#early aviation

[newyorkthegoldenage]

A crystal-clear shot of a DC-4 flying over Manhattan, 1939.

Photo: Margaret Bourke-White via the Atlas Gallery

#vintage New York #1930s #early aviation #Margaret Bourke-White #DC-4 #airplanes #Manhattan aerial #b&w photography

[pinturas-gran-guerra-aire]

1913 Birds of Paradise - Russell Smith

Birds of Paradise is a depiction Lt Harold Gieger and the Curtis Model G floatplane at the mouth of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii circa 1913. The Curtis Models G & C were the first aircraft to be flown in Hawaii. A little after 7am on a warm Friday morning, August 8, 1913, Lieutenant Geiger made aviation history by making the first airplane flight in Hawaii in S.C. No. 8. The 75 horsepower eight-cylinder Curtiss motor sputtered and backfired as the plane bobbed like a cork on its single pontoon in the middle of the channel entrance to Pearl Harbor. Lieutenant Geiger opened the throttle and turned the plane east into a 10mph wind. He flew over Pearl Harbor but it was “a short flight with machine No. 8 in order to test the balance of this machine.” Lieutenant Geiger described the hazards: “The entrance to Pearl Harbor, (except the channel) is a flat coral reef and the water except at high tide is so shallow that it is extremely dangerous to attempt to rise or land anywhere else than the channel. The presence of buoys, ranges and stakes also increases the danger of rising or landing anywhere than in the channel.” On August 28, 1913, the Curtiss Tractor Scout, S.C. No. 21, was tried out for the first time. He described the flight as a series “of short jumps over the water,” which lasted 35 minutes. S.C. No. 21 was an experimental plane that had been in several accidents during its test flights at San Diego in June. Lieutenant Geiger immediately found the main pontoon was weak and the machine flew with one wing low caused by the braces on one side of the wing being short. The twisted wing gave the biplane a tendency to dive in right turns and to over-bank in the opposite direction. In fact, so many things were wrong with it he suggested that he be sent back to the Curtiss factory to tell them how they could improve the plane, but the Signal Corps did not approve his suggestion. Problems with fore and aft balance were later corrected by adjusting the stabilizer. Eventually, Lieutenant Geiger was able to fly S.C. No. 21 extensively in order to familiarize himself with its particular characteristics, but because of difficulties with the machine and the poor flying conditions, the machine was not safe to use for training personnel as originally planned. The base at Fort Kamehameha turned out to be far from satisfactory. The old tent hangars were easily torn in storms and low tides made it difficult or impossible to get the planes to the channel. Lieutenant Geiger proposed that the engineers build a track out into the water to facilitate launching the planes regardless of the tide, but no funds were available at first. The water was so shallow that both take-off and landings were dangerous and could only be performed safely in the deep, but narrow channel. The high winds made it even more difficult, and the rest of the harbor area was only usable during high tides.

#russell smith #early aviation #seaplane #aviation pioneers

[pinklaceplaybook]

#giphy #archivesgif #1909 #early film #test flight #wright brothers #wright flyer #naid24690 #early aviation #fort myer

[hauntedbystorytelling]

Hi there!

everybody aboard?

ready to time-travel to 2023?

original image: Original-Photographien des Gordon Bennett Cup in Warschau. Um 1935. [JVV Auktionen]

#vintage photography #2023 #welcome #1930s #hot air balloon #flying #early aviation #early aeronautics #aviation #balloon #aeronautics

[curatorsday]

Friday, December 8, 2023

The Silver Dart (1908-09), the fourth aerodrome designed by the Aerial Experiment Association, was originally built to carry two men. In the same seat. After AEA member Lt. Thomas Selfridge’s death in an airplane crash as a passenger with Orville Wright as pilot, Alexander Graham Bell essentially forbid his organization’s machines from carrying two people. The photo above shows Glenn Curtiss and Doug McCurdy in the Silver Dart.

#curator #museum #curtiss museum #glenn curtiss #aviation #early aviation #silver dart

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"This little girl has no doubt heard of the part women are playing in aeronautics, and plays at being an air-woman with all due seriousness. She is seen preparing her machine for its flight." - from the Kingston Whig-Standard. May 27, 1933. Page 12.

#aviation #early aviation #1930s aviation #female aviator #model plane #human interest story #airmindedness #the great depression #wire photo

[aviationgeek71]

Nieuport C.1 replica N856AD (left) with Subaru engine and Nieuport II replica N2535N (right) with Volkswagen engine.

After entering WW1, the young U.S. Army Air Service (USAAS) did not have fighter aircraft of their own. To fill this void they were assigned French built Nieuport 28 C.1. 

Many young American aces, like Eddie Rickenbacker, scored their first victories in a Nieuport.

These beautiful birds graced the flight line at the Mid-Eastern Regional Fly-in (MERFI), Grimes Field (I74), Urbana, Ohio. August 20, 2022.

#avgeek #aviation #history #aviation history #vintage #airplane #ww1 #nieuport #my photgraphy #original photography on tumblr #my writing #wwi #pilots #fighters #fighter pilot #eddie rickenbacker #fly #flying #early aviation #black and white photography

[dopescissorscashwagon]

Today we celebrate the Wright Brothers, inventors and pioneers of early aviation.

The Wright brothers are generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world’s first successful motor operated airplane.

NPS Photo by Josh Pargas

WrightBrothersDay #Everglades

#Everglades #Wright Brothers Day #early aviation #Amazing #Josh Pargas #Wright Brothers #Inventors

[nocternalrandomness]

AWACS landing at Tinker AFB. OK - March 23rd 2007

#Boeing #E-3 #Sentry #AWACS #USAF #aircraft #airplane #aviation #military aircraft #airborne early warning and control #Airborne Warning and Control System

[thatsrightice]

Have a very short very bad snippet of a 5K completely self-indulgent Iceman angst fic I’ll be posting tonight hopefully. EDIT: fic is live :)

“Uncle Ice!” Bradley shrieked, arms wrapped around his neck and legs kicking wildly. Ice shushed the boy but couldn’t help the smile on his face.

“Oh, Tom!” Carole walked towards him, having been a few feet behind her son. Ice gave her a side hug, Bradley still pinned to his chest. “Slider said you were away on deployment!”

“I came home early,” he replied. He gently pulled Bradley’s hand out of his hair.

“I can see that,” she beamed. “Oh, they’ve been such a mess without you, never able to make a decision those boys. I just know they were thrilled.”

“I’m sure they will be,” Tom affirmed offhand, more focused on Bradley wiggling in his arms.

“Are you telling me they don’t even know you’re here yet?”

“I just got home-” he quickly checked his watch. “-nearly an hour ago?”

“And not one of them were there to pick you up?” She put her hands on her hips. “You didn’t call them, did you Tom?” She accused, a stern look on her face.

“I did, ma’am. Promise.” Bradley shifted in his grip, putting pressure directly upon a particularly nasty bruise. He couldn’t help his sharp inhale.

“Cut that out, that ma’am business,” Carole scolded him. Tom ignored the pity in her eyes as she looked at him. She stepped forward to take Bradley and set him on the ground. “Uncle Mav is out back in the pool. Why don’t you go find him and tell him about your trip to the zoo?” The boy’s eyes lit up and he immediately took off for the patio door.

“They were all here, Carole,” he tried to reason politely. “There was no way for any of them to get my call.” She gave him a knowing look.

“You are going to march out that door, Tom,” she pressed, pointing a finger at his chest.

“I will be out in a bit,” he promised. “I just need a minute.” He glanced at the crutch leaning against the wall, her gaze following. He hated playing the injured card. Carole nodded, stepping forward to enter the house, but stopped to pull him in for another, much lighter, hug.

“I’m not going to ask what happened. But I hope you’re okay,” she whispered in his ear.

“I will be,” he reassured, sticking his hands in his pockets once they separated. They both knew that was a lie

#warning; it’s probably not very good but it’s something #top gun #top gun maverick #tom kazansky #iceman #top gun iceman #tom iceman kazansky #carole bradshaw #bradley bradshaw #set in the very early 90s #<- my military aviation peeps know what’s up #just a little thing I wrote #will be pre-icemav relationship #or pre-slicemav #could also be slice #I couldn’t decide #so it’s very ambiguous #icemav #iceman angst #angst

[newyorkthegoldenage]

The German-made zeppelin ZR-3 skims the tops of skyscrapers above foggy Manhattan on its way to Lakehurst, N.J., October 19, 1924. It had just flown across the Atlantic, logging 4,229 nautical miles. The Metropolitan Life Building can be seen below.

The Times reported on the scene in Lakehurst the next day: "So great was the motor traffic that numerous tie-ups developed and thousands of visitors did not reach their homes until well after midnight."

The transatlantic flight was considered an aviation triumph, and its captain and crew were given a parade up Broadway and greeted at the White House. The Atlantic would not be crossed nonstop by air again until Lindbergh's flight in May 1927.

Photo & text: NY Times Photo Archives

#vintage New York #1920s #zeppelin #early aviation #vintage aviation #airship #19 Oct. #19 October #October 19 #Oct. 19

[pinturas-gran-guerra-aire]

1914 08 30 The Five o'clock Taube - Merv Corning

repost bigger size

#merv corning #etrich taube #rumpler #early aviation

[pinklaceplaybook]

#giphy #archivesgif #takeoff #1908 #1909 #test flight #wright brothers #film editing #wright flyer #naid24690 #early aviation

[hauntedbystorytelling]

view in hi-res on wordPress

George R. Watson :: Pilot Chas. Widmen & Helpers Right after Plane Landing Accident, 1926. Vintage gelatin silver print. Signed in ink in the image. Titled and dated on typewritten label, mount verso. | src Klotz Gallery

#plane crash #landing accident #accident #aeroplane #biplane #early aviation #falling #George R. Watson #1920s #george watson #onlookers #plane

[autoboros]

I wanted to post something so have some junk I did over the week. My Avi interp (Inktoling) and a long haired Auto

#i really need to draw more #they are also both in almost the exact same pose i am sorry #i drew these both early in the morning because that night i had not slept at all #splatoon 3 #splatoon #splatoon oc #coroika #coroika aviators #sketches

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"MELVIN VANIMAN AND CREW, KILLED IN AIRSHIP EXPLOSION," Kingston Daily Standard. July 6, 1912. Page 1. ---- top picture: MELVIN VANIMAN AND THE CREW OF THE AKRON

Middle left: THE AKRON Right: FRAGMENTS OF BALLOON FALLING AFTER EXPLOSION

Melvin Vaniman, with his brother and three other members of the crew, was dashed to death when the dirigible balloon Akron exploded and fell into the sea during a flight at Atlantic City, N. J. The accident was witnessed by Mrs. Vaniman and thousands of spectators who lined the shore. None aboard the giant airship survived to tell how it was torn to shreds and junk in an instant.

#atlantic ship #airship #airship explosion #aviation disaster #early aviation #lighter than air craft #maiden voyage