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Working the airshow circuit (Read 348 times)
Jun 6th, 2004 at 9:52am

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Many years ago (longer than I care to remember) as an member of the ATC I had the chance to work a weekend at Mildenhall, one of the great advantages was being able to go around the base at 5am to take pictures of planes at dawn (no crowds and kids ramming candyfloss sticks up your nose), a couple of mine...
A big bad V-bomber Shocked
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And the totally fabulous ML417 piloted by the late Mark Hanna Sad
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(and yes I was standing on the edge of the taxi-way and just happened to have my elderly 20mm lens camera handy Grin)
 

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Reply #1 - Jun 6th, 2004 at 10:44am

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V.nice mark, specially the last one Wink
 

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Reply #2 - Jun 6th, 2004 at 11:12am

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i love the Handley Page Victor...It's an amazing aircaft...it looks so mean  Angry  8)

 

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Reply #3 - Jun 6th, 2004 at 4:18pm

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Superb stuff, fantastic photo of ML417
 

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Reply #4 - Jun 6th, 2004 at 7:02pm

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Some interesting shots there Mark. Can't believe how many new topics there are in this section. Roll Eyes Wink
 

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Reply #5 - Jun 7th, 2004 at 1:50am

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Nice Ozzy. Looks good.  8)

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Reply #6 - Jun 7th, 2004 at 8:34pm
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Always did think the V Bombers were the best and not only in looks!

Thanks for posting Mark Smiley

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