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Army Aviation Museum
16/08/2014
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A great day out
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| It had to start with this. | And they do a great Full English too! | |
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| As usual I arrived before it opened. | If you are in Army Aviation, this is your nemesis. | |
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| DHC2 – Beaver AL1 | ||
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| Westland Scout AH MK1. | Many rotor blades. | |
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| 25 Pounder, it’s a long story. | Horsa, after a hard landing. | |
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| Lynx with TOW. | Huey Cobra and Lynx tail rotor. | |
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| Westland Scout with SS11s. |
In Middle Wallop, Hampshire.
Categories: Aerospace, Military, Travel
#mb05, Army Aviation, August 2014, Helicopters, Huey Cobra, Lynx, Middle Wallop, Military, TOW, ZSU 23-4
Ten Minutes This Time
10/07/2014
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Slightly later
As the toilets were being refurbished
Categories: Aerospace, History, Military, Travel
#jm14, Ale, Beefeater, Beer, Bier, Blue Steel, Brewdog, Canberra, Coventry, Gannet, July, Midlands Air Museum, Phantom, Premier Inn, Ross on Wye, Sea Harrier, Voodoo, Vulcan, XL360
Midlands Air Museum–July 2014
09/07/2014
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In the sun and ten minutes early.
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| Thunderbird and Vulcan. | Shackleton radar at entrance. | |
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| Appropriate. | Everybody needs an ice cream. | |
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| Canberra T-17 WH646. | Vulcan B.2 XL360 and Blue Steel. | |
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| Javelin F.A.W.5 XA699. | Sea Hawk WV797. | |
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| Gannet T-2 XA508. | MIG-21 SPS 959 (6503) East German. | |
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| Sea Harrier FA2 ZE694. | Lightning F-6 XR771. | |
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| F100D Super Sabre 54-2174. | F-101B Voodoo 56-0312. | |
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| F-4c Phantom II 63-7699. | Vickers Viscount F-BGNR. | |
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| East German MIG’s fin. | Sea Vixen F.A.W.2 XN685. | |
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| Saudi Lightning T-55 55-713. | Canberra P.R.3 WF992. |
City of Coventry–XL360
09/07/2014
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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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Categories: Aerospace, Military, Travel
#jm14, Blue Steel, Coventry, July 2014, Midland Air Museum, Vulcan, XL360
Another Half Hour
09/07/2014
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Resplendent in the Sun
XM594
Categories: Aerospace, Military, Travel
#jm14, Anderson Shelter, Blue Steel, July 2014, Lightning, Migs, Newark Air Museum, Sea Harrier, Super Sabre, Vulcan, XM594
Newark Air Museum–July 2014
08/07/2014
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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
08/07/2014
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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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Categories: Aerospace, Military, Travel
#jm14, Blue Steel, July 2014, Newark, Newark Air Museum, Vulcan, XM594, Yellow Sun
Yorkshire Air Museum–July 2014
07/07/2014
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At Elvington 07 July 2014
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| Chieftain. | Buccaneer, Mirage & Lindy. | |
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| Lindy XL231. | Fairey Gannet AEW 3 XL502. | |
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| BAe Nimrod MR2 XV250. | Blackburn Buccaneer S2 XN974. | |
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| Harrier GR3 XV748. | Dassault Mirage III 538. | |
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| Buccaneer XV168. | Lightning F.6 XS903. | |
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| Gloster Javelin F(AW).9 XH767. | Handley Page Halifax II(III) LV907. | |
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| 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
07/07/2014
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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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