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Supra
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Re: Spotter spotting

Post by Supra » Thu Nov 07, 2019 12:40 pm

If 40 is an 'average age zone' there'll be numerous Penalty Notices going out for this lot! :D

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Pune
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Re: Spotter spotting

Post by Pune » Sat Dec 14, 2019 7:29 pm

Here's one from a few years ago at Fairford..
ImageSpotters FFD by Paul Tursner-Upcott, on Flickr
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Re: Spotter spotting

Post by Supra » Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:15 am

Wow Greenman 7777! It's not even like you need the 'post-count'? Must be 'super twitchy finger syndrome' you got there! :unsure:

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Re: Spotter spotting

Post by The Phantom » Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:20 am

Supra wrote:
Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:15 am
Wow Greenman 7777! It's not even like you need the 'post-count'? Must be 'super twitchy finger syndrome' you got there! :unsure:
Itchy trigger finger! Just as well he isn't on armed patrol somewhere! :lol:

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Re: Spotter spotting

Post by Blackcat1 » Wed Jan 01, 2020 6:20 pm

Get the hell out of my field!! 😂
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Re: Spotter spotting

Post by Nighthawke » Wed Jan 01, 2020 7:20 pm

How about moooove!

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Re: Spotter spotting

Post by johnwickenden » Thu Aug 06, 2020 8:27 pm

ImageFraggle Rock - RAF Valley by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr

Fraggle Rock at RAF Valley - today - own up if you're there !
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: Spotter spotting

Post by Pune » Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:11 pm

Waddington on 6.8.2020
ImageE3 Waddington Spotters 06_08_2020 by Paul Tursner-Upcott, on Flickr
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Re: Spotter spotting

Post by Fink123 » Tue Aug 18, 2020 2:04 pm

one from Norvenich , Germany :

Image676 by joey gastel, on Flickr

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Re: Spotter spotting

Post by Retro » Sun Sep 20, 2020 3:04 pm

Eindhoven AB 18 september 2020 evening, waiting for some nice aircraft, including french A400M 0089/F-RBAO
(memorial flight over Eindhoven city that evening).

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Re: Spotter spotting

Post by retro11 » Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:05 pm

Hyakuri Air Base Japan December 2019
ImagePHANTOMS AND LADDERS by RETRO 11, on Flickr

Laarbruch
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Re: Spotter spotting

Post by Laarbruch » Wed Mar 17, 2021 5:07 pm

Image59B02CDF-B928-42D4-B9FD-0D71751A3BB3 by Horst Hundt, auf Flickr

Nörvenich August 2020 Luftwaffengeschwader 31 Boelcke

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Re: Spotter spotting

Post by AyrForce1 » Wed Mar 17, 2021 6:20 pm

Laarbruch wrote:
Wed Mar 17, 2021 5:07 pm
Ok, now I'm disappointed with PIK :P

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Re: Spotter spotting

Post by slogen51 » Wed Mar 17, 2021 6:46 pm

Strewth!

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Re: Spotter spotting

Post by Laarbruch » Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:45 pm

Uh i had to ask my english german translator for that 🙃

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Re: Spotter spotting

Post by johnwickenden » Thu Mar 18, 2021 2:12 pm

I never see her at my local airfield :(
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?

www.flickr.com/wickenden1967

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Re: Spotter spotting

Post by Thunder » Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:38 pm

Could be a 'BOBFOC' :whistle:

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Re: Spotter spotting

Post by Pune » Thu Mar 18, 2021 4:18 pm

I know the face but :S
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Re: Spotter spotting

Post by Laarbruch » Thu Mar 18, 2021 5:29 pm

johnwickenden wrote:
Thu Mar 18, 2021 2:12 pm
I never see her at my local airfield :(
Dann kommst Du aus der Gegend John?

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Re: Spotter spotting

Post by Blackcat1 » Thu Mar 18, 2021 5:52 pm

Who needs aircraft when she's around to look at 😊 nice rear I wonder what the face is like!?? 😂😂
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