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Old 7th July 2004 | 12:25
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Ground Vehicle damaged

Plenty of posts here about aircraft being punctured and damaged by careless handlers but what's going on in Prestwick?

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Old 7th July 2004 | 12:27
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Whats a Virgin 747 doing at Prestwick in the first place?
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Old 7th July 2004 | 12:28
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Branson was checking the aircraft, but his vehicle got to close
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Old 7th July 2004 | 12:33
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Look out for this on Top Gear - 18th July.
Their doing a feature on engine power and what would happen to a car sat behind a 744 at TO power.
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Old 7th July 2004 | 13:42
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Anyone know who took this photo, would love his email address so I could ask him a couple of questions. Please PM me if you took the photo. You must have been at the event to have taken it from this angle
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Old 7th July 2004 | 14:36
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G-VAST Want to know what happens when you shove a Citreon behind a full throttle 747.....then look to the left and can you see the Citreon getting flung through the air!!! - This was part of a stunt by Top gear and was being filmed at all angles, look out for this on telly soon.
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Old 7th July 2004 | 15:49
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Anyone would think that Virgin have lots of spare crews at the moment
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Old 7th July 2004 | 15:54
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wonder what it would cost to run a 747 up to PIK for the shots?

guess there will be some advertising benefit?
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Old 7th July 2004 | 17:01
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wonder what it would cost to run a 747 up to PIK for the shots?

guess there will be some advertising benefit?
Must have been the motivation behind a Virgin Aircraft.

PIK isnt exactly short of 747s which could be used.

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Old 7th July 2004 | 17:10
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Unless it was there as part of a training detail. PIK seem sto be quite popular for that sort of thing.
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