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Czech This Out 24th April 2010 - 2 May 2010 - Ade Hairsine (Page 2)
Day 5 came and
we were at Perov today but the hotel we had stayed in was some 40 miles from
here so and early start meant we could get a MiG-15 in on the way in
Pribor 28-04-2010
As its says in EMOOS the MiG is in the town and easy to find
3669 MiG-15
Prerov Town 28-04-2010
Road Running throught the town was a Fitter we followed it and read the serial
off the engine plus as the nose was sheeted over and its tail was off
(4208) Su-22
We made it down to the base for the tour through a traffic jam and a little off
road driving, How time go's fast when you don't want it to
Prerov Air Base 28-04-2010 Base Tour
Gate Guard
0517 MiG-21
Maintenace Hangar
0811 Mi-17
9926 Mi-171
9868 Mi-171
9887 Mi-171
9904 Mi-171
Outside
9915 Mi-171
Preserved in this area
2853 L-19 in Tiger colours
HAS
0825 Mi-17
Ramp
0835 Mi-17
0839 Mi-17
0850 Mi-17
9774 Mi-171
9781 Mi-171
9813 Mi-171
9825 Mi-171
9844 Mi-171
9873 Mi-171
9892 Mi-171
9904 Mi-171
After the tour we visited the Aeroclub on the far side of the base
Prerov Aeroclub 28-04-2010
2218 Su-22
3235 L-29 Hangared
3404 Su-22
3405 Su-22
3704 Su-22
3705 Su-22 Hangared
3802 Su-22 Hangared
4010 Su-22 Departed by raod during our visit
The Fitters have been sold and are departing to Belarus for re-work and then
onwards to the Yemen AF so its good bye to them from here
Prostejov was next on the list for an IL-14 fuse used as a GIA
Prostejov 28-04-2010
Military side
(2407) IL-14
And on the civil side
OK-HFL An-2
OM-JUM Let-410
(0604) Zlin-326 now marked as OK-OTA
A few miles away is Olomouc and a rather nice museum has been growing here at
the local airfield, We just had to have a took see
Olomouc 28-04-2010
Aeroclub area
(229)/UC-33 Zlin-326 OK-IHK
(0609) Zlin-320 OK-OTD
Museum
OK-010 MiG-15
0448 L-39
0714 MiG-21
3779 MiG-15
4175 MiG-21 (Nose Only)
5603 MiG-21 (Nose Only)
7815 MiG-21 (Nose Only Polish AF)
9010 MiG-21 (Nose Only)
It was time to country hop again so heading North we called at two more Czech
locations before getting back into Poland
Ostrava 28-04-2010
Used as a billboard and painted in yuck colours the Mi-2 lives about 30ft up in
the air at the side of the road East of the town
(8216) Mi-2
Almost in Poland the small town of Sudice has an L-29 in the centre, Again at
the side of the road and very easy to spot
Sudice 28-04-2010
(0009) L-29
Over the border and in Poland (Again !!) we were heading for a MiG-21, at a
hotel
Bukow 28-04-2010
Yet again very easy to find
6510 MiG-2
Back on the road and looking for an An-2 at Rybnik's local airfield on the East
side of town, The very first thing you see when you drive in is the ex mil An-2
so job done
Rybnik 28-04-2010
One An-2 hangared one outside and a few bits of GA
(2617) An-2 SP-ANG
SP-AMM An-2
SP-CKO PZL-101
SP-WEF PZL-104 Wilga
SP-ZUG PZL M-188 Dromader
SP-ZWX PZL M-188 Dromader
Further East along this road is Strumien and an IL-18 is used as a resteraunt
Strumien 28-04-2010
Again very easy, In fact that easy you need to be shot at dawn if you miss this
one !
(102) IL-18
A few months ago i saw an e-mail about a MiG-21 at a place called Ustrom (And
there are a few of them Poland) and after a little digging around i found the
Ustrom it was at was in the area we would be in so more research was carried out
and i came up with
Ustrom 28-04-2010
Once we arrived and the ok was given to take a photo or two as its another
military area the c/n was checked and found to link up with 2657
(2657) MiG-21 marked as 1057
Back intoThe Czech republic for a hotel and a few beers some thing to eat and a
good nights kip
Day 6
The base tour today was Namest and the height light tour in our minds
Namest Nad Oslavou 29-04-2010 Base Tour
This is the home to the Czech Mi-24 Hind fleet and L-39 ground attack sqn, Out
guides for the day could not have better if we wanted to see something "Then
lets go have a look" they said
Maintenance Hangar
2344 L-39
2433 L-39
3903 L-39
5017 L-39
0835 Mi-24
3371 Mi-35
7356 Mi-24
7358 Mi-24
Maintenance Hangar Ramp
0839 Mi-24
And on pads around the field
0702 Mi-24
0710 Mi-24
0788 Mi-24
0790 Mi-24
0815 Mi-24
0835 Mi-24
6050 Mi-24
7353 Mi-24 Spl Cls
7354 Mi-24
7355 Mi-24
7357 Mi-24
3361 Mi-35
3362 Mi-35
3365 Mi-35
3366 Mi-35
3367 Mi-35
3369 Mi-35
3370 Mi-35
7360 Mi-35
L-39 Ramp
2415 L-39
2421 L-39
2436 L-39
5015 L-39
5019 L-39
HAS
2341 L-39
And preserved on base
4209 Su-22
5007 Su-25
(5317) Su-7 marked as "1990"
(5320) Su-7 marked as "1965"
0705 Mi-24
2807 L-29
3908 MiG-15
Visiting
2312 Let-410
6050 L-159
6057 L-159
6058 L-159
6059 L-159
6060 L-159
Wow what a visit i could not have gone better out heart felt thanks to the
people who took the time to show us round. The four guys who had flown in from
the UK on Monday departed towards Prague for an evening flight home while we continued on to Brno for yet another pre arranged look at another
Hind
Brno Town 29-04-2010
In an area of the town live two aircraft both are hangered and cannot be seen
from outside
0002 L-39
0151 Mi-24
Brno Town Techick Museum 29-04-2010
No changes here since our last visit
0511 MiG-19
1003 Su-25
2404 L-29
5612 MiG-21
3402 Su-22
We did not note is the HC-102 was still with the museum or not as the aircraft
above are outside and the HC-102 is inside, The day was rounded off with another
MiG at
Zbraslavice 29-04-2010
Parked out on the airfield is again you cannot miss it
2425 MiG-23
A drive up to Prague for a hotel filled in the rest of the evening apart from
the local pub we had a meal in was fantastic every body was very friendly and we
felt almost at home
Prague is an area of the country we had not done before
and with the Kbely museum it was long over due for a good looking at, A late
departure from our Prague hotel (By our standards anyway) at 08-00 saw us stuck
in a traffic jam but every cloud has a Silver lining and poled off OTT of the
road was
Prague 30-04-2010
0717 W-3
Prague LOM factory 30-04-2010
Another pre-arranged visit for 20 min's saw the two MiG's getting their photo
taken
"7711! MiG-21 real id 0506
7184 MiG-23
Back up the road to the Kbely area and a quick look at the LOK factory saw only
the ex gate guard been noted now parked outside their hangars
Prague LOM factory 30-04-2010
"8519" MiG-21 real id 0619
Prague Letnany 30-04-2010
The airfield across the road from Kbely was next on the list, Adjacent to the
aeroclub were
0115 L-39 (Old Fuse)
0441 L-39 (Old Fuse)
0302 MiG-21
0304 MiG-21 (hangared)
0948 MiG-21
2410 MiG-21
4916 MiG-21
???? L-159 (un flown airframe ?)
Aero Club Hangar
OK-HLJ Zlin-126 Ex Cz AF 219
Now the big one the Kbely musuem and its airfield
Prague Kbely 30-04-2010
We started with the active part of the airfield where a lot of the Czech AF
transport aircraft are based, Stored on the eastern end of the field are the two
Tu-154,s which are both up for sale if you want to put your hand in your pocket
! and some Mi-17's
0803 Mi-17
0833 Mi-17
0840 Mi-17
???? Mi-17 (Un marked)
(1003) Tu-154
(1016) Tu-154
Active ramps
0260 Yak-40
0452 CASA-295
0709 W-3
0834 Mi-8
0835 Mi-8
0836 Mi-8
1257 Yak-40
2312 Let-410
2409 An-26
2507 An-26 Spl Cls
2602 Let-410
2601 Let-410
(2801) A-319
3085 A-319
3209 An-26
4201 An-26
(5105) CL-601 (Hangared)
And the musuem, All we had to say was wow ! well worth going you could spend all
day in there and more i don't know why we had not been before to this fantastic
FREE museum
Prague Kbely 30-04-2010
The older aircraft are not included in this log they have not been sorted them
all out yet from photo's
Outside displays
(0212) MiG-21 Gate Guard
0220 Mi-24
0308 MiG-21
0313 Mi-8
0414 MiG-19
0501 IL-28
0538 Mi-4
0813 MiG-19
0830 Mi-8
0872 MiG-17
1504 Let-410
2626 MiG-15
3108 Avia-14
3166 MiG-21
3302 Mi-2
3255 MiG-15
3646 MiG-23
3671 MiG-15
4003 Mi-1
4006 Su-22
4411 MiG-21
6513 Su-7
6926 IL-28
7109 An-24
7705 MiG-21
7905 MiG-23
9098 Su-25
9825 MiG-23
Ok-70 XL-29
None Czech Aircraft
A94-923 Sabre-31 Australian AF
35518 JAS-35 Draken Swedish AF
(37957) JAS-37 Viggin Swedish AF
XT899/- F-4 Phantom RAF
00878 F-5 Vietnam AF
Display Hall C
0613 MiG-21
1015 MiG-17
1043 MiG-19
1501 MiG-21
1720 MiG-15
3922 MiG-23
3905 L-39
5616 Su-7
(5831) L-159
9863 MiG-23 (Nose Only)
B-2530 Mi-2
HX-51 Yak-23
Display Hall
V-34 Avia S-92
EG-247 Meteor ex Belgium AF
"8850" T-33 (35211) ex French AF
30 Avia S-100
J-1161 Vampier ex Swiss AF
None Military
OK-LDA Tu-104
Storage Area within the musuem
OK-KIS An-2
Airfield storage Area
00(03) L-29
0725 L-39
0740 L-39
074(2) MiG-19
0751 Mi-4
1006 MiG-19
1017 Su-7
(11)86 MiG-15
1232 Mi-8
(1)713 MiG-15
(2143) Mi-4
2744 MiG-15
2820 MiG-21
3181 MiG-21
3908 L-39
3941 MiG-15
5919 Su-7
6428 Su-7
(OK-020) Let-410
33 White L-39 Soviet AF
Stored elswhere
0313 MiG-21
0709 Mi-24
1005 Mi-1
1013 MiG-21
2303 IL-28
2406 MiG-23
2611 MiG-15
2904 An-24
4609 MiG-21
5735 MiG-23
6014 Mi-1
6102 Avia-14
B-2047 Mi-2
OK-BYG/0723 Yak-40
The Police have a museum in the city and a quick look here got us a Mi-2 and a
Ec-135
Prague City 30-04-2010
B-2911 Mi-2
And seen OTT
OK-BYF Ec-135
Well that was it for the Prague area now it was back on the motorway and an
hours drive South West to Plzen for the last base tour of the week
Plzen-Line 30-04-2010 Base Tour
We had the same very warm welcome as last time we visited here two years ago and
a few more helicopters to look at
0712 W-3
0713 W-3
0714 W-3
0715 W-3
0716 W-3
0718 W-3
0719 W-3
Also noted on the field
8555 An-2 OK-WHB
After saying good bye to our friends here it was off across the other side of
Plzen for a look at Zruc and an aircraft needed
Zruc Air Park 30-04-2010
1107 An-30
The rest of the museum looked unchanged and we did not have the time to go in
and have a good look round as we decided to drive South from here for two and a
half hours to get an ex Czech AF Mi-24 that was just over the border in Germany
and then drive back to almost where we were,
Freyung 30-04-2010
As its decribed on the net outside a facrory in the town, looking good
0147 Mi-24
We managed to get almost to where we wanted to be 6 hours later and pulled up
some 10 miles short of the target at anice looking hotel
Day-8
The day started with a little Rain (First time this week) but 10 miles an ex
Czech AF Let-410 at Pribram was in sight
Pribram 01-05-2010
Based at the local airfield and its used for the "Para" club
(0712) Let-410 OM-PGB
Due to the diversion last evening go South instead of West we now had to make
some distance and time up so the last call in The Czech republic would be the
international airport and a very quick look at the Police helicopter ramp
Prague Ruzyne 01-05-2010
Only one helicopter out this morning
OK-BYC Ec-135
Heading North West back into Germany we had planned three stops on the German -
Czech border area the first been
Cammerswalde 01-05-2010
Looking very nice with its two companions
449 MiG-21
CCCP-2404 Mi-2
DM-SAB IL-14
A little further West is Chemnitz and the local airfield has an L-29 presereved
Chemnitz-Jahnsdorf 01-05-2010
"324" L-29 real id 323
And the last one of the day before the long drive West across Germany
Morgenrothe Rautenkranz 01-05-2010
Yet another stunningly well preserved aircraft mounted on a plinth in the
village
737 Mig-21
Well that was it for the day, We term these days as "Positional Days", days when
you have no choice but to just drive all the rest of the day to get to where you
need to be which put near Ramstien for a morning look at things. Making better
time than we thought we made Ramstein in daylight so went for a look
Ramstein 01-05-2010
Based
(02-0042) C-40
06-8610 C-130
06-8611 C-130
06-8612 C-130
07-8608 C-130
07-8609 C-130
07-8613 C-130
07-8617 C-130
08-8601 C-130
08-8603 C-130
Visiting
62-5673 C-135
68-0221 C-5
69-0018 C-5
90-1057 C-130
01-0197 C-17
02-1112 C-17
03-3117 C-17
03-3119 C-17
07-7180 C-17
07-7185 C-17
We grabbed a hotel and some "fodda" and called it a night, Day 9 the last day
came and we were greeted with mist at Ramstein so we left for Spangdalam which
is more or less on the way home
Spangdalam 02-05-2010
The five gate guards are all still here but we did not note them due to time as
as last MiG-21 was to be got on the trip
85-0004 C-5
85-0008 C-5
86-0024 C-5
87-0037 C-5
96-0008 C-17
The MiG-21 was back in The Netherlands but in the South of the country about
where we would be so off we went via a quick look at
Maastricht 02-05-2010
PH-JXJ Fk-50
PH-FZH Fk-50
PH-KXN Fk-50 Ocean Air
PH-KXS Fk-50
PH-KXX Fk-50 Ocean Air
PH-LNE Fk-100
PH-LXI Fk-50 KLM
PH-LXK Fk-50 KLM
PH-LXP Fk-50 KLM
PH-LXR Fk-50 KLM
(PH-LXT) Fk-50 KLM
C-GAPW DASH-8
LY-ETM ATR-42
(N182AQ) A-330
6V-AHL DASH-8
Req
PH-LX? Fk-50
Maasbracht 02-05-2010
At a surplus store in the town is the "Fishbed" and the Harvard
B-178 AT-6 Harvard
2005 MiG-21 ex Polish AF
Back on the motorway and as we would be passing Brussels again a call in would
not go amiss
Brussels 02-05-2010
Abbalag Ramp
OO-LFS Lerajet
CS-DUF BAe-125
CS-DXL Ce-560
HA-YFJ Be-400
N105BK Da-900
N407GC Gulf-4
N520E BD-700
N773HR BAe-125
Airliners
OO-JAN B-737 TUI
N744AX
Req
??-??? Be-1900 (ASF Titles on its tail)
And across the other side of the airport
Melsbroke 02-05-2010
Nothing but based aircraft noted again
G-12 MD-900
CA-02 A-310
CH-01 C-130
CH-05 C-130
CH-07 C-130
CS-TMT A-330
And the two gate guards
Well all good things come to an end and this trip did once across back in the UK
a look at Luton was all that was left
Luton 02-05-2010
Not much time to log many aircraft here, Plenty more were in but i only got
these. If anyone has a Luton log for the day would they let me know please we
passed through around 19-00
G-CBRG Ce-560
CS-DLF Da-2000
D-ATTT CL-604
EC-KPF Gulf-200
OY-EKS BD-100
N45PH CL-601
N609TS CL-604
N887AG Gulf-5
SX-IRP Gulf-200
VP-BHR Gulf-3
VT-MST Gulf-4
VT-RAK BD-300
Airliners
EI-DYP B-737 Ryanair
Req's
N673BF ??
4X-MED ??
And that was it the distance covered was 7300 km what the is in miles i don't
know but i think the car needed a day off like its passengers, My thanks to Garf S, Kev M, James F, and Mike ? (Sorry I still cannot remember your last
name) for all their hard work and making it such a successful 9 days out
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