DRIVE ON!—URGES L.J.K. SETRIGHT
LEONARD JOHN Kensell Setright, L.J.K. to those who read his works, was an English motoring journalist with technical savvy, style and occasional outspokenness. Who else but Setright would compose a … Continue reading
THE LIFE AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY OF ARMAND DEPERDUSSIN
ARMAND DEPERDUSSIN, pioneer French airplane manufacturer, was larger than life. He had been a traveling salesman, a cabaret singer and a silk tycoon. His aeroplanes were the world’s first to … Continue reading
HOLMES IN TIBET
IT IS well known that after his struggle with Professor Moriarty at Reichenbach Fall, Sherlock Holmes had a two-year sabbatical in Tibet. Dr. John H. Watson chronicles the Reichenbach aspects … Continue reading
FIASCOES, SHAMBLES, HAVOC AND HUBBUBS
I WAS reading recently about Chianti Classicos, Italian red wines. This evoked memories of romantic restaurants, red-and-white checkered tablecloths and candle wax dripping down onto straw-wrapped wine bottles. Well, it … Continue reading
SUZUKA SHENANIGANS
THIS WEEKEND, October 4 – 5, 2014, is the Japanese Grand Prix, held as it has been, on and off for years, at Suzuka Circuit in central Japan. I have … Continue reading
FAMILY-STYLE DINING
WHEN I say “family-style,” I’m not just talking about food “like mom used to make.” I mean classic eating establishments where everyone is served communal meals at shared tables. It’s … Continue reading
LESS, BUT BETTER
THE NAME Dieter Rams was unfamiliar to me before I read an item in Style Magazine T of The New York Times, September 26, 2014. It turns out, though, that … Continue reading
LLOYD STEARMAN, WICHITA AIRMAN
THIS TITLE may sound as though I’m channeling a Glen Campbell song, but indeed I’m celebrating an aviation great who played a role in earning Wichita, Kansas, the title “Air … Continue reading
CELEBRATING SIR HARRY FLASHMAN
IN THESE complex days of heroes and antiheroes, it’s fun to celebrate a downright scoundrel. Not just any downright scoundrel, but Sir Harry Paget Flashman, VC KCB KCIE. Sir Harry … Continue reading
DARL’MAT SPÉCIAL SPORT ROADSTER
EMILE DARL’MAT apprenticed with French aviation pioneer Clément Ader and, thus, could have been an aircraft builder. But, instead, Darl’Mat chose automobiles. He started in 1923 with an auto repair … Continue reading
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