L-159 Casalav	L-29 Chemnitz	L-29 Prerov	L-39 Namest	MI-24 Namest	Mig-21 Kbely
MIG-21 Lehnin	MIG-21 Morgenrothe	Police Museum Pargue	W3 Pizen

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DAY 1

Brussels Abbalag Ramps etc 24-04-2010

Not much to start the log off

OO-LET Be-200
OO-SKM Be-200
D-CMPI Ce-650
F-GJFC Be-200
HA-YFJ Be-400
PH-CIJ Ce-680

Airliners noted

OO-JAP B-767 TUI
EI-DVG A-320 Aer Lingus
SP-LIA EMB-170 LOT
YR-ASB A-318 Tarom

Req's

ET-??? B-757 Ethopian Airlines
N???AA B-757w (American Airlines Dep 10-20)
VT-??? A-330 Jet Airways

Melsbroke 24-04-2010

Nothing visting here just based AF aircraft noted

G-11 MD-900
CA-01 A-310
CA-02 A-310
CH-01 C-130
CH-04 C-130 UN Markings on the tail fin
CH-07 C-130
CH-08 C-130
CH-12 C-130
CS-TMT A-330 Full BAF c/s

Moving on into The Netherlands next for a MiG-21 and a Mi-2 stored at the Oldtimes Museum near Oostvoon

Oostvoone Oldtimes Museum 24-04-2010

Loads of trucks cars and bus's here if that interests you

94+62 Mi-2 NVA
8706 MiG-21 Polish AF

At the side of the motorway on the way to Hengelo we passed Kamp Ziest and noted the "Zipper" pole mounted as the museum Gate Guard

Kamp Zeist 24-04-2010

D-8245 F-104 KLU

The next stop was another MiG-21 that has moved from a town we were going to visit on out last trip out in the Netherlands so a little "Tiding Up" was done

Hengelo 24-04-2010

The MiG-21 had moved here from Bolsward a while ago so it was nice to see it al last

"707" MiG-21 Real id 24+12 NVA

After the three Dutch stops it was on across into Germany still heading East for yet another of our favorite shapes in

Soest 24-04-2010

Plinth mounted outside a certain ( !! ) super market was the ex Elsey MiG

(297) MiG-21 NVA

We were not going to go to the local airfield but we did see one of the Do-28's dropping parachutists and thought we had better have a quick look

Soest Airfield 24-04-2010

(58+32) Do-28 D-IMOC ex GAF
(59+24) Do-28 HA-ACZ ex GAF
(51-15436) Pa-18 D-EHCL ex ALAT

And a civil bit of note

D-IKUR DH-104 Dove

Back on the Autobahn and making time up again (As you do on those roads, Hmmmm) we called next a

Bielefeld 24-04-2010

Here we found a "Gina" plus two bits worth noting

34+39 / N91GY G-91 ex GAF
D-CADA Aero-45 (Also marked OM-SGA)
D-EFBU Pa-18 ex mil ?
LY-AZZ Yak-50 ex mil ?

Appx 15 min's drive across the other side of the town is

Oerlinghausen Airfield 24-04-2010

Here we saw an ex NVA aircraft

D-FAIR An-2 ex NVA LSK-450 & 54+02 GAF

The day was rounded off at Buckeburg and a look at the three Gate Guards

Buckeburg 24-04-2010

(76+09) Alouette 2 GAF
93+80 Mi-8 GAF
(96+49) Mi-24 GAF

A very good amount ground was covered during the day put us right where we needed to be for the mornings exploits, See you in the next bit...

Day 2

After leaving the hotel early we made our way to the military range at Lehnin South West of Berlin for an "SGT" (Self Guided Tour) looking for the four aircraft that live there

Lehnin 25-04-2010

726 MiG-21 ex NVA
736 MiG-21 ex NVA

Only the two aircraft were found the other three a Mi-2 a G-91 and another MiG-21 had either been moved around the range or have departed the area. Now moving South towards the Czech border we more or less passed Borkhide a few miles from Lehnin and to be found here are 3 preserved aircraft

Schonhagen 25-04-2010

A call here to see if we could see anything only saw a Bo-105 going in the book

"EDAZ" ?-???? Bo-105 (Pole mounted outside the terminal)

moving on

Borkhide 25-04-2010

D-HOAJ Ka-26
?-???? Z-37
(499) IL-18 ex NVA and DDR-STE

A military base now for the gate guards a Mi-24 and a UH-1

Holzdrof 25-04-2010

Very easy to see both at the main gate, The other aircraft here wer not seen

408 Mil-24
71+27 UH-1

With another MiG-21 in the area ish we set off in its direction and soon found Grossenhain airfield, Another disused military base the is now in use with a flying club or two

Grossenhain 25-04-2010

Gate Guard

47Red MiG-17 ex Soviet AF

On the field or hangared were

780 MiG-21
(802) An-2 D-FOFM
(5081) Klemm LK-35 D-EFTY/WL-+TY ex SweAF

(A-41) Bu-131 D-EAZO ex SwissAF
73 MS-505 D-EGTY ex FrAF
396 SV-4 D-EJKA ex FrAF
(T6390) DH-82 Tiger Moth D-EFTN ex RAF
(NR803) DH-89 Dragon Rapide D-ILIT ex RAF
52-8578/78 T-6 Harvard D-FABE ex US Navy and GAF

And a replics DR-1

"525/17" Fokker DR-1 Replica

A very worth while call for these, The F-104 Starfighter has gone so we were told to ??. The next parts of the trip involved "County Hopping" we would be in and out of three countrys over the course of the week starting with The Czech Republic and

Dolni Poustevna 25-04-2010

A MiG-15 stands in the village near some flats and is used a a kids play thing

3797 MiG-15

Back into Germany for yet another MiG at

Neugersdorf 25-04-2010

Sat in a gardenof a house in the town

(948) MiG-21
(94+80) Mi-2 "HE-IDI

Next it was off into Poland for a few W&R aircraft

Pokrzywnik 25-04-2010

The MiG-23 sits in the owners gareden and were wer invited in to take photos and meet the family, Thank goodness there was no Vodka involved i don't think we could have made it out of there if there was

461 MiG-23

Luban was next and in the town is a military barracks where an ex Polish AF An-26 is used to train Police and Military dogs how to use the noses to sniff out and find drugs and explosives etc

Luban 25-04-2010

1406 An-26

Down the road a little more is Jelenia Gora with a preserved TS-11 and a brace more ex mil based

Jelenia Gora 25-04-2010

(569) Yak-12 SP-AAL
610 TS-11 Iskra
(9867) An-2 SP-AOF

The last call of the day was for an Mi-2 in a museum which is guarded by a large fast and not very friendly dog, The good news is you can see the Mi-2 from appx 300 yards away as its in the museum at the side of a road but if you want a photo look out for the dog he moves quietly and very fast

Myslakowice 25-04-2010

4514 Mi-2

That one rounded the day and we headed for a hotel still in Poland but not far from the German border so we would be "On Point" for the next morning

Back with day 3 and the short drive out of Poland to Rothenburg in Germany and third time lucky as we had tried in the past twice in the past to get here during work hours and failed but this time were were on point at 08-30 and with a little help from a German guy who made a phone call for us we got in.

Day 3

Rothenburg Aerotech 26-04-2010

Outside

(971) Mi-8 c/n checked as 10520
94+15 Mi-8
(95+10) Mi-14 S9-TAF
(95+12) Mi-14 S9-TAI
95+14 Mi-14
95+15 MI-14

Inside

(500) Mi-2 D-HZPO
(94+58) Mi-2 S9-TAL

0501 Let-410 ex Czech AF
0503 Let-410 ex Czech AF
84 Red L-39 N239BB c/n 433114 ex Soviet AF
??? L-39 G-BZDI c/n 031822 ex Soviet AF

N57AY BAe-125

Round the corner we found no changes were noted at the musuem

Rothenburg Musuem 26-04-2010

143 L-39
300 Lim-5
313 L-29
339 L-29
236 MiG-21
296 MiG-21
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 Blue c/s
94+60 Mi-2
95+04 Mi-14
99+01 G-91
99+21 OV-10 Bronco
JB-110 CL-13

Back into The Czech Republic for a wreck and relic day

Vodochody 26-04-2010

A tour of the facrory was granted a few weeks before departure but one request was made by Aero Vodochody nothing can be put on the internet, so only things that could be seen from the outside are in my log still standing behind the reception area

0102 L-59

And seen flying

6073 L-159

After a very nice tour of Aero we said our thanks and departed for Melnik a few miles up the road

Melnik 26-04-2010

We hoped that the ex military Mi-8 would be here but only a civil one was at home

OM-AVS Mi-8

Next was a military area we needed to get into where the air force and army trains the parachutists, Some times * IF * the guys on the gate feel like phoning the base boss up for permission to access into the hangar they will sometimes they don't, we were lucky and got in

Churdim 26-04-2010

0926 Let-410
1532 Mi-8

A return to a small museum and airport to check the place out and see if anything had changed

Hradec Karlove 26-04-2010

Nothing had changed in the end so noted as we did last time

0103 Mi-24
0305 MiG-21
2509 Mi-2
3947 MiG-15
5008 Su-25

It was country hopping time again and it was back into Poland for 2 points of interest

Nowy Ruda 26-04-2010

Yet another petrol station with an aircraft

1813 MiG-21

And a newish museum a few miles down the road, the De-Mobbed site has three aircraft ther but we logged four teh Su-22 is a new arrival

Witoszo Dolny 26-04-2010

302 PZL I-11
0804 MiG-21
2(726) TS-11
8207 Su-22

A very nice way to round the day off

Day 4

Today was the first of the base tours that had been arranged and we had two today so only 3 places were visited after these two. The other four guys arrived shortly after us in their hire car and and we went to book in at the gate

Caslave Air Base 27-04-2010 Base Tour

L-159 Maintenance Hangar

6060 L-159
6061 L-159
6062 L-159
6070 L-159

JAS-39 Gripen Hangar

9819 JAS-39

JAS-39 Ramp

9238 JAS-39
9241 JAS-39
9245 JAS-39
9820 JAS-39

HAS-20

6057 L-159
6072 L-159

Preserved in "The Historic Area"

0108 L-39
1720 L-29
3832 MiG-15
4850 MiG-23 (Missing on our last tour here due to a re-paint)
5212 MiG-21
5526 Su-7
5733 MiG-23

Gate Guards

4003 MiG-21 Eastern Gate

5214 MiG-21 Northern Gate

And one visiting aircraft noted

0452 CASA-295

A HAS base tour is never going to be good as 9 times out of ten the hosts don't understand we would like to see all the aircraft on base and there is a time and key consideration as well, You get what you get and one this tour i made a whole three

A short ish drive to Parbudice next for the afternoons tour via

Chotusice 27-04-2010

A few hundrard yards for Caslav base is this village and in a croner of a field is the "Faggot" looking quite poor

(3934) Mig-15

Pardubice 27-04-2010 Base Tour

A long awaited tour here for the training wing of the Czech AF, Lots of different types based and its quite a busy base. We started in the main hangar and then to the flight line and then the HAS's

Maintenance Hangar

0444 L-39
0568 Zlin-142
0711 Mi-2
0713 Mi-2
0731 Let-410

Flight Lines

0103 L-39
0113 L-39
0440 L-39
0551 Zlin-142
0566 Zlin-142
0828 Mi-8
0836 Mi-8
0928 Let-410
2617 EV-97

HAS Line

HAS
0709 Mi-2
9427 Mi-2

HAS

0556 Zlin-142
0557 Zlin-142
0559 Zlin-142

HAS

0441 L-39
0448 L-39

HAS

9428 Mi-2

Visiting

0711 W-3
0835 Mi-8

So very happy with the visit we left for the three places we wanted to do during the rest of the day, A slight mix up with the navigation and planning took us to a place we had been before

Stepanov 27-04-2010

A military barracks in the town with a gate guard

2616 L-29

The next W & R was a little difficult to get any info on but i did find enough to get us to where we could see the aircraft

Strelna Range 27-04-2010

3307 MiG-23

And to finish the day off (Or start another) another MiG-23 just after midnight

Frydalnt Nad Ostravici 28-04-2010, 00-02 hrs

I have left this in as a day four sighting as I had not slept as yet

9868 MiG-23

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