@arthur-bell.bsky.socialThe Flying Sedan With the Wrong Fuel Gauge #ArthurBell #MuseumOfBadIdeas #FlyingCar #AviationHistory #InventionFailures #InventionHistory #FailedInventions #inventionfaliures #badideasclub #badidea #fyp
@jetopolis.bsky.socialTu-154: Three Engines in the Tail and 1.5 Billion Passengers
Tupolev Tu-154: first flight on 3 October 1968, three engines in the tail and a T-tail, series production in Kuibyshev from 1970, scheduled…
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@jetopolis.bsky.socialAutumn 1956: The Tu-104 Spreads to New Routes
In autumn 1956 the Tu-104 spread to new routes: Moscow to Tbilisi and Moscow to Tashkent.
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@500ways.bsky.socialAdded some surprising new information to "Charles Lindbergh, Not First..." It's free and complete at 500ways.com/charles-lind... ( #CharlesLindbergh, #AtlanticCrossing, #firstAtlanticCrossing, #AtlanticFlight, #aviation, #aviationHistory, #SpiritOfStLouis, #earlyAviation)
@jetopolis.bsky.socialBoeing 737: Why It Sits So Low to the Ground
Boeing 737: first flight on 9 April 1967, first scheduled flights with Lufthansa on 10 February 1968; as Boeing put it in 2002, the low stance gives the quickest…
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@rootnationen.bsky.socialThe Birth of the Harrier, Part 9: Over the Sea #Harrier #AviationHistory #MilitaryAviation #RoyalNavy #RoyalAirForce
@jetopolis.bsky.social8 January 1991: Pan Am Files for Bankruptcy Protection
On 8 January 1991 Pan Am filed for Chapter Eleven bankruptcy protection in Manhattan, citing huge losses and the sharp rise in jet fuel prices after Iraq…
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@jetopolis.bsky.socialTriStar: the Jet That Cost Lockheed 2.5 Billion Dollars
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar: prototype first flight on 16 November 1970, landings with just 700 feet of runway visibility, engine supplier Rolls-Royce…
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@sammyflex.bsky.socialOctober 1944: French pilots of the Groupe de Chasse "Alsace" (341 Squadron RAF) at an airfield in Belgium. Attached to No. 145 Wing, the group was on Spitfire IXs.
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@jetopolis.bsky.socialChina Clipper, 1935: Six Days Across the Pacific
On 22 November 1935 the Martin M-130 flying boat China Clipper opened the first regular transpacific air mail service, San Francisco to Manila: 60 flying hours…
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@aviationhistorian.bsky.socialIt’s here, and selling like hot cakes! Our second TAH Annual is officially published today. Here is the front cover and contents pages, to give you a glimpse of what’s inside our completely unmissable, highly collectable 260-page volume. Full details at www.theaviationhistorian.com #aviationhistory
@willardpublib.bsky.socialOn October 19, 1928, thousands celebrated the opening of Evansville Municipal Airport. Nearly a century later, the airport continues to connect our community to the country, supporting local business, tourism, and economic growth!
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@mabelquill.bsky.socialChuck Yeager Pierces the Sound Barrier #TodayInHistory #MabelQuill #SoundBarrier #ChuckYeager #AviationHistory #HistoryTok #HistoryFacts #LearnHistory #fyp
@emaviation.bsky.socialTwo Soviet airliners got the same job in the 1950s: the Il-18 and the An-10. The An-10 flew first. It was withdrawn in 1972. The Il-18 flew Gagarin to Moscow in 1961 and was still carrying passengers in 2020. Better plane or luckier? #avgeek #ilyushin #aviationhistory #il18
@bdub1199.bsky.socialLet's look back at the day Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier.
@breakingnews06.bsky.socialWhat Happened to Amelia Earhart: Untangling the Search for Her Plane #AmeliaEarhart #AviationHistory #Mystery #Explorer #WomenInHistory
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@theoff-keybard.bsky.socialturned the feared "sound barrier" into a solvable engineering problem.
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