Contributions of the group Your Fly Is Open

MCAS Yuma

nobody@ipernity.com (John Bezosky Jr.) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:00:20 +0000

VFMT-101 F-5N Tigers taxis at MCAS Yuma, 9 March 2013

Flying High in Pittsburgh

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 13 May 2019 02:51:02 +0000

A flying photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

Printed on the back of this real photo postcard: "The Colonial Studio, 137 Sixth St., Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.A."

Three Dapper Gents in an Airship

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 20:36:44 +0000

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A real photo postcard showing three dapper gentlemen in suits, ties, and straw hats pretending to ride in an airship in a photo studio located in Douglas, Isle of Man.

Notice how the pilot is carefully operating the fake control lever as a cigarette dangles from his mouth. I just hope that the gas bag above him doesn't contain dangerously flammable hydrogen!

Printed on the back: "F. Johnson, Fort William, Douglas, I.O.M."

balloon

nobody@ipernity.com (Gabi Lombardo) — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 09:38:25 +0000

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Leichtflieger

nobody@ipernity.com (Ur@nos) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +0000

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VIEW ON BLACK, please.

John Kelly's Fine Shoes, Rochester, N.Y.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 18:55:52 +0000

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"John Kelly's Fine Shoes, Rochester, N.Y."

Rubberstamped on the other side of this Victorian-era trade card: "John E. Brown, No. 46 E. State St., Ithaca, N.Y."

Perhaps this was a nineteenth-century prototype for Amazon's drone delivery. 8-)

Ed's yellow plane

nobody@ipernity.com (Léopold) — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:49:32 +0000

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Trenton, Ontario, Canada.

Lockheed 33T at the Fort of Gjirokastra (Albania)

nobody@ipernity.com (Gabi Lombardo) — Wed, 17 May 2017 07:58:33 +0000

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Behind the Flying Saucers

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 18 May 2017 16:46:34 +0000

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"Behind the Flying Saucers. Frank Scully. The book everyone is talking about. Popular Library. Earle Bergey."

Earle K. Bergey's wonderfully frightening cover illustration of saucers in the sky and panic in the streets certainly helped to make this "the book everyone is talking about" when it appeared in 1950. But author Frank Scully's account of flying saucer crashes and dead extraterrestrials in Arizona and New Mexico was probably enough to get people talking even without the cover.

Scully wasn't the only one writing about such scary topics in 1950. Author Donald Keyhoe also argued that The Flying Saucers Are Real:

The Flying Saucers Are Real

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 18 May 2017 16:46:32 +0000

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"The Flying Saucers Are Real. Donald Keyhoe. True story behind the strangest phenomena in history! Gold Medal Book. 107. Frank Tinsley '50."

The Flying Saucers Are Real, written by Donald Keyhoe, first appeared in 1950. Frank Tinsley's dramatic cover illustration helped to convey the startling news that flying saucers (or UFOs aka unidentified flying objects) are actually extraterrestrial spacecraft.

For another book from 1950 on the same topic, see Behind the Flying Saucers:

Bloomsburg Flying Club Membership Card, ca. 1930s

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 17:49:38 +0000

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A membership card for a flying club in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. It's likely that the card dates to the 1930s.

Bloomsburg Flying Club

Bloomsburg, Penna. No. 60.

This is to certify that ________ is a member in good standing ________.

Not valid unless countersigned.

________, president. ________, secretary. ________, signature of member.

Visit Grand Canyon by Air, TWA and GCA, 1935

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:27:54 +0000

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Front cover of a brochure published by "TWA (Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc.) and GCA (Grand Canyon Air Lines, Inc.). Effective July 20th, 1935."

From the inside pages of the brochure: "In luxurious comfort and with unequalled speed of the TWA Douglas Skyliners, the passengers of 'The Lindbergh Line' are afforded an opportunity to visit the land of fascinating wonders, gorgeous spectacles, and kaleidoscopic panorama in flight through the Great Southwest.... At Winslow [Arizona], passengers directly connect with the comfortable trimotor planes of the Grand Canyon Airlines, Inc., making a one-hour flight to Grand Canyon Airport in the Kaibab National Forest near the south rim of the Grand Canyon."

Man in a Biplane

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 15:35:16 +0000

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A man pretends to steer an airplane in this early twentieth-century real photo postcard that's survived the years despite some damage. The painted plane that he's piloting may be a Curtiss Model D biplane, circa 1911.

For a similar photo with a younger pilot, see Inflight Infant in an Early Biplane (below).

Inflight Infant in an Early Biplane

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 15:35:14 +0000

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An infant for the ABC Group (4/20/2017).

A rather dark real photo postcard with a young child who doesn't appear too excited to be steering a painted version of an early biplane that looks similar to a 1911 Curtiss Model D.

For another vintage novelty photo that uses the same backdrop, see Man in a Biplane (below).

Charles K. Hamilton Flying at the Cameron County Fair, Emporium, Pa., Sept. 14, 1911

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 04:17:14 +0000

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"Chas. K. Hamilton Flying at Cameron Co. Fair, Emporium, Pa., Sept. 14, 1911."

A real photo postcard addressed to Anneada B. Secrist, Rebersburg, Pa., and postmarked Emporium, Pa., Oct. 2, 1911.

Message: "Dear Anneada, Am waiting for a letter from you and very busy but am going to write you a letter if you don't soon write. Have not heard from May in two months. Lovingly, Ophelia."

According to Wikipedia, Charles K. Hamilton was "an American pioneer aviator nicknamed the 'crazy man of the air. He was, in the words of the U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission, 'known for his dangerous dives, spectacular crashes, extensive reconstructive surgeries, and ever present cigarette' and was 'frequently drunk.' He survived over 60 crashes."

Oh, in case you didn't notice the daredevil aviator in his Curtiss biplane, mouse over the image above to reveal the tiny silhouette of the man and his plane above the trees near the center of the photo.

Balloon

nobody@ipernity.com (John Bezosky Jr.) — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:52:11 +0000

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Hot air balloon over far east Tucson, 22 January 2011

Avro 504 in Evening Light

nobody@ipernity.com (dgmphoto) — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 19:33:31 +0000

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Silver Stampe

nobody@ipernity.com (Tractacus) — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:07:01 +0000

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G-AYCG, a Stampe SV4C at Popham.
Sun13Jul97. Scanned

Three Guys in a Plane over Paris

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 19:20:56 +0000

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Looks like the skyline below the plane is intended to depict Paris. Among the recognizable landmarks are the Eiffel Tower, the Seine River, and the two towers of the old Trocadéro Palace, which was demolished in 1935.

Silver machine

nobody@ipernity.com (Tractacus) — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 14:25:01 +0000

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American Airlines Boeing B767-300 N385AM at Frankfurt.
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