X Planes photo blog

[Wirelizard]

I found x-planes via another aviation blog a few months ago, and just realized I'd never shared it here.

It's a photo blog, usually each entry is just a photo, a short line of text, and (usually, but not always) a link to further information elsewhere. The focus is "experimental aircraft. exotic aeromachines. oddities. sleek silver cigars. pedal-o-trons. soviet hive-mind bombers. aerial joy. the olden days. action shots. propaganda posters. etc" and naturally that includes much of pulpish interest!

The French & Italians did some interesting things in the 20s and 30s...


More 1930s exotica:


Very pulpish:


This one's a favourite - did the Russians refer to them as "dirigbilski" or as "zeppelinski"? 


Artwork too:

[Doomhippie]

There are some really great photos here. Lt's face it, reality has always been more "pulp" than fiction...

[Pentaro]

Lt's face it, reality has always been more "pulp" than fiction...

Agreed. Thanks for the link!

Speedbirds is showing some good drawings of racing airplanes lately.

[archangel1]

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Very pulpish:


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This one, the Grumman Skyrocket, is, of course, already famous as one of the mounts for the Blackhawks, for over fifty years!

Here's a link to some profiles.

http://ourworlds.topcities.com/blackhawk/models/f5fmark.html

And, for those who don't know Blackhawk and his team, here's a link to everything Blackhawk.

http://ourworlds.topcities.com/blackhawk/

Before anyone asks, yes, there is a 1/48 model available, from Minicraft.

[dbsubashi]

Great link! I have been glued to it for 3 days now. I keep finding some awesome picture, then going to the source, and then trolling the web for more info on some strange '30's race plane.

And for all you VSF'ers/Pulpers, there are some shots from Heavy Metal's War of the Worlds: Goliath, a new animated movie coming out soon (July?). It features gigantic walkers and steampunk airplanes around the turn of the century.....

[odd duck]

Thanks for finding and sharing the link WL. I love the look of those interwar planes.