Category: Art

The return of cyanotypes

December 6, 2022

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Aircraft, Art, Awesomeness, blather, CAD Diagrams, cyanotype blueprints, Drawings, history, Hmm…, New Products, News, projects, rockets, spacecraft

Some years ago I produced a range of cyanotype blueprints of a number of aerospace subjects. The hardware needed for this was disposed […]
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Rocket Knives

December 5, 2022

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Art, Awesomeness, Crazy, Hmm…, rockets, Weapons, youtube

This “experiment” seems like all kinds of fun. It also seems like the sort of thing that would attract the attention of the […]
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Beech VTOL: 1971

December 3, 2022

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Aircraft, Art, history, Hmm…, projects

A Beech Aircraft Company concept for a civilian VTOL for the 1980s, from circa 1971. This would be a two-seater using tilt-ducts. This […]
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US Supersonic Bomber Projects Vol 1 has arrived!

December 1, 2022

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Aircraft, Art, Awesomeness, Books, News, projects, Sales & Specials, US Supersonic bomber projects Vol 1, Weapons

Twenty copies of the new book have finally arrived, fortunately entirely intact. They took two days to cross an ocean, one day to […]
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There was a time when I would have been excited about this

December 1, 2022

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Art, blather, Meh, Politics, Science Fiction, youtube

That time was before beloved franchises like Star Trek and Star Wars and Lord of the Rings were converted into garbage message mechanisms […]
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“Cocaine Bear”

November 30, 2022

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Art, Awesomeness, Crazy, Critters, Humor, youtube

Well… can’t say as I saw this one coming: The trailer, unfortunately, lets you know in advance who’s gonna die. Hint: lotsa […]
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Bell Super Transport Artwork

November 30, 2022

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Aircraft, Art, history, Monthly Historical Documents Program, Patreon

The Bell 214ST (“Super Transport”) first flew in 1977. Derived from the Bell 214, itself derived from the UH-1 “Huey,” the 214ST was […]
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Bell LHX tiltrotor: Stealth edition

November 27, 2022

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Aircraft, Art, history, projects

Early in the LHX program (gave birth to the late lamented RAH-66 Comanche) the Army’s requirements were sufficiently aggressive and vague that Bell […]
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There is a message here

November 24, 2022

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Art, history, Hmm…, Worldwreckers, youtube, ಠ_ಠ

A less than one minute video describing the dropoff in quality in art in the Roman Empire. Some of it was due to […]
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Anti-tank Vertol 107

November 24, 2022

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Aircraft, Art, history, projects, rockets

The Vertol Model 107 became the Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight. It has been a fabulously successful helicopter; development began almost *70* years […]
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