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Grumpster
6:22 Tue Aug 18
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Seen it all before along Southend seafront Def you slag.
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defjam
6:21 Tue Aug 18
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GUTTED N.S?
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Northern Sold
6:11 Tue Aug 18
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Can't believe they never done anything at RAF Rochford today seeing as it was a major base in WW2.... :-(
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defjam
5:49 Tue Aug 18
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WmCovell 4:37 - I wasn't that far from you then i was the other side of the Kings Arms on top of a hay stack next to the runway!
I must say that was ridiculous, so glad it was in KENT, amazing spectacle to see them all flying and doing sorties around the airfield.
Think that's one of the best things i've ever experienced.
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Northern Sold
5:15 Tue Aug 18
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-33966632
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ironsofcanada
5:03 Tue Aug 18
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Willie McKnight who flew under Bader was a local boy and fellow alumnus at the U of A. One of my heroes as a kid.
10 kills in the Battle of France
6 more in the Battle of Britain
One more just before he died in a raid across the Channel in November of that year.
Wish I could have gone down.
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Far Cough
4:48 Tue Aug 18
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Where do they get all these Merlins from?
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Grumpster
4:39 Tue Aug 18
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I don't see any problem at all with people from Kent receiving parking tickets.
Should have towed all of the vehicles away.
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WmCovell
4:37 Tue Aug 18
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It was really packed surprisingly so the road outside from joan Allen's metal detecting shop right up past the King's arms at leaves green with thousands of people both sides of the road.
The traffic wardens were out in force and although I could see no yellow lines every car for a few miles had tickets all except the f __keys parked blocking the road.
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Grumpster
12:33 Tue Aug 18
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The Red Arrows flew overhead while I was at Clackett Lane services on Saturday.
Do love a mix of the old and new guard though and the power of the modern fighter jets is ridiculous.
Visited Bovington tank museum last week as well, which is also well worth a visit if you've time left over after visiting Monkey World next door!!
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Northern Sold
12:05 Tue Aug 18
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Ha ha ha... I wonder where he got to !!
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Big Dave
11:50 Tue Aug 18
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defjam 3:03 Mon Aug 17
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Heres one of my pics of the VULCAN flying below me!
Good pic that - is the little black dot on the back of the Vulcan Sold's mutt?
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BRANDED
11:50 Tue Aug 18
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You need a couple of drones in amongst them DJ
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Far Cough
11:49 Tue Aug 18
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Everyone goes on about the ME 109s but the Focke Wulfe 190 was a seriously excellent fighter
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BRANDED
11:48 Tue Aug 18
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I saw a Spitfire and a Vulcan over the Isle of Wight at the weekend. The Vulcan was just cruising so wasn't as loud as I would expect.
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Northern Sold
11:46 Tue Aug 18
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Seems like Johnson took no shit....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie_Johnson_(RAF_officer)
Johnson was credited with 34 individual victories over enemy aircraft, as well as seven shared victories, three shared probables, 10 damaged, three shared damaged and one destroyed on the ground.] Johnson flew 700 operational sorties and engaged enemy aircraft on 57 occasions. Included in his list of individual victories were 14 Messerschmitt Bf 109s and 20 Focke-Wulf Fw 190s destroyed making him the most successful RAF ace against the Fw 190. This score made him the highest scoring Western Allied fighter ace against the German Luftwaffe
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Far Cough
11:05 Tue Aug 18
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def, that list of Spitfires, they're not all air worthy are they?
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WmCovell
11:03 Tue Aug 18
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The King's arms pub would be a good plot I'll be about nearer to one in a black addilee ford galaxy
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defjam
10:14 Tue Aug 18
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WmCovell 8:09 - Tickets were £40 to get in at 09.30 walk around the planes, etc then you can meet the pilots after but theres no entry now.
I want to try get decent photos so didn't get a ticket, am going to try get a good spot although that depends on which way they take off?
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Northern Sold
10:11 Tue Aug 18
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Be nice to see a few Black Labs over there today (especially with their link with the fighter boys)  
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Northern Sold
10:07 Tue Aug 18
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-33966632
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