shinymac1
11th Jul 2004, 23:01
Hi All,
On a recent flight from Barcelona to Manchester UK, and using RWY 20 for take off, my flight turned right a mile or so after rotation. The it turned right again to run Southwestwards parallel with the Spanish Coast. But after a few more miles we then turned to head North and inland towards the Pyrenees.
I then noticed, after travelling a few miles inland, a HUGE CIRCUIT of some sort...which was perfectly oval in shape, and had several smaller racing circuits in its middle. I dont know whether this was a Motor CYCLE race track, or a MOTOR CAR race track or even a Car Manufacturers TEST Track of some sort.
All I can say was, that it was HUGE ! I took two pics of this through the plane window, which I would gladly send to someone if they can HELP ME IDENTIFY THIS RACING CIRCUIT ??
I am sure it WASNT THE SPANISH FORMULA ONE CIRCUIT as this is located North EAST of the city, and by new I reckon we were flying North WEST of Barcelona.
Can you help ? Do you know a real world pilot who flies this route, and can help me identify it ?
Email to me at [email protected] would be very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Derek Fry
On a recent flight from Barcelona to Manchester UK, and using RWY 20 for take off, my flight turned right a mile or so after rotation. The it turned right again to run Southwestwards parallel with the Spanish Coast. But after a few more miles we then turned to head North and inland towards the Pyrenees.
I then noticed, after travelling a few miles inland, a HUGE CIRCUIT of some sort...which was perfectly oval in shape, and had several smaller racing circuits in its middle. I dont know whether this was a Motor CYCLE race track, or a MOTOR CAR race track or even a Car Manufacturers TEST Track of some sort.
All I can say was, that it was HUGE ! I took two pics of this through the plane window, which I would gladly send to someone if they can HELP ME IDENTIFY THIS RACING CIRCUIT ??
I am sure it WASNT THE SPANISH FORMULA ONE CIRCUIT as this is located North EAST of the city, and by new I reckon we were flying North WEST of Barcelona.
Can you help ? Do you know a real world pilot who flies this route, and can help me identify it ?
Email to me at [email protected] would be very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Derek Fry