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Post by Biggles on May 2, 2012 20:57:19 GMT 1
Whilst rummaging in a box at a local Charity Shop today, I found this shot amongst a load of old postcards. On the back of the snap is written "Regatta June 1988"
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Post by viscount on May 2, 2012 23:56:51 GMT 1
The date was Saturday 4th June 1988, time between 1520 and 1528. The event was the Mersey River Festival Air Display, centred on the Otterspool section of the Mersey Promenade. The aircraft is Max Holste Broussard G-BKPU, flown by Martin Keen from Liverpool Airport. The photograph quite nice, although distant - a nice find, Biggles.
I have details of all the Mersey River Festival Air Displays on word ready to post for some months - I'm waiting until I can use my dusty and scratched transparencies to illustrate, but have still to master my Silverfast damage repair programme. When I do, you will have the whole story of that air show!
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Post by Biggles on May 3, 2012 0:02:49 GMT 1
Thanks amazing what lurks in boxes, sadly it was the only picture related locally or to aviation. Nevertheless interesting find. I liked the aircraft even better. Sadly the aircraft was written off on 7th June 1988 after crashing onto the M62 near Barton.
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Post by ronturner on May 3, 2012 8:12:51 GMT 1
As an interesting aside, Max Holste became one of the leading engineers in the Embraer company.
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Post by Biggles on May 3, 2012 23:31:20 GMT 1
So this snap could well be one of the last of this machine flying prior to being W.O on the 7th.
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Post by ian531 on May 4, 2012 9:27:04 GMT 1
I seem to remember a shot of this after the crash.
It atually landed on the Barton Bridge section of the M60 (it was still the M62 then)
The picture showed it on the bridge across all three lanes of the motorway. I have done a quick Google search but can't find anything
Ian
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Post by speedbird1960 on May 4, 2012 9:54:49 GMT 1
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Post by Biggles on May 4, 2012 21:33:07 GMT 1
If you Google the reg some pictures do show links.
OOP`s I see you found them as shown in your submission previous to this.
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Post by lfsflyer on May 5, 2012 10:58:07 GMT 1
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Post by Hunter on May 5, 2012 14:30:21 GMT 1
Irrelevant post. ignore me
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