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Old 22-07-2008, 11:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
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One of those right place, right time moments. Wonderful.

When I first moved to Bunbury in West Oz back in 98, I rode my bike out to the airport to see what was about. Literally as I turned into the entrance road, I saw an aircraft in the circuit and thought "Wow, that's a Dove (de Havilland)". Turned out to be the four-engined version, the Heron but refitted with Lycomings. She landed and blew a tyre so had to sit down the end of the runway till the next morning when I returned just in time to see her back track and park on the ramp. Still got the pics somewhere.
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Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM.
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