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Drawing the name from a Creek and Shawnee settlement located near Springfield, Ohio, Lagonda would be the brain-child of former opera singer and Scottish-American Wilbur Gunn. Becoming a British national just before the beginning of the 20th century, Gunn would start out building motorcycles, that at the turn of the century were competitive and race winners. Later adding 3 wheelers and then cars, Lagonda competed with Bentley and Rolls for the upscale British patronage. In 1933 they inserted the sturdy and race reliable Meadows 4 1/2 liter 6 cylinder engine (also found in the formidable Invicta seen previously in my photostream, and in the Vickers Tank) to produce the M45 In a melodramatic crisis worthy of Hollywood, Lagonda actually won outright the 1935 LeMans in the M45 WHILE they were filing for bankruptcy!
A consortium led by Alan Good barely out bid Rolls (those greedy folk), and Good promptly wooed WO Bentley away from Rolls, as he was bored, and Rolls had made the Bentley too tame for the race bred WO. Bentley, now chief engineer, tinkered with the lowered chassis and especially the venerable Meadows engine, tuning and strengthening it making it fast enough that the company claimed it was the fastest non-racing car in the world, and the car magazines confirmed top speed of 108 MPH. The lowered profile helped cornering, and if you look up images, the late 30s Lagonda look like lowered Bentleys........no surprise there. The Rapide was the ultimate pre-war Lagonda, and the rarest as only 25 were built.
Extremely desirable and valuable, this blue chassis shows not all WO Bentley cars are BRG (British Racing Green).
For my video; youtu.be/Wwvwa9a-Fjw?si=QBfKQpfa1crt_HA-
Entrance to the 40th annual,
All British Field Meet is an Annual event held in Vancouver's Van Dusen Botanical Garden,
Oakridge, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The longest-running and most significant annual display of British vehicles in Western Canada.
11 C, and raining
The Aston Martin Rapide is an executive saloon car that was produced by the British carmaker Aston Martin from 2010 until 2020. Aston Martin began development of the Rapide in 2005 as the company's first series produced four-door
Formacion liderada por el de Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapide (EC-AAY), al que dan escolta dos Bücker Bü-131 Jungman. Cierra la formación una Bücker Bü-133 Jungmeister (EC-ALP) volando en el 90 aniversario de Iberia
These 2 male mallard were flying high in the sky.
Usually they are always with a female, but it was not the case this time.
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HSC Condor Rapide is a fast ferry operated by Condor Ferries. Launched in 1997, she was initially chartered out as a civilian ferry, then became the first large catamaran to enter military service when she was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Jervis Bay (AKR 45) from 1999 to 2001.
In 2002, the catamaran was sent to Europe on charter, operating with Italian company TRIS during that year, before being chartered by SpeedFerries for its Dover to Boulogne-sur-Mer service. Renamed HSC SpeedOne, she operated on this route until she was impounded by French authorities in late 2008, as the company had failed to pay taxes. SpeedFerries was placed into administration shortly after, and the ferry was laid up until 2010, when she was purchased by Condor Ferries and renamed Condor Rapide.
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I found this at a yard sale while on vacation in scotland.
The Coronet Rapide c1952, is a folding bellows style camera, taking 120 roll film.
Yet another historic aircraft kept flying by the valiant efforts of all involved at Airbase, Coventry. Here seen at a night photoshoot at Airbase, Baginton, Coventry on December 10, 2011.
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