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Offline Tango Tango Fanta

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Interesting commute this morning
« on: November 12, 2008, 02:42:29 PM »
I was on my work today in Coleraine at about 8.40am and spotted a Dakota flying really low at about 250ft crossing the road about quarter mile ahead. Nice enough, but then 5 minutes later spotted two Navy Merlins in formation flying south along the River Bann - if only every work day started like that!

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Re: Interesting commute this morning
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2008, 02:45:37 PM »
Hi Tango Tango Fanta and welcome to the forum.
The Dakota could have been this one
http://www.dalesplanes.co.uk/index.php?topic=1136.0

Wonder if there's any exercises going on off the north coast

And yes if only every work day started like that :)

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Re: Interesting commute this morning
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2008, 02:59:47 PM »
Just had a chat with my navy cousin, could be a submarine exercise out in the Atlantic had one mid-sept just of the coast donegall involving 1 tornado 2 Merlin's 1 Nimrod, must be a hunter killer scenario.
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