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Man-on-the-fence
29th Apr 2005, 18:03
Aircraft have started arriving for the Abingdon Fayre at Dalton Barracks, Abingdon. Here are a few quick piccies of todays events. The Displays by the Chinook and Merlin are really impressive. The Polish Navy have also arrived ready for the weekends fun and games.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.blacow/ab2904/chinook1.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.blacow/ab2904/chinook2.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.blacow/ab2904/merlin1.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.blacow/ab2904/merlin2.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.blacow/ab2904/merlin3.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.blacow/ab2904/lynx1.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.blacow/ab2904/m28a.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.blacow/ab2904/m28b.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.blacow/ab2904/m28c.jpg
andrewman
30th Apr 2005, 14:13
Nice photos MOFT, is the Polish Navy the first time Abingdon Fayre has had a foreign milatry plane taking part ?
Man-on-the-fence
30th Apr 2005, 15:28
A few more movements at Sunny (ish) Abingdon.

The Lynx did another practise display
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.blacow/ab2904/lynx2.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.blacow/ab2904/lynx3.jpg

Then the sun went in and the cloud came over, so guess what, the fast jets arrived. First the Hawk.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.blacow/ab2904/hawk1.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.blacow/ab2904/hawk2.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.blacow/ab2904/hawk3.jpg

Followed by the Jaguar

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.blacow/ab2904/jag1.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.blacow/ab2904/jag2.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.blacow/ab2904/jag3.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.blacow/ab2904/jag4.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.blacow/ab2904/jag5.jpg

(I liked the Jag…….a lot!!)

And then the sun came out.

Hope you all have a great day there tomorrow.
emeritus
5th May 2005, 08:28
MotF.....

Great pics..and very clear too. Keep up the good work.

Had a few days in Abingdon in 2000...am an MG buff. Beautiful countryside and great town.

BTW the TR/Dist from here to you is..317/8959 nm....( just a little bit of useless info)


emeritus :ok: :ok: :ok:
Orange Arm Waver
5th May 2005, 08:33
Andrewman
Yes it was the first year for an overseas military aircraft...
OAW
Conan the Librarian
7th May 2005, 00:13
and a handful of pics from the show itself (including 3 wheeled Chinook) here. If anybody wants one for a desktop or similar, then just PM me for a larger hi res copy.

http://photobucket.com/albums/y192/zorbathegeek/?start=0
Oshkosh George
7th May 2005, 14:56
Very nice pics from both of you! The vertical Provost is now my desktop!