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Stansted 9 July HMX-1 rehearsal

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Stansted 9 July HMX-1 rehearsal

Post by slogen51 » Thu Jul 12, 2018 3:24 pm

Stansted Monday 9 July - when England were still in World Cup

Reheasal for the Presidents visit : bit hazy and shooting through a fence but at least I could read them off this time

Image163260 NightHawk1 Stansted 9-07-2018 by Mike B, on Flickr

Image163265 VH-60N NightHawk2 Stansted 9-July-2018 by Mike B, on Flickr

Image168324 Nighthawk3 Stansted 9-July-2018 by Mike B, on Flickr

Image168324 Nighthawk3 EGSS 9-07-2018 by Mike B, on Flickr

Image168306 Nighthawk4 Depart Stansted 9-07-2018 by Mike B, on Flickr

Image168292 MV-22 Nighthawk5 Depart Stansted 9-07-2018 by Mike B, on Flickr

Image168306 Nighthawk4 EGSS 9-07-2018 by Mike B, on Flickr

ImageZK001 AF Merlin Commando 554 Stansted 9-July-2019 by Mike B, on Flickr

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Re: Stansted 9 July HMX-1 rehearsal

Post by Freeman Lowell » Thu Jul 12, 2018 4:09 pm

Nice photos. You coped with the heat haze pretty well.
Do you think that using a VH-71A, sorry, I mean Merlin HC.3, as escort was to show him what a proper 'Marine 1' could have looked like? :halo:
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Re: Stansted 9 July HMX-1 rehearsal

Post by MikeWolf » Thu Jul 12, 2018 5:19 pm

Great Stuff!

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Re: Stansted 9 July HMX-1 rehearsal

Post by slogen51 » Thu Jul 12, 2018 5:38 pm

Cheers

I was going to title the Merlin "Now for a real helicopter"

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Re: Stansted 9 July HMX-1 rehearsal

Post by Bluesteel » Thu Jul 12, 2018 5:58 pm

Nice shots. Hope we see ospreys up at Prestwick tomorrow.

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