Earls Colne log and photos 04/08/22

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A quick stop on the way back from seeing the Raptors at Lakenheath.
Only my 4th ever visit here and my first since 2003.

Not a particularly exciting log- all hangars were shut so just logged those outside. I was hoping to see the G-ECA. fleet, but only saw 2 - 1 of which I'd seen before of course!

Earls Colne            04/08/22

G-AZOZ    Cessna FRA.150L
G-AZVB    Bolkow bO.209A Monsun
G-BLIT     Thorpe T.18
G-BWXJ    Slingsby T.67 Firefly
G-ECAC    Robin R.2120U
G-ECAG    Robin HR.200/120
G-EHEM    MD.900 Explorer
G-SHAY    PA-28R-201 Arrow
G-TXAS    Cessna A.150L (taildragger)

111836    AT-6C Harvard (G-TSIX)
XX528       Bulldog (G-BZON)

N787JD    Cirrus SR.22

Not much to see but still worth a visit as I needed 4 - ECAG, TXAS, N787JD plus G-BZON the Bulldog, which I needed as civil but first saw as XX528 almost 40 years ago - 18/09/82 at Abingdon!

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IMG_2452 by Z Z, on Flickr

IMG_2451 by Z Z, on Flickr

IMG_2450 by Z Z, on Flickr

IMG_2449 by Z Z, on Flickr

IMG_2448 by Z Z, on Flickr

[graham]

I had to have a look as you do Phil, and I saw XX528 at Abingdon on 11/6/77. Haven't seen her in her civil guise.

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Aug 6, 2022 9:11:29 GMT graham said:

I had to have a look as you do Phil, and I saw XX528 at Abingdon on 11/6/77. Haven't seen her in her civil guise.

Just to make you feel old, I wasn’t quite 3 in June 77 !
My logging in Sep 82 was 2 days before I turned 8 !

It is still in its red and white training scheme and still carries XX528 externally rather than its civil identity.

[graham]

You certainly started early there ZZ, my Dad took me to some shows when I was very young but I didn't start spotting until I was ten.