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D-HZPE Mi-2 (c/n 539811066)

Inside

Viewed through the entrance doors

(6134) Ju-52

The MiG-15 and Yak-27 could not be seen

Civil Bits

D-ESMX Z-37

DM-SAF VEB-14 Lufthansa c/s

Moving on from here after a little route planning, Merseburg looked good so off we went

Merseburg 13-07-09

The museum was closed but it had been host to a concert the day before and after telling the owner we had driven from the UK he said we could have a look around but we had to pay the 4 Euros to get in, "No problem" we said

Inside

779 MiG-21

32+11 G-91 (Nose only)

55+47 Do-27

56+74 Do-27 (D-EGEA)

75+28 Allouette

WB533/- Devon RAF

Outside

177 Tu-134 (Displayed as DDR-SCZ)

390 Mi-8

829 MiG-21

670 MiG-21

673 MiG-21

725 MiG-21

21+56 F-104

24+54 F-104

31+78 G-91

75+86 Allouette

"EB+368" RF-84 (Real id EB+119)

A-16 Allouette (Ex Belgium Army, At the gate)

3065 VEB-14 (Ex Polish AF)

???? Yak-52 (Wreckage c/n 811908)

???? Bo-104

Civil

D-ESRF Z-37

D-KALR (Motor-glider)

DM-SEC IL-62 Interflug

F-BSEI Zlin-542

HA-MHL An-2

Very happy with this we went on our way leaving the owner to clean up, What a mess we were glad we were not doing it. On the road to Altenburg next for another museum this time a small one with just 3 aircraft

Altenburg 13-07-09

Everything here can be seen by driving up to the museum, Another ex military base now operating as an airport

61+12 Atlantic

(401) Mi-2 (Police c/s)

(742) MiG-21 (Ex 22+27)

D-EOCN Z-37

The MiG-21 in the old housing area of the base has now gone we looked for it for about 30 min's or so and decided it had to have gone. And a look for another MiG-21 in the shelter area proved fruitless as well, We departed. The next museum was Rothenburg which is only meters from the Polish border but to get here it was not far to call at Dresden airport for a look at the two Mig,s preserved there

Dresden 13-07-09

A large airport with lots of hangars and poor views (But that's all we found), A five minute look here found what we were looking for so with these two in the book off we went again

218 MiG-21

601 MiG-23

And

DDR-SAL VEB-14

And seen on the active ramp

045 Yak-40 Polish AF

And in a hangar

(N751FD) A-300 Saudi Arabian Air Lines (c/n 625)

Back on the road again and off to Rothenburg passing

Westendorf 13-07-09

Stumbled upon at the side on the road in this village was a Z-37

(D-E???) Z-37 (Silver c/s)

Rothenburg 13-07-09

Arriving at the airport again we found it to be on an ex military base

Museum

A good tidy clean museum with a very good selection of aircraft and helicopters here but most could do with a little "TLC" on the paint work

143 L-39

236 MiG-23

296 MiG-21

300 MiG-15

313 L-29

339 L-29

335 MiG-19

545 MiG-21

581 MiG-21

623 MiG-21

689 MiG-23

757 Su-22

784 MiG-21

838 MiG-21

26+51 F-104

(30+74) G-91

94+60 Mi-2 (c/n 562633112)

95+04 Mi-14

99+01 G-91

99+21 OV-10

JB+110 F-84

As you drive towards the museum you pass a ramp with a number of ex military helicopters stored on it

Hangar / Ramp Aerotec

All these are near the fence and are very easy to read but difficult to photograph

(500) Mi-2 Marked as D-HZPO (c/n 543048083)

94+15 Mi-8

(94+58) Mi-2 Marked as S9-TAL

(95+10) Mi-14 Marked as S9-TAF

(95+12) Mi-14 Marked as S9-TAI

95+14 Mi-14

95+15 Mi-14

???? Mi-8 Unmarked no paint

N239BB/ 84 Red L-39 (c/n 433114)

A quick run up the motorway to Cottbus for the museum there found again the museum closed but the gates open so we went in and logged

Cottbus 13-07-09

A very nice museum with nearly everything in very good condition

132 Mi-8

(205) IL-28 (Nose only)

215 MiG-21

226 MiG-17

365 Su-22

370 L-29

380 Mi-2

482 Mi-9

653 Mig-21

"785" Mi-4 (Real id 792)

826 An-2

848 MiG-21

981 MiG-21

996 An-14

20+62 MiG-23

76+22 Allouette

92+13 P-149

"93+60" Mi-8 (Real id 93+70)

98+11 Su-22

98+32 Mi-24

(670071) Fw-190 (Wreck)

502 Lim-5

02 Yellow Mi-2 (c/n 511019039)

In the restoration area were

(154) MiG-15 (Not marked)

(437) LIM-5 (Rear end c/n ID02-12)

(537) LIM-5 (Rear end c/n IC09-17)

(538) Mi-4 (Not marked)

??? LIM-5 (Front fuse)

We left 4 euros each near the pay booth i hope they found it as they were so kind to leave the museum open for us

We had the third member of our crew flying into Berlin Schonefeld this evening on Ryanair from East Midlands so setting sail for Berlin we worked out we would pass Welzow and its MiG-21 so a quick look was made

Welzow 13-07-09

Yet another ex military base with lots of HAS's, We drove around and did not see a thing. Just as we were giving up a guy in a 4x4 turned up and we asked him, He turned out to be the president of the MiG owners group and told us to follow him to the HAS the MiG is kept in (To say we would have not found it by our selves is an understatement !)

705 MiG-21

The MiG is kept in the HAS and is in VERY good condition, Many thanks to the guy with the 4x4

Berlin next and a nice "Quick !" drive up the Autobahn

Berlin Schonefeld 13-07-09

D-AGWK A-319 German Wings

D-AKNO A-319 German Wings

D-AKNS A-319 German Wings

EI-DAF B-737 Ryanair

EI-DCY B-737 Ryanair

EI-DYT B-737 Ryanair

EI-EBY B-737 Ryanair

G-EZDC A-319 Easyjet

G-EZEK A-319 Easyjet

And a lot of Biz-Jets over the far side from the terminal we did not have time to look at, So with "Salty" on board we went for a hotel for the night

That rapped up the day for us and it was off to a hotel some food and a few beers as usual

Day 4 and we started the day with a visit to the Berlin Gatow museum which included a look at the storage hangar normally not open to the public a prior arrangement had been made for us to visit it

Berlin Gatow museum 14-07-09

A very big and very well kept museum and if you find your self in Berlin well worth the effort of visiting

Outside on the field

All ex West German AF

01+01 CL-13 Sabre

16+06 HFB-320 Hansa Jet

16+26 HFB-320 Hansa Jet

(20+02) MiG-23 (Real id 577)

20+13 MiG-23

20+51 MiG-23

20+63 MiG-23

24+53 MiG-21

(25+11) Su-22 (Real id 613)

(25+44) Su-22 (Real id 798)

25+52 Su-22

26+49 F-104 Starfighter

27+90 TF-104 Starfighter

32+15 G-91

32+72 G-91

35+41 G-91

35+62 F-4 Phantom

52+09 An-26

61+17 Bi-1150 Atlantic

93+01 Mi-8

83+08 H-21

93+14 Mi-8

93+51 Mi-8

93+92 Mi-9

"94+55" T-33 (Real id 94+56)

96+42 Mi-24

98+20 Bo-105

(98+61) Su-17

99+12 G-91

99+14 N-2501 Noratlas

99+33 OV-10 Bronco

99+35 Canberra

99+40 G-91

99+41 G-91

D-9542 CL-13 Sabre

BF+106 F-84R

DB+127 F-104 Starfighter

"DD+313" F-84F (Real id DD+339)

"EB+344" RF-84F (Real id EB+244)

EB+399 T-33

JA+113 CL-13 Sabre

JD+249 F-86k

"UA+106" Gannet (Real id UA+110)

All ex East German AF or NVA

"091" LiM-5 (Real id 615)

208 IL-28

311 L-29

338 L-29

905 LiM-5

256 MiG-21

569 Mi-4

596 MiG-21

645 MiG-21

686 MiG-21

"5211" Mi-24 (Real id 521)

Others

3905 MiG-15 Ex Czech AF

72/10-SA Super Mystere Ex French AF

587/13-QL Mirage-3 Ex French AF

WV865/- Seahawk

XG152/20 Hunter

XN730/J LIGHTNING Ex RAF

XV278/- Gr-1 Harrier

Civil

D-HATE UH-1 Ex BGS

If that was not enough the museum has a number of hangars with displayed aircraft in them

Hangar 1

No access to this at all its in the military area but seen outside this hangar were

741 Su-22 (Fuse only)

XA+109 Pembroke

JA+111 CL-13 Sabre Spl Cls

Hangar 3

7A-WN Ms-500 (Ex G-AZMH)

20+37 F-104 Starfighter

44+56 Tornado

D-4037 Grunau Sk-38 (Made from parts of WZ765 and WZ829)

AS+525 L-18 Cub (96+20)

BB+150 CL-13 Sabre (Real id BB+250)

KA+1-52 Dfs-320

WL-V111-21 Grunau Baby (Glider ex D-1797))

10575/4 Ha-112

191104 Me-163

163 MiG-15

225 Yak-11

950 MiG-21

989 MiG-21 (Nose only ex 22+19)

(XM556/-) Skeeter Ex RAF

Hangar 7

29+06 F-104 Starfighter

29+03 MiG-29

(38+04) F-4 Phantom (Nose only)

38+34 F-4 Phantom

41+50 Alpha Jet

(44+50) Tornado (Nose only)

44+68 Tornado

57+38 Do-27

71+42 UH-1

78+04 Sycamore

80+34 H-34

AA+014 CM-170

AA+615 Ta-6 Harvard

DF-316 F-84F

Hangar 8

This is the restoration hangar not open to the public, Lots and lots of bits in here, Engines Wings Tails etc etc the list go's on and on

Inside

25+07 F-104 Starfighter

GI+AD Casa-2111 (Real id 42)

(472) MiG-21 (Nose only)

529 SM-1

57 Nc-701 Ex French AF

199 Nc-701 Ex French AF

WP515/- Canberra Ex RAF

????? Mi-2 (c/n 001 13 72, Nose only)

Outside

??+?? F-104 Starfighter (Nose only Silver)

??+?? F-104 Starfighter (Centre fuse marked 7033)

??+?? F-104 Starfighter (Rear fuse marked 9011)

Nose of the above F-104 fuse sections belonged to each other our guide told us)

And that was Berlin Gatow what a fantastic place well worth going, Oh by the way its free to get in. Next on the agenda was the "Dak" round the corner

Berlin Gatow General Steinhoff Kassern 14-07-09

(ZD215/-) Dc-3 (Ex RAAF A-65-69)

Another RAF aircraft in the bag

Now we had to start heading west towards home, With the plan of what we wanted to see (MiG-21's) we started out for

Stendal 14-07-09

A lowly MiG sits on this airfield with only a few light aircraft to keep it company but its another "21" in the bag

241 MiG-21 (Real id 246)

Back on the road again and on to a small village with two MiG's

Staffelde 14-07-09

At the gate of this car recovery yard is

875 MiG-21

And at the rear of the yard another "21"

23+59 MiG-21

On the road once more and a look for two missing aircraft

Harbke 14-07-09

Both aircraft from here have gone and the restaurant they were at is almost falling down

(22+35) MiG-21 Gone to ??

(493) IL-18 Has gone to Teuge in The Netherlands, This will wait for another day but the MiG,s location would be useful if anyone knows where it is please

Back in the car again and a look at the museum at Bad Oeynhausen for Andy

Bad Oeynhausen 14-07-09

Nothing changed over the last few days, Not that it would

We decided we had seen loads of Wrecks and Relics in Germany and very little active aircraft so we made for Wunstorf for a look at some C-160's

Wunstorf 14-07-09

A small museum near the main gate holds

Outside

70+68 UH-1

90+44 FW-149

93+03 Mi-8 Spl Cls

"GR+248" N-2501 Noratlas (Real id 66 Ex French AF)

Inside

58+95 Do-28

(6693/DB+RB) Ju-52

Gate Guard

("62+50") FW-149 (Real id 90+35)

Airfield

50+29 C-160 TRANSALL

50+46 C-160 TRANSALL

50+65 C-160 TRANSALL

50+73 C-160 TRANSALL

50+81 C-160 TRANSALL

50+83 C-160 TRANSALL

50+89 C-160 TRANSALL

50+90 C-160 TRANSALL

51+00 C-160 TRANSALL

51+07 C-160 TRANSALL

51+11 C-160 TRANSALL

There were another four C-160,s on the ramp but the light had gone so we could not id them

GIA airframes

32+45 G-91

??+?? G-91

The two "Gina's" not read off were in normal colours so the Spl Cls one was not seen any offers on these two please.

Well that was the day over we found a hotel in Osnabruk for the night and again had something to eat and something to drink, Life is hell aint it ?