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Tanks and Rain

13/09/2015 Leave a comment

The Vulcan and The Queen’s Head

09/08/2015 Leave a comment

Sunny Jet Age Museum

08/08/2015 Leave a comment

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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Map picture

The Museum and the Bar

12/07/2015 Leave a comment

The Helicopter Museum 2015

14/06/2015 Leave a comment

Helicopter Museum Weston Super Mare June 2015

13/06/2015 Leave a comment

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.

The Tank Museum Video – May 2015

10/05/2015 Leave a comment

Tank Museum Bovington – May 2015

09/05/2015 Leave a comment

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 – Reflections

03/05/2015 Leave a comment

Jet Age Museum – May 2015

02/05/2015 Leave a comment

To see Vulcan B.2 XM569, all painted and looking resplendent.

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Waze and the drizzle.   Checking my mirror before pulling away.
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Tesco Full English for energy.   And Costa for coffee.
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Excellent paint job.   The reflection isn’t bad either.
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Firestreak.    
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Gloster Javelin FAW9 XH903    
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