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Just a couple from a trip to Butterburn to catch the Dutch on their annual Tac Blaze deployment to Carlisle. A smaller one this year - just three Apaches and three Chinooks. Arriving early, I had a very long wait for the action (should have read the NOTAM!), with the Apaches arriving around 17 30 but never getting closer than five miles. The Chinooks followed on but again stayed clear until the very last rays of the sun were receding, when they gave us two lovely passes down the river.

ALAN_POTTS_20250401_MG_9063 by Alan Potts, on Flickr

ALAN_POTTS_20250401_MG_9093 by Alan Potts, on Flickr

Excellent catches there, Alan

Hi Alan, nice to catch up with you and a few other folk during the day. A long day with a bit of a reward right at the end.