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Old 12th Jun 2011, 06:17
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Originally Posted by chiglet
Like the Type 80 at RAF Saxa Vord?
It did get rather windy a lot during the winter, but hardly any snow which is another reason for radomes, like the one at Great Dun Fell. Very convenient hill for the Saxa radar which enabled us to 'look down' and see the choppers coming off the rigs when the RAF did that work through Shetland Radar.

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