A day at Coventry and Wellesbourne

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A day at Coventry and Wellesbourne

Postby Cluny » Sun Oct 24, 2010 7:47 pm

It was Land Speed Record weekend at Coventry Transport Museum , heres a few of my pics ;)
Thrust 2
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Thrust SSC
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Andy Green [the current LSR holder] was doing a talk about Bloodhound there [sold out :(( ] and I bumped into him in the toilet , no I didn't get a photo as I thought it bad taste :))
Anyway , as I had time to kill before my next appointment ;)

Coventry Cathedral
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And finally , XM655 [and a LWP] ;)
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Big thanks to all at 655MaPS , the VTTSC and Wellesbourne Wartime museum [which I sadly ran out of time to visit myself :( ] who arranged todays visit and for running her systems up today [including the H2S :ymapplause: ] anmd of course a vid to follow ;)
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Re: A day at Coventry and Wellesbourne

Postby Jigsaw » Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:02 pm

Great stuff mate :ymapplause:
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Re: A day at Coventry and Wellesbourne

Postby Olicat » Sun Oct 24, 2010 9:39 pm

good stuff!
i have a signed poster of bloodhound ssc from andy green and richard noble from farnborough
cant wait for it to be completed :)
they both look fantastic! (thrust 2 and ssc that is)
Fly fast jets and/or C130s over my house please, I'm bored!

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Re: A day at Coventry and Wellesbourne

Postby Leebee0 » Sun Oct 24, 2010 9:42 pm

Great shots mate really good shots of the cockpit :)

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Re: A day at Coventry and Wellesbourne

Postby Cluny » Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:36 pm

The vid has finally become live ;)
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Re: A day at Coventry and Wellesbourne

Postby Wedgy » Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:40 am

Thanks Cluny! :ymapplause: :ymapplause:
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Re: A day at Coventry and Wellesbourne

Postby Xplumberlives » Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:53 am

Good work Agent C! :ymapplause:
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Re: A day at Coventry and Wellesbourne

Postby Mags » Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:07 am

Great set of pics!! :D

Did it rain? ;)
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Re: A day at Coventry and Wellesbourne

Postby Jigsaw » Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:26 am

Mags wrote:Great set of pics!! :D

Did it rain? ;)


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Re: A day at Coventry and Wellesbourne

Postby Sooty655 » Mon Oct 25, 2010 12:55 pm

Mags wrote:Great set of pics!! :D

Did it rain? ;)

It waited until after Cluny had left, and then absolutely PI$$ED it down while we were trying to get everything cleared away. ~x( ~x(
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