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Jet Age Museum – Video April 2016
16/04/2016
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Lots of weather
But always a warm welcome in the Jet Age Museum
Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, History, Military, Travel
#mb05, Ale, April 2016, Beer, Bier, Brockworth, Cold War Jets, Costa Coffee, Full English, Javelin, Jet Age Museum, Meteor, Queen's Head, Tesco, vforce, Vulcan
It Could Be A VForce Spring
03/04/2016
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The rain cleared
And the sun came out at Midland Air Museum
Categories: Aerospace, History, Military, Travel
#mb04, April 2016, Brewers Fayre, Cold War Jets, Costa Coffee, Coventry, Javelin, Lightning, Midland Air Museum, Sea Harrier, Starfighter, Tesco, vforce, Victor, Vulcan
Midland Air Museum – April 2016
02/04/2016
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Saturday 02 April 2016
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| Strensham North Pitstop. | Tesco Full English – South Coventry. | |
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| Raining at the time. | Canberra T-17 WH646. Electronic Warfare Variant. | |
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| Gloster Meteor F-4 EE531. | Avro Vulcan B.2 XL360 | |
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| Victor K1A XH582. | Blue Steel. | |
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| Gloster Javelin FAW5 XA669. | Hawker Hunter F-6A XF382 | |
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| Sea Harrier FA2 ZE694 | Sea Vixen FAW2 XN685. | |
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| Tornado GR4 and WE177 Nuclear Drill Round. | Fairey Gannet T-2 XA508. | |
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| F100D Super Sabre 54-2174. | F-101B Voodoo 56-0312. | |
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| Lightning F6 XR771 and Firestreak Missiles. | KSA Lightning T-55 55-713. | |
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| F-4c Phantom II 63-7699. | East German MiG-21 SPS 959. |
Midland Air Museum
Categories: Aerospace, History, Military, Travel
#mb04, April 2016, Cold War Jets, Coventry, Midland Air Museum, Sea Harrier, vforce, Victor, Vulcan
Rainy Helicopter Day Video
07/02/2016
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Even with all the weather
It was a great day out
Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, History, Military
Ale, asda, Beer, Bier, Brewers Fayre, Costa Coffee, February 2016, Full English, Helicopter Museum, Hind, Huey, Lynx, Portishead, Weesex, Weston Super Mare
Rainy Helicopter Day
06/02/2016
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The February 2016 mini beano. A yellow Met Office warning for wind and rain. Asda Full English where it’s scrambled egg. Costa Coffee to watch the rain and a very friendly welcome from the International Helicopter Museum.
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| Looking down the main hall from the entrance. | Mostly Lynxes. | |
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| TOW launch tubes on a Lynx 3. | Westland WS-51 Dragonfly HR.Mk.5 | |
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| Westland Wasp HAS.Mk.1 | Mil Mi-8PS. | |
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| East German NVA Mil Mi-24D "Hind" | With a Mil Mi-4 "Hound" in the background. | |
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| Westland Wessex HAS Mk.3 XM328. | And its’ Dunking Sonar. | |
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| Bell UH-1H Iroquois |
Link to their site – http://www.helicoptermuseum.co.uk
The World’s Largest Helicopter Museum
Categories: History, Military, Travel
February 2016, Helicopter, Helicopter Museum, Huey, Lynx, Wessex, Weston Super Mare
Two Javelins and Ice
16/01/2016
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One in a field
The other being rubbed down
Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, History, Military, Travel
#mb02, Ale, Beef Eater, Beer, Bier, Costa Coffee, Full English, Gloucester, January 2016, Javelin, Jet Age Museum, Meteor, Museum, Premier Inn, Tesco, vforce, Vulcan
Tanks in the Rain
04/01/2016
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Rather wet
And nearly needed a tank to get out
Categories: History, Military, Travel
#mb01, Bovington, Challenger, Chieftain, Conquerer, January 2016, Panther, T72, Tank Museum, Tiger
Tanks in the Rain
03/01/2016
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Tank Museum Bovington – Sunday 03 January 2016
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| Why there were tanks. | And tanks was a code name. | |
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| Conqueror Mark I. | Chieftain Mark 12 with Stillbrew. | |
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| Challenger I. | Swedish Centurion. Strv 81 Medium Tank. | |
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| Ferret Mark 2/6 FV703 with Valiant Missiles. | A13 Mark III Covenanter. The worst tank ever? | |
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| Soviet KV-1B. | M46 General Patton. | |
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| Centurion. | Sherman Firefly. | |
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| Panther built under British control. | Tiger 131. | |
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| T72. | Leopard I and Chieftain. | |
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| T62. | Challenger II. | |
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| T72 and Chieftain. | Leopard I. |
Tank Museum Bovington
Categories: History, Military
#mb01, Bovington, Centurion, Challenger, Chieftain, January 2016, T72, Tank Museum
Boscombe Down Aviation Collection – January 2016
02/01/2016
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On a rather soggy Saturday 02 January 2015. A really friendly welcome.
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| Pit stop for a touch of breakfast. | When in England, Full English. | |
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| It was raining. | Nice and dry and warm inside. | |
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| Sea Harrier FA2 XZ457. | 4 Falkland Kills. Active Service History | |
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| Sidewinder on XZ457. | XZ457, view from the rear. | |
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| WE177 and Cluster Bomb. | Scale model of JP233 and a Sparrow training round. | |
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| Jaguar GR1 XX734. | XX734. | |
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| Lightning F2A XN726. | XN726’s Firestreak. | |
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| Army and Navy, Scout and Wasp. | Rolls Royce Avon as fitted to the Comet. | |
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| Half scale retard bomb. | Aden gun pack. | |
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| Meteor MK D16/U16 WK800. | Noses. |
Boscombe Down Aviation Collection
Categories: History, Military, Travel
#mb01, Aviation Museum, Boscombe Down, Cold War Jets, Cold War Museum, Jaguar, January 2015, Lightning, Sea Harrier
HMS Belfast
06/11/2015
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Grey day
Great Ship
Categories: Food and drink, History, Military
#LDN15, Ale, Beer, Bier, HMS Belfast, London, November 2015, Thames
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