The Last Hind	Mil-24 Nr 335	Mil-8's at "Jurrassic Park"	Mig-21 at Alten	Mig-21's at Papa	The Spa guards	TU-144 at Sinsheim

The first trip of the year finally got off the ground on Friday 22-01-2010 with a departure from York South for the channel tunnel and another road trip into Europe begun, This time it was off to Hungary for some long over due base visits there. The arrangements were made with the Hungarian air force for visits to Szolnok and Kescemet Air Bases. The Hungarian AF only offered two base passes to us so we took up the offer early last December and a date was set for Monday 25-01-2010 at 10-00 at the Szolnok air base gate. We had worked out a route to Hungary via here there and most other places in between as usual but the first call was Luton after looking across the Eastern cargo ramp at EMA from the M1 and saw the UPS B-767 and the Star Air B-767.


Day 1

East Midlands 22-01-10

Passing at 69.999 mph (As if !!)

(N327UP) B-767 UPS
(OY-SRG) B-767 Star Air

Down the M1 to "Biz City"

Luton 22-01-10

G-CEGR Be-200
G-CEYL BD-700
G-CGUL GULF-5
G-FBNK Ce-510
G-NMAK A-319
G-OODM Ce-525
A6-AZH Gulf-4
CS-DGQ Ce-525
CS-DKG Gulf-5
CS-DXS Ce-560
CS-DXY Ce-560
D-ATTT CL-604
D-IPCG Ce-425
HB-JED EMB-135
M-NICO BAe-125
M-PVRT Ce-750
M-ODKZ Da-900
N60LW Ce-550
N119AF Gulf-4
N127GG Gulf-4
N300L Gulf-5
N352AF BD-700
N458X Gulf-4
N508QS Gulf-5
N619SM Da-2000
N671LE Gulf-5
N721S Gulf-5
N800FR RB-390
N885AR Gulf-4
OE-GVT Learjet-60
OE-INS CL-605
OY-FIT BD-500
PP-AAF Da-2000
P4-SAI CL-604
VP-BOS BD-700
VP-BSA Gulf-4
VP-CFB Gulf-4
VP-CLA Gulf-4
VT-DBA BD-700
4X-CPX Gulf-4
8P-MSD Gulf-5
9H-AFK A-319

We made good time to Folkestone and managed to get an earlier train than we had booked so we made a little time in the schedule, Day 2 to follow

Day two arrived and the first call was Brussels after a two hour drive from Calais and a cup of Coffee at the motorway services near Oostende


Brussels-Abelag 23-01-10

Not much to be seen here airliner wise but noted on the Abalag ramps were a few Biz-Jets

OO-AIE Ce-560
CS-DLD Da-2000
HA-YFJ Be-400
N422QS Gulf-4
3B-PGF Gulf-4
90-0300 GULF-4 USAF

Others

OO-CBA B-747 Cargo B Airlines (wfu ?)
OO-SSM A-319 Brussels Airlines

Round at Melsbroke was the new (To them) Belguim AF A-330 looking very nice in their new colours

Brussels-Melsbroek 23-01-10

CS-TMT A330 BAF
CH-13 C130H BAF
CA-02 A310 BAF

Back on the road and into Germany for some more aircraft starting with a MiG-21 I missed last year as it had moved The new address has been found so we went for a quick look

Duren 23-01-10

The ex Bunde Pepsi Mig21 stands in the car park of Top Getranke

(22+84) c/n (96)0507 Mig21M

Working our way South East we made a stop at Alten-Buseck

Alten-Buseck 23-01-10

A new (ish) museum with a nice growing population of aircraft

499 Mirage 3 ex Adla
9105 Mig21MF ex Poaf
24+25 Mig21bis ex NVA
XG576 / 590 Whirlwind HAR3 ex RN
(32+58) ‘5’ G91R ex GAF
29+14 F104F ex GAF
312 / 7-JI MH-1521M ex Adla
18905 T33A ex Danish AF
ZS-RUB Mi8
(c/n 41??) Mystere IV, ex Adla

Kunzel 23-01-10

Visible from the A7 autobahn as we passed at appx + 100 mph (Don't you just love them German roads)

(3D-XK) Alouette2 ex Austrian AF
(3951) Mi2 ex Poaf

Some time later we were at Stammheim

Stammheim An Main 23-01-10

A return visit to this museum to try to get the MiG-21 that is kept inside, This did not work out well as everything was locked up. A new resident here is the An-2 sat in the yard

‘DE+175’ F84F really (DE+107) ex GAF
HA-MHQ AN2 ( c/n 1G145-42)

The next call was all up hill and the snow was getting deeper and the temp was going down but we made it to the airfield and saw what we wanted sat on the grass between the hangars and the ATC tower

Bayreuth 23-01-10

24+05 Mig21US ex NVA

Next another new museum for us now and a good few in the bag, Two 23's a 21 and 22, All thrown in with an 8

Fichtelberg 23-01-10

Two euros releases the turn style to allow entry to the un manned museum !, The snow here was about 10 inches deep and it was minus 8 so this did not take long to zoom round here

20+44 Mig23BN ex NVA
20+60 Mig23UB ex NVA
93+60 Mi8PS ex NVA
24+04 Mig21US ex NVA
25+51 Su22UM ex NVA
7624 Alouette 2 ex GAF
D-ESUH Z-37
Sat on a pole high above the rest of the inmates is

D-HOAT Ka-26

Fattigau 23-01-10

No sign of the Mi9 at either of the scrapyards in this village but there is a large building at one of the yards it could live in.

Modlareuth 23-01-10

Sat on its own in this village car park is an Mi-8 looking as if it needs a new home for some TLC

93+61 c/n 10553 Mi8TB

Crossing the border into Austria for another NVA MiG-21 now

Sankt Georgen am Filmannsbach, Austria 23-01-10

Another aircraft on a pole this time outside a haulage contractors

(22+41) Mig21SPS ex NVA

Back with day 3, We had grabbed a few hours sleep in the car in the Alps somewhere at around 800 meters up but the car was showing a temp of minus 11 by now so the engine was not turned off so we could keep warm, After the hotel "De Car" kip was finnished we made our way into Hungary for a photographic detail at Papa the base we had flown over in 2007. Most of the stored fighters have been sold and towed off the base as its now a SAC NATO C-17 transport base and no one wants the MiG's there, The MiG's are lined up on an old taxi way which is now off base but guarded. We were undisturbed taking pictures up to the point where the line of jets is broken by some veichles. This was when we disturbed the armed guard who was in is his hut up by the Su22s, He was very very unfriendly and at this point we were escourted from the area and asked to leave, We left. But first a barracks near a town and a small museum with an Papa MiG-21 for a quick photo and a Mi-8 which was not there.

Szombathley 24-01-10

(230) Mi-8

This aircraft can be seen on Google Earth but it has moved from this position as the barracks has been turned into a prison and we did not want to hang around here so we left without seeing it. The information we had got is it had moved to a closed barracks in the city, A quick look round on our return leg into Austria found nothing BUT we may have been looking at the wrong closed barracks in the city who knows ?.

Magyargencs, Hungary 24-01-10

Loads of tanks and guns here keeping the "21" company

4025 Mig21bis

And on to "The Daddy"

Papa 24-01-10

Quite a sight looking at this lot from the ground in one line

5540 Mig21bis
9603 Mig21MF
2105 Mig21bis
1889 Mig21bis
5531 Mig21bis
6115 Mig21bis
9515 Mig21MF
6384 Mig21bis
9604 Mig21MF
51 Mig21bis
8201 Mig21MF
8204 Mig21MF
9510 Mig21MF
4403 Mig21MF
9507 Mig21MF
8114 Mig21MF
9125 Mig21bis
4409 Mig21MF
18 Mig21UM
904 Mig21UM
096 Mig21UM
905 Mig21UM
906 Mig21UM
907 Mig21UM
091 Mig21UM
54 Mig21UM
19 Mig21UM
086 Mig21UM
53 Mig21UM
55 Mig21UM
6327 Mig21bis
1844 MIg21bis
6253 Mig21bis
2098 Mig21bis
9315 Mig21MF
1968 Mig21bis
1867 Mig21bis
6145 Mig21bis
6007 Mig21bis
6009 Mig21bis
49 Mig21bis
43 Mig21bis
46 Mig21bis
42Mig21bis
47 Mig21bis
48 Mig21bis
9178 Mig21bis
41 Mig21bis
6021 Mig21bis
17 Mig21UM
5081 Mig21UM
01 Mig23M

Some vehicles break the line of jets, after this there are five Su-22's and Two MiG-23's which should be

Su-22M (02, 04, 10, 14, 15)

Mig-23MF (02, 03)

A look at the gate guards found everything as it should be

‘1950’ really 779 Mig15UTI, preserved
‘1975’ Mig19PM, preserved
‘1976’ really 805 Mig21F-13, preserved

And on the active ramp a single NATO /Hungarian AF C-17

02 C17A NATO SAC

Gyulafirátót 24-01-10

At the gunnery range near the village are two Mi-8's not just the one we were expecting "Bonus" its just a pity I did not need the new arrival, Before we could take any photos we were shown the "door" and a gun by the lady security guard and asked to leave (two guns in the same day !), we went.

10429 Mi8T
10437 Mi8T

Hajmasker 24-01-10

A quick look at the heli pad for some ex military Gazelles or Alouettes found the place locked up with no sign of life to ask, We moved on

Szekesfehrvar 24-01-10

Still at the restaurant is the Kamov

‘PJ-HUN’ ex 504 Ka26 ex Huaf

With time on our hands we had a Wreck and Relic bash looking at Kaposvar first and then mopping up a few others during the day

Kaposvar 24-01-10

A large field with lots of interesting aircraft here most for me the contents of "The Shed" and the An-2's

The Bulldog Store in "The shed" are all ex Swedish AF

61002 SK61 ex Swaf
61003 Sk61 ex Swaf
61012 Sk61 ex Swaf
61013 Sk61 ex Swaf
61027 Sk61 ex Swaf
61029 Sk61 ex Swaf
61041 Sk61 ex Swaf
61042 Sk61 ex Swaf
61054 Sk61 ex Swaf
61056 Sk61 ex Swaf
61058 Sk61 ex Swaf
61076 Sk61 ex Swaf
61077 Sk61 ex Swaf

And other ex military aircraft noted were

HA-MRZ Ka-26 ex 508 ex Huaf c/n 7001508
HA-TVA Sk61 ex 61028 Bulldog ex Swaf
N62ST Ce-337 c/n o11 is this an ex Portuguese AF machine ?? OM-PGD Let-410 ex 0403 Czech AF

A place to go if you like An-2's, 16 of em noted today

HA-MZI Ka26
HA-MBC AN2
HA-YHE AN2
HA-MBN AN2
HA-MHT AN2
HA-MAM AN2
HA-MDT AN2
HA-ANX AN2
HA-ANI AN2
HA-MEI AN2
HA-MDZ AN2
HA-MEO AN2
CCCP-56391 AN2
YR-PBN AN2
YR-PAV AN2
YR-PVK AN2

Req

??-??? AN2 (fuse)

On to a needed MiG-21 next at

Nagyatad 24-01-10

A missing ex Papa machine is easy to see in the grounds of this museum and has beeen joined by a MiG-23

11 Mig23MF
6305 Mig21bis

Next up, Another Mig-21

Szekszard 24-01-10

Another MiG-21 we were missing this one came from "The Roco Ranch" near Budapest

308 Mig21F-13

Ocseny 24-01-10

No sign of the two ex military Ka-26's here but they may have been hangared so it was just an An-2 sat out on the field by its self

HA-MEX AN2

That was the end of this very productive day we grabbed a hotel and had a beer or two and hit the sack

At last "D-Day" had arrived, The day we had waited for, The first thing we did was a quick pre arranged visit to the museum to meet up with two of the volunteers who work there.

Szolnok Museum 25-01-10

Only the changes were noted

1512 Mig21PF, ex base
10439 Mi8T, ex base
5721 Mig21bis, ex Kecskemet
1904 Mig21bis, ex Kecskemet

And an up-date to the museums MiG-15bis

The ID of the Mig15bis was confirmed as 912 and not 512

Now the "Big One" Szolnok Air Base, It had taken a while to set up but we had made it and we were going on

Szolnok Air Base 25-01-10

Technical School (inside hangar) :

119 Mi24D, instructional
10420 Mi8T, instructional
3732 Mig21bis, instructional
816 Mig21F-13, instructional

Technical School (outside) :

7835 c/n 517835092 Mi2, instructional
4605 Mig21MF, instructional
3537 Mig21bis, instructional
328 Mi8T, instructional
4606 Mig21MF, instructional
12 Mig23MF, instructional
03 c/n 52303 Su22M, instructional
7831 c/n 517831092 Mi2, instructional
(28+13) c/n 731016 L39ZO, instructional

Maintenance Hangar :

705 Mi17
580 Mi24D+

Hangar :

701 MI17
128 L39ZO, this aircraft will move to the technical school
3745 Mig21bis, instructional
0465 Mig21UM, instructional
119 L39ZO, this aircraft will move to Szolnok museum

Ramps outside this Hangar and airside ramps:

702 Mi17 (stored, rotorless)
06 Yak 52 (active)
8 other YAK-52 were parked out on the field bagged up so they could not be identified or seen thought their winter clothing

Jurassic Park :

A line if aircraft stand outside the compound, parked in this order :

96+48 Mi24D, ex airfield
96+41 Mi24D, ex airfield
96+42 Mi24D, ex airfield
96+44 Mi24D, ex airfield
28+19 L39ZO, ex museum store
2221 Mig21F-13, ex museum store
814 Mig21F-13, ex museum store
822 Mig21F-13, ex museum store

Facing them is another row, parked in this order :

(628) Mi8T, fitted with boom 10422, ex museum store
911 Mig21F-13, ex museum store
406 Mig21PF, ex museum store
819 Mig21F-13, ex museum store
5091 Mig21UM, ex Papa, ex museum store

A line of helicopters is inside the compound, parked in this order :

10435 Mi8T
10436 Mi8T
036 Mi8T
10442 Mi8T
10441 Mi8T
10425 Mi8T
10418 Mi8T

Standing facing them is another line, parked in this order :

10434 Mi8T (parked across front of row)
10428 Mi8T
10423 Mi8T
136 Mi8S
10427 Mi8T
730 Mi8S
96+36 Mi24D, ex Szentkiralyszabadja

(Mi8T 10423 clearly has the wrong boom fitted. Our guide confirmed that after the boom change the correct serial (10423) was applied to the non matching boom. We climbed inside and checked the c/n plate to confirm this)

Behind this row are :

338 Mig15bis
(102) Mig15bis
824 Mig21F-13
2311 Mig21F-13
808 Mig21F-13

Active aircraft on the field :

335 Mi24P
574 Mi24D+
580 Mi24D+, towed from hanger
582 Mi24D+
712 Mi24V
714 Mi24V, special marks
719 Mi24V
703 Mi17
704 Mi17
706 Mi17
6206 Mi8T
6207 Mi8T
6215 Mi8T
6220 Mi8T
10446 Mi8S

Stored on the field many of which are waiting to fly again :

336 Mi24P, no rotors
576 Mi24D+, no rotors
581 Mi24D+, no rotors
711 Mi24V, no rotors, in revetment
713 Mi24V, no rotors, in revetment
716 Mi24V, no rotors
717 Mi24V, no rotors, in revetment
718 Mi24V, no rotors
20 Mi24V, no rotors
2639 Mi8S, no rotors
6204 Mi8T, no rotors
10433 Mi8T, no rotors
10440 Mi8T, no rotors
10443 Mi8T, no rotors
10444 Mi8T, no rotors
10447 Mi8S, no rotors
96+32 Mi24D, no rotors, in revetment, ex Budapest Barracks

Others :

577 Mi24D+, preserved in front of tower
10419 Mi8T, preserved in front of tower
‘1975’ Mig15bis, preserved in front of tower
936 Mi8T, Crash Rescue / wreck, in compound with some vehicles
118 Mi24D, preserved at the side of the main drive through the base
8911 Mi2 c/n 518911104 , preserved opp the Mi-24 above
724 Mig15bis, preserved at gate
10417 Mi8T, preserved just outside the base

Mezofalva 25-01-10

Still to be found here are a line of 5 helicopters are stood together at one side of the aircraft storeage area and aircraft 11 at the other side of this area :
001 Mi9, this aircraft is due to move to Szolnok museum
2656 Mi8T
6212 Mi8T
8344 Mi2
96+20 Mi24D

Facing them is a line of 11 Hinds, tightly packed :

96+02 Mi24D
96+04 Mi24D
96+05 Mi24D
96+07 MI24D
96+10 Mi24D
96+11 Mi24D
96+18 Mi24D
96+24 Mi24D
96+25 Mi24D
96+27 Mi24D
96+28 Mi24D

And the final log of the day, A small GA field just to the North of Budapest

Dunakeszi 25-01-10

A quick visit here found an Mi-2 of note and two An2,s plus a few noted GA bits

HA-ANV AN2
HA-DOT Zlin-43
HA-PYC PZL-101 Gawron
HA-SEP PZL-104 Wilga
HA-SGY Zlin-142
HA-SJF Ce-172
HA-YHF AN2 Malev c/s

(8942) Mi-2 The serial is in pen on the fuel filler cap, The aircraft is painted in a Grey c/s with no external markings and the cockpit was covered so we could not check the c/n plate

And that was today over, A very sucessful day for us seeing about 98% of the Hungarian AF helicopter fleet during the day

Day 5 arrived with a short base visit to Kecskemet AFB, We were only shown the now withdrawn L-39's and a few other bits and pieces not what we had in mind BUT better than nothing, If we had got everything i think i would have made around 4 more aircraft so not all was lost. May be another Kescemet airshow visit this year will sort out what we missed

Kecskemet 26-01-10

‘25’ really 301 Mig21F-13, preserved at gate
135 L39ZO, stored in hanger
136 L39ZO, stored in hanger
114 L39ZO, stored in hanger
133 L39ZO, stored in hanger
36 JAS39
27 Mig29UB
405 AN26
406 AN26
407 AN26
603 AN26

preserved in admin area :

‘1978’ really 909 Mig21F-13
‘1976’ really 401 Mig17PF
‘1976’ really 725 Mig15bis

Dump :

805 Mig21F-13
(47) IL28
‘1951’ really 002 Lim2
‘1977’ really 684 Mig15bis

the collection of preserved aircraft and the stored Mig29s were not checked but appeared to be unchanged.
Back up the motorway to Budapest for our last Hungarian AF Mi-24 which has surfaced at Tokol after been stored for a number of years following a mid air crash with another of it's breed

Tokol 26-01-10

After gaining access to the field which was a mountain to move with no body specking English and our Hungarian limited to say the least we noted these fine bits and pieces

Out on the airfield :
0220 Mig21F-13, ex Czech
20RED (7961004) Yak28, nose section
313 Mig21F-13
046Mig15UTI
715 Mi24V, crash damaged "The Last Hind"

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The last Hind is the name we gave this aircraft as it was our last Hungarian AF Mi-24 Hind there is left * Unless the two w/o are still around ??

40 Hungarian ordered
20 Ex German aircraft
Total = 60
3x w/o = 57

Seen on this trip 58 inc 715 above

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Under restoration in a HAS :

002 Lim2 ex Poaf

The owner was 98% confident that this aircraft will be flying to RIAT 2010 lets hope so

On the other side of the airfield, the only change to the line of Hinds, was 108 has now been taken out of the line and had rotors fitted. It will be displayed somewhere near Balaton in the near future.

HA-BCH Mi2, ex Sov AF 41
(8215) Mi2, ex Slovak
005 Mi24D
006 Mi24D
007 Mi24D
008 Mi24D
105 Mi25D
106 Mi24D
107 Mi24D
108 Mi24D
110 Mi24D
111 Mi24D
112 Mi24D
115 Mi24D
116 Mi24D
575 Mi24D+
583 Mi24D+

001 A Speed boat !! A long story but cut short a guy we got talking to explained the boat was powered by a Yak-18 engine and thought we might like to see it

Moving on towards home (ish) next to a resent discovery last seen in 1994 at Szentkrialyszabadja the Mi-8 has just surfaced again here

Tata 26-01-10

The chopper is easy to view in the military area in the town

10426 Mi8

As we were only 30 Miles for Papa we decided what the hell we will go back vis

Gyor 26-01-10

The only this here was a Spanish metro

EC-JCU SA-227 Metro Aeronova

Moving on

Papa 26-01-10

The return visit improved the C-17 situation by one leaving just one to get out of the fleet of three

02 C17A NATO SAC
03 C17A NATO SAC

Nothing more was logged or req'd

Another look at the first Hungarian town we had looked at on the way in did not yield anything more that the first visit but we did find what looked like a Closed Barracks in the town but no Mi-8, So were we looking at the correct barracks or not ?.

Szombathley 24-01-10

(230) Mi-8

Still not seen, Back into Austria and an evening visit to Saltzburg for some Red Bull aircraft and others

Saltzburg, Austria 26-01-10

A look into the Red Bull hangar and a view of the airport side saw these bits going in the book

The Red Bull Hangar

OE-XFB Ec-135
N11FX Cobra
N996DM ex 7511 DC6B
(96995) F4U
D-IADM ex 40+31 Alphajet, ex GAF
D-IBDM ex 41+30 Alphajet, ex GAF
D-HSDM Bo105
(44-53254 / N25Y) P38 Lightning

The rest of the field provided

OE-BXB Ec-134 Police
OE-GRB Ce-550
OE-GVX Learjet-40
OE-LBC Dc-3 Austrian Airlines preserved
OE-LEE A-320 flyniki
OE-LGH DASH-8 Austrian Airlines
OE-LGK DASH-8 Austrian Airlines
OE-LNL B-737 Austrian Airlines
OE-XBS AB-206 Jetranger
CS-DQA Ce-560
D-CHZF Ce-550
N55GY Gulf-4
N211MA Gulf-4

And the end of another day came near Munich with a Hotel, then Food, then Beer, then Kip, Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Day six started with a MiG-21 some C-160's and another MiG-21 all in about 90 min's. The Gilching MiG is on the top of a car wash in the town and is a 24/7 pot if req'd

Gilching, Germany 27-01-10

(23+60) Mig21UM

The Snow was still coming down making the viz a little difficult but in true style we read off what we could and departed

Landsberg 27-01-10

50+45 C160D
50+35 C160D
50+95 C160D
50+07 C160D
50+64 C160D
50+08 C160D
50+48 C160D white c/s
51+15 C160D white c/s
70+89 UH-1 On ramp
71+10 UH-1, preserved at gate
LB+105 Sycamore Mk52, preserved

The UH-1 in the "Garage" was not seen this morning, Has it gone ?. Back on the motorway and off to the second MiG of the morning

Bad Worishofen 27-01-10

In the town in a"Nissan Hut" type building live's the "21" so you need daylight to see it or a torch at least

23+38 Mig21MF

A little back track on the motorway and a turn North brought us to

Augsberg 27-01-10

Two big new hangars have gone up here since i last visited Augsberg and one of them contained a few Biz-Jets which can be read off if the doors are open. The P-149 was in its usual place and dose not seam to fly ? noted around the field were

D-BJET Do-328j
D-CHHH Ce-560
D-CLLL Ce-560
D-CVVV Ce-560
D-EDSF ex 91+91 P149D, ex GAF
D-ISKM Ce-500
CS-DMB Be-400
CS-DMW Be-400
CS-DMX Be-400
HB-VOS RB-390
I-TOPS Pc-12
LZ-ADK Be-90

And a "Tin" of note

OK-PHR Be-58 Baron

Moving on to Stuttgart and a few airliners in the book here with some biz-jets and the usual bunch of bits noted on the roof of the terminal

Stuttgart 27-01-10

Airliners

D-ABEB B-737 Lufthansa
D-ABFB A-320 Air Berlin
D-ABFC A-320 Air Berlin
D-ABJA B-737 Lufthansa
D-ABOC B-757 Condor
D-AHLR B-737 TUI
D-AHXI B-737 TUI
F-GRHL A-319 Air France

GA and Biz

D-IEFA Ce-525
D-ILLY Ce-525
D-IXXX Pa-42
CS-DHL Ce-550
LZ-GEN Ce-550
N69LJ Lerajet-60
N416QS Gulf-4
N451NS Gulf_350
N490QS Gulf-4
OE-FHW Ce-501
VP-CVP Be-400

Police

D-HBWG MD-902 Police

On the roof of the treminal are the following

‘D-EFAG’ really D-AECS N1002
D-FOBY ex 1608 AT6, ex Portugal
‘D-PEPO’ ex 56+71 Do27, ex GAF
D-EHMG ex 92+23 P149D, ex GAF
‘SP-ANL’ ex 2613 AN2, ex Poaf
????? Mi2 c/n 529021124
‘D-EBZE’ ex E.3B-526 CASA1131E

On the roof of a building behind the cargo area is a Bk-117

D-HDRF BK-117

At last Sinsheim, A place i have wanted to go for a long time, I have passed this on the Motorway a few times on my way to Italy but I have never had the chance of going in. A very good collection of almost everything you can think of to do with machines

Sinsheim 27-01-10

Outside :
(28+27) L39ZO, ex NVA
‘798’ really 25+20 Su22M, ex NVA
94+18 Mi8T
(22+33) c/n (94A)5202 Mig21SPS, ex NVA
(JD+397) ‘1’ T33, ex GAF
‘D-CADE’ really T.3-62 DC3A
99+36 Canberra B2, ex GAF
D-2527 really T.2B-257 CASA352L
(0833) Il14, ex Poaf
72+97 UH1
(26) / (F-ZBBH) CL215
‘D-CAKE’ ex 54+02 Pembroke C54 ex GAF
(83+17) H21, ex GAF

Inside :

(194) Dove 7, ex IAC
J-1798 Venom FB54, ex Swiss
‘DE623’ really N6779 Tiger Moth, ex RAF
‘FT454’ really 099 AT16, ex MLD
J-1628 Venom FB50, ex Swiss
‘RJ+NP’ really T.2B-140 CASA352L
‘10-’ Fw190, replica
‘PT+TP’ Kurir L
22+49 F104G
C-501 C3605, ex Swiss
D-EMWF ex 763 MS500
-4 / C.4K-170 HA1112
‘5J+GN’ really B.21-82 CASA2111B
‘03red’ really HA-ANB AN2
‘12’ really 1006 Lim2, ex Poaf
EB+302 RF84F, ex GAF, nose only

Inside hall 2 :

D-HAUF ex B-11 S58, ex Belgium
J-1603 Venom FB50, ex Swiss
32+64 G91 ex GAF
HA-ANB An-2
N3951A B-707
F-BGNU Viscount
HA-LBH Tu-134
N8041A Dc-3
OK-PAI IL-18
CCCP-77112 Tu-144
F-BVFB Concorde
D-CADE Dc-3
CCCP-26001 Ka-26

And of course Sinsheim had to be visited, Like it's twin sister Speyer a fantastic museum dedicated to the "Machine" well worth having a look at if you down that way

Speyer 27-01-10

Outside :

‘0828’ really 28+08 L39ZO, ex NVA
(154) N2501F, ex French
F-BFGX ex 42-68795 C53D
2(5+66) F104G, ex GAF
‘22+02’ really 20+39 Mig23BN, ex NVA
(31+47) ‘1’ G91 ex GAF
63659 ex 94+01 T33
(52+04) AN26S, ex NVA
‘9825’ really 20+49 Mig23BN ex NVA
D-FOXY ex C-535 C3605 ex Swiss
21 / F-ZBAR CL215
‘153072’ ‘1’ really 63-7423 F4C ex USAF
63-7446 F4C, ex USAF
58-0265 F101B, ex USAF
74-0109 F15A, ex USAF
‘CCCP-06181’ ex 33red Mi8T, ex Soviet
(UR-64460) AN22
637 Mi14PL, ex NVA
13 ex (98+34) Mi24P, ex NVA
‘26+63’ really 22+01 F104G, ex GAF
(XE656) Hunter F6, ex RAF
‘9’ really 25+14 Su22M, ex NVA
RA-41343 AN2
?????? D024T
‘C993’ really 22+25 Mig21SPS, ex NVA
UA+112 Gannet, ex GAF
(DD+308) F84F, ex GAF

Inside :

A-808 P3-03, ex Swiss
387 CM170, ex French
‘OK-02’ ex 0805 L29, ex Czech
28+27 TF104G, ex GAF
432 / 13-QJ Mirage 3, ex French
19310 / 3 Bf109
D-9532 CM191
J-1081 Vampire FB6, ex Swiss
‘23042’ really 01+04 CL13, ex GAF
7535 Alouette 2, ex GAF
18red (0415320) Mig15UTI, ex Soviet
‘CA+JY’ really 6821 Ju52
‘33’ really 355 Mirge 3, ex French
04 Saab 35 Draken, ex Austria
‘D-AQUI’ really T.2B-209 CASA352
45Black (c/n 511622100) Mi2, ex soviet
D-ABYM B-747
D-ILUX RC-680
F-BFGX Dc-3
F-BTTB Mecure
OY-TOR VFW-614
RA41343 An-2

At a Re-Work facility on the airfield at the back of the museum is a "Staff" on gate duty

Speyer Airfield and Gate 27-01-10

Gate

20+46 F104G, ex GAF

Airfield

D-BAMM Da-2000
D-EDUH Putzer Elster is ex mil 97+13 c/n 20

Again another German museum I have been wanting to visit not as big as the last tow but it holds some NVA and other ex Eastern Black aircraft

Bensheim-Auerbach 27-01-10

0402 Let410, ex Czech
20+61 Mig23UB, ex NVA
23+81 Mig21UM, ex NVA
25+28 Su22M, ex NVA
(94+23) Mi8T, ex NVA
(6317 / 20) Su20, ex Poaf
(324) TS11, ex Poaf
(0146) Mi24D, ex Czech

Well another day done and again it was off to find a hotel for the usual food beer and kip near some C-17,s !.

The run for home day, The day started as if you had not guessed at Ramstein the hotel was about 1 mile from the base and after leaving to here we went up the hill at Kindsbach to be greeted with a very reduced view of the base by the falling snow. We decided to drive round the base and see if we could do any better that what we got on the hill. I had never had to do a fence drive here and it was all new to me but with a little persistence we managed to read off the list below, The C-130 line only contained one Herk and we could not get a good view on it so it went un-read.

Ramstein 28-01-10

87-0045 C5B
87-0041 C5B
84-0061 C5B
86-0020 C5B
70-0454 C5A
00-0176 C17A
03-3118 C17A
03-3114 C17A
07-7181 C17A
07-7172 C17A
04-4138 C17A
06-6159 C17A

Req's

69-0010 ??? C-5 Departed 08-00
N764NA ??? B-767
N524MC ??? B-747 Atlas Air departed 08-10

And after you have done RS on the way back to Blighty SP has to be done as well and on this visit four more C-17's went in the book

Spangdahlem 28-01-10

77-0264 A10A, preserved
‘69-0308’ really 66-0308 F4E, preserved
74-0085 F15A, preserved
‘85-1552’ really 78-0057 F16A, preserved
62-4446 F105G, preserved
‘51-13036’ F86F perserved

02-1112 C17A
02-1100 C17A
02-1104 C17A
95-0103 C17A

Moving on it to Southern Belgium a quick stop at Spa gave the tow gate guards at the local airfield but not a lot else they were snowed in with about 8 inches sat on the deck

Spa, Belgium 28-01-10

BA-30 Mirage 5, ex BAF
FR-27 RF84F, ex BAF

Leige 28-01-10

A quick look here Found

OO-CBB B-747 Cargo B Airlines
OO-THA B-747 TNT
LZ-CGO B-737 Cargoair
N752SA B-747 Southernair
Z-ALT DC-10 Avient Aviation
Z-BVT MD-11 Avient Aviation

Just before Brussels on the E-40 road a "Staff" can be seen when you are going towards the airport

Sterrebeek 28-01-10

Still visible from the E40

FX-76 F104G, ex BAF

Abalag and Melsbroek remained as our last two European visits, Another C-17 went in the bag and a Turkish AF Gulfstream was noted

Brussels-Abelag 28-01-10

OO-CLX Ce-560
OO-LCM Ce-500 wfu many parts missing
OO-LET BE-200
OO-PRM Ce-510
G-OJAJ Da-2000
N1845 Be-350
PH-MYX Ce-650
VT-BAJ BD-700
3B-PGF Gulf-4

And two mil items

09-001 Gulf, Turkish A/F
07-7174 C17A

Airliners

OO-CBA B-747 Cargo B Airlines
OO-JAP B-767 Jetairfly

All the EMB's were seen here with a few other bits but nothing visiting

Brussels-Melsbroek 28-01-10

CP-10 C119, preserved
RM-7 Pembroke C51, preserved
CS-TMT A330 BAF
CH-01 C130H
CE-01 ERJ135
CE-02 ERJ135
CE-03 ERJ145
CE-04 ERJ145
CA-01 A310
CA-02 A310
G-12 MD900

And that was it back in good old England and a final call on the way home Luton for some "Biz" after our day of 12 C-17's and others

Luton 28-01-10

G-FBLK Ce-510
G-FBNK Ce-510
G-LGAR lEARJET-60
CS-DFU Ce-560
EC-KBR Gulf-5
F-GGVB Da-900
F-GPRH Be300
HB-JGE BD-700
LZ-YUP CL-604
N45PH CL-601
N59CF Gu:f-4
N73RP Gulf-5
N77FK Gulf-4
N83SV Da-900
N101MH Gulf-5
N119AD Gulf-4
N289MU Gulf-4
N420HB Hawker-4000 (Hmmm ! ??)
N528QS Gulf-5
PR-PMV Da-50
P4-AEG EMB-135
P4-UNI CL-604
SX-DCA Da-2000
VP-CFB Gulf-4
VQ-BDS Gulf-200 GalaxY
VT-IAH A-319
VT-VJM A-319
4K-MEK8 Gulf-4
4X-CUR CL-600
8P-MSD Gulf-5
9K-AKD A-320 Kuwail Gov
 

East Midlands 28-01-10

Cargo East

N???UP B-767 UPS
OY-S?? B-767 Starair
OY-S?? B-767 Starair

End of trip, Well done if you have got to here

My thanks to the Hungarian AF for the base tours etc.
 

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