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Cool Coningsby 08/12/10

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Cool Coningsby 08/12/10

Post by vis814 » Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:59 pm

I arrived just in time to see Sentinel "Snapshot 1" take off and do some touch and go's, then depart.
Then it went a little quiet, activity wise. Not as cold as yesterday at -3c, but still cool.

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Re: Cool Coningsby 08/12/10

Post by GARYKING » Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:02 pm

Great timing on No2, I still haven't seen one
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Re: Cool Coningsby 08/12/10

Post by captain scarlet » Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:02 pm

Second and last one for me, top work! :thumb:

Have you thawed out yet?! ;)

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Re: Cool Coningsby 08/12/10

Post by blakey » Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:15 pm

Another cracking set from Coningsby shame i couldnt get there til 3 looks like i missed the good bits (well only bits) lol

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Re: Cool Coningsby 08/12/10

Post by markmarples » Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:17 pm

cracking piccys a question?

in piccy 1 are those hindenburgers in the background?
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Re: Cool Coningsby 08/12/10

Post by blakey » Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:19 pm

markmarples wrote:cracking piccys a question?

in piccy 1 are those hindenburgers in the background?
Havent got a clue what a hindenburger is but they look like 17sqn Typhoons
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Re: Cool Coningsby 08/12/10

Post by GOOSE » Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:21 pm

markmarples wrote:cracking piccys a question?

in piccy 1 are those hindenburgers in the background?
2250 Tonka Tanks?
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Re: Cool Coningsby 08/12/10

Post by markmarples » Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:26 pm

yer ? are they ? they look like it to me, but why at Coningsby
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Re: Cool Coningsby 08/12/10

Post by POL » Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:28 pm

Tornado GR.4's? I think they use those types of tanks?
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Re: Cool Coningsby 08/12/10

Post by beaker1971 » Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:31 pm

The 2250 Tonka tanks are there for 41 Sqn
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Re: Cool Coningsby 08/12/10

Post by markmarples » Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:31 pm

ok im a n*b i forgot tonkas were at coningsby, so i guess thats why they are there, i take it we agree that they are hindenburgers
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Re: Cool Coningsby 08/12/10

Post by vis814 » Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:59 pm

Thanks for your comments.
I now know what a Hindenburger is. :whistle:
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