Nice images, Chris. Shame you weren't able to take to the air. In the
Memorial photo, are those bales of hay stacked in the background?
Charlie
On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 1:18 PM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Once a week I go flying, normally on a Friday when there is no teaching
> for me at the Centre of Aviation Medicine. Today was a gorgeous day,
> albeit a little breezy (and strengthening), and I would have gone flying.
> But the blasted RIV (Rescue Intervention Vehicle – fire engine) was u/s so
> we had no crash cover, as it’s called. That meant no flying :-(
>
> So I did some admin at someone else’s desk and headed home through the
> rather lovely counties of Rutland and Leicestershire and took a couple of
> photos. I started with a shot of several aircraft not flying at my base,
> Wittering, but the found a grounded Caravan at a para club to the southeast
> (Sibson), before heading down a straight, country road with the old-style
> signpost. At the almost-disappeared RAF Polebrook I found an old memorial
> to the 351st Bombardier Squadron, 8th AF and stopped for a moment to say a
> prayer for the boys . . .
>
> Only 4 photos, but it made for a more enjoyable journey home than driving
> helter-skelter down the motorway.
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19312
>
> Chris
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