But seriously, folks – what are the feelings amongst you current rotary inclined gentlemen about this annual exercise in first hand experience of multiple airproxes – especially as this year Silverstone is being held much earlier in a potentially more inclement season?
I for one thoroughly enjoyed being there on the good weather days but the bad days made me wonder about the sanity of the whole thing. Have things changed – is the organisation any better nowadays?
Are there still rumours of the British Grand Prix being held at some time in the future at Brands Hatch? Having done the Brands run when the GP was held there in 1980, I seem to remember the local area topography made the whole thing more difficult with the low cloud we had that year, compared to a low cloud Silverstone day. I came v. close to writing myself off in a mid-air with everyone down at 500 ft – and the traffic was nothing like as bad back then.