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Airplane Grumman Wildcat

Grumman Wildcat

Short, fat and deadly The combination of ruggedness and relatively poor performance compared to the Japanese Zeros turned this aircraft into a guerilla fighter: hit hard and run fast worked so well that the Wildcat had an air combat kill-to-loss ratio of 5.9:1 in 1942 and 6.9:1 for the entire war. *Sold on eBay and […]

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Actor Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise Piloting a Helicopter in London

Tom Cruise has returned to the skies – even if this time he’s not dangling from the side of a plane. The Top Gun star, 57, hopped in the pilot’s seat of a helicopter for a flying lesson in London. The actor showed up to the lesson with a pair of white sneakers in his hand, and spent 45 […]

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1932 Automobile Bugatti

A Magnificent Bugatti Royale

Jean Bugatti standing next to his Bugatti Royale, one of seven built (1932)

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1902 Automobile Car

Sterand Loco 1902

Built for the Chicago Solder Co., Chicago Ill., 1902, by the Western Motor Car Co. of Marion, Indiana. It is a four-cylinder Rutenber engine, motor No. 15609, body style railroad engine; 15.6 horsepower, right hand drive, front tires 32 by 4, rear tires 34 by 4. Pistons on side of engine are air compressors, used […]

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1965 Corvette

1965 Corvette Sting Ray

Spectacular 1965 Corvette Sting Ray with a customer paint make over. The 1965 Corvette Sting Ray became ferocious with the mid-year debut of a big-block V-8, the 396 Turbo Jet. The Turbo Jet delivered 425 bhp and a thumping 415 pound-feet of torque.  Sunny afternoon view of this classic Silver C2 1965 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray […]

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This Wonderful Bird Grows Strawberry-Like Plumage During The Breeding Season

The more you think you’ve seen all the beauties this world holds, the furthest to the truth you find out you are. Maybe unicorns are not true, but this bird you will see in the following pictures looks just as magical and mystical as them, but with one difference – it is true, it exists. […]

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Bird Violet-backed Starling

The Magnificent Violet-backed Starling

The Violet-backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster), also known as the Plum-colored Starling or Amethyst Starling from sub-Saharan Africa.

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Bald Eagle Eagle

Soaring Bald Eagle

The bald eagle, with its snowy-feathered (not bald) head and white tail, is the proud national bird symbol of the United States—yet the bird was nearly wiped out there. For many decades, bald eagles were hunted for sport and for the “protection” of fishing grounds. Pesticides like DDT also wreaked havoc on eagles and other […]

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Dragon Royalty silver

1oz Silver Bar Australia Perth Mint Dragon Series

2019 – Present 1oz Silver Bar Australia Perth Mint Dragon Series Coin $1 Brilliant Uncirculated *Sold on eBay and other affiliates is What the star*/Sold on eBay implies: Links marked with a */Sold on eBay mean that we will receive a commission if a booking or a specific action is made via the linked eBay […]

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1963 Corvette

The Spectacular 1963 Corvette

A base Corvette coupe in 1963 was $4,257. If a buyer ordered all possible options on a coupe, the sticker price jumped to more than $6,200. A convertible’s base price was $4,037. Ironically, with the beautiful new coupe design, nearly as many convertibles were sold that year. The engines that were offered for the 1963 Corvette included three carbureted versions; a 250-, 300-, and 340-horsepower variants, as well as a […]

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