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Tanks and Rain–Bovington September 2015
13/09/2015
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And the odd fine ale. Saturday 12 September 2015.
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| Premier Inn Full English Part 01. | Premier Inn Full English Part 02. | |
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| Iraqi T62. | Chieftain MK 5. | |
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| The Museum Observation Tower. | Ferret with Swingfire ATGW. | |
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| Churchill Mark I. | Challenger I, not part of the Museum. | |
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| FV4030/4 Challenger 1 Tank. | The reason The Tank was invented. | |
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| Tiger II. | King Tiger. | |
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| Jagdpanther. | A DUKW for Mr Manning. | |
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| Comet 1. | M26 General Patton. | |
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| Finish Sturmgeschutz III. | Centurion Mark 3. | |
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| Leopard 1. | East German T-72M1. |
Categories: Food and drink, History, Military, Travel
#AFV2, Ale, Beer, Bier, Bovington, Challenger, Chieftain, Dorchester, Real Ale, Royal Oak, September 2015, T55, Tank Museum, Wetherspoons
Tanks and Rain
13/09/2015
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The rain later stopped
And some excellent photos were had
Categories: Food and drink, History, Military, Spoons Tour, Travel
#AFV2, Ale, Beer, Bier, Challenger, Chieftain, Churchill, Dorchester, Real Ale, Royal Oak, September 2015, T55, Tanks, Wetherspoons
The Vulcan and The Queen’s Head
09/08/2015
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The Jet Age Museum
And a classic English Country Pub
Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, History, Military, Travel
#mb06, Ale, August 2015, Beefeater, Beer, Bier, Brockworth, Cold War, Costa Coffe, Gloucester, Javelin, Jet Age Museum, Jets, Longford, Meteor, Premier Inn, Queen's Head, Tesco, Vulcan
Sunny Jet Age Museum
08/08/2015
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Saturday 08 August
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| Bedwas was Summery. | Tesco Extra Brockworth – Breakfastville. | |
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| And the till was down, no clubcard points. | Doing a @trafficsham | |
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| The sunny and reflective museum. | Gloster Meteor T7 WF784. | |
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| And tail first. | Gloster Meteor NF(T) WS | |
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| XM569 | ||
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| Gloster Javelin FAW9 – XH903 and Firestreak | ||
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Categories: Aerospace, History, Military, Travel
August 2015, Cold War, Cold War Jets, Gloucester, Javelin, Jet Age Museum, Meteor, Vulcan
All Three V Bombers
26/07/2015
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Cold War Museum – RAF Cosford
Vulcan, Victor and Valiant
Helicopter Museum Weston Super Mare June 2015
13/06/2015
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On a rather soggy Saturday morning in June 2015. I crossed the bridge, breakfasted in Asda and visited the Weston Super Mare Helicopter Museum.
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| The start was wet. | Weston was wet too. | |
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| Cashback yes, fried eggs no. | 4G outside, 3G inside. 800MHz needed. | |
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| It’s a frog. Tasted of chocolate. | Helicopter Museum. Sky edited for extra blueness. | |
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| Looking in from outside. | Bristol Belvedere HC Mk.1, XG452. | |
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| Westland WG-13. | Lync-3 and TOW launchers. | |
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| Mil Mi-8PS,10618. | Mil Mi-4 "Hound", 9147, C/N. 09147. | |
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| Mil Mi-24D "Hind", 96+26/421, C/N. 230270110073. | ||
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| Westland Wasp HAS Mk.1, XT443, C/n. F.9613. | If you find this torpedo? | |
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| Westland Wessex 60, G-AVNE, C/n. WA561. | Close up of nose art. | |
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| Bell UH-1H Iroquois, 66-16579, C/N. 8771. and Hughes OH-6A Cayuse, 67-16506. | MBB Bo105M, 81+00. |
Categories: Aerospace, History, Military
#mb04, Helicopter Museum, Hind, Huey, June 2015, Lynx, Weston Super Mare
The Tank Museum Video – May 2015
10/05/2015
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It’s just as well I had a backup plan
Because I needed one
Tank Museum Bovington – May 2015
09/05/2015
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And guess who left his SLR in the Premier Inn.
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| View from the car park. | And they expect children. | |
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| Target practice. | Chieftain, sort of gate guardian. | |
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| T-62. | A22 Churchill Mark II. | |
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| Centurion in cover. | And from the front. | |
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| Turrets. | Challenger Prototype. | |
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SD KFZ 182 PANZERKAMPFWAGEN VI AUSF B – King Tiger |
Tiger II | |
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| Challenger 2 V5 Prototype. | T-62 | |
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| T-72 | Chieftain | |
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| Leopard I | Centurion | |
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| Challenger 1 MBT Mark 3 | Swedish Centurion |
Jet Age Museum April 2015 – The Video
12/04/2015
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The Rain
Into the Spring Sun
Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, History, Military, Travel
#mb02, Ale, April 2015, Beer, Bier, Brewdog, Cold War Jets, Costa Coffee, Full English, Gloucester, Javelin, Jet Age Museum, Premier Inn, Tesco, Vulcan
Jet Age Museum – April 11 2015
11/04/2015
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Always worth a visit to this friendly and informative museum. The Vulcan is still being painted (should be ready by April 25 2015) and the second Javelin, well, that’s a lot of work.
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| As usual, guided by Waze. And Bagpuss. | Soggy to start. | |
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| Meteors in the Spring Sun. | Under the plastic is the cockpit of Vulcan B.2 XM569. | |
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| Gloster Javelin FAW9 Serial XH903. | ||
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| Gloster Meteor F8 – WH364. | ||
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| More Javelin. | ||
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| And outside. |
Categories: Aerospace, History, Military, Travel
#mb02, April 2015, Cold War Jets, Gloucester, Javelin, Jet Age Museum, vforce, Vulcan
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