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A selection of shots from the first evening display of the Shuttleworth season.

The collective noun for a group of engineers wearing flat caps...A whippet!
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Walk through
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A lone Guinot

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The groundcrew work really hard to bring us the aircraft for the show, its not all glamour you know
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Thanks for looking, next show is June 7th

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Wow. Great shots!

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Wonderful stuff!

Question? Why do the "engineers" where white if they are going sit on a grubby spot?
:wink: :wink:

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Ztex wrote:
Question? Why do the "engineers" where white if they are going sit on a grubby spot?
:wink: :wink:

Funny Z, I was thinking of Motf's 1st photo of the "whippets"...you know who's getting the most done by who
has the most soiling. Of course the impression can be "worked" by avoidance of the shop towel.. :lol:

Nice shots!

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Fantastic pics. Love the ones of the Lysander airborne.

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Mike and I will be there for the June 7th show. Looking forward to it.

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