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[Staff of England]

Eadwine, on 16 February 2012 - 06:04 PM, said:

Sorry to be pedantic, but the Seafire was the naval (carrier) version of the Spitfire, the multiple Schneider trophy winners were the Spit's ancestors, S5, S6 and S6B, all wonderful aeroplanes flown by men with balls of solid steel.

But I agree 100% with your last sentence, makes me damn proud to hear and see these wonderful machines as well.

Yes Eadwine, the Spit and Seafire were versions of the same line. My point was that in going to all the trouble to put in a museum and enclosing a plane in glass for the purpose of public view and respect one would think that the plane should be labelled correctly, or have the correct plane in place.

I always visit the site whenever in Stoke-on-Trent and hope to visit the others around the country sometime soon.

[Eadwine]

Staff of England, on 17 February 2012 - 03:43 PM, said:

Yes Eadwine, the Spit and Seafire were versions of the same line. My point was that in going to all the trouble to put in a museum and enclosing a plane in glass for the purpose of public view and respect one would think that the plane should be labelled correctly, or have the correct plane in place.

I always visit the site whenever in Stoke-on-Trent and hope to visit the others around the country sometime soon.

OK mate, that makes sense, your original post suggested that you thought the Seafire was the Schneider winner. Not everyone has detailed knowledge of the history of these wonderful machines, unfortunately. Someone should tell the museum about their misleading labelling before people believe it.

[Eadwine]

Staff of England, on 17 February 2012 - 03:37 PM, said:

I was fortunate enough to have ridden just about all of the classics in the 60/70s, Royal Enfield, AMC, Vellocette, Airmacchi, Moto Guzzu, Bianchi, CZ and still it all came back to the love of Triumphs and the honouring of the Vincent.

I had a lovely Bonnie until some bastard nicked it from outside my flat in West London back in the early 80s.

[Woden's Child]

If I were to have a bike then my bike of choice (styling myself after the coffee bar cowboys/rockers of the 1950s and '60s as I do) would be a BSA Goldstar.

[Staff of England]

Woden, on 18 February 2012 - 10:03 AM, said:

If I were to have a bike then my bike of choice (styling myself after the coffee bar cowboys/rockers of the 1950s and '60s as I do) would be a BSA Goldstar.

Very nice, a TriBSA with a T-120 engine would be better.

[Woden's Child]

Staff of England, on 18 February 2012 - 02:40 PM, said:

Very nice, a TriBSA with a T-120 engine would be better.

I like my bikes pure - just like me. Saying that, I do like Tritons.  Having lived my first 45 years in Birmingham, I can remember the BSA factory when I was young, and when it was still standing. Now the area is a business park. Most of the classic English bikes originated in Birmingham and other parts of the West Midlands (or Warwickshire, as it would have been when most of them were built) - apart from the Vincent that is.

[Guthlac]

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