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Italian Army Dornier visits Lakenheath- 20/10/14.

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Italian Army Dornier visits Lakenheath- 20/10/14.

Post by billydog » Mon Oct 20, 2014 6:40 pm

We had an unusual visitor at RAF Lakenheath this morning in the shape of an 8 Gruppo Italian Army Do.228 (MM62157)
Not the prettiest of airframes, but still nice to have something different visiting Suffolk.


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ImageMM62157 Do.228 IAF (1) by jut73, on Flickr

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ImageMM62157 Do.228 IAF (2) by jut73, on Flickr

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ImageMM62157 Do.228 IAF (3) by jut73, on Flickr




Thanks for looking. :thumb:

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Re: Italian Army Dornier visits Lakenheath- 20/10/14.

Post by eagle1 » Mon Oct 20, 2014 6:55 pm

Very nice shots Justin in some good light. Agree with you, not the nicest looking, but nice to see
Thanks for sharing

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Re: Italian Army Dornier visits Lakenheath- 20/10/14.

Post by BP2324 » Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:07 pm

Nice catch, always good to catch something different.

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Post by BOLLO » Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:11 pm

I think they look smart . :thumb:
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Post by venom » Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:40 pm

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Post by Petepilot » Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:33 pm

BOLLO wrote:I think they look smart . :thumb:
Should have gone to Specsavers! ;)

The rear doors look like something from a garden shed; perhaps we should call it Shed II? :whistle:

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Post by TeeJay » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:25 am

Nice catch Justin. And in good light. What time did that go in?
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Post by DeltaCharlieKilo » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:57 am

As you say, not pretty but a good catch all the same. :thumb:
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Re: Italian Army Dornier visits Lakenheath- 20/10/14.

Post by DeanW » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:21 am

Good to see something rare and different!

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Post by billydog » Tue Oct 21, 2014 3:10 pm

TeeJay wrote:Nice catch Justin. And in good light. What time did that go in?
Trev
Arrived 10:00am on Monday Trev, then departed today around 11:00am.

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Post by Mike » Tue Oct 21, 2014 3:16 pm

Nice catch, Justin. :thumb:

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Post by billydog » Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:56 pm

Thanks Mike. :thumb:

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Post by Jammo » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:06 pm

Great catch Justin, I must have been at Mildenhall when this landed :(
a change from the Eagles, but very nice and rare none the less... :clap: :clap: :thumb:

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Post by Skip » Tue Oct 21, 2014 10:08 pm

lovely shot Justin, I missed this coming in, and the RC landing at Mildenhall....doh :Oops:
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Post by Dunk » Tue Oct 21, 2014 10:35 pm

Rare.com.

Lovely, well done.

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Post by paddyboy » Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:07 pm

Hi Juggin :P

Nice catch, buddy :thumb:

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Re: Italian Army Dornier visits Lakenheath- 20/10/14.

Post by TeeJay » Wed Oct 22, 2014 7:43 pm

TeeJay wrote:Nice catch Justin. And in good light. What time did that go in?
Trev


Arrived 10:00am on Monday Trev, then departed today around 11:00am.
Thanks Justin, was just before I arrived

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Re: Italian Army Dornier visits Lakenheath- 20/10/14.

Post by oldeng » Thu Oct 23, 2014 6:50 pm

Great capture Justin, I spent many hours in a "Dornier 228" flying from Cambridge to Schiphol and back with "Suckling Airways".
A great aircraft to fly in, built for real flying!!
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Re: Italian Army Dornier visits Lakenheath- 20/10/14.

Post by billydog » Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:48 pm

oldeng wrote:Great capture Justin, I spent many hours in a "Dornier 228" flying from Cambridge to Schiphol and back with "Suckling Airways".
A great aircraft to fly in, built for real flying!!
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Nice to see these are still in service!
I bet the trip all the way from Italy to Lakenheath was a bit of a drag though- i can't imagine the comfort levels in there are exactly first class! :roll:

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Re: Italian Army Dornier visits Lakenheath- 20/10/14.

Post by oldeng » Thu Oct 23, 2014 8:30 pm

Seats were comfortable and they are built to take on any weather, but flying at 7000ft through the muck was interesting!! About as stable as a "Tiger Moth"
Check them out on Utube in Nepal
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