Years back I blogged this image of the cover of the January 1964 edition of Popular Mechanics.
I suggested the one-man sub shown looked like the SpaceX P3 Helicopter - a bit!
I've dived a little deeper into the baby sub and discovered that the cover painting was by none other than Bob McCall. I also found this image of the subs workings, which is rather neat.
Turns out the old submersible was German and very few exist. One of them was bought by Achim in Germany and is documented in his You Tube video:
I Bought a Submarine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMnuFA0FiMM
There appears to be a black and white photo of it on this old grainy Alamy preview too https://c8.alamy.com/comp/E0WJ2P/mar-03-1963-new-one-man-submarine-on-first-great-tripon-exhibition-E0WJ2P.jpg
For the full low-down on the sub back in 1964 then read the whole article in Popular Mechanics courtesy of the amazing Google Books facility [p.134] - be careful of all the adverts, they're a real distraction!
Have you got a submarine?
I like that 1964 magazine cover illustration, Woodsy. The one-man sub reminded me of the 1977-78 Action Man submersible 'Sea Wolf'. A fun toy for underwater action and adventure.
ReplyDeleteI had a Sea Wold as a kid Tony, a great Accy Man toy but quite big when I was in the bath too!
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