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July 10, 2018 at 5:28 pm in reply to: SPOTTED 2018 What Have You Seen? #768777

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I still see the firefighting Huey (N35EH) flying to and from Winter Hill everyday.

It’s got through a tremendous amount of work over the last couple of weeks.

It’s gone home early today, the pilot probably wants to watch the France/Belgium match. 🙂

July 3, 2018 at 10:45 am in reply to: SPOTTED 2018 What Have You Seen? #773014

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The Bell 205 Huey firefighting on Winter Hill is N35EH.

https://twitter.com/dobsonMEN/status/1013702426636029952

It flies over my house every morning on it’s way to the moors, it makes a wonderful racket. 😎

It’s 39 years old.

May 14, 2018 at 9:32 pm in reply to: Film 'Breaking Point' (1961) & it's Airspeed Oxford #800413

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It’s Airspeed Consul G-AJNE in ‘Breaking Point’.

https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1512426

April 4, 2017 at 4:39 pm in reply to: SPOTTED (2017),What Have You Seen? #774876

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Saw 3 low passes by an RAF Hercules yesterday while on the Pennine Way in the Kirklees and Saddleworth area.

March 24, 2017 at 1:00 pm in reply to: SPOTTED (2017),What Have You Seen? #780589

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Two Apaches over Radcliffe heading in direction of City Airport (Salford).

July 29, 2015 at 5:11 pm in reply to: Spotted (2015) #848665

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Chinook just flown over Radcliffe (Greater Manchester).

July 5, 2015 at 7:48 pm in reply to: Spotted (2015) #870160

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Jet Provost / Strikemaster heading westwards low over Chester around 1 pm today, any ideas which one and where it was going please?

Strikemaster heading back to Hawarden after displaying at Manchester (Barton) air show.

https://twitter.com/StrikeDisplayUK

July 5, 2015 at 3:23 pm in reply to: Spotted (2015) #870337

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Wonderful, out walking the dog and overflown a couple of times by BBMF Spit and Hurri.

I now know they were attending the Manchester air show.

May 21, 2015 at 5:57 pm in reply to: Newly released footage from a WW2 Fleet Air Arm officer #906384

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Are the biplanes in film two (6 mins) Hawker Audax, Hart, Nimrod or Osprey?

The Osprey was a proper naval aircraft but the other three also served in the FAA as trainers.

April 30, 2014 at 8:55 pm in reply to: 504 City of Nottingham Squadron #928214

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Micky Rook is mentioned several times in Sky Spy written by Ray Holmes who also flew Hurricanes in Russia.

There’s a colour profile of his Spitfire and a paragraph of information about him in Spitfire Aces of North Africa and Italy written by Andrew Thomas.

July 28, 2013 at 1:55 am in reply to: UK Airfield attacks during WWII #1001921

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An attack on East Kirkby:-

“At 01:45 hours on the 4th March 1945 a Luftwaffe JU-88 intruder aircraft joined the circuit, moments after four Lancasters had landed safely following a raid on Ladburgen. With a ‘scram’ order issued to any remaining aircraft in the area and the runway lighting switched off, the JU-88 was left with no airborne targets and decided to strafe the base with canon and machine gun fire, hitting the Motor Transport section and the 57 Sqn briefing room, where sadly five personnel were severely wounded, one subsequently dying of his injuries.”

http://silksheenphotography.co.uk/resident-aircraft/lancaster-just-jane-gallery-history/

July 27, 2013 at 2:05 am in reply to: UK Airfield attacks during WWII #1002461

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On the day of the Dieppe landing in August 1942 the Luftwaffe sent some aircraft across the channel.

Ford aerodrome was attacked several times by a few bombers and a Fw190. One Boston destroyed, two damaged and two Beaufighters slightly damaged.

A battle damaged Spitfire that had force landed at Shoreham airfield was bombed and strafed but it survived the attack.

October 20, 2008 at 3:03 pm in reply to: Hurricane (or possibly Fury) aerobatics in a George Formby film? #1169722

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Hi,

I have the film and it’s an Audax! 😉

I googled the serial number and it came up with an accident report from 1940.

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=2541

George does fly through a hanger but it’s done with special effects, not for real.
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