transport heroes!

[DaveCinzano]

I only put him up because i couldn't find a pic of burt Reynolds from 'smokey and the bandit'

 

[Bonfirelight]

that'll do. (image searches are blocked at work and i could only find the movie poster elsewhere)

 

[WasGeri]

mrs m mentioned gwyneth dunwood - chair of the commons transport select committee - on another thread.

Do you mean Gwyneth Dunwoody, the witch-hunter?

 

[Hollis]

Phwooorrr!!!!! She's Nice.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Phwooorrr!!!!! She's Nice.

that's hanna reitsch, something of a nazi postergirl, but nonetheless a respected woman pilot - the world's first female test pilot - who tested early piloted versions of the v1, and flew generaloberst ritter von greim into berlin in the closing days of the war in europe to try and persuade hitler to leave the doomed city as the soviet army advanced block by block. hitler refused, but promoted von greim, and reitsch (one of only two women to be awarded the 1st class iron cross) then flew him back out of the besieged city.

 

[nogoodboyo]

Sir Garfield Fisher... inventor of the mountain bike? Some say so.

Chas Roberts, master framebuilder.

Alex Issigonis. A 50s design that stayed at the cutting edge of car design for nearly two decades - the mini.

 

[purves grundy]

a genuine hero of mine...

The great Kevin Jones. He revolutionised flatland riding. What this guy can do on a bike is nothing short of unbelievable

Wish I'd never given up

 

[gentlegreen]

 

[jacobs steel]