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Tag Archives: flight
The scientific tourist #111 — ejection seats
At the Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim north of Munich, a line-up of ejection seats from both sides of the cold war…
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged aircraft, cold war, flight, Germany, History, Technology
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The scientific tourist #106 — the Ford Trimotor
This week’s image is of a Ford Trimotor at the San Diego Air & Space Museum…
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Tagged aircraft, flight, History, museum, San Diego, Technology
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The scientific tourist #105 — the Double Eagle V
This week’s touristy science image comes to you from the Albuquerque International Balloon Museum — it’s the Double Eagle V gondola…
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Tagged aircraft, balloon, flight, History, Technology
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The scientific tourist #84 — O’Riley’s Daughter
A Curtis P-40N Warhawk at Seattle’s Museum of Flight…
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Tagged aircraft, fighter, flight, History, Technology, World War II, WWII
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Casual Friday — Excalibur
Unmanned aircraft seem to be all the rage these days in military circles…
Casual Friday — flying with the angels
The Blue Angels, that is…
The scientific tourist #75 — the F2G Super Corsair
This week, let’s go to back to Seattle’s Museum of Flight for a peek at another odd slice of WWII aeronautical history…
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Tagged aircraft, fighter, flight, Technology, World War II, WWII
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The scientific tourist #71 — the Me-262
Since last Monday’s image was of the Me-262′s jet engine, I thought it would be appropriate to use this week’s slot for the aircraft itself…
The scientific tourist #56 — the Me-163
This week’s image comes from the Museum of the USAF in Dayton, Ohio — it’s an Me-163 “Komet” rocket-powered manned interceptor…
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Tagged aircraft, fighter, flight, History, rockets, World War II
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The scientific tourist #53 — Splitter plates and boundary layers
This week’s image (a bit delayed due to the holidays) is of an F-4 “Phantom” fighter, waiting for renovation…