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Valhalla flight leaving Odiham

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Valhalla flight leaving Odiham

Post by xkekeith » Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:31 pm

Managed to catch 657 Sqn Valhalla flight departing Odiham this morning in bright sunshine.

ZG917 Lynx AH.9A 657 Sqn special marks for its retirement.
ImageZG917 Lynx AH.9A 657 Sqn Valhalla Flt by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

ImageZG917 Lynx AH.9A 657 Sqn Valhalla Flt by Keith Heywood, on Flickr
ZH900 Chinook camera ship
ImageZH900 Chinook HC.5 'Valhalla05' camera ship by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

ZF537 Lynx AH.9A
ImageZF537 Lynx AH.9A 657 Sqn by Keith Heywood, on Flickr
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Re: Valhalla flight leaving Odiham

Post by tonkatom » Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:37 pm

Nice catch,I noticed later on when I saw Valhala 5 ZH900 that they had removed the glass on the windows for the A/A shots.
May the skies be clear and blue and the wind fair with a guiding star to steer by.

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Re: Valhalla flight leaving Odiham

Post by xkekeith » Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:01 pm

Another shot of the Chinook camera ship clearly showing the side windows removed...

ImageZH900 Chinook HC.5 'Valhalla05' camera ship by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

I have a more distant photo showing a head sticking out of the front window!
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Re: Valhalla flight leaving Odiham

Post by paddyboy » Wed Jan 17, 2018 6:29 am

Nice shots, Keith :thumbs:

Cracking sky to boot ;)

Thanks for posting :thumb:

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