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Ronnie Peterson (Lotus Ford Cosworth) vs Emerson Fittipaldi (Mclaren Ford Cosworth) Italian GP 1974....
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Colin Chapman, highly regarded as an utter genius, founded Lotus Engineering in 1952, from it came Team Lotus, with which he entered a few F2 and F1 races in 1958. The first F1 victory came when Innes Ireland won the USGP in 1961. They went on to win 6 Drivers' Championships (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1978), and 7 Constructors' Championships (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, and 1978). Chapman suffered a fatal heart attack in December 16, 1982, aged 54. The team was never the same, it stop racing in 1994.
Team Lotus had some of the best ever drivers in racing, Stirling Moss, Graham Hill, Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt, Ronnie Peterson, Mario Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi, Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet, and Nigel Mansell, to name a few.
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Interlagos 1973: Ronnie Peterson's rebel elegance of Lotus.
The 1973 Brazilian Grand Prix, held on the historic Interlagos track, tells of a time when Formula 1 was pure power, courage and instinctual talent. In the shot, Ronnie Peterson's legendary Team Lotus number 2, icon of a spectacular and uncompromising driving style.
The image brings back the whole atmosphere of the 1970s: no armored hospitality, no invincible barrier between pilots and the public. Just men engines and passion. Around the black and gold one-seat – livery that became a symbol breathes the romantic essence of an unrepeatable Formula 1.
The Lotus 72, one of the most successful technical evolution of the decade, was a sophisticated machine for the era: advanced aerodynamics, with solutions that had already revolutionized the very concept of one-seater. And in Peterson's hands it became pure art in motion.
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Ronnie Peterson & Clay Regazzoni, 1974
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USS Yorktown CV-10 underway - 1945....
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The Royal Navy staged a show of force for Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953 GETT
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Longer lived than the B-52. From piloting the B-17, he flew the Starship Enterprise
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Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Take that, Winkle Brown!
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There's always one....
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Having ads like these today (no matter what country) and you're likely to be called, well....you know!
What has the world come to?
From my 16th of November 1942 LIFE Magazine!
What has the world come to?
From my 16th of November 1942 LIFE Magazine!
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"Winkle" Brown I believe
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June 4th, 1942: At 14:30 hrs., a Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat (3-F-24) from VF-3 (USS Yorktown CV-5) lands on the
USS Hornet CV-8 during the Battle of Midway. The aircraft had been damaged by Japanese Zeros, and the pilot,
Ens. Daniel C. Sheedy was wounded in the leg. The aircraft landed hard, causing the right landing gear to collapse, and at
the moment of impact, the six .50 cal machine guns opened fire, killing five of Hornet's crew and wounding twenty others.
(Note: puffs of smoke coming from the aircraft's guns.)
It is believed that Ens. Sheedy failed to cut off the gun switch before landing; however, a witness stated that he noticed
that the circuits for the switch had been "shot out" in combat and were therefore inoperable, and the man who first
opened the cockpit noted that the switches were off. (Note: In Capt. Mitscher's report states, "Since the pilot cut the
engine ignition switch after landing, it is probable that he cut the gun switches at the same time, perhaps without being
fully aware of his actions.") Ens. Sheedy was removed from the plane, and personnel from Hornet noted several
bullet holes in the cockpit of Sheedy's plane, including two in the instrument panel. The aircraft was then pushed
over the side.
In the administrative report filed June 14, 1942, by Capt. Mitscher, the last line states, "There was no culpable
neglect or culpable inefficiency on the part of anyone connected with this accident".
The bullets killed three Marines, a sailor of VB-8, and the aft 12.7 cm gun control officer, Lt. Royal R. Ingersoll, son
of Adm. Royal E. Ingersoll (CINCLANT).
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