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ID 60774 Views: 195 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Skybus Airlines Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 Islander	St Just - Land's End Airport (LEQ/EGHC) United Kingdom, April 14, 2023	E. Jones Contact
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	G-BUBN (cn 2270) Here’s a new airport for the database. Land's End Airport, near Penzance in Cornwall, is the most south westerly airport of mainland Britain. After hiking along the cliffs of Land’s End, I caught G-BUBN landing RWY 34 and G-EDEL, a Piper PA-32-300 parked on the ramp soon after arriving.

ID 60200 Views: 205 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy (L-500)	RAF Mildenhall (MHZ/EGUN) United Kingdom, May 25, 1986	E. Jones Contact
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	69-0006 (cn 500-037) RAF Mildenhall 25 May 1986

ID 60199 Views: 209 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy (L-500)	RAF Mildenhall (MHZ/EGUN) United Kingdom, May 25, 1986	E. Jones Contact
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	69-0006 (cn 500-037) Here’s a scanned copy of a Lockheed Martin C-5A Galaxy from 25 May 1986. I snapped this on a dreary and blustery day at Mildenhall Air Fete 86 at RAF Mildenhall, UK.

ID 60028 Views: 436 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon	Fairford (EGVA) United Kingdom, July 13, 2018	Erik Frikke Contact
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	169335 (cn 63183)

ID 60020 Views: 333 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	United Kingdom - Air Force Douglas C-47A Skytrain	Gloucestershire - RAF Fairford (FFD/EGVA) United Kingdom, July 15, 2018	Erik Frikke Contact
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	ZA947 (cn 10200) Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Together with Lancaster PA474, and 2 Spitfires PS915 and G-LFVC.

ID 60019 Views: 261 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	United Kingdom - Air Force Douglas C-47A Skytrain	Gloucestershire - RAF Fairford (FFD/EGVA) United Kingdom, July 15, 2018	Erik Frikke Contact
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	ZA947 (cn 10200) Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Together with Lancaster PA474

ID 60018 Views: 240 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	United Kingdom - Air Force Douglas C-47A Skytrain	Gloucestershire - RAF Fairford (FFD/EGVA) United Kingdom, July 15, 2018	Erik Frikke Contact
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	ZA947 (cn 10200) Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Together with Lancaster PA474

ID 60017 Views: 242 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	United Kingdom - Air Force Douglas C-47A Skytrain	Gloucestershire - RAF Fairford (FFD/EGVA) United Kingdom, July 14, 2018	Erik Frikke Contact
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	ZA947 (cn 10200) Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

ID 60016 Views: 300 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	United Kingdom - Air Force Douglas C-47A Skytrain	Gloucestershire - RAF Fairford (FFD/EGVA) United Kingdom, July 14, 2018	Erik Frikke Contact
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	ZA947 (cn 10200) Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

ID 59136 Views: 507 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Private Hawker Hunter F58	Duxford - Imperial War Museum (QFO/EGSU) United Kingdom, October 14, 2012	E. Jones Contact
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	G-PSST (cn HABL-003115) Ferocious Frankie, G-BTCD, a North American P-51D-25NA Mustang, and Miss Demeanour, G-PSST, a Hawker Hunter F58 coming around with a glimpse of the sun breaking through at the Duxford Imperial War Museum Autumn Air Show Autumn Air Show on 14 Oct 2012.

ID 59135 Views: 373 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Private LeVier Cosmic Wind Mk II	Duxford - Imperial War Museum (QFO/EGSU) United Kingdom, October 14, 2012	E. Jones Contact
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	G-ARUL / 5 (cn PFA/1511) I snapped this shot at the Duxford Imperial War Museum Autumn Air Show on 14 Oct 2012 but had no idea of the Levier Cosmic Wind Mk II’s history. Much to my surprise, it dates all the way back to the 1949 National Air Races in Cleveland, OH. “Ballerina” was the third of the original three Cosmic Wind built by Lockheed engineers in 1947, and was originally registered as N22C, c/n 103. It was one of only six of its’ type. It was involved in a crash in the UK during a race in 1966 but was rebuilt and was re-registered with the new c/n of PFA/1511. Unfortunately, I didn’t catch any shots in the sky.

ID 59134 Views: 394 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Private LeVier Cosmic Wind Mk II	Duxford - Duxford General Airport (QFO/EGSU) United Kingdom, October 14, 2012	E. Jones Contact
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	G-ARUL / 5 (cn PFA/1511) A new and exceptionally rare aircraft and manufacturer for the database. I snapped this shot at the Duxford Imperial War Museum Autumn Air Show on 14 Oct 2012 but had no idea of the Levier Cosmic Wind Mk II’s history. Much to my surprise, it dates all the way back to the 1949 National Air Races in Cleveland, OH. “Ballerina” was the third of the original three Cosmic Wind built by Lockheed engineers in 1947, and was originally registered as N22C, c/n 103. It was one of only six of its’ type. It was involved in a crash in the UK during a race in 1966 but was rebuilt and was re-registered with the new c/n of PFA/1511. Unfortunately, I didn’t catch any shots in the sky.

ID 59124 Views: 372 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird A	Duxford - Imperial War Museum (QFO/EGSU) United Kingdom, October 12, 2012	E. Jones Contact
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	61-7962 (cn 2013) A Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird on display inside the Duxford Imperial War Museum.

ID 59123 Views: 390 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird A	Duxford - Imperial War Museum (QFO/EGSU) United Kingdom, October 12, 2012	E. Jones Contact
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	61-7962 (cn 2013) A Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird on display inside the Duxford Imperial War Museum. I have to dig through my archives for other Blackbird shots in the UK back in 1980's.

ID 59122 Views: 369 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	United Kingdom - Air Force Short S312 Tucano T Mk1	Duxford - Duxford General Airport (QFO/EGSU) United Kingdom, October 12, 2012	E. Jones Contact
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	ZF269 (cn T53) Three RAF trainer aircraft at the Duxford Imperial War Museum Autumn Air Show on 12 Oct 2012. Shown here are ZF374, a Shorts EMB S-312 Tucano T1, XX278, XX204, both British Aerospace Hawk T.Mk 1’s. Sadly, one occupant was killed, the Pilot injured, and the Hawk XX204 (last tail here) was lost following a mishap in Wales in March, 2018.

ID 59121 Views: 375 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Duxford Imperial War Museum Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina	Duxford - Duxford General Airport (QFO/EGSU) United Kingdom, October 12, 2012	E. Jones Contact
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	G-PBYA / 433915 (cn CV283) A 1943 Consolidated Catalina PBV-1A, S/N RCAF11005, wearing “Miss Pick-up” nose art, seen on display at the Duxford Imperial War Museum Airport.

ID 59120 Views: 374 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Duxford Imperial War Museum Junkers Ju 52 (All Models)	Duxford - Duxford General Airport (QFO/EGSU) United Kingdom, October 12, 2012	E. Jones Contact
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	4V+GH (cn 48) A 1946 Junkers JU-52 seen on display at the Duxford Airport.

ID 59119 Views: 372 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-15 A Eagle	Duxford - Imperial War Museum (QFO/EGSU) United Kingdom, October 12, 2012	E. Jones Contact
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	76-0020 (cn 199/A172) A retired USAF F-15A, once assigned to the 5th Fighter Interceptor Squadron seen on display at the Duxford Imperial War Museum under a colorful English autumn sky.

ID 59118 Views: 385 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	United Kingdom - Air Force BAE Systems CT-155 Hawk	Duxford - Duxford General Airport (QFO/EGSU) United Kingdom, October 12, 2012	E. Jones Contact
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	XX278 (cn 103/312103) An RAF British Aerospace Hawk, wearing the Queen's Diamond Jubilee color scheme, rehearsing before the Duxford Imperial War Museum Autumn Air Show.

ID 59117 Views: 360 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	United Kingdom - Air Force Short S312 Tucano T Mk1	Duxford - Duxford General Airport (QFO/EGSU) United Kingdom, October 12, 2012	E. Jones Contact
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	ZF269 (cn T53) An RAF Shorts EMB S-312 Tucano T1, wearing the Queen's Diamond Jubilee color scheme, rehearsing before the Duxford Imperial War Museum Autumn Air Show.