"TchmilFan" (tchmilfan)
08/02/2017 at 09:20 • Filed to: brooklands, Photo Dump | 7 | 6 |
Of course, I could claim I was kinja’d but it was all me.
The business-end of the wind tunnel inside the Stratosphere Chamber
Banking
VC10 tail
I believe these are some old cars
An Aston Martin. Vroom vroom!
An important button in the Stratosphere Chamber control room (no, I’m not going to put any of these in a logical order)
Early remote engine start
This spot is now taken by the 1963 Lola Mk6 (I don’t know what this is)
Bikes
Leaky bikes
Remember all this stuff used to be cutting edge
There’s even a Raleigh Bicycle section. Yes, that’s actual gold. I had the 5-speed non-gold version.
THE FUTURE OF BICYCLES! WZZZT! BZZZT! It was awful
Six wheels on my wagon and I’m still rollin’ along.
A Jet Provost, I used to be able spout all the stats you’d want about RAF aircraft. Can’t remember any of it now.
I’m not sure what this depicts. Possibly all aircraft that Vickers lent a hand in developing, but some of them are Hawker designs (e.g. The hawker P.1214, that’s the x-winged thing). I don’t know enough about the 60s-70s interrelationships of UK aerospace companies to say. I really should’ve taken notes.
That’s enough, bored now
pip bip - choose Corrour
> TchmilFan
08/02/2017 at 09:30 | 0 |
blame Kinja anyway, we will believe you if you do
:)
(great pics too)
EL_ULY
> TchmilFan
08/02/2017 at 09:38 | 0 |
2nd picture: World largest 4 barrel carburetor
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> TchmilFan
08/02/2017 at 09:42 | 0 |
When I was there, the Rovers were parked in the grass. Looks like they may be cleaning up/reorganizing. Did you walk up to the hilltop where the old buildings are - the old VIP stand? There were a number of classics hiding up there when I visited, including a Roller.
The big shiny thing with something of a beak is John Cobb’s Napier Railton, with a giant W12 in it. Fantastic car.
ttyymmnn
> TchmilFan
08/02/2017 at 09:44 | 1 |
Nice work. That last photo looks like something that was dreamt up by Gerry Anderson. And those pictures of the motorbikes made me think of Tilly Shilling . She was a badass.
In the 1930s, Shilling raced motorbikes. She beat professional riders, such as Noel Pope , and was awarded the Gold Star for lapping the Brooklands circuit at 106 miles per hour (171 km/h) on her Norton M30 . ...Shilling married George Naylor, in September 1938. He also worked at the RAE . According to anecdote, she refused to marry him until he also had been awarded the Brooklands Gold Star for lapping the circuit at over 100 mph. (Wiki)
ttyymmnn
> TchmilFan
08/02/2017 at 09:45 | 0 |
Also, I really like this photo. And I think my favorite part of it is the hand-painted “B” on the motorbike.
TchmilFan
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/02/2017 at 10:10 | 1 |
It is, indeed, the Railton. I was just being hilarrrrious with my “old cars”. There’s also the Napier Railton Experience, it’s one of those things where they blow air at you while you watch a PoV movie of the car going around an oval. (A French oval, bah humbug!)
I prefer the old Railton display, where it used to be at a bit of an angle, as if on banking, but I suppose that this is easier for the Museum to wheel in and out.
No, never looked around at the top of the hill, but I have come in through that entrance. Didn’t notice any cars up there, but I wasn’t paying attention. I’m saving the Hill for when they’re doing a test. (I can pretty much visit anytime I want, so I’m spreading my visits), particularly now the new hangar is nearly ready.