Whatzit?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

A "bucket" or chamber wherein people would sit on an amusement park ride that takes riders up into the air a bit ?

No, no, no.......Roger's got it almost 90% right

[chuck]

Graf Zeppelin's gondola?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Graf Zeppelin's gondola?

Yup. LZ-127.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I'm glad Roger was so close to the answer, and got it so quickly, rather than I, and I surely respect that Chuck added the final perspective needed for the right answer. You guys are cool.

[chuck]

That's an engine gondola. The struts are for the stairs from the main structure to the gondola. Note, that's an open stair. Graph Zeppelin was designed to run at about 70 mph and at an altitude of about 650 feet. It could go significantly higher but generally cruised at 650. That's a long drop if you miss a step on those stairs. She had 5 engine gondolas/pods, two on each side and one on the bottom, aft, on the centerline.

[webenda]

Some sort of gondola on a blimp or monorail ?

That was amazing Roger. I couldn't see what it was even with the second picture clue.

[webenda]

Looking back to see what I have used for a whatzit before I came across a comment I forgot to respond to.

Possible murph. I got them from a mechanic who used them inspecting for cracks and other maladies.

They generally do magnafluxing for that.

At Raytheon Missle Systems they use Magnafluxing. At Horton Garage they used eyeballs to inspect for cracks. One mechanic used those telescope eyepieces to get a closer look.


Edit 1: Added a missing "L."

[rogruth]

Some sort of gondola on a blimp or monorail ?

That was amazing Roger. I couldn't see what it was even with the second picture clue.

Thanks, Wayne.
Two points
That is the first one where I have been close.
I am also surprised to get that close with the condition of my eyes.
Probably just a good guess.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Some sort of gondola on a blimp or monorail ?

That was amazing Roger. I couldn't see what it was even with the second picture clue.

Indeed it was - I was very surprised thinking it would last until at least the 3rd photo in the series.

[webenda]

This whatzit is a flowering plant. Name the plant.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

George

[webenda]

Plant is not George. https://youtu.be/1NrMUEIh6gI
Size reference in this photo is a Parker Jotter ball point pen.

[rogruth]

I didn't think it was George. He had that funny wig.

[chuck]

Flowering spurge?

[webenda]

Not Flowering Spurge whose Individual flowers span about ¼" across.
These flowers are about ¼" across also (7/32'.)

Big hint: The common name has the word "fern" in it.