I've mentioned this before , but never elaborated .
My father , who had driven MBs since the early 60s , got an invite to the launch of the W123 series at Prestonfield House Hotel on the south side of Edinburgh , circa 1976 ; I hadn't long passed my driving test .
Around that time , my father had complained about his eyesight , and had been referred to various specialists , from which he received certain assistance ,due to restricted vision .
Perhaps should Winston have said " Never in the field of human vision has so much been said too so few "
Then he might have gone on about such developments as RADAR , SONAR , the jet engine , supersonic flight ; the move from the AVRO Lancaster to the AVRO Vulcan ( space age stuff at the time ) . Carburettors to fuel injection ; drums to disc braked .
The list endless .
Much , if not all of it , being British . It is also fair to say that the Germans , and the Japanese , were also at the forefront of technology , but the war was already lost before any contribution of theirs could help ; the V-1 cruise missile perhaps being their most successful if not their most influential ?
My father , who had driven MBs since the early 60s , got an invite to the launch of the W123 series at Prestonfield House Hotel on the south side of Edinburgh , circa 1976 ; I hadn't long passed my driving test .
Around that time , my father had complained about his eyesight , and had been referred to various specialists , from which he received certain assistance ,due to restricted vision .
Perhaps should Winston have said " Never in the field of human vision has so much been said too so few "
Then he might have gone on about such developments as RADAR , SONAR , the jet engine , supersonic flight ; the move from the AVRO Lancaster to the AVRO Vulcan ( space age stuff at the time ) . Carburettors to fuel injection ; drums to disc braked .
The list endless .
Much , if not all of it , being British . It is also fair to say that the Germans , and the Japanese , were also at the forefront of technology , but the war was already lost before any contribution of theirs could help ; the V-1 cruise missile perhaps being their most successful if not their most influential ?
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