Trivia Time Trivia Time!

[NutmegCT]

OK fellow history buffs ... what's the origin of what's shown in the photos - and ... where is it now?








Enquiring minds want to know!

 

[Gliderman8]

I don’t know where it is now but I’ll have a sandwich and think about it

 

[waltesefalcon]

I know. I cheated, but I know. Back in the day it was pulled by an IH. My first guess was an old Flash Gordon rocket.

 

[Gliderman8]

I didn’t cheat but I know what it is.

 

[NutmegCT]

IH truck - good connection!

https://www.mst3ktemple.com/silvercup_rocket.html

And now you know ... the rest of the story.

Rocky Jones and Star Trek?

http://reflectionsonfilmandtelevisi...1/cult-tv-flashback-18-rocky-jones-space.html

 

[JPSmit]

what a great story! Americana at its absolute finest.

 

[sail]

My first guess was an old Flash Gordon rocket.

It's not? Shoot.

 

[waltesefalcon]

"IH truck - good connection!"

You know me, I am a sucker for Binders.

 

[Basil]

This is the first I've ever heard of it.

 

[mikephillips]

I had to go back and find them, but I'd run across a couple photos by coincidence a couple weeks ago.

 

[Popeye]

Man, and I was wikipedia-ing x-planes. It has a bit of the X-1 in its design.

A bread truck... Neat story, thanks for sharing!

 

[pdplot]

At first, I thought it was the X-1 as well. But the more I stared at it, the less it looked like a plane.

 

[Basil]

At first, I thought it was the X-1 as well. But the more I stared at it, the less it looked like a plane.

That was my first thought until I saw it was made of wood.