Cobra Daytona Coupe CSX2286

[767Jockey]

I was super fortunate to be able to attend the 2011 Goodwood Revival. Rather than try to tell all about it, I will say only this. It's a must see. The Goodwood Revival is a must see, bucket list event, one of the greatest things I have ever done. I'm hopeful to get back there once again before my days are done.
I would be remiss not to mention that as a pilot I'm also very interested in aviation. They also showcase a certain airplane at each Revival as well (or at least they did when I went). How incredible that the focus aircraft at the Revival I attended was the iconic Spitfire. To see multiple Spitfire's airborne over the track while classic Ferrari's. Lola's, Maserati's, Cobra's, Mercedes', Auto Union's, a Daytona Coupe, GT-40's, etc circled the track was incredible.

[Unique427]

Originally Posted by 767Jockey

I was super fortunate to be able to attend the 2011 Goodwood Revival. Rather than try to tell all about it, I will say only this. It's a must see. The Goodwood Revival is a must see, bucket list event, one of the greatest things I have ever done. I'm hopeful to get back there once again before my days are done.
I would be remiss not to mention that as a pilot I'm also very interested in aviation. They also showcase a certain airplane at each Revival as well (or at least they did when I went). How incredible that the focus aircraft at the Revival I attended was the iconic Spitfire. To see multiple Spitfire's airborne over the track while classic Ferrari's. Lola's, Maserati's, Cobra's, Mercedes', Auto Union's, a Daytona Coupe, GT-40's, etc circled the track was incredible.

Pictures of Spitfires on the ground and inflight during
the opening ceremony for Goodwood Revival 2023

A formation of (3) can be seen just above the tail center frame.

I might add you can go for a ride in the (2) seater on the left for a mere $4,000.

[Unique427]

Goodwood Revival 2023

Two of the most famous (and valuable) GT-40's ever made were in the paddock.

#2 driven by Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon winning Le Mans 66

#6 (Gulf livery #9 in 1968) driven by Pedro Rodriquez and Lucien Bianchi winning Le Mans 68
The same chassis driven by Jacky Ickx and Jacky Oliver winning Le Mans 69.

You do get to see them driven at speed on the Goodwood track.

The Whitsun Trophy attracts at least a couple dozen GT40s from
around the world.

[Unique427]

Originally Posted by Unique427

Goodwood Revival 2023

Two of the most famous (and valuable) GT-40's ever made were in the paddock.

#2 driven by Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon winning Le Mans 66

#6 (Gulf livery #9 in 1968) driven by Pedro Rodriquez and Lucien Bianchi winning Le Mans 68
The same chassis driven by Jacky Ickx and Jacky Oliver winning Le Mans 69.

You do get to see them driven at speed on the Goodwood track.

The Whitsun Trophy attracts at least a couple dozen GT40s from
around the world.

pictures

[Unique427]

Goodwood Revival 2023
Carroll Shelby tribute lap
Cobra, GT40 and Daytona Coupe

Sorry for small picture.
Site not letting me upload the big high resolution photos.

[Daytona Dek]

Originally Posted by Unique427

Pictures of Spitfires on the ground and inflight during
the opening ceremony for Goodwood Revival 2023

A formation of (3) can be seen just above the tail center frame.

I might add you can go for a ride in the (2) seater on the left for a mere $4,000.

The Spitfire in the foreground (OU-V) is an ex Battle of Britain Spitfire and flew 176 combat missions. Post war it was converted to a 2 seater training aircraft. It is now based at Sywell airport a few miles from me and I see it regularly overhead giving paid passenger flights. It has been involved in a number of accidents two of which were local. The most recent was in May of this year when it crash landed due to pilot error. The Air Accident Investigation Board showed the. pilot held a commercial licence with 23,000 hours but only 90 on the Spitfire. He had failed to switch back from the fuselage tank (used for take off and landing only) to the wing tanks during a previous flight and drained it. Consequently when he prepared for landing and switched from the wing tanks to the fuselage it suffered from an air lock and fuel starvation. Fortunately there is private airfield close to Sywell at Pitsford which he was able to attempt an emergency landing. Unfortunately he landed too far down the strip and ran into the hedge damaging the nose and one wing.
As an aside Sywell airport has a small hotel and pub garden and is a great place to take the Cobra to enjoy a pint whilst watching the Ultimate Warbirds collection (Spitfire, Mustang, Thunderbolt and Me109) at close quarters take off and land.

[Harpoon PV2]

Originally Posted by Daytona Dek

The Spitfire in the foreground (OU-V) is an ex Battle of Britain Spitfire and flew 176 combat missions. Post war it was converted to a 2 seater training aircraft. It is now based at Sywell airport a few miles from me and I see it regularly overhead giving paid passenger flights. It has been involved in a number of accidents two of which were local. The most recent was in May of this year when it crash landed due to pilot error. The Air Accident Investigation Board showed the. pilot held a commercial licence with 23,000 hours but only 90 on the Spitfire. He had failed to switch back from the fuselage tank (used for take off and landing only) to the wing tanks during a previous flight and drained it. Consequently when he prepared for landing and switched from the wing tanks to the fuselage it suffered from an air lock and fuel starvation. Fortunately there is private airfield close to Sywell at Pitsford which he was able to attempt an emergency landing. Unfortunately he landed too far down the strip and ran into the hedge damaging the nose and one wing.
As an aside Sywell airport has a small hotel and pub garden and is a great place to take the Cobra to enjoy a pint whilst watching the Ultimate Warbirds collection (Spitfire, Mustang, Thunderbolt and Me109) at close quarters take off and land.

It's not the 90 hrs, in type that got him, it's the 23,000 arrogant hours that got him! At the height of BOB, pilots had as little as five hours in the Spit, and they didn't do such a rookie mistake! Cheers, Dennis

[Daytona Dek]

Originally Posted by Harpoon PV2

It's not the 90 hrs, in type that got him, it's the 23,000 arrogant hours that got him! At the height of BOB, pilots had as little as five hours in the Spit, and they didn't do such a rookie mistake! Cheers, Dennis

Agree. In a modern jet liner there would be all sorts of audible and visual warnings to prevent this sort of thing happening. In the Spit to get a reading from the fuselage tank a button has to be pressed (which wasnt). It can’t give a live reading all the time because it burns the filament out apparently. It might be unfair criticism but had he landed not so far down the grass strip he wouldn’t have damaged the plane by going into the hedge. Main thing though was that the pilot and passenger weren’t injured.