Well not much to say that you'll be interested in. This Sunday was still too hot anyway for walking, so we went for a car ride. Haven't been about much for a long time, so noticed a lot of changes. Quite depressing really, they've been wasting my money again on lots of unnecessary new road furniture, junction changes, road markings and signs, and stupid mini roundabouts. Went to the local air port. Manston, or rather Kent International Airport as it's called now. Ex military, it has the longest runway in the country. A few years back they built a new terminal and started a lot of holiday flights to Europe. Thought it was going to get busy and be good for us enthusiasts, they come pretty low over Canterbury on the way in and out, but the company went bust and activity kinda fizzled out. Still get a few Commercial flights, flowers from Amsterdam and the charities use it for shipping out emergency aid, so we see a few jumbo's and some big Antinov's,
The Antonov Giants: An-22, An-124, & An-225
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and usually see the RAF's Red Arrow display team three or four times a year when they do local air shows.
There were four Jumbo's parked up, boy are they big when you get up close to them.
On to the East coast, big new tunnel down to the terminal at Ramsgate, (felt like we were on holiday in Switzerland :) then round to the very picturesque old town of Broadstairs and on round the coast to Margate. Then back past the new "Thannet Earth" (a massive new Japanese green house complex, that turns out millions of Tomatoes every day, even got their own power and water supply) and back home again. It was quite nostalgic and informative at the same time, quite enjoyed it, made a nice change :)
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https://www.vectorsite.net/avantgt.html
7 May 2001 ... The most spectacular examples are three of the largest aircraft ever built, all products of the Antonov design bureau: the "An-22 Antheus ...
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and usually see the RAF's Red Arrow display team three or four times a year when they do local air shows.
There were four Jumbo's parked up, boy are they big when you get up close to them.
On to the East coast, big new tunnel down to the terminal at Ramsgate, (felt like we were on holiday in Switzerland :) then round to the very picturesque old town of Broadstairs and on round the coast to Margate. Then back past the new "Thannet Earth" (a massive new Japanese green house complex, that turns out millions of Tomatoes every day, even got their own power and water supply) and back home again. It was quite nostalgic and informative at the same time, quite enjoyed it, made a nice change :)