Archive for the ‘Transportation’ Category

Dixie Queen mock paddle steamer for sale [14 December 2010]   Leave a comment

http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/5010

Brought from Stockholm to the Thames a decade ago, the Dixie Queen is a replica 19th-century Mississippi paddle steamer.

Posted July 3, 2011 by blackswanm18 in Transportation

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Aerospaceweb.org | Ask Us – Analog Buran Test Vehicle   Leave a comment

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/spacecraft/q0241.shtml

I can’t believe that Russia has failed to take care of these space vehicles. Don’t they have enough money? Or is it destined for military purposes? I guess so.

Posted June 24, 2011 by blackswanm18 in Transportation

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Top 10 Biggest Aeroplanes | RealityPod | Gadgets, Technology & Robotics Hub   Leave a comment

http://realitypod.com/2010/06/top-10-biggest-aeroplanes/4/


“The Airbus A380F is a three-deck, long range freighter capable of carrying payloads of 150-ton over non-stop ranges of up to 10,400 km with the lowest unit cost of any freighter ever. It derived from the Airbus A380-800 Super jumbo high seating capacity airliner. The aircraft special layout will bring new efficiency standards to the cargo aircraft market.”

Look at that beauty! And it’s not even the biggest!

Posted February 18, 2011 by blackswanm18 in Transportation

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1977 Ford Ranger Xlt Lariat Photo 1   Leave a comment

http://www.customclassictrucks.com/featuredvehicles/0704cct_1977_ford_ranger_xlt_lariat/photo_01.html

This is very approximate to the paint job that I want for my old 79.

Posted February 3, 2011 by blackswanm18 in Transportation

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The Street Peep   Leave a comment

http://www.thestreetpeep.com/search?updated-max=2010-10-07T23%3A37%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=30

1965 Chevrolet C10 Longbed

Interesting finds.

1978 Ford F150 Ranger Pick-Up Truck Parked on a Suburban Street in Raleigh North Carolina | Chip Millard’s Weblog   Leave a comment

http://chipmillard.wordpress.com/2010/10/03/1978-ford-f150-ranger-pick-up-truck-parked-on-a-suburban-street-in-raleigh-north-carolina/

Just like mine, except the colors of course!

Posted November 17, 2010 by blackswanm18 in Transportation

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1965 Ford F100 – Custom Classic Trucks Magazine   Leave a comment

http://www.customclassictrucks.com/featuredvehicles/1006cct_1965_ford_f100/index.html

Beautiful one except for the low riding tires.

Posted November 17, 2010 by blackswanm18 in Transportation

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Wisconsin Historical Images – International Tractors and Truck, WHi-24641   Leave a comment

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/fullimage.asp?id=24641

Two men and a woman in a field with a pickup truck, a crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and a Farmall tractor.

That is beautiful. See the color of the truck? It belongs to the lady, of course, and she’s telling her husband and her brother that the meal is ready!

Posted November 11, 2010 by blackswanm18 in Transportation

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Ford F-Series: 1973-1979   Leave a comment

http://forum.love-fords.org/showthread.php?757-Ford-F-Series-1973-1979

Very nice collection of 1973-79 Ford trucks ads.

Posted June 8, 2010 by blackswanm18 in Transportation

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CYBER BUSES Principal   Leave a comment

http://www.gratisweb.com/cyberbuses/principal.htm

AUTOBÚS: MASA Somex 2500. The kind of bus I loved to ride on as a kid!

Posted March 12, 2010 by blackswanm18 in Transportation

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