old, odd, and interesting

[lazarus7]

so i also have a 1969 triumph bonneville t120r
and a 1971 triumph trophy trc6;
while i was down at the oily british bike shop today,
he had this dug out of his archives and cleaned up in the case....
its the tiniest thing ive ever seen; pretty cool...
crankcase isnt much bigger than a grapefruit...!!!

[1KDS]

Cool little motor, found this one


'39 Enfield Flying Flea

[lazarus7]

thats the one; good catch....

they were made small/ light enough to drop out of airplanes for troops in combat....

[silentbob]

I thought this was going to be a thread about Nate.

[ducpainter]

I thought this was going to be a thread about Nate.

good one...

[1KDS]

 

[fastwin]

I thought this was going to be a thread about Nate.

You beat me to it, but I thought it was going to be about me!

[1KDS]

they were made small/ light enough to drop out of airplanes for troops in combat....

That must be why it was called the flying flea

[Kopfjager]

they were made small/ light enough to drop out of airplanes for troops in combat....

No need for it to be light to parachute it in.



4 x M551 Sheridan Light Tanks LVAD C-5B Paradrop

[krolik]

Every once in a while the chutes would fail on those M551 drops. 

I heard that they made a nice hole in the ground.

[OT]

Did they really have those jets in 1918?

[Kopfjager]

Did they really have those jets in 1918?

No, but they had parachutes and airplanes to jump out of.

[orangelion03]

Did they really have those jets in 1918?

Based on the Para's kit in that photo ( a re-annactor), more like 1944