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Old 17th Jun 2015, 23:14
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carlrsymington
 
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I seen the original Tucano arrive at Belfast \ Sydenham!

It must have been around summer 1983 & when I was at Palace Barrack's gates in Holywood,NI. (It involved sausages, burgers etc & I suspect most of the British Army in NI ate them at some point in their time here).

I heard an unusual aircraft engine noise, looked up too see what I now know to be an Embraer Xingu & a Tucano landing.

Strangely, I never seen a single production model over Belfast.

I think they made the right decision to build them in the UK.


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