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18/03/2014 Leave a comment

Sunny Spoons – Portsmouth and Southsea

16/03/2014 Leave a comment

Tangmere Aviation Museum The Return

16/03/2014 Leave a comment

Royal Navy Submarine Museum

12/03/2014 Leave a comment

A sunny March

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The outer entrance.   And the other side of the road.
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Not sure who it belongs to but it’s quite modern.   HMS Resolution mast radar.
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Inert Polaris, business end.   Inert Polaris, propulsion end.
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German Biber mini submarine.   Tigerfish and Spearfish.
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Inner entrance.   And the other side of the road.
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LR3 recovery vehicle.   HMS E17.
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HMS Repulse’s propeller.   HMS Alliance – looking forward.
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HMS X24    

Tangmere Aviation Museum–The Return

10/03/2014 Leave a comment

Excellent Museum & very friendly staff

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The Gate and a Meteor F.8.   Meteor F.8 and Vampire T11.
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Sea Harrier FRS.2.   And from the sunny side.
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Harrier GR.3.   Both Harriers together.
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Sea Vixen FAW.2.   Phantom FGR.2.
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And it’s Sidewinders.   Tail on.
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Westland Wessex HU.5.   Pillbox.
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Airfield bomb shelter.   Memorial.
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Hunter Mk.3.   Supermarine Swift FR.5.
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Lightning F.53.   Hunter F.5.
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Canberra B.2 Cockpit.   And yet more Harriers.

Bournemouth Aviation Museum

09/03/2014 Leave a comment

Bournemouth Aviation Museum

09/03/2014 Leave a comment

A little gem just by the airport.

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Avro Vulcan B.2MRR – XH537.

   
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    Unfortunately only the nose and cockpit.
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Handley Page Victor K.2 XL164 – Saucy Sal.

   
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Westland Wessex – XT257

 

North American Texan / Harvard –

KF488

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SEPECAT Jaguar GR1 –

XX763

   
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Hawker Hunter – XG160

 

Westland Wasp HAS.1 XT431

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English Electric Lightning F.53 –

ZF582

 

Boeing 737-200 Adv G-CEAH

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Meteor NF14 WS776

   

Foggy and Sunny

08/03/2014 Leave a comment

Royal Tank Museum Part Two

08/03/2014 Leave a comment

Really good place to go

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JagdTiger.   Churchill III AVRE.
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Panzer IV.   Centurion Mark 3.
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Leopard 1.

 

T-72M1.

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Chieftain Mark 11C.   Panther Aus G, operated by the British, yes really.
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And the entrance.    

Three you could do with a cell tower there

Royal Tank Museum Part One

08/03/2014 Leave a comment

Gift Aid

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Gate Guardian – A Centurion.   T62, an inner Gate Guardian.
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FV432.   Target practise.
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Churchill II.   Sherman, exit Guardian.
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Not sure but looks a bit top heavy.   Royal Tank Regiment Memorial Statue.
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Not a tank.   Challenger I – entrance Guardian.
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Khalid.   Warrior.
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M60A1 (RISE).   Chieftain and friends.
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SU-100.   BMP 1.
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Another Challenger I.   Leopard I.
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King Tiger.   SU-76M & KV1B.

So I may well go back