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Cold War Helicopters
23/01/2017
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And Fine Ales
By the seaside
Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, Military, Spoons Tour, Travel
#mb01, Ale, Beer, Bier, Helicopter, Helicopter Museum, Hind, Huey, January 2017, Little Whitcombe, Premier Inn, The Dragon Inn, Wessex, Weston Super Mare, Wetherspoons
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
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
Aeroventure Doncaster
06/07/2014
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Sunday 06 July 2014
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| Walking distance. | So I walked. | |
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| Of course. | And there. | |
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| Close up. | Entrance and Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle. | |
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| Harrier GR3 – XV752. | Looking rather sad XL388 – ‘Mayflower III’. | |
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| A triplet of Canberras – WD935, WJ975 & WJ565. | WESTLAND SCOUT AH.1 – XV139. | |
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| Red Top – trainer. | Red Top – warhead. | |
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| Ejection seats. | Rolls Royce Conway. | |
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| Sea King H.A.S. MK 6 XV677. | Nose art. | |
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| It’s OK it’s a cockpit trainer. | Lightning F3 – XP706. |
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