Dan, I flew out to Orange on Sunday morning and on the way back into Bankstown I heard an aircraft talking to the tower about airwork overhead Bankstown at 6000ft. When they finished the Bankstown work they were moving further north, Homebush from memory, again at 6000ft. I assumed it was Google however Nearmap sounds like the answer.
As I taxied back in along Alpha 3 past the Model Show, I saw the small jet powered car parked alongside the taxiway. I parked on the grass directly opposite, shutdown and completed the paperwork, then heard this enormous roar. As I stepped out of the aircraft the car had a 5 metre plus flame out the back, which then turned into an even larger plume of white smoke as they throttled it up and down (as in your photograph above). I saw the same car last year but did not see it running, this was an amazing sight, and I was a little surprised that there was no safety car around to stop aircraft taxiing past.
I had a quick walk around the show, checked out the models, the aircraft and some very nice cars in the hanger.
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