Wings & Wheels 2017
I haven’t posted anything since June. In the meantime a lot of material has been gathering here to write about. For starters my annual pictures of Wings & Wheels. I think this is the 9th time my son and I … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Vehicles
CT3 Crosley Pup lightweight ‘Jeep’
Last weekend I met a collector with a small jeep-like vehicle I had never seen before. You can see Jaap in the photo with it. It was a CT3 Crosly Pup. One of only 36 ever built. It was a … Continue reading →
Wings & Wheels 2016
Here’s the photo album of our annual day at the Wings & Wheels militaria show and vehicles and re-enactors display. It gets harder every year to find anything worthwhile at the show, but I still enjoyed it. We paid particular … Continue reading →
Military vehicles tour in Flemish Ardennes
Last Sunday, my son and I rode along with a tour of military vehicles starting in our village. With over 40 Jeeps and other vehicles of Yeomanry and Call of Duty members, we rode around our beautiful Flemish Ardennes in … Continue reading →
Photos Wings & Wheels 2015
Our annual father and son day out. Always sun & fun! Saw some very interesting new vehicles on display, like the Willy’s Jeep fire truck and the M7 snow tractor. Some very good re-enactment displays too. Especially Checkpoint Charlie. Other … Continue reading →
Photos Wings & Wheels 2014
I visited Wings & Wheels on Saturday when the weather was good. We first prowled the militaria fair. Twice over. But I didn’t find much this year. Just the mines warning sign you see in one of the photos. Each … Continue reading →
M22 Airborne tank
I just came across this piece of Airborne arsenal I somehow missed over the years. It appeared in the 1944 issue of Recognition, a US Army publication with photos to train troops to recognize allied and axis vehicles, planes and … Continue reading →