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The Third Team Inspiration Club Day was held on Sunday, 17
July 2005, when over 60 Club Members and Sponsors attended. |
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Once again the Team Inspiration Club Day
was blessed with brilliant sunshine. |
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Bill Rich,
Chairman of Team Inspiration, opened the day's proceedings
before Glynne
Bowsher, the Chief Designer of Inspiration gave a presentation.
Glynne was able to show images of the newly constructed
boilers, as well as other detail of the design.
Because of the
number of attendees, it had been decided to split the
presentations into two sessions. This gave Club
Members and opportunity to wander around the grounds and
have photographs taken with two contemporary steam cars.
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As usual, a
splendid buffet lunch was laid on in the dining room,
allowing team members to answer the many questions posed by
Sponsors, Team Inspiration members and their guests. |
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The customary raffle was held after lunch and one happy Team
Inspiration Club Member won first prize, a chance to DRIVE a
Chieftain tank, and crush a BMW in the process! As
well as the tank rides, people were able to go on a tour of
the farm on a tractor, try out the off road buggies on the
demanding course, as well as rides in the two steam cars. |
| After the lunch break, Club members,
sponsors and guests walked down to the workshops to see the
recent developments in build. |
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| However, the highlight of the day was the
opportunity to watch the test rig boiler produce steam.
At this point, members and guests were divided into four
groups to ensure that everyone had an opportunity to see the
steam in a safe environment. Ear Defenders were needed
by all, as this is a very noisy process. The production of
steam is one of the milestones for the project and all the
visitors were thrilled to see such excellent progress. |
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| However, the day wouldn't have been complete
without the Tank Drive and Car Crush. Steve Prentice
was the lucky Club Member and he set off with Richard to
learn how to drive the tank, before positioning it to drive
over the BMW. |
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| Yet another excellent day for the Club.
Postscript
Also, a big thank
you to everyone who has asked about the health of Tom Hassan,
the club member who had an accident in the Off Road Buggy.
Tom is fine, although his upper arm is broken; he is
now recovering at home. |
