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City of Coventry–XL360

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Midland Air Museum

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From the car park.   Also from the car park.
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Peeping.    
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    Inside the museum.
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With a Blue Steel in the background.    
     
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Another Half Hour

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DT: Tuesday Night Updates

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As Brazil Go Crashing Out

Pos Team Manager Points
1 iTeam Gareth Harley-Yeo 355
2 Marching onto Rio Ian page 339
3 maximus rules Carl Price 321
3 Wales would beat these Steve Lane 321
5 Fried Egg Studios Chris Williams 301
6 Team Valleys Jennifer Price 300
7 Evs11 Richard Evans 249
8 Saunders Valve Dale Parker 245
9 The Same As The Beer Roger Nash 239
10 Gabalfa Rangers FC Russell Calderwood 221
11 Sharky’s Mark Jones 205
12 Whitt’s Wanderers Scott Whittingham 202
13 Madchester United Matt Lloyd 184
14 Dunno FC Kiran Cannon 180
15 The Glory Boys 2 Mark Lonney 164
16 The Golden Swan Mark Begley 101
17 Little Troopers Leslie Withers 59

Newark Air Museum–July 2014

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A sunny day in Newark on Trent

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Avro Vulcan B.2 XM594.   Avro Shackleton Mk.3 Phase 3 WR977.
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English Electric Canberra T.19 WH904.   Phantom II Cockpit.
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North American F.100D Super Sabre 54-223.   Dassault Mystere IV.A No. 83.
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Handley Page Hastings T.5 TG517.   English Electric Lightning T.5 XS417.
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    The Anderson Shelter.
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Danger UXB.   Canberra cockpits are very popular.
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Armstrong Whitworth Sea Hawk FB.3 WM913.   SAAB S-35XD Draken AR-107.
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Stentor – Blue Steel engine.   MIG 23 and 27 (rear).
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Gannet and its Radar.   Sea Harrier FRS.1 / FA.2 – ZA176.
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Buccaneer S.1 XN964.    

Newark’s Vulcan B.2 XM594

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Newark on Trent that is – 08 July 2014

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What it is.   What it could have carried.
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Yellow Sun.   Or maybe a Blue Steel.
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XM594.    
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    Blue Steel and bomb bay fuel tank.
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Live Aircraft

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Yorkshire Air Museum–July 2014

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At Elvington 07 July 2014

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IMG_3876   IMG_3884
Chieftain.   Buccaneer, Mirage & Lindy.
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Lindy XL231.   Fairey Gannet AEW 3 XL502.
IMG_3994   IMG_4009
BAe Nimrod MR2 XV250.   Blackburn Buccaneer S2 XN974.
IMG_4041   IMG_4049
Harrier GR3 XV748.   Dassault Mirage III 538.
IMG_4082   IMG_4138
Buccaneer XV168.   Lightning F.6 XS903.
IMG_4141   IMG_4159
Gloster Javelin F(AW).9 XH767.   Handley Page Halifax II(III) LV907.
IMG_4198   IMG_4186
Handley Page Halifax II(III) LV907.   Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B XX901.
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WE 177 Type B H-Bomb & Sea Eagle amongst others.   All three.
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More Lindy.   Final Lindy.

Handley-Page Victor K.2 XL231

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aka Lusty Lindy at The Yorkshire Air Museum – Elvington

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She moves under her own steam.   History, click on picture to enlarge.
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IMG_3948   IMG_3960
     
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IMG_4225   IMG_4055
     

Walk and Forgot

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Aeroventure Doncaster

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Sunday 06 July 2014

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Walking distance.   So I walked.
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Of course.   And there.
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Close up.   Entrance and Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle.
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Harrier GR3 – XV752.   Looking rather sad XL388 – ‘Mayflower III’.
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A triplet of Canberras – WD935, WJ975 & WJ565.   WESTLAND SCOUT AH.1 – XV139.
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Red Top – trainer.   Red Top – warhead.
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Ejection seats.   Rolls Royce Conway.
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Sea King H.A.S. MK 6 XV677.   Nose art.
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It’s OK it’s a cockpit trainer.   Lightning F3 – XP706.