And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Apparently after Art Arfons set the land speed record of 576 mph, he was on a flight. A stewardess walked up to him and told him to bear with them as he was used to traveling much faster.
The last photo, the red one. No right turns allowed!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures of some fantastic machines!
ReplyDeleteWhat's the sense of attaining those in excess of V1 speeds if you can't rotate?
ReplyDeleteLove those early Salt Flats streamliners. These are beautiful color shots of them. Must be Kodachrome.
ReplyDeleteThat last one Art Arfons?....
ReplyDeleteApparently after Art Arfons set the land speed record of 576 mph, he was on a flight. A stewardess walked up to him and told him to bear with them as he was used to traveling much faster.
ReplyDelete