Leaving Las Vegas!

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Leaving Las Vegas!

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Caught this leaving Las Vegas McCarran International last Thursday, with "The Man" onboard!

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Nice!



Obviously they try things differently on the other side of the pond to solve the worlds debt problems.

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Lovely shots! :clap:

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Nice catch !
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Liking the second shot, intrigued why you weren't positioned up the road at Nellis!
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and why didnt he use nellis?surely security would have been better there?good catch though.
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Like the second shot :clap:
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Very nice Chris :rock:
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Another vote for the second shot. Any idea why he was in Vegas? :clap: :clap: :clap:

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Great catch ! :clap:

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Superb catch!! What a beauty! Oddly since we last spoke, I've not been to, or been rostered a Vegas. Arse

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Baracks realised he got lucky with the Harriers so tried his luck in Vegas!!
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Barack's realised he got lucky with the Harriers so tried his luck in Vegas!!


.......... and he had a whole C-5 to haul away his winnings!!!!
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Not another AF1 takeoff set..... :wink:
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Great to see. :clap:

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Shot 2..... :rock:

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Great pictures Chris.
You weren't standing with a chap from BA called Dave were you? He sent me almost identical shots last week!!!!

Hope to catch up soon,

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You weren't standing with a chap from BA called Dave were you? He sent me almost identical shots last week!!!!


Might have been!!.................

Think I was slightly to the right of him - by about two feet!!

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Nicely shot Chris! :clap:

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Very nice catch Chris :drool: Right place, right time (poor ole Tony :grin: )

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