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phantom6
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Starwars Canyon

Post by phantom6 » Wed Oct 10, 2018 4:43 pm

Taken in the canyon 24Sept-5Oct no7 is the aircraft painted for the new Topgun film Tom Cruise was at China Lake

1Imageam32 by victor priday, on Flickr

2Imageam31 by victor priday, on Flickr

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9Imageam24 by victor priday, on Flickr

10Imageam22 by victor priday, on Flickr

11Imageam21 by victor priday, on Flickr

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14Imageam18 by victor priday, on Flickr

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17Imageam15 by victor priday, on Flickr

18Imageam14 by victor priday, on Flickr

19Imageam13 by victor priday, on Flickr

20Imageam12 by victor priday, on Flickr

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24Imageam8 by victor priday, on Flickr

25Imageam7 by victor priday, on Flickr

26Imageam6 by victor priday, on Flickr

27Imageam5 by victor priday, on Flickr

28Imageam3 by victor priday, on Flickr

29Imageam2 by victor priday, on Flickr

30Imageam1 by victor priday, on Flickr

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Re: Starwars Canyon

Post by tairngreacht_bas » Wed Oct 10, 2018 4:47 pm

Excellent photo's set :thumb:

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Re: Starwars Canyon

Post by Gus0898uk » Wed Oct 10, 2018 5:11 pm

Fabulous images, thanks for posting, I love US hardware. :)

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Re: Starwars Canyon

Post by macbear26 » Wed Oct 10, 2018 5:32 pm

Nice selection, i like the light on number 24 .

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Re: Starwars Canyon

Post by dragonchaser » Wed Oct 10, 2018 5:35 pm

Excellent group there, great post 👍

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Post by roger4 » Wed Oct 10, 2018 6:01 pm

Great photos. I plan to visit in March and hope to get as much variety as you did (I will probably only be there for two days so I know I will not get the number of aircraft you have).

I note someone in number 5 has nicked a starboard flap off another aircraft!

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Re: Starwars Canyon

Post by phantom6 » Wed Oct 10, 2018 6:38 pm

Good luck to anyone planning a visit might look a good trip but it was terrible slow even the locals could not understand the lack of traffic

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Re: Starwars Canyon

Post by Surrey Sam » Wed Oct 10, 2018 6:59 pm

Well done Vic. Some lovely movements you had there for your visit, I'd take rarity over quantity.

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Re: Starwars Canyon

Post by Ross Forsyth » Wed Oct 10, 2018 7:52 pm

A nice mix of jets you got during your visit,lovely

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Re: Starwars Canyon

Post by paddyboy » Thu Oct 11, 2018 5:20 am

Hi Vic :P

:Wow: :Wow: :Wow:

Thanks for posting :thumb:

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Re: Starwars Canyon

Post by matt e » Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:49 am

Stunning

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Re: Starwars Canyon

Post by phantom6 » Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:30 am

Many thanks for comments

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Post by Blackcat1 » Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:47 am

Brilliant variety! The Harriers for me!

Thanks for sharing
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Re: Starwars Canyon

Post by Seahawk 11 » Thu Oct 11, 2018 12:30 pm

Hi Vic, fantastic set of photos there, great selection of aircraft as well.
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Re: Starwars Canyon

Post by jastr435 » Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:44 pm

Well done Vic, nice selection. Hope you have recovered from the journey back. Wasn't it hot the first week?

John and Val.

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Re: Starwars Canyon

Post by geoffs » Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:59 pm

Vic – I was on the West coast 25th to the 5th Oct and nearly went across in that period. How much traffic do you get on average each day? I bottled it as didnt want to drive 750 mile round trip to get a couple of C-130's. The pics are great but what kind of blank periods do you get? Cheers

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Re: Starwars Canyon

Post by phantom6 » Thu Oct 11, 2018 5:37 pm

Hi Geoffs we were there for 8 full days and 2 half days, we didn,t have a blank, things were very slow, even the locals we saying as much,some times up to 4 hrs before anything came through, best day we had was 19 passes some aircaft had more than one pass hope this helps Vick

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Re: Starwars Canyon

Post by Ferrari » Thu Oct 11, 2018 11:04 pm

Amazing photos
Which KC-135 would that be (white top)?
Thanks for posting

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Re: Starwars Canyon

Post by radar » Fri Oct 12, 2018 10:00 pm

Very nice Vic, that's a great selection there :clap: ...more about the quality than quantity this trip eh?

Catch up again soon, rgds, Pam/Paul :thumbs:

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Re: Starwars Canyon

Post by LTFT5 » Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:55 am

Has to be the AV-8s for me, great selection of shots.
All the best
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