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Old 4th Dec 2008, 16:23
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Boys and their Toys !

Interesting clip, Looks like a H+S nightmare, hope they did their Risk Assesment ! YouTube - Mark Higgins and Steve Perez Rally Drivers filming at VK Kick PR Day Rally GB 2008

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Do you mean the flying or the driving ?
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What do you think ? Racing Aston's and Porsche's round someone's front garden, Kids in rally cars with no helmets on ,etc, etc ? Sure it was fine !

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Well actually as the speed was very low(and beleive me that was very tame) I would say they did just fine, and it was his front garden

Very tame really compared to what you can do, try this :




http://video.kenblockracing.com/flas...FFF&autoplay=0
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Kids in rally cars with no helmets on ,etc, etc ? Sure it was fine !
People go to work every day driving faster and dumber than in the clips we seen with them driving without helmets. Why do people love to nit-pick so damn much. Really, have you nothing better to be at?
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Thats some skill Hover Bovver... very tidy .
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Hover Bovver

It might have nothing to do with helicopters (although it is on an airfield), but what a fantastic video thanks for brightening up my morning.

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WOW WOW WOW!!! What an amazing driver!

Bloke on the two wheeled electric thingy has balls of Titanium though!

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From a proffessional point of view, I actually think that , although it looked very spectacular he wasnt very accurate, very entertaining but not very skillfull - we are supposed to be very accurate and I am afraid he wasnt. But very entertaining - I guess youve sen the one of Ken over the ski jumps ?
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I was unable to open the second link. But what risk accessment was carried out for this? fantastic YouTube - Walter Röhrl at Portugal, 1985 (onboard!) Not helicopter related except for the little bit at the end, but good all the same
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Hover Bovver,

Thanks for that terrific start to a lovely sunny Saturday.

I just loved that clip, oh' to have been a passenger.

Cheers.................
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Don't wish to be a downer, and i'm not a discipile of you tube, but;

I, and at least, AT LEAST! two hundred other pilots and at least, AT LEAST, six hundred other people have just returned from the funeral of a bloke that lived a bit on the edge.
Sprint cars, performance kit planes etc. incl choppers
a downright good dude, he had helped many in his career.

So to hear of undisciplined front garden stuff, I wonder a bit. It's always someone else who has to pick up the pieces. In this case it's his wife and ten month old adorable daughter. NTM all of his company staff, very loyal clients and hundreds of close friends.

He had the quals, but for those who don't then being a bit green at times (I.E. careful) can be a good idea.
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With a master of car control I have sat with him twice
YouTube - ClimbDance
There is a helio somewhere you have to look down.
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Obviously filmed at Steves beautiful pad in Chesterfield, but Matlock would have given it that edge for me....little more upmarket!!
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Just looks like a normal weekend in Chesterfield to me
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