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Here is the last log of my recent travel's and brings me up to date with posting trips. This trip was back to Eastern Europe and again to Poland, Poland is a gold mine with lots of aircraft operational and a great deal of wrecks and relics all around the country. We flew again Doncaster to Poznan with Wizzair, If you have not flown Wizzair they are good with a better seat pitch than some on the "other" low cost airlines.
 
Day 1
  
Doncaster 07-04-09
 
Seen whilst waiting for the flight were
 
G-FDZO B-737 Thompson fly
EI-EBA B-737 Ryanair
HA-LPM A-320 Wizzair (Our steed to Poznan)
 
Seen on arrival in the dark at Poznan after we had got the hire car and the bags etc
 
 Poznan 07-04-09
 
Terminal
 
SP-EDA ATR-42 EUROLOT
SP-EDC ATR-42 EUROLOT
SP-LFB ATR-72 EUROLOT
SP-TPB LET-410
 
Preserved in a car park at the airport and one we missed last time some how ?
 
1920 MiG-15
 
Off we went from Poznan heading East towards Warsaw, Today was a wreck and relic day seeing some new bits and going back to some we had seen before as two of the guys with us had not been to Poland before
  
Proboszcewicep 07-04-09
 
Preserved here is a Mi-2
 
3826 Mi-2
 
 Chechlo 07-04-09
 
Another Mi-2
 
0628 Mi-2
 
Przygon 07-04-09
 
Here is a MiG-17
 
517 MiG-17
 
Lask Town 07-04-09
 
1230 TS-11
 
 We went to Warsaw next to visit a few locations in that part of the country, Starting with
  
Warsaw and its traffic
 
As we got into the city the traffic got quite bad and i slowed down to a crawl but later on as we moved around Warsaw even in the rush hour it was not as bad as we thought it might be, We drove from one side of the city to the other and back in reasonable time so were we lucky or not ?.
 
Ockcie 07-04-09
 
The main airport Ockcie and the first of two visits here today all lumped into one, Starting at the military ramps and the gate guard (all Polish AF aircraft) then the rest
 
9308 Mig-21 gate Guard
 
Military Ramps
 
02 AB-412
044 Yak-40
047 Yak-40
048 Yak-40
101 Tu-154
0217 PZL-28
504 W-3
634 Mi-8
660 Mi-8
 
Civil aircraft seen
 
SP-EDE ATR-42 EUROLOT
SP-EDF ATR-42 EUROLOT
SP-KPG Sf-340 Direct Fly
SP-LDE EMB-170 LOT
SP-LDG EMB-170 LOT
SP-LDH EMB-170 LOT
SP-LFB EMB-170 LOT
SP-LFD ATR-72 EUROLOT
SP-LGH EMB-145 LOT
SP-LIA EMB-170 LOT
SP-LIC EMB-170 LOT
SP-LLA B-737 LOT
SP-LLC B-737 LOT
SP-LLD B-737 CENTRAL WINGS
SP-LLI B-737 LOT CENTRAL WINGS
SP-LME B-737 LOT CENTRAL WINGS
SP-LNB IL-14 Ex LOT (Dumped)
SP-LNE IL-14 Ex LOT (Dumped)
SP-LPA B-767 LOT
SP-LPC B-767 LOT
SP-2243 SZD-24 Glider (Hung up in terminal)
 
D-ACRO CRJ-200 Lufthansa
EC-GQO PANAIR
EI-IGC B-757 AIR ITALY POLSKA
EI-SLA ATR-42 AIR CONTRACTORS
G-BMRE B-757 DHL
N256UP MD-11 UPS
UR-DNF EMB-145 DNIPROAVIA
 
Biz Jets Etc
 
CS-DHP Ce-550
D-AJJK GULF-5
D-CKHG Ce-560
 
Req = Mis-Pole,s Etc
 
SP-CNP ??
SP-KSY ??
SP-OLI ??
SP-OLD ??
SP-OLI
SP-OLD
 
??-??? B-737 (Unmarked all White ?)
 
 Warsaw Zoliborz 07-04-09
 
Another Lim in the bag here
 
"1963" LiM-6 Real id 527
 
 Out of here and on it to town for two museums and an a good airfield
  
Warsaw Bemowo 07-04-09
 
A large GA field with some very interesting aircraft living there, This field is located just to the West of the city
 
The interesting bits first (well to most of us anyway)
 
Technical School Area
 
042 YAK-40
0624 Mi-2
6810 MiG-21
 
Police Hangars and Ramp
 
SN-32XP W-3
SN-40XP/A-016 Mi-8
SN-42XP/A-018 Mi-8
 
Near GA Hangar,s
 
7444 An-2 (Fuse Only)
 
Interesting Civil Bits all ex military
 
SP-AWA YAK-12 Ex Polish AF 128
SP-KFX YAK-12 Ex Polish AF 001
SP-AWP PIPER J-2 CUB Ex 43 1262
SP-MAM/43 PIPER L-4 CUB Ex 43 30515
SP-OKO An-2 Ex 3901 Polish AF
SP-ZET An-2 Ex 7460 Polish AF
 
SP-IBX Mi-2 (c/n 534537125)
SP-SPU Mi-2 (c/n 535747098)
SP-STD Mi-2 (c/n 5311230)
 
N854BF Ce-208
 
And the rest
 
GA, Not everything logged only what we could get and GA is NOT my strong point in the hobby
 
SP-CKL PZL-101
SP-DCM Ce-150
SP-DPP Ce-172
SP-EFA PZL-102
SP-EZB PLZ-104 WILGA
SP-FET Ce-150
SP-FMV Ce-150
SP-FRE PZL-110
SP-FRM PZL-110
SP-FTB Ce-172
SP-GIT Ce-172
SP-KBC MAULE
SP-KBY Pa-28
SP-KCM Ce-150
SP-KCR Ce-152
SP-KGA Ce-172
SP-KNO ??
SP-KOF Ce-152
SP-KOL Ce-152
SP-MED Be-58
SP-MOG ??
SP-OPM ??
SP-OTB Ce-172
SP-TPC AERO AT-3
SP-YUD ??
 
Microlights

SP-SKAS ULTRA-16
SP-YAB E&K SMB-03
SP-YMS STEEN SKYBOLT
SP-YOK Zenair CH-601
 
Gliders
 
SP-1979 AV-36
SP-2375 SZD-24
SP-2583 SZD-48 
SP-2781 SZD-9
SP-2882 SZD-30
SP-3069 SZD-50
SP-3246 SZD-51
SP-3367 SZD-50
SP3521  ??
SP3529 SWIFT S-1
 
Visiting / Based
 
D-MBBJ Flight Design CTSW
D-MKAW ??
G-COVE Jbairu
OK-FKL Ce-150
 
 Moving on to the first museum in the city 
 
Wojska Polskiego Museum 07-04-09
 
A fine small museum BUT it has some good stuff
 
8 Tu-2
(011) AVIA B-33
(21) IL-2 
23 YAK-9
101 TS-11
0204 I-22 (SP-PWG)
(0409) TS-8
0614 Mi-8
0615 MiG-21
1449 Mi-2
4111 MiG-29
8512 Su-11
 
Now off to another museum with a great deal to offer
 
Warsaw katnski Museum 07-04-09
 
A large museum with loads of tanks guns and all manor of things military including a good collection of aircraft, The place is on the site on an old fort (Fort Sabyba) and even still has most of its Moat. The collection is made up of the more modern Polish AF aircraft so (To me more interesting that the older stuff) I found a link try
 
 
The collection
 
013 Mi-24
13 Su-7
17 Su-7
17 YAK-23
"65" IL-28 Real id 22
101 LiM-6
148 MiG-23
331 Su-7
"365" MiG-15 Real ID 873
506 Su-22
815 Su-7
"1132" LiM-2 Real id 1312
1217 LiM-5
1604 LiM-5
1802 MiG-21
2215 Mi-2
"2414" LiM-5 Real id 1501
3101 Mi-2
4606 Su-22
5827 Mi-2
(5928)  An-2 Unmarked
6010 LiM-2
6006 MiG-21
6131 Su-22
6252 Su-20
6604 MiG-21
8113 MiG-21
 
 Well that was it for the day we got to our hotel had a meal some beers and hit the sack for the night after this long day
 
Day 2, Today we met up with The Staffordshire Aviation Group for the first of two Army base tours in Poland
 
 Leznica Wielka 08-04-09 Base Tour
 
A large open field but with the disadvantage of been surrounded by trees which give,s a limited view onto the field, We started at the gate with two preserved aircraft that live there. The army gave us some para,s to inspect and they explaned what each man carries wepons etc, We also got a tactical demo with two para drops with W-3,s and a Trop drop down a line from about 40 feet from a Mi-8 all in all very good little show.
 
 Gate Guards
 
"037" Mi-2 (c/n checked 562128121 Real id 2128)
"4395" Mi-8 real id 625
 
Preserved on airfield near some offices
 
"024" Mi-24 Real id 177
 
Flight Lines
 
601 Mi-17 *
615 Mi-8
622 Mi-8 *
624 Mi-8
629 Mi-8 Camo Yellow / green
641 Mi-8
645 Mi-8 *
648 Mi-8
649 Mi-8
651 Mi-8
652 Mi-8
653 Mi-8
654 Mi-8 *
6101 Mi-17
??? Mi-8
??? Mi-8
 
0604 W-3
0611 W-3
 
In Hangar
 
??? Lim-2
 
Near Hangar
 
??? Mi-8
??? Mi-8
??? Mi-8
??? Mi-8
??? Mi-8
 
WFU Line
 
Most of the helicopter here don't carry a serial most have been listed from sites on the net, If this is correct or not time will tell but it dose give us a base line to start with
 
??? Mi-8 (607)
??? Mi-8 (610)
611 Mi-8
??? Mi-8 (612)
613 Mi-8
??? Mi-8 (614)
??? Mi-8 (615)
??? Mi-8 (616)
??? Mi-8 (617)
??? Mi-8 (618)
621 Mi-8
??? Mi-8 (625)
626 Mi-8
??? Mi-8 (???) No Boom
 
* = Read off but not read off by us, The rest are from off "the net"
 
Base Side Shooting range
 
(0277) Mi-24 ?
720 Mi-8
(7???) An-2
 
Dump / Instructional
 
0860 An-2
(10607) Mi-8 (Serial checked via c/n 10607)
 
Well a very enjoyable morning on the base ended around lunch time and we departed to Lodz for yet another MiG-21
 
 Lodz Akadami 08-04-09
 
Stilll here in the town is the MiG-21 on its plinth
 
1907 MiG-21
 
 Lodz Airport 08-04-09
 
Seen at PZL on Re-Work were the following
 
174 Mi-24
456 Mi-24
457 Mi-24
631 Mi-8 (In VIP c/s)
633 Mi-8 (In VIP c/s)
644 Mi-8
6(47) Mi-8
1010 Mi-14
1011 Mi-14
 
At the airport
 
SP-??? Mi-2
 
The museum was viewed but only from the outside and did not looked as if anything new had arrived. Moving on to Lask for a look at the base
 
Lask 08-04-09
 
We just caught the last F-16 landing and one we took a good guess at in a HAS 4064 was flying today and noted by othere about an hour earlier
 
40(64) F-16
4069 F-16
 
The next call was Tomazow or "Tom,s Place" as its known, Arriving here after the heat of the day had all but gone we were able to read off all the W-3,s except two
 
Tomazow 08-04-09
 
0203 W-3
0612 W-3 (Blk)
0614 W-3
0807 W-3
0809 W-3
0810 W-3
0817 W-3
0818 W-3
0903 W-3
0905 W-3
0907 W-3
0909 W-3
0910 W-3
??? W-3
??? W-3
 
Visiting ?
 
(0606) Mi-8
 
Preserved on base
 
1006 TS-11
 
Given to us by other members on the Staffs tour but not travelling with us were these three serials, but we only needed two !
 
0613 W-3 (Blk)
0617 W-3
0904 W-3 (Blk)
 
Blk = Black sreial
 
 
This look over the fence here ended another day and yet again it was another hotel some food and beers and off to get some kip, Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh......zzzzzzzzzzzz

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