1-35-P-H-1........NATIONAL AIRLINES DC-6...... I think this is actually a DC-6B, National began operations in 1944 in the Atlantic Southeast, and operated a variety of interesting prop driven aircraft......this is a postcard measuring about 3.5" by 5.5" in unused condition and marked 'photo postcard' on reverse.....good condition....$5

 

 

2-36-P-H-1........... REPUBLIC AIRCRAFT CEREMONY ......Celebration of ol' #7883, the last F-84 Thunderjet to roll off the assembly line , and introduction of the exciting new Republic F-105 Thunderchief, one of the few 'century jets' (so named because of its F- # over 100, but this honor was short lived as the USAF recycled numbers after the F-106, with a few interesting exceptions)......large photo 9.5" by 11"......reverse of photo is full story typed and dated Monday, August 5, 1957 ....... some of the attending Generals of the ceremony are named, sounds like it was a big PR event..... photo shows some wear and has formatting crayon marks on face.......Aviation Week dated Aug. 5, 1957 has a F-105 on the cover and mentions the unveiling of this aircraft at Andrews AFB in Md., ......fair cond photo......$15

4-36-P-H-1..... VOUGHT XSBU-1 SCOUT BOMBER ....Original press release photo dated April 1936 with typed caption glued to back.......later known as the Vought Vindicator , only one airplane was built for the Navy (this one here!) and the first flight was in 1936.... this airplane had a retractable landing gear and was Vought’s first monoplane ...very good condition from private collection....8" by 10".....$18

5-35-P-H-1......ROLLS ROYCE DART TURBOPROP ENGINE AND VIP'S.........Great professional 8" by 10" showing C.L. Tracy, Aviastion editor of Cleveland Press (left) being shown the new engine by A.G. Morrall, Asst. General Manager of Rolls Royce Ltd, Montreal......photo taken by and stamped from Rebman Photo Service of Cleveland Ohio.....this photo probably is publishedin an old Avition Week or similar......as most of you know, the Rolls Royce Dart was about the first successful turboprop (formerly called a 'propeller-turbine' or 'propjet')....this engine powered the Vickers Viscount, Fokker F-27, YS-11, and even some modified DC-3's!.....it doesn't seem like it, but this engine is 60 years old now- its antique......photo shows cutaway engine on display, probably to promote sales of the engine, when industry still did not trust turbine engines......historic photo in excellent condition.......$5

6-36-P-H-1.........LANGLY AFB.......8x10" showing base fire fighting and ambulance equipment behind C-54...... publicity photo, probably was used for base or local newspaper, some red 'editor' crayon check marks on the fire truck....but no markings on reverse....good condition, circa 1950.......$9

9-36-P-H-1........GOLDEN AGE CROPDUSTING STEARMAN......Looking like a scene from a movie, action photo of 'helmeted' cropduster pilot running up his '450 Stearman' and looking at idling Dehavilland Beaver and 2 more cropduster Stearmans in backgound......the Stearman in foreground is marked CEN(Central I think) on the side of its grime streaked fuselage.......gravel runway with trees....photo measures 8" by 10" with high detail and in good condition, but bottom edge is damaged (see image) and reverse has inked stamp mentioning this is a copyrighted photo and NOT FOR PUBLICATION with more' lawyerese' and marked 'Cowles Magazines, INC. of NY'.......I can almost hear the round engines idling......$5

10-36-P-H-1........HAWKER HUNTER FIGHTER ..........Single seat fighter version of the versatile 1950's Brit. machine.........striking in-flight pose..dated (19)57...factory 8x10" original factory photo in excellent condition.....$19

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