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Sunny Saturday Helicopters
31/07/2016
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A fine day out
And no rain
Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, History, Military, Travel
#mb09, Ale, Beer, Bier, Costa Coffee, Full English, Helicopter Museum, Hind, July 2016, Lynx, Starbucks, Tesco, The Landing Light, Travelodge, Wasp, Whirlwind
Dry Helicopters
15/05/2016
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The first visit
When it didn’t rain
Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, History, Military, Travel
#mb06, Ale, Beer, Bier, Costa Coffee, Full English, Helicopter Museum, Hind, Huey, Lynx, May 2016, Tesco, The Landing Light, Travelodge, Wasp, Wessex, Weston Super Mare
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
The Helicopter Museum 2015
14/06/2015
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It rained
But it was June
Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, Military
#mb04, asda, Costa Coffee, Helicopter, Helicopter Museum, Huey, June 2014, Lynx, Wessex, Weston Super Mare
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
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
Weston Helicopter Museum
10/05/2014
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Only 50 miles away and well worth a visit
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But another country
Categories: Aerospace, Military, Travel
Helicopter, Huey, Lynx, May 2014, Military, Museum, Weston Super Mare
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