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Old 18th September 2002 | 07:52
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javelin
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Just got back from the windy city !

Brilliant races marred by Tommy's unfortunate death.

The Unlimited boys handled the conditions on Sunday very well, it was really blowing hard - all sorts of debris crossing the apron.

Here's something to consider though - of the 8 finalists for the Gold race, 5 were powered by Rolls Royce Merlins (well they say Rolls Royce on the outside ) and the other 3 were Hawker Sea Fury's, all the racers in the Jet category were Czech and in my humble opinion, the best display was by a Hawker Hunter.

Superb time - go soon, they may not be able to keep it going indefinitely, someone may find out that they are having too much fun
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