Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

Archive for October 2025

Book review: Why Planes Crash

[Audiobook] Why Planes Crash, An Accident Investigators Fight for Safe Skies by David Soucie and Ozzie Cheek. This book follows the career of David Soucie from arrogant young executive confronting his own guilt about choices he made that lead to the death of one of his colleagues, through to his eventual leadership in the FAA […]

Street Car Fest – custom car

A custom car at the Street Cars Fest.(see also American cars, Japanese cars, Swedish cars, German car, Hot Rods and the track)

Street Car Fest – hot rods

Some hot rods at the Street Cars Fest. There’s something wonderful about a car whose engine doesn’t all fit under the bonnet.(see also American cars, Swedish cars, Japanese cars, German car and the track)

Street Car Fest – German cars

A stylish German car, my old sysadmin used to drive a car like this.(see also American cars, Japanese cars, Swedish cars and the track)

Street Car Fest – the track

Street Car Fest came to the Barkarby Flygplats, this was a much bigger day than the last one, in the corner of a car park on a rainy day. And the cars more real, somehow, than the classic cars the week before.