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Derek Slater | all galleries >> Galleries >> Aviation > One from OUTSIDE the Loop, Derbyshire
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16-MAY-2008

One from OUTSIDE the Loop, Derbyshire

Derwent Valley view map

Some old plane flying around the Peak District



( that I had waited on a hillside for 12 hours to see :-) )


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Derek Slater16-May-2008 17:26
Very stirring sight (and sound) on the 65th Anniversary of the Dambuster Raid. I think I may have been a LITTLE overzealous arriving at the side of the hill 12 hours early , but I wanted to make sure I got a good view. As it happens no one else turned up there until after 6am on the day, so I needn't have slept in the car after all.
John , the "Old Plane" was meant as an endearment, to something that is as old as me and certainly in better overall condition :-)
John Cooper16-May-2008 15:43
Some old plane ??? Thats blasphemy.
routerer16-May-2008 15:41
Wow it must've been quite a sight.
I'd loved to have gone to see it.
Great pic.
Thanx for that info Keith, now WHERE did i put my diary.
john.
Keith O'Brien16-May-2008 15:30
Great shot Derek! Save you hanging around for 12 hours make a note in your diary:-

RED ARROWS AND BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL FLIGHT
Will be at Beaumaris on SATURDAY 24 MAY [same week as the Beaumaris Festival]
The programme will be along the following lines

12.30 Red Arrows Ground control helicopter arrives
13.00 Battle of Britain Memorial Flight [Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane]
14.00 Red Arrows Display
14.45 Red Arrow Helicopter departs
15.00 Tucano Tutor aircraft display
15.30 Search and Rescue display - Lifeboat and Helicopter

There will also be some ground displays and Air Cadets
Cheers, Keith:-)