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Newquay 9/6/17 RAF Falcons Drop Plane

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Newquay 9/6/17 RAF Falcons Drop Plane

Post by phat01 » Fri Jun 09, 2017 1:33 pm

Hi all

a quick fuel stop for the RAF Falcons drop aircraft. i know its civvie registered but its used for RAF flying........ if that counts :)

ImageC-FPSH by Phil Salter, on Flickr

ImageC-FPSH-2 by Phil Salter, on Flickr

ImageC-FPSH-3 by Phil Salter, on Flickr

thanks for looking C&C's welcome

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Re: Newquay 9/6/17 RAF Falcons Drop Plane

Post by paddyboy » Fri Jun 09, 2017 3:08 pm

Hi Phil :P

Nice catch, mate :thumb:

How times have changed :O

Back in the day, it would always be a Herk :whistle:

Like going from a Roller to a Dacia :lol:

Cheers :thumbs:

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Re: Newquay 9/6/17 RAF Falcons Drop Plane

Post by JAMBO31 » Fri Jun 09, 2017 3:35 pm

Nothing wrong with a Dacia.

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Re: Newquay 9/6/17 RAF Falcons Drop Plane

Post by toom317 » Fri Jun 09, 2017 7:06 pm

[quote="paddyboy"]
Back in the day, it would always be a Herk :whistle:
[quote]

They jumped from an Andover at Leuchers once, got a slide of the fly by at the end of the jump. I seem to recall seeing them jump from a Chinook once as well. But at least they were military, and you always got a low level fly by from the jump platform at the end of the Falcons display.
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