1351
Identify these bikes! / Re: What do you think this is?
« on: December 02, 2011, 09:25:44 PM »I do have a photo which will make every vintage bike fan cringe, a Vincent engine for target practice.
Vincent enthusiasts won't cringe - the Picador engine program was the saving of Vincents, the money for the program funded a lot of engine research. Whether they spent more than they got is another question....
And did anyone ever hit the target anyway ??
A famous story is that all the top brass were gathered to see the remote-controlled drone demonstrated. And someone not experienced operated the controls on a cloudy day - flying by sound effects was not the way to do it, and the drone "ended up in the drink" (ocean). Brass were not impressed.
BTW, the Australian Jindavik program about took over from where Vincents left off.
But jet powered.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAF_Jindivik