Playing in the Arena at War & Peace 2010

[carrierbarry]

Fantastic!!
I know that feeling, sound well..
It takes till next war and peace show to clean the dust off.

Marc, it was nice to meet. Its better to play in the remote camping field in the evenings.

Barry

[RichardT10829]

Awesome.....i can just here the commentary for the crowd.... here we have entering the arena one T34 and a column of dust with some vehicles in it

[carrierbarry]

Richard

You don't know what your missing until you've been around that arena.

It's ever dust or mud.

Both will take years to get off a carrier, but it's a fantastic experance.

We need to all decided to have a carrier year at W& P and all gather there.

Barry

[RichardT10829]

that would be pretty cool, tell you what would be fantastic but a total pipe dream i might add........ carrier display team at the edinburgh tatoo a full section of carriers flying about the arena flying huge flags off the engine decks (British, Canadian, Australian, Newzealand, etc etc) doing a display along the lines of the red arrows (much simpler routine of course) hahahaha

then finish off with a reinactment of Havildar Parkash Singh's rescue which earned him his VC when his fellow soldiers came under heavy fire and he drove his carrier into a hail of bullets to save them.......then returned for the carriers (on his own)


not that i have given this much thought at all

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally Posted by RichardT10829

that would be pretty cool, tell you what would be fantastic but a total pipe dream i might add........ carrier display team at the edinburgh tatoo a full section of carriers flying about the arena flying huge flags off the engine decks (British, Canadian, Australian, Newzealand, etc etc) doing a display along the lines of the red arrows (much simpler routine of course) hahahaha

Our own Nigel Watson has had his carrier there in that role, already.

[RichardT10829]

Darnit......... wish i had been there

[Nigel Watson]

Originally Posted by RichardT10829

Darnit......... wish i had been there

I even got to ride in my carrier during one of the shows. I had to train drivers as I was permitted to drive, went through 4 drivers. Would you believe these young tank drivers complained about not reaching the pedals, he was out! Hitting his knees off the armour when changing gear, he was out! Didn't fell safe, he was out! Couldn't work the gear box, he was definitely out! Finally got a guy who fell in love with it and wanted to drive it all the time.

Have a film from the camera they mounted on it during the show which I am battling to change from the VHS format.

But yes Richard an event with all the range of carriers would be fantastic.

Nigel

[Marc van Aalderen]

[QUOTE=carrierbarry;134404]Richard

It's ever dust or mud.

Both will take years to get off a carrier, but it's a fantastic experance.

Hi Barry,

It was nice meeting you too.
The Carrier and the Dingo were cleaned in a day. It's just loose dust. In 2007 it was an entirely different story.....

Cheers,
Marc

[carrierbarry]

Marc
It was nice meeting you guys and your carrier looked good running round the field.
I remember 07 well the mud got so hard around the wheels I could not steer at all with track warp.i'll try and find some photos.
Richard.
I like the red arrows idea. There's already plans a foot for something special next year at another show. you just keep working on that carrier and let me know when it's up and running.

Barry