Friday, May 31, 2013
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Belgian Banana
The streamline design bears a remarkable resemblance to GWR 'Flying Banana' and ČSD 'Slovenská strela'.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
The Lady and the Gull
11 Sep 1936, Berkshire, England, UK
Pilot Beryl Markham,
posing for photographer at Abingdon Aerodrome, Berkshire,
prior to take off for her solo flight across the Atlantic.
When Markham decided to take on the Atlantic crossing, no pilot had yet flown non-stop from Europe to New York, and no woman had made the westward flight solo, though several had died trying. Markham hoped to claim both records. On 4 September 1936, she took off from Abingdon, England. After a 20-hour flight, her Vega Gull, The Messenger, suffered fuel starvation due to icing of the fuel tank vents, and she crash-landed at Baleine Cove on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada (her flight was, in all likelihood, almost identical in length to Mollison's). In spite of falling short of her goal, Markham had become the first woman to cross the Atlantic east-to-west solo, and the first person to make it from England to North America non-stop from east to west. She was celebrated as an aviation pioneer.
Info: Wikipedia
Monday, May 27, 2013
Engineer Strong
The Stenberg brothers
A poster for The Project of Engineer Strong*
1929
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* The Project of Engineer Strong is the Russian title for Not for Publication (1927), directed by Ralph Ince
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Sea Cruises
Xanti Schawinsky
A poster for Cosulich Società Triestina di Navigazione,
a part of Flotte Riunite (Italia Line)
1934
via Oldimages @ Flickr
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