VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

Off to camp or the Jamboree!

 

You are not! They were hard to fly because humans had to make all the continuous corrections. Jet engines were better than the recips. The modern computer controls made them airworthy. They were all sliced up.

 

Now there’s some wheel/tire stick out on the sedan.

 

Seattle Washington

 

SW Park Ave. & Yamhill St.

 

1956 Plymouth Surfin' Suburb

 

1962 Ford Galaxie 500 390 or 406

 

1939 Plymouth.

 

1940 Ford in Spartanburg, South Carolina. .

 

Powell P-40 Streamliner, Honolulu, Hawaii.

 

There’s still a station in that island but not nearly as nice as that one.

 

I posted a nice piece on the last Flying wing.
The thread police must have censored it as I am sure it did not fit to the letter vintage shots from days gone by neglecting the fact that it was a reply to the statement they were all sliced up.
It was the prototype that had been restored. Unfortunately it crashed on April 22, 2019 and the pilot was killed. There is Youtube footage of it flying in formation of other vintage aircraft.

 

Driver Babe Stapp & riding mechanic Johnny Apple in Pirrung Special Shaw-Offy w/ Chevy Suburban in background, 1936 Indianapolis 500.

 

Memories of high school in the 50's:

 

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Raymond Jones 1947 Studebaker Convertible.

 

Salsbury Motor Scooter Dealer Tempe Arizona

 

Flathead Ford V8 Skeleton RFD Hot Rod

 

Pole's Beer Mexican Chili Hot Dogs Coca-Cola in Bottles