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Beautiful Day!

Postby Herb » Sat May 03, 2014 5:08 pm

Pint of Stowford for the first to identify this famous aircraft!

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Postby bikemad99 » Sat May 03, 2014 6:01 pm

Is it on a roundabout between the A5 & the M1 near Magna Park? If so,I`ve never known what sort it is.
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Postby Herb » Sat May 03, 2014 6:06 pm

Hi Bikemad, yep, it's the roundabout a few hundred yards from J20 of the M1 as you go into Lutterworth.

Frank Whittle had an office in Lutterworth, hence the statue of the plane.

Stowford still on offer!
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Postby Hayden » Sat May 03, 2014 7:16 pm

Gloster Ace..? :dontknow:
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Postby Herb » Sat May 03, 2014 7:29 pm

It is a Gloster.
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Postby Gromit » Sat May 03, 2014 7:49 pm

Gloster E28/39 - first flew at the RAF College Cranwell, about 3 miles from where we live now. :)
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Postby Herb » Sat May 03, 2014 7:59 pm

Yep. Pint of Stowford for that man if I ever get along to a meet sometime.
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