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Re: Wings & Wheels, August 2015
[Re: Begbie]
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20/07/2015 18:28
20/07/2015 18:28
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nismo
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nismo
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i'm successful on the entry , so did anyone else get in ? Dear fellow motoring enthusiast.
Many thanks for your application to run your vehicle on the Wings & Wheels Motoring Demonstration at Dunsfold Aerodrome this year. The response from people this year has been enormous, with over 420 applications received for both days.
These applications have now been reviewed, and in line with the Dunsfold Wings & Wheels team’s wish to provide a “crowd pleasing spectacle” we have made our selection from the line-up of vehicles offered to us. Due to the limited number of places on offer, we have been unable to accept everyone, and have tried to put together a good cross-section of vehicles of different makes and ages.
I am pleased to let you know that your application has been one of those that has been accepted for the weekend.
Your tickets and passes will be sent out from week commencing Monday 27th July by the team at Dunsfold, so you should have them in good time for the weekend. If your passes do not arrive by the 15th August, please let us know so we can deal with the problem. If you find that you are unable to attend, please let me know. If you have received your tickets, would you also please send those back to me.
We all look forward to seeing you at Dunsfold, for another exciting 2 days of motoring and air displays.
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Re: Wings & Wheels, August 2015
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#1545048
20/07/2015 18:42
20/07/2015 18:42
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Pondman
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Pondman
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Hmmm, it will be interesting to see who has and has not been accepted. Please amend the listing if you have been accepted.
Motoring Demonstration: 1) PeteP - both days - Coupe + Fiat X1/9 - email received - NOT ACCEPTED 2) Sharman - Sunday 3) Pondman - both days - email received - NOT ACCEPTED 4) Nismo - both days - email received - ACCEPTED 5) Thunderbox - Sunday - email received 6) Cooperman - Sunday - email received 7) Begbie - Sunday - Applied - NOT ACCEPTED 8) Hovedan - Sunday - Applied
Wheels Zone & Parade: 1) Mark3009 - Sunday- Email received 2) 3)
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Re: Wings & Wheels, August 2015
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#1545050
20/07/2015 18:50
20/07/2015 18:50
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Pondman
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Pondman
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Thanks Alexis
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Re: Wings & Wheels, August 2015
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#1545068
20/07/2015 21:02
20/07/2015 21:02
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nismo
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nismo
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only one car accepted so far Cooperman .
Motoring Demonstration:
1) PeteP - both days - Coupe + Fiat X1/9 - email received - NOT ACCEPTED 2) Sharman - Sunday - NOT ACCEPTED 3) Pondman - both days - email received - NOT ACCEPTED 4) Nismo - both days - email received - ACCEPTED 5) Thunderbox - Sunday - email received 6) Cooperman - Sunday - email received - NOT ACCEPTED 7) Begbie - Sunday - Applied - NOT ACCEPTED 8) Hovedan - Sunday - Applied
Wheels Zone & Parade: 1) Mark3009 - Sunday- Email received
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Re: Wings & Wheels, August 2015
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#1545088
21/07/2015 00:37
21/07/2015 00:37
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I will speak to Emily Hooton, as I did last year, to see what can be salvaged from the wreckage for those who would still like to attend.
16VT and X1/9 1500
We must all do our part for the planet. I unplugged a row of electric cars that nobody was using.
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Re: Wings & Wheels, August 2015
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21/07/2015 10:24
21/07/2015 10:24
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Update:
After my last post I thought I would email them as I hadn't heard ( I also didn't hear when I originally sent off the application- and emailed for conformation.)
This is my reply:-
"Chris, good morning.
All the e-mails were sent out yesterday afternoon to the e-mail addresses we had on the original electronic applications. I can see now from checking yours that we did not have the 2 in the address, so I have amended it now. Your application was one of those that was accepted. The body of the message was as follows;
Dear fellow motoring enthusiast. Many thanks for your application to run your vehicle on the Wings & Wheels Motoring Demonstration at Dunsfold Aerodrome this year. The response from people this year has been enormous, with over 420 applications received for both days. These applications have now been reviewed, and in line with the Dunsfold Wings & Wheels team’s wish to provide a “crowd pleasing spectacle” we have made our selection from the line-up of vehicles offered to us. Due to the limited number of places on offer, we have been unable to accept everyone, and have tried to put together a good cross-section of vehicles of different makes and ages. I am pleased to let you know that your application has been one of those that has been accepted for the weekend. Your tickets and passes will be sent out from week commencing Monday 27th July by the team at Dunsfold, so you should have them in good time for the weekend. If your passes do not arrive by the 15th August, please let us know so we can deal with the problem. If you find that you are unable to attend, please let me know. If you have received your tickets, would you also please send those back to me. We all look forward to seeing you at Dunsfold, for another exciting days motoring and air displays. Regards, Steve Castle."
So I have been accepted. If I find I can't or don't want to go, and despite the advice in his email, I would happyily give the opportunity to one of the others. Nearer the time I will know and post accordingly.
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Re: Wings & Wheels, August 2015
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#1545153
21/07/2015 18:05
21/07/2015 18:05
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PeteP
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I have spoken to Emily Hooton about a Wheels zone space for the club. There are none left for Sunday and only 3 left for Saturday. I have asked her to keep one of those for us. Among other things I have mentioned the following in my email: There is a fundamental flaw in the way you and Brooklands Museum work together allocating spaces.
You ask participants to choose whether they would like to take part in the static or moving parts of the motoring show 5 whole months before the participants for the Motoring demonstration have been chosen by some secret formula by a group whose primary interest seems to be looking after, let us say, the”more traditional “ old car owners and their vehicles.
By delaying letting people know what the chosen few are this close to the event means that the two options effectively become mutually exclusive.
I would hope that you collectively can learn some lessons from this and perhaps make changes which will leave clubs able to put on a proper show irrespective of the runway run status
16VT and X1/9 1500
We must all do our part for the planet. I unplugged a row of electric cars that nobody was using.
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Re: Wings & Wheels, August 2015
[Re: Cooperman]
#1545162
21/07/2015 19:23
21/07/2015 19:23
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Good try Pete, you have the patience of a saint as my dear old Mum would say Far from it Ashley, I'm inwardly seething.
16VT and X1/9 1500
We must all do our part for the planet. I unplugged a row of electric cars that nobody was using.
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Re: Wings & Wheels, August 2015
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#1545180
21/07/2015 22:06
21/07/2015 22:06
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Pondman
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Pondman
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So do we boycott the event? I feel very let down too Having organised/suggested inclusion to this event for many years now, I am upset by the way it has been run, but it has always been this way, so you just accept its short comings and move on. It has only really been a headache since we started to do the runway run via Brooklands Museum which seem to have piss poor organisational skills that it has become a major problem One of the reasons for starting the RR's was FREE inclusion to the event. I take umbrage being a static display for their event and having to pay nearly full price for the privilege! Let the discussion continue.............
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Re: Wings & Wheels, August 2015
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#1545189
21/07/2015 22:44
21/07/2015 22:44
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Posts: 1,306 Kent, South East
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Maybe we should put a bid in for Manston airport and set up our own track day company but seriously I think this company are just taking the money and giving not a lot in return. Club events should be inclusive and not exclusively for those with a certain badge on the grille which is likely what we all are thinking. Should we boycott it? Depends on your strength of feeling and whether you were able to make the Saturday which Pete says is the only day free for a club wheels zone pitch. I can't make the Saturday anyway so it's a yes for me:)
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Re: Wings & Wheels, August 2015
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#1545193
21/07/2015 23:01
21/07/2015 23:01
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PeteP
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My take on this is not so much that the runway run meant getting in free but that it provided a focus for us all to meet.
Without that, the possibility of having a central parking and meeting point is the difference between Wings and Wheels and any other combined air and car show.
The shame is that with their crappy system, by the time the chosen few are known, it is too late to do much about an alternative focal point.
With today's inflated cost to do anything, £15 a person for a day out among your mates is better than a £28 bought at the gate price, when it is completely a matter of chance whether you can find anyone even by pre-arrangement.
Bear in mind that, if you are into aircraft, this is about the last chance to see a Vulcan display here in the south.
16VT and X1/9 1500
We must all do our part for the planet. I unplugged a row of electric cars that nobody was using.
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Re: Wings & Wheels, August 2015
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22/07/2015 08:52
22/07/2015 08:52
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Pondman
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Pondman
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So, the 3 spaces available for Saturday they are Club spaces I presume? I am possibly swayed to go, just for the last chance to see the Vulcan one more time. And the fact that I'm only 20 minutes away. I don't want to cut my nose off to spite my face! But I doubt I will bother putting my name down again for the runway run until they have a transparent and organised and system for application.
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Re: Wings & Wheels, August 2015
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22/07/2015 10:07
22/07/2015 10:07
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PeteP
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Yes they are club spaces Ross, I have told them there could be up to 10 of us.
As you say, there is no point in cutting your nose off to spite your face. The Vulcan swings it for me.
16VT and X1/9 1500
We must all do our part for the planet. I unplugged a row of electric cars that nobody was using.
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Re: Wings & Wheels, August 2015
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#1545227
22/07/2015 11:50
22/07/2015 11:50
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Pondman
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Pondman
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Motoring Demonstration:
1) Nismo - Saturday/Sunday 2) Thunderbox - Sunday
Wheels Zone & Parade: SATURDAY ONLY
1) Mark3009 - Sunday - Email received - Saturday? 2) Pondman - will attend, yet to apply
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Re: Wings & Wheels, August 2015
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#1545288
23/07/2015 13:21
23/07/2015 13:21
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PeteP
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I now have confirmation that we have a club stand on the SATURDAY, we have asked for 8 places. I'm told that we have a good spot too. Tickets are £15 adult or £5 for Children aged 5 to 15 and under 5s are free. Order your tickets here: https://www.wingsandwheels.net/shop/tickets/wheels-zoneWhere it asks for the club name enter Fiat Coupe Club UK. To save last minute panics whether tickets have been sent, it will help Emily, who is doing her best to make up for our disappointment, if you can place your orders by 31st July. Wheels Zone & Parade: SATURDAY ONLY 1) Mark3009 - Sunday - Email received - Saturday? 2) Pondman - will attend, yet to apply 3) PeteP - Stand booked and tickets ordered. 1 + Mrs P & James.
Last edited by PeteP; 23/07/2015 13:34.
16VT and X1/9 1500
We must all do our part for the planet. I unplugged a row of electric cars that nobody was using.
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Re: Wings & Wheels, August 2015
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#1545302
23/07/2015 15:14
23/07/2015 15:14
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Begbie
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Good work Pete, but I think it will be a no from me as I'll be at Becky's niece's birthday during the day.
Your car is Usain Bolt with wellies
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Re: Wings & Wheels, August 2015
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24/07/2015 19:11
24/07/2015 19:11
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Mark3009
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Mark3009
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Can't make Saturday. Awaiting clarification about Sunday.
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Re: Wings & Wheels, August 2015
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#1545855
31/07/2015 00:49
31/07/2015 00:49
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Pondman
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Pondman
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Motoring Demonstration:
1) Nismo - Saturday/Sunday 2) Thunderbox - Sunday
Wheels Zone & Parade: SATURDAY ONLY
1) PeteP - Stand booked and tickets ordered. 1 + Mrs P & James. 2) Pondman - tickets ordered
Mark3009 - Sunday?
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