Members of the unimotorcycle group Coastriders wait to race at Dream Machines in Half Moon Bay.
One of the things that makes Startup Land unique is its ability to continually create the latest new thing. In fact, you are bombarded with so many new things that it’s easy to forget about the old clunker that got you where you are today. That’s why this weekend I took in some mechanical history at the Dream Machines Festival in Half Moon Bay. The festival is filled with driving, flying and working machines dating back to the turn of the century. There was even a decommissioned Nike Missile from one of the many launch sites that surrounded most American cities up until the 1970’s.
After spending an hour or two at this festival you are guaranteed to feel the need… the need for speed.
Attendees stop to look at classic cars at Drem Machines held in Half Moon Bay on April 29, 2012.
A working machine on display at the Dream Machines festival held in Half Moon Bay on April 29, 2012.
Attendees admire the built-in guitar amplifier of a 1951 Mercury at Dream Machines in Half Moon bay on April 30, 2012.
A Nike missle expert explains the history of the missle to an attendee of Dream Machines in Half Moon Bay.
Exotic and classic airplanes were on display at Dream Machines in Half Moon Bay held April 29, 2012.
The wooden propeller of a Bleroit XI airplane. The Bleroit was the aircraft used by Louis Bleroit in 1909 to make the frist flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft..
Attendees peer into the cabin of a WWII bomber at Dream Machines in Half Moon Bay on April 30, 2012.
Inside the cockpit of a Douglas C-41 airplane.
Rivets line the wing of a WWII bomber aircraft.
Hood orniment of a vintage Cadillac
The rear view window of a vintage Chevrolet.
Members of the unimotorcycle group Coastriders wait to perfrom at Dream Machines in Half Moon Bay.
