10th July: Visit to Air Salvage International
Not strictly a car related event but it was organised by a fellow TR Register Glavon Group member and we all went along in our TRs. Air Salvage International dismantle aircraft that are past their economic best and are based at Kemble - now called Cotswold Airport. It was a fascinating visit to see how they take aircraft apart for all the useful spares which are then sold all over the world.
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| TRs lined up at Air Salvage International |
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| Boeing 747 parts anyone? |
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| Boeing 777 engine missing. |
They were working on commercial aircraft of all sizes from a Boeing 777 and several 747s down to smaller ones like Airbus 320. Apparently the engines are the most valuable parts being valued from one million to 25 million Dollars. So worth selling then.
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17th July: Dursley Rotary Club Classic Tour
This tour starts about 400 yards from our house so is not to be missed. It is organised by yet another old rally mate called Graham Peake who also owns Bear Street Garage in Wotton under Edge. It used to be a Ford dealership which was very useful to me when I was building my Cosworth Sierra rally car in 1992. Graham was good enough to get me all the Ford Motorsport parts at cost price which saved me a small fortune.
The weather for last years' run was one of the hottest days of the year and this year it was even hotter with temperatures up to 30 degrees. Obviously this meant the DHC was the car to use and a quick check over and wash was required. Everything was in order and good to go.
This year the route was about 100 miles and headed west over the old Severn Bridge into the Forest of Dean. A few years ago I was lucky enough to have the chance to go up one of the bridge towers when I was there for my work as a BT planner. Naturally I took the camera along and got to super pictures from the top.
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| View into Wales from the east tower. |
Coffee stop was at theWhite Hart Inn near Newnham on Severn where we sat right on the river bank and the only problem was finding the sunscreen to put some on our faces.
The return took us round to the north of Gloucester and back to Rednock School in Dursley for a generous buffet.
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| Driving up Frocester Hill, almost at the finish |
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