German Komet midget fighter - rocket NOT jet - gets it's oxidizer from an internal chemical reaction not an air intake. Limited flight time!

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German wire guided bomb

A flying boat with a belly gunner??? Seems a little "leaky" to me but here is the proof.

The Catalina is a personal favorite.

These ones served Micronesia from 1945 to 1960.

Fat Man


Little Boy

Twin Mustang long range fighter

B-58 Hustler; This aircraft was located in a really tough spot to get a full photo all in one shot. So, like the V-2, this is another one of my three shot combos.

On the photo/tech side, I would like to point out that with the V-2 rocket shot I moved a good distance laterally between each photograph, (maybe 10 to 12 feet.) I stayed parallel to the rocket with each photograph. Therefore the finished photo of the V-2 came out looking like a big flat broadside image as though taken with a long lens. I wish I had photographed the B-58 in the same way but instead I stood in almost the same spot for each of the three separate pictures. So in the finished shot of the bomber it came out as though it were a single wide-angled photo shot. You can see the wide-angle distortion above with the center of the aircraft appearing to bend towards the viewer and the front and rear seeming to retreat from you. Just say'n.


Experimental super-sonic bail-out cocoon designed for the B-58.

the Air Rescue Grumman Duck is a beauty. what is the high wing rescue float plane? is it a De Havilland ?

Doubtful - the de Havilland doesn't have those little valve push rod bumps around the cowl. Cannot say what aircraft this might be - Anyone ???

This will probably show how little I know about aircraft but could it be a post-war (1955) Arado?

Michael, All I can say is ... WOW!!!

Thank you for your efforts in bringing the museum to my screen!

Cheers!🍺
—mike

The C-97 is another old favorite.

I am very impressed with your composite photos, I can not detect the seems at all, if you hadnt mentioned it, I never would have guessed. I like the wide angle view of the B-58.

Apollo 15 Command Module

Whitewalls? Whitewalls????