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The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
I promise this is the last pic to do with airplanes for awhile. The white-suited man is Dutch Schildhauer, Do X world tour copilot, talking to NBC on arrival in New York Aug. 27, 1931. -
The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
June 19, 1927. Municipal Commissioner Larsson of Stockholm, Sweden, center, with officials of the newly opened aerodrome at Stettin, Germany. Plane is an Albatros L.73. (Stettin has been Szczeczin, Poland, since 1945.) -
Oh no! Talon zipper on Aero 38-1711-P stuck
I've had 2 Eastman Hooklesses fail - one unrecoverably, due to weak metal. The other needs extra finesse to fasten as it's missing the first 2 teeth up from the pin, due to weak webbing! The metal mountings and rivet/grommet reinforcements are nice looking and work. Too abd they're not...- Fletch
- Post #33
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
Siren Ethel Merman visits the cruiser USS Pensacola and presents Capt. Alfred Howe with a pet goat. February 6, 1930. (Attention seadogs: This was the day of Pensacola's commissioning in New York. In February. Why is everyone in whites???) -
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The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
June 22, 1938: "...a right to the body, a left upper to the jaw...and Schmeling's down!!" And down he stayed. And a nation rejoiced. At the weigh-in: the Black Hussar 193, the Brown Bomber 198 3/4. -
What are you wearing today??
Since today was M 4/22, I wore my M-422. (Gibson & Barnes M-422A, if you wanna nitpick.)- Fletch
- Post #20,000
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, July 3, 1931, with the giant Junkers G.38 airliner in the background. I speak some German, but I don't know who was supposed to be fahrting Mercedes-Benz. (It means "he/she drives" or else "a trip.") You could sit in the nose or wings and see straight ahead... -
What are you listening to?
Something Italian in memory of the good ships Maddalena and Guidoni. Violino Tzigano, Tango - Fernando Orlandis, tenore, con Pippo Barzizza e la sua Orchestra Blue Star, 1934 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFW1f8WYlk4 -
If you could solve just one mystery....
One mystery - mostly - solved! Thanks to the kind of seek-and-ye-shall-find serendipity the Internet always promises, I now have an answer to the fate of these incredible ships - probably the best I could ask for. The Do X2 and X3 - each slightly bigger than the original Do X, and powered by...- Fletch
- Post #138
- Forum: The Golden Era
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First Leather Jacket
Schott milspec(?) A-2 bought in 1992. Super short body, long sleeves, low neck opening. This was my only leather coat for over a decade.- Fletch
- Post #65
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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A-1 Jacket / A1 Flying Jacket - The ultimate Golden Era flying accessory!
I own a 46 in steer and another in cape. I can measure those if it's any use to you. FWIW, the fit on the steer jacket is baggier over all. The pockets are also bigger (good or bad, depending on you). The leather is thick enough that the leather-faced front seam stays straight while the...- Fletch
- Post #820
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
The Air-Minded Executive Robert Y. Richie, well-known commercial and industrial photographer (as well as private pilot), ready to board a Beech Bonanza. Taken at Beech Aviation's home field, Wichita, Kansas, June, 1947. View some of Robert Richie's work here -
The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
The car in front is a 1933 DeSoto. Can't be many of those left around. " 'Tis in a DeSoto sedan I sit" -
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Why!!!! Hipsters!!! Why!!!!!
I hope you're right about commonality. Ideally, taste is something independent of our social and personal circumstances - purely what one likes. But in reality, it often plays out as deterministic - what you like is what your "type" likes. Hipsters might like a,b,c,d; gays b,d,e,f...- Fletch
- Post #876
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
Payoff at Pursglove Mine, Scott's Run, W.Va., 1935. Photo by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. Yes, that Ben Shahn. -
The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
I'm sorry, but a cowboy should never wear a bow tie. -
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You've got me interested in this now. I was expecting a modernized pandering, but this seems like a good faith effort to reach back - with the inevitable tweeks in time and place that come with making a well paced 2 hours out of a hunk of history. Does television play a role in the film? The...- Fletch
- Post #18
- Forum: The Moving Picture
