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Old 17th January 2026 | 23:51
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Originally Posted by BBadanov
No it would have been Bitteswell when I returned from Germany in 1983.
On the A1 near Rugby, and an aerial farm to the south.
That's the place.
BAe had just built a new production facility there (built 10 Hawks there so I'm told) and closed it again soon after. Doug Arnold bought it when he sold Blackbushe in '84 and I competed there in '85 for drag racing.

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