Flickr user twm1340 has scanned a series of old USAF training slides with many gorgeous old photographs of long-retired aircraft (and some, tellingly, who have no modern replacement in sufficient numbers, such as the KC-135 and B-52).
Martin RB-57 Canberra, originally uploaded by twm1340.
Boeing B-47E Stratojet, originally uploaded by twm1340.
Convair B-58A Hustler, originally uploaded by twm1340.
Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker, originally uploaded by twm1340.
Fairchild C-123 Provider, originally uploaded by twm1340.
Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, originally uploaded by twm1340.
See the whole Flickr set for more.
Chris is most often found flying a desk, but he delights in studying the Golden Age of Aviation (1919-1939). He admires all the pioneering men and women who navigated the skies with nothing more sophisticated than a map, compass and sextant—and the conviction that there was no place they could not reach.
