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    Interesting how the Scimitars loaded with no problems, but the Sultan struggled to get onto the transporter. Were they tail-heavy?
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    Looks like an engine & a couple of wheels to me!
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    Very unlikely to happen. There aren't any airworthy Hercules of the appropriate marks available, so unless it's re-engined with Merlins, it'll never fly, at least not in the UK.
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    The big splash is a Beaufighter going in! More here. http://www.oldcmp.net/ns1.html
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    Definately a Universal Carrier convertion. There's similar ones based on the T16. Strickland converted some for Australia. http://www.oldcmp.net/strickland_1.html
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    Rumour has it, the usual politicking amongst the top brass. The Tornado's so much more photogenic! Arguably, what is needed, is a cheap, turboprop COIN aircraft. Think of a British Pucara. Also, any money on us never getting our own jets for the carrier, Rafaels would fit soooo well on it!
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    http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/field-notes/2012/09/russian-inventor-patents-poop-explosives?cmpid=enews091212&spPodID=020&spMailingID=4762387&spUserID=MTkxNjY2NTk5MzkS1&spJobID=286485615&spReportId=Mjg2NDg1NjE1S0
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    Plenty of axis vehicles being shown in photos "under new management". Not as many as the Germans used, but they were critically short of motor transport and had access to more "left behind" items! Ernest Hemingway had a Kubelwagen, as he bounced around Europe. As did these chaps from the 101st Airbourne! These GIs look quite happy with their run-about! (Co B, 129th Ord. bat) H39, recaptured by the French Resistance. Marder III in use by their Belgian equivalents. Well-known Russian unit of Panthers. Ozzy M11/39 Your Schwimmwagen? As has been noted, driving around in a captured vehicle does have many risks, US vehicle recognition isn't good at the best of times!
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    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4Tzm5cBPXTM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Some interesting vehicles trundling around.
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    Must be a spare Hercules for the Blue Angels, they usually have "Fat Albert"
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    http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/communities/wallsend/2012/09/10/tyneside-built-hms-ark-royal-will-be-sold-for-scrap-72703-31803560/
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    Bruce Crompton's Jagdpanzer 38t "Hetzer"! A real WW2 veteran, with combat history.
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    The Borgward B IV, was uncovered during excavations for Vienna's new railway station. http://www.austrianindependent.com/news/Lifestyle/2010-04-02/1929/WWII_tank_found_during_Vienna_excavation_work
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    Royal Navy Historical Flight's one from Yeovilton. This one was at Duxford's Flying Legends. French-owned.
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    BBMF's silver Spitfire did a little display over Newark town centre today, about 11.15 am.
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    G-AWHE. http://duxfordfotogallery.co.uk/#/buchon-g-awhe-copy/4554112421 (Built in 1954) G-BWUE http://duxfordfotogallery.co.uk/#/buchon-g-bwue/4554150487 (Incredibly, built in 1959!) Putting these dates into perspective, the last Spitfire to be built, a Griffon engined Mk24, left the production line in February 1948, the last operational sortie being on 1st April, 1954, by a PRXIX.
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    From miliblog, no location given.
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    About 6pm, Vulcan heading back home, near Newark. Sun glinting off its tail, looked great!
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    One of Bov's examples is ex- Cypriot. "Used by Greek Cypriot National Guard, Cyprus. Transported to U.K. by LSL Sir Tristram, from Akrotiri to Marchwood - June 1986. Thisis the South African armoured car based on the Canadian F60L 3-ton lorry chassis, still known as the Marmon-Herrington, although containing none of their components. They were used by the Free Greeks during the Second World War, who passed them on to the Greek Cypriot National Guard, who used the cars into the 1980's, re-engined with 6 cylinder diesels" There's 3 "Preserved" in the "Peace & Freedom Museum", near Kyrenia. http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=35460&d=1285836898 Another in Athens.
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    Any Antonov AN2 flying in the UK? Sure I saw one trundling over us, heading towards Newark, at about 2pm today.
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    Now, that's dedication, 6,000km round trip!
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    And a Sherman! http://www.flickr.com/photos/48545521@N06/4561454384/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/48545521@N06/4560825667/in/photostream/ More Jeeps. http://www.flickr.com/photos/48545521@N06/4560824457/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/48545521@N06/4561452104/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/48545521@N06/4561450626/in/photostream/ Chaffee http://www.flickr.com/photos/48545521@N06/4558364063/in/photostream/ Panhard 178 http://www.flickr.com/photos/48545521@N06/4526870350/in/photostream/ And a few M5 Stuarts http://www.flickr.com/photos/48545521@N06/4526238415/in/photostream/
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    France. http://www.popfi.com/2011/02/07/massive-wwii-bomb-prompts-evacuations-in-france/ I'm surprised that the Krauts didn't defuse it, be better to try that than to blow it in-situ.
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    Can you see what's coming? http://youtu.be/tTDaflfike0
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    Oooops!
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