Well with the Bournemouth air festival running shortly after this we only need one in Southampton to fill the gap and everyone can come spend most of the month down on the south coast.

I do question the need for 2 large displays within almost visible distance of each other only a fortnight apart. Portsmouth is also a complete b*tch for parking and this is going to be a gridlocked nightmare. I can see trouble as well considering the number of dodgy housing estates in the area and the likelihood of plenty of alcohol being available in the vicinity of southsea common. This assessment I assure you has nothing to do with the fact that I grew up in Southampton and now live near Bournemouth 🙂

I will go but I think arriving by sea makes more sence.

As for the chaps comment about inventing technology through the development of their braking system that could be used to transport cars at hundreds of miles per hour…….. Unless I’m very much mistaken that’s just maglev and has been around for years and has nothing to do with them or their brakes.

While you have to admire the get up and go of these people the thrust SSC and bloodhound teams do make them look like a load of blokes tinkering in a shed at the weekend. I particularly love the finalising of the aerodynamic configuration by means of a marker pen drawing on a White board!

Having said all that it doesn’t mean they won’t succeed but any record they set won’t last long 🙂

Avon forest autos

Quite correct, thank you!