[jhb] Re: ID please
- From: "Fossil" <fossil@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:34:58 +0100
That, of course, is the venerable VC10.
bones
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From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Frank Fisher
Sent: 27 July 2010 17:12
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Subject: [jhb] Re: ID please
Thanks
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=56679&id=1649856902&l=a1803d396e
Have uploaded the second AC, just follow link and both are there.
Frank
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From: "Fossil" <fossil@xxxxxxx>
To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 5:03 PM
Subject: [jhb] Re: ID please
> No - the C17 is a replacement for the aging C141 and C5 fleets.
>
> Standlake is actually only 5nm from Brize Norton and on the downwind leg.
> It
> is also 5nm from Odiham and 13nm from Fairford. The Brize zone is very
> busy
> airspace.
>
> bones
> bones@xxxxxxx
>
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> From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Frank Fisher
> Sent: 27 July 2010 14:52
> To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jhb] Re: ID please
>
> Thanks Frank T, and those who replied.
> Wondered if it was a C17, query a replacement for the aging C130
> Hercules??
> At least 8 - 10 of these overflew through out the day from early am to pm.
> Re Standlake, Lincoln Farm Park is located central, camping and
> caravanning
> site. Was there for 5 nights.
> Was also another AC at times, will post that for ID when I find the file.
> RAF Fairford is also a few miles SE of Brize. Wondered if that was the
> other
>
> destination.
>
> Frank F
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> From: "Frank Turley" <frank.turley1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 8:16 AM
> Subject: [jhb] Re: ID please
>
>
>> Hi Frank,
>>
>> I'm not a plane spotter, but being a local I know that these are C17s
>> from as I recall 99 Squadron at Brize. I have been shown around the
>> insides of one (pre 09/11), they are interesting as they are really
>> designed to do their job efficiently, they have an internal railway
>> system to speed the loading and unloading, I forget how many tanks
>> they can carry, but its pretty impressive.
>>
>> In the early days they were leased from the USA, I don't know if we
>> ever got around to buying any, but they are kept pretty busy, as you
>> will have noticed.
>>
>> I don't know what the attraction of Standlake is though?
>>
>>
>> Frank T.
>>
>>
>>
>> At 21:50 26/07/2010, you wrote:
>>>On holiday last week, at Standlake. Approx 14 miles west of Oxford,
>>>and 10 miles east of Brize Norton.
>>>These things kept thundering overhead at around 2000ft, assuming
>>>that on APP Brize Norton.
>>>Please ID for me??
>>>
>>>http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=56679&id=1649856902&l=a1803d396e
>>>
>>>Frank
>>>
>>>
>>>
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