The former Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company airdock at the Akron-Canton Airport. Built in 1929, it designed in 1929 to construct the largest airships ever made in the USA:
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Bobcat
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I think I’ve seen this one in person. Was HUGE when I first happened upon it on a sales trip. Each of the four clam-shell doors was opened by a small locomotive.
Didn't the Mythbusters guys use that facility at some point? Something like the "lead balloon" episode or such?
Regards,
Gordon.
If they did, sadly I missed that one. I love that show.
That could be me circa 1972-73 sans the glasses and my 69' Super Bee was copper metallic (T5)
screenersam
aka Blind Sugar McGee
"Traces of Texas reader Jaclyn Joseph graciously shared this terrific photo of her grandmother, Mary Louise Stebbins, who was the Cabbage Queen in Weslaco in the 30s. Mary's dress is made entirely of cabbage. She was 16 when this was taken and later said that, by the end of the day and parade, she was rather "aromatic." I can believe that.
Thank you, Jaclyn. Really great." found on Facebook
Thank you, Jaclyn. Really great." found on Facebook
Lord Patrick
Active Member
Cardington airship hangers are still going strong, just outside Bedford. Home of the ill fated R101.
How could I ever forget. The first and only time I was in the presence of a video disc player watching Airplane, Katie, the girl who would eventually become my wife, kissed me.
At one time Zenith sold a clone of the RCA CED player. We had one or two and a library of discs that employees could check out for "product evaluation.".How could I ever forget. The first and only time I was in the presence of a video disc player watching Airplane, Katie, the girl who would eventually become my wife, kissed me.
We had a very Barney Fife-like security guard whose job it was to check out the equipment passes. He just had to make a remark when a stack of discs I took home included "Barbarella." It was too bad he didn't have any pearls to clutch.
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Erik Tracy
Everyone's happy when the wizard walks by
Useless but interesting bit of info - checking the weather this morning for Sunday May 17
Length of Visible Light
14 h 48 m
Length of Day
13 h 54 m
Tomorrow will be 1 minutes 20 seconds longer
Length of Visible Light
14 h 48 m
Length of Day
13 h 54 m
Tomorrow will be 1 minutes 20 seconds longer
Uncle Groovy
New Member
Full page ad in the Chicago Tribune dated the day that John Bonham died. I grabbed two out of the newspaper box and sent one in.It’s now sandwiched between an 1/8th inch bronze mirror and a piece of clear plate glass.
As far as I know it’s the only one in existence
Bought this in Brimfield last week for $5.
Still sealed...
Still sealed...
screenersam
aka Blind Sugar McGee
"The 1952 Howard Hughes Torpedo motorhome was an extravagant custom-built vehicle associated with billionaire aviator and businessman Howard Hughes."
that bottom pic kind of looks faik to me...
(found on facebook)
Erik Tracy
Everyone's happy when the wizard walks by
Hmmm...hope no one got hit.
screenersam
aka Blind Sugar McGee
"A Somaliland military armed vehicle takes part in a parade during the self-declared Independence Day."
edit; the base vehicle is a Tygor E2 made by Harrow Armored Vehicles, based on a Toyota Land Cruiser chassis.
are those whitewalls painted on the tire?
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I think so, people in Africa tend to like bright colors. Makes the vehicle conspicuous, though. Maybe it's just wash-off paint that would be removed after the parade?
screenersam
aka Blind Sugar McGee
"Imagine you are on a cruise and all of a sudden the water recedes and the boat is in a corn field.
That is what happened in 1910 in WV.
A massive, midnight flash flood made the whole valley look like an ocean!
The captain got disoriented in the pitch black, mistook a random farmhouse light for a navigation beacon, and accidentally steered the 235-foot packet boat completely off the river.
By morning, the floodwaters totally ghosted them—rapidly receding back into the main river channel overnight and leaving this massive sternwheeler sitting high, dry, and perfectly upright like a giant lawn ornament in a very confused farmer's cornfield!"
found on Facebook
Chicago’s Sky-Hi Drive-In and Restaurant operated inside a converted Douglas DC-7 airplane. Opened 1963, featuring 10 tables inside the plane's cabin, which was perched above a luncheonette serving drive-in customers. Servers dressed as stewardesses. It closed in the late 1960s.
I saw it from the outside when I was a kid, but was never in it unfortunately.
I saw it from the outside when I was a kid, but was never in it unfortunately.
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