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A winters day visit to the
Royal Navy base @ Yoevilton & Army Air Corps base @ Middle Wallop |
0915 arrival at Yoevilton, Somerset, 2degrees but some great
light....shame Sea Harriers were having the day off after night flying....
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Sea King shooting the ILS |
Nice and close, shame all the others that flew didn't come this close |
A Navy Harrier T8 taxies for a conventional departure |
It looked highly polished...! (T8 means trainer, 2 seats) |
An RAF Hawk on loan to the R.Navy at the hold, look at the reflection...! |
A Royal Navy Hawk holds for departure |
The T8 returning for some vertical flying |
The R. Navy Hawk returning |
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The only Sea Harrier we saw, being chained to the ground for full power
engine runs |
An RAF Hawk that popped in for a few hours turns for take off |
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1440 arrival at Middle Wallop, Wiltshire, about 3.5 degrees
now (where are my shorts?!?!?) but close to sunset....
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New Army trainer is the Squirrel, which replaces the Gazelle |
A Lynx inbound to land, great light reflecting off of the a/c |
A RAF Merlin visits |
It's a great chopper, very agile for it's size |
What we wanted to see, AH64D Apache, now in Army service at 3 bases |
A fixed wing trainer, a Slingsby Firefly taxies in, close to dusk |
An to finish off the day, an Apache arrives as the sun sets... |
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