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Nice to catch another dragon inbound westbound into Fairford this afternoon, rumour is that a permanent detachment of U-2 is going to be happing soon here at Fairford.
Callsign Dragon 22
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Next three were taken by Lauren
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Nice pics.

Superb

I haven't been following the posts - are there 3 U-2 in or due in the next day or two heading east/west?

Nice shots in the sunshine, she looks a bit sand blasted!

Wonderful pics indeed, perfect light, well done Dragon

nice set,especially #3

slogen51 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 26, 2019 5:40 pm

Superb

I haven't been following the posts - are there 3 U-2 in or due in the next day or two heading east/west?

No mate this is the first - unusual for an e/b to kick off a swapover . Maybe the 'deployment' rumours are correct .

We don't often have perfect skies in the UK, but you certainly caught them

Correction w/b

Thanks for the comments, appreciated

Scuba 11 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 26, 2019 8:42 pm

Thanks for the comments, appreciated

Awesome shots mate well Done

Nice.

johnwayne wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 26, 2019 7:24 pm

Correction w/b

w/b? Don't recognise that term? can you expand?! thanks.

Cracking photos too!

Agent K wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 27, 2019 6:51 am

w/b? Don't recognise that term? can you expand?! thanks.

Westbound (John previously said e/b - Eastbound)

Nighthawke wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 27, 2019 7:12 am

Agent K wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 27, 2019 6:51 am

w/b? Don't recognise that term? can you expand?! thanks.

Westbound (John previously said e/b - Eastbound)

Aha...., the obvious, thank you!, worked in aviation for 34 years and didn't see that one in context!

is that a panel loose or coming of between wing / tail ?

baz1 wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 27, 2019 9:12 am

is that a panel loose or coming of between wing / tail ?

Its the Air Brakes.

cheers mark never noticed that before.

What a fantastic set of photos there, well done,

Rob

Great set of photos with good light settings showing details