A few nice plastic machining business pictures I discovered:
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: SR-71 Blackbird (starboard tail view)
Image by Chris Devers
See much more pictures of this, and the Wikipedia post.
Specifics, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird:
No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated globally in a lot more hostile airspace or with such complete impunity than the SR-71, the world’s fastest jet-propelled aircraft. The Blackbird’s efficiency and operational achievements placed it at the pinnacle of aviation technologies developments throughout the Cold War.
This Blackbird accrued about 2,800 hours of flight time for the duration of 24 years of active service with the U.S. Air Force. On its last flight, March six, 1990, Lt. Col. Ed Yielding and Lt. Col. Joseph Vida set a speed record by flying from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., in 1 hour, four minutes, and 20 seconds, averaging three,418 kilometers (two,124 miles) per hour. At the flight’s conclusion, they landed at Washington-Dulles International Airport and turned the airplane over to the Smithsonian.
Transferred from the United States Air Force.
Manufacturer:
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Designer:
Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson
Date:
1964
Nation of Origin:
United States of America
Dimensions:
General: 18ft 5 15/16in. x 55ft 7in. x 107ft 5in., 169998.5lb. (5.638m x 16.942m x 32.741m, 77110.8kg)
Other: 18ft 5 15/16in. x 107ft 5in. x 55ft 7in. (five.638m x 32.741m x 16.942m)
Supplies:
Titanium
Physical Description:
Twin-engine, two-seat, supersonic strategic reconnaissance aircraft airframe constructed largley of titanium and its alloys vertical tail fins are constructed of a composite (laminated plastic-variety material) to decrease radar cross-section Pratt and Whitney J58 (JT11D-20B) turbojet engines function big inlet shock cones.
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Profile view of the SR-71 Blackbird, F-4 Corsair, Peashooter, among others
Image by Chris Devers
Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird:
No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated globally in more hostile airspace or with such comprehensive impunity than the SR-71, the world’s quickest jet-propelled aircraft. The Blackbird’s overall performance and operational achievements placed it at the pinnacle of aviation technology developments during the Cold War.
This Blackbird accrued about 2,800 hours of flight time in the course of 24 years of active service with the U.S. Air Force. On its last flight, March six, 1990, Lt. Col. Ed Yielding and Lt. Col. Joseph Vida set a speed record by flying from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., in 1 hour, four minutes, and 20 seconds, averaging three,418 kilometers (two,124 miles) per hour. At the flight’s conclusion, they landed at Washington-Dulles International Airport and turned the airplane over to the Smithsonian.
Transferred from the United States Air Force.
Manufacturer:
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Designer:
Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson
Date:
1964
Nation of Origin:
United States of America
Dimensions:
All round: 18ft 5 15/16in. x 55ft 7in. x 107ft 5in., 169998.5lb. (five.638m x 16.942m x 32.741m, 77110.8kg)
Other: 18ft five 15/16in. x 107ft 5in. x 55ft 7in. (5.638m x 32.741m x 16.942m)
Materials:
Titanium
Physical Description:
Twin-engine, two-seat, supersonic strategic reconnaissance aircraft airframe constructed largley of titanium and its alloys vertical tail fins are constructed of a composite (laminated plastic-sort material) to minimize radar cross-section Pratt and Whitney J58 (JT11D-20B) turbojet engines function huge inlet shock cones.
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Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Boeing P-26A Peashooter :
The Boeing P-26A of the mid-to-late 1930s introduced the notion of the high-functionality, all-metal monoplane fighter style, which would grow to be regular during World War II. A radical departure from wood-and-fabric biplanes, the Peashooter nonetheless retained an open cockpit, fixed landing gear, and external wing bracing.
Most P-26As stationed overseas were sooner or later sold to the Philippines or assigned to the Panama Canal Division Air Force, a branch of the U.S. Army Air Corps. Numerous went to China and 1 to Spain. This one was primarily based at Selfridge Field in Michigan and Fairfield Air Depot in Ohio amongst its acceptance by the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1934 and its transfer to the Canal Zone in 1938. It was offered to Guatemala in 1942 and flew in the Guatemalan air force until 1954. Guatemala donated it to the Smithsonian in 1957.
Present of the Guatemalan Air Force, Republic of Guatemala
Manufacturer:
Boeing Aircraft Co.
Date:
1934
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Dimensions:
Wingspan: 8.five m (27 ft 11 in)
Length:7.three m (23 ft 11 in)
Height:three.1 m (10 ft two in)
Weight, empty:996 kg (2,196 lb)
Weight, gross:1,334 kg (two,935 lb)
Top speed:377 km/h (234 mph)
Engine:Pratt & Whitney R-1340-27, 600 hp
Armament:two .30 cal. M2 Browning aircraft machine guns
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Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Vought F4U-1D Corsair :
By V-J Day, September two, 1945, Corsair pilots had amassed an 11:1 kill ratio against enemy aircraft. The aircraft’s distinctive inverted gull-wing design permitted ground clearance for the massive, 3-bladed Hamilton Standard Hydromatic propeller, which spanned more than four meters (13 feet). The Pratt and Whitney R-2800 radial engine and Hydromatic propeller was the largest and one of the most potent engine-propeller combinations ever flown on a fighter aircraft.
Charles Lindbergh flew bombing missions in a Corsair with Marine Air Group 31 against Japanese strongholds in the Pacific in 1944. This airplane is painted in the colors and markings of the Corsair Sun Setter, a Marine close-help fighter assigned to the USS Essex in July 1944.
Transferred from the United States Navy.
Manufacturer:
Vought Aircraft Business
Date:
1940
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Dimensions:
General: 460 x 1020cm, 4037kg, 1250cm (15ft 1 1/8in. x 33ft five 9/16in., 8900lb., 41ft 1/8in.)
Components:
All metal with fabric-covered wings behind the primary spar.
Physical Description:
R-2800 radial air-cooled engine with 1,850 horsepower, turned a 3-blade Hamilton Standard Hydromatic propeller with solid aluminum blades spanning 13 feet 1 inch wing bent gull-shaped on each sides of the fuselage.
Image from web page 1178 of “Baltimore and Ohio workers magazine” (1912)
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Title: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Baltimore and Ohio workers magazine Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Business
Subjects: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Business
Publisher: [Baltimore, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]
Contributing Library: University of Maryland, College Park
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ne, New York, N. Y, On Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 12 miles fromBaltimore, 3 minutes from station, For Sale, eight roomhouse, very good situation, lot 110×150, Price ,150.Also common retailer, dwelling, 7 rooms, attached,about half acre, outbuildings, excellent opportunity.Cost ,200. Apply to H. T. YARD 307 Phoenix Buildg, 5 Redwood St., Baltimore, Md. Please /Nerilion our m(ij<izinc irlwn vrKl.ncj adicrli.scrs TEXACO THE MARK OF Good quality FORALL PETROLEUM Goods Texaco Illuminating Oils Texaco Auto GasolineTexaco Motor Oils and GreasesTexaco Lubricating Oils for all PurposesTexaco Machine Oils Texaco Engine Oils Texaco Greases Texaco Fuel Oil Texaco Asphalts Texaco Railroad Lubricants For Roofing, Waterproofing, Paving, Saturating,Insulating, Mastic, and for all other purposes THE TEXAS Organization NEW YORK HOUSTON BRANCH OFFICES Boston Philadelphit Chicago St. LouisNorfolkAtlanta New Orleans Dallas El Paso PuebloTulsa Baltimore and Ohio6mploye8 )Nlao[azine Baltimore, Hpril, 1920 Number 12
Text Appearing Soon after Image:
Contents Cover Style H. D. Stitt Contents Page Desgn John Newman three Assist Place Your Division on Prime in Auto Miles Per Day.. S. Ennes five New Common Security Committees. C. W. Galloway Letters of a Self-Created Failure Maurice Switzer 9 Relocation of Toledo Division Roy G. Clark 13 Watch Vicious Freight W. R. Moore 18 Beauty Spots cn the Picturesque Baltimore and Ohio Margaret Talbott Stevens 21 Rich Man—Poor Man, A Poem O. D. Boyle 24 Illustrated by Stanley M. Bell To Wives of Railroad Men—And the Males, As well. .George Bradshaw 33 Editorial 38 The Observer 40 Pages from a Working Timetable Published in 1851 42 Plastic Arc Program of Welding J. O. Smith -.^ The Oxy-Acetylene Method in the Railroad Shop W. L. Bean 49 Social 59 Womans Department 64 Security Roll of Honor 67 Among Ourselves 71 THE AMERICANS CREED 1 ^ Think in the United States ofAmerica as the government of thepeople, by the folks, for the peoplewhose just powers are derived from theconsent of the governed a democracy ina repub
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