What We Have Lost by James Hamilton-Paterson
Author:James Hamilton-Paterson [Hamilton-Paterson, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781784972349
Publisher: Head of Zeus
An earlier version of this chapter appeared in the RAF Historical Society’s Journal, ‘Cold War Air Systems Procurement’ (2017).
* Empire of the Clouds (Faber, 2010).
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Motorbikes
‘Drunk on the wind in my mouth,/ Wringing the handlebar for speed,/ Wild to be wreckage forever.’
—JAMES DICKEY, ‘Cherrylog Road’
‘Rollie’ Free, aerodynamically stripped, breaks the US motorcycle speed record in 1948 at 150.313 mph. The ‘HRD’ logo is clearly visible on the tank of his Vincent Black Lightning.
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