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  • in reply to: Hawker Tempest/Typhoon #1076417
    Elmo
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    did anyone take on the one offered for sale as seen recentlyish in flypast,being such a well informed forum member i dont remember seeing anything further.

    elmo

    in reply to: Hawker Tempest/Typhoon #1077606
    Elmo
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    it looks exactly the same as it did in 2000 when i saw it last,maybe a few added panels,the story then was ‘we are waiting for the engine’…save yourself the time and effort and wait for East Kirkby’s Lancaster NX611 to fly as you have more chance of that happening than MW763 flying,Concorde has more chance of flying…

    elmo

    in reply to: Nimrod XV235 – Road Move to Cosford #1102784
    Elmo
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    sorry,it just never seems to be an option when they take bigger aircraft into the place,open a crash gate and drive it around the taxiway,sorted.

    in reply to: Nimrod XV235 – Road Move to Cosford #1102941
    Elmo
    Participant

    why couldn’t it be moved to Cosford via the A464? which runs to the south of the airfield.

    elmo

    in reply to: 234(R) Squadron Hawk T1A 'DL' Serial Number #1126047
    Elmo
    Participant

    BAR gives DL with 234Sqn as XX317 on 30/11/93

    elmo.

    in reply to: What airforces are these? #1200447
    Elmo
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    I remember seeing that one in all blue G-SARK at North Weald 2004.
    I actually used the G-INFO to look the other Singapore possibility up.
    G-UVNR on the other hand gets everywhere and for some reason i keept taking its photograph.

    elmo.

    in reply to: What airforces are these? #1200934
    Elmo
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    The Desert Camo G-UVNR is ex Botswana.The second looks like a Singapore type scheme and they did use them coded 301-315 and others.The first one could be G-SOAF coded 425 ex Omani AF

    elmo.

    in reply to: Mildenhall open day 2009? #1167217
    Elmo
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    A few blasts down the runway followed by high speed flypasts and then back to land by the modern mil,the UK-Aus re-enactment produced 21 assorted Tiger Moths,a Puss Moth,Hornet Moth,DH84 Dragon,M38 Messenger,Queen Bee,Leopard Moth and a trio of Chipmunks,oh and a Dragon Rapide plus a DH90 Dragonfly.

    Majority of them landed however one or two decided that just a flypast would do due to the winds.We also had Spitfire MK356 from the BBMF do a decent display and P-51 G-BTCD.

    al

    in reply to: Mildenhall open day 2009? #1172416
    Elmo
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    static park consists of the following,

    A-10A’s 81-0962/SP & 81-0984/SP both 52nd FW
    F-16C’s 88-0510/AV,89-2029/AV & 91-0360/SP
    F-15E 00-3002/LN
    HH-60G 89-26212/LN
    plus a C-130 from somewhere

    al.

    in reply to: WB-57 at Mildenhall #1176481
    Elmo
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    its been fairly busy recently,nothing like the standards of years gone by but the odd aircraft drops in now and then.You can safely photograph from the 29 end via the scrub ground or i think Johns old campsite is still on the go and piccy taking is usually ok.

    al.

    in reply to: WB-57 at Mildenhall #1177705
    Elmo
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    simply for the sake of correctness the WB57 thats here at Mildenhall is N926NA ex 63-13503,the other one N928NA ex 63-13298 was here last week but didnt hang about…the previous visit a few years or so back was by N928NA.

    and it does a brilliant climbout when the sun is shining.

    al.

    in reply to: Greenham Common – the Last Aircraft? #1238038
    Elmo
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    British Aviation Review gives 58th AS UH-1N 69-6606 as the last military visitor on 21/08/92………unless someone knows better.

    elmo.

    in reply to: Museum Of Army Flying #1261315
    Elmo
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    Its the most dimly lit museum i’ve ever visited making photography almost impossible with a 35mm,even friends with digital cameras struggled.

    in reply to: NASA Canberra #1303988
    Elmo
    Participant

    it returned to Mildenhall yesterday(sunday) evening about 8.50pm having had a bimble about the west midlands.

    al.

    in reply to: NASA Canberra #1305432
    Elmo
    Participant

    it departed Mildenhall at 18.15 this evening,bound for ?

    al.

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