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.
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 | 05:11AM
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 | 05:23PM