NebrPatch Posted January 8, 2012 Share #1 Posted January 8, 2012 Working on a project, I've been paging through some early 50's newpapers which are loaded with the latest developements in aircraft, missiles, & rockets, also UFO stories. The first is an F7U-3 from 1954 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NebrPatch Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share #2 Posted January 8, 2012 The second is a story about the Convair Sea Dart, 1953 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NebrPatch Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share #3 Posted January 8, 2012 Next is a photo of new Sparrow air-to-air missile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NebrPatch Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share #4 Posted January 8, 2012 Last is a short story about record set by the B-47, I think this was 1953. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Signor Posted January 8, 2012 Share #5 Posted January 8, 2012 Very cool to see the "New-Old" articles like that ! to see how far they have come since then ( a short time back really) , if you like seeing these types of articles go to this site , US Naval Avaiton News and go into thier "back Issues" section , they go all the way back to the early 40's and up to recent years, and there's LOTS of really cool "Old New" avaiton photos/stories , enjoy ! Johnny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted January 9, 2012 Share #6 Posted January 9, 2012 Very cool to see the "New-Old" articles like that ! to see how far they have come since then ( a short time back really) , if you like seeing these types of articles go to this site , US Naval Avaiton News and go into thier "back Issues" section , they go all the way back to the early 40's and up to recent years, and there's LOTS of really cool "Old New" avaiton photos/stories , enjoy !Johnny Johnny, Thanks for the link. I used to enjoy reading NA News when I was in, now I can re-visit all those great storys. I really like the Grampa Pettibone storys. Thanks again. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Signor Posted January 9, 2012 Share #7 Posted January 9, 2012 Hey glad to help, and yeah I always got a kick out of "Granpa" the guy that drew him always had him in a huff over the blunders of pilots and their mistakes ! yeah they have some great stuff in the issues , enjoy ! Johnny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vahe Demirjian Posted January 7 Share #8 Posted January 7 I found this image of the Lockheed XFV-1 tailsitter VTOL fighter in a Lockheed Star newspaper dated March 18, 1954 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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