THE ORIGINAL, ONE AND ONLY, "FLYING A", DAVE ALDANA . . . . FROM AN ERA THAT SPAWNED SO MANY LASTING LEGENDS CAME THE 'RUBBER BALL' . . . . EQUALLY ADEPT ON FLAT TRACK, ROAD RACING OR ANY OTHER FORM OF TWO WHEELED MADNESS . . . . A BITCHIN LITTLE VIDEO ON ALDANA AS HE IS NOW . . . . BAZ SHEENE ONCE TOLD ME HE HAD ULTIMATE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR THE BLOKE.

CLASSIC ALDANA TURNING LEFT, HARD AND FAST AS ALWAYS . . . . GRAB A FISTFUL, TUCK IN, HANG ON.

YEAH, I KNOW, HUNDREDS OF OTHER BLOGS HAVE FEATURED THE SKELETON MAN IN RECENT TIMES, AND WHY THE FUCK NOT, THE FELLA IS DEADSET LEGEND MATERIAL, FROM A TIME WHEN THEY WERE MADE ON THE TRACK NOT THROUGH MARKETING HYPE, BUT THIS IS MY TURN . . . . GOIN SUPER STRONG FORTY AND MORE YEARS SINCE JOINING THE FRAY AS A YOUNG, NO FEAR, BIG BALLS JOCKEY, ALDANA IS STILL INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS WAY WITH PROMOTING HIS PASSIONATE MADNESS FOR TWO WHEELED COMPETITION . . . . LOVED, ADMIRED AND RESPECTED BY HIS PEERS, THOSE WHO CAME AFTER HIM AND FANS ALIKE, THE DUDE IS OUT THERE HAVING FUN AND PROVIDING A TOUCHSTONE WITH THE HALCYON DAYS OF SIXTIES/SEVENTIES RACING CULTURE, GOOD HUMOURED, AFFABLE AND APPROACHABLE . . . . REAL, HONEST COOL . . . . BARRY WOULDN'T HAVE SAID IT IF IT WASN'T HOW HE FELT, THAT'S A PRETTY FUCKING DECENT ENDORSEMENT !!!

THE "SADDLEMEN" CREW HAVE THROWN TOGETHER A GROOVY, UP TO DATE VIDEO OF MR ALDANA AND WHAT HE'S DOING WITH HIS NOW NOT SO YOUTHFUL SELF . . . . THE WORD 'INSPIRATIONAL' GETS THROWN A LOT THESE DAYS WITH THE FREQUENCY OF 'LEGEND' AND 'CLASSIC' . . . . IN DAVE'S CASE HOWEVER, ALL THREE ARE APPLICABLE IN THEIR PURIST AND MOST SPECIFIC MEANING . . . . LIVE LONG AND PROSPER DAVE, YOU'RE STILL BRINGIN A THRILL TO THIS FIFTY ONE YEAR OLD KID, JUST LIKE YOU DID WHEN HE FIRST SAW 'ON ANY SUNDAY' FORTY YEARS AGO . . . . HUGE RESPECT.