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.
In the '50s before the British motorways and French autoroutes were built this was the fastest way to get your car from London to Paris. Later the highways were built and the British had a high-speed hovercraft ferry crossing the Channel. Al_in_Ottawa
In New Zealand a company called Safeair flew these between the North and South Islands very many years ago. I suspect the aircraft were ex Air Force. You could take your car but I bet it cost a fair bit. The Bristol Freighter was known as 50,000 rivets flying in formation if I recall correctly.
Maybe not.
ReplyDeleteHave you checked rental car prices lately?
Bristol Freighter (aircraft, not car)
ReplyDeleteIsn't there a video of a restored Bristol crashing on takeoff?
DeleteCar looks like a Porsche 356
ReplyDeleteKind of silly going nose first in cause they'll have to reverse it out at the other end or maybe this is the other end.
ReplyDeleteI imagine the pilot or load boss had a say in that. Wt distribution.
DeleteIn the '50s before the British motorways and French autoroutes were built this was the fastest way to get your car from London to Paris. Later the highways were built and the British had a high-speed hovercraft ferry crossing the Channel.
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In New Zealand a company called Safeair flew these between the North and South Islands very many years ago. I suspect the aircraft were ex Air Force. You could take your car but I bet it cost a fair bit. The Bristol Freighter was known as 50,000 rivets flying in formation if I recall correctly.
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