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Belgium and a little France 23 March 09 Ade Hairsine

Florennes Spanish F18 Hornet C15-25/15-12

Florennes Greek Mirage 2000 553

Florennes Polish F16 Falcon 4047

Lille F-ZBPL Eurocopter EC145

 

Just back from the latest outing and here is the log of what we saw, The trip was our day bash to the TLP at Florennes in Belgium.

The first thing aeronautically we saw was in Belgium at as no stops were made in the UK.
 
BRUSSELS 23-03-09
 
A bit of a Belgium Biz Fest here and one or two very nice frames went in the log book at 03-00 in the morning.
 
OO-ACC Ce-525
OO-FPE Ce-525
OO-IDE Ce-525
OO-JDK Ce-525
OO-LFN LEARJET
OO-MLG Ce560
 
OO-TUB B-737 ROYAL FALCON (To be JY-???)
 
CS-DMI Be-400
HB-JGS EMB-135
 
OE-LBN A-319 AUSTRIAN A/Ls
 
2585 VC-99 (EMB-135) BRAZILIAN AF
UR-86527 IL-62 UKRAINIAN GOV
00 09001 C-32 (B757) USAF
  
A quick look at Melsbroek only found three based "Herks" staying out over night
 
MELSBROEK 23-03-09
 
CH-03 C-130
CH-07 C-130
CH-10 C-130
 
 Moving on for a few nocturnal wrecks and relics we soon came to
 
BRUSTEM 23-03-09
 
MT-3 CM-170
 
Pole mounted on the N3 road in the centre of a roundabout in a very nice Red c/s
  
About 2 Miles down the rad from the "Maggi" is Saffraanberg, The only thing that can be seen at such an early time of day is the gate guard
 
SAFFRAANBERG 23-03-09
 
FX-53 F-104
 
Back on the road again and a call at (Passing all the "Girls in the windows", You have to see it to beleve it !)
 
 MILMORT 23-03-09
 
(FA-46) F-16
MT-30 CM-170
 
The F-16 is just inside the gates Techspace Aero Factory and the CM-170 is on the roundabout at the bottom of the road pole mounted on another roundabout
  
Two more "W and R,s" next as we continued our night time spotting at Bierset. A new Gate Guard (Well to me anyway) was seen here
 
BIERSET 23-03-09
 
(A-34) ALOUETTE-2
(B-11) Bn-2 ISLANDER
?-??? AUSTER (New aircraft on the gate here, Offers on an "ID" please)
 
 Across the other side of the airport on the civil side were
 
LEIGE 23-03-09
 
OO-CBB B-747 CARGO B AIRLINES
OO-?AN B-737 TUI (Blue)
OO-TZB A-300 TNT
OO-TZD A-300 TNT
 
OO-FMX Ce-172
 
EC-HVC A-300 TNT
G-LOFC L-188 ELECTRA AIR ATLANTIC
N740AX B-767 ABX AIR
N????? B-747 SOUTHERN AIR TRANSPORT (N758SA ?)
OK-TCA LET-410 MANX ?
 
Reqs
 
N???AX B-767 ABX AIR
N???AX B-767 ABX AIR
??-??? ATR-24 (White)
??-??? A-109 in the Agusta compound
 
 A hop up the motorway just as the Sun was rising to Namur
  
NAMUR 23-03-09
 
FR-30 RF-84
FU-51 F-84
 
A few GA notes
 
OO-ISA Ro-44
OO-JYD Ro-22
OO-SHC Ce-172
OO-SWT RO-44
 
N90284 Pa-23 (Wreck on the field)
RA1453K YAK-52
 
The F-84,s were the reason for the visit here and look see throught the Helicopter hangar windows and a few gaps in other hangars noted these. Back down the Motorway to the Liege area and another W & R
 
 CHAUDFONTAIN 23-03-09
 
8004 MiG-21 Ex Polish AF
 
All i will say about this is, Its not on view and the owner dose not want anyone to visit him or the aircraft as its on PRIVATE PROPERTY so please DO respect his privacy and don't go looking for it, Iam NOT been selfish its the owners wishes Thank you . Moving on to the TLP at Florennes
  
FLORENNES 23-03-09
 
We Arrived about 2 hours before the launch so we headed of for the base museum and a local W and R, Near Florennes is yet another roundabout with an F84 on a pole in the middle of it
 
FU-154/UR-S F-84F
  
A few miles for Florennes is the village of Franchimont and here is a Sub-Aqua club who have a Hunter down in the depths of their flooded quary BUT there is yet another F-84 sat outside their dive club
  
FRANCIMONT 23-03-09
 
FU-82/082 F-84F
 
The Hunter in the deep god rest its wings
  
Moving back to Florennes and we arrived back to find the TLP launch was in progress so to get some photos we had to wait for the recoverys about an hour  later it all came back in
 
FLORENNES 23-03-09
 
Locals flying
 
FA-57/FS F-16
FA-67 F-16
FA-72 F-16 SpL Cls "MATRIX"
FS-92 F-16/FS
FA-97 F-16
FA-98 F-16
FA-126/FS F-16
 
Visiting
 
CH-03 C-130
 
The TLP aircraft
 
U-05 Fk-50 Dutch AF
 
611/112-NM MIRAGE F-1 French AF
653/112-CV NIRAGE F-1 French AF
(R)-202/(64-GB) C-160 French AF
 
(46+25) TORNADO German AF
46+31 TORNADO German AF
46+46 TORNADO German AF
(46+52) TORNADO German AF
 
527 MIRAGE Greek AF
540 MIRAGE Greek AF
545 MIRAGE Greek AF
553 MIRAGE Greek AF
 
MM7182/51-62/82 AMX  Italian AF
MM7184/51-65/84 AMX Italian AF
(MM7285/4-16) TYPHOON  Italian AF
MM7286/4-2 TYPHOON  Italian AF
MM55130/4-33 TYPHOON  Italian AF
 
4045 F-16 Polish AF
4047 F-16 Polish AF
(4049) F-16 Polish AF
 
C.15-14/15-01 F-18 Spanish AF
C.15-16/15-03 F-18 Spanish AF
C.15-25/15-12 F-18 Spanish AF
C.15-43/15-30 F-18 Spanish AF
(C.15-44)/12-02 F-18 Spanish AF
C.15-45/12-03 F-18 Spanish AF
 
G-FRAW Da-20 FRA
 
Gate Guards on the TLP gate
 
(BA-22) MIRAGE-5
(FA-47) F-16
FR-29 RF-84
 
Museum
 
I did not go in myself but one of the guys with us did and logged an unchanged list of inmates since my last visit
 
Building 1
 
SG-57/RL-D) SPITFIRE
 
Building 2
 
BR-04 MIRAGE-
FA-04 F-16
(K-6)/FS-7 F-84 (Has serial FU-52 applied)
(FU-144)/UR-H F-84 (Has serial FU-52 applied)
MT-34/- CM-170
T-24/UR DH-82 TIGER MOTH (Ex T7238 RAF)
 
On base near the mseum
 
(FU-103)/YL-A F-84F (Has serial FU-66 applied)
  
So leaving here very happy we set off in a homeward direction calling at
 
CHARLEROI 23-03-09
 
OO-DHS B-737 ex DHL
OO-SEXZ Ce-150
(U-1)237 VAMPIRE T-55 (Was to be "OO-KGS" ntu Ex Swiss AF)
  
Moving on to
 
CHIEVERS 23-03-09
 
Its the first time i have ever seen anything visiting here, not that i have visited Chievres often
 
90 0531 C-26 USN
 
Preserved around the base and just outside are
 
(EG-18) METEOR
FU-33 F-84F
(IF-65) HUNTER (Has serial 7J-B, Pole mounted on a local roundabout)
 
Our last call at this side of the channel was
 
 LILLE 23-03-09
 
A quick tour around the Security Civil hangar here found "PL" on guard with the det
 
F-ZBPL Ec-145 SECURITY CIVILE
 
F-GRGF EMB-145 AIR FRANCE
F-GUBD EMB-145 AIR FRANCE
F-HBXC EMB-170 AIR FRANCE
 
LX-PCT LEARJET
N90GW Be-35
 
 Back across the water the only call we made was Luton on the way up
 
LUTON 23-03-09
 
Quite a full Luton
 
G-EZEZ A-319
G-EZIC A-319
G-EZIV A-319
G-EZJB B-737
G-EZJO B-737
G-EZKA B-737
G-EZKE B-737
G-EZSM A-319
 
G-CDCX Ce-750
G-CTEN Ce-750
G-EDCS Be-400
G-HEMI Da-900
G-SABI Da-900
G-SIRS EMB-135
G-TSJF Ce-525
G-WCCI EMB-135
 
A6-IFA CL-604
CS-DKA GULF-4
CS-DKF GULF-5
CS-DLC Da-2000
CS-DMW Be-400
CS-DNL BAe-125
CS-DRB BAe-125
CS-DRC BAe-125
D-AJJK GULF-5
EI-GDL GULF-5
HB-JEE GULF-5
HB-JGX GULF-5
HZ-MFL GULF-4
I-DEAS GULF-5
M-RLIV CL-605
N33XE GULF-5
N43SF CL-604
N60LW Ce-550
N60XR LEARJET
N707EA GULF-4
N282Q GULF-5
N411QS GULF-4
N422QS GULF-4
N427GW Da-2000
N457H GULF-4
N480QS GULF-4
N826K Da-900
N800BN CL-604
N918TT BE-400
OE-HFC IAI-1126 GALAXY
OE-HJA Ce-750
OE-IFG GULF-5
OO-EPU LEARJET
P4-PET BAe-125
SE-RDZ GULF-5
VP-BGN GULF-5
VP-BNS Da-900
VP-BYA BBJ
VP-CEB BD-700
VP-CMR GULF-4
VP-CVU BD-700
VQ-BLA GULF-5
 
And that brought us to the end of our trip, All there is to say is thanks to Andy S for his company on the day out

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