What did I see? (again)
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I’m doubting my own sanity now! There were three, close formation, sounding very Merliny, one looked Mustangy as well. One appeared to have the elevators at the top of the tail, like a Westland Whirlwind, though obviously it wasn’t one of them. Kicking myself for not having my glasses on, I could be deluding myself but I’m certain they weren’t just any old civvy aircraft.
Slight possibility it might have been the two Dan Friedkin owned P-51D's (Fragile but Agile and Double Trouble Two) that are currently being flown over from the USA to UK or Europe, and they may have been using a safety back-up modern twin for the transit flight across the ocean. Not sure where they are headed for, as two of his other P-51's (he owns 8 of them...!!....well, 7 x P-51 plus an A-36) that were based here in UK for a good few years, have now been moved over to mainland Europe about 18 months ago or more.
So, these two could be staying in UK or heading straight to Europe to join the other two.
However, last I heard was that they were overnighting in Greenland on Sat/Sun, so I would have thought they'd do another overnight stop in Iceland before reaching the UK, so might be too early if you saw them yesterday...?
So, these two could be staying in UK or heading straight to Europe to join the other two.
However, last I heard was that they were overnighting in Greenland on Sat/Sun, so I would have thought they'd do another overnight stop in Iceland before reaching the UK, so might be too early if you saw them yesterday...?
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