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Old 29th Jul 2015, 20:38
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Lyneham Lad
 
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Originally Posted by cornish-stormrider
Hmmm
I think I got treated to an unusual flight past us earlier

Due to my limited spotting skills of WW2 prop stuff I think it was a Corsair.....

I am certain I saw an inverted gullwing and it sure wasn't a ju87. It was also doing about three times normal Cessna speed and it did seem to have a us navy roundel on the underside of the starboard wing

Whatever it was it sounded glorious and made the boy jump up and down trying to catch it
Something like this? (As seen at a mid-80's BoB Day at Abingdon).
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