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We had a rare visitor over the Wirral this morning about 1030UTC : I was attracted outside by the noise of what turned out to be Twin Wasps, and it was a Beech 18 Expeditor G-BKGM. The first one I have seen in donkeys' years
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I had to read that twice. On the first pass, I thought you meant you'd seen 2 Westland Wasps! I nearly jumped in the car :lol: BKGM is a rarity for sure. How's she painted at the moment?

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Well, I hadn't got my binoculars handy, but she appeared to be darkish blue without any white bands . There are various different schemes shown on G-INFO
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Cheers Chris :thumbsup: If it's the one I'm thinking of.. it's RN which I like.. of course :lol:

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DaveB wrote: ↑
20 Jun 2017, 15:23
 I had to read that twice. On the first pass, I thought you meant you'd seen 2 Westland Wasps! I nearly jumped in the car :lol: BKGM is a rarity for sure. How's she painted at the moment?

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That's what I thought Dave! Nice spot anyway Chris :thumbsup:
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Looks like you saw her grand departure to New Zealand -

http://onthebeech.blogspot.co.uk/2016/0 ... plane.html

And the latest post -

http://onthebeech.blogspot.co.uk/
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Cheers CT. I'm sure we all wish them the very best of luck :thumbsup:

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Well, that ties it up nicely.
Chris Storey's spotting was obviously flawless, and Chris Trott proves it.
Well done both. :welldone:
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What an adventure hey. Wish I was going with them :(

You might get to see it Mike. Be sure to take some shots if you do :thumbsup: If they need spares.. I can think of no one better placed to help them out :lol:
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Well, I'm really glad I heard and saw it and wish them all the very best luck. Thanks to Chris Trott for pointing this out
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