Slovak and a little Austria 23 September - 25 September 2009 Ade Hairsine
On the back of
our trip to Slovakia back at the end of March this year it was time once again
to visit the country to finish off or get as close as possible what was needed
out there, We had gone through the channels we had used back in March and soon
had permission to visit the base we had not done last time. Also on this trip
a visit to the Police Air Wing at Bratislava airport, The trip started last
Tuesday morning when Andy picked me up from home and we set off and as time was not short we called
at Cambridge and Duxford on the way to Stansted.
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East
Midlands 23-09-09
Nothing seen from
the M1 South bound
Kettering 23-09-09
Seen from the A14
near Kettering
(ZH???/???)
Merlin Royal Navy North bound at 13-30
Cambridge
23-09-09
A few military
aircraft and war birds were noted around the field
XV307/307 C-130
ZH878/878 C-130
8T-CA C-130
Austrian AF
(84008)848 C-130
Swedish AF (In hangar)
WZ879/X DHC-1 Chipmunk (Red and White c/s, Now G-BWUT)
(N6946) DH-82 Tiger Moth (Now G-AOEI)
(PG264) DH-82 Tiger Moth (Now G-AHIZ)
Req
G-BXKX Auster (c/n 803 Ex Military ??)
It looks like Net Jets has moved in here big time with all the stored
Citations around the place
G-HEBJ Ce-525
G-LEAB Ce-510
G-MROO Ce-525
G-PPLC Ce-560
CS-DFQ Ce-560
CS-DFW Ce-550
CS-DHA Ce-550
CS-DHE Ce-550
CS-DHF Ce-550
CS-DHG Ce-550
CS-DHL Ce-550
CS-DHQ Ce-550
CS-DHR Ce-550
CS-DNY Ce-550
(F-GCGA) Be-90
N12AG Pc-12
(N321AV) Be-90
OY-TWO Pc-12
Req
HB-??? Pc-12
G-EIGG BAe-31 Highland Airways
GA
Just two GA noted here because of the heat and time.
G-JASE Pa-28
N9381P Pa-24
Moving on next to Duxford and a look over the fence at the Helitech
exhibition
Duxford 23-09-09
Helitech 2009, There were around 60 to 70 visiting and in
static helicopters and about 20 to 25 fixed wing aircraft on the field
during the day. We picked out what we wanted and departed
Static
G-GMPX Md-900 Police
XW214/- Puma
ZJ252/52 HT-2
ZR327/B Aw-139
0417 W-3 Polish AF
6616 W-4 Polish AF
Visiting
G-CBKC Gazelle(Ex XW862)
G-CGEI Ce-550
N1RQ Pa-46-500
PH-XII Pc-12
XX449/- Gazelle
ZR323/- A-109
G-11 MD-900 Belgium Police
Duxford Based
DF112/- DH-82 Tiger Moth (G-ANRM)
HG691 Dominie (G-AIYR)
WP929/- DHC-1 Chipmunk (G-BXCV)
XX543/F Bulldog (G-CBAB)
XX622/B Bulldog (G-CBGX)
G-CCWB L-39 (Ex 136 Romanian AF)
1747 Harvard Portuguese AF (G-BGPB)
(48 0178)/8178 F-86 (G-SABR)
Leaving Duxford with two Polish active helicopters in the book was not bad
at all for the UK these days, Back on the M11 and South again now, After
arriving at Stansted we met up with the last of our party Kev then a quick
look around the old terminal and GA area we parked the car and bussed it
round to the terminal for out flight out to Slovakia
Stansted 23-09-09
West side (Old terminal area and "Tree's" area)
G-FCAP Ce-560
G-POWB Be-350
G-ZAPU B-757
N123FT GULF-5
N682GA Galaxy
N737L BBJ
N727M B-727
VP-BVS EMB-135
9H-AFM A-319
Terminal Area
G-EJAR A-319
G-EZBM A-319
G-EZDN A-319
D-AGWH A-319
(D-ALTC) A-320
Only the newish Ryanair B-737,s noted
EI-DHY B-737 (Our ride to Bratislava)
EI-DLR B-737
EI-DPA B-737
EI-DPC B-737
EI-DPE B-737
EI-DPH B-737
EI-DWA B-737
EI-DWE B-737
EI-DWP B-737
EI-DWV B-737
EI-DYL B-737
EI-FEC B-737
EI-EFD B-737
EI-EFO B-737
N301UP B-767
TF-CIB B-757
5B-DAW A-320
Moving as we arrived
HL7436 B-747
TC-JRD A320
Req's
G-???? ATR-72 Aurigny in at 16-31
N???FE MD-11 in at 16-33
N???FE MD-11 in at 17-35
9M-??? A-340 Air Asia in 17-15
????? B-737 in at 17-40 STAR 1 Airlines
????? Biz dep at 15-20
????? CL-600 dep at 15-37
????? Gulf dep at 15-55
After a little over two hours we arrived in Bratislava and after the "Bag
Grab session" these were noted out on the ramp
Bratislava 23-09-09
OM-ALE Be-200
OM-ASA B-757
OM-HLX B-737
OM-VRA ATR-72
CS-DMA Be-400
CS-DRP BAe-125
OK-GGG EMB-135
OK-JNT EMB-135
OK-ROM EMB-135
That was that day over, Off to the hotel and some food beers and a good
kip.
DAY 2
Back with day 2
and the first base visit of the trip. Malacky is the transport base for the
Slovak AF and is located appx 25 miles north of Bratislava so an early start
was not required to start the day
Malacky
24-09-09 Base Tour
We were met at
the gate by our guide and taken to meet the base commander and have a small
presentation of the operations of Malacky (Oh and Coffee or two). At the
moment Malacky is home to the L-39 and MiG-29 operations as their home base
Sliac is having its runway re-surfaced so this is why we picked this time to
make a request to visit the base.
Active Ramp
2506 An-26 (Camo
c/s)
3208 An-26 (Camo
c/s)
0930/2 Let-410 (Camo
c/s)
1133/3 Let-410 (Camo
c/s)
2421 Let-410 (Red
and White c/s)
1730 L-39 (Camo
c/s)
0619 MiG-29
(Digital c/s)
6425/SL MiG-29
QRA Ramp
0921 MiG-29
(Digital c/s)
3911 MiG-29
(Black Serial)
6124 MiG-29
6627 MiG-29
Let-410 Hangar
0730 Let-410
(Red and White c/s)
0927 Let-410 (Camo
c/s)
1521 Let-410 (Camo
c/s)
2311 Let-410 (Red
and White c/s)
Maintenance
Hangar
1303 MiG-29
(Tiger c/s)
5253 L-39 (Red
and White c/s)
5254 L-39 (Red
and White c/s)
HAS (1)
1701 L-39 (Red
and White c/s)
2123/SL MiG-29
4707 L-39 (Camo
c/s)
5252 L-39 (Red
and White c/s)
5301 L-39 (Red
and White c/s)
5302 L-39 (Red
and White c/s)
HAS (2)
3709/SL MiG-29
5304/SL MiG-29
6526/SL MiG-29
6728/SL MiG-29
Preserved on base
1208 MiG-21 (Our last Slovak Mig-21)
3316/D Su-22
3404 L-29
3806/023 MiG-15
And tow target
D4-18 ?
Stored
5803 An-24 (Red and White c/s)
So that was that one done a very enjoyable visit and relaxed walk around the
base, After saying good bye and many thanks we set off for a little wreck
and relic hunting calling at the first one
Velke Zaluzi 24-09-09
A MiG-15 is at a school in the town and it was soon found and photographed,
I don't know if this is a newish find but its not in EMOOS but is in
De-Mobbed
(3914) MiG-15 (c/n 23914)
Next on the list
Nitra 24-09-09
An Su-22 that was at Malacky has moved to the museum here and with it only
been 20 miles away we thought we had better have a quick look at it
3312/E Su-22
The rest of the preserved items here are unchanged, A few GA logged here
were
OM-ATE A-109 Air Ambulance
OM-CEA ?
OM-CZA Pzl-104 Wilga
OM-GJT Z-37
OM-HJX Z-37
OM-JLV Zlin-42
OM-KJR Z-37
OM-NRA Ce-172
OM-NRK Z-37
OM-NRG Ce-172
OP-PIS Mi-2
OM-WON Zlin-43
Back on the road again and about another 25 miles later we were at Piestany,
A very large museum with lots of aircraft tanks and military vehicles
preserved here, The down side was the museum was closed and the views into
it are not too good an active airfield at one side and houses at the other.
Two distant views are available but they are not the best, Noted anyway were
(Just the new one's since our last visit)
Pistany 24-09-09
The five aircraft we were looking for we think were in the hangar but seen
from the outside anyway were new arrivals
0007 L-29
3311/D Su-22
???? MiG-15
On the airfield
OM-AVP Mi-8 (c/n 98841500)
OM-AVS Mi-8 (c/n 9889307)
The Tu-134 is also still here
Happy with this we set off again for a little trip into Austria, Vienna is
only 35 miles from Bratislava and with one or two interesting items in the
area it was not to be missed
Just over the border into Austria an An-2 was seen flying along this was
Kittsee 24-09-09
The only An-2 i can find on the net that looks like the one i saw was very
different to what i thought i "Poled Off" (HA-PFG) but SP-FAH is Austrian
based at the moment and the c/s and serial on the tail all fits in so ????.
(SP-FAH) An-2
Vienna Schwechat Airport 24-09-09
At the airport are a few W & R,s
(29392/H Yellow) J-29
(2614) L-29 (Only appx 6 to 8ft of wing and a tip tank was seen so we cannot
count this, Next time)
(54+27) Pembroke (Nose only)
Civil items noted
OE-LDB A-319
OE-LDD A-319
OE-LBD A-321
OE-LBN A-320
OE-LBS A-320
OE-LBQ A-320
OE-LPD B-777
OE-LGC DASH-8
OE-LGH DASH-8
OE-LTG DASH-8
OE-LTJ DASH-8
OE-LTL DASH-8
OE-LTO DASH-8
OE-LVE Fk-100
OE-LVH Fk-100
D-ABEF B-737
D-ACHE CRJ-200
D-ACPH CRJ-700
D-AIQC A-320
EC-JDL A-319
HB-IJC A-320
I-ALDU ATR-42
S5-AAE CRJ-200
TS-IMC A-320
YR-ASD A-318
Miss-Pole
OE-LPG ??
Preserved at a near by Mc Donalds is
Vienna Schwechat Town 24-09-09
(XF640) Vickers Viking-1 (Ex G-ARGW in Austrian Airlines c/s)
Across the city to the North is a MiG-21, like a Red rag to a bull we were
off to see it
Vienna Gerasdorf 24-09-09
Displayed at a lorry and Van sales place
1706 MiG-21
After this it was back to Bratislava for something to eat and the hotel
for some more kip
DAY 3
Day 3 and the
last day saw us drive the 6 miles to Bratislava airport for the tour we had
arranged with the Police Air Wing, After checking in with the Police it was
straight out on to the ramp for photos and logging
Bratislava
Ivanka 25-09-09
Police Air Wing
ramps and Hangars
Hangar
B-1770 Mi-17
B-1786 Mi-17
B-2048 Mi-2
(Stored wreck)
B-2744 Mi-2
(Stored)
OM-BYE Yak-40
OM-BYL Yak-40
OM-HYU Z-37 (This
had "Letecky Urad Slovenskej Republiky" = Slovak Civil Aviation Authority
painted on its side)
Ramps
B-1717 Mi-17
B-1730 Mi-17
OM-BYO Tu-154
OM-BYR Tu-154
Stored
B-2405 Mi-2
B-2406 Mi-2
B-2909 Mi-2
B-2950 Mi-2
B-8231 Mi-8
B-8427 Mi-8
B-8532 Mi-8
After saying many
thanks to our guide for the visit and very warm hospitality we made our way
the few yards to the terminal for the flight back to "Blighty". the flight was
running 20 min's late so we picked up a 50 min TAC delay on the leg home
Civil side
OM-ALX Mu-2
OM-ASC B-737
OM-ASE B-737
OM-ASF B-737
OM-ASG B-757
OM-ATA A-109
OM-FUN Be-200
OM-HLB B-737
OM-HLD A-320
OM-HLE A-320
OM-HLX B-737
OM-OPA Ce-525
OM-OPE Ce-525
OM-OPR Ce-525
OM-RAN B-737
OM-VRB ATR-72
OM-VRC ATR-72
OM-??C ATR-42
EI-DCM B-737 (Our
late ride home)
OK-JNT ATR-42
OK-RON EMB-135
OK-XFC ATR-72
N200UP Da-50
N41432 Pa-23
(Stored)
SU-KBA a-320
VQ-BCP A-319
9A-DAX Pa-23
Req's
OM-ASP Mis-Pole
OM-HYA Mis-Pole
OM-??? ATR-42
SU-TUA
??-??? Let-410
(White)
??-??? Let-410
(Green Primer no wings or tail)
??-??? Md-80 (Its
tail looked like the old Finnair logo)
??-??? Md-80
(Dark red tail with White curles in)
??-??? Pa-46 (In
hangar stripped of paint)
After the arrival
of out **LATE ** Ryanair flight (No fan fair of trumpets on this flight)
Stansted
25-09-09
Note on our
return here
West side (Old terminal area and "Tree's"
area)
D-AVR? BAe-146
DLH
????? BAe-146
(White with Red stripe on tail)
????? B-727
????? B-767
????? Ce-525 (In
trees)
????? Ce-550 (In
trees)
????? Ce-560 (In
trees)
????? EMB-135
????? Gulf-2tt
????? Gulf-4/5
Cargo
N3??UP B-767
N3??UP B-767
Terminal
G-EZEA A-319
D-ABQC DASH-8
EI-DPE B-737
EI-DWP B-737
EI-DWX B-737
EI-EBK B-737
EI-EFE B-737
EI-EFL B-737
EI-EFO B-737
TC-JRH A-320
And that was
another trip over, My thanks to
Andy S
Kev M
And all the Air
Force staff who helped out with the visits in Slovakia