Great post. Superb pics there.

The AAA per se doesn’t exist anymore. There’s another facility over that way now, not sure what it’s called.

Russ Bannock, Mosquito pilot, still flies floatplanes in Canada IIRC. He was a night fighter/intruder ace with 418 Sqn.

That looks like a Shackleton to me?

There are definitely PLANNED to be 3 x 109 / Buchons at RIAT 2010. Serviceability permitting naturally.

Definitely smacks of Eastern Bloc with the helo dispersals as they are and ramp at one end. Having looked through Eastern Germany, Poland, Czech Rep and Slovakia on GE and not found it, I can’t be bothered to scout through the old USSR!!

How did you come across the pic REF?

XW289

I used to liney that jet at Cranwell 89-90. It was coded 61 IIRC, and I remember it being one of our more problematical jets. Hope the current owner is having better luck!!

She looks stunning, well done to everyone involved, you can be rightly proud of yourselves.