#plane museum

[aviatrix-ash]

Early WW1 era rotary engines are like my all time favorite niche aviation special interests, they are the coolest things, even if they make so little sense and made flying these wooden kites even more dangerous. The guy at the museum was like "you're a mechanic, you can be trusted to touch :)" and he totally let me spin one of the Clergets on display! I was geeking out so hard frfr x3

[nocternalrandomness]

1944 Douglas R4D-6 Skytrain on display at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, Pennsylvania

[pointandshooter]

National Air and Space Museum, Dulles, Virginia

photo: David Castenson

[emaadsidiki]

National Air & Space Museum 🛩️🛰️ Washington DC

[admiralgiggles]

With this year’s balloon festival being cancelled, I have a huge void to fill. Suggested to me by a little warbirdie (🤭), we decided to take a road trip to Reading, and check out World War II Weekend at the Mid Atlantic Air Museum.

[cardinal-crossing]

I went to a model train museum yesterday. You have no idea how badly I nerded out. I have never talked so much in one sitting in my entire life. More pictures under the cut!

[dark0ta]

Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules flyovers Taken: 8/13/24 (Loud volume warning for the video)

[t13shoots]

[ghostwarriorrrr]

1944 Douglas R4D-6 Skytrain on display at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, Pennsylvania

[artificial-horizon]

saw her today for the 20th anniversary of concorde's last flight <3 look at her go with that droop nose!!

[aviatrix-ash]

Some more goodies from the plane museum!! I'm a total sucker for some early aircraft engines, and these gorgeous pre WW2 had me going :0000 these are 1910s-1930s technology and they are so cool! X3

[jonathan-sins]

“WW2 fighter jets are soooo cool and masculine”

WW2 fighter jets:

[nocternalrandomness]

Bell X-1 'Glamorous Glennis' at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC

[sydneysageivashkov]

there is a parliamentary petition to fully fund trove. trove are one of the most valuable resources for historians, archaeologists, heritage workers and anybody interested in australian history, a veritable treasure trove (sorry) of newspapers, historic maps, images, and sounds, all available for free - but it is currently going to run out of funding in july. trove needs funding from the federal government to continue functioning, let alone continue in its mission of digitisation. if you're australian, please sign the petition and encourage the government to keep the servers running at the national library

[rabbitcruiser]

Navy Birthday

On October 13th, the United States Navy observes its birthday every year.

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is currently the largest, most powerful navy in the world, with the highest combined battle fleet tonnage. The service has over 340,000 personnel on active duty and more than 71,000 in the Navy Reserve.

With only two ships and a crew of eighty men, the Continental Army was born on October 13, 1775. The decision of the Continental Congress set the Continental Navy on course to carry arms to the British army, not to defend against it. However, these two ships and crew represent the birth of the United States Navy.

Throughout the Revolutionary War, their importance grew. Today, the United States maintains 40 naval bases across the country, including the world’s largest Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Virginia.

Below the sea, submarines became a part of the Navy during World War II. While experiments began in the late 1800s and during the Civil War, they did not become a large part of the Navy inventory until World War II. At that point, subs became necessary for surveillance and rescue, even though they were also armed.

With the advent of the airplane, the Navy became vital stations for the Airforce as well. As a result, the Navy modified ships into floating landing strips. Today, joint Naval and Airbases such as Pearl Harbor-Hickam provided necessary fleets of sea and air defense.

NAVY BIRTHDAY HISTORY

On October 13, 1775, the Continental Congress authorized the first American naval force.  Thus began the long and prestigious heritage of the United States Navy. Between 1922 and 1972, the Navy celebrated its birthday on October 27th, the date of Theodore Roosevelt’s birth. The Navy League of the United States designated the date due to Roosevelt’s foresight and vision in elevating the U.S. Navy into a premier force. Regardless of when the Navy observed its birth, the celebration has always been one of pride.  

The change to October 13 was seen as a more relevant date in line with the first official action legislating a navy.  Since 1972, the Navy has officially recognized October 13th as the official date of its birth.

Source

The United States’ Continental Congress orders the establishment of the Continental Navy (later renamed the United States Navy) on October 13, 1775.

[admiralgiggles]

In the shadow of giants.