Tuesday, March 11, 2014

owner/drag racer sells off his barn kept 57 Chev dragster to move to Florida from Pennsylvania





parked in the 70s, and out of the weather ever since, this was a Bel Air, but he tossed the Chevy parts and planted a 426 max wedge with an 8 3/4 and a B&M trans. Now he's heading for warmer weather and the the new owners are in vintage racing heaven!
photos and info from http://bangshift.com/bangshift1320/bangshift1320-drag-racing-feature/gasser-barn-find-the-surprise-package-1957-chevy-bel-air-dgas-426-max-wedge-mopar-power-epic/

Monday, March 10, 2014

comparison from B 17 to B 29 to B 36

B 17s



above, moving vegatables from the Bahamas to Florida, and maybe some smuggling too


wrecked in New Guinea in 1943


Victory red and white stripes?


and as a Coast Guard rescue with a lifeboat ready to drop

Found on http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=14428&finish=15&start=0

B 29s on Tinian in the Marianas

WW2 airfields in the Pacific


Isley Field Saipan


Catalina Island


Hellcats at Tarawa


Iwo Jima airfield


Above, Iwo Jima


Found on http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=14428&finish=15&start=0

did you hear about the B 25s that were caught in the volcanic ash fall from Mt Vesuvius in 1944?



I thought I'd posted about this some years ago, but nothing popped up when I searched for it 

a good variety of WW2 airplanes