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  1. Jon8910
    An update to this thread I contributed to some time ago. R Crawford's Sherman & Valentine Crawler Tractors made rare appearances and were both on display this weekend at the Carrington Rally, Lincs. The Valentine has been buried in the undergrowth for many years and pulled out just prior to the event for it's public debut:
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    Correct, I was too busy enjoying a last look at the two Lancs together to take much notice of the fighters, especially as Vera was leading the formation for once...:-D
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    Vera on way home to Canada, flew over Waddo earlier with BBMF Lanc, 3x Spitfires and 1 x Hurricane, great sight, sound and send off.
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    Both Lancs flew together today three times, they have just completed an evening practise with Spitfire & Hurricane in tow, ready for the Authority display tomorrow and onto Biggin Hill for the weekend. The sight & sound of two Lancs landing in the low evening sun was spine tingling! Just one teaser pic from earlier:
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    Vera just completed some solo practise displays over Coningsby, later joined by Hurricane PZ865 for some formation flying. Couple of pics taken from my back garden, :-)
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    Plans are more than afoot, 21st Aug, x2 Lancaster’s and x1 Vulcan will be flying from Waddington.
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    I don't know about "drop everything and travel a considerable distance" but I did manage to drag myself out the office and walk round to the front of the building to watch it leave on Friday morning, along with many others on the Station I may add, well worth the effort too
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    Many classic aircraft have passed thru Connie Edwards hangars in Texas over the years; some have remained to gather dust such as the BoB Film Buchons & Spitfire he acquired post filming. He also still owns a Sherman tank which until recent times is/was a runner. The BoB Film B-25 was known as the ‘Psychedelic Monster’ due to its high vis colour scheme for air to air filming, flown by the late John ‘Jeff’ Hawke an equally colourful character whom I had the pleasure of meeting at many airshows in the early eighties during my BBMF days. Jon
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    And will be displaying at Wickenby approx 14.40 en route.
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    Sad to hear the news that one of the Panton brothers Fred has passed away aged 82. The brothers are owners of Lancaster NX611 and the Lincolnshire Aviation Museum at East Kirkby. A true gentleman, always a pleasure to chat to, RIP Fred.
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    In addition, there was a Chieftain at the entrance to the Manby complex, I think most of the armour at Manby has now moved on, Robert Crawford has his Sherman tractor near Boston, not seen the Centurion near Coningsby for many years, was a runner, maybe still stored, and also what may pass thru Withams at Colsterworth. Mr Woods M4 High Speed Tractor is local to Lincs too I believe. Jon
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    Was already on my list of events to attend, considering I wimped out travelling last year because of the weather, good line up again...
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    Oops, yes got the year wrong, i wont listen to that bloke Lance again, sorry
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    Is this event likely to be affected by the Tour de France event on the same weekend?
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    Looked good at the Victory show, well done guys.
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    Quick visit to the show today, excellent once again, getting bigger & better every year. Jon
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    Is that the M60 from the East of England museum?
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    Good update Steve, shame so many events are being affected at the moment, I had planned to go to this one but the torrential rain & forecast did put me off travelling the 90 miles, hope things improved today. Jon
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    Welcome from another in sunny Lincs and if I look out of the window I can certainly see a bomber sat on the other side of the airfield, a rather famous (or infamous) tin triangle that gave Port Stanley airfield a rather rude awakening 30 years ago last month, J
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    Nice pics Steve, definitely a flashback to the 70’s shows I remember from my youth. Now I know where the Cat was coming from as it flew over my house on Sunday afternoon.
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    Quite right Pzkpfw-e, the B707 was designed in 1954. The RC135 Rivet Joints have already been around the clock. Twenty USAF Rivet Joints are being refurbished and refitted, the RAF is having three of those, calling them 'Airseeker'. Supposedly cheaper than using three Nimrod MR4's... Really :cheesy:
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    The final, final flight has just taken place of the Nimrod R1 with the spirited departure of 49 for Kemble, where it will be dismantled and transported to Cosford Museum, this follows 64 which flew into East Midlands for the Aeropark recently, 65 is currently being cut up for scrap in a hangar.
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    I was at the finale event, having worked on the R1’s until recently. I’m not going to enter into the replacement debate; I’ve heard enough of all that over the past 3 years and became a victim of the decision. Here’s a couple of pics from the event, of XV249, which incidentally is a hybrid R1 having started life as an MR2 and converted to R1 to replace XW666 ‘The Beast’ which was very skillfully ditched into the Moray Firth back in 1995 after an engine/wing fire during an airtest. One of the R1’s will be on static display at this weekend’s airshow. Bye bye Mighty Hunter :cry:.
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    Nice one Adrian, 32 minutes to comment on that, I should have known it would be you first, well spotted. Now how about the Technical Details….:-) Crawfords did have a Valentine tank cut down too, which was still in the yard a few years ago in a sorry state, which I believe a certain Valentine DD owner once had a look at....
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    Loosely connected to this thread, an article in our local paper here in ‘flatish’ Lincolnshire, said a team of divers are planning this summer to recover some of the 120 practise spherical bombs dropped in Loch Striven during the run up to the Dams Raid, film footage of these trials was used in the original film. A spokesman diver said ‘There must be a whole bundle of them on the bottom’. At a guess I would say about 120 or so!
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