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.
Terminx protection against termites? Hahah that's funny. I've sued their ass in 2 different states for not repairing damage caused by their crappy protection.
Aluminium bonnet as well. I owned one in a previous life. My father got his garage back when I got married and moved out. Despite my experience with a worn out one they are way cool. That one is at max height.
The initial concept and most of the engineering, including the droop nose, was British. The British began studying the feasibility of an SST in the mid '50s. Somehow Aerospatiale 'acquired' that study in the early '60s and then asked British Aircraft Corporation if they would like to form a joint venture that later evolved into Airbus. There were two assembly lines, one in England and one in France. Al_in_Ottawa
Watch Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with Gary Oldman. At the airport, when the car comes rolling in fast, you can see the whole car lift when he stops. It doesn't bounce around at all. I keep intending to look up how the suspension works. I bet it's some kind of torsion arrangement.
Also, watch Sir Alec Guiness in TTSP from the late 70's. That is one amazing series. Fleshes everything out very well. Then watch Smiley's People. Another very good series, the end of the story of Karla. I think they are all on YT now.
The smaller one is protected by the Frog office of Terminix...wooden chassis, you know.
ReplyDeleteDon't think it had a wooden chassis but did have a fibreglass roof.
DeleteTerminx protection against termites? Hahah that's funny. I've sued their ass in 2 different states for not repairing damage caused by their crappy protection.
DeleteAluminium bonnet as well. I owned one in a previous life. My father got his garage back when I got married and moved out. Despite my experience with a worn out one they are way cool. That one is at max height.
DeleteMy god the French really produced some ugly frickin' cars!
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DeleteWell, de Gaulle's snout was used as the inspiration for it, so......
ReplyDeleteThe initial concept and most of the engineering, including the droop nose, was British. The British began studying the feasibility of an SST in the mid '50s. Somehow Aerospatiale 'acquired' that study in the early '60s and then asked British Aircraft Corporation if they would like to form a joint venture that later evolved into Airbus. There were two assembly lines, one in England and one in France.
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Yep the Brits essentially exported their aviation industry to Europe
DeleteWatch Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with Gary Oldman. At the airport, when the car comes rolling in fast, you can see the whole car lift when he stops. It doesn't bounce around at all. I keep intending to look up how the suspension works. I bet it's some kind of torsion arrangement.
ReplyDeleteAlso, watch Sir Alec Guiness in TTSP from the late 70's. That is one amazing series. Fleshes everything out very well. Then watch Smiley's People. Another very good series, the end of the story of Karla. I think they are all on YT now.
https://youtu.be/e8NgzjkVvj4
It has a hydraulic suspension. Here's a Jay Leno's Garage video on the DS:
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzW_ERSgFRY
Cool! Thanks man.
DeleteI loved the DS that was used in the movie Wasabi, starring Jean Reno.
ReplyDeleteThere is little more civilized than flying NY-London in 2 hours' time.
ReplyDeleteJust under 3
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