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Southend Airport - (EGMC) - 2 July 2008

It took me a few wrong turns and long walks through fields before I realised that I needed to walk across the golf course to get near the Short SC.5 Belfast that is stored and maybe soon to be scrapped.

Only 10 of these machines were built – one is in Australia and airworthy and working and another example is preserved at Cosford under cover. That’s it!

The BAC1-11 used by the fire service is ex 5N-HHH and wears fictitious registration G-FIRE – I wonder how long it took them to come up with that?

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24th November 2008 Colin W. Prentice
Southend is my home port. I have been spotting there for over 50 years. I have seen some stuff come and go in that time inc Catalina G-APZA flewn in by Hughie Green in the early 60's - Nice pics