

• '70: Sky Harbor Airport. Founded by Arby Alper. Present site of Henderson Executive Airport.

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Sources: D. Lamb. “North Vegas Seeks Thunderbird Field.” Review-Journal, 8/25/65; “Southern Nevada Enjoys Long Aviation History.” Review-Journal, 6/11/98; J. Przybys. “Airport Museum.” Review-Journal, 10/1/2000; “History of Nellis and Creech.” Aerotech News, 12/21/2018.

Below: Senator Pat McCarran at the gateway of the original McCarran field in North Las Vegas, dedicated 3/15/41. The 25-ton pillars were moved to the new McCarran field in 1948. (Nellis Air Force Base Photograph Collection, PH-00028, UNLV Special Collections.

#LAS Airport #1948

[ghostwarriorrrr]

Chasseurs Curtiss P-40 Warhawk des Tigres Volants (1st American Volunteer Group) en formation au-dessus de la rivière Salouen (Salween River) à la frontière sino-birmane – Campagne de Birmanie – Guerre du Pacifique – 28 mai 1942 Photographe : R. T. Smith ©San Diego Air & Space Museum

#military #aircraft #air force #WW II #second world war #world war ii #aviation history #aviation #military aviation #pacific war #guerre du pacifique

[captain-price-unofficially]

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk "The Jacky C. II" at the American Airpower Museum

#wwii #aviation #china-India-Burma theater

[curatorsday]

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

I found this great photo of a baby on an early motorcycle. It reminds me a lot of the hidden mother photography of the 19th century.

#curator #museum #motorcycle #baby #curtiss museum #vintage photography

[usafphantom2]

Curtiss P-40E Warhawk , U.S. Army Air Force. National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.

@Donaldbekigfigo via Twitter

[lonestarflight]

A Curtiss SOC Seagull, used by the Royal Navy taking off for a patrol flight, circa January 23 to 28, 1942. Photographed from HMS Victorious at Hvalfjörður, Iceland. The fleet was on patrol in the North Atlantic for the German Battleship Tirpitz.

Imperial War Museum: IWM A 7311

#Curtiss SOC Seagull #Floatplane #January #1942 #Hvalfjörður #Iceland #world war ii #world war 2 #WWII #WW2 #history #WWII history #my post

[carbone14]

Chasseurs Curtiss P-40 Warhawk des Tigres Volants (1st American Volunteer Group) en formation au-dessus de la rivière Salouen (Salween River) à la frontière sino-birmane – Campagne de Birmanie – Guerre du Pacifique – 28 mai 1942

Photographe : R. T. Smith

©San Diego Air & Space Museum

#WWII #guerre du pacifique #pacific war #asie du sud-est #south-east asia #campagne de birmanie #burma campaign #les tigres volants #flying tigers #1st American Volunteer Group #aviation militaire #military aviation #chasseur #avion de chasse #fighter #curtiss P-40 warhawk #p-40 #warhawk #la salouen #salween river #28/05/1942 #05/1942 #1942

[lonestarbattleship]

USS Houston (CL-81) in the Houston Ship Channel, near Houston, Texas. This was during Navy Day Celebrations on October 27, 1945 and was her first time visiting her namesake city.

Note: the Curtiss SC-1 Seahawks on her fantail.

University of Houston Library Digital Collection: uhlib_2002_005_do26967446b_0001, uhlib_2002_005_do5460qs96s_0001, uhlib_2002_005_do66558f697_0001

Delaware Military Museum: DMMimg0547

#USS Houston (CL-81) #USS Houston #Cleveland Class #Cruiser #Light Cruiser #warship #ship #boat #Houston Ship Channel #Houston #Texas #united states navy #us navy #navy #usn #u.s. navy #post war #my post #October #1945