People ask me why I like drag racing,simply put it’s because drag racing pushes man and machine to the absolute limit.Occasionally someone risks it all and sets a new limit of the time and that’s what the soul of racing is all about IMHO.
Korry Hogan’s top fuel drag bike 254.6 mph 1/4 mile record,you’re not racing unless you need a parachute to stop http://youtu.be/dbNZlLH–7I
What an amazing bunch of men they were. The Poles had a wonderful reputation as mad, brave bastards.
Lots of damn fine men got screwed over in the aftermath. It was nothing new then and it’s still happening.
(I just downloaded that movie. Thanks for that)
I had the pleasure of working with an ex-Polish Air Force pilot in Melbourne once. He’d become a cropduster in Oz and lost count of how many ‘planes he’d totalled. The photographs were truly impressive. (How he survived is a mystery.) Our boss was an Oz gliding champion and I reckon he kept Ziggy around as a reminder of the hazards of flying.
It’s easy to see why they fought so hard,they had just lived through their own country being invaded and destroyed and didn’t want that to happen again.They weren’t just defending territory,they had a blood lust for the enemy which history tells us allows small numbers to achieve amazing objectives.
I’ll have to look for it,but I once read an account of the Polish Air Force and their fight during the German invasion.I forget the title,but the tactics described were nothing short of brilliant.
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All I saw was a smoke screen and an engine being revved up. What is with that?
Burnouts, Findalis. Darin’s the expert on those.
Ahhh…can almost smell the rubber
People ask me why I like drag racing,simply put it’s because drag racing pushes man and machine to the absolute limit.Occasionally someone risks it all and sets a new limit of the time and that’s what the soul of racing is all about IMHO.
Korry Hogan’s top fuel drag bike 254.6 mph 1/4 mile record,you’re not racing unless you need a parachute to stop
http://youtu.be/dbNZlLH–7I
O/T, take a look at this. I very much fear he’s right on the money:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/01/08/are-raising-generation-deluded-narcissists/
He’s exactly right,fortunately the problem will eventually fix itself,but I’m not sure how much of a nation we will have left afterwards.
The story of the RAF 303 squadron-
http://youtu.be/ptijNcDanVw
Shame to serve the way they did only to s—t on after the war
What an amazing bunch of men they were. The Poles had a wonderful reputation as mad, brave bastards.
Lots of damn fine men got screwed over in the aftermath. It was nothing new then and it’s still happening.
(I just downloaded that movie. Thanks for that)
I loved their tactic in dealing with the German formations which often times vastly out numbered them.
Head on full military power and guns blazing
I had the pleasure of working with an ex-Polish Air Force pilot in Melbourne once. He’d become a cropduster in Oz and lost count of how many ‘planes he’d totalled. The photographs were truly impressive. (How he survived is a mystery.) Our boss was an Oz gliding champion and I reckon he kept Ziggy around as a reminder of the hazards of flying.
It’s easy to see why they fought so hard,they had just lived through their own country being invaded and destroyed and didn’t want that to happen again.They weren’t just defending territory,they had a blood lust for the enemy which history tells us allows small numbers to achieve amazing objectives.
I’ll have to look for it,but I once read an account of the Polish Air Force and their fight during the German invasion.I forget the title,but the tactics described were nothing short of brilliant.
I’d love to read it if you find it Darin.