The air flow from the wing of this agricultural plane is made visible by a technique that uses colored smoke rising from the ground. The swirl at the wingtip traces the aircraft’s wake vortex, which exerts a powerful influence on the flow field behind the plane.
— NASA Research Project
A Flickr set of over two hundred airplane cockpit photos.
John Crowley’s new novel, Four Freedoms, is now available for pre-order from Amazon. It’s set in Ponca City, Oklahoma during World War II and follows those who didn’t go to war, examining how their lives and thoughts were changed on the home front.
I could have sworn I posted Alex Prager’s photography before, but apparently I was mistaken. It’s been rectified.
that’s where I found this image.
Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields includes lots of great old pictures and maps.
relatedly, jessamyn points out the new england lost ski areas project
the beerbelly site linked in the article is hilarious.
I chose the F-15 in air superiority garb for nostalgic reasons. But all of them are cool.
Where’s the page?
the image was a link to it. stupid.
