They were a good airline, I was sorry to see them succumb to the economy. The also ran the Hotel Memling, about the only respectable hotel in Kinshasa in 1999-2000, when I was traveling there. I assume they undertook this little enterprise largely for those who flew there on their planes.
I just really, really like Rockwell’s work.
Day in the Life of a Little Girl, 1952, The Saturday Evening Post
© 1952 The Curtis Publishing Company
The Citroën was once awarded the title of the world’s ugliest car. But their engineers had high aspirations.
“Having no new models to reveal at the 1980 Paris Salon, Citroën stylist Trevor Fiore was given the go ahead to build a model (not a driveable car) for display. The result was the trapezoidal Karin, clearly inspired by Michel Harmand’s design for a GS Coupé. A three seater with the driver being seated centrally and ahead of the two passengers, this layout pre-empted that of the McLaren F1 of 1992.”1
Yeah. I’d drive one, if it existed.
1Found at Citroenet.
Some history about the Davis Sedan for your gratuitous enjoyment. To me it looks like a glorified sidecar.
Of course, it could be worse.
It could be a Messerschmitt,
or an Isetta!
I don’t think any of these cars would have done well in a collision with a Duesenberg.
These beautiful vehicles, by the way, were so coveted and admired that they lent their name to the once-common expression, “That’s a doozy!”
The Old Wolf has spoken.
Taken in Payson, Utah at 8:45 PM. This photo is totally unretouched, and captures precisely what my eye saw as a storm moved off to the east. The quality of the light was like liquid gold.
Post-storm sunset
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Four times during my career between 1999 and 2000 I had the opportunity to travel to Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It’s the only place in the word that I truly experienced culture shock, even with multiple trips to places like Albania, Serbia, Egypt, Jordan, and other locations considered wild and […]
I think this man could make an omelet without breaking eggs.
The astonishing work of Brian Baity. Visit his home page for much more eye-popping goodness.
Delicate goose egg filigree
Playing in the World Game 