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DamienB
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What a beautiful aircraft.

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Really sweet.

Love that Red Arrows service cart, too.

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Ohh that is gorgeous.

How long has it been, I wonder, since a Griffon VI was last airborne and turning?

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Steve T wrote:
How long has it been, I wonder, since a Griffon VI was last airborne and turning?


I guess it would be since the last XVs were retired by -- Burma? I imagine they phased them out later than Canada or France.

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Awsome! Sexy bird. May we have more suh? Video with sound perhaps?

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k5083 wrote:
Steve T wrote:
How long has it been, I wonder, since a Griffon VI was last airborne and turning?


I guess it would be since the last XVs were retired by -- Burma? I imagine they phased them out later than Canada or France.

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Hi,

A new in flight is a great news.
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Another ELEGANT aircraft is back to show her stuff where she belongs,

In the AIR.....

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