Fritz: The new Surfmobile
I’ve been looking at a lot of videos about Sprinter van conversions, mostly because I’ve got a major league surf jones that I can’t do much about, because I just… Continue reading "Fritz: The new Surfmobile"
Category: Wheels and Wings
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…At the other end of the spectrum
Following on the post of the Senna movie is this bit of redneck mayhem. None of my friends would be surprised to hear I find this funny and would love… Continue reading "…At the other end of the spectrum"
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Senna–We’ll Never See His Equal
I can’t wait to see this movie. I have chicken skin from the trailer. For some reason I wasn’t into F1 very much during the Senna days–for one thing, there… Continue reading "Senna–We’ll Never See His Equal"
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Starting and Flying an S.E. 5a
Like most “professional small boys” I love airplanes, especially the biplanes of WW1. They are just so very tactile. I can almost taste and smell what it would be like… Continue reading "Starting and Flying an S.E. 5a"
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We Didn’t All Make It To Here
Without being too gruesome, too maudlin, or spending time reviewing the large number of opportunities I gave myself to shuffle off this mortal coil. A brief salute to those who… Continue reading "We Didn’t All Make It To Here"
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Peyote Races With The Big Boys
Peyote is my race car, a homebuilt special based on a Triumph TR3 frame and running gear, built in Minneapolis over 50 years ago by a guy named Bill Ames.… Continue reading "Peyote Races With The Big Boys"
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DC-3’s Still Flying Commercially
I had no idea that there was still a DC-3 flying commercially until a friend of mine send me a link to this video. There planes are 75 years old,… Continue reading "DC-3’s Still Flying Commercially"
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Building A 737 For Southwest Airlines
Wow, just plain wow. This is a wonderful video of Boeing building and painting a 737-800 for Southwest Airlines (though it looks like the actual airplanes being built are for… Continue reading "Building A 737 For Southwest Airlines"
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Blues and Bearcats
This is a really cool video of Bearcats, which were the airplanes the early Blue Angels flew the most and modern Blue Angel F18s. When they knew the event was… Continue reading "Blues and Bearcats"
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Tom McCahill Tests The New Triumph TR2
When I was a kid I loved Mechanix Illustrated, especially the car tests by Tom McCahill and the feature “Mail for McCahill”. I loved his style. As a Triumph TR2/3… Continue reading "Tom McCahill Tests The New Triumph TR2"