CA Automotive jet fighter day (pics)

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Despite the horrible weather, top marks to Bruntinthorpe and CA Automotive for providing entertainment for a gloomy day. The crowd was excellent and the show was great too.

Many events did not go ahead due to the trecharous conditions, but the are always a good bunch of loonies who will go all out, come rain, come shine.

Some usual suspects. CA's bionic bannana and Giv's E39. My diesel and Birds brought along their tuned 335i.










Roy being a star he always is, offered free 160MPH rides to kids. If a supercharged E46 M3 is to disintegrate, it will not have survived what Roy did to his bionic bannana today. This car is a testament how reliable supercharging has become compared to the days when I was looking into aftermarket forced induction for my 330ci.




The plan was to race a Lightning jet head to head down a 2 mile runway. The pilot gave a demo of what a 40 year old Lightning jet could do. I've never been that close to a fighter jet with both afterburners lit. That noise!! Formula One is nothing compared to this!




Roy contemplated hard bearing in mind what his M3 would turn into if he failed to out accelerate the Lightning ........ a gush of jet blast? ......... YEAH RIGHT! ........ HELL NO




So a softer option was chosen, a Hunter single engined jet.




The grid.




The flag dropped ......




Whooooooaaaaaaa! ........








The bionic bannana topped out at 185MPH ....... in the wet!




What a sight! What a noise! Truely memorable