Great weather for attending the motorcycle show at MCC in Villa Park. Plenty on display and many others of the riders who came to look. I sketched this 40’s wartime BSA. The same my grandfather George possibly could have ridden in Egypt. George Lawrie was born 114 years ago yesterday, and passed away 59 years ago.
Great film about a fictitious plan to kidnap Churchill during WW2. Donald Sutherland plays an IRA agent helping the Germans infiltrate a Norfolk village. Michael Caine is the Fallschirmjäger who parachutes in with his troops to undertake the mission. Jenny Agutter is Molly. A Royal Enfield Flying Flea is the motorcycle scooting around tge countryside. Sadly Donald passed away today aged 88.
So said Chuck Yeager in his Bell X-1 jet ‘Glamorous Glennis’ over Muroc Field in 1947 when bustin’ through the sound barrier. Mach 1. Here’s a ‘47 T100 Triumph stretched and geared to climb steep hills.
So said Chuck Yeager in his Bell X-1 jet ‘Glamorous Glennis’ over Muroc Field in 1947 when bustin’ through the sound barrier. Mach 1. Here’s a ‘47 T100 Triumph stretched and geared to climb steep hills.
Honor Blackman in military garb as a courier rider during the war.
1943. RAF Wing Commander James “Johnnie” Johnson puts his Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX into a vertical climb above the clouds.
Some photos of Harleys and DKW’s taken by my riding buddy Dean during his recent visit to the National WW2 Museum in New Orleans. Based where the Higgins Boat, or LCVP, we’re built. These were the landing craft that brought US soldiers to shore in every major amphibious assault of World War II.
The Tiger looking sharp against a nice green car. The RAF roundel befitting the natural hue. Overcast and drizzly ride to Zion. Nice greasy combo breakfast at Emily’s. Fresh coffee, eggs over easy, and pancakes.
Volkswagen’s response to the US Jeep and UK’s Land Rover was this lightweight version. The Type 181 is the military version of its 2WD lineup.
– a lovely photo from someone’s family album. The lass on the right was someone’s grandmother who served as a nurse on Hawaii during the Second World War. The white socks and head scarves are pure period cuteness.
June 6th 1944
– a pivotal moment of the Twentieth Century when the Free World decided to take back what had been overthrown by the Nazis. Here’s a fresh faced army courier strapped into a Horsa glider, with his Matchless ride, bound for Normandy.
– what a fun looking little back lane machine. The black rims and army green tank a a superb look.
– what better way to escape across the Bavarian countryside than on a rugged tyred Triumph TR6 in German wartime feldgrau. Of course Steve makes it look effortlessly cool.
.. although the legacy of The Great War is of death and pain some of ‘the lads’ did find camaraderie with the mundane tasks to keep the military machine running. Here are despatch riders from the Royal Signal Corp having a jolly old time keeping their Triumph Model H’s on the road.
Marvelous old photograph of one of the Royal Marines Display Team riders soaring over his colleagues and a Mini Cooper. An elegant flight path.
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