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Hilsch Vortex Tube Spiral Chamber Cutaway

Hilsch Vortex Tube Spiral Chamber Cutaway

Cutaway view of Hilsch tube showing relation of spiral chamber to central pip-coupling. Detail of spiral at lower right.

Flight Deck ESSEX 1943

Flight Deck ESSEX 1943

Us Navy carrier Essex CV-9 on March 20, 1943
Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless divebombers
Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighters
Aircraft are preparing for launch

Building of USS Essex CV-9

Building of USS Essex CV-9

USS Essex CV-9 Aircraft Carrier U.S. Navy sits in dry dock. Prototype of the Essex class carriers built at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Virginia.

USS Essex Kamikaze Attack November 1944

USS Essex Kamikaze Attack November 1944

Japanese Kamikaze aircraft explodes after crashing into the carrier's flight deck amidships, during operations off the Philippines, 25 November 1944. Photographed from USS Langley (CVL-27).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-273032).

USS Essex CV-9 Aircraft Carrier

The USS ESSEX was the lead ship of the Essex Class of aircraft carriers and the fourth ship in the Navy to bear the name. Building of USS Essex CV-9Building of USS Essex CV-9The keel of the Essex CV-9 was laid in the spring of 1941 by the Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) in Virginia. It was commissioned on December 31, 1942 and reached the Pacific Fleet in August 1943.

Nash 600 1947

Nash 600 1947

1947 Nash 600
Advertisement claims: 25 to 30 mpg, 6 passenger, all-wielded unitized body and frame, optional convertible bed.
source: December 13, 1947 The Saturday Evening Post

Chevrolet 1947 Fleetline Aerosedan

Chevrolet 1947 Fleetline Aerosedan

Chevrolet 1947 Fleetline Aerosedan
Owner Chuck Misetich

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