Vintage photos of an Avro Canada VZ-9AV Avrocar at the National Museum of the US Air Force get new attention

ExploreWright-Patterson AFB name-dropped in congressional hearing on UFOs The Avrocar was the result of a Canadian effort to develop a supersonic, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter-bomber in the early 1950s, the museum says. “However, its circular shape gave it the appearance of a flying saucer out of science-fiction movies of the period,” the museum notes. The museum shared 2007 photos of the delivery of the craft to the museum on its Facebook page a couple of days ago, which generated a fair amount of attention. “With claims of that the US government has been clandestinely retrieving crashed UFOs for…Continue Reading

Readers share their vintage photos

Thanks to all the readers who have sent photos in for use on this page. Lately, we’ve seen some striking finds. Rick Karl wrote in and sent along a photo of his father, Fred Karl, then 20 years old, atop a Sherman tank — a medium tank M4A3 (76)W HVSS assigned to D Company, 2nd Armored Division, nicknamed “the Daytona Beach, “Karl informs us. The photo was taken at the fall of Berlin, 1945. The elder Karl would return home and go on to represent Volusia County as a member of the Florida House and Senate before sitting on the…Continue Reading