Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
Schneider Trophy!
The Schneider Trophy Contest 1929 - official programme cover
A stirring front cover from the 1929 Schneider Trophy Contest souvenir programme that was produced by Gale & Polden (a major publisher of thing military in Aldershot) on behalf of the organisers the Royal Aero Club. The competition to take the coverted trophy took place over a course across the Solent on England's south coast as illustrated here. It really captures the feeling of excitement that flight had in peoples imaginations at the time - fast, sleek seaplanes speeding through the skies!
The programme is posted by kind permission of Paul Ross.
Text and image: mikeyashworth @ Flickr
Sunday, April 28, 2013
German Light Cruiser
Karlsruhe, a Königsberg-class cruiser, launched in 1927
Photographed in 1934
Image: U.S. Naval Historical Center
Saturday, April 27, 2013
The Torino
6.9-ton Škoda-Fiat Torino, built on the Fiat 18BL truck chassis and armed by a pair of 7.92mm machine guns, was the first armored vehicle designed and produced in independent Czechoslovakia. 11 vehicles were issued to the Army in 1920.
Due to numerous mechanical failures, they service life was relatively short - most were retired by 1925, the last were scrapped in 1929.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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