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Compton Abbas Bank Holiday Monday

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Frank the Dog
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Compton Abbas Bank Holiday Monday

Post by Frank the Dog » Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:28 pm

Popped over to Compton Abbas on Bank Holiday Monday for a couple of hours. Never been before although its only an hour up the road. We were pleasantly surprised, great access, beautiful countryside and a busy airfield. And a very nice café :smile: Lots of GA activity, but these three caught my eye. Well worth a visit if you are in the area. Thanks for looking.

Image01 by Phil Roberts, on Flickr

Image02 by Phil Roberts, on Flickr

Image03 by Phil Roberts, on Flickr

Image11 by Phil Roberts, on Flickr

Image12 by Phil Roberts, on Flickr

Image17 by Phil Roberts, on Flickr

Image15 by Phil Roberts, on Flickr
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Re: Compton Abbas Bank Holiday Monday

Post by paddyboy » Fri Sep 07, 2018 5:39 am

Nice shots, Phil :thumbs:

Love the 'drunken' Chippie :lol:

Thanks for posting :thumb:

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Re: Compton Abbas Bank Holiday Monday

Post by Frank the Dog » Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:18 pm

Thannks for the kind comments chaps, much appreciated :thumb:

Roger, everyone in the West Country knows the true bandits are Cornish, have you seen the price of a pasty and a pint in Newquay!! :whistle:

Also, its well known in the South West that everyone from Somerset works at Westlands/Agusta/Leonardos or whatever they're called this week :whistle:

Mind you, everyone from Dorset has moved there in the last 10 years from the sarf east :thumb:
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Re: Compton Abbas Bank Holiday Monday

Post by Knife 04 » Tue Sep 11, 2018 8:50 pm

Frank the Dog wrote:
Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:18 pm
Roger, everyone in the West Country knows the true bandits are Cornish,
You said it mate - as many of us know!! :D :D

Very nice post Phil - better than we had up in Wiltshire that day

All the best

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Re: Compton Abbas Bank Holiday Monday

Post by condor » Wed Nov 28, 2018 11:14 am

Phil , thanks for the great shots . But I'm biased !

It's Compton in the Clouds , and Compton in the Cross wind today ; so I'm playing catch up on FC . Didn't expect to see these , a good mate in front of Harvard and last Chippy ; and myself in back of 69-1 , with another good mate up front .

Paddyboy , ' Drunken ' ... 'fraid that's 'wot happens when a Naarfick Boi 'larns' a ' Wessex ' lad on a tailwheel differences course .
More likely was a Compton x-wind again ; well that's my excuse . And all a long time ago from 'Colt in the '60s ,
although a Chippy + X-wind
= a 'Frightning .

rgds condor .

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Re: Compton Abbas Bank Holiday Monday

Post by Sparts99 » Wed Nov 28, 2018 12:30 pm

Weathered T-6 looks excellent.
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Re: Compton Abbas Bank Holiday Monday

Post by Precinct7 » Wed Nov 28, 2018 1:55 pm

the T-6, i think it is actually an SNJ was in Italy, Sardinia? earlier this year for filming a Catch 22 re make
with a couple of B-25's etc, think it is a HBO or Net flicks TV series , hence it weathered look

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