mthomson22 wrote:
Oh dear, oh dear oh dear. What? When? recent Goodwood members meeting?
Lister and Mercedes?
mthomson22 wrote:
Oh dear, oh dear oh dear. What? When? recent Goodwood members meeting?
Lister and Mercedes?
^^^^^Goodwood apparently
Yup, it was members meeting. Jochen Mass was driving the Mercedes and it's owner is blaming the Lister Jag driver (Tony Wood). The owner of the Mercedes is blaming Wood, but others are saying it was a brake issue with the Merc.
On one hand it's sad to see the damage, on the other I love the fact that they still race Historic vehicles at 101% over there. I'm sure vehicles like that are insured so they will be back.
Love this shot.
Appropriate
mthomson22 wrote:
The Merc's brakes were obviously working well enough to lock up all four wheels to the point of trailing smoke.
ultraclyde wrote:mthomson22 wrote:The Merc's brakes were obviously working well enough to lock up all four wheels to the point of trailing smoke.
Premature lock up can be an issue, just as bad or worse than not being able to lock up. You loose directional control once the brakes are locked.
Semi related cool pic
Runways, we don't need no runways:
Kind of funny they used an F104. A bit of a worst case scenario I guess.
aircooled wrote: Runways, we don't need no runways:
Not necessarily. That was the first aircraft that would climb vertically I believe (more than for a few seconds).
Wally wrote:
I would have sworm British carriers were bigger.
The Fairey Swordfish located just ahead of the tower is a nice touch.
mthomson22 wrote:
This got me thinking about crash photos.
Too much rear toe!?
Think we can find an AutoX class for this?
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