Reader Scrapbook
How to submit pictures for our online Reader Scrapbook
- AirSpaceMag.com, March 20, 2008
Want to be a part of something big? To connect your family history with the experiences of others? Then add your photos to our online Reader Scrapbook. Few groups have as broad a collective knowledge of aviation and spaceflight as the readers of Air & Space magazine, and from the photos submitted already, we know there are plenty of interesting, even historic, photos hidden in attics and stashed away in closets.
It could be an image of your uncle with his Huey in 1971, or a photo of an astronaut at a barbeque. Maybe it’s a group portrait of your dad’s helicopter crew with Marilyn Monroe in Korea, or a tinted snapshot of your grandpa with his Curtis Jenny. It doesn’t have to be historic, but it does have to bear some relation to aviation or spaceflight. Email us your photos along with your city and state, plus any caption information or a brief explanation of why the photo is meaningful to you. And we’ll share a selection in our online Reader Scrapbook at airspacemag.com/scrapbook.
A few simple ground rules: Each photo should be scanned (no mailed hard copies, please) in some electronic format (typical ones are JPG, GIF, and TIFF). Try to keep the size of the electronic file under 1 megabyte. If you don’t know how to make electronic scans of your snapshots, most photo stores or copy centers should be able to do it for you. Then email them as attached files to readerscrapbook@si.edu. And we’ll contact you if we’d like to post them. Now’s the time to look through those boxes of old black-and-whites you’ve been meaning to pull out of storage. We can’t wait to see what you've got.
Comments (5)
In regards to todays scrapbook photo (April 25), I'm not sure the picture matches the caption. My first reaction was that it showed the X-1 on final approach, and not a Typhoon. In any case, I don't think the picture shows a Typhoon.
Posted by Christopher Olson on April 25,2008 | 08:11 AM
Regarding today's (May 14) photo, does the contributor have a clearer picture of the B-17s registration number? We would be able to track down the history of this old Fort if we could see the number more clearly.
Posted by Ernie Viskupic on May 14,2008 | 08:23 PM
Your photo of "Dornier Do X In Air" is shown upside down.
The 6 engine pods are on top of the wing.
In fact it is not in the air at all. It appears to be sitting on a lake. I do enjoy checking on these photos every few days.
Thanks !
Posted by Wesley Wilfong on November 3,2008 | 02:10 PM
Why hasn't anybody seen that the Dornier Do X In Air is upside down?!
Posted by Jeffrey A. Yerkes on November 4,2008 | 11:13 AM
The aircraft pictured is a Dehavilland DH9 Dragon Rapide, from the picture entitled "Low on Fuel Part 4" with the following info below it:
Bob Huettmann of Pebble Beach, California writes, "In early 1954, the Korean war had ended and our C-119 squadrons from the 483rd Troop Carrier Wing at times flew to Clark AFB in the Philippines to pick up supplies for the French in Indo-China (Vietnam). After Dien Bien Phu fell and the French surrendered, we flew no more missions to Vietnam. "After one delivery of supplies to Haiphong I was short of fuel and had to fly to a French airfield south of Haiphong by the name of Tourane (later Da Nang). This aircraft was on the ramp and I took this photo while we were gassing up. I don't remember what the plane was but I suspect it was fairly common."
Posted by Marcia on June 22,2009 | 04:41 PM
Re Reader Scrapbook "Low On Fuel (Part 4). After viewing the
photo of the aircraft parked on the ramp, I made a rush to dig out the ole scrap book to see if it was the same photo
that I had. It was! The one that I have shows the same nose
and tail markings with the word AUTREX in a circle below the cockpit, and AUTREX in a vertical plane on the tail.
The picture I have was taken by one of our crew members (6th
Troop Carrier Sq.) while delivering a number of hard nose
B-26's, mechanics from Clark AFB to aid the French troops at Dien Bien Phu (fort). To no avail, the French were defeated, and the US entered the war in Vietnam. Small world. After all these years, it was an interesting to see
a picture of this aircraft surface once again.
Posted by Ed. Wlodyka on June 26,2010 | 11:10 PM