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Chris Brame
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Taigh Ramey wrote:
...but small actual N number N72GT under the tail.

That number rang a bell - sure enough:
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(Air Classics, vol. 12 no. 4, April 1976)

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Great shot Chris. Thanks for posting it.

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On her way...a few pics over Greenland (from Antique Airfield facebook):


https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hp ... e=5601362C


https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hp ... e=55FDF2C4

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Now that looks like a proper adventure. Thanks for posting, Dan!

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The crew involved have been posting a number of stunning photos of their journey across the Atlantic here: https://www.facebook.com/tocnaairport/timeline

Today they completed the leg from Greenland to Iceland, through some dodgy weather it sounds like.
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