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.
Saturday, December 16, 2023
I'd confidently bet that the guy who designed that plane drives a Citroen.
Yes. It was French research project - Leduc 021. The English had a similar design intended to be very fast but it was promising so was cancelled before it flew in the usual English fashion. Eric Brown, who was very talented, would have been the pilot and lamented it never got to flying stage.
Boeing FB-52?
ReplyDeleteIs that Ernest in the cockpit?
ReplyDeleteLooks like it's made by Pentel - know wut I mean, Vern?
DeleteDoes it fly?
ReplyDeleteYes. It was French research project - Leduc 021. The English had a similar design intended to be very fast but it was promising so was cancelled before it flew in the usual English fashion. Eric Brown, who was very talented, would have been the pilot and lamented it never got to flying stage.
DeleteI assume ejecting would have been a little tricky.
ReplyDeleteNope, he drives a Dodge Dart. Bada Bing, Bada Boom. I'm here all week, try the veal, it's the best in the city and don't forget to tip your waiter.
ReplyDeleteSpin
is that Chris "Fredo" Cuomo??
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