23.2.12
Wheelsology
An air display from one of the most famous, evocative and
best-loved planes in history, a World War Two Spitfire, will be part of this
year’s Croft Nostalgia weekend (4-5 August).
With its unmistakeable engine note the Spitfire, which for
many symbolises
the Allies’ triumph in WWII as well as one of British engineering’s greatest feats, will take to the skies above Croft Circuit in North Yorkshire on the Saturday (August 4). Significantly, Croft was first used as a bomber base during the war years before becoming a motor sports venue in the late Forties.
the Allies’ triumph in WWII as well as one of British engineering’s greatest feats, will take to the skies above Croft Circuit in North Yorkshire on the Saturday (August 4). Significantly, Croft was first used as a bomber base during the war years before becoming a motor sports venue in the late Forties.
The Spitfire is one of many exciting additions – many more
still to be announced – for what will be the third running of Nostalgia, a captivating
two-day festival mixing a wartime theme as well as huge classic car displays
with four decades of the finest historic motor racing (1940s-1970s) on the
challenging Croft Circuit track just outside Darlington.
Mike Scorer of the Military Vehicle Trust, which sources the
vehicles and aircraft that make up
Nostalgia’s incredible wartime display, commented, “We’re delighted to have
secured the Spitfire – a truly magnificent machine as well as a significant
piece of British history – for 2012’s Nostalgia weekend. This is one of only
six original RAF Spitfires within the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
collection and the opportunity to see one complete with that wonderful noise
from its Rolls-Royce Merlin engine being put through its paces is, we hope,
something many people will turn out to experience.”
Croft Circuit Manager Tracey Morley added, “More than 60
years on the Spitfire, in fact perhaps more than ever, still has the ability to
move so many people – it really is something very special from another era and
it will surely be a big highlight of our Nostalgia festival which continues to
go from strength to strength. The event really seems to have captured the
public’s imagination and already we’ve begun taking orders for tickets from all
over the UK which has to be great news for the region.”
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