Random TRANSPORTATION pictures

[mossguy]

First electric ship?

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[repp]

Originally Posted by widebody911

So, I get the crank and cam laid in, and I'm feeling proud of myself when I notice...

oil slinger?

[URY914]

[widebody911]

...or lack thereof.

Originally Posted by repp

oil slinger?

[romad]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

CV-1 USS Langley, America's first Flattop.

What was it's other claim to fame?

uglyest ship in the fleet?

[URY914]

[Danimal16]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

CV-1 USS Langley, America's first Flattop.

What was it's other claim to fame?

First vessel to transit Panama Canal west to east.

[daepp]

[daepp]

Native American Good Luck Symbol??? WTH???

[Joe Bob]

Originally Posted by DAEpperson

Native American Good Luck Symbol??? WTH???

Yup also used in Hindu carvings....backward swastika. Symbol of good luck. Flickr:

[Joe Bob]

Originally Posted by Danimal16

First vessel to transit Panama Canal west to east.

CV-1 USS Langley

Don't know about that.....but yes it was FUGLY, it was a conversion not a pupose built Aircraft Carrier.

It was the first CV built and the first CV sunk by enemy attack.

[Hawkeye's-911T]

I could be mistaken here, but this photo shows a left hand swastika as opposed to the right hand Hindu good luck symbol.

Cheers
JB

[Joe Bob]

Well, Lindy was a well known German sympathizer.....got him a lot of bad press.

[romad]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

Well, Lindy was a well known German sympathizer.....got him a lot of bad press.

Nazi's were not in power in 1927 let alone know as anything but a socialist labor movement. Its amazing what this symbol elicits emotionally, but you have to take account of the time line and the previous understanding of this symbol. It was not a Nazi original.

[Joe Bob]

I KNOW that. 'Dolf came to power in '33 as the Chancellor. In '23 he was in Jail, '25 Mien Kampf was printed and the swastika was being used. By 27 he was warming up with the Nuremberg Rallies....

[daepp]

USNA FA-18 flyby: was way cool!

[widebody911]

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