NickD
NickD MegaDork
9/6/24 2:56 p.m.

Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos)
Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos) MegaDork
9/6/24 3:22 p.m.

Gary
Gary PowerDork
9/6/24 4:05 p.m.
Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos) said:

I'm flummoxed. What is it? It looks like an amalgamation of a sixties-era Alfa SZ Zagato (remarkable car) and a 2009 Pontiac G6 (not so remarkable).

DonnonGT
DonnonGT New Reader
9/6/24 7:33 p.m.
NickD said:

Well, the paint ran, but the idiot with the camera/phone did not.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
9/6/24 7:57 p.m.
prowlerjc said:
Appleseed said:

In reply to Duke :

Jimmy tamed the Gee Bee.

Delmar mastered it.

Who killed more aviators than von Richtofen?

The Granville brothers.

Uh...10 people died in Gee Bees. Granted that's not a good ratio considering they only built 22 airframes. Remember, they were building hot as berkeley aircraft. They didnt permit ANY carelessness or neglect. The reason so many died in them would be the equivalent of an 80 hour Cessna driver buying an F-16. Odds are heavily favored that he'll lawn dart the Viper.

Richthofen sent 80 opponents down in flames. Not quite the same.

 

Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) MegaDork
9/6/24 8:03 p.m.
Duke said:

USS Hornet, 17,500 feet down off the Solomon Islands, 2019:

That is impressively well preserved.

I assume that the tires are no longer holding air, or they'd be more compressed than that.  But that International Harvester badge is still legible! Wow.

preach
preach UberDork
9/7/24 6:56 a.m.
NickD said:

George and that Fiero do not mix well at all.

Old_Town
Old_Town Reader
9/7/24 6:59 a.m.
914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
9/7/24 8:21 a.m.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
9/7/24 8:23 a.m.

Gary
Gary PowerDork
9/7/24 10:52 a.m.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
9/7/24 11:35 a.m.

In reply to Gary :

TRoG?

Gary
Gary PowerDork
9/7/24 11:38 a.m.

In reply to Appleseed :

Pendine Sands. (South Wales, UK)

Duke
Duke MegaDork
9/7/24 2:35 p.m.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
9/7/24 2:43 p.m.

In reply to Duke :

I love you.

Johnboyjjb
Johnboyjjb HalfDork
9/7/24 3:25 p.m.
Appleseed said:

Richthofen sent 80 opponents down in flames. Not quite the same.

 

preach
preach UberDork
9/7/24 4:33 p.m.

In reply to Appleseed and Duke:

I agree with Appleseed.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
9/7/24 5:54 p.m.

In reply to prowlerjc :

I knew too. I believed all the things I read and saw about the Gee Bee. Until 1992, when I saw Delmar doing a knife edge in his 100% accurate replica R1. It blew my mind.

Unfortunately The Granvilles have had their name drug for the better part of 90 years.

It's a funny, if inaccurate joke.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
9/8/24 8:04 a.m.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
9/9/24 7:44 a.m.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
9/9/24 7:44 a.m.

NickD
NickD MegaDork
9/9/24 7:45 a.m.

NickD
NickD MegaDork
9/9/24 7:46 a.m.

NickD
NickD MegaDork
9/9/24 7:46 a.m.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
9/9/24 8:00 a.m.

I kinda like the Packard S-10.

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