Mig-29 18108 at Batajnica	Mig-21 17409 at Batajnica	Stored Migs at Batajnica	Gazelle 12879 at Nis	Mil-8 12669 at Nis
Galeb G-2 23121 at Potocac	AN-2 at Temerin	Remains of crashed Mig-29 18105 at Temerin	T-33 10006 at Vibrovac

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Hi All
Two open days in Serbia was enough to get another trip on the go so last Tuesday I set off for Phil's place and then down to Luton for out flight to Belgrade. The flight is a newish one and is operated by Wizzair, Iam a big fan of the airline as they do a large number of routs we can and do use as often as possible and are better than other "Low Cost" carriers.

The first noted things were going past East Midlands

Day - 1

East Midlands 18-05-2011

Cargo East

N3??UP B-767
OY-SR? B-767
??-??? B-767 All White (Could have been an A-300 ?)

Down to Luton

Luton 18-05-2011

Logged before departure were these bits inc a nice PP- CL-605

G-FDZS B-737
EI-EPA B-737
EI-OZD A-300
HA-LPI A-320
HA-LPL A-320 (Our machine to Belgrade)
HA-LPM A-320
HA-LPS A-320
HA-WZC A-320

G-CGUZ Ce-525
G-JJSI BAe-125
G-YYAZ Gulf-5

CS-DKJ Gulf-5
CS-DRI BAe-125
CS-DQA Ce-560
CS-(DTF) Da-2000
D-ACBN A-320
D-ATTT CL-604
D-AUCR Da-900
EC-KTK Gulf-150
M-RCCG EMB-135
M-UNIS BD-700
N4T BD-700
N92SR BBJ
N110JJ Gulf-150
N132SD Gulf-5
N147HH CL-601
N235KK Gulf-5
N300L Gulf-5
N338TZ Gulf-4
N405LM Gulf-5
N450PG Gulf-4
N450XX Gulf-5
N518QS Gulf-5
N585JC Gulf-5
N677FR Gulf-4
N767CW Gulf-5
N887AG Gulf-5
N888ZF Gulf-4
N899NC BBJ
N900YG Da-900
N960SF Da-900
N966H dA-7x
N994GP Da-2000
OE-GLY Learjet
OE-IVA Da-7x
PP-SCB CL-605
P4-TPS Gulf-5
TC-MRK Da-2000
VH-FMG BD-700
VP-BHR Gulf-3
VP-CIF CL-605
VP-CPL EMB-135
VP-CSB BD-700
XA-BAL GULF-5
VT-HMA BD-700
VT-MST Gulf-4

After a nice relaxing flight we arrived in Belgrade

Belgrade 18-05-2011

Noted around the airport were

On the main ramps

YU-BNA Da-40 Serbian Gov

HA-TCO An-26 (Ex Hungarian AF-208)
OE-IHA EMB-190
UR-ELN An-24
VP-BAS A-320
4X-IXM B-747

And a few JAT ATR's and B-737's i did not note as i don't need any of them, Dumped in a corner are a few airframes

YU-ADO Cv-440
YU-AOI ?????
YU-ABI C-47 (Ex KG803)
YU-BCE An-2
(7)011 Li-2

A GIA frame is opposite the terminal

(YU-AJM) Dc-9 All White

Quite a lot of biz for here and even more i could not pole off

D-CTTT Ce-560
F-GMLV TBM-700
I-GOCO Learjet
I-RPLY Learjet
N154EG ?????
N788MP Ce-525
OE-GLF Gulf-150
OE-HAZ Gulf-200
OH-PET ?????

F-RACC/(292) Twin Otter FrAF

And one just for the log an unusual

E7-AAU Ce-340

After getting the hire car it was off through Belgrade heading South and our first call. We had visited the museum in 2009 and it should not have changed much BUT i don't know 100% if this is the case. It is a task and a half to check everything here but it's well worth a visit if you want some number in the book. This museum log is from our 2009 visit here

Belgrade Museum -??09-2009

Outside

Storage area :

Row1 (right to left)

J21 23507
J21 (23506) / 506 read from nose
J21 24457
J21 23502
J21 24156
J21 24213
J21 24210
J21 24145
J21 24454

Row2 (right to left)

J21 23513
J21 (24142)
J21 24208 / 208 read from nose
J21 24130
J21 23505
J21 24410
J21 2412(6)
J21 24401
J21 24415
J21 24405

Row3 (right to left)

J21 (24155)
J21 24128
J21 24214
J21 24418
J21 24122
J21 24159
J22 (25)509
J22 (2)5506
J22 25505
J22 (25719) / 719 read from nose / 25719 on engine plug
MIG21 22953
MIG21 16158
DOVE 70201 / 9751 (NOT 72201)
MIG21 22818
MIG21 22805
MIG21 22735
J22 25721 / 721
J22 25724
J22 25723
J22 25511

Area 4

Caravelle YU-AHB
J20 30106
J20 30109 / 109
SOKO522 60153 / 153

Area 5

J20 30157 / 157
J20 (30145) / 145
J20 (30148) Silver cs named MEMPHIS
J20 (30147) grey / black camo

Area 6

UTVA66 (51221)
UTVA66 (51145) tail ‘51145’ inside cockpit
AERO3 YU-CZA / 40186
ZLIN526 (41104) white / blue cs
UTVA66 (51001)
UTVA66 (51002)
Plus 2 civil crop dusters.
The tail fins of 51001 and 51002 were present.
The rear fuse of 10600 was in this area, but not logged by me

Area 7

Ka28 (11402)
Mi2 12512 yellow cs
3 J20s in grey / black camo and u/m (30144) (30152) (30155)

Area 8

J21 24404
J20 30103 / 103
J21 23512
J20 (30108) / 108
G4 23636
G4 (23629) 62- read from nose
J22 25118
J22 25120 / 120
MIG21 22909
MIG21 17405
J2 23156
MIG21 16152 15- read from nose
MIG21 26103 red/white/blue flash on tail

J21 (24001) 001 read from nose. (Fuse on jacks, stripped)

Area 9

J20 ????? poss ‘7’ on fuse
UTVA66 (52101) wreck
J22 25107
Sabre (11054) fuse, no wings
SOKO522 (60204) / 204
F84 (10501) / 501 nose section
Sabre 11025 (panels missing from fuse)
Mi2 12514
Mi2 12506
Mi2 12515
Sabre (11088) / 088
F84 (10530) / 530
Plus civil bi-plane YU-???
MIG21 (17402) –02 read from nose
C47 (42-93765) white / blue cs
Ikarus 214 (61019)

On Outside Display :

24115 / 115 J21 (pole mounted at entrance)
(12)013 Mi4
26105 Mig21R
(11)401 Ka28
(0)662 Sealand I
(70)101 DHC2
(11323) Ka25
(71)214 C47
71301 IL14
12208 Mi8
(7)208 AAC1

Preserved Inside :

22532 Mig21F13
12513 Mi2
0736 / YU-BKI Z37
(11601) Gnat
(11)714 Whirlwind HAS7
14102 F86D
60132 SOKO 522
10525 RF84G
10024 T33A
1352 UTVA 213
2400 Ikarus S49C
13056 P47D
4154 IL2
0875 / YU-CVB Ikarus Aero 2BE
0089 / YU-CNT Po2
2252 Yak3
‘FT152’ (50-1289) T6G
9393 / YU-COE Mraz K65A
NM150 Tiger Moth
‘JK808’ (9486) Sptfire
9102 Bu133
‘9663’ Bf109G
(LD975) / O Hurricane
(9009) / B Fizir FN
‘12’ Nieuport XI <R>
------- Ikarus T451
------- Ikarus T451M
21002 Ikarus T451
(52)102 UTVA66
30104 / 104 J20
23108 G2A
25001 J22
95-3021 Predator
11503 Dragonfly Mk1
YU-CF(O / D)

The damaged tail section of 23733 Super Galeb was also present, along with small parts from the shot down F117 and USAF F16.

Phew !!

Budans Potok 18-05-2011

Stored here are 5 Mi-2's on being ex military all c/n's were checked

YU-HEJ Mi-2 Yelow c/s (c/n 51102059) ex 12505 JRV

(HA-BCW) Mi-2 Blue / White c/s (c/n 526309089)
(HA-BFE) Mi-2 Silver c/s (c/n 527923112)
HA-BFK Mi-2 Blue / White c/s (c/n 525916128)
HA-BFT Mi-2 Yellow c/s (c/n 526534020)

From here it was T-33 after T-33 down to Nis starting at

Vibrovac 18-05-2011

Preserved at the village school

10006 T-33

Not too far away is Lozovik and another T-33

Lozovik 18-05-2011

(10255) T-33

On we went picking up T-33's everywhere the third in the row was at

Brajkovac 18-05-2011

(10010) T-33

The country roads in Serbia are not something you use to get from point A to point B on quickly so that was it for the day we made our way into Nis and met up with a guy we knew was out there.

Day - 2

The Serbian AF were having open days and this is the reason we went out BUT the date for Nis had been changed and when we turned up at the gate we were told we should have got an e-mail informing us of the change. We had no idea of the date change and asked if we could come in anyway for 30 min's to take some pics of the aircraft ?. After about and hour the base CO sent a car down to pick us up from the main gate and show us a limited number of aircraft and have a Coffee with him and his No-2. All i could say "What a Winner !!".

Nis 19-05-2011

A large base with a civil terminal at the other side,

Active

12269 Mi-8 (Flew)
12879 Gazelle (Flew)
12904 Gazelle
30373 An-2

Visiting

71364 An-26 (Landed during our visit)

Preserved

12755 Gazelle (c/n 067)

Stored /GIA Airframes

We were not allowed in this area, serials were taken off the pictures we took

12270 Mi-8
12755 Gazelle
12902 Gazelle
12910 Gazelle
12914 Gazelle
12915 Gazelle
(12?05) Gazelle (Could be one of these, 12005, 12605, 12705, 12805, 12905 a BIG long shot but dose anyone know please ?)
70(3)02 An-2
(70)371 An-2
(71)374 An-26

????? Gazelle (White and Blue)

Stored at the civil terminal were 6 Mi-8's all ex military and may be due for scrapping. All the helicopters are boom less so no id's were made

Nis Civil Airport 19-05-2011

12??? Mi-8 Green with Red Cross
12??? Mi-8 White with Red Cross
12??? Mi-8 Two tone Green "Tiger" type c/s
12??? Mi-8 Green with White cross
12??? Mi-8 Green
12??? Mi-8 Green

We e-mailed the owner and he has e-mailed back and quoted 5 of the six serials,

12355 Mi-8
12362 Mi-8
12241 Mi-8
12404 Mi-8
12407 Mi-8
12??? Mi-8

Also seen here a Ce-172 YU-D?? and a Seneca i think YU-???

We don't know which serial matches up to which aircraft and what the 6 one is, We will have to go back soon and have another look.

Happy with our mornings "base tour" we headed off for some more Relics starting at Paracin

The Paracin scrapyard was next and after asking if we could go in and take some photo's we noted

Paracin 19-05-2011

??5?? MiG-21
????? F-84

And what we think was an F-86 and 4 of the 12 MiG-21's were noted but no id was made. Not a good visit here !. Around Paracin there are two other places we visited

Paracin Davidovac 19-05-2011

At the local airfield is the gate guard in memory of a pilot from the town who died in an air force crash, The hangar was all loced up.

24144 J-21

And a few miles West of the town

Potocac 19-05-2011

Again at the village school

23121 G-2 Galeb

Back up towards Belgrade was re-called at for Ian who had misse this off his list

Vibrovac 19-05-2011

10006 T-33

Smederevo was next and the GA field that is there

Smederevo 19-05-2011

The UTVA-75 which is in EMooS as based moved on a while ago so no ex mil was noted but 3 An-2's dropped in the log book

YU-BRP An-2
YU-BRT An-2
YU-BSV An-2
YU-BZI ??? (A Piper Cub type stored behind the hangar in a Red and White c/s)
N??? Be-90

Next a little further East was another G-2 at

kostolac 19-05-2011

Nothing more was seen at this airfield

23113/GTA-017 G-2 Galeb

Ian had not seen the school in Belgrade and i knew where it was so we took him there to see the three inmates

Belgrade Town 19-05-2011

Nothing had changed since our last visit in 2009

"1924" J-21 (24127) (Pole mounted outside)
(30143) J-20 (In a class room)
17104 MiG-21 (Outside)

That was the end of that day so it was off to the hotel for the night

Day 3

The day started off at two scraps yard North of Novi Sad

Temerin (1) 20-05-2011

(23736) G-4 (Parts only)

And the second yard

Temerin (2) 20-05-2011

(18105) MiG-29 (Burnt fuse hulk)
(22)955 MiG-21
(23736) G-4 (The rest of the above aircraft at Tererin 1)
(12???) Gazelle (Camo c/s)
????? Gazelle (Primer c/s)

Parts only

12212 Mi-2 (Boom only)

The local airfield held a few bits of interest

Temerin Cenej 20-05-2011

YU-BLB An-2
YU-BLX An-2 ?
YU-BPC An-2
YU-BPO An-2
YU-BSA An-2 (Ex 9A-BZB Croatian AF)
YU-DEW / 53113/13 UTVA-75
YU-HFH Hiller-12
YU-YAF G-2 (Ex 23180 JRV)
YU-YAG G-2 (Ex 23194 JRV)
10703 F-84 (Gate Guard)

A drive West for more preserved aircraft starting at

Tovarisevo 20-05-2011

Easy to find in the centre of the town

2129" (60122) Soko-522

And then North for another bit

Backi Brestovac 20-05-2011

Again easy to find in the centre of the village

10700 F-84

After these two it was East back to where we almost started the day

Gospodjinci 20-05-2011

Just outside the village as a memorial to the old airfield here is another Soko-522

(60187) Soko-522

The next place was

Zrenjanin 20-05-2011

Two ex military aircraft here

YU-DFY Zlin-526 (ex 41116 JRV, No Engine and not flown for a while we were told)
YU-DGC UTVA-75 (ex 53170 JRV)

And two more bits we thought might be ex mil but are not

YU-DCM Pa-18 Cub
YU-DEK PZL-104 Wilga

Back in January when we went to Timisosra in Romania to over fly the MiG-23's at the airport we could not see the two IAR-93's in the town and only been 60km it was now or never. Crossing the border between Serbia (None EU) and Romania (In the EU) went without a hitch but comming back we felt like the "Thumb Screws" would come out and be used on us it took ages to get back in to Serbia with the guy at the crossing looking a tthe car's paper work etc.

Timisoara Town 20-05-2011

Navigating round the town with out a map and only using what i knew in my head we found the aircraft quite quickly

Timisoara Town 1 20-05-2011

Pole mounted near a railway bridge

201 IAR-93

And the other one

Timisoara Town 2 20-05-2011

207 IAR-93

As we were here a look at the local GA field for it's An-2's was done

Timisoara Cioca 20-05-2011

The place was all locked up so we did not see the other An-2 which we think was hangared

YR-AUT An-2
YR-FLA An-2
YR-PBP An-2
(YR-PSB) An-2 (White and Moave c/s, Parked near main road
(YR-EAG ?) Ka-26 (In Camo c/s)

And so ended another days spotting so it was back into Serbia and back to the hotel for the night

Day 4

Out of the hotel and up the road a few miles to Batajnica for the open day which was on today

Batajnica 21-05-2011

Not the biggest open day i have been to but we did log just under 70 aircraft so it was a good mornings outing, Mig-21's and MiG-29's fllying with Gazells and Mi-8's all making a fantastic sight.

Gate Guard

(22813) MiG-21 (Marked as 204)

Main Ramp and flight line ramp

12367 Mi-8
12870 Gazelle
12876 Gazelle (c/n 107)
12895 Gazelle
16178 MiG-21
17163 MiG-21
(174)07 MiG-21
17409 MiG-21
18102 MiG-29
18108 MiG-29
18301 MiG-29
23252 G-2 (White)
23638 G-4
23645 G-4
23732 G-4
23735 G-4
23737 G-4
23744 G-4
(23846) G-4 (White c/s)
25604 INJ-22
25207 J-22 Spl Cls
53200 UTVA-75
54011 UTVA-75
71364 An-26
(71377) An-26 (At MOMA)

Req

12??? Mi-8 (Green White Cross)

Hangar

12661 Gazelle
12803 Gazelle
12890 Gazelle
18101 MiG-29
53153 UTVA-75
(53213) UTVA-75
53250 UTVA-75
54012 UTVA-75

YI-178 UTVA-75 IraqI AF

????? ???? (Red c/s))

Main ramp none public area

12273 Mi-8
71362 An-26
71371 An-26
71379 An-26
71382 An-26
71386 An-26
71503 Yak-40
71504 Yak-40
71505 Yak-40
????? Mi-24 (c/n 19632)
????? Mi-24 (c/n 21434)

Seen in a compound just off the none public ramp

23626 G-4
23627 G-4
23641 G-4
23644 G-4
23745 G-4
70501 Do-28
70502 Do-28

On the far side were two more MiG-21's on "QRA" but these remained unidentified

1???? MiG-21
1???? MiG-21

In the North West side of the base are a large number of aircraft that look stored

16154 MiG-21
16155 MiG-21
16174 MiG-21
16182 MiG-21

17132 MiG-21
17136 MiG-21
17158 MiG-21 (Not 100% on this one, Serial faded)
17161 MiG-21
17162 MiG-21
17169 MiG-21 (Not 100% on this one, Serial faded)
17170 MiG-21
17171 MiG-21

172(0)2 MiG-21
17205 MiG-21
17210 MiG-21
17221 MiG-21

22(8)23 MiG-21

23(004) G-4 (Not 100% on this one, Serial faded)
23005 G-4

25103 J-22
25175 J-22
25(5)28 NJ-22 (Not 100% on this one, Serial faded)
25507 NJ-22

A very nice little Open Day with nearly 70 aircraft logged, From here we headed off for some more relics North of here in and near Novi Sad then made our way back down South to Belgrade and then West !

Novi Sad 21-05-2011

A fuse of an An-2 has been found in the town and we went after it with success

(70)372 An-2

Centa 21-05-2011

When driving along this An-2 flew very low level at the side of us a quick stop and a "pole off" saw it going in the book

YU-BRL An-2

Padinska Skela 21-05-2011

A small GA field with a good "war bird" population

(23)159 G-2 Derelect
(30136) J-20
30139/139 J-20 Stored)
YU-DOL UTVA-66 (Ex 51116 JRV)

YU-BRK An-2
YU-BRW An-2

S5-DCM UTVA-75 (Ex 53201 JRV)

Just down the road in Pancevo is the UTVA factory with it's gate guard

Pancevo 21-05-2011

Interestingly the factory here still shows signs of the bomb damage from during the Balkens War in the 90's

(25101) J22

The last two call in Serbia were a little West of Belgrade and driving throught the fourth thunder storm of the day we came to the first which did not ens well

Nikinci 21-05-2011

This was not see due to the trees at the main gate and the amount of people hanging around it, The depot is a military base so we left before question were asked

(24108) J-21

And so to the last of the day

Sabac 21-05-2011

The Galeb was found in the town in poor condition

(23126) G-2

Day-5

Belgrade 22-05-2011

Logged before we flew

YU-ALN ATR-72
YU-ANF B-737
YU-ANP B-737

YU-BNA Da-40 Serbian Gov
YU-BTC Be-300
YU-BTN Ce-525
YU-BZM Ce-560
YU-MTU Ce-525
YU-SPB Ce-560
YU-SPM Ce-510

HA-LWG A-320 (Our machine home)
UR-DNR EMB-145
(YA-PIC) B-737

Luton 22-05-2011

And the last bit at Luton on arrival

G-CDZI B-737
G-EZAW A-320
G-EZBA A-320
G-EZBE A-320
G-EZBZ A-320
G-EZFS A-319
G-EZFV A-320
G-EZUE A-320

EI-EMD B-737
EI-ENT B-737
HA-LPB A-320
HA-LPO A-320
HA-LPR A-320
HA-LPS A-320
HA-LWA A-320
HA-LWD A-320
HA-LWG A-320
HA-LWH A-320
HA-LWJ A-320

G-JJSI BAe-125
G-JPSZ Da-900
G-MPTP CL-604
G-OMEA Ce-560
G-SANL BD-700

A7-CED BD-700
C-FKCI BD-100
CS-DKK Gulf-5
CS-DXZ Ce-560
HB-JFD Ce-750
HB-JGB GulF-4
HB-JKF Gulf-4
M-BEST Ce-750
M-RURU Da-900
M-UNIS BD-700
M-YNNS Da-7x
N300L Gulf-5
N677FR Gulf-4
N725MM Gulf-4
N767CW Gulf-5
N797CB BD-700
N848CC CL-604
N876C Da-900
OE-FWW RB-390
VP-BHR Gulf-3
VP-BOK BD-700
VP-CRO Gulf-5
VQ-BLA Gulf-5
VT-MST Gulf-4
9H-BOF BAe-125

On the way home we passed East Midlands

East Midlands 22-05-2011

Nothing seen from the motorway bar a Ryanair B-737 departing

Nil

And so came to an end another trip, My thanks as always go to Phil A and Ian Groves (Staff's Ava Grp) for the great days out

Cheers

Ade (York - UK)

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