The Secret History of Project Orion
This BBC documentary, titled “To Mars By A-Bomb – The Secret History of Project Orion”, is one of the most fascinating 60 minute films I’ve seen so far this year.
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The Goventosa Monowheel
Monowheels are one of those interesting historical curiosities that (sadly) just didn’t catch on.
Steve McQueen’s Lola T70 MKIII B
This 1969 Lola T70 MKIII B is the descendant of the 1965 Lola T70, a car that was driven by Formula One and motorcycle…
Injured Indians
It’s amazing to see how badly banged up these Indians are relative to the total lack of injuries displayed by the men holding them up, I assume they’re the riders but I can’t see so much as a scratch on them.
1951 Mercury Eight Convertible
The 1951 Mercury Eight Convertible is a testament post-WWII automobile design in the United States, it was the first new car from Mercury after the war and it was a huge sales success right across the country.
1966 Shelby 427 Cobra
This 520hp 1966 Shelby 427 Cobra represents the automobile that the 9 year old boy who lives inside all of us wants to own, it’s bright red, it’s powered by a ridiculously large engine, it has tires with “Goodyear” painted on the side in large, friendly letters and…
The Sherlock Holmes School of Self-Defence
Bartitsu: The Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes is a book that holds significant fascination for me, it’s the true history of a Victorian era martial art called “Bartitisu” after it’s founder, E. W. Barton-Wright.
Led Zeppelin
This appears to be Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Bonham sitting astride a couple of Suzuki 2-strokes and what I think is a Yamaha 3-wheeler…
Anthony’s Wireless Airship: 1912
This is Anthony’s Wireless Airship, it was a model used to demonstrate the capabilities of radio waves in remote control aircraft all the way back in 1912.
San Francisco In Ruins – 1906
This famous image shows San Francisco in ruins after the great earthquake and subsequent fire of 1906.
1956 Jaguar XK140 Fixedhead Coupe SE
The Jaguar XK140 is all to often overshadowed by its predecessor, the XK120. Jaguar launched the XK140 at the London Motor Show in late 1954…
Sparrowhawk Airship Landing – USS Macon
The concept of landing a plane on the underside of a moving airship at altitude it so utterly mad that it instantly becomes an addition to my bucket list.