wrathofprawn:for those not in the know, night witches were russian lady bombers who bombed the shit out of german lines in WW2. Thing is though, they had the oldest, noisiest, crappest planes in the entire world. The engines used to conk out halfway through their missions, so they had to climb out on the wings mid flight to restart the props. the planes were also so noisy that to stop germans from hearing them combing and starting up their anti aircraft guns, they’d climb up to a certain height, coast down to german positions, drop their bombs, restart their engines in midair, and get the fuck out of dodge.
their leader flew over 200 missions and was never captured.
how the fuck is this not taught in every single history class ever
pilots (◡‿◡✿)
girl pilots (◕‿◕✿)
girl pilots killing nazis ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* \(◕ヮ◕✿)/ *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧
But, remember, women never did anything in history.
soooo cool.
look at these junker old planes they had to fly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Witches
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oh yeah, so this happened the other day
With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here’s Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World.
Huge thanks in the making of the video to the talented trio of Emm Gryner, Joe Corcoran and Andrew Tidby, plus Evan Hadfield and all at the CSA.
this is perfect
scifi minidiscs—yesssss
(or data wafers, @megnan)(via rekall)
snow
“…atural gas pipeli…”
I got some (very) expired Kodak Gold 400 developed today; so far, this is the only one I really like.
‘ice feathers’
“When we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass. And so we are all connnected in the great Circle of Life.”
The Great Showdowns in book form!
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good movies 2012
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blue angels, in black & white
A Space Shuttle: űrrepülőgép és rakéta ötvözete. In: Berkes Péter: Égi utazók. Móra Ferenc Ifjúsági Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 1983. Illusztráció: Varga Pál.
The Space Shuttle: a spaceplane and a rocket two in one. In: Heavenly Travelers by Peter Berkes. Hungarian youth book, 1983. Illustration: Pal Varga.
