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Old 17th Jun 2011, 13:42
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couple of ex RAF Whirlwinds
Very dim recollection of a pair of Whirlwinds noted in a yard near Brands Hatch according to the spotter's rust bible "Wrecks and Relics" back then - might have actually be at been Fawkham Green?

To cast back briefly to TV and filmwork, I've recently watched the excellent "Hopscotch" (Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson) which stars Helicopter Hire's G-BGYF, presumably flown by John Crewdson, plus a cavorting camoflagued and canopied Stampe which I recall used to live at Biggin... The aerial action takes place off that barge heliport near London Bridge, over Beachy Head, and at an airfield "near Beachy Head" which I don't recognise at all. Anyone recall it and where the airfield was?
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