OV-103 Discovery returned to KSC (2005)
#otd Orbiter Discovery OV-103, atop SCA 747, following touch down at NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Aug. 21, 2005 after a ferry flight...
XV-15 testing (1978)
#otd The cover of Aviation Week Magazine (August 21, 1978) showing the XV-15 in the 40x80ft w.t. test for helicopter in take off mode at...
Undocking from ISS (2001)
#otd STS-105 Orbiter Discovery OV-103 just after undocking from the International Space Station backdropped by the darkness of space and...
End of STS-85 at the Cape
#otd The drag chute of the Orbiter Discovery OV-103 is fully deployed while landing on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center, August 19,...
Orbiter Discovery going for a Ride
#otd Orbiter Discovery OV-103 riding on NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft for the flight from the Dryden Flight...
USS Texas BB-35 (1942)
#otd USS Texas BB-35 off the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, 19 August 1942. #usstexas #bb35 #battleship #wwii #navalsafari #aviationsafari...
Aerial Resupply in WWII
#otd PB4Y-2 of VPB-119 drops supplies on emergency field at Changchow, 18 August 1945. These drops were intended to supply Navy coast...
USS McDermut DD-262 (1962)
#otd Who loves four stackers? Here is USS McDermut DD-262 underway, 18 August 1942. #4stack #tincan #surfacewarfare #ussmcdermut #dd262...
Defending the Beachhead
#otd Army anti-aircraft halftrack emplaced by a beach exit road in the center part of beach "Alpha red," near Cavalaire, France, Southern...
DUKW landing (1944)
#otd DUKW amphibious trucks landing on beach "Alpha red," near Cavalaire, France, during the Southern France Invasion, on 18 August 1944....
