Somehow this one escaped my notice, which is unfortunate if you'd like to own the "oldest original Flying Car." Unless, of course, you live in the Atlanta area where the Red Baron's …
April 24th, 2009
Classic Car Collector Buys a Spitfire
So you think the prices asked for classic cars are outrageous, especially during economic hard times? Try buying a vintage aircraft. An airworthy two-seater Supermarine Mk IX Spitfire aircraft was rec…
December 3rd, 2008
GM Chairman Leaves Jet in Detroit, Returns to Washington at the Wheel of a Car
So The Three Amigos had their egos slapped in Washington for arriving at the moneyfest in their corporate jets? Like other critics I railed at this flagrant abuse of funds while secretly envying them …
June 27th, 2008
A Roof for War, a Landscape for Peace, Lockheed to Subaru
This blog, friends, has little to do with automobiles but I think you'll enjoy it. During WW2 the Lockheed Burbank plant was turning out thousands of planes, among them the Hudson bomber/trainer, …
December 7th, 2007
Wiseman Auction Flies Higher With Merlin-Powered Rolls-Royce V-12
Two bests don't always add up to better but in this instance they most certainly did. The car is a Rolls-Royce, a marque known from its earliest years as "the best car in the world." Und…
November 7th, 2007
Classic Cars Blogger Looks Up, Sees 60-Year-Old Flying Boat Overhead
Our long-time visitors will be aware that I'm one of those car guys equally fascinated by trains and boats and planes. I've had experience with three of the four though no one has offered the …
August 6th, 2007
A Tigercat Emerges From Lengthy Restoration
Okay, I'd promised not to burden you with more photos from the BC Aviation Museum open house but this one is just too gorgeous to resist. It's a Grumman F7F Tigercat, a twin-engine fighter dev…
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