> On Sunday November 15th, 2009, the Vickers Vimy (a WW I > biplane bomber) owned by the Brooklands Museum made what is > almost certainlty its last flight, returning to the museum to > be decommissioned and exhibited. > > http://www.jfwaf.com/temp/Vimy.jpg > > Some of you may recognise the building in the background - I think > > Cotty posted some shots from there recently (Mercedes World).
That's a beautiful aeroplane, shame to ground it. There was a programme on TV here last night from Brooklands. James May (of Top Gear) built a Scalextric track around the full length of the original Brooklands race track, and raced a couple of cars around it - great fun. It also featured some driving practice in real cars around the Merc test track. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p1dn4/James_Mays_Toy_Stories_Scalex tric/> Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
