On-your-marks ASDA fun day (pics in here lads)

ginja

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Sep 20, 2004
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Great day today @ bruntingthorpe air strip at the ASDA Fun-day, just a few pics to get you in the mood for what you missed if you didn't come

The Club stand
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Couple of planes on display
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Starfighter
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Supper Guppy
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Spitfire, P51-Mustang, Red-bull air racer, Aerobatic team
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(Red Bull air race champions plane)
#couple of rubbish shots of the display#
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Now the cars ;)
Let me start off with the ones I had test run laps in just to make you jealous :D:D
GT500 Mustang "Elenor"
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Nissan Skyline R33
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Ferrari F355
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:D:D:D
 
Bloody heck was half way through posting a load more pics and my internet cut off....:oops:

Anyway now I've got your attention....:geek:

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Monaro (which was being driven around the track at the end of the day by a 15yr old!) ...still nice bit of drifting
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Lotus Esprits
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Ultima's
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Masserati (I realy wanted a ride in this it sounded awesome)
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More Mustangs...:geek::geek:
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(he had an off at end of day)
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(Luckily only scuffed the front bumper)
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Parked up with this Tasty Ford GT....check the rear tyres 315/40/19's!
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(Mind you they were 20's- 285's on the Mustang!)

TVR's
REd SAgarris was very quick - Speed Six engine
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Nobel M12 GTO
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GTR's and Skylines as far as you could see ;)
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^This one had come off the track a while ago and was still giving off heat, its alloys were boliing hot, let alone the break discs :stop:
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Like a computer game simulator inside
 
We found this guy tinkering with a Sea Venom jet plane at the far end of the runway, his set -up looked like something out of the A-team :LOL:
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He had a whole arsnel to choose from, with missiles and cluster bomb launchers ;)
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This was fitted to the Venom, its a Martlel missile (if i'm not wrong)
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Some interesting toys down there, me Andy (Droidgeordie) and his wife had a right old mooch, I'm amazed we wasn't approached by any one
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This DB-S looked in perfect nick...not so the two Vanquish's
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(the one had no engine) now I was thinking they might be props from the last couple of James Bond films?

Alan (pid) and Jamie (Duff) would have had a feild day down there
 
Brilliant pic's Matt, sorry yet again, that I couldn't have been there. Damn!! I'm missing all the good stuff...all because I have to WORK!!!!! arrrghhhh!!!!

Good to hear people enjoyed the day though.
 
Brilliant pic's Matt, sorry yet again, that I couldn't have been there. Damn!! I'm missing all the good stuff...all because I have to WORK!!!!! arrrghhhh!!!!

Good to hear people enjoyed the day though.
Yes your Jedi skills worked again with the weather mate, well I look like Darth Maul now anyway :LOL:
 
Brilliant pics Matt and Darren, seen as I didn't see much lol - Nancy (y)
 
I was an air cadet too, many many years ago, 1075 corps.


EDIT: Just noticed the R33's front discs are on the wrong way round.