Hi all,
anyone see Top Gear last night? Richard Hammond decided to race in a Bugatti Veyron against a Typhoon. It was simply brilliant!
Anyone that did'nt see it. Here's your chance! ;-)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tYhd_N01fLg
Top Gear last night
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Yeah, it was superb-o-mundo as they say 
IIRC, the Typhoon Pilot is the same chap who displayed at Fairford, and gave a commentary from the Cockpit as he rocketed downward for a fast pass - I think he had a birthday greeting for his wife as well. :flying:
And I can't speak when I'm trying anything other than level flight in FS
IIRC, the Typhoon Pilot is the same chap who displayed at Fairford, and gave a commentary from the Cockpit as he rocketed downward for a fast pass - I think he had a birthday greeting for his wife as well. :flying:
And I can't speak when I'm trying anything other than level flight in FS
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That was brill!!! Hammond furgot it has the acceleration to climb near virtical and still speed up, deffinately the best drag race ever!!!
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Brilliant Eddie 
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Loved it! 
Thanks for the link, Vegas. Reminds me of a similar race I saw once at an airshow between a Fieseler Storch and a horse. The Storch won the race but not by much.
Brian
Thanks for the link, Vegas. Reminds me of a similar race I saw once at an airshow between a Fieseler Storch and a horse. The Storch won the race but not by much. Brian
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Great stuff Eddie, thanks for posting....Really enjoyed that.
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He also been the Typhoon display pilot for 3 years might be him again next year.I saw it on top gear last night thought it was fantastic and The typhoon going up like that no other plane could do that just :o brilliant :dance: Shame they not let the pilot talk on TG :-(forthbridge wrote:Yeah, it was superb-o-mundo as they say
IIRC, the Typhoon Pilot is the same chap who displayed at Fairford, and gave a commentary from the Cockpit as he rocketed downward for a fast pass - I think he had a birthday greeting for his wife as well. :flying:
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I belive Sqn Ldr Matt Elliott was the display pilot for 2004/5 and possibly 6, but Jim Walls was definitely the pilot this year.jab wrote:forthbridge wrote:He also been the Typhoon display pilot for 3 years might be him again next year.
As for Top Gear, a quality bit of programming! Some of the air to air shots were just superb. :o
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Can't quite remember how much delay there is to BBC America, but I think it's about 6 months behind (we're only in week 4 or 5 of Series 1 of Torchwood) so I guess that's probably when I'll see this clip in the full episode.
Glad that we at least get it. :-)
Glad that we at least get it. :-)