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Germany and a few places en-route - Ade Hairsine 27 September 2011 - 1 October 2011

Another late log for last month, Again we went out to Germany by road calling at a few places on the way out and back. We did a direct Home to Brussels where not a great deal was seen.

Alpha Jet at Wunsdorf

CH53 at Diepholz

A Tu-134, Tu-144 and Concorde at Sinsheim

G-91 at Wunsdorf

A Seaking at Kiel

C-160 on the ramp at Wunsdorf

Mil-8 at Sweinfurt

Typhoon at Laage

Typhoon at Laage

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Brussels Abalag 27-09-2011

OO-CLX Ce-560
OO-GML Da-2000

CS-DHI Ce-550
N217GH BD-100
TC-TMO Ce-560
3B-PGF Gulf-4

Melsbroke 27-09-2011

Read off in the dark were

CH-07 C-130
CS-TMT A-330
??-??? ATR-42 With a Red nose

From here is was over the border into The Netherlands and a call at Baarlo to look at PSAero

Baarlo 27-09-2011

We arrived early before anyone had arrived at PS but the Starfighter we came to see was outside at the front anyway, this machine is due to go to a museum in Greece shortly. We had a quick look round the back and noted a few inmates which we had seen before

0219 Mi-24 CzAF

And the ex German machines

(23+27) F-104 "KG-101"
(24+63) F-104 D-8212
26+72 F-104

F-BHRA Se-210

So with the "Staff" in the bag it was over into Germany for a quick look at Rheine Bentlage, Bentlage is home to part of the CH-53 fleet with a few Bolkow-105's based

Bentlage 27-09-2011

Seen on the gate

(75+32) Alouette-2

And out on the field and read off in some hangars

84+14 CH-53
84+34 CH-53
84+68 CH-53
84+71 CH-53
84+89 CH-53
85+02 CH-53

Dumped

(77+18) Alouette-2

Now it was back on the road and a longish drive up to Kiel for another tour round the Seaking base

Kiel 27-09-2011

Ramps

89+51 Seaking
89+56 Seaking On SAR duty
89+65 Seaking

Flightline Hangar

89+52 Seaking
98+60 Seaking
89+64 Seaking
89+70 Seaking

Maintenance Hangar

89+50 Seaking
89+54 Seaking
89+55 Seaking
89+58 Seaking 35 Years Mks
89+62 Seaking
89+63 Seaking
89+66 Seaking
89+67 Seaking
89+71 Seaking

GIA Hangar

89+61 Seaking GIA airframe w/o pre-delivery in January 1974

The two preserved aircraft here were not checked, Around the airfield from the Marine base is the civil airport and noted here were

D-FAMT Pc-9
D-FDMT Pc-9
D-FGMT Pc-9
D-FJMT  Pc-9
D-GBRD P-68

As we were in the area a look at a two local base's starting at

Jagel 27-09-2011

The three preserves air frames were noted and a single visitor

37+01 F-4

And on up to a transport base for some Transall's

Hohn 27-09-2011

50+41 C-160
50+42 C-160 Named "Else"
50+45 C-160
50+53 C-160
50+58 C-160
50+65 C-160
50+82 C-160
50+94 C-160
51+12 C-160

And that was it for the day we did another longish drive to be in position for the base tour the next morning. The next day were had a tour at Wunsdorf another Transport base and a technical school and a German re-work base

Wunsdorf 28-09-2011

Seen at the small museum near the base entrance

51+07 C-160
70+68 UH-1
90+44 Pw-149
93+03 Mi-8

(66) N-2501 Noratlas "GR-248"

The Do-28 and Ju-52 inside the museum were not checked

Gate Guard

(90+35) Pw-149 "62+50"

Inside the technical school

34+47 G-91
58+90 D-28
72+53 UH-1
90+65 Pw-149
99+03 G-91

Outside

40+58 Alphajet
90+56 Pw-149

Out on the airfield

30+36 G-91
32+45 G-91

Hangar

50+47 C-160
50+70 C-160

Hangar

50+36 C-160

Hangar

50+69 C-160
50+95 C-160

Ramps

50+07 C-160
50+33 C-160
50+60 C-160
50+75 C-160
50+81 C-160
50+90 C-160
50+91 C-160
51+00 C-160
51+01 C-160
51+14 C-160

Off to the second base tour of the day, Diepholz is a re-work base which re-works Bo-105 and CH-53 aircraft

Diepholz 28-09-2011

Gate Guard

72+56 UH-1

Hangar

85+07 CH-53
84+25 CH-53

Hangar

84+01 CH-53
86+17 Bo-105 This is the very last Bo-105 will go through her and the very last Bo-105 re-work before the type will be fazed out of service over the next few years or so, It should have gone by early October

Hangar

84+45 CH-53
84+59 CH-53
84+64 CH-53
84+85 CH-53

In a "Scrap Compound" on the base is the fuse on another Ch-53

84+36 CH-53

Only 10 aircraft seen here but that is the way it go's sometimes, Another positional drive next via a few wrecks and relics

Hodenhagen 28-09-2011

A GA airfield with two interesting residents

187 L-39 ex NVA
(15523) L-18 Cub ex ALAT Now flying as D-EOPA

Munster was the next destination and a look at the WIS facility there, The two aircraft here are both on Google Earth but only the Mi-8 is visible

Munster 28-09-2011

??+?? Mi-8 Navy c/s (Blue)

It was dark at the next stop so the car headlights came in useful yet again

Grimmen 28-09-2011

(94+81) Mi-2 HA-BCI
479 MiG-21

Off to a hotel and a night skip ready for the next base tour tomorrow

Laage 29-09-2011

A base tour of the Typhoon base again trying to fill in a few gaps, A good tour round the base

Noted in the "Barns" East and West sites

30+11 Typhoon
30+15 Typhoon
30+17 Typhoon
30+24 Typhoon
30+30 Typhoon
30+38 Typhoon
30+42 Typhoon
30+46 Typhoon
30+50 Typhoon
30+53 Typhoon
30+54 Typhoon
30+55 Typhoon
30+56 Typhoon
30+57 Typhoon
30+59 Typhoon
30+67 Typhoon
31+16 Typhoon
31+17 Typhoon
31+19 Typhoon
31+20 Typhoon
31+21 Typhoon

And on maintenance

30+03 Typhoon
30+05 Typhoon
30+12 Typhoon
30+49 Typhoon
30+52 Typhoon
30+62 Typhoon
31+18 Typhoon

D-HAMV SA-365 This landed on the military side

The preserved aircraft round the base remain the same except the Phantom which has been replaced the old USAF machine had got into an unsafe condition and has been scrapped

(38+73) F-4 Phantom now as "35+73"

for the record the rest are

25+02 F-104
33+03 G-91
JC-102 Sabre
330 MiG-23
734 Su-22

Over at the civil terminal was one interesting item

Laage Civil Terminal 28-09-2011

D-CKPP Sa-227 Metro

Well a few more "Tiffys" in the bag and 28 noted on base the next problem was which way home ?, The answer was via a few ex NVA machines we needed to catch up with starting at Cottbus museum. The MiG-23 we needed was an ex Peenemunde machine that was stored on the airfield in a HAS for quite some time before moving the the Cottbus museum

Cottbus 29-09-2011

The new arrival was easy to find

584 MiG-23

Other new ish arrivals are, none need by us unfortunately

20+44 MiG-23
32+15 G-91
JA+111 Sabre

The rest of the museums residents can be found at www.eurodemobbed.org.uk if your interested, Also to save me typing out a lot of aircraft at other places we visited on the trip we have been to before i will put the same link in

Not too far away from Cottbus is another MiG-21

Griessen 29-09-2011

Preserved at a historic water powered generator station ! is the MiG, Just what a water wheel and a Mig have in common pass's me by ?

22+42 MiG-21

Back on the Autobahn and heading back up North to the Berlin area for another MiG-21 we missed on a trip in April last year, Mike Law Lawson doing his home work had looked at the range on Google Earth and found GE had been up dated and the missing MiG-21 was now no longer lost so we followed his foot steps and found the MiG with the G-91 and recently arrived Atlantic

Lehnin 29-09-2011

713 MiG-21
31+37 G-91
61+08 Atlantic

The other two MiG's on the range were not checked by us but Mike and his crew did so all three were present that week, Full marks and credit to Mike well done mate thank you for the info. Ending the day with another long drive South for some more ex NVA the day after, On the drive down we passed (And called in at)

Hassfurt 29-09-2011

A nocturnal visit for the "Staff" also saw and ex ALAT Cub going in the log book

21+55 F-104
(51-15387) L-21 cub ex ALAT

A night stop at a Chinese restaurant and hotel ended the day well, the next day started off with a Mi-2

Schweinfurt 30-09-2011

We found the Mig-23 last year in the town but the Mi-2 was in a workshop at the Classic Aircraft Club and we could only see the top part of it through the frosted windows so a return visit to get it was made as we knew it was outside just after been painted at East German Police

340 MiG-23
(94+72) Mi-2 "D-HZPL" This is NOT the same aircraft as in the museum at Finnow

Making our way West now for yet another former NVA Mi-2

Grafendorf 30-09-2011

On display at this helicopter model shop in company with a civil Bo-105 is the Mi-2

(94+61) Mi-2
N105SJ Bo-105 (Civil history only)

Moving on to yet another former NVA Mi-2 and the fourth on the trip

Michelstadrt 30-09-2011

This one is at a children's play park and is sticking out of the wall into the car park

(94+70) Mi-2

Off from here and across to a large museum for another MiG-23 which was in the restoration site during our last visit, The MiG has now been mounted at the entrance on it's side and is now acting as an arrow at the entrance

Sinsheim 30-09-2011

(20+27) MiG-23
(83+17) H-21

Over the road at the restoration site is the front section of a Nimrod, Again the rest of the museum's collection details can be found at www.eurodemobbed.org.uk and also the next call Sinsheim sister museum at Speyer where we went next for a new arrival there

(XW665/nn) Nimrod

Speyer 30-09-2011

50+99 C-160

Round the corner from here is PFW Aerospace and displayed here is

Speyer PFW Aerospace 30-09-2011

20+46 F-104

And sat on the airfield

Speyer 30-09-2011

D-IWIN Ce-525


A place i have wanted to visit for a long time in just over the border in France so as we were in the area we thought why not so looking at the map book we saw there was a Starfighter on the way so lets kill two birds with one stone

Gremershein 30-09-2011

Displayed at the barracks here is the "Staff"

21+00 F-104

Now over into France

Hatten 30-09-2011

Only the Mirage displayed here is a French aircraft but looking at the name of the place I would think Hatten was once in Germany, The three aircraft here are displayed at a museum dedicated to the Maginot Line

250/DD Mirage-3B

396 Mi-8 ex NVA
(698) MiG-21 "869" ex NVA

Well there is only one direction from here and it north to Ramstein for some C-17's

Ramstein 30-09-2011

Based Aircraft

99-0402 C-37

06-8610/RS C-130
(06-8)611/RS C-130

07-8607/RS C-130
07-8608/RS C-130
07-8613/RS C-130
07-8614/RS C-130

08-8603/RS C-130
08-8606/RS C130

Visiting aircraft

97-0042 C-17
99-0064 C-17
02-1102 C-17
02-1108 C-17
03-3122 C-17
05-5145 C-17
06-6161 C-17
07-7170 C-17
07-7180 C-17
08-8197 C-17
08-8200 C-17
09-9208 C-17

Civil aircraft seen

N522MC B-747 Atlas Air
N815SA B-747 Southern Air Transport
N820SA B-747 Southern Air Transport

A quick drive up to Spangdahlem for a look see, When we arrived it was just getting dark and the third C-17 remained unidentified

Spangdahlem 30-09-2011

03-3123 C-17
08-8198 C-17

??-???? C-17

A Maltese AF CASA-212 had turned up in Luxemburg and was reported to be stored at Findel so a look in the dark was done but alas we did not see the machine I only logged a B-747 which turns out to be an ex EL-AL aircraft

Luxemburg Findel 30-09-2011

VP-BXC B-747 Basic EL-AL colours

After this we decided to do a little mileage North again so we did not have as bigger drive in the morning to Calais, We had another nocturnal at an aircraft this time an Alouette in Belgium and one I needed

Borlo 30-09-201

Preserved in a garden in the village

A-80 Alouette

Brussels Abalag 01-10-2011

Again not much here and we did not look at Melsbroke

OO-EDV Ce-525
OO-LET Be-200

F-HCEV Be-200
OE-GNA Ce-525

Down to Calais and under the Channel and back home the next morning only noting the Harrier at Wittering

RAF Wittering

ZD469/nn Gr-7 Harrier

Well that was it home and back to decorating once more my thanks to everyone who made the visits possible and as always Phil A for his company on the trip


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