TOKYO SHOW CONTRAST
I FIND it difficult to image two more contrasting automobiles, but both appeared at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show. The Nissan BladeGlider is so radical, it makes your teeth ache. … Continue reading
NICOLAS BOURBAKI—PHANTOM MATH GUY
WE KNOW the names Archimedes, Euclid, Newton, Einstein and a few others as important personages in science. But some of the most fundamental science of the 20th Century is attributed … Continue reading
LECO MK 2—MY NON-TOJEIRO RIDE
WHEN ALEX Quattlebaum, Jr., went hunting for an English sports racing car, he struck lucky in a Suffolk farmer’s barn and a car identified as a Tojeiro. By the time … Continue reading
LECo—ENGLISH BACK-GARDEN SPECIALS
THE ENGLISH had a knack for producing racing cars in their proverbial back gardens. To wit, H.F.S. Morgan’s trike (www.wp.me/p2ETap-14b), Delingpole and Lowe’s Dellow (www.wp.me/p2ETap-6B), the Bolster Bros.’ “Bloody Mary” … Continue reading
BURTON HOLMES TRAVELOGUES
“TO TRAVEL,” Burton Holmes said, “is to possess the world.” And to share travelogues with others is a fine way to make a living, as exemplified by Burton Holmes’ photographs … Continue reading
AUTO SHOW FUEL CELL CARS
THEY WERE a Pacific Ocean apart, but the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show and 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show, both held November 22-December 1, shared world introductions of fuel cell cars … Continue reading
NOIR GENRES
NOIR IS French for black, but the genres are pure American. According to Merriman-Webster, noir is characterized by hard-boiled and cynical characters inhabiting bleak and sleazy settings. Whether it’s film, … Continue reading
MILLER TEXAS GEM
FORMULA ONE—whether on the ground or in the air—is replete with high technology and innovation. One of my favorites of Formula One air racers is Jim Miller’s Texas Gem N74M. … Continue reading
IN PRAISE OF ANNOTATED EDITIONS
IT’S GOOD fun to read the great books. It’s added pleasure to peruse them in annotated editions. I didn’t realize how many of these I’ve accumulated over the years until … Continue reading
ONE NINER RIGHT
DID THE earth move for you too? On July 24, 2014, my home field, John Wayne Santa Ana Airport, SNA, will change its busiest runway from One Niner Right to … Continue reading
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