I hate Top Gear, primarily because of Clarkson, but the 2CV getting blown
over was quite impressive. When I travelled in South America a couple of
years ago, I flew home from Quito. My flight was delayed by 12 hours and
I spent part of the wait standing just by the perimeter fence at the end
of the runway. I was hugely impressed at the incredible winds generated
when a large jet took off, and amazed at how I had entirely failed to
anticipate that I'd have to hold onto the fence for dear life to stop
myself getting blown across the road.
OM content - here's a photo I took in Parque Nacional Podocarpus in the
south of Ecuador a few days before flying home:
http://www.world-traveller.org/site/Image:SA31-S24-04.jpg
Roger
> That Lufthansa landing attempt looks incredibly scary - the wingtip
> can only have been a few feet from the ground. I once read a book
> about airliner near-misses and remember the quote, "You know you
> should be worried when the air hostesses start screaming".
>
> As for Top Gear - my 6 year old loves it (I only show him highlight
> DVDs which have most of the studio filler sections excised), and I
> think that sums up the show; made for small boys. Given it's appeal to
> that age group it's a shame there's so much smutty innuendo.
>
> Two flight related segments I did think rather good were the Reliant
> Robin launched as Space Shuttle:
>
> Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKrI3vnQHn4
>
> Part 2 (for those that want to go straight to the launch):
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx9yrDqOj00
>
> And then the cars being driven behind the 747 with an engine at full
> throttle. Here's the 2CV:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOY7BgqM8pg
>
> James
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