Sebjacques92 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2007, 138 posts, RR: 0 Posted (3 years 11 months 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 21439 times:
Just thought i would give some of the UK guys the heads up, Tonights Top Gear tonight are having Airport Vehicle Racing on BBC 2 at 20:00! (UK time) Should be a good laugh.
Goldenshield From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 5490 posts, RR: 13 Reply 2, posted (3 years 11 months 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 21368 times:
From my experience, the winner will be either 1) a beltloader, or 2) a fast/long-haul tug. However, given the new high-speed aircraft tugs out now, I may be wrong.
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Sebjacques92 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2007, 138 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (3 years 11 months 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 21328 times:
Im going to go with the baggage trolleys although most of them expose the driver completely lol so unless they are planning on killing someone tonight, i doubt it will be included at all...
Catering vans should be a good one, especially if they extend the back to aircraft height!
Luke From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2005, 181 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (3 years 11 months 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 20910 times:
Did this actually happen on tonight's show? I'm kinda worried as I don't remember seeing it after watching the whole show. Either they didn't do it or my memory has stopped working.
FlyKev From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2006, 1350 posts, RR: 6 Reply 5, posted (3 years 11 months 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 20903 times:
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Quoting Luke (Reply 4): Did this actually happen on tonight's show? I'm kinda worried as I don't remember seeing it after watching the whole show. Either they didn't do it or my memory has stopped working.
No I don't remember seeing it either.
I'm glad to see I didn't miss it.
Kev.
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Njxc500 From United States of America, joined Dec 2007, 219 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (3 years 11 months 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 20050 times:
Strange, all their info says it's there. Season 13 Episode 5 is on Youtube, and I breezed through it, with no mention of the hilarity that would come from this new racing event....
AirFrnt From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 2779 posts, RR: 42 Reply 9, posted (3 years 11 months 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 19086 times:
They cut it last minute. It probably will be on next week, as well as the Jay Leno in a reasonably priced car segment.
Lufthansa411 From Germany, joined Jan 2008, 692 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (3 years 11 months 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 18972 times:
Now I am jealous. It probably won't arrive in the US for a while. It sounds like a darn good show. Especially if in the same episode Jay Leno is in the reasonably priced car.
Quoting Sebjacques92 (Reply 3): Catering vans should be a good one, especially if they extend the back to aircraft height!
I hope they do. You can only imagine what will happen then!
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Contrails15 From United States of America, joined Oct 2008, 1181 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (3 years 11 months 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 18944 times:
our MX guys have the govenors off the there tugs so if they got one of them going my bet is with a baggage tug
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26961 posts, RR: 83 Reply 12, posted (3 years 11 months 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 18794 times:
They cut the airport segment to use the Range Rover Greenhouse and the Jaguar XFR review.
The airport segment will air later in the Series.
On an aside, finally a solid episode this Series. I was getting worried for awhile.
ScrubbsYWG From Canada, joined Mar 2007, 1488 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (3 years 11 months 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 18732 times:
Quoting Lufthansa411 (Reply 10): Now I am jealous. It probably won't arrive in the US for a while. It sounds like a darn good show. Especially if in the same episode Jay Leno is in the reasonably priced car.
just do like every north american fan of the show and download it. There is usually a torrent up within an hour of it airing, and it only takes a couple hours max.
SNAFlyboy From United States of America, joined Oct 2007, 86 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (3 years 11 months 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 18433 times:
Danfearn77 From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2008, 1782 posts, RR: 9 Reply 19, posted (3 years 11 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 15300 times:
I remember hearing the segments they film over a few months leading up to the series chop and change regularly, which is why they never tell you whats on next weeks show. The filming takes place on a Wednesday and air's on the Sunday so i presume it depends on how long they talk for etc when its being filmed. Because some of it is too funny to cut!
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Av8rDAL From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 456 posts, RR: 2 Reply 20, posted (3 years 11 months 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 15025 times:
Back to the original question: what vehicles would be used and who is driving them?
Here's my guess:
Jeremy: Supertug
Richard: A baggage cart
James: Stairs (although a Jetway would be more fitting for careful Capt. Slow)
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Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26961 posts, RR: 83 Reply 22, posted (3 years 11 months 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 14691 times:
Quoting Gkirk (Reply 15): Hope you and the other people from outside the UK paid a licence fee to watch it...
I've bought the BBC UK DVD and Blu-Ray releases, also bought the crippled US Series 10 DVD set, am subscribed to Top Gear Magazine and I have the three series released so far on the US iTunes store.
I think I'm doing my part to support The Beeb and Top Gear.
AirFrnt From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 2779 posts, RR: 42 Reply 24, posted (3 years 11 months 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 13660 times:
Quoting Bottie (Reply 16): A few weeks ago, there also was an episode on an airfield:
Never mind that the test track is also on a airfield in the first place.
Quoting Gkirk (Reply 15): Hope you and the other people from outside the UK paid a licence fee to watch it...
I do have to say, the BBC license fee is one of the most strangest and creepiest systems I have ever come across. A friend in Scotland had his house raided by the license police who slapped him on the wrist for being on the Beeb's website without a license.
That topped with the fact that they rip all of the music out of Top Gear when they broadcast it here, shred the program to bits so it doesn't flow as well, and truncate it makes it significantly less watchable on BBC America. Of course, given Jeremy's general American attitudes, I am a bit surprised they air it at all. (Jeremy owns part of the Top Gear rights, and is one of the producers).
25 Stitch: Well I suppose they could just call it a tax, since the BBC is government-funded. The BBC have a blanket music right (similar to a radio station here
26 RobK: You can watch the current series of Top Gear on the BBC website. Link to all progs in this series so far - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search/?q=top%
27 RobK: Can't edit my post above, but sadly it is the case that only those with UK ISPs can watch and download the stuff from iplayer. However, all is not los
28 Railker: Well, that's listed on the page for Season 13 Episode 5 ... I'll start watching now, but the video description says nothing about airport vehicle raci
29 Fanofjets: " target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYvmC...OrOGE I tried to check it out but, according to YouTube, the BBC requested it be pulled. Makes
30 Atomsareenough: No, that episode is pretty old. I think the one he was referring to was from a week or two ago when Ken Block drove James May around in his modified
31 Railker: Aha! I found a lead, Watson! Watching Season 13 Episode 1, they showed a preview of the things coming in this season. Go to the link below, you see a
32 Wolflair: If your cable or satellite has BBC News International you may be lucky. A few years back (2003 to 2006), they used to air the show on saturday mornin
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