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A 400M EC-402@ RAF Woodbridge 16-08-16

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A 400M EC-402@ RAF Woodbridge 16-08-16

Post by topboar » Thu Aug 18, 2016 8:54 pm

HI folks

Decided to go and have a look at the A 400M conducting tactical landings at RAF Woodbridge on 16-08-16, i was very happy to see there test aircraft EC-402.
Unfortunately as the day went on it was only ground taxi work they were conducting :grr:
Here are a few pictures of the day hopefully more air shots to follow when i go down to woodbridge again.

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ImageIMG_1901 by Simon Lewin, on Flickr

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ImageIMG_1936 by Simon Lewin, on Flickr

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ImageIMG_1941 by Simon Lewin, on Flickr

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ImageIMG_1952 by Simon Lewin, on Flickr

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ImageIMG_1971 by Simon Lewin, on Flickr

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ImageIMG_1992 by Simon Lewin, on Flickr

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ImageIMG_1994 by Simon Lewin, on Flickr

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ImageIMG_1993 by Simon Lewin, on Flickr

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ImageIMG_1995 by Simon Lewin, on Flickr

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ImageIMG_2007 by Simon Lewin, on Flickr

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ImageIMG_2011 by Simon Lewin, on Flickr

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ImageIMG_2012 by Simon Lewin, on Flickr

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ImageIMG_2014 by Simon Lewin, on Flickr

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ImageIMG_2017 by Simon Lewin, on Flickr

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ImageIMG_1990 by Simon Lewin, on Flickr

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Re: A 400M EC-402@ RAF Woodbridge 16-08-16

Post by XWP29 » Thu Aug 18, 2016 8:59 pm

I can almost taste the sandy heath smell thrown up by those props.

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Re: A 400M EC-402@ RAF Woodbridge 16-08-16

Post by Gordie1049 » Thu Aug 18, 2016 9:45 pm

Superbly different. Fabulous
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Re: A 400M EC-402@ RAF Woodbridge 16-08-16

Post by Bushmasters » Fri Aug 19, 2016 9:06 am

Great shots & a nice surprise! Thought i'd mis-read the title when i saw Woodbridge. Didn't realise it was still available to be used by fixed wing? Thanks for these - great to see some life at an airfield i spent so much of my youth at :clap:

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Re: A 400M EC-402@ RAF Woodbridge 16-08-16

Post by paddyboy » Fri Aug 19, 2016 1:45 pm

Taxying or flying, it doesn't matter ;)

You were there and caught some great, unusual, shots :thumbs:

Thanks for sharing :thumb:

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Re: A 400M EC-402@ RAF Woodbridge 16-08-16

Post by eagle1 » Fri Aug 19, 2016 4:09 pm

Great shots. Thanks for sharing :thumb:

Looks like they called it in to cut the grass :Wow:

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Re: A 400M EC-402@ RAF Woodbridge 16-08-16

Post by Thunder » Fri Aug 19, 2016 4:25 pm

Great catch. Is this the first post on FC in Current Mil Photography from Woodbridge?

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Re: A 400M EC-402@ RAF Woodbridge 16-08-16

Post by herbert » Fri Aug 19, 2016 4:47 pm

Great stuff.

I have just come back from cycling around MOD Woodbridge. Looks like they had wrapped up for the week.

I noticed that several of the hardened shelters had one of their doors open but I would say this is entirely unrelated to the A400M.

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Post by Blackcat1 » Sat Aug 20, 2016 2:23 pm

Good catch!!
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Re: A 400M EC-402@ RAF Woodbridge 16-08-16

Post by TankBuster » Sun Aug 21, 2016 7:49 am

There are a few good videos of the A400's Woodbridge activities over on Youtube...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4cB-LW2n7eY

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Re: A 400M EC-402@ RAF Woodbridge 16-08-16

Post by panta615 » Sun Aug 21, 2016 7:20 pm

Agreed with Paddy. Taxiing or flying, great catch. Loving the dusty look too.

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Re: A 400M EC-402@ RAF Woodbridge 16-08-16

Post by topboar » Mon Aug 22, 2016 10:12 am

thanks for the comments guys should be going over there again some time this week, hopefully will get some flying shots

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