Mon Jun 19, 2017 8:50 am
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Interesting, thanks for posting. I'm amazed to hear Corvettes still in play. That brings back memories from the early 70s with the shrieking whine of the high revving Matras alongside grumbling high capacity (7 litre I think) Corvettes!
If you can, go the traditional route next time and aim to leave on Thursday and come back on Sunday night using the Ferry from Portsmouth to Caen. Then Caen, Falaise, Alencon, Le Mans. People used to drive down in classic and vintage sports cars.
If you have a car you can drive round the outside of the circuit to places like Les Hunaudieres on the Mulsanne straight, the bottom of the straight itself and on to Indianapolis and Arnage. You can drive round much of the circuit on Friday and go into town on Friday night for the parade.
It's not quite the spectacle it was all those years ago as there's been a lot of development around the mulsanne straight, but I guess it must still be pretty impressive!
John Milner Fairly tolerant PPL/IR flying a TB 20 from Gloucestershire and Flyer Club member