[PAAirheads] Visit to the Hopkins Museum in MD?

[Tom Cutter]

I was going to go to the RA Rally, but I forgot to book a room, and I don't
camp out. Anybody got a room they want to split?

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Tom Cutter
Yardley, PA
www.RubberChickenRacingGarage.com

“Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is
self-given; be careful.” -Harvey Mackay


On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 3:33 PM, Mac Kirkpatrick via PAAirheads <
paairheads at casano.com> wrote:

> Dave, very likely I am going to the RA Rally.
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> Mac Kirkpatrick
> Glenmoore, PA
>
> "After all, what is adventure, but inconvenience, properly regarded?"
> C. Donahue
>
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 2:10 PM, David Fish <daveandcarel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I had the pleasure to visit Jim's museum on a tour set up by previous
> > airmarshal Todd several years ago. It was a fabulous museum back then and
> > well worth the trip from PA. Sign me up if there is another tour.
> > Dave Fish
> > PS anyone going to the RA rally next month?
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 1:48 PM, Mac Kirkpatrick via PAAirheads <
> > paairheads at casano.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I visited the Jim Hopkins Museum in Clarksville, MD again this weekend
> >> along with several former employees of Butler & Smith and BMW/NA, see
> >> http://www.hopkinsbmwmuseum.com/
> >>
> >> I learned and saw a lot.
> >>
> >> It is an extraordinary museum which, since I last saw it,  Jim has
> >> expanded
> >> greatly both with more space (it is attached to his home) as well as far
> >> more personal memorabilia, race awards, pictures, leathers, and so much
> >> more, from the people who were intimately involved with BMW motorcycles
> >> from the very beginning to the present.
> >>
> >> So for instance, he has a 1927 BMW in original condition, the fastest
> BMW
> >> motorcycle ever, an S1000RR, the helmet and leathers Reg Pridmore wore
> >> when
> >> he won the Superbike Championship in 1976, race trophies and awards,
> >> original pictures, etc., the list just goes on and on, from the very
> >> beginning to the present.
> >>
> >> It is likely the best museum in the world that concentrates on the
> people
> >> of BMW motorcycling, their awards, pictures, etc., it should be on your
> >> bucket list.
> >>
> >> I had a headache by the time I left :-)   A GOOD thing this time.
> >>
> >> So Rob Price, if you want to pursue a trip there, I would be happy to
> >> coordinate with Jim to have such a visit.
> >>
> >> From my home in Glenmoore, it is about 110 miles to Jim's house in
> >> Clarksville, MD, BUT that is taking the most direct route which is down
> 95
> >> past and through Baltimore, a VERY heavily travelled route, so first
> >> heading westward, then south would be longer, but far less onerous.
> >>
> >> Let me know :-)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Mac Kirkpatrick
> >> Glenmoore, PA
> >>
> >> "After all, what is adventure, but inconvenience, properly regarded?"
> >> C. Donahue
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