Yesterday I watched some great YouTube videos about the development of the Spitfire and it's various improvements from the early days until the end of the war.
Eventually the 300 plus MPH speeds would be improved to do over 400 MPH to be able to spar with the Focke-Wulf 190.
That said the designer, Mitchell, was suffering from poor health but continued as best he could until his death from cancer.
It took special talents to be able to produce the Spitfire from a factory floor perspective. It challenged the employees and a bigger plant had to be built to meet the demand for more planes. It was a race against time. . ..
Sorry to get off topic but thanks for sharing the photos!
thegoony wrote:
Its still bad here, I live in next town to Dover, so the whole area is just one big jam. Its all mostly single carriageway A roads here, so you can imagine with all the lorries its madness, even on a bike you just dont know which roads are closed by police as changes all the time....
Oh crikey, we've all seen this disaster unfolding on the national news, absolutely unbelievable - I hope now the borders have re-opened that it resolves swiftly!
There's one thing common to all scooters, as well as being scooters, they are all motorcycles.
But not all motorcycles are scooters.
The NC750 platform really isn't a scooter no matter what Honda's marketing department says.
Four decades on two wheels has taught me nothing, all advice given is guaranteed to be wrong
thegoony wrote:
Its still bad here, I live in next town to Dover, so the whole area is just one big jam. Its all mostly single carriageway A roads here, so you can imagine with all the lorries its madness, even on a bike you just dont know which roads are closed by police as changes all the time....
Oh crikey, we've all seen this disaster unfolding on the national news, absolutely unbelievable - I hope now the borders have re-opened that it resolves swiftly!
Thing is everyone feeels sorry for these lorry drivers, but they are there own worse enemy. Those that blocked Dover, all jumped the queue on M20 and Manston. even in mormal times they park in really bad and quite often illegal places i.e blocking escape lanes down A2 Jubilee Way, littering roadside with their bottles of urine & carrier bags of faeces, there are 2 truck parks in Dover alone, both usually with plenty spaces, yet they wont use them as they have to pay, and pocket the expense money their company has given them.
Current Ride: Forza 300 Matt Grey
Previous Rides: Honda Integra 750, Kawasaki AR125, Sinnis Phoenix 50, Honda NC750S
gn2 wrote:
Amazing photos, didn't think there was any of them left flying.
This one was the last one, owned by the Confederate Air Force and was a Spanish Civil War veteran. Sadly it crashed at Cheyenne, WY a few months after we flew with her, killing all on board.
Someone mentioned the Spitfire. I was fortunate enough to get to be in one at the Aspen Air Show some years ago. A rare 2-seater. The group I was in flew our planes in airshows and we did WWII living history. This is us (me in the cockpit):
One big plus, my Integra never got blown over in any storm. First storm for Forza and got blown over..Fortunately only a scratched bar end, exhaust cover and 1 mirror casing, all parts ordered already..
Current Ride: Forza 300 Matt Grey
Previous Rides: Honda Integra 750, Kawasaki AR125, Sinnis Phoenix 50, Honda NC750S
Sorry to hear that, I haven't experienced it myself (yet). I guess at least you could pick the Forza up yourself, I wasn't able to lift the Integra the one time it went down (female driver, u-turn out the blue). Was it on side or centre stand?
