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Pregnant Guppy N1024V under construction

Pregnant Guppy N1024V under construction with On Mark Engineering at LAX - March 1962. the conversion was carried out in stages, First a portion of BOAC Stratocruiser was inserted in the rear fuselage and then the large outer shell of the cargo compartment was added to the standard B337 fuselage, for aerodynamic and structural trials. After the aircraft flew successfully and was demonstrated to Wernher von Braun, sufficient interest was generated to complete the conversion by cutting away the standard fuselage inside the large shell. - (photographer - AR Krieger) Date: 1962

© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans

Albania. Gjirokaster. Castle, clock tower and tower houses

Albania. Gjirokaster. Castle built in 18th century ordered by the tribal leader Gjin Bue Shpata and the clock tower, added from 1811 by the Ottoman governor Ali Pasha of Tepelena. First, Tower houses (Kulla). Date: 20070809

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

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Containers for transporting & storing plants & seeds

Containers for transporting & storing plants & seeds. Illustration from John Ellis, Directions for bringing over seeds and plants from the East Indies to which is added, The figure and botanical description of a new sensitive plant, called Dioneaea muscipula, or Venus's fly-trap Date: 1770

© The John Innes Centre/The John Innes Foundation/Mary Evans

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