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Jonathan Warner
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Interesting visitors at your local! -post here!

Post by Jonathan Warner » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:20 pm

hi everyone.
as there are a few different "post here" threads about i thought this one might be interesting.
so any interesting, unusual or just non regular visitors at your local base i think would be quite interesting :thumbs:
post as many as you want......the more the merrier!!!!
my local is RAF Lyneham so here are a few form me this year...

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thanks Jonathan

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Post by Ben Montgomery » Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:36 pm

Interesting visitors? Now this is a thread I can participate in!

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I could chuck out a whole bunch more, but they have all been "aired" several times recently, so I wont! :)

Ben

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Post by TonyO » Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:43 pm

Nice idea for a thread Jonathan, thank goodness Lyneham gets some variation in its visitors from different nations!!!

A couple of my favourites from the Wiltshire base...

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Post by MikeB » Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:50 pm

A good thread. Technically my local should be Lyenham, but I rarely spend anytime there (until last month), I class my local as Brize, but I rarely catch any interesting military visitors there. So I thought I'd share some from my second local (confusing eh?!) - the wonderful place that is Fairford!

Some that I haven't really ever posted...

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Post by LN Strike Eagle » Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:00 pm

Norwegian Air Force at North Weald recently...

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Post by blakey » Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:07 pm

RAF Cranwell

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Post by reaperops » Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:15 pm

A few from Sleepy Suffolk.
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Gary

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Post by SamP » Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:50 pm

We do get so nice bits every now & then down at the Wick! :cool:

First time the Thai Royal Prince came in, On my birthday in 2007 :) (Managed to save this, getting used to photography back then)
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G20 earlier this year (Not too pleased with some of the shots I got :( )
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More Grey
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Still Grey
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And then these beauts!
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And finally another visit from the Thai Prince, this time in his other B737
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Cheers
Sam (Glad to be back!)

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Post by chrisward123 » Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:24 am

Saudis at Warton- Typhoon Handover Ceremony
Boeing 767 (VP-BKS) KalAir
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BAC 1-11 (ZE432) ETPS at Warton on a horrid grey wet day
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Alpha Jet QinetiQ (ZJ646) visiting on a surprise visit to Warton
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Post by RickIngham » Thu Oct 08, 2009 2:55 pm

Only been doing this a year so here's this years best bits from Lyneham:
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Brazilian KC-137 presidential:
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Special Tail Czech airforce AN-26:
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Spanish C-235:
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German Phantom:
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Gripen:
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KIWI845:
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Sentinel R1:
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Post by pikey01 » Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:02 am

Im a bit late on this one, but some from Brize

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And one final one from me. When I first posted this, it upset some of the FC stirrers that need to get a life..so just for them here it is again :P

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Post by POL » Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:23 am

Aha, surprise visitors! Right, surprise visitors to Manchester are below...












...There we have it, nothing. Absolutley nothing... :'(

Chris

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Post by Mike » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:17 am

Chris.Globe wrote:Aha, surprise visitors! Right, surprise visitors to Manchester are below...












...There we have it, nothing. Absolutley nothing... :'(

Chris
Nice set,what settings were you using ? :whistle:

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Post by Ben Montgomery » Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:32 am

Flaps wrote:
Chris.Globe wrote:Aha, surprise visitors! Right, surprise visitors to Manchester are below...












...There we have it, nothing. Absolutley nothing... :'(

Chris
Nice set,what settings were you using ? :whistle:
Looks like you left the lenscap on :lol:

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Post by nick197 » Sat Oct 10, 2009 12:26 pm

Well my local is Brize, never personally seen anything very rare so these were the best i could do :)
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Post by Macc » Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:37 pm

My locals are Kinloss and Lossie so.. :ninja:

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These are pretty special now..
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Not so special to most people, but have waited for 3 years for this jet, finally!
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Best visitors so far, my first F16s at Lossie.. ahaa.
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