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Updated 29 July 2008
<>  Update "Blitzen II" 2 September 2009  <>

-The AIR PIRATES-
strip & art archive

By R. J. Bartrop

 
Comic pages Archive:
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"The Air Pirates" color logo by R. J. Bartrop
-background references-


Ilsa Klensch
German aviatrix

Ilsa Klensch and the Bugman & Dross "Blitzen" racing floatplane - art by R.J. Bartrop
Ilsa Klensch and the "Blitzen" racing floatplane
by R.J. Bartrop

Ilsa Kensh profile & portraits
by R.J. Bartrop
(Larger art file with short text biography)

Blitzen II 1938 side view (thumbnail) - by R.J. Bartrop
Bugman und Dross "Blitzen II" as it appeared at its 1938 Speed Week debut.
(Flown by Ilsa Klensch) (larger image - 1.3 MBytes)
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Ilsa Klensch flies the Blitzen II - 38 Schneider (thumbnail)  - by R.J. Bartrop
<>  "Ilsa puts the Blitzen II through its paces during the 1938 Speed Week."  <>
(larger image - 1.3 MBytes) -
Art by R.J.Bartrop - http://rjbartrop.artspots.com

Overtaking racingplane 1938 (thumbnail) by R. J. Bartrop
<> "German flier Ilsa Klensch overtakes the American entry during the 1938  <>
Schneider Trophy race." (Pacific Press RadioPhoto) - (larger image - 1.3 MBytes)
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One afternoon at Superior Engineering
by Roy D. Pounds II (characters used with permissions)

Ilsa Klensch, She-wolf of the Luftwaffe - by RJ Bartrop
Ilsa Klensch by R.J. Bartrop

Ilsa, She Wolf of the
Luftwaffe
Thumbnail link to a higher resolution file
on the ArtSpots archive

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