Brize Norton St Valentine's day Mini meet-up

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Brize Norton St Valentine's day Mini meet-up

Postby MOD » Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:43 pm

XPL, Jet Morgan and I met at Brize today. It was a very quiet day. A few rotaries from Boscombe and Middle Wallop turned up.

TriStar ZE706
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Puma
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Lynx AH.9 ZF537
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Herc XV188 C130K C3
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Bell 212 AH.3 ZK067
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Qinetiq Alpha Jet ZJ647
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The weather was dismal but the company was good. ;)


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Re: Brize Norton St Valentine's day Mini meet-up

Postby Olicat » Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:08 am

Fantastic shots there :)
Fly fast jets and/or C130s over my house please, I'm bored!

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Re: Brize Norton St Valentine's day Mini meet-up

Postby Jet Morgan » Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:01 pm

MOD wrote:XPL, Jet Morgan and I met at Brize today. It was a very quiet day.

The weather was dismal but the company was good. ;)


Ian


The weather was pretty dull but at least it stayed dry all day, and a day with yourself and Dave was enjoyable even if aircraft were rather hard to come by!!!

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Re: Brize Norton St Valentine's day Mini meet-up

Postby Jigsaw » Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:58 pm

Nice shots mate :D
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Re: Brize Norton St Valentine's day Mini meet-up

Postby Xplumberlives » Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:22 pm

Well after returning for another night shift, I have made it home and have had some sleep. Here are my shots from the day.

A very long shot of Voyager across the runway.
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First Tristar of the day - 704.
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Belting off down the runway with loads of spray in her wake.
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706 returning.
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Old Herc.
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One of Quinetics lovely Alpha Jets.
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Lynx Mk9.
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Bell 212.
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Puma.
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Ian (MOD) had forgotten to pack his smile reflex!
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One for Oli, this is the pub cat from the Plough!
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Re: Brize Norton St Valentine's day Mini meet-up

Postby Jigsaw » Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:18 pm

NIce shots again XP :ymapplause:
I like the first shot of the Treestar ;)

Smile Ian, there's a lightning on your head :D
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Re: Brize Norton St Valentine's day Mini meet-up

Postby Olicat » Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:42 pm

You Spelt QinetiQ wrong and it even says it in the picture! =)) :-o :p

Nice shots though :)
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Re: Brize Norton St Valentine's day Mini meet-up

Postby Xplumberlives » Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:04 am

Olicat wrote:You Spelt QinetiQ wrong and it even says it in the picture! =)) :-o :p

Nice shots though :)




Sorry Oli, it's an IN JOKE! :p
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Re: Brize Norton St Valentine's day Mini meet-up

Postby Olicat » Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:56 pm

Aww :( I thought I caught you out there!
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Re: Brize Norton St Valentine's day Mini meet-up

Postby Xplumberlives » Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:02 pm

Olicat wrote:Aww :( I thought I caught you out there!



Keep trying! ;)
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