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Old 23rd Nov 2020, 09:36
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SpringHeeledJack
 
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New Cessna Caravan N2055A crossing the Channel out of Blackpool, apparently owned by Africair of Miami who are Cessna/Bell distributors - presumably on delivery to a customer... Got a belly pack - I recall when I was a kid in Kenya in 1970 most C182/C185/C180/C206 had belly packs - something I can't ever recall seeing in the UK, though I have seen a pic of a British 337 sporting one in the early 70s. Speaks of bush flying to me.... I can smell the elephant dung!
Better than growing up in Croydon ;-)

I suppose the only area of the UK where it might make sense to have belly packs would be serving the Highlands and Islands of Bonny Scotland, but who knows, maybe in the future when Amazon are using drones to deliver their wares, the belly packed Cessnas will be the white van man of the air :-)
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