Comments on: Goodwood Revival, Paddock and Aircraft https://velocetoday.com/goodwood-revival-paddock-and-aircraft/ The Online Magazine for Italian and French Classic Car Enthusiasts Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:12:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Sarah Wilson https://velocetoday.com/goodwood-revival-paddock-and-aircraft/comment-page-1/#comment-95641 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 20:53:07 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/?p=169169#comment-95641 My Dad was in the RAF during WW2 in the Far East. He flew Harvards during training and Tempest 2s later in the war, along with Razorback Thunderbolts, but his favourite was the Bubbletop P-47 Thunderbolt like the one shown. I have a photo of this skinny kid (my Dad) with the top slid back, flying his Thunderbolt, taken by a fellow pilot from his own plane. I even have a piston from a P-47 engine. Talk about huge!

Evidently, a design issue with the P-47 was that they needed to not be overfilled as far as fuel. On one occasion, when Dad was flying over an Indian jungle, he realized that the fuel gauge was dropping very quickly due to the tanks being overfilled, and syphoning out of the plane. Back then, RAF pilots were taught all the basics of how to use a parachute, but not required to do a jump.

Dad realized that he had 2 options: either jump or go down with the plane. Fortunately he chose to jump and survived, hence why I exist. His comment was that if he had known how scary parachuting was, he would have likely gone down with the plane. Hence why the RAF had the policy of not forcing pilots to actually jump during training. Dad would have turned 101 years old this coming weekend if he hadn’t smoked for over 60 years!

]]> By: david hunt https://velocetoday.com/goodwood-revival-paddock-and-aircraft/comment-page-1/#comment-95636 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:15:14 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/?p=169169#comment-95636 For anyone that has not done it, I can wholeheartedly state that this is the most amazing automotive experience on the planet.

]]> By: Charley Seavey https://velocetoday.com/goodwood-revival-paddock-and-aircraft/comment-page-1/#comment-95635 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 11:38:37 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/?p=169169#comment-95635 Goodwood! If only my aged bones were up to a trans-Atlantic flight. Oh well.

and Jim Clark: ” (in 1965) he won not only the Formula 1 World Championship, but also the Indy 500, the Tasman series, and the British and French F2 championship.”
Nobody will ever top that collection of titles. Amazing.

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