February 21, 2013July 11, 20171940s, Aircraft Wright Cyclone Engine World War 2 Aircraft Cutaway, 1945 This was a fictional Second World War aircraft meant to illustrate the Wright Cyclone engine (located in the engine cowling, #10) on […]
February 20, 2013July 14, 20171940s, Aircraft, Stewart Rouse WWII Fighter Plane Cutaway Showing Gravity Suit, 1945 A cutaway within a cutaway. Drawn by Stewart Rouse, this illustrates a generic WWII fighter plane peeled back to show the pilot […]
February 15, 2013February 25, 20131950s, Aircraft, Rolf Klep Super-G Constellation Cutway, 1955 A fine cutway from 1955 by famed illustrator Rolf Klep, of a Super-G Constellation. This is actually part of an amazing double-spread […]
February 15, 2013February 25, 20131940s, Aircraft, Rolf Klep Consolidated Vultee Clipper (PanAm) Cutaway, 1945 I’m not certain when this Rolf Klep cutaway was produced, but the magazine text mentions that V-E Day was upcoming, so I’ll […]
February 14, 2013February 25, 20131940s, Aircraft British RAF Typhoon Fighter Cutaway Drawing, 1944 The RAF’s Typhoon was termed an “Engine With Wings” by Popular Science because of its 2,200 horsepower, 24 cylinder power plant–a […]
February 14, 2013February 25, 20131940s, Aircraft British R.A.F. Mosquito Cutaway Drawing, 1943 The R.A.F. Mosquito was a zippy, nimble aircraft, its fuselage built of plywood on a balsa wood core and its wings […]
February 14, 2013February 19, 20131950s, Aircraft Convair B-36 Bomber Cutaway Drawing, 1950 In 1950, Popular Science issued a cutaway drawing of the most exciting object to grace the skies to that point: Convair’s B-36 […]
August 15, 2009July 14, 20171930s, Aircraft, Bizarre Transport, Cutaway Drawings and Cross-Sections PanAm Yankee Clipper Cutaway Drawing, ca 1930s This cutaway drawing shows the PanAm Yankee Clipper (B-314), which was built by Boeing on the base of an XB-15 bomber […]
June 20, 2009February 25, 20131930s, Aircraft Martin Ocean Transport Plane Cutaway, 1936 A great airplane cutaway from Fortune Magazine 1936 (Large Size Image): The revolutionary fact about the Martin is that more than half […]
April 15, 2009July 14, 20171930s, Aircraft, Bizarre Transport Closeup of Flying Boat (Generic) Cutaway, 1935 Looking inside the Popular Mechanics 1935 “Flying Boat”: Kitchen Welsh rarebit coming right up. Note the ladder leading up to the wing. […]