JATO Launch
#otd Grumman TBF-1 taking off with JATO from USS Makassar Strait CVE-91 during training operations off Hawaii on 9 January 1945. #tbf...
SS Monte Carlo
#otd the teamer SS Monte Carlo broken up on the beach at Coronado, California, 8 January 1937. On very low tides she is still visible...
The Cape in 1966
#otd Aerial View of Proposed RPSF Area, January 7, 1966 #nasa #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation #boneyardsafari #aviationadventures
USS Texas at Sea
#otd USS Texas BB-35 at sea, in 36-54N, 75-22W, on 21 December 1943. #usstexas #bb35 #wwii #navalsafari #aviationsafari...
Turkey’s 1st Flight
#otd Lifting off for its first flight is Grumman's F-14, the ten minute flight took place 21 December 1970 at Grumman's Calverton Air...
XTB3F-1S 90506
#otd Grumman #otd Grumman XTB3F-1S 90506 at NATC Patuxent River, Maryland, 21 December 1949. #paxriver #xtb3f #grumman #flynavy...
Catching Hubble
#otd 21 December 1999 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) being berthed in Orbiter Discovery's OV-103 bay soon after capture. #nasa...
To the moon!
#otd The third Saturn V launch vehicle (SA-503) for the Apollo 8 mission lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center...
QF-106 take off
#otd Eclipse project closeup of QF-106 under tow on takeoff on first flight December 20, 1997. #nasa #f106 #qf106 #aviationsafari...
Evolution of flight
#otd It is impressive how far we have come in 121 years in aviation since the Wright Bothers first flight. #wrightbrothers...
