Tupolev MTB-2 Flying Boat https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/tupolev-mtb-2-flying-boat/ #Aeroplane, #Aircraft, #Airplane, #Aviation, #FlyingBoat, #TupolevMTB-2
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mastodon 4.7.3A collection of historical photographs of military aircraft, ships and vehicles
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The British Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm's fighter / dive bomber the Blackburn Skua from the early years of the Second World War. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/blackburn-skua/ #BlackburnSkua #Skua #divebomber #fighter #FleetAirArm #RoyalNavy #Aviation #aeroplane #airplane #fighterplane #WorldWarTwo
The Polikarpov I-153DM was a Soviet experimental fighter combining the Polikarpov I-153 “Chaika” biplane with ramjet propulsion. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/polikarpov-i-153dm-ramjet-powered-biplane/ #aeroplane #Aircraft #airplane #aviation #biplane #PolikarpovI153DM #ramjet #RamjetPoweredBiplane
The Sukhoi Su-7 (1944) was a high-altitude interceptor prototype, derived from the Su-6 ground-attack aircraft. The Su-7 was a mixed-power aircraft, with a Shvetsov ASh-82FN piston engine with two TK-3 turbochargers in the nose and a Glushko RD-1-KhZ rocket engine in the tail. This mixed power approach was intended to solve the problem of intercepting fast, high-flying bombers https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/sukhoi-su-7-1944/ #aeroplane #Aircraft #airplane #aviation #fighter #jet #Sukhoi #SukhoiSu7
First flying on 13 August 1918, the Bristol Braemar was a triplane heavy bomber designed for the Royal Air Force.
Designed to be able to bomb Berlin, the Braemar had internal stowage for up to six 250 lb (110 kg) bombs. With the end of the First World War, no production orders were placed. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/bristol-braemar/ #aeroplane #Aircraft #airplane #aviation #bomber #BristolBraemar #RAF #RoyalAirForce #triplane
Dupleix (1930) French Heavy Cruiser
The forth and last of the Suffren class heavy cruisers built for the French Navy. Her only action was a bombardment of Italian coastal targets near Genoa and Vado Ligure. She was scuttled at Toulon along with other French warships under Vichy control on 27 November 1942. #cruiser #heavycruiser #FrenchNavy #maritimehistory #navalhistory https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/dupleix-1930-french-heavy-cruiser/
The Bristol Type 123 was a biplane fighter designed to Air Ministry specification F.7/30. It called for a four-gun fighter with the preference that it was powered by the evaporatively-cooled Rolls-Royce Goshawk. Testing revealed serious lateral instability, which re-designs failed to reduce Further development was abandoned and F7/30 was won by the Gloster Gladiator https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/bristol-type-123/ #aeroplane #Aircraft #airplane #aviation #biplane #Bristol123 #BristolType123 #fighter #RAF #RoyalAirForce
HMS Eagle was an early aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. Converted from the Chilean battleship Almirante Cochrane.
Eagle was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-73 on 11 August 1942 while escorting a convoy to Malta during Operation Pedestal. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-eagle-1918-aircraft-carrier/ #aircraftcarrier #HMSEagle #naval #Navy #RoyalNavy #SecondWorldWar #WorldWarTwo #WW2 #WWII
Supermarine Walrus https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/supermarine-walrus/ #Aeroplane, #AirSeaRescue, #Aircraft, #Airplane, #Amphibian, #Aviation, #Biplane, #RAF, #RAN, #RescuePlane, #RoyalAirForce, #RoyalNavy, #SecondWorldWar, #SupermarineWalrus, #WorldWarTwo, #WW2, #WWII
Supermarine Walrus Mk I K8554 BA-T of 277 Sqn RAF https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/supermarine-walrus-british-service/ #SupermarineWalrus #airsearescue #aviation #supermarine
HMS Edinburgh was a British light cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in 1938 and commissioned in 1939. In April 1942, while escorting Convoy QP 11 from Russia back to Britain, she was struck by two torpedoes fired by the German submarine U-456. After being struck by an additional torpedo from a German Destroyer, she was scuttled on 2 May 1941 with over 4.5 tonnes of Soviet gold on board https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-edinburgh-1939-british-light-cruiser/ #SecondWorldWar #HMSEdinburgh #lightcruiser #maritimehistory #naval #Navy #RoyalNavy
During the Allied invasion of Sicily in mid-1943, No. 3 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) encountered an abandoned Macchi C.205 (MM9377) Restored it to flying condition squadron code CV-V https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/macchi-c-205-captured-by-australia/ #aeroplane #Aircraft #airplane #aviation #fighter #Macchi #MacchiMC205 #plane #RAAF #RoyalAustralianAirForce #SecondWorldWar #WorldWarTwo #WW2
The Supermarine Walrus served with the Argentine Naval Aviation (Aviación Naval Argentina) during the 1940s and 50s, providing the navy with a versatile amphibious aircraft capable of operating from both land bases and the sea.
Argentina acquired two aircraft in 1940 and a further eight from 1946 to 1950.
https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/supermarine-walrus-argentine-service/ #aeroplane #AirSeaRescue #Aircraft #airplane #amphibian #ArgentineAirForce #ArgentineNavy #aviation #biplane #rescueplane #SecondWorldWar #WorldWarTwo #WW2 #WWII
HTMS Thonburi was a coastal defence ship of the Royal Thai Navy, named after the historic Kingdom of Thonburi. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/htms-thonburi/ #coastaldefenceship #HTMSThonburi #maritimehistory #Military #NavalHistory #RoyalThaiNavy #Thonburi #warship
Fiat G.56 Italian World War Two Fighter Prototype https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/fiat-g-56-italian-world-war-two-fighter-prototype/ #aviation #RegiaAeronautica #aeroplane #airplane #fighter #FiatG56
The British heavy cruiser HMS Cornwall was one of the Royal Navy’s County-class cruisers. Cornwall intercepted and destroyed the German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin in May 1941.
Sunk by Japanese dive bombers on 5 April 1942. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-cornwall-1928-british-heavy-cruiser/ #secondworldwar #cruiser #heavycruiser #HMSCornwall #maritimehistory #naval #navy #royalnavy #warship #NavalHistory
Developed for the Bristol Braemar triplane heavy bomber, the Bristol Pullman was a 14-seat passenger aircraft that first flew in May 1920. As with the Braemar Mk.II, it was powered by four 400 hp (300 kW) Liberty L-12 engines in inline pairs.
The Pullman was not accepted into Royal Air Force service and no commercial sales were made to civil airlines. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/bristol-pullman/ #aeroplane #aircraft #airplane #Aviation #bristolpullman #PassengerAircraft #RAF #royalairforce #triplane
HMS Fiji was the lead ship of the Fiji-class (also called the Crown Colony-class) of light cruisers. Commissioned in 1940.
On 22 May 1941, after exhausting much of her anti-aircraft ammunition during repeated attacks, HMS Fiji was struck by bombs from German aircraft off Crete. Severely damaged and unable to defend herself effectively, she capsized and sank. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-fiji-1940-british-light-cruiser/ #SecondWorldWar #cruiser #HMSFiji #lightcruiser #maritimehistory #naval #Navy #RoyalNavy #warship
The Sukhoi Su-6 was a Soviet ground-attack aircraft developed during the early years of the Second World War by the Sukhoi design bureau. Conceived as a successor to earlier attack aircraft such as the Su-2, it was intended to provide a heavily armoured, high-performance close air support platform for the Soviet Air Forces. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/sukhoi-su-6/ #aeroplane #Aircraft #airplane #aviation #groundattack #GroundAttackAircraft #SukhoiSu6
Post-war, the C.205 found a significant export customer in the Egyptian Air Force. Between 1948 and 1949, Egypt acquired approximately 62 refurbished aircraft, many converted from C.202 airframes.
These aircraft saw limited combat during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/macchi-c-205-in-egyptian-service/ #aeroplane #Aircraft #airplane #aviation #EgyptianAirForce #fighter #Macchi #MacchiMC205 #plane
A small number of Macchi C.205s were used by the Luftwaffe, primarily by II./JG77 in northern Italy. German interest stemmed from the aircraft’s high performance.
II./JG 77 operated Macchi C.205Vs from Oct until Dec 1943 then re-equipped with Bf109s. They found the C.205Vs radio unreliable, causing difficulties co-ordinating interceptions. Re-arming to took too long, making it difficult to turn-around aircraft quickly. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/macchi-c-205-in-german-service/ #aeroplane #aviation #Luftwaffe #MacchiC205
The VL Humu was a copy of the Brewster Buffalo using non-strategic materials. Poor performance led to its cancellation https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/vl-humu-finnish-fighter/ #aviation #aeroplane #Aircraft #airplane #BrewsterBuffalo #fighter #FinnishAirForce #VLHumu
Rather than using a straightforward multi-engine configuration with engines mounted on the wings, the Slesarev Svyatogor was designed to use engines housed within the fuselage that drove external propellers via a belt system.
Difficulties with the transmission system delayed the project and it was abandoned in 1921 after the death of Slesarev. The Svyatogor never flew. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/slesarev-svyatogor/ #aeroplane #airplane #aviation #bomber #SlesarevSvyatogor #Svyatogor
The Arado Ar 234 V6 was the first four-engine prototype of the Ar 234. It used four BMW 003 turbojets in separate nacelles under the wings. It still used the take off trolly and landing skid. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/arado-ar-234-jet-bomber/ #aviation #aeroplane #Aircraft #airplane #AradoAr234 #bomber #Luftwaffe #reconnaissance #SecondWorldWar #WorldWarTwo #WW2
The Ilyushin Il-22 was the first Soviet jet-engined bomber to fly on 24 July 1947. Powered by four Lyulka TR-1 turbojets, it was under powered, as the engines only produced 80% of their planned thrust. As a result, the Il-22 was unable to meet its design criteria and further development was cancelled on 22 September 1947.https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/ilyushin-il-22-the-first-soviet-jet-engined-bomber/ #aviation #aeroplane #airplane #bomber #IlyushinIl22 #SovietBomber
The Alekseyev I-21 was an early Soviet jet fighter prototype. From top to bottom in the photo: Alekseyev I-211; Alekseyev I-215; Alekseyev I-215D https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/alekseyev-i-21-soviet-jet-fighter/ #aviation #aeroplane #airplane #aircraft #jet #fighter #fighterjet #AlekseyevI21 #AlekseyevI211 #AlekseyevI215
The Dewoitine D.520 Z was a late-war development of the Dewoitine D.520 fighter intended to significantly improve performance through the installation of a more powerful engine and incremental aerodynamic refinement. The project originated during the German occupation of France and later re-emerged briefly in the post-war reconstruction of the French aviation industry. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/dewoitine-d-520-z/ #aviation #Dewoitine #fighter #aeroplane #airplane
Dewoitine D.520 DC a two-seat trainer version of the French D.520 fighter https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/dewoitine-d-520-dc/ #DewoitineD520 #D520DC #fighter #trainer #aircraft #aviation #aeroplane #airplane
HMS Inflexible (1876) After the Removal of her Sailing Rig https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-inflexible-1876-ironclad-battleship/ #battleship #HMSInflexible #HMSInflexible1876 #IroncladBattleship #maritimehistory #NavalHistory #Navy #RoyalNavy
Avia 534 in German Service. Germany confiscated a large number of Avia B-534 fighters from Czechoslovakia, subsequently using them as fighter trainers in several fighter pilot training schools. They were also used as glider tugs and target tugs.
https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/avia-534-in-german-service/ #AviaB534 #fighter #Luftwaffe #aviation #aeroplane #airplane #WorldWarTwo #SecondWorldWar #WW2
Macchi C.205 Co-Belligerent Air Force. Only around six C.205Vs served with the Italian C0-Belligerent Air Force after the Italian Armistice. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/macchi-c-205-co-belligerent-air-force/ #aeroplane #Aircraft #airplane #aviation #CoBelligerentAirForce #fighter #Macchi #MacchiMC205 #plane #SecondWorldWar #WorldWarTwo #WW2
Depression Era Hornsby Heritage Steps
Hornsby Heritage Steps Sydney New South Wales Constructed as part of a program of ‘works for the relief of unemployment’ during the Great Depression the Hornsby Heritage Steps, also known as ‘Depressions Steps’ link the Crusher Precinct to Central Hornsby and Rosemead Road Reserve. Rated a grade 3 walk, the steps are steep, so a reasonable level of fitness is required.
HTMS Sukhothai was a gunboat of the Royal Siamese Navy, built in the UK. Laid down in December 1928 she was launched in 1929 and entered service in December 1930. Stricken in 1971. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/htms-sukhothai/ #gunboat #HTMSSukhothai #maritimehistory #Military #NavalHistory #RoyalThaiNavy #Sukhothai
Magical Ferntree Gully Walking Track
Overview Located near Rylstone, NSW, Ferntree Gully Walking Track is a 2.5-kilometre Grade 3 loop that descends from dry woodland into a cool sandstone gorge filled with tree ferns....
https://www.destinationsjourney.com/magical-ferntree-gully-walking-track/
HMS Roberts (1915) was laid down on 17 December 1914. Originally named Stonewall Jackson renamed HMS Earl Roberts on 19 June 1915 and again renamed HMS Roberts on 22 June 1915. #MaritimeHistory #HMSRoberts #monitor #RoyalNavy https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-roberts-1915/
Pashinin I-21 Fighter Prototype https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/pashinin-i-21-fighter-prototype/ #Aeroplane, #Aircraft, #Airplane, #Aviation, #Fighter, #PashininI-21, #Prototype
Crusher Plant Precinct Hornsby
Crusher Plant Precinct Hornsby Located in the northern Sydney suburb of Hornsby, the Crusher Plant Precinct is a re-imagining of an old industrial quarry site into a tranquil space with lawns, picnic shelters and barbeque facilities. Opened in March 2026, this is the first of several developments for the area that will eventually include additional walking and cycling tracks and lookouts.
HMS Royal Sovereign was a British pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Sovereign class, built for the Royal Navy under the Naval Defence Act 1889. She was laid down at Portsmouth Dockyard on 30 September 1889, launched on 26 February 1891, and commissioned into service on 31 May 1892. The ship was decommissioned on 9 September 1909 and sold for scrap on 7 October 1913. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/warships-of-the-british-royal-navy/british-pre-dreadnought-battleship-hms-royal-sovereign-1891/ #navalhistory #maritimehistory #royalnavy #Navy #Naval #battleship
Italian Regia Marina Battleship Andria Doria. Seen here after the Italian Armistice and on her way to Malta. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/italian-battleship-andrea-doria/ #AndriaDoria #BattleshipAndreaDoria #battleship #RegiaMarina #Navy #Naval #WorldWarTwo #MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory
Nikitin-Shevchenko IS Polymorphic Fighter. Designed with a retractable lower wing to change from biplane to monoplane in flight https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/nikitin-shevchenko-is-polymorphic-fighter/ #aeroplane #Aircraft #airplane #aviation #fighter #NikitinShevchenkoIS #polymorphic #polymorphicfighter
HMS Gloucester enters Malta during the late 1930s. Note the neutrality markings on her turrets for recognition during the Spanish Civil War. Gloucester was sunk during the Battle for Crete on 22 May 1941. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-gloucester-1939-british-light-cruiser/ #royalnavy #cruiser #HMSGloucester #LightCruiser #maritimehistory #naval #NavalHistory #navy #secondworldwar #warship
The Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Moskito was a twin-engined German night fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank and produced by Focke-Wulf during late World War II. About 50 production aircraft were completed, and a number of the A-0 pre-production aircraft were modified to production standard. An unknown number of the aircraft served with Nachtjagdgeschwader 3. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/focke-wulf-ta-154/ #Luftwaffe #WorldWarTwo #SecondWorldWar #Aviation #aeroplane #airplane #fighter
Argentina purchased 30 Fiat G.55A fighters and 15 G.55B trainers in 1947. The aircraft were shipped from Italy in crates and assembled locally, entering service later that year. They were assigned primarily to fighter units based at El Plumerillo in Mendoza, where they were used both as operational interceptors and as advanced trainers for pilots transitioning to modern, high-performance monoplanes. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/fiat-g-55-centauro-in-argentine-service/ #Aviation #FiatG55 #ArgentineAirForce #aeroplane #airplane #Fighter