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Fairford 22nd June 2018

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Fairford 22nd June 2018

Post by ChrisCwmbran » Tue Jun 26, 2018 11:52 am

One photo to share. Not very exciting but it is a photographic record!

ImageA U2 landing at RAF Fairford by Chris Long, on Flickr
Last edited by ChrisCwmbran on Tue Jun 26, 2018 11:59 am, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: Fairford 22nd June 2016

Post by Glide Slope » Tue Jun 26, 2018 11:58 am

Nice capture. Take it that date should be June 2018.

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Re: Fairford 22nd June 2016

Post by ChrisCwmbran » Tue Jun 26, 2018 12:00 pm

Glide Slope wrote:
Tue Jun 26, 2018 11:58 am
Nice capture. Take it that date should be June 2018.
Yup! Corrected thanks!

And just for Slogen51, it appears to be 80-0083!

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Re: Fairford 22nd June 2018

Post by Herkchaser » Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:46 pm

Lovely machine, good pic.
My Aviation images on Flickr,

https://www.flickr.com/photos/193049248@N06/


Cheers Robert.

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Re: Fairford 22nd June 2018

Post by Knife 04 » Tue Jun 26, 2018 3:51 pm

Nice one Chris - maybe a 'record' shot but a great subject all the same

All the best

Darren

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Re: Fairford 22nd June 2018

Post by ChrisCwmbran » Tue Jun 26, 2018 6:36 pm

Thanks for the comments!

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Re: Fairford 22nd June 2018

Post by FraserP » Tue Jun 26, 2018 7:27 pm

Great shot! Brings back fond memories of Mildenhall U2s and Alconbury TR1s..

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Re: Fairford 22nd June 2018

Post by Nighthawke » Tue Jun 26, 2018 8:26 pm

...and TR-1s at Sculthorpe for a while in the late 1980s

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Re: Fairford 22nd June 2018

Post by paddyboy » Wed Jun 27, 2018 5:00 am

Top catch, Chris :thumbs:

Thanks for posting :thumb:

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Re: Fairford 22nd June 2018

Post by Geoff » Wed Jun 27, 2018 2:19 pm

Great shot,thanks for sharing

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Re: Fairford 22nd June 2018

Post by ChrisCwmbran » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:07 am

Just out of interest why do U-2's seem to have white hand written "graffiti" on the bottom so often?

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