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24-01-09, 10:52
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official website
... here's the official Normandie Memoire website for all the commemorations around D-Day. Although, not a lot is published yet
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31-01-09, 10:53
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... and here's the offical Conduct Charter, translated by MVT.
Milweb published also an events preview
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15-02-09, 08:03
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Here is the Brisbane group before loading on the ship on Tuesday. They will join the Sydney, New Zealand, Perth and Melbourne teams as the ship does its milk run around the Australian coast before heading to Europe.
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15-02-09, 08:58
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... wonderful trucks! Even 2 Blitzes, looking forward to see them sneaking over the high Swiss passes
 
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Rolling Highway..
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http://video.google.ca/videosearch?h...um=5&ct=title#
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... great video, thanks for that, Alex. I guess the Aussies better pay attention to their breakes
 Unleaded fuel is nowadays CHF 1.30 per litre, was nearly up to CHF 2.00 before the finance crisis. I guess, you only drive once in your own Blitz from Turkey to Normandy. So loading her onto a train trailer is probably not an option... greetings Chris
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Alex,
Bev and I did the San Bernadino pass in a 1907 Itala a few years back wih no trouble. Was a bit marginal going down into Aosta with very poor brakes on the rear wheels only but we made it fine. We are going over the Semplon Pass that is shown in Chris' photo above. Much steeper than the San Bernadino but not as long. The blitzes are quite OK for this crossing and if the boys follow the principle that you use the same gear to go down as you would to go up they will have no problems. Lang
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Chris what is the other side of the mountain and do they go up or down this mountain, I would have my eyes shut firmly.
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17-02-09, 23:00
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Max,
Bev and I went up that Semplon road in 2004 with our 1940 Dodge staff car with no difficulty. On the other side we go down into a really nice valley then along to get the Furka car train through the mountain. The train is interesting but if it is a nice sunny day I will probably drive over the Furka Pass with whoever else is keen. As you can see from the photo, the Furka Pass road is a seriously winding road but very spectacular - open only when the snow melts. The mountaineers will meet the train riders on the far side (car train station down the bottom of photo). Last edited by Lang; 17-02-09 at 23:44.
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27-02-09, 07:03
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Sometimes it helps to be small. Jim Sewell exiting his Blitz Radio Van while the Sydney boys stroll around their jeeps in the container.
All 15 vehicles are now on the high seas heading for Istanbul It was no easy job getting them from 4 Australian ports plus New Zealand to all eventually set sail on the same ship. Lang
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