Sentences with phrase «old airfield»

Just above idle speed, the V - 8 tattoos the concrete slabs of the old airfield with a wild and angry noise very much unlike that of a typical Bentley.

For engineering, there is Rolls - Royce in Sinfin in Derby, Siemens in Lincoln, Triumph Motorcycles in Hinckley, Cosworth in Northampton, Noble in Barwell, Toyota Manufacturing UK on an old airfield at Burnaston, and Caterpillar has a large factory on an old airfield near Desford.

So to discover that the bumpy old airfield on a remote bit of moorland a few minutes drive from where I live not only had a motorsport history, but a (tenuous) Formula 1 history?

Not exact matches

Formula 1 has raced on a wide variety of race tracks since its inception in 1950, from tight and twisty street circuits to undulating old - school venues and airfield runways.

The Hotel Oceano is now a small paradise with ravishing food; Mexicana Airlines flies into a local airfield; and the Benoists own not one but two apartados in an old palace on the hill.

The event has the hashtag «Respect The Bumps» - that's not just a gimmick, because the bumps on the airfield circuit (Sebring is the USA's oldest road course) are properly savage, testing the limits of both the cars and the drivers.

Luckily, the old - timer just happened to manage an airfield full of planes gassed up and ready to go!

This military airfield is actually older than the air force, dating back to the 1920s when flying had barely gotten off the ground.

Other activities in Robertson include olive tasting, cheese tasting, boat cruises, canoeing, horse riding, and skydiving at Robertson Airfield, the oldest remaining skydiving club in South Africa.