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Dream Team – Sunday Afternoon Updates

23/01/2017 Leave a comment

For the afternoon of Sunday 22 January 2017

Rank Manager Team GW  Points
1  same Gareth Yeo  Suicide Squad 44 1205
2  same Howard Whittingham  Pancho XI 45 1141
3  same Ian Page  Marching On Together 46 1128
4  same Roger Nash  Ogg Vorbis United 52 1115
5  same craig price  A picnic…surely? 68 1101
6  same Niamhy Coveney  Niamhy’s Warriors 64 1094
7  up colin liston  Klump City 65 1090
8  up Mark Begley  Watchuself 59 1072
9  down danny wyman  Pooh Bears 43 1072
10  up Tyrone Olding  Spartak Ponty 65 1060
11  down Scott Whittingham  Donkey Kick Whitt 40 1052
12  same Matthew Norton  DutchOven 51 1050
13  same Tony Norton  Nockers Knights 47 1042
14  down Dean Parry  Parrysgoldenballs 32 1036
15  same Dale Parker  Saunders Valve 49 1035
16  up Leslie Withers  Little Troopers 53 1032
17  up Dave Birmingham  Osasuna or later 55 1029
18  down Howell Lewis  Olivier’s Army 37 1019
19  same rhys linton  Rhys 11 39 958
20  same Chris Bailey  Vidre Dubrovnika! 58 946
21  same STEPHEN MILLER  SMILLERS15 52 932

Cold War Helicopters

23/01/2017 Leave a comment

Sunny Helicopters

30/07/2016 Leave a comment

On Saturday 30 July 2016

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A rather cloudy start.   Gordano Coffee stop.
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Tesco’s Weston Full English.   More coffee, this time Costa Coffee.
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Jackson at The Helicopter Museum.   At the entrance.
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Sand sculpture.   Belgian Gazelle AH Mk. 1
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Westland WG-30 Series 300 & Bristol 192 Belvedere HC Mk 1   Sting Ray lightweight Torpedo.
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Lots of Lynxs.   Westland Whirlwind HAS Mk 7.
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Westland Wasp HAS Mk 1.    
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If found please contact….   Mil Mi-8PS
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Mil Mi-4 "Hound"   Mil Mi-24D "Hind"
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The business end.   Lynx with TOW
The Helicopter Museum
The Helicopter Museum

Dry Helicopters

15/05/2016 Leave a comment

The Helicopter Museum

14/05/2016 Leave a comment

The first time without rain.

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No rain but chilly when the sun goes in.   Cloudy.
     
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Lots of Lynxes.  

Westland Lynx WG.13 XW839.

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Westland Wessex HCC Mk.4 XV733 – The Queens Flight.   Westland Wasp HAS Mk.1 XT443.
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Czechoslovak Air Force. Mil Mi-4 "Hound"    
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East German Army Mil Mi-24D "Hind"    
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Hughes OH-6A Cayuse, 67-16506    
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Bell 47G-381 Sioux   Bell UH-1H Iroquois – Huey
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Piasecki HUP-3 Retriever   TOW tubes on a Lynx 3 ZE477
     

And a location map.

Helicopter Museum
Helicopter Museum

Rainy Helicopter Day Video

07/02/2016 Leave a comment

Rainy Helicopter Day

06/02/2016 6 comments

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
The World’s Largest Helicopter Museum

The Pavilion – Weston Super Mare

14/06/2015 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.