The Bluebird Project

I'd noticed this piece before coming on here today. Awfully nostalgic to view all those pix. I've great memories of seeing the QE2 being built, as I was living in Glasgow at the time. And then I saw it at very close quarters when it first left John Brown's, at the dry-dock at Greenock for fitting-ou...

captain sparkle wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2017 8:48 am Recently did our annual trip to the Classic TT/Manx Grand prix. I thought some of you may like to see (& hear!!) a small part of the 'tribute' lap by Michael Dunlop, commemorating the first 100mph lap of the TT by Bill McIntyre in 1957.

Pedantic - me?

Bob McIntyre.

Nigel

I don't know Daniel at all, but this is desperately sad news.

A reminder to us all, perhaps, that we take good health for granted at our peril.

Nigel

Sadly for folks who remember Speed King - the excellent BBC drama about Sir Malcolm Campbell, made by the same team that in later years produced Across The Lake - the actor Robert Hardy has passed on.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40818839

Nigel

This Campbell trivia thing must be catching ...

I spotted the chap who plays Leo Villa in Across The Lake in an episode of The Avengers tonight.

[Dons anorak smartly and prances off with a jaunty gait]

Nigel

Standing behind a 737 as it takes off has ended unfortunately for a lady on Sint Maarten today I'm unaware of the specific circumstances on this occasion, but I have seen some very nasty injuries resulting from folks there not showing sufficient respect for the power of these planes in such close p...

It was difficult enough raising that kind of money for the Vulcan, but for anything else I fear it won't happen in a month of Sundays. Sad, but that's the harsh reality of operating planes of this kind. I had a feeling when I first saw pictures of the crash that it wasn't going to be a good outcome....

I'll echo Rob's comments. An honourable effort. And a boatful of fun to boot.

Nigel

A local aircraft breaker bought the wreck and I remember standing in his warehouse looking at dozens of seats caked with blood. He kept them to extract a small damper from each one that cost £400. Back in 2006, I was having an in-depth medical exam courtesy of a doctor who'd been involved in examin...

Jesus wept ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40421811

Nigel