whoster
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johnny herbert..looks TOO short in that article.
bartboy9891 said:and the producers of TG would rather have the audience guessing about who the STIG rather than COMPLETELY disregarding that it could be Hill.
mdaro said:BTW: Whats with the 747 in the last episode? Is the runway they use still in service?
fatarnie said:OK, I've been to Dunsfold a few times as part of a group who have rented the airfield for car related events.
The first thing I can tell you is that a friend of mine has a photo of the Stig shot at the filming of the show which featured the F430, Zonda and Ford GT, where he is not wearing his helmet, only his nomex balaclava. From this shot we have determined he is Ex BTTC driver Ben Collins.
fatarnie said:OK, I've been to Dunsfold a few times as part of a group who have rented the airfield for car related events.
The first thing I can tell you is that a friend of mine has a photo of the Stig shot at the filming of the show which featured the F430, Zonda and Ford GT, where he is not wearing his helmet, only his nomex balaclava. From this shot we have determined he is Ex BTTC driver Ben Collins.
There are only a very small number of private planes take off and land at Dunsfold - probably only around 1 per day. The neighbours, who alledgedly include Anthea Turner get a bit upset with the noise. They have certainly moaned about the tyre squeeling from Caterham Motorsport who run corporate driving days there a fair bit.
The 747 has been dumped at Dunsfold to be turned into scenery for inplane sequences in movies. The plane was flown in, and it was doubtful it could get out again as the runway is very borderline in length. The engines have been taken off it and sold (as you will see in recent Top Gear programs).
The 747 Hamster uses to blow over a Mondeo and a 2CV (not sure if this has been aired yet) was not at Dunsfold as there is a busy road running alongside the airfield.
Thats about all I can tell you! P.S I've done a 1.22 around the track when I had to stay behind (ish) a pace car due to the Xover in the middle! Without the pace car I go round a fair bit quicker!