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Wellesbourne Sortie
3rd Feb 2007 |
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So, a very minor sortie at short notice. So minor in fact it all came down to
one aircraft, G-ASUD, on a reconnaissance mission accompanying the North Weald
Flying Group to Wellesbourne. What's at Wellesbourne? Ask Pete. Not for him the
subtleties of composite materials and variable pitch props. No, slap some jet
turbines on a delta wing, tie a seat to the front and he's happy! Steve and Bob
went along just to be sure he came home again.
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Steve planning |
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G-ASUD departs Andrewsfield |
Weathersfield |
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Haverhill |
Sailess Windmill |
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Cambridge Airfield |
Cambridge City |
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Cambridge Railway Station |
Cambridge Cathedral & University |
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Grafham Water |
Little Staughton |
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Pitdford Water |
Gaydon |
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Wellesbourne, Final 36 |
Wellesbourne |
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What did we come here for? |
Busy Day |
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Kittyhawk arrival |
Kittyhawk touch down |
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Helicopters |
The North Weald Flying Group tuck in |
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Steve and Bob, more restrained |
Peter's toy |
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Vulcan sharp end |
Vulcan |
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Plumbing |
XM655 |
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Wing |
My other plane's a Cherokee |
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Time to go Peter |
Kittyhawk |
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Sun over the nose |
Meow! |
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Posing |
One of us is the wrong way round |
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Strapping in |
P40 flypast |
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P40 bearing down on G-ASUD |
P40 |
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P40 up close! |
P40 departs |
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Santa Pod |
No idea |
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Nicely trimmed |
Wratting Common, plain as day |
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Wratting Common, grass doesn't grow on a busy street |
Right base 09, Andrewsfield |
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Final 09, Andrewsfield |
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An unconventional departure |
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| [Photos: Pete & Bob,
click to view full size] |
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