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2Excel delivers innovative solutions to complex aviation challenges, including cutting-edge Capability Development, Special Missions, Charter and large a/c MRO
Joined April 2014
We and @oilspillexperts are conducting a trial of our Boeing 727 at RAF Valley, Holyhead. The trial entails a series of spray runs, spraying fresh water over data collection points to measure and optimise the performance of the new TERSUS spray boom nozzles. 1/2
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With heavy hearts, we are announcing that 2022 was the final full season for The Blades Aerobatic Display Team. The decision has not been taken lightly. The Blades have been important and iconic for the business since 2Excel was founded. Full story:
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2Excel is thrilled to learn that one of its employees has been recognised in this year’s #QueensBirthdayHonours List. Huge congratulations to @thebladesteam display pilot @kirstymurphy18 who is awarded an #MBE for Services to Aviation. 🔗
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Happy 200th anniversary to @HMCoastguard! We are proud to support @MCA_media with our fixed wing aircraft and skilled crews responding to incidents at sea and assisting those in peril, as well as monitoring UK and foreign-registered ships and our 11,000 miles of coastline. #CG200
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We’re pleased to announce flights on our luxurious VIP Charter Boeing 737s are now available for bookings flying from the award-winning private terminal at Farnborough Airport. This comes alongside our established airports at Biggin Hill, Luton and Stansted.
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We're proud to announce that we have completed refinancing with the backing of Signal Capital Partners (assisted by @GrantThorntonUK). 2Excel’s co-founders said: “We begin 2021 with extremely solid foundations & a plethora of opportunities.". Read here:
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Display practice today for our #FIA18 crew. Come and see us every day @FIAFarnborough with the @thebladesteam
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2Excel has agreed a three-year partnership with @TheAirRace (World Championship Air Race) to provide specialist operational & delivery support to the Championship’s AeroGT Series. Read the full announcement here:
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We've launched a 5-year surveillance service & aircraft concept for the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to support a variety of ocean-based requirements, including search and rescue. Ready to respond 24 hours a day, 365 days a year!. #innovation
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We’re going to be @FIAFarnborough with the B727 and #specialmission Navajo of @oilspillexperts. We’re in the static park and displaying every day with the @thebladesteam #SprayOn #SmokeOn
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It's World Pilots Day today! So throughout the day, we're going to be celebrating our pilots across all of 2Excel Aviation!.Thank you to all of our hard working pilots who make 2Excel Aviation such a special and unique company!.#worldpilotsday #internationalpilotsday #worldclass
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Our Boeing 727 pictured this afternoon @belfastairport after a scheduled training flight. Thank you to @GlobalTrekBFS for looking after us so well. 📸by 2Excel's Special Missions Flight Crew. @oilspillexperts #aviation #B727
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NEWS: @Bristow_Group awarded £1.6 bn 10-yr contract for Second-Generation Search & Rescue Aviation “UKSAR2G” programme by @MCA_media in p/ship with @2Excel_Aviation & @Nova_Systems to deliver the contract for MCA on behalf of @HMCoastguard . Full story
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A big thank you to @RAF_Valley and @RafPhotog Cpl Simon Armstrong for these super pictures of our essential @oilspillexperts trial on Sunday. It was a great success and we're grateful for the warm welcome. Our former @rafredarrows pilot enjoyed putting his skills to good use 😎
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#ThrowbackThursday Amazing shot of our #B727 and the @thebladesteam during @FIAFarnborough 18. #AvGeek #pilotlife
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We’re extremely proud to announce 2Excel Aviation and co-founding company director Chris Norton have been shortlisted for 'Employer of the Year' and the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' in the British Ex-Forces in Business Awards: .#exforcesawards #Finalist
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118 years ago today the Wright Brothers made the first sustained powered flight. They would no doubt be amazed to see what we can do with that idea, and how we continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible in aviation. #aviationhistory #wrightbrothersday #weare2excel
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Season’s Greetings from all of us at 2Excel Aviation. We hope you enjoy the festive break and look forward to seeing you and your teams in 2021.
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King Airs to the Rescue! Catch up with the full report from the launch of our @MCA_media Search and Rescue service, as reported in the @AeroSociety magazine Aerospace:.
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We’re very proud to be partnering with the MCA in delivering this life saving capability. From Concept to Capability in just 8 months and now available 24/7 from @DSA_Airport.
New state-of-the-art aircraft have taken to the skies, boosting the lifesaving search and rescue operations we carry out around the UK 🌊 🚤 🚁. Read more about the Beechcraft King Air B200 👉 #SearchRescueSave #EverySecondCounts #999Coastguard
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We’re conducting a week of spray exercises with @oilspillexperts. The B727 is spraying water onto a green dye target.
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We're proud to be playing our part in the massive @uk_foreign effort to bring home those British passengers left stranded overseas by global travel restrictions and airspace closures. We're deploying our 737 aircraft and experienced crews as part of the airline industry response.
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Exciting times for 2Excel Aviation. .
🇬🇧 #UK @DefenceHQ announces that @Leonardo_live has contracted @T2Aviation to provide a modified #Boeing757 testbed aircraft to test technologies destined for the Tempest future fighter. Find out more information here ➡️
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2Excel Special Missions operate 2 #B727 aircraft on behalf of @oilspillexperts - We’re ready to respond to an oil spill anywhere in the world within 4 hours - every day of the year. #avgeek
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Happy World Pilots Day! .Here are some more of our brilliant and experienced pilots. Did you know that pilots can be very hard to beat in a competition? It's because they are always ready for a-rrival. ✈️.#worldpilotsday #internationalpilotsday #worldclass
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We are incredibly proud to be a sponsor for the @Aerobility Aviators Ball. @NATS @Breitling @Bristow_Group @PooleysFE @GallagherGlobal @LBH_Airport
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Our award-winning aerobatic team @thebladesteam were thrilled to be shortlisted for the ‘Outstanding Support’ accolade at the @RAFBF annual charity awards last night. A highlight of our year was #battleofbritain80 tour. Congratulations to all the winners! #RAFBFAwards #Charity
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We are delighted to be retained as delivery partner for oil spill spotter aircraft on behalf of @oilspillexperts . Utilising PA-31 Navajo G-UKCS to cover the UK Continental Shelf area, the contract will run for another three years, commencing 1 Jan 2023.
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Negative Ghostrider. our # B727 operated for @oilspillexperts during @FIAFarnborough 18 - #ThrowbackThursday Not long until the next one!
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Today in 1964, @Boeing's first #727 model entered service. B727 G-OSRB seen here at @2ExcelEng earlier today. Our Special Missions division delivers a wide range of air services across the globe, including the oil and gas industry. @oilspillexperts
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The trial will take place from 1300-1600, with around 12 ‘passes’ of Valley's runway taking place. The aircraft will be low – as low as 150ft over the runway at times – but this is essential to test the system. The activity is safe, and approved and monitored by the .@UK_CAA 2/2.
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Exciting times ahead for @thebladesteam and new sponsor @GSYuasaUK . Read more at Stunning pics by @CHartleyPhotos 👀📸.
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Want to work for an employer who cares?. A @FlightGlobal survey claims 59% of pilots feel their employer does not care about their well-being. At 2Excel, 96.74% of staff feel their manager cares about their well-being & 84.62% are happy at work.
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It's another #flightdeckfriday from inside one of our #B727s ✈️. Nothing better than the view from above on a clear day 😍
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Happy #yorkshireday everyone! We're proud to be based in glorious South Yorkshire. Did you know our operations base is at @DSA_Airport, centrally located for our Special Missions work with the @MCA_media and @oilspillexperts with our crews on standby 24/7. #YorkshireDay2020
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Director and Co Founder, Andy Offer gave the sponsor's address at the @AeroSociety Summer Reception this evening. It's great to see so many of our industry colleagues.
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What a great photo! Even the @thebladesteam look good. 😘😉.
The @thebladesteam and @oilspillexperts Boeing 727 in formation for a flypast at Farnborough Airshow. #boeing #boeing727 #FIA18 @T2Aviation
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For #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, @thebladesteam team manager @TMBecs talks about how the old saying that "Teamwork makes the dream work" resonates with her and has become one of her adopted mantras when working on a range of aviation-based projects.
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Here’s a different view, taken from our #B727 with the @thebladesteam @FIAFarnborough #FIA18 #SprayPast @oilspillexperts
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Thank you for welcoming us into the family! ✈️.
Today we welcomed the second @oilspillexperts Boeing 727 operated by @2Excel_Aviation ✈. The aircraft on the right, today's arrival, is the last B727 ever manufactured. On the left we have the aircraft that's been based here since November and is the sixth youngest B727 ✈
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We are a little bit excited about this! @oilspillexperts @BoeingAirplanes #aviation #b727 #boeing #avgeeks
http://t.co/pBWd160T0h.
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2Excel’s Special Missions division has revamped its oil spill response capability for long-term customer @oilspillexperts. The B727 modifications will allow the aircraft to fly into known icing conditions. Read more:
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T2 provide an aerial oil spill response service to @oilspillexperts. Read about our capability and our #B727 in @_AirlinerWorld #avgeek
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Always a pleasure to fly alongside @thebladesteam 😎✈️.
2EXCEL sisters. the Beechcraft B200 King Air Coastguard aircraft on the wing of the Blades Extra (which was the photoship for the shoot last week). Both key members of the 2EXCEL family.
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It was a pleasure to host Prof. Andras Sobester on one of our B727's. We love his passion for this air frame, and thoroughly enjoy his informative videos!. #B727 #OSRL #2Excel.
The last Boeing 727 ever built is still airworthy and has a very important job (clue in the livery!). In this video you can see the combination of a team of three awesome aviators + 75t of deliciously analogue trijet skim the North Sea at 150ft and 170mph. Many thanks to
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Our Special Missions team has successfully conducted a scheduled training flight over the North Sea. Capt. Griffith, First Officer K. Dodds & Flight Engineer T. Morris operated the B727 which is equipped with the world-leading #TERSUS dispersant spray system. @oilspillexperts
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Rebecca Allen is Team Manager of @thebladesteam looking after the commercial, media and strategic aspects of the world’s only aerobatic airline...She says: “Be curious, ask questions, work hard and keep uncovering the next unbelievable opportunity.” ✈️. #iwd2022 #breakthebias
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Got to love a Jaguar! We have more than a couple of ex-Jag pilots and maintainers on our team who will appreciate these. Thanks for sharing @BlickyIan.
Jaguar Monday - I get more requests for images of the a Jaguar than you could ever imagine @Guy_stockill @Godderstwit @jamie_aviacom @Jacob_The_Pilot @ByBenGriffiths @ClassicAircraft @2Excel_Aviation @RowlandWhite
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What a year 2020 has been. For the aviation and aerospace engineering industries it has been turbulent. We’ve overcome the enormous strain, become even more resilient as a team and continued to deliver our operations. Here is a snap-shot of our highlights of 2020.
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A great week supporting @oilspillexperts and demonstrating our worldwide #B727 oil spill dispersant capability #AvGeek.
Some fantastic photos of our Service Dispersant Exercise this week on the Southampton Solent and run over 3 days. This provided our operational personnel with the chance to exercise their practical knowledge. Photo credit @MCA_media #osrl #exercise #dispersant
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The new-look livery for the aircraft that will deliver life saving services for the next-generation Irish Coast Guard have been officially unveiled by the Irish Department of Transport. You can read more about it and get a first glimpse of the livery here:
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We've a fair few former Harrier pilots here, including our two co-founders, who'll enjoy this image! . Best of luck with the book.
Safely home. Shutting down in the sun shade at Kandahar, 2008. Taken by a MOD photographer. One for the #avgeeks - check out the belly stations. I know I'm biased - but that's a beautiful jet!. Not long to go - book released on Thursday. #HarrierBook.
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We've observed development of @AirVehicles and Airlander with great interest. The aircraft offers the potential for an exciting low carbon alternative to many aspects of aviation and we’re pleased to be teaming up with HAV for the next stage of the Airlander’s journey.
HAV boss eyes point-to-point passenger role for Airlander; is this the 90-seat vision for the future of regional travel? Don't think slow plane, but "fast ferry":
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We’ve just completed Exercise Surface Dispersant 19/1 with @oilspillexperts During the exercise we sprayed 28,000ltrs of fresh water onto a simulated spill over 3 days #B727 #avgeek #oilspillpreparedness
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.The Blades performed for the final time on Saturday 24th June to an audience of friends, supporters, colleagues, and sponsors at a charity event hosted at the team’s home base, Sywell Aerodrome. Watch our celebration video!.
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2Excel announces corporate partnership with the @TheAirLeague, the leading aviation and aerospace charity which focuses on changing lives through aviation. Read more: #partnership #youth #charity
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Well done to disabled flying charity and friends of 2Excel @Aerobility on another inspiring Armchair Airshow, co-presented by Blades’ pilot @MikeLingPilot. And there’s still time to tune in: BTS 📸 @ByBenGriffiths #ArmchairAirshow
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For #EODay we're celebrating our amazing people in this photo collage. We became an Employee Ownership Trust two years ago. We're particularly thinking today about our colleagues on furlough, as we sincerely acknowledge and thank them for their patience, positivity, and stoicism.
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With #mentalhealthawarenessweek focusing minds on wellbeing, we wanted to highlight our Pilot Support Programme. This becomes mandatory in August for all pilots, including contractors. But, we're also including our Sensor Operators, Flight Engineers and Cabin Crew.
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So just how does G-OSRA spray? Come and see up close on the last ever built Boeing 727! @oilspillexperts #FIA16
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A dramatic edit of one of our 727s on a wet autumn day✈️🌧️ Let's hope the weekend ahead is a little brighter. #aviation #boeing #b727 #dramatic #autumn #avgeek #2excel #2excelaviation #fridaymood
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The @Aerobility Armchair Airshow is essential viewing for anyone with even a passing interest in aviation. The event features some fantastic former @rafredarrows pilots, including host @MikeLingPilot . Tune into #ArmchairAirshow on Sat, 20 June at 1400!
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Five years ago, just 13% of our workforce was female. Now at 25%, the number has almost doubled and is growing steadily, and not just in disciplines that historically attracted women. Read more and check out our latest vacancies at #iwd2022 #breakthebias
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Happy #InternationalCivilAviationDay from all of us at 2Excel Aviation!. From the ground to the sky, we all have our part to play to ensure safety and service delivery excellence that exceeds and delights our customers.
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Some more cracking shots of our 727!.
A couple of photos of the @oilspillexperts @2Excel_Aviation @BoeingAirplanes 727 perform among at @FIAFarnborough in 2018. #aviation #planespotting #B727 #aircraft #airport #avgeek #aviationlovers #aviationgeek #AviationFanUK #aviationaction
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We’ll be conducting a #SprayPast with the @thebladesteam every day. Then a full #B727 display Fri, Sat, Sun. #avgeek
@T2Aviation @FIAFarnborough @thebladesteam Looking forward to seeing this display again. Seen it's #FIA16 display from the cargo deck of a #b747 before getting a guided tour of the actual aircraft by a very welcoming crew
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@FIAFarnborough we are working on some final details but a 727 will be on the ground every day and we are hoping to fly most days too 🙏🏼.
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Sunny but chilly this afternoon at @DSA_Airport as @2excelbroadswrd G-TGPG prepared for take off. #winterafternoon #aviationphotography #privateaviation #wintersun
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Our #B727 s carry everything required to operate on the lower cargo deck. This means we can support @oilspillexperts anywhere in the World, seen here on a recent exercise in Stavanger #avgeek #oilandgas
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The office - We upgraded the avionics of both our #B727. Here we are cruising at 34,000’ and .81mach. The TERSUS spray system can transit at high altitudes due to its unique vent system. This makes it a truly rapid response system. Ready to respond for @oilspillexperts
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A very pleasant transit back from the Cape Verde islands to @DSA_Airport today. Here’s a brief snippet from 36,000’ overhead the Canaries islands. #Boeing #B727 . Ready to respond for @oilspillexperts #avgeek
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We are looking to hire an enthusiastic and passionate Office & Events Manager to join @thebladesteam team based at Sywell Aerodrome. For more information, or find out how to apply, visit. #aviationjobs #aviationcareers #eventsmanagement #eventscareers
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Wishing all our customers, suppliers, partners and colleagues a Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy New Year. Thank you for your support this year, and we very much look forward to working with you in 2022. #aviation #aviationindustry #seasonsgreetings #weare2excel
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2Excel's world-renowned aerobatic team @thebladesteam and long-term charity partner the @RAFBF have this afternoon announced the renewal of their partnership for 2021. #SevenYearsStrong #CharityPartner.
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Simon Spurgeon has been promoted to the role of Business Support Director and will be heading up 2Excel Aviation’s new Business Support Unit, encompassing Infrastructure, Security, IT, Health & Safety and Continuous Improvement. View the full article here:
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Happy Monday everyone! Here's a beautiful picture of G-SWRD enjoying a sunrise at London Southend Airport this morning to get your week off to a good start! 😍🌇✈️. #sunrise #mondaymotivation #boeing737
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2Excel Aviation's Charter division joins renowned industry body @airlines_UK!. “We are delighted to welcome such a British success story into the membership.'' Tim Alderslade, Chief Executive of Airlines UK. Full story here: .@2ExcelBroadswrd #aviation
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Due to an internal promotion we are looking for a new MEP Pilot, follow the link for full details and application process. This is a great opportunity to join a growing business and realise future opportunities.
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Great photos Clare, come and say hi.
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Wishing all our customers, partners and colleagues a Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy New Year. Thank you for your support this year, and we very much look forward to working with you in 2023. #merrychristmas #seasonsgreetings #aviation #2excel #2excelaviation
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Looking forward to @FIAFarnborough we’ve a special mission Navajo and B727 in the static park, both aircraft support @oilspillexperts and our other B727 is flying everyday with the @thebladesteam Fri - Sat will see the full display routine! #SprayOn #SmokeOn #avgeek
Looking Back: The picture is T2 Aviation's Oil Spill Response Boeing 727 at @FIAFarnborough in 2016. Looking Forward: @T2Aviation will be at Farnborough International Airshow again this year.
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@captureasecond @BremontMilitary @BremontWatches @BremontCity @BremontMayfair @alt1tudeforum @HKBremont @BoeingUK @BoeingAirplanes Great picture! That @BremontWatches is nearly as nice as our #B727 😂
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It's #flightdeckfriday ✈️ .Here's a lovely sunset shot from inside one of our luxury private aircraft
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