SE5 original condition...

That /is/ cool. I've been to the EAA museum where that is on display.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

Yep. V12 Allison behind the pilot and a propshaft under his bum...

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I so nearly bought a model of this, not a static model either.

Bugattis are generally lovely, I spent a little time at a company that
hand built and restored Bugatti cars. Very advanced for their day they were.

 

I've never heard of that, nor seen a pic. What a lovely looking
aircraft.

 

The only other plane I've wanted to see in real life... did you get to
see the plane?

 

Odd. It hasn't bounced back.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

One can see where Rutan got his inspiration.

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It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

There's always Recoprop in Luton.

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To me, it looks like it belongs in this age, not 1937.

 

The vodka fumes were more apparent?

 

Their engines were way ahead of their time too.

 

Yep, I noticed it had an aluminum block engine.

 

I think they were supercharged too, and had over head cams. I watched a
few different types of Bugatti engine being built, and fired up for the
first time.

The other two machines I was impressed with were a blower Bentley, and a
monster v12 supercharged racing Merc that looked like a fuel tank on
wheels with the body off.

The Bugatti cars were poetry in motion though.

 

muddycat wrote:

Apparently not.. they were made of magnesium, according to this article.

http://makeashorterlink.com/?H51B322F9

 

'kin'ell.

Got another email addie? Hotmail must be borked.

 

There's a book I've been trying to find for ages: I read it once, years ago,
but I haven't seen it since, and I can't remember the title. It was a bio
of the great Robert Smith-Barry, who founded the Gosport school during WWI.
Any ideas?

 

I believe this is the one hanging from the ceiling at the EAA in
wisconsin. If it is, then yes. I may even have pictures of it. I'll have
to look and see.

 

I remember sitting on the A320 as we left JFK to Ireland and thinking
the not too long ago the fucking rudder fell off one leaving New York.

 

*Cough*

A320 going from JFK to Ireland?

*Cough*

Are you sure you don't mean A300?

Like this? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3956087.stm




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It could have been.

That would be the one.