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11 May 2020 20:55 #21 by kebecker
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Taken at an RAF Alconbury for show

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06 Jun 2020 19:02 - 06 Jun 2020 22:57 #22 by kebecker
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few more from different Alconbury airshows. Try as I might, I cannot get the tail art the correct way up!!!! [Fixed. PB]

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06 Jun 2020 19:54 #23 by Peter Kirk
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That matt black finish must have been a nightmare in hot and sunny climes. I remember some advice I was given decades ago - never buy a black car - its like driving in an oven after even the briefest sun. Air conditioning these days helps but they can really eat up the fuel.
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)

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03 Oct 2020 07:50 #24 by stevie
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Here's a set of photos I took a few weeks ago at Fairford

Putting the wheels back on -


Part 2 coming up....
www.flickr.com/photos/151928544@N03/albums

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03 Oct 2020 07:54 - 03 Oct 2020 07:56 #25 by stevie
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....& a few more of the two currently based at Fairford

The tail wheel wagon -

Putting the wheels on again -



Cheers
Steve
www.flickr.com/photos/151928544@N03/albums

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03 Oct 2020 09:51 #26 by canberra
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So the U2 was going to be retired in 2015!!!

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03 Oct 2020 20:16 #27 by kebecker
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Interesting that they are using a hire pickup truck

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05 Oct 2020 09:59 #28 by canberra
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Makes sense. Why buy vehicles that are not used that often when you can hire them?

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06 Oct 2020 09:24 - 06 Oct 2020 09:30 #29 by P Bellamy
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For the last few years there have regularly been two U2s deployed to Fairford at any given time, rotating out from Beale AFB in California.
This deployment was made a permanent Operating Location for the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron in 2019.
Paul Bellamy

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