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I'm pretty sure Brazil was neutral (although they might have secretly been for the Argentines). As I recall, the aircraft was only interned for a few days before being allowed to be flown back to Ascension, which wouldn't have been the case if Brazil was hostile!Polecat wrote:The infamous "Rio de Janeiro Vulcan"is preserved there... (for the younger viewers, in the 1982 Falklands War, this aircraft had to divert to (hostile at that time) Rio de Janeiro during a "Black Buck" bombing mission).
Did you catch the RNZAF Orion? I'd love to see that.Polecat wrote:This US Navy P-3 left for a "Joint Warrior" mission I assume, it taxied quite slowly, allowing some prop-blur experiments
more to follow soon...
added one of bothcanberra wrote:Sweet
If you have more Comets (ehh Nimrods) fell free to post
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I stand corrected, Brazils official neutral status allowed the aircraft to be flown back to Ascension a week later... Still, a great story!I'm pretty sure Brazil was neutral (although they might have secretly been for the Argentines). As I recall, the aircraft was only interned for a few days before being allowed to be flown back to Ascension, which wouldn't have been the case if Brazil was hostile!
Thanks Piet for clearing up this botanic mystery, The stuff was really everywhere, and we got some nice pictures with it... we asked, and someone said "heather" but we thought that wasn't correct... I just googled Gaspeldoorn, and indeed it's a member of a heather family....The flower by the way is the Wild Gorse (E), Ulex europeaus (L) or Gaspeldoorn (NL).
As I was also in this area, and saw this shrubbery everywhere, I just wanted to know its name as well.
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