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Nothern France last week

Last trip of the month took me to Douvrin near Lens in France, after job spent an hour at Lens: a fair sized GA grass field quite a lot of hangars, no problems wandering around (although all but 1 hangar were closed that day):
Lens
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/2011/250211_F-BVMQ_RobinDR400_1.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/2011/250211_F-BVMQ_RobinDR400_2.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/2011/250211_F-GCRV_RobinDR400_1.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/2011/250211_F-GSBM_RobinDR400_1.jpg

Then as boredom set in i looked in sat-nav for any other nearby fields, found one about 17 miles away, Merville-Calonne.
First thing i seen on approach was a 727!! so good choice!! This field hosts a flying school and aviation college
Firstly the inmates of the college:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/2011/250211_F-BMCF_Viscount_1.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/2011/250211_F-BMCF_Viscount_2.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/2011/250211_F-BOJA_B727_1.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/2011/250211_F-BOJA_B727_2.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/2011/250211_F-GCVK_Se210_Caravel.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/2011/250211_F-GCVK_Se210_Caravelle_1.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/2011/250211_No129_Noratlas_1.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/2011/250211_No129_Noratlas_3.jpg
And finally just a couple of the many GA inmates here:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/2011/250211_F-GUVM_Da40.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/2011/250211_F-GYYG_Da42.jpg
Cheers 😀

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By: mike currill - 5th March 2011 at 21:07

By the state of the Noratlas fin and rudder I’d say thay have a problem with rather large moths.

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By: Tartan Pics - 3rd March 2011 at 16:39

Cheers Aye ’tis a shame the state they are in:(

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By: EGTC - 3rd March 2011 at 00:38

Nice! Would be good if they cleaned up them classics.

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