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"Dragon 21" I thankyou

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faithle55

"Dragon 21" I thankyou

Post by faithle55 » Thu Jun 05, 2014 6:36 pm

U2 80-1069 "Dragon21"

Just the one from across the heat haze at FFD

A parting wave from the "Star-man"
He really was a top man, came outside and said hello to a few of us, asked what channels we were listening on, when he came out to taxi, told the tower he would hold for the photographers for 30 seconds and gave us all a wave. :clap:

ImageDSC_1392-2 by nigel.conniford, on Flickr

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Re: "Dragon 21" I thankyou

Post by Flyingmonster » Thu Jun 05, 2014 6:38 pm

Sweet as Nige!
Cheers

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Post by owensy » Thu Jun 05, 2014 6:43 pm

Nice capture! Great to see someone taking time out to take interest in us taking interest in him!
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Post by BOLLO » Thu Jun 05, 2014 6:49 pm

Top man or what :thumb:
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Re: "Dragon 21" I thankyou

Post by Mo » Thu Jun 05, 2014 6:50 pm

A great insight & equally great photo.
Poor Chris Pocock...
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Post by lardyboy999 » Thu Jun 05, 2014 6:50 pm

Now THAT is the Dog's Doodahs!

How good is that!

:O :O
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Post by Paultojo » Thu Jun 05, 2014 7:25 pm

Brilliant
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Re: "Dragon 21" I thankyou

Post by Pune » Thu Jun 05, 2014 7:28 pm

owensy wrote:Nice capture! Great to see someone taking time out to take interest in us taking interest in him!
Great quote and totally agree with you... :thumb:
BUT who is Chris Pocock!!!
If you can keep your head whilst all around are losing theirs, you have probably completely misread the situation!!
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Post by joe spares » Thu Jun 05, 2014 7:36 pm

Pune wrote:
owensy wrote:Nice capture! Great to see someone taking time out to take interest in us taking interest in him!
Great quote and totally agree with you... :thumb:
BUT who is Chris Pocock!!!
Chris Pocock is well known for his well informed books on the U2 over the years!
At least when James May had a ride in a U2 they found a seat for him, and didn't shove him in the Q-bay !! :D
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Re: "Dragon 21" I thankyou

Post by Pune » Thu Jun 05, 2014 7:39 pm

Thanks Joe, fascinating, I'll look him up, sounds interesting, cheers.
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Post by ajsr71 » Thu Jun 05, 2014 7:53 pm

Chris made it safely home to his "Dragons Den" in the UK.
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Post by bobthehandyman » Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:08 pm

faithle55 wrote:U2 80-1069 "Dragon21"

Just the one from across the heat haze at FFD

A parting wave from the "Star-man"
He really was a top man, came outside and said hello to a few of us, asked what channels we were listening on, when he came out to taxi, told the tower he would hold for the photographers for 30 seconds and gave us all a wave. :clap:

ImageDSC_1392-2 by nigel.conniford, on Flickr

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Post by DanBeeden » Fri Jun 06, 2014 7:20 am

Wonderful - top bloke!
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Post by falconfighting » Fri Jun 06, 2014 8:13 am

Thats a great story - thanks for sharing
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Post by venom » Fri Jun 06, 2014 1:07 pm

love the nose art
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Post by H.A.Bucken » Fri Jun 06, 2014 3:37 pm

Chris is to the Dragon Lady what Paul Crickmore is to the Blackbird, both well respected authors. I wonder if Chris is a forum member?
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Post by quid21 » Sat Jun 07, 2014 9:17 am

What a good sense of humour!

I'm thinking someone should start a thread with these U2 messages on, didn't Mike have a"mention" too?
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Post by MikeB » Sat Jun 07, 2014 11:01 am

quid21 wrote:I'm thinking someone should start a thread with these U2 messages on, didn't Mike have a"mention" too?
I did indeed!
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Post by stigorige » Sat Jun 07, 2014 11:11 pm

Are they still watching you Mike?
Great to see such rapport between enthusiasts and aircrew!
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Post by TeeJay » Sun Jun 08, 2014 7:47 am

Nice picture. Great to see a bit of banter between watchers and the watched :D
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