Off Topic Only Connect - Solve the wall

[The B&S Fanclub]

Another wall..Last one. PROMISE !!!!!!!

Lexington, Lincoln, Buckle, R.Reagan
Gainsborough, Lonsdale, G.Ford, Galileo Galilei
Da Vinci, Marco Polo, Seat, Karate
Stamford, Langley, Spalding, Sandro Pertini

 

[tigerscanada]

Well known bridges: Lexington,Stamford,R.Regan, Sandro Pertini.
Related to belts: Buckle, Lonsdale,Karate, Langley
Makes/models of cars: G,Ford,Lincoln,Seat, Marco Polo.
Artists(polymaths): Da Vinci, Galileo, Spalding,Gainsboro

Three Lincolnshire towns/cities in there, couldn't work out a 4th !

 

[Oregon Tiger]

Galileo, Da Vinci, Marco Polo, Sandro Pertini - Italian Airports (Pisa, Rome, Venice, Turin)
Lincoln, Spalding, Gainsboro, Stamford - places in Lincolnshire
Buckle, Seat, Karate, Lonsdale - Belt
Lexington, Langley, Ford, Reagan - US Aircraft Carriers

 

[The B&S Fanclub]

Can't say anything other than superb OT...

 

[The B&S Fanclub]

Who are the two US presidents to pass away before their fathers?

 

[Oregon Tiger]

Can't say anything other than superb OT...

Thanks. Guesswork was involved. I didn't know Pertini, but it fit with the other airports. I knew Lexington and Reagan were Aircraft Carriers and couldn't think of another connection.

 

[Plum]

Galileo, Da Vinci, Marco Polo, Sandro Pertini - Italian Airports (Pisa, Rome, Venice, Turin)
Lincoln, Spalding, Gainsboro, Stamford - places in Lincolnshire
Buckle, Seat, Karate, Lonsdale - Belt
Lexington, Langley, Ford, Reagan - US Aircraft Carriers

I was ok with the belts and Lincolnshire but nowhere near the others!