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A Foggy Day in The Middle East, of England !

My first mistake was to believe the weather forecast, 11C and sunshine, Oh yes ? So I set off on this small adventure, stopped off at a motel in Lincoln for the night, awoke this morning, threw open the curtains to see …. nothing !
But believing that it can only get better proceeded to my first point of call ‘Humberside International’ where I intended to spend the day ! Not too much happening, drove around the place, not much too see at all ? So below a diorama of my day !!
Mods …. I hope it is ok to post such an eclectic mix of airframes within one post as it is a tale of three cities ??

Keith 😉

So Humberside and G-JXLI (G-INFO shows a varied history for that reg?)
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A surprise on a Sunday PH-EZE.
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Another surprise was SP-ENB landing into the gloom.
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And when it came out, in some sun, to fly, so did most of the local birds !! umph !!
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That was all I saw of the sun at Humberside ! So I thought head inland, may get better ? Off I went to Robin Hood country, last time I was here it was called RAF Finningley(sp) and there was a supurb flypast (1977ish) for the Queen. What an unfriendly place this seems to be ? all of the roads have double yellow lines and every lamp post has signs saying ‘no parking. no stopping. no photography’ Well my camera doesn’t have a red line across the front … so I am ok ??
A few ‘through the fence shots’

N550LD maybe wrong ?.
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N80364.
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F-GUF….. who knows ?
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii58/keithnewsome/DSC_1850.jpg

N53GX.
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii58/keithnewsome/DSC_1852.jpg

G-JETA.
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii58/keithnewsome/DSC_1853.jpg

That was all from Doncaster, without risking the authorities hand on my shoulder, so off I went toward home, but could not pass Gamston without a quick look ! Not much doing …. but Rosie was sitting there, at a distance, waiting to be photographed ??

This is ‘Rosie’ ! what is Rosie ??
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By: keithnewsome - 17th January 2013 at 20:35

Thanks for that Rob, Happy 21st a little late ! hope you had a good one ?

Keith 🙂

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By: Bristol_Rob - 16th January 2013 at 14:31

Great post Keith! 🙂

Rob
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By: keithnewsome - 14th January 2013 at 22:25

Culpano …. Hee hee (like that) well it’s different … it’s VTOL ??? 😀

cloud_9 …. Thank you …. Good question ?? there must be somebody ‘out there’ who knows why it’s there and maybe more ??

Keith 😎

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By: cloud_9 - 13th January 2013 at 21:12

Great shots there Keith. Thanks for sharing.:)

As for TB3…why is it there, anyone know or can shed any light on it in general?:confused:

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By: Culpano - 10th January 2013 at 01:25

Hee hee that’s brilliant. 😀

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By: keithnewsome - 9th January 2013 at 20:30

Gentlemen, thank you all for your kind words and knowledgable input, much appreciated and so helpfull.
As so many folks seem to like TB3 …. a photo from an earlier visit in 2010 !

Keith 😉

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By: J31/32 - 9th January 2013 at 19:42

JXLI is a mock up. I think it may contain some original parts though.

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By: Riding Air - 9th January 2013 at 15:43

In the picture of the KLM Embraer, is that the nose cone of Thunderbird 3 behind the hangar?:diablo:[/QUOTE]

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By: Sunjet757 - 9th January 2013 at 00:16

Great pictures. Enter Air seem to have been doing lots of the Santa flights this year. One of their aircraft has been operating (and parked) up at LBA.

In the picture of the KLM Embraer, is that the nose cone of Thunderbird 3 behind the hangar?:diablo:

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By: Matt-100 - 7th January 2013 at 18:06

Great shots 🙂

The BD-700 is a beautiful aircraft

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By: AlanR - 7th January 2013 at 15:00

Nice pictures !

I fail to see what anyone could do to stop you taking photographs, as long as you were on public land.
Maybe a hangover from the RAF days ?

I would guess the parking restrictions were brought in due to interest when the Vulcan is active ?
People do tend park in silly places at times.

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By: Arabella-Cox - 7th January 2013 at 13:30

Thanks, nice pictures. 🙂

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By: Newforest - 7th January 2013 at 01:19

Interesting start to the year Keith, can only get better! Happy New Year and thanks for last year’s contributions. 🙂

Cessna 550 Citation II, 550-0323, used to be based at Filton.

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By: EGTC - 7th January 2013 at 00:47

Quite right 😀

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By: keithnewsome - 6th January 2013 at 22:24

EGTC. Thank you my friend ! As you know the weather is just a challenge to be overcome …. we overcome it !!

Keith :rolleyes:

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By: EGTC - 6th January 2013 at 22:12

Good result considering the weather 🙂

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By: keithnewsome - 6th January 2013 at 22:11

tenthije. Why thank you sir ! That was my first impression, I thought the colour scheme was ‘Mustang ish’

Keith 🙂

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By: tenthije - 6th January 2013 at 22:00

Looks very much like the weather we have had for the past two months or so. Nice result considering the conditions.

Rosie is a Bonsall DB.1, and is supposed to be a P-51 Mustang replica. I suppose if you squint your eyes real hard you can make out some Mustang features. Anyway, its registration is G-BDWM.

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