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Old 29th Jul 2014, 21:40
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I was lucky enough to see it display at Farnborough and also to see it fly over Camberley going downwind for its arrival there.

from my recollections of my spotting days at cold and windy Cains lane Bedfont and between the rivers at Stanwell on the fringes of LHR , then it seemed to me most 'big pistons' approached and landed with a nose down attitude flaring to something like a flat attitude for the actual touchdown .

It was the jets that looked odd , nose up attitude but descending .

Still they were great days for variety compared to todays diet of endless A319-321s and Triples on a typical day at a much changed LHR and the sight and sound of the lovely Super Connie brought them back to life for a few moments.
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