Blue Angels Motorcycle Club

The Blue Angels Motorcycle Club is an international motorcycle club that was founded in Scotland. He belongs to the so-called Onepercentern.

History

The Blue Angels were formed in 1963 in Glasgow, Scotland, and can thus be regarded as one of Europe's oldest motorcycle clubs. Tommy Howells, Lenny Reynolds and Alan Morrison founded the club. The naming was influenced by Scotland's national color. At the beginning we organized "Sunday Runs", held regularly on Sundays trips, which led to an enlargement of the club. Especially in the 1960s, there were clashes with the mods and feuding clubs. Later, other chapters were founded. Today, there are three chapters in Scotland (Glasgow, West Coast and South East), three in the UK (Leeds, Lake District and York). In Belgium, there are other Chapter ( Limburg, Antwerp, Ghent and Southwest ).

Logo

The coat of arms, called " Colours" were adapted from similar U.S. clubs. The club logo is a winged skull of the Waffen- SS helmet. On the helmet a swastika in a yellow-red coat of arms can be seen. Above the head is "Blue", under the head of "angels " and the respective chapters. The font is a mixture of Gothic and Celtic Script. To the left of the head, a "1 % " patch, its left est the founding date ". 1963 '. The logo was copyrighted in 1997. In the Belgian Blue Angels of the helmet instead of the swastika carries the colors of the Belgian flag. Code of the Blue Angels is the "21" (2 = second letter in the alphabet = B, 1 = first letter in the alphabet = A). Club motto is " Blue Angels OK" and " Blue Angels, Best in the West ". A nickname is " The Blue Gang".

Criminal Activity

On 16 January 2008, a trial of a member of the Blue Angels, the motorcycle attacked a shopkeeper in Leeds with a crossbow and tried to kill began. Even before there had been attacks against the shopkeeper, including a botched arson attempt and intimidation. The offender was sentenced to 27 months in prison.