@avhistoryogre.bsky.social
Aviation history refugee from X, interested in anything av history related even if it’s a Hawker biplane.
Lloyd 40.08. Honestly I don’t know which way it’s going.
October 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Lloyd 40.08. Honestly I don’t know which way it’s going.
Okay razorback or bubble which one you got?
October 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Okay razorback or bubble which one you got?
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Quick Quiz: ID all accurately to Number the Odd One Out.
Judge's decision final 😎
Judge's decision final 😎
September 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Quick Quiz: ID all accurately to Number the Odd One Out.
Judge's decision final 😎
Judge's decision final 😎
Sometimes when you’re moving or traveling you just have to tie something on top of the vehicle.
September 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Sometimes when you’re moving or traveling you just have to tie something on top of the vehicle.
First B-21 I’ve seen in the daylight.
September 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
First B-21 I’ve seen in the daylight.
It sometimes took several cowboys to lasso a Wildcat. Many of them proved difficult to break well enough to be ridden.
August 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It sometimes took several cowboys to lasso a Wildcat. Many of them proved difficult to break well enough to be ridden.
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Another #Aviation #History #Friday with Afterburner: 22nd August 1922 – first flight of Vickers Victoria
Today marks 103 years since the #maidenflight of the #prototype of the #Vickers #Victoria #freighter #biplane.
Read the full story here:
Today marks 103 years since the #maidenflight of the #prototype of the #Vickers #Victoria #freighter #biplane.
Read the full story here:
22 August 1922 – first flight of Vickers Victoria —
On 22nd August 1922, the prototype of the Vickers Victoria freighter biplane performed its maiden flight at Brooklands, the United Kingdom.
afterburner.com.pl
August 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Another #Aviation #History #Friday with Afterburner: 22nd August 1922 – first flight of Vickers Victoria
Today marks 103 years since the #maidenflight of the #prototype of the #Vickers #Victoria #freighter #biplane.
Read the full story here:
Today marks 103 years since the #maidenflight of the #prototype of the #Vickers #Victoria #freighter #biplane.
Read the full story here:
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Aviation wisdom: “If it looks right, it flies right”
Meanwhile, at Fairey…
@navalairhistory.com
#navalhistory
Meanwhile, at Fairey…
@navalairhistory.com
#navalhistory
August 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Aviation wisdom: “If it looks right, it flies right”
Meanwhile, at Fairey…
@navalairhistory.com
#navalhistory
Meanwhile, at Fairey…
@navalairhistory.com
#navalhistory
USS Boxer loading 146 F-51 Mustangs as part of an emergency shipment of aircraft and personnel to Korea in July 1950. Boxer made the crossing from Alameda across the Pacific in 8 1/2 days.
August 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
USS Boxer loading 146 F-51 Mustangs as part of an emergency shipment of aircraft and personnel to Korea in July 1950. Boxer made the crossing from Alameda across the Pacific in 8 1/2 days.
A Soviet officer stands by to receive the 5000th aircraft handed over to the Soviet Union via Alaska. A Bell P-63.
August 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A Soviet officer stands by to receive the 5000th aircraft handed over to the Soviet Union via Alaska. A Bell P-63.
Can’t park there mate.
July 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Can’t park there mate.
I’m a huge fan of the golden age of aviation and aircraft with wheel spats. (I know I need therapy, that’s what you lot are for). But on a Mustang they just look wrong.
July 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I’m a huge fan of the golden age of aviation and aircraft with wheel spats. (I know I need therapy, that’s what you lot are for). But on a Mustang they just look wrong.
The Il-20. When your Il-2 gets too close to a beehive.
July 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Il-20. When your Il-2 gets too close to a beehive.
This Mirage IIIe was fitted with a rocket engine, supposedly to catch up to U-2s overflying French nuclear sites. Anyone know if that’s true? @aviationmarlene.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This Mirage IIIe was fitted with a rocket engine, supposedly to catch up to U-2s overflying French nuclear sites. Anyone know if that’s true? @aviationmarlene.bsky.social
You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it fly again.
July 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it fly again.
An FM-2 Wildcat in grey color scheme photographed in 2009. The aircraft is currently in the Mid America Flight Museum in Texas. 📷credit embedded.
July 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
An FM-2 Wildcat in grey color scheme photographed in 2009. The aircraft is currently in the Mid America Flight Museum in Texas. 📷credit embedded.
Just a few days before V-E day this B-24 was shot down by an Me-262 using rockets. The sole survivor was a POW for a few days.
June 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Just a few days before V-E day this B-24 was shot down by an Me-262 using rockets. The sole survivor was a POW for a few days.
Early R2 unit? No it’s Italian Col. Mario Pezzi in an altitude chamber in a Caproni Ca.161, in which he set an altitude record of 17083 m / 56047 ft that stood for piston powered aircraft until 1995. Oh, and the Caproni was a biplane.
June 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Early R2 unit? No it’s Italian Col. Mario Pezzi in an altitude chamber in a Caproni Ca.161, in which he set an altitude record of 17083 m / 56047 ft that stood for piston powered aircraft until 1995. Oh, and the Caproni was a biplane.
Beautiful shot of a Seafire going just a bit low.
June 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Beautiful shot of a Seafire going just a bit low.
It’s not every day that you see a P-40 take off from an aircraft carrier, but here we are.
June 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
It’s not every day that you see a P-40 take off from an aircraft carrier, but here we are.
A pretty silver Hurricane.
June 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
A pretty silver Hurricane.
Nice photo of a replica F13. The F13 was the first metal monoplane airliner, and accounted for a large percentage of civil air travel in the early interwar period. Several different variants were made with inline and radial engines. The cockpit had a roof but no glazing.
#Junkers #F13, #Private (HB-RIM) by Yuri Valentino (#Off Airport) #General Aviation #aviation #photography #avgeeks
Junkers F13 photo by Yuri Valentino
Private | Junkers | F13 | HB-RIM | Switzerland, Off Airport ( - ) | Photo taken by Yuri Valentino
airplane-pictures.net
May 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Nice photo of a replica F13. The F13 was the first metal monoplane airliner, and accounted for a large percentage of civil air travel in the early interwar period. Several different variants were made with inline and radial engines. The cockpit had a roof but no glazing.
One of these two individuals was the pilot of this Typhoon. I’ll let you decide which.
May 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
One of these two individuals was the pilot of this Typhoon. I’ll let you decide which.
An excellent photo for demonstrating the evolution of fighter design between two generations of aircraft from the same manufacturer. An F3F and F4F.
May 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
An excellent photo for demonstrating the evolution of fighter design between two generations of aircraft from the same manufacturer. An F3F and F4F.
Blue is classic for Corsairs but the postwar gull grey is nice too.
May 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Blue is classic for Corsairs but the postwar gull grey is nice too.