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The seaside run - Tony Griffiths - 10-05-2020
A restored cover - showing what might be possible at the end of the summer; perhaps. Click the image for a higher resolution copy.
RE: The seaside run - Tony Press - 10-05-2020
Don't you just love Mater's parasol
RE: The seaside run - Renaud - 10-05-2020
Ten knots lost by the parasol; one more by the spade...
RE: The seaside run - Steve kay - 10-05-2020
GQ Parachutes used the Napier Railton for parachute testing but a Chummy got there first!
RE: The seaside run - Dave Mann - 10-05-2020
I see the artists haven't parked the starting handles.
RE: The seaside run - flywheel1935 - 10-05-2020
GQ Parachutes used the Napier Railton for parachute testing but a Chummy got there first!.
Back in the early 80,s I worked for GQ Parachutes in Woking, my boss had a photo of the Napier Railton with the Drag shute rig on the back,
he was also the 'live' ejector seat tester, being shot out of a Meteor rear seat, think it was at Chalgrove, nr Oxford.
RE: The seaside run - Stuart Giles - 11-05-2020
What a lovely image, looks like the artist increased the size of the brakes some time before the factory went to 7" drums.
RE: The seaside run - Tony Griffiths - 12-05-2020
Two of my grandchildren love to holiday in Corsica, so I sent them a Touchnote postcard along the lines of, "Here are the first two left-hand drive Austin 7s imported into Corsica in 1925. Perhaps you'll see them next summer, driving along the beach road at Prunete....[url=https://touchnote.com/][/url]