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An octet of Avengers and no sign of Steed or Mrs. Peel!

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An octet of Avengers and no sign of Steed or Mrs. Peel!

Post by paddyboy » Sun Nov 17, 2019 9:46 am

Hi Peeps :P

A few more mouldy oldies trawled from the vault :whistle:

North Weald and Mildenhall amongst the venues :thumbs:

ImageIMG_0008 (1181x765) by patrick ward, on Flickr

ImageIMG_0007 (1280x820) by patrick ward, on Flickr

ImageIMG_0006 (1280x843) by patrick ward, on Flickr

ImageIMG_0005 (1280x842) by patrick ward, on Flickr

ImageIMG_0004 (1078x712) by patrick ward, on Flickr

ImageIMG_0003 (1084x712) by patrick ward, on Flickr

ImageIMG_0002 (1084x713) by patrick ward, on Flickr

ImageIMG_0001 (1071x684) by patrick ward, on Flickr

Hope they are worth a peek ;)

Best regards as always :thumb:

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Re: An octet of Avengers and no sign of Steed or Mrs. Peel!

Post by Nighthawke » Sun Nov 17, 2019 10:10 am

Very nice PB, especially the aerial shots :thumb:

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Re: An octet of Avengers and no sign of Steed or Mrs. Peel!

Post by LTFT5 » Sun Nov 17, 2019 10:21 am

Hi Paddyboy :P
Love these, especially that first shot which shows of what a beast the avenger was.
Your showing your age with Steed and Mrs Peel, although Mrs Peel could rock a cat suit :D :whistle:
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Post by SW Sky Blue » Sun Nov 17, 2019 11:25 am

Beast :clap:

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Re: An octet of Avengers and no sign of Steed or Mrs. Peel!

Post by Petepilot » Sun Nov 17, 2019 2:41 pm

Hi Paddy :P . Nice pics, thanks for sharing. North Weald will always be my 'home station'. :thumb:

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Post by Seahawk 11 » Sun Nov 17, 2019 3:35 pm

Great set of photos there, I do like the first one,

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Post by fisherman » Sun Nov 17, 2019 7:31 pm

Nice set Paddy, long time since I visited North Weald, Ido like number 2 :thumb:

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Re: An octet of Avengers and no sign of Steed or Mrs. Peel!

Post by paddyboy » Mon Nov 18, 2019 4:27 am

Thanks for peeking and replying peeps :thumbs:

I had forgotten just how large a beastie she was/is :O

Cheers :thumb:

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Post by The Phantom » Mon Nov 18, 2019 7:16 am

I remember being amazed at what a large aircraft these were :Wow:

Super shots Paddy :thumbs:

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Post by grumpy616 » Mon Nov 18, 2019 1:43 pm

Great stuff Paddy :thumb:
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Post by Knife 04 » Mon Nov 18, 2019 9:03 pm

Very nice Mr W - like the scheme in 3 & 4 especially!

Take care mate

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Post by paddyboy » Tue Nov 19, 2019 4:32 am

Thanks again, guys :clap:
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Re: An octet of Avengers and no sign of Steed or Mrs. Peel!

Post by eLaReF » Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:56 am

The aircraft in 3 & 4 is actually the same one from 1 & 2 after a later repaint
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