Spitfire at weekend

• Guest 699

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  1 August 2011     12:02117756
  #1      
  last friday saturday and sunday , we had the spitfire over dover and capel with 2 helicopters now and again
  guess they were filming
  but any other reason ? anniversary the last weekend of july of the war ?
• Guest 651

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  1 August 2011     12:06117757
  #2      
  Yes the same as lots of weekends this year - pleasure flights in conjunction with Wallets Court at St Margarets - you get to go up in the choppers and fly around with the Spitfire
  
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• Guest 650

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  1 August 2011     12:07117758
  #3      
  Probably the Action Stations flights, for people to experience being in the air with a Spitfire.
  
  I happen to know someone very special who got a flight for a birthday treat - I hope you waved, Ron!
  The Dover War Memorial Project
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• howard mcsweeney1

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  1 August 2011     19:02117824
  #4      
  this is how it looked flying over my garden yesterday, i hasten to add that i did not take the shot.
  
  there were two helicopters in close attendance.
  
  

  
• Keith Sansum1

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  2 August 2011     21:58118054
  #5      
  good picture
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• Guest 651

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  2 August 2011     21:59118055
  #6      
  I couldn't get better than this
  
  

  
  Been nice knowing you :)
• Guest 640

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  3 August 2011     07:54118069
  #7      
  Blimey - thats a good one there Paul! Hugely difficult to get all three flying machines in the one shot, it shows how close they fly to each other. Gosh you can see the pilot. Excellent. I like the other pic too. They always seems way too high when they go over me, so very tricky.
  
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• Jan Higgins

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  3 August 2011     08:22118072
  #8      
  According to the site mentioned by Paul, it will be in the air again on 14th, 15th and 16th September, sadly not exactly a cheap flight.
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• Keith Sansum1

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  3 August 2011     08:46118081
  #9      
  not cheap, but what a spectacal
  well done those who managed to get the photos
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• Melissa Pile

  • Location: Dover
  3 August 2011     16:20118154
  #10      
  I saw this to from my garden, how amazing to be able to fly side by side with an amazing aircraft with so much history .
• Brian Dixon

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  3 August 2011     16:22118155
  #11      
  flys over my house,somtimes low enough to see the pilot lucky chap.
• Keith Sansum1

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  3 August 2011     21:05118250
  #12      
  yep
  flying sop low saw the pilot eating a kit kat lol
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• Brian Dixon

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  4 August 2011     07:19118304
  #13      
  nah,it was a mars bar kieth.
• howard mcsweeney1

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  4 August 2011     12:38118341
  #14      
  a rather interesting study of my washing line with some aircraft forming a backdrop.