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Coastguards and Cobhams

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johnwickenden
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Coastguards and Cobhams

Post by johnwickenden » Fri Oct 30, 2020 9:17 pm

Not exactly current military, but both of these are on Government contracts..

First up, HM Coastguard Agusta Westland AW169 G-MCGS seen returning from a sortie at Lee on Solent
ImageG-MCGS-AW169-Lee on Solent-201020 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr

ImageG-MCGS-AW169-Lee on Solent-201020-1 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr

and seen a week earlier taxying back to stand at Teesside is Cobham Falcon 20 G-FRAD
ImageG-FRAD-Fa20-Teesside-141020 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr

ImageG-FRAD-Fa20-Teesside-141020-3 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr
Its gonna rain, its gonna rain till the levee breaks, a tidal wave of fear and pain washes us away, another fight into the night until nothing else remains, how do we find harbour from the Hurricane?

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Re: Coastguards and Cobhams

Post by chinook75 » Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:58 pm

heli is AW189 ;)

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Re: Coastguards and Cobhams

Post by johnwickenden » Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:38 am

Thanks- the new AWs all look the same to me
Its gonna rain, its gonna rain till the levee breaks, a tidal wave of fear and pain washes us away, another fight into the night until nothing else remains, how do we find harbour from the Hurricane?

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Re: Coastguards and Cobhams

Post by paddyboy » Sat Oct 31, 2020 1:08 pm

Nice catches, Jon :thumbs:

Thanks for posting :thumb:

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