Santa's "Volkswagon Beetle"?

[dutchman]

According to our our esteemed local newspaper, this Santa Sleigh is being pulled by a 'Volkswagon Beetle'. It looks more like a bubble car to me?



They couldn't even spell Volkswagen correctly!

[rebbonk]

Looks like a bubble car to me too.

[dutchman]

Thanks Rebbonk, I couldn't be sure.

The current generation of Telegraph reporters have probably never even seen an original Beetle let alone a bubble car.

[Melisandre]

Its nothing like the vw beetle I had the bonnet for a start is nt right.

[dutchman]

According to today's headline on the same website this Handley Page Victor is a "fighter jet"!

[rebbonk]

The Victor was a 'gentleman's' bomber. I spent many hours in Victor cockpits.

The Vulcan was much more like a fighter, mainly because it was originally designed for a single pilot. - It also had fighter style control columns whereas the Victor had the more common 'U' shaped yoke arrangement.

[rebbonk]

V bomber cockpit layouts....

Victor




Vulcan




Valiant (one I've never seen in real life)

[dutchman]

Valiant (one I've never seen in real life)

I haven't either!

I'm told that if you stare at this picture long enough you'll eventually see a plane in the background...

[Jock Strapp]

If it is a bubble car then the picture is phoney. Many of these cars had engines of less than 200cc. None of the bubbles had power to pull Santa and his sleigh.

[Melisandre]

Then it's fake Jock as it's defiently a bubble car you can see the handle to open the front on the top left side of the bonnet. I had a beetle 1980 year and the front looked. different.