Written: August, 2009 in London, U.K. Occurred: Summer, Late 1980s/Early 1990s in Oregon House, CA When I was growing up in Oregon House, I often used to go riding around on my Predator BMX bike with my friends Pat and Shane (who had similar bicycles). Like most boys we would seek out excitement and go … Continue reading »
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Why Aren’t We Building Things Like This Anymore? The Soviet Lun-Class Ekranoplan Ground Effect Vehicle…
“Ground-effect” craft are like airplanes, except they travel over the surface at a very low altitude — just a few meters — buoyed by a cushion of lift that exists up to a height roughly equal to the craft’s wingspan. In the late 1980s, the Soviet Union built a number of experimental ground-effect military vehicles. … Continue reading »
T. E. Lawrence’s Brough Superior SS100 Motorcycle, 1932
This 1000cc motorcycle was the prized possession of T E Lawrence, better known as ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, and the machine on which he was killed in May of 1935. Lawrence’s Brough Superior was tailor-made by George Brough himself and cost 170 pounds in 1932. This was the seventh Brough that Lawrence had owned. He named … Continue reading »
Visiting The Frontiers of Flight Museum
As anyone who knows me can tell you, I don’t normally have words of praise for Texas. Yet, as I have discovered, gems can be uncovered everywhere – even in the most unexpected places (such as Texas). And so, on my final day of the Southern Exposure Tour we visited the Frontiers of Flight Museum … Continue reading »
Interesting site in case you get pulled over…
http://ratemycop.com/ There is not much you can do if you are pulled over and the officer you are dealing with is unpleasant. And I’m afraid that I am speaking from personal experience when I make that statement. The site above at least gives one a chance to document their experience and to compare it with … Continue reading »
Gary Gabelich
One of my childhood heroes was Gary Gabelich and I always wanted to know more about him. So, I decided to finally get around to this project and to post the results of my research. Gary Gabelich was born on August 29, 1940 in San Pedro, California although he was of Croatian descent. He began … Continue reading »
The Great Car Chases
The best car chases, the greatest car chases, the best movie chases… Give it the title you want. I researched this matter exhaustively and below is a list of the greatest car chase scenes in movies that I could come up with. The best car chase sequence of all time is the climax of 1980′s … Continue reading »
