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I was "lucky" enough to spend Sep-Jan in the Falklands working, so taking advantage of my position I took some photos of the place as its not something you'd normally see on here, hope you enjoy them.

Battle of Britain was celebrated with a flypast in the setting sun.


MPA-17 by Quo68, on Flickr


MPA-18 by Quo68, on Flickr

Not the best due to the light!


MPA-20 by Quo68, on Flickr


MPA-21 by Quo68, on Flickr

The RAFs newest C17 came for a visit:


MPA-30 by Quo68, on Flickr


Some excellent sunny weather with a full apron:


MPA-38 by Quo68, on Flickr


MPA-39 by Quo68, on Flickr


MPA-40 by Quo68, on Flickr


MPA-41 by Quo68, on Flickr

An appalling day saw a visit from the USSR!


MPA-42 by Quo68, on Flickr


MPA-45 by Quo68, on Flickr


MPA-48 by Quo68, on Flickr

Some better photography weather just before I left:


MPA-49 by Quo68, on Flickr


MPA-50 by Quo68, on Flickr



MPA-61 by Quo68, on Flickr


MPA-66 by Quo68, on Flickr




MPA-69 by Quo68, on Flickr


MPA-67 by Quo68, on Flickr

What a really nice set Adrian and great to see something different
It's easy to forget about the sunny Falkland Isles and a great reminder that our boys and girls are still busy all over the world.
Thanks for the post
Cheers
Andy

Superb set Adrian.

"On the ball City!"

Superb and great to see

Excellent Adrian. Thanks for sharing. Hard to choose a favorite

Loving the fact that our Albert "made" the VC-10 move first lol (I was down there Jan - Mar last year working on 1312 flt)

Great pics Adrian, thanks for sharing

Epic

Very interesting Pictures from they !!!!

Regards,
Dietmar

Very intresting shot's.

Regards.

Mark.

How times have changed.....I got hauled over the coals for taking photos at MPA back in 1998-99.

Great set, brings back memories of the Death Star, The Lot and the mighty, mighty 78 Sqn!

Thanks.

lardyboy999 wrote:How times have changed.....I got hauled over the coals for taking photos at MPA back in 1998-99.

Great set, brings back memories of the Death Star, The Lot and the mighty, mighty 78 Sqn!

Thanks.

As far as I was aware, you still are not allowed, so hope the OP has permission to show these

Great real pics showings things as they are.

Love the murky 124 landing shots! Oh and the Typhoon power climb of course..

Realistic is best!

Nah best are the VC10 pics!1 lovely blue skies on the latter

Brilliant set. Great to see..

Ha. Remember that when I was there......we'd had Xmas Eve in the Lot, so suitably hungover Xmas Day, the Boss says "Get in the back, one of the Chinny boys can cover the desk"....cue me barfing over Santa's feet......there wasn't much goodwill after that......

Not many guys can say they've puked on santas feet lol lardyboy, my first det to MPA was over Christmas of 97-98. BBQ for Xmas lunch lol

I thought I'd seen the back of FI after leaving the tanker fleet!
Seeing a VC-10 on the pan was always welcome (especially if your replacement was on board).
A great set to view, - do miss the old F3 though

Hi mate
Great to see some from down there thanks for showing

John.