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Postby mrjake2002 » Thu May 22, 2008 10:34 am

Spent an excellent day at Culdrose today with loads of activity. The Black Cats, RN Merlin and RNHF Seahawk each did a display, unfortunately it was quite a long way away from the viewing gallery.


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Comments appreciated.  ;)
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Re: Busy Culdrose Pt1 - Visitors

Postby unknown » Thu May 22, 2008 12:00 pm

Great photos!
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Postby pepper_airborne » Thu May 22, 2008 12:59 pm

Great series! The vixen is quite a odd-looking plane! :)
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Postby expat » Thu May 22, 2008 1:21 pm

Great series! The vixen is quite a odd-looking plane! :)


We know you really mean Sea Hawk and it was just a typing error ;D
Anyway it is nice to see her back in the air. She was grounded for quite a while due to extensive heat damage in the engine bay. A large part of her had to be rebuilt by hand from scratch.

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Postby mrjake2002 » Thu May 22, 2008 1:55 pm

Yep, Seahawk!

This exact aircraft was restored at Culdrose from late 1976 to mid 1978, the 23rd May 1978 seeing the jet fly for the first time since 1962. Tomorrow marks 30 years, to the day, of her first flight after restoration.

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