Girls and Aircraft - Volume II

[gumbyk]

Very staged. "Okay sweetie, drape these 20mm shells over your shoulders. Yeah OK they are heavy, can we cut the belt? Now, leg up on the Jerry can and look serious....attagirl."

Do you think ANY of these photos aren't staged?

 

[Gnomey]

 

[MIflyer]

I am quite sure this one was wasn't. Obviously just a typical USN air traffic controller in the late 1940's. And she dresses like that for work Every Friggin' Day.

 

[Elvis]

I am quite sure this one was wasn't. Obviously just a typical USN air traffic controller in the late 1940's. And she dresses like that for work Every Friggin' Day.

Ah yes, the mysterious model that looks familiar to everyone, but no one can remember her name.
With those kinds of talents, she'd make a good spy.
This was part of a collection of pictures taken in this control tower.

 

[cvairwerks]

With the damage to her feet, I'd think her primary occupation was ballet dancer.

 

[special ed]

Those are baggy nylons, a common problem then.

 

[MIflyer]

Maybe just dirty nylons, from walking around on that floor. And it looks like some of the pictures are reversed.

 

[Zippythehog]

Doesn't the control tower look like a set from Airplane! ?

 

[MIflyer]

Note that the aircraft on the ramp are PB4Y-2, apparently early P2V Neptune, C-54, F4U-4, F9F Panther or Cougar, and probably Grumman F6F or TBM. So date would be the late 40's to early 50's. As to which base, maybe Pt Mugu. That line of trees in the background looks rather like the way they did things in California

 

[cvairwerks]

Looks like a Martin Mercator in the 3rd row...

 

[MIflyer]

Looks like a Martin Mercator in the 3rd row...

Yes, that is what I thought at first. But it seems that the Martin had a longer nose than the Lockheed.

If those are F6F's 6 rows back they might be the drones they used for missile development work. And the USN Reserves flew them for a while, too.

You see that box she is leaning against in the shot with the Binocs, the one with the speaker? It has two Tuning Eye tubes, which are used to make sure the equipment is aligned; they are little cathode ray tubes.

 

[Gnomey]

 

[Snautzer01]

HANNA REITSCH Pilot Orden Segelflugzeug Flugplatz FRANKFURT Main

1. Orig. Foto Frau HANNA REITSCH Pilot Orden Segelflugzeug Flugplatz FRANKFURT Main | eBay
2. Orig. Foto Pilot Frau HANNA REITSCH m. Segelflugzeug am Flugplatz FRANKFURT Main | eBay

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

 

[Glider]

Note that the aircraft on the ramp are PB4Y-2, apparently early P2V Neptune, C-54, F4U-4, F9F Panther or Cougar, and probably Grumman F6F or TBM. So date would be the late 40's to early 50's. As to which base, maybe Pt Mugu. That line of trees in the background looks rather like the way they did things in California

What trees, what aircraft

 

[MIflyer]

What trees, what aircraft

You have to focus your eyes just right.

 

[Glider]

You have to focus your eyes just right.

I'm working on it, with a bit of practice I might get there

 

[MiTasol]

A document put out by the GAF Beaufort factory in ww2. My apologies for the uneven page sizes and pages badly cropped, etc - I was working from someone else's digital copies.

 

[MiTasol]

And some factory photos from one (or more) of the Aus Beaufort factories

Some rectum marked this one with a blue texta and I was not willing to try and clean the original or the scan