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07-01-2008, 06:00 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cracow
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|  Swordfish flies!
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07-02-2008, 05:49 PM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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  | Great news, awesome to see a Stringbag in the air again.
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07-02-2008, 05:55 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Zlin, Czech Republic
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| Lee, where are you? YouŽll love to hear about this news...
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07-02-2008, 06:23 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jersey Shore
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| Great to see those old warbirds where they belong ..... in the air! TO
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07-03-2008, 01:36 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canvey Island, Essex
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| Hooray I may yet get to see one in the air. They certainly are no glamour puss, but still deserve a well earned position in the great planes of WW2 hall of fame |
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07-03-2008, 11:49 AM
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| Member  Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Vila Real
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| i hope to see one of those very old school planes which are awesome |
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07-03-2008, 04:56 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Phila, Pa
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| Cool. |
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07-04-2008, 04:12 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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| Great aircraft, I have a real soft spot for the Swordfish.
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07-04-2008, 09:45 PM
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| Congratulations! Repairing itself was a long-term project. The pic was taken by me at Yeovilton hangar in 2000 when the RNHF people said the LS326 was under repair.
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