1st scheduled autogyro route in the world, 1939 airmail from the roof of the Philadelphia post office to Camden NJ, 10 times a day, 6 days a week

Eastern Airlines was headed by Eddie Rickenbacker  http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Eddie%20Rickenbacker

found on

http://dieselpunk.livejournal.com/?skip=190

cool things found at Greyhandgang.com

What do you think, an airport runway snow melter?

Buckminster Fuller and a Dymaxion

Cuban taxi's.... aren't they awesome! Looks like a 55 Ford and a 53 Chev. I'd take a ride in these over a modern taxi, damn right I would

I'm not sure, but it looks like the trans-arctic vehicle

A street car used to build artificial reefs

The Vereycken Diwheel 1947 and you can read more about it http://douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/diwheel/diwheel.htm

The Munsters coach it looks like, it is on Santa Monica Blvd, and it's 1964

An Autogyro over New York

a photo of the Blitzen Benz I haven't seen before

looks like El Mirage

What an Americana moment, the purple car is a Studebaker Commander I think

via: http://www.greyhandgang.com/

Auto-gyro, or gyro copter

top photo from http://megamoto.tumblr.com/

Above: Amelia Earheart and an Autogyro close up

the propeller pulls it through the air, the helicopter blades weren't powered and started spinning as the plane acquired forward momentum, and provided lift... notice that there aren't wings on the planes in the top and bottom photos. .

a helicopter works by forcing the rotor blades through the air, pushing air downwards, the autogyro rotor blade generates lift in the same way as a glider's wing by changing the angle of the air as it moves upwards and backwards relative to the rotor blade. The free-spinning blades turn by autorotation; the rotor blades are angled so that they not only give lift, but the angle of the blades causes the lift to accelerate the blades' rotation rate, until the rotor turns at a stable speed with the drag and thrust forces in balance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autogyro

You are going to love this, and want one.

http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x3pj1w Better than a jet pack, they are only good for about 40 seconds of lift.

Via http://stipistop.com/ 'cause Mishi and Peter find all the cool stuff!