UK and Belgium, "Fiesta Storm" 25-26 May 2009 Ade Hairsine
A day trip to
Belgium for the very last TLP to be held here before to moves to Albacete
in Spain next month, Noted on the way round were
Stansted
25-05-09
A fruitless
call looking for the USAF C-37 saw these go in the book
G-SRDG Da-7x
A6-HRS BBJ
CS-DLE Da-2000
HB-IKZ BD-700
N150BB CL-604
N308AB GULF-4
N718DW GULF-4
ZS-GJB BD-700
Down to
Folkestone and through the tunnel via seeing a Ford Fiesta spin out on the M11
/ M25 junction, The driver had tried to pass us at approx 100 mph and lost it
spinning into a set of roadwork's and then crashing into the central
reservation, We drove on leaving "The Pratt" to think about his actions and
explain to the Police what he had done !!.The real reason we did not stop was
it would have been VERY dangerous for us to stop on a sharp bend of the
motorway and walk back into on coming traffic and into an accident, We did NOT
want to become part of the accident, Many cars behind us will have stopped to
look after the driver in any case. After arriving in France and driving
towards Oostende we were treated to a magnificent view of the worst Thunder
Storm in living memory in Belgium as it crossed from France into the low
lands, The motorway was covered in bits of Trees, Branch's Leaves etc BUT the
Lightning show was fantastic long long flashes going round the sky, VERY
humbling to see and the inspiration for the name of the trip with the Fiesta
incident added too it, Anyway enough of the weather and on with the
aircraft...
Brussels
26-05-09 (Visit 1)
A few bits
seen here, Never the best in the dark this place
Abalag Ramp
OO-CLX Ce-560
OO-GML Da-2000
OO-LFS LEARJET
OO-SKY Ce-525
HB-JGJ GULF-450
LX-JFH Pc-12
N426QS GULF-4
VP-BBO GULF-5
VP-BDB ??
** Miss-Pole **
VP-BDU BD-700
VP-BDV Da-2000
3B-PFG GULF-4
0260 YAK-40 CZECH
AF
Cargo etc
(OO-CDB) B-747
CARGO B AIRLINES
OO-DLI A-300
DHL
OO-VEG B-737
BRUSSELS AIRLINES
OO-VET B-737
BRUSSELS AIRLINES
G-BMRG B-757
BRITISH AIRWAYS
N740AX B-767 ABX
AIR
N783SA B-747
SOUTHERN AIR TRANSPORT
Melsbrok
26-05-09
The military side
of the airport
CA-02 A-310
Belgium AF
CH-04 C-130
Belgium AF
CH-08 C-130
Belgium AF
CH-10 C-130
Belgium AF
CH-11
C-130 Belgium AF
G-10 MD-900 Federale
Police
Req
??-??? SD-330 (Blue and White)
??-??? SD-330 (Blue and White)
The Gate Guards
looked unchanged
(CP-10) C-119
(RM-7) PEMBROKE
Moving East of
Brussels to a W & R Don needed at
Kamppenhout
26-05-09
Kept in a garden
in this village is
(FX-100) F-104
Starfighter, Ex Belgium AF
Back on the road
again and this time for a W & R i wanted to see
Wezel
26-05-09
Kept at this
scrap yard in a small village is the "Maggi" i wanted
MT-29 CM-170
About 2 miles
away is the small airfield of Keitheuvel and its Gate Guard an F-84f
Keitheuvel
26-05-09
Sat outside the
hangars and club house is this very nice looking "F" jet
FU-197 F-84F
Very happy with
these we went looking for another Starfighter in a town approx 10 miles away,
the only clue we had was "Somewhere in this town", Not a lot to go on but we
managed to find said machine NOT in the town but approx 1 mile out of town
Tessenderlo
26-05--09
(26+47) F-104
Starfighter (c/n checked from tail via its V/N)
Yet another call
looking for yet another CM-170 next but we were not lucky as the "Maggi" has
moved on to ?
Meerhout
26-05-09
????? Fairey
Battle, Parts only (Unknown airframe)
The CM-170 had
gone to ??, There were wings for OO-GMB here what ever this is or was (an old
PA-28).
Next was an
active base
Beaucechain
26-05-09
A look for the
MiG-21 in the museum (Which is only open on the first and third Sunday of the
month) was successful along with a few others preserved here. A few active
aircraft were also seen
BR-10 MIRAGE-5
FR-32 F-84F
FT-24 T-33
FX-04 F-104
MT-35 CM-170 (c/n
292)
ST-14 Sf-260
24+29 MiG-21 ex
NVA
Active
ST-04 Sf-260
ST-24 Sf-260
ST-30 Sf-260
ST-32 Sf-260
ST-48 Sf-260
FA-31 F-16 (Doing
aerobatics over the base)
FA-??? F-16 (In
HAS)
Arriving at last
in Florennes as the TLP just as the mission was about to start saved us
waiting around, The mission started to taxy out within 5 mins of us getting in
place for our photos good timing or what ?.
Florennes
TLP 26-05-09
FA-68 F-16
BELGIUM AF (Did not fly)
FA-71/FS F-16
BELGIUM AF (Did not fly)
FA-81 F-16
BELGIUM AF
FA-87 F-16 BELGIUM AF Spl Cls
FA-103 F16
BELGIUM AF
FA-115 F-16 BELGIUM AF (Did not fly, Fire practice aircraft)
H-44 A-109
BELGIUM ARMY
3365 Mi-35 CZECH
AF
6051 L-159 CZECH
AF
6055 L-159 CZECH
AF
6064 L-159 CZECH
AF
6065 L-159 CZECH AF
7357 Mi-35 CZECH AF
333/4-AB MIRAGE
2000N FRENCH AF
348/4-AL MIRAGE
2000N FRENCH AF
623/133-MP MIRAGE 2000D FRENCH AF
(683/133-IV) MIRAGE 2000D FRENCH AF (Did not fly)
1 SUPER ETENDARD
FRENCH NAVY
8 UPER ETENDARD
FRENCH NAVY
112 F-16 GREEK AF
130 F-16 GREEK AF
134 F-16 GREEK AF
140 F-16 GREEK AF
MM7052/50-02
TORNADO ITALIAN AF
MM7053/50-07
TORNADO ITALIAN AF
MM7239/- F-16
ITALIAN AF (Also on the tail 81 0680)
MM7253/- F-16
ITALIAN AF (Also on the tail 81 0811)
(MM80988/15-)19
HH-3 ITALIAN AF
(MM81348/15-)36
HH-3 ITALIAN AF
J-199 F-16 DUTCH
AF
J-201 F-16 DUTCH
AF
J-637 F-16 DUTCH
AF
J-644 F-16 DUTCH
AF
4055 F-16 POLISH
AF
(4056) F-16
POLISH AF (Did not fly in hangar)
4083 F-16 POLISH
AF
C.16-21/11-01
TYPHOON SPANISH AF (Did not fly)
C.16-27/11-07
TYPHOON SPANISH AF
C.16-28/11-08
TYPHOON SPANISH AF
90 0828/SP F-16
USAF
91 0358/SP F-16
USAF
92 3918/SP F-16
USAF (Did not fly)
Visiting
87+14 Bo-105
German Army
87+30 Bo-105
German Army
A return visit to
Brussels to see if anything has changed saw these
Brussels
26-05-09 (Visit 2)
OO-GML Da-2000
OO-MLG Ce-560
CS-DMO Be-400
CS-DUD BAe-125
CS-DXM Ce-560
N393EY ??
CS-TPI EMB-145
PGA
Melsbroke
26-05-09
CH-01 C-130
CH-02 C-130
CH-04 C-130
CH-08 C-130
3085 A-318 Czech
AF
A lucky phone
call from the UK to two spotters we knew were out here gave us this the Czech
AF A-319, And we only had to wait 10 min's for it arriving from Heathrow.
Getting round the Brussels ring road at the best of times is not easy so we
did a none Brussels Ring Road return via every set of road works in Belgium
with the odd boat bridge lifting up as well, The only extra aircraft we saw
was the F-104 at Beervelde
Beervelde
26-05-09
Still sat on its
container
(FX-79) F-104
Once back in the
UK we called as usual at Luton for a look round and added these to the log
Luton
26-05-09
G-CDLT BAe-125
G-CTEN Ce-750
G-EDCM Ce-525
G-EGNS GULF-5
G-IRSH EMB-135
G-JBIZ Ce-550
G-KSFR BD-300
G-LEAA Ce-510
G-MATF GULF-4
G-RRAZ EMB-135
G-SABI Da-900
G-SNZY LEARJET
G-XLGB Ce-560
A6-ZAB GULF-3
CS-DFN Ce-560
CS-DHJ Ce-550
CS-DFX BAe-125
CS-DKD GULF-4
CS-DUA BAe-125
CS-DUD BAe-125
CS-DXR Ce-560
LX-TQJ CL-300
HZ-OFC5 Da-900
M-BIGG CL-604
N60LW Ce-550
N123GB GULF-200
N171JJ BD-700
N388RF BD-700
N534QS GULF-5
N448QS GULF-4
N472QS GULF-4
N498YY Ce-525
N605JA CL-604
N744XP BAe-125
N800FR RB-390
N900JG Da-900
N900LS BD-700
N887MW BD-700
OE-HFC GULF-200
OE-HRR CL-300
OE-IDX Da-900
OE-INC BD-700
OE-INJ CL-604
OE-INX CL-604
PH-JNX Ce-560
VP-BJK GULF-5
VP-BOA CL-604
VP-CFR Da-900
VQ-BLA GULF-5
XA-BAL GULF-5
ZS-AOL GULF-5
5N-BGV GULF-2
And that was the
last TLP trip at Florennes, My thanks as always to the guys with me and Don L