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Dragon at RAF Fairford

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SonyShooter1955
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Dragon at RAF Fairford

Post by SonyShooter1955 » Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:45 pm

Spent sometime at Fairford and luckily the U-2 passed quite close after landing.

ImageRIV02125 by Mike Dearie, on Flickr

ImageRIV02134 by Mike Dearie, on Flickr

ImageRIV02140 by Mike Dearie, on Flickr

ImageRIV02143 by Mike Dearie, on Flickr

ImageRIV02146 by Mike Dearie, on Flickr

ImageRIV02150 by Mike Dearie, on Flickr

ImageRIV02154 by Mike Dearie, on Flickr

ImageRIV02158 by Mike Dearie, on Flickr

ImageRIV02162 by Mike Dearie, on Flickr

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Re: Dragon at RAF Fairford

Post by tm74sqn » Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:01 pm

Very nice - good to see that Fairford is still of interest and that not everyone zooms off to East Anglia!
When were photos taken - today (Thursday 30 June) or earlier in the week.
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Re: Dragon at RAF Fairford

Post by SonyShooter1955 » Thu Jun 30, 2022 11:04 pm

Taken this afternoon, 30th.

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Re: Dragon at RAF Fairford

Post by paddyboy » Fri Jul 01, 2022 4:13 am

Nicely caught, Mike :thumbs:

Thanks for posting :thumb:

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Re: Dragon at RAF Fairford

Post by tm74sqn » Fri Jul 01, 2022 8:19 am

SonyShooter1955 wrote:
Thu Jun 30, 2022 11:04 pm
Taken this afternoon, 30th.
Many thanks

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Re: Dragon at RAF Fairford

Post by quid21 » Fri Jul 01, 2022 9:56 am

Was thinking I haven't seen any U-2 photo for a while, nice shots!

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Re: Dragon at RAF Fairford

Post by Craig66 » Sat Jul 02, 2022 12:51 pm

Nice shots Mike!

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