Amazing historical photos

edited July 2013 in Chit chat
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f75_1372974330

inc:- charlie chaplin without make up, general custer and his men, samurai, lots of old war pics, the titanics last picture sailing, mount rushmore before the heads
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  • edited July 2013
    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f75_1372974330

    inc:- charlie chaplin without make up, general custer and his men, samurai, lots of old war pics, the titanics last picture sailing, mount rushmore before the heads

    your missus finally put the porn filter on your pc, huh. :D

    good pics, that steamboat one look like a painting, maybe colorised?
  • edited July 2013
    I think the photo the Wright bothers took in 1903 of the first controlled heavier-than-air flight is amazing. Good foresight on their part to bring a camera.

    800px-First_flight2.jpg
  • edited July 2013
    Looks photoshopped to me.
  • edited July 2013
    Some awesome pics in that lot! Ta for the link! :)
  • edited July 2013
    Mount Rushmore looks like muppets
  • edited July 2013
    thx1138 wrote: »
    Mount Rushmore looks like muppets

    That's probably what people said just after the heads were carved into it as well :D
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  • edited July 2013
    Looks photoshopped to me.

    wrightbros_zps55a2c3d8.jpg

    I agree, the spicy curry pot noodle wasn't introduced until the 1990s.

    (interesting link by the way :D)
  • edited July 2013
    That almost looks like a legit Pot Noodle ad :lol:
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  • edited July 2013
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  • edited July 2013
    Daren wrote: »
    I think the photo the Wright bothers took in 1903 of the first controlled heavier-than-air flight is amazing. Good foresight on their part to bring a camera.

    The Wright Brothers' first flight was shorter than a jumbo jet's wingspan...
  • edited July 2013
    how cool - cheers dude
  • edited July 2013
    "In a startling announcement a few days ago, Jane's All the World's Aircraft has named an August 1901 flight by Connecticut aviation pioneer Gustave Whitehead as the first successful powered flight in history, beating the Wright Brothers by more than two years. "

    Pics or it didn't happen.
  • edited July 2013
    beanz wrote: »
    "In a startling announcement a few days ago, Jane's All the World's Aircraft has named an August 1901 flight by Connecticut aviation pioneer Gustave Whitehead as the first successful powered flight in history, beating the Wright Brothers by more than two years. "

    Pics or it didn't happen.

    I thought the Wright Brother's flight was the first controlled flight. I'm sure I read somewhere that there had been others who had managed a small flight, but had no control over it. The Wright Brothers flight was actually controlled, so Gustave's flight claim may have been true.
  • edited July 2013
    I thought the Wright Brother's flight was the first controlled flight. I'm sure I read somewhere that there had been others who had managed a small flight, but had no control over it. The Wright Brothers flight was actually controlled, so Gustave's flight claim may have been true.

    apparently it needs to be fixed wing, controllable, and powered.

    the argument usualy is, that all those thing had been achived seperatley.

    the fact that they pretty much created a practical aircraft seals their name in history.

    still though an honorable mention should go to the first man to get his end away while up in the air. :razz:

    'In 1784, Britons George Biggin and Letisha Sage performed not only the first hydrogen balloon flight, but could also be argued to be the first members of the "Mile High Club" by having sex in their balloon. It was organised by an Italian called Lunardi who was meant to go with them, but he got out thinking the balloon would not support three people. He got out just as it took off in St. George's Fields, and as the balloon flew over Piccadilly people could see Sage on all-fours, although she tried to make excuses claiming she was not having sex. The balloon travelled 14 miles, landing in Harrow. The incident became a huge scandal, with people asking having sex in a balloon was possible at all. The wager books, which contain lists of all the bets made in London clubs, contained one bet which read: "Lord Cholmondeley has given two guineas to Lord Derby to receive 500 guineas whenever his lordship 'plays hospitals' with a woman in a balloon 1,000 yards from the Earth."
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