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Re: Mick, re Fleetlands Firefly

Posted by TonyD on Tue Apr 02, 2002 02:26:08 PM

In reply top Mick, re Fleetlands Firefly posted by James D on Tue Apr 02, 2002 11:34:21 AM

There was a museum at Fleetlands, went to the wall recently. I shall be seeing the old curator on 6th May (Popham Aero/Autojumble classic flyin & cars etc). Shall ask him about the Firefly then

Regards

TonyD

: I realise that I`m a little late with this but I`ve not be
: en about lately.
:
: Bad news I`m afraid; I don`t know how old your information
: was but when I worked at that godawful place in the mid e
: ighties, there was no museum there that I ever heard of. I
: suppose an aircraft could of been stashed somewhere aroun
: d the yard - its a big enough place, but I never heard abo
: ut it. The only two interesting things there were a two se
: at hunter that they used to let us practice our skills on
: and the time they brought in the Fleet Air Arms Sea Fury f
: or some work. (I think this was the one that went swimming
: !)
: The best 30 seconds of my whole time there was when it ove
: rflew the place after the work was completed. Awesome!
:
: Cheers
:
: James D

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