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Old 25th Apr 2008, 13:56
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oldbeefer
 
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Originally Posted by gsa
What year? 86 was the one I did and found the same. The US sent a Huey to recce the site and landed it on the cricket crease which caused a lot of grief.

John
It was late '80s or early '90s - flown at Chantilly near Paris. Russians came second and the brits third. Apart from the rather reclusive Yanks, the rest were a very sociable bunch. Remember trying to negociate the purchase of a Mil 2 for a Brit who spoke no Russian with a Russian who spoke French. Not sure if the deal went through, but they were going to hand it over at 'The Wall' in Berlin!
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