Echoes in the Sky @ exoticaviation.bsky.socialさんのイラストまとめ

a dramatic depiction of a fancy Dornier Do X by Max Gundlach, from the cover of POPULAR MECHANICS, Oct 1929
(https://t.co/MQ2Soor8kB)

the SNCAC NC. 130 high altitude experimental aircraft, 1939 - a pressurised cockpit at the front, and an unpressurized one towards the rear for take-off and landing

(from the cover of @FanaAviationMag #389, April 2002, art by Christophe Gibelin, https://t.co/CXOWAbPPbk)

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@ToughSf the "Gaia Challenger" hydrofoil submarine carrier - with a unified US/Russian/German/French force - to deter future global conflicts
from ROADS INTO THE FUTURE, 1995, Robbert & Rudolf Das
(https://t.co/pgU0X6lg5v)

the "Sea-Bear"
"the greatest wonder of the present age"
"this fish has been seen by the most intelligent and learned men of the day"
BEHOLD!
er...
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"Commandos Spring from the Wings of Jump Jets"
POPULAR MECHANICS, Sept 1994
an article about the McDonnell Douglas Ground Rescue, Infiltrate, Exfiltrate and Re-supply (GRIER) pod
https://t.co/U79Nfj6KoE

(a similar British project was the AVPRO EXINT, https://t.co/sR3cKuCpDL)

great art from Christophe Gibelin, showing the Sea Vixen "Flower Power" of 899 Naval Air Squadron
This was a very temporary name - some aircraft were "defaced" as the squadron was preparing to leave HMS Eagle ahead of her decommissioning in Jan 1972

(https://t.co/KF3c7Cx3JL)

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@Hush_Kit Dinah, Dinah-Dinah, Dinah-Dinah-Dinah-Dinah
Dinah-Dinah-Dinah-Dinah
(Hey Judy)

the model even featured nose art. a custom decal was made for "Narcissus E1" - seemingly based on "Joltin' Josie, The Pacific Pioneer", from a B-29

@Hush_Kit of course, comic books are not only for children - but the Blackbird is linked heavily with the X-Men, and it's first appearance was apparently in X-Men #104, 1977
(also the first appearance of Muir Island and the Starjammers, FWIW..)

we DO know that they survived - one account said that "[they] found the sheep browsing on its supply of hay, the duck asleep, its beak under the wing, and the rooster munching his own fleas"
(https://t.co/FL59d9JnWI)
another story said that the sheep had broken the duck's leg

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