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15th Aug 2018, 23:05

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chopper2004

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CIA Seaspray MD369

Came across this Article on one of Langley’s finest covert air ops post Air America - Seaspray and its RW ops in particular this Md369:

This Ghost Of A Helicopter Likely Had A Secret Role In Reagan?s ?Tear Down This Wall? Speech - The Drive

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16th Aug 2018, 09:50

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What no seatbelts? Scary!

16th Aug 2018, 12:06

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No seatbelts required....each Bench has three Trailer Hitch Balls in lieu of seatbelts.

16th Aug 2018, 16:58

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I'm sure it will be an interesting read - but all I get when I click on the link is:-

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No Access

The web page you were trying to visit is not accessible in your country.

An early Brex** effect?

16th Aug 2018, 17:00

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An early Brex** effect?

Pathetic......................

16th Aug 2018, 17:15

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An early Brex** effect?

Pathetic......................

Someone has lost their sense of humour? Note the 'smilie'. Or is it not permitted to add a touch of levity to a post now?

16th Aug 2018, 17:22

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I'm sure it will be an interesting read - but all I get when I click on the link is:-
The web page you were trying to visit is not accessible in your country.
An early Brex** effect?

No, not the B-word! I'm in the UK, and I get it.

16th Aug 2018, 17:43

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No, not the B-word! I'm in the UK, and I get it.

Thanks - maybe it is something to do with the settings on Safari (iMac). Will have a fiddle with things.

PS - it works on my iPad Mini. Now to have a read of it.

16th Aug 2018, 19:07

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It's probably the new European GDPR regulations. A lot of non EU sites have elected to block EU IP addresses rather than comply with the GDPR regulations.

16th Aug 2018, 20:00

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So it's actually the

ing EU. OK.

17th Aug 2018, 00:05

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Jeez - that pitch down and translation to forward flight in the embedded Little Bird demo video is something else.
My all time favourite chopper; what an amazing machine.
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