The Bluebird Project

I was referring to the whole thing (plate i mean), It just seems somehow.......Odd.

Maybe it is the size of font, the spacing, the overall size or a combination of those three things, but somehow that reg number just seems odd to me.

Might sound a silly question, but would Donald's E-type have been straight blue, not metallic? (not convinced about the reg number on that FB photograph of the model either....)

[SNIP] Good point, if put in a slightly accusative manner! [/SNIP] It wasn't intended that way Mike, I just meant that after all the stellar work so far, it seemed quite odd that the skins were beyond salvage given the photograph used for POTD. My appologies if it came across in that manner. What I...

I must admit to being a little bemused by the description of todays POTD. After all the work done on resurrecting many acres (metaphorically speaking) of bent and crumpled tin, why are the outer intake skins beyond saving? Is there a photo showing the full skin to back up the "The skins are bey...

klingon wrote:Shuttle mounting point on 747 carrier-who says yanks don't have a sense of humour?

Hard to know which is funniest... The mount itself, or the "Note"................

Caption:

"in a quiet moment at the Bluebird Project headquarters, Bill contemplates what the past held, and the future holds, for Bluebird K7"

Mike Bull wrote:Another example- the Rolls Royce operated Spitfire which crashed in 1992 and killed pilot David Moore is well on it's way to flying again.

Do you have any further info on that mike ? (web link for example?)

I must admit, I'm getting a little "comfused dot con"............

The various sources and info mentioned is all good and valid, however, it is still a mite confusing.

well, that answers one question.............what the tin was! hehe

Still don't know when the first use of the logo was on a Bluebird vehicle though.....

Whilst watching my fave series (Goodnight sweetheart) on dvd, I happened to spy the following tin in the background. http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5150/5623774334_4f45c21f1f_o.jpg It got me to thinking about Bluebird K7 and as to what the inspiration for the bluebird "Bluebird" logo was, ...