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• convair
• tailfin
• 880
• empennage
• verticalstabilizer
• airliner
• quadjet
• aviation
• testing
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• airplane
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• faa
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• n112
• woman
• vintage
• women
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• rosietheriveter

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Drilling horizontal stabilizers: operating a hand drill, this woman worker at Vultee-Nashville is shown working on the horizontal stabilizer for a Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It

from The Library of Congress

• Steve Crane said:

  I'm quite amazed by the colour in these old photos.

• julia dee said:

  More than "color" per se, it's the dynamic range of transparency film. Digital can't come close at present.

• marzitxu. said:

  q demais!!!

Atlas Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

• TVL1970 said:

  Tail set (vertical stabilizer and elevator) for Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, USAF Serial No. 68-0216. This aircraft was later converted in 1988 to C-5C SCM ("Space Cargo Modified") standard for the transportation of special payloads. Typically satellites and other spacecraft. It was recently upgraded in March 2018 to C-5M SCM Super Galaxy standard through re-engining with General Electric F138-GE-100 (CF6-80C2L1F) turbofans.