Civil Movements Elsewhere - Scramble

Editorial 

While we are preparing this issue of the Blue Magazine, the 

newest asset to the Royal Netherlands Air Force, C-130H 

G-988, has just arrived at Eindhoven. A ‘brandnew’ C-130 for 

the Royal Netherlands Air Force. We really wonder how much 

money we have saved for the Dutch taxpayer by buying a 26 

year old C-130 and modifying it for fi ve years. G-988 was delivered 

to the US Navy as 162313 in 1984. It served with VQ-4 for 

almost 15 years. As TACAMO C-130 (TAke Charge And Move 

Out) it was used in communication with submerged ballistic 

missile submarines. After circling close to the Ocean water for 

a number of years it was put in storage at AMARG. In 2005, 

the Dutch Government bought it, together with sistership G-781 

(which is even 5 years older). From early 2006 the aircraft has 

been with Marshalls at Cambridge for extensive maintenance 

and modifi cation work. And now... fi nally... it has been delivered 

to Eindhoven. So, now... fi nally... we own an over 25 year old 

new C-130. Unless someone proves us wrong, we are pretty 

confi dent that there are better solutions... and cheaper ones (on 

the long run). PS In the next episode of our “How on earth is this 

possible?” we will deal with our third DC-10. 

On to our current issue. Due to editorial holidays and the offseason 

for a lot of activities, this issue only contains 128 pages. 

Nevertheless, 128 pages packed with interesting information! 

Article-wise we can offer an overview of the worldwide relief 

efforts in response to the Haiti earthquake. The retirement of 

the Sea King with the US Navy is given attention in a one page 

article. Finally, we have a very extensive trip report to Taiwan, 

containing loads of information that can help you plan a trip to 

this interesting destination. 

We’re hiring! For our editorial team we are searching for new 

people. Jack Wolbrink (Helispot) has indicated that he will stop 

preparing this section in the future. We are looking for someone 

that would like to be his follow-upper. We are also looking for 

enthusiasts that would like to prepare movements sections. We 

are looking for candidates for the sections military movements 

of the Netherlands and the civil movements Belgium. If you are 

interested, and have some spare time at hand, please contact 

us. 

Relevant dates Scramble 371 

Deadline: 16 March 2010 

Deadline pictures: 23 March 2010 

Publication date: 9 April 2010 

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Scramble 370 - Page 1 

Contents 

Movements Netherlands..........................................................2 

Movements Belgium ..............................................................13 

Civil Movements Elsewhere ..................................................15 

Military Movements Elsewhere ..............................................22 

Civil News ..............................................................................27 

Manufacturers News..............................................................27 

Jetliners .................................................................................28 

Propliners ..............................................................................36 

Commuters ............................................................................38 

Fokker News..........................................................................39 

Bizjets ....................................................................................40 

Bizprops.................................................................................41 

Helispot..................................................................................43 

Soviet Updates ......................................................................48 

PH register.............................................................................53 

Wrecks & Relics ....................................................................55 

Warbirds ................................................................................58 

Dustpan & Brush ...................................................................59 

Scramble Intelligence Service ...............................................67 

Military News & Updates .......................................................69 

Showreports ..........................................................................96 

Triptease ..............................................................................100 

Miscellaneous 

Adverts ..................................................................................54 

The Island ............................................................................103 

‘Legendary US Navy workhorse retires’ .............................. 114 

Haiti ..................................................................................... 115 

Cover Photo 

Taking part in the traditional 

mass of ski holiday 

fl ights to Salzburg was First 

Choice A321 G-OOPH. 

The Airbus is seen here 

climbing out from Austria’s 

second airport on a beautiful 

winter’s day. 

(Salzburg, 16 January 

2010, Bill de Koning)

Movements Netherlands 

Due to the snowy weather all over Europe recently, there were a lot of diversions. Amsterdam-Schiphol received some of them. Due 

to bad weather in London we had three B777s of British Airways on the tarmac. 

(Amsterdam-Schiphol, 6 January 2010, Gert-Jan Vis) 

Amsterdam-Schiphol 

January 2010 

01. EC-KSB Ce525 Wondair dep WNR451 

N752SA B747-228F Southern Air dep ETH3716 

TC-JDK A340-311 THY THY1951/2 

02. D-IPVD Ce525A Prominent Gruppe 

SE-DMI MD-82 SAS f/v SAS1549/50 

TC-TCF A321-211 Turkuaz Airlines TRK973/4 

VP-CFR Falcon 900EX 03 

YL-LCF A320-212 Smartlynx (n/t) BTI617/8 

03. 01 C-37A US Coast Guard 04 

CN-ROW B767-343ER RAM RAM852/3 

D-CHHH Ce560XLS Augusta Air AUF171/2 

G-HCSA Ce525A Bookajet BOO167/86T 

HB-JGJ G450 G5 Executive f/v 

JY-JAG B767-204ER Jordan Av (Silverjet c/s) SYR433/4 

N666MX Ce560XL Flying Service 

OE-GVL Ce560XLS Altavia 

OO-KRC CL-604 Flying Service FYG533K 

04. 7T-VJG B767-3D6 Air Algérie f/v 27 DAH7000/700 

CS-TFK B757-2G5 Euro Atlantic TFL128/7 

D-IMAX Ce525A Silver Cloud Air 

HB-VOZ Lj60 Premium Jet 

M-JANP Global 5000 Joannou & Paraskevaides 

N502TS Eclipse 500 

05. XZ177 Lynx AH7 847sq 06 Navy757 

XZ182 Lynx AH7 847sq 06 Navy758 

N375SC Falcon 900EX Steelcase f/v 07 

PH-MJR Fokker 100 arr FOP500 

06. G-VIIA B777-236ER British Aw 07 BAW2232 

G-VIIB B777-236ER British Aw f/v 07 BAW2154 

G-VIIP B777-236ER British Aw f/v 08 BAW2036 

N82A G450 07 

N189J G-IV f/v 07 

07. G-FCED PA-31T2 Air Med MCD053 

OE-GAA Ce560 Tyrol Air Ambulance TYW742/3 

OO-CIV Ce525A ASL SKS59S 

08. EC-KDI A319-111 Iberia f/v IBE3254/45 

G-YMMH B777-236ER British Aw f/v BAW438/9 

HB-JEL ERJ135BJ G5 Executive EXH671/2 

LN-NOL B737-8Q8 Norwegian f/v NAX3540/1 

N131EP Falcon 2000 Wingspan 30 

OK-YAD A310-325 CSA f/v CSA618/9 

SP-LIK ERJ175LR LOT f/v LOT265/6 


09. D-IMAC Ce525 Dr. Schenk 10 VFI508 

OY-TDA B737-8K2 Transavia Denmark TDK2795 

10. LN-NOI B737-86N Norwegian f/v NAX1256/7 

11. G-SEAJ Ce525 Bristol Flying Centre CLF10/010 

G-ZAPN BAe146-200QC Titan Airways BAW8453/4 

HB-VMY Ce550 Bravo JABJ PJS201/2 

LN-RNU B737-783 SAS f/v SAS1553/556 

N970SK Ce750 Oshkosh Truck 12 

OO-NAD Falcon 7X Flying Service f/v FYG881X/2X 

TC-FIB CL-605 Fiba Air 13 

VP-BJD G550 Trans World Oil 15 

12. G-BYCP Beech B200 London Executive LNX31CP 

HB-JLK Falcon 7X Jet-Link f/v 

HB-VWE Ce560XLS Swiss Private Aviation 

LX-JAG Lj45 Global Jet Lux. f/v SVW12AG 

OE-GLG Ce550 Bravo Airlink 13 JAR27 

S5-BAS Ce525A Linxair 

13. D-IATE CeF406 Air Taxi Europe f/v TWG100 

EC-GVE SA227AC Aeronova OVA711/2 

EC-JMS Ce525A Jetnova f/v 15 JNV111/2 

F-HDPY Ce510 Sedeco 

G-LEAA Ce510 London Executive LNX69AA 

G-YMMF B777-236ER British Aw f/v 14 BAW2036 

G-ZAPN BAe146-200QC Titan BAW004P/8454 

N281AY A330-243 US Airways f/v USA728 

N515TJ Beech 400A Blackburn Int’l 14 

N666MX Ce560XL Flying Service 

OE-GLG Ce550 Bravo Airlink 14 JAR27 

14. D-CTTT Ce560XLS Augusta Air AUF342/3 

EC-GVE SA227AC Aeronova OVA713/4 

EI-SLK ATR72-212 Air Contract. f/v ABR8007/7016 

HB-IBH Falcon 2000 TAG Aviation 15 FPG558 

N240V BAe125-800XP New NGC 15 

N257H G-IVSP Heinz 15 

OE-LXR Global Express VistaJet 15 VJS700 

OO-NAD Falcon 7X Flying Service FYG885X/6X 

VP-BKI G-IVSP Gama Aviation 15 GMA307 

15. D-ADCA G550 DC Aviation f/v DCS511 

D-IAWB PA-42-720 Aerowest 

F-GIXS B737-3H6QC Europe Air P. f/v 24 FPO323T/2T 

F-GNLH Fokker 100 Blue Line AFR3480/1 

N719EL Beech 400A Edra Lauren 2x 

OK-KKG ERJ135BJ Grossmann GSJ7W/07W 

16. ZH872 Hercules C4 LTW f/v RRR4708 

D-AIZC A320-214 Lufthansa f/v DLH4670/1

Despite the fi nancial crisis, Turkish Airlines is now a sponsor of various European football teams. In spite of Manchester United they 

also have a relationship with F.C. Barcelona. To show this they have painted B737-800 TC-JGY in the colours of Barcelona. They will 

fl y the football team to every game in Europe. (Amsterdam-Schiphol, 17 January 2010, Ron Frijlink) 

G-KDMA Ce560 Forest Aviation 17 

G-MAMD Beech B200 Forest Aviation 17 

G-SRBN EMB500 Flairjet f/v FLJ038/F 

G-XBLU Ce680 Datel f/v 17 

N79EL Beech 400A Edra Lauren 17 


17. G-XBLU Ce680 Datel 

HB-JVC Fokker 100 Helvetic Airways SWR728/9 

N719EL Beech 400A Edra Lauren 

N1086 G-IV Stockwood 20 

Z3-CAC B747-256F Star Airlines f/v 18 STM601F/702 

18. G-EZFO A319-111 easyJet Airlines f/v EZY3005/6 

HB-JZS A319-111 easyJet Switz. f/v EZS1045/6 

OK-PPC Ce510 Grossmann Jet Service 19 

OO-ACT Falcon 900C Flying Service 19 

PZ-TCM B747-306 Surinam Airways dep SLM001 

TC-SAB CL-605 Doysa Air f/v 19 

19. D-AGVS G450 Silver Bird f/v 

D-CRAN Lj60 Senator Aviation SNA504 

EI-XLS Ce560XLS Airlink Airways HYR56A 

LX-FGL Ce510 Flying Group 

M-GPIK Falcon 50EX f/v 22 

OH-FIX Falcon 2000 Airfi x Aviation FIX31 

OO-ACT Falcon 900C Flying Service 21 

PH-MJR Fokker 100 Contact Air dep 

VP-CAP CL-604 Thunder Air 20 

20. EC-GVE SA227AC Aeronova OVA713/4 

EC-HCH SA227AC Aeronova OVA711/2 

EI-UPI MD-11F Cargo Italia DLH8316/F 

F-GIUD B747-428ERF Air France Cargo f/v AFR373V 

LX-FGL Ce510 Flying Group 

N27UB Ce525B Fegotila 

N45WF PA-46-350P 21 

N750NS Ce750 Flying Partners 

21. 4X-COG IAI1126 Chim-Nir Aviation 

D-CFTG Lj35A Quick Air Jet Charter QAJ118 

D-CHDE Ce560 Aerowest 

D-CSWM Ce550 Bravo Bluebird Aviation 

G-SIRJ Ce680 Bookajet BOO762/P 

N27UB Ce525B Fegotila 23 

N933H G550 Honeywell 22 

22. S5-BAR Ce525A Linxair f/v 

23. D-IAWB PA-42-720 Aerowest 

D-IHKM Beech C90A Porta Flug 29 

EI-SAF A300-203F DHL f/v BCS730/71 

G-HCSA Ce525A Bookajet 29 BOO186M/068 

PH-EZL ERJ190STD KLM Cityhopper arr KLM7882 

SP-MMS Beech C90GTi Ad Adstra Exec Charter f/v 

TS-ISA CRJ900 Sevenair TAR638/9 


24. CS-TNV A320-214 TAP Portugal f/v TAP660/1 

D-ACJD CRJ200LR Lufthansa Reg arr DLH8970 

N274JC IAI1126 JLT Group 25 JNL798 

OE-HPK CL-300 Amira Air XPE684 

OO-DDA Ce525A Abelag Aviation SKS17A 

OO-EDV Ce525B ASL 

OY-TWO PC-12/47 Anpartsselskabet 2x 

25. XZ641 Lynx AH7 657sq 26 AAC657/Wildcat1 

ZD280 Lynx AH7 657sq f/v 26 AAC649 

D-CFGG Lj36A Quick Air Jet Charter QAJ117 

D-IEFA Ce525A Eisele Flugdienst 26 EFD222 

LN-RNL CRJ900 SAS f/v SAS2551/552 

N25SB CL-601-3A Ocean Sky 

N274JC IAI1126 JLT Group JNL798 

N589K G550 Swagelok f/v 28 

OO-KRC CL-604 Flying Serv. 29 FYG074K/611K 

OY-TWO PC-12/47 Anpartsselskabet 

VP-BLW G550 Specialised Transportation 26 

VP-BWW B767-306ER Aerofl ot AFL4227 

26. U-05 Fokker 50 334sq NAF50/50A 

4O-BBB Lj45XR Vektra Aviation 

4X-CPX G-IVSP Arkia 27 AIZ781 

CS-TNT A320-214 TAP Portugal f/v TAP652/1 

G-JBLZ Ce550 Bravo 247 Jet f/v 28 TWF72/4 

G-LEAA Ce510 London Executive 27 LNX99AA 

HB-FOW PC-12/45 Future Finance 

N202VZ G450 Verizon f/v 27 

OE-GPK Ce525B Porsche f/v 

OE-GVA Lj40XR VistaJet 27 VJS179 

OE-INI CL-604 VistaJet 27 VJS631 

OK-SLX Ce560XL Silesia Air SUA6261/2 

OO-GMJ Beech 350 ASL 2x 

27. D-CLLL Ce560XLS Augusta Air AUF231/2 

D-CPMI Ce525B 

EC-GVE SA227AC Aeronova OVA711/2/3/4 

ES-PVD Lj55C Avies VPC5016/7 

F-GMMC Ce525 Ixair 

G-XXRS Global XRS TAG Aviation 

OK-KKG ERJ135BJ Grossmann 28 GSJ7W 

OK-MYS Ce510 Time Air f/v TIE016Y 

OM-OPR Ce525 Opera Jet OPJ102/3 

OY-TWO PC-12/47 Anpartsselskabet 

28. CS-DKG G550 NetJets f/v 29 NJE272P/650D 

D-AMIG Falcon 900EX FAI rent-a-jet f/v IFA4082/8 

D-CFAX Lj35A FAI rent-a-jet IFA0038 

D-CFTG Lj35A Quick Air Jet Charter QAJ122 

G-GMAB BAe125-1000B Gama Aviation 29 GMA478 

LX-FGC Ce510 Flying Group FYL31B/2B 

N274JC IAI1126 JLT Group

N3546 G-V Nike 29 

OO-ACT Falcon 900C Flying Service 

VP-BWW B767-306ER Aerofl ot dep AFL4228 

29. D-AIBA A319-112 Lufthansa f/v DLH4698/9 

D-BAMM Falcon 2000EX BASF 

EC-HCH SA227AC Aeronova OVA71Z/2Z 

G-IFTE BAe125-700B Interfl ight IFT129 

LX-FGC Ce510 Flying Group FYL33B/4B 

N168NJ G-V f/v EJM168 


OK-SLA Ce525 Silesia Air 31 SUA2291/311 

OO-GMJ Beech 350 ASL 

SU-GCO B737-866 Egypt Air f/v MSR757/8 

YU-MTU Ce525 f/v 

30. ZH884 Hercules C5 LTW RRR5714 

4L-KMK B747-281F Eurex Cargo (n/t) dep URX601 

9H-AFC CL-605 Eur. Exec. Jet f/v 31 EAV762/71 

EI-EAC A300-203F DHL f/v BCS730/71 

HB-VNS Ce560XL Speedwings SPW999S 

TS-ISA CRJ900 Sevenair TAR638/9 

31. G-HCSA Ce525A Bookajet BOO068 

N128AB G400 Prime Jet 

N604CC CL-604 Cresair 

New year, new Month. The winter weather was the cause of 

many delays, diversions and cancellations during the Month 

of January. 

Southern Air B747 N752SA that diverted from Liege the day before, 

left early in the morning of the 1st. SAS has re-registered 

a couple of MD-80s and one of those MDs did the afternoon 

Copenhagen fl ight on the 2nd. Meanwhile Smartlynx operated 

the Air Baltic fl ight from and to Riga with A320 YL-LCF. 

Jordan Aviation’s B767 JY-JAG still fl ies for Syrian Air and was 

noted again on the 3rd bringing back another group of Hadj 

pelgrims. Later that evening the US Coast Guard Gulfstream 

arrived. 01 was parked at Schiphol East and departed in the afternoon 

of the 4th. Early in the morning of the 4th, Euro Atlantic 

B757 CS-TFK arrived to help ArkeFly out because one of their 

B737s was stranded in Finland. A couple of hours later Air Algerie 

B767 7T-VJG came in for a check-up with KLM in Hangar 

10. After work was fi nished it departed again on the 27th. 

Two Royal Marines Lynx helicopters on their way to Nordholz 

arrived to refuel at Amsterdam during the fi rst part of the afternoon 

of the 5th. Bad weather between Amsterdam and their 

destination prevented them from going on and it was decided to 

stay overnight. Ex Mandarin Fokker 100 PH-MJR arrived from 

Woensdrecht and went straight to QAPS to be painted in Contact 

Air colours, it departed as such on the 19th. 

Bad weather in the UK was the cause of the diversion of three 

British Airways B777s who were on their way to London Gatwick. 

All three were parked at H-buffer where the passengers 

were off loaded and put into hotels. Two of them, G-VIIA and G- 

VIIB, left the next day but the third, G-VIIP, decided to stay an- 


other night and departed on the 8th. Another B777, G-YMMH, 

was send to Amsterdam on the 8th on the regular service from 

Gatwick. This was done to pick up the stranded passengers of 

the cancelled fl ights between Gatwick and Amsterdam. 

On its way from Billund to Palma, Transavia Denmark B737 

OY-TDA made a short stop at Amsterdam on the 9th. Antwerpbased 

Falcon 7X OO-NAD made its fi rst visit on the 11th as well 

as SAS B737-700 LN-RNU. 

The 13th was another snowy day in London which caused another 

string of diversions to Amsterdam. Most notable were US 

Air A330-200 N281AY and British Airways B777 G-YMMF. Air 

Contractors send in their recently acquired ATR72 EI-SLK to 

operate the Fedex cargo fl ights on the 14th. 

The 15th brought Europe Airpost B737 F-GIXS to Amsterdam 

as well as Blue Line Fokker 100 F-GNLH which did the Lyon 

fl ight for Air France. After a time of absence the RAF send in 

one of their Herculesses again on the 16th. Also on the 16th 

was the fi rst visit of Lufthansa A320 D-AIZC and the fi rst visit of 

Phenom G-SRBN. 

It still looks a bit weird, a Macedonian B747 that is. Star Airlines 

did a cargo charter on the 17th with B747 Z3-CAC and 

was parked next to the Georgian B747 4L-KMK on S platform. 

Another classic B747 is the ex Surinam B747 PZ-TCM which 

left us for good on the 18th when it departed on its ferry fl ight 

to the US. 

Air France Cargo B747-400ERF F-GIUD arrived for a C-check 

with KLM in Hangar 14 on the 20th.It was followed by Cargo 

Italia’s MD-11F EI-UPI which did a charter from and to Milan 

Malpensa. Some DHL A300s have been transferred from European 

Aviation to Air Contractors and therefore traded in their 

Belgian registration for an Irish one. The fi rst visit of such a 

machine was on the 23rd when EI-SAF came in from London 

Heathrow. KLM Cityhopper received its latest ERJ190 PH-EZL 

which made its fi rst revenue fl ight on the 26th. 

Another two Lynx helicopters came in from the UK on the 25th 

but this time they were from the Army Air Corps. Both made a 

nightstop and departed on the 26th. Another arrival on the 25th 

was that of Aerofl ot B767 VP-BWW which made a short visit at 

KLMs Maintenance & Engineering department in hangar 10. 

The aircraft left again on the 28th. 

On the 30th another RAF Hercules turned up when ZH884 

made a short visit at East and after nearly a month, Georgian 

B747 4L-KMK left us. The aircraft departed just after 2 pm and 

went to Tehran according to the fl ight plan. 

Credits: Dirk Gortzak, Alexander Schelbergen, Gerrie Stigter, 

Joop de Vries, DSML and of course the ladies and gentlemen 

working at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. 

Rotterdam 

January 2010 

01. V-11 G-IV 334sq 04 NAF11 

D-IQAS PA-42-1000 Quick Air QAJ539 

Tunisair used this CRJ900 of Sevenair a few times for a fl ight to Amsterdam-Schiphol. The TS-ISA is seen here just a few moments 

before landing. (Amsterdam-Schiphol, 30 January 2010, Frank Doornbos)

More and more companies are introducing the winglet to the classic Boeing B737. Air Baltic has applied them to this B737-300 YL-BBX. 

(Amsterdam-Schiphol, 3 January 2010, Willem Vos) 

02. G-MAJU BAe4100 Eastern Airways EZE145P/1045 

HB-AES Do328-110 Sky Work Airlines SRK161/2 

OE-GBB Do328-110 Welcome Air TYW263/4/5/6 

OE-LIR Do328-110 Welcome Air TYW267/8 

PH-DLN P180 JetNetherlands 14 JNL060/741 

03. CS-DFP Ce560XL NetJets Europe 04 NJE6RM 

OY-MHA Falcon 2000EX Air Alsie MMD6422 

PH-ANO Ce560XLS JetNetherlands 15 JNL623/53 

PH-LCG Falcon 900B Solid-aiR SOX025 

04. D-AGEB B737-322 Germania div GMI119 

LN-NOB B737-8DY Norwegian div NAX3540/1 

PH-XII PC-12/45 De Hondert Margen 05 

05. CS-DRW BAe125-800XPi NetJets Europe 06 NJE5DA 

D-CXLS Ce560XLS+ Air Hamburg AHO497 


PH-BYC Beech A58 KLM Luchtv. KLM7918, 7902 

PH-JNE Ce525A JetNetherlands 16 JNL638/749 

PH-MLN PA-44-180 Martinair Vliegschool 

06. G-CEGR Beech 200 Cega Air CEG01R 

I-BIKE A320-214 Alitalia div AZA132/8802 

N440TC G-IV Meridian Services 10 - /GTH440 

OO-PHI Ce525 Capital Av Group arr CGP522P 

OY-MMM CL-604 Maersk Air 

PH-ACI CeT303 North Sea Airways 2x 

PH-NLZ SA226TC NLR 

PH-XRY B737-7K2 Transavia div TRA5136 

07. CS-DPF Falcon 900EX Masterjet LMJ109 

D-IICE Beech B200 Excellent Air 

D-INCS Ce525 Bizair Flug 

OE-GBB Do328-110 Welcome Air TYW243/4 

08. CS-DRG BAe125-800XPi NetJets Eur. 09 NJE503/370DP 

PH-MEX Ce650 Solid-aiR SOX118 

TC-TJE B737-4Y0 Corendon Airlines CAI855/564 

09. HB-AES Do328-110 Sky Work Airlines SRK161/2 

OE-LIR Do328-110 Welcome Air 10 TYW265/6 

10. OE-GBB Do328-110 Welcome Air TYW572 

OE-GPS Ce550 Bravo Tyrolean Air Ambul. TYW871/2 

11. G-MAJE BAe4100 Eastern Airways EZE1046/146P 

G-MAJE BAe4100 Eastern Airways EZE145P/1045 

N491EC G-IV Eastman Chemical 15 

OO-FLY R44 Helicon 

PH-FJK Ce525B JetNetherlands 2x JNL647 

PH-TXA Ce510 Airfi eld Holding dep 

VP-BCT RC695B Control Technics 2x 

12. CS-DFR Ce560XL NetJets Europe NJE818D/362N 

CS-DXF Ce560XLS NetJets Europe NJE3PF/424P 

G-OXLS Ce560XLS Hangar 8 HGR806 


I-BBGR BAe125-900XP Aliven 13 LVN013 

OE-GBB Do328-110 Welcome Air WLC102/5 

PH-ACE Beech 300 Air Charters Eur. RCC33P/333 

PH-TXA Ce510 Airfi eld Holding arr 

VP-BCT RC695B Control Technics 

13. D-INOB Ce525A Atlas Air Service 

LZ-FNB Ce525A ADZ Aviodelta 14 ADZ401/2 

PH-BYB Beech A58 KLM Luchtv.sch. KLM7908, 7922 

14. CS-DLH Falcon 2000EX NetJets Europe NJE465P/2LM 

D-CAWU Ce560 Adolf Würth 

D-ISHF PA-31T Heli-Flight 

G-PIGY SC-7 Invicta Aviation 20 

I-BBGR BAe125-900XP Aliven LVN013 


OO-IDE Ce525 Capital Avn Group CGP601H 

PH-ACE Beech 300 Air Charters Eur. RCC333/44F 

PH-KBX Fokker 70 Dutch Government 

PH-MLN PA-44-180 Martinair Vliegschool 

15. V-11 G-IV 334sq NAF11 

CS-DUF BAe125-750 NetJets Europe NJE2TU/520B 

CS-DXG Ce560XLS NetJets Europe NJE3QH/003Q 

OE-GSG Beech 400A Amira Air XPE476 

PH-ANO Ce560XLS JetNetherlands 17 JNL653/746 


SX-IRP G200 Gainjet Aviation 17 GNJ15 

TC-TJF B737-4Y0 Corendon Airlines CAI563/4 

16. CS-DRQ BAe125-800XPi NetJets Eur. 17 NJE6FE/690G 

CS-DXB Ce560XLS NetJets Eur. 17 NJE390W/383C 

D-IAWF Ce425 Aerowest 

HB-JGA DHC-8-402 Sky Work Airlines SRK161/2 

OE-LIR Do328-110 Welcome Air TYW263/4/5/6 

OK-PPC Ce510 Grossmann Jet Service 

PH-KBX Fokker 70 Dutch Government 

17. CS-DXG Ce560XLS NetJets Eur. 20 NJE916H/3QH 

D-CELI Ce550 Bravo Euro Link 

OE-GSG Beech 400A Amira Air XPE476 


18. D-ADIH B737-3Y0 Germania GMI118 

D-CNOB Ce525B Atlas Air Service 

D-EJTJ PA-46-310P Cersovsky 

N247EM G-IV Eugene Melnyk 19 

19. V-11 G-IV 334sq 20 JGI60 

D-AGVS G450 Silver Bird 20 

EC-HCH SA227AC Aeronova OVA64X/91C 

EI-JJJ BAe125-900XP Private Sky HYR900A 

G-LVLV CL-604 Gama Aviation GMA369 

HB-VWQ EMB500 Phenom Club 21

OE-LJR Do328-310 Welcome Air TYW223/4 

OH-FIX Falcon 2000 Airfi x Aviation 20 FIX31 

OO-ALX Ce680 Flying Service FYG441B/2B 

PH-DRK Ce560XL JetNetherlands arr JNL580 

20. V-11 G-IV 334sq JGI60/160 

CS-DXR Ce560XLS NetJets Europe NJE069E/6TX 

D-IFHI Beech C90 Eifelair 

D-IWBL Ce525A Air Traffi c ATJ204 

G-MAJY BAe4100 Eastern Aw 21 EZE201P/1045 

OE-GPD Ce525B ABC Bedarfsfl ug 21 FTY31 

OE-LIR Do328-110 Welcome Air WLC631/2 

OY-CKN Falcon 2000EX Air Alsie 21 MMD4469 

PH-BYD Beech A58 KLM Luchtvaartsch. KLM7918 


21. CS-DQB Ce560XLS NetJets Europe 22 NJE3TR 

D-FINE PC-12/47 Natenco Windkraftanlagen 

D-IFHI Beech C90 Eifelair 

G-MAJY BAe4100 Eastern Airways EZE1046/146P 

N529QS G550 NetJets 22 


OO-KRC CL-604 Flying Serv. 24 FYG147K/071K 

PH-ACI CeT303 North Sea Airways 

PH-BYC Beech A58 KLM Luchtvaartsch. KLM7916 

PH-HHF H269D Heli Holland 

22. A-301 SA316B 300sq Bluebird53 

CS-DHL Ce550 Bravo NetJets Europe NJE1VU 

CS-DNP Falcon 2000 NetJets Europe NJE2DX 

CS-DQB Ce560XLS NetJets Europe 24 NJE3TR 

N274JC IAI1126 YMA dep 

OE-LJR Do328-310 Welcome Air WLC651/2 


OO-CST EC120B Paramount Helicopters 

OY-CKN Falcon 2000EX Air Alsie MMD4469 


PH-HHB H269D Heli Holland 

23. HB-AES Do328-110 Sky Work Airlines SRK161/2 

LX-SAM Falcon 2000 Global Jet Luxemb. SVM23AM 


OE-LIR Do328-110 Welcome Air TYW263/4/5/6 

OE-LIR Do328-110 Welcome Air WLC208 

OY-JPJ Ce650 North Flying NFA015/016P 

PH-JNE Ce525A JetNetherlands JNL805/214 

24. CS-DXC Ce560XLS NetJets Europe NJE3DY 


25. CS-DRS BAe125-800XPi NetJets Europe NJE9ML/506T 

EC-KES Ce525A Soko Aviation 26 OKT101/2 

OO-AIE Ce560XLS Flying Service FYG853S/1S 


PH-AJR R44 Helicon 

PH-PRM PA-44-180 Stella Aviation Charter 

PH-SAA PA-44-180 Stella Aviation Charter 

26. C-GIRE Lj35 Skyservice 

CS-DRX BAe125-800XPi NetJets Eur. 27 NJE297K/5MB 

D-ELAO PA-46-310P FC Windenergy 

I-ALVC Beech 400A Slam Lavori Aerei SLJ901 


OO-FLY R44 Helicon 



PH-KGJ EC120B Heli Holland 

27. V-11 G-IV 334sq NAF11 

CS-DRX BAe125-800XPi NetJets Eur. 28 NJE5MB/304M 

D-FFAH PC-12/45 Fresener Flug 

LX-LAR Lj35A Luxemb. Air Rescue DUK3AMB 

N444BK Beech B200 Koop Holding 

N8326Y PA-30-160 Transal Aero Services 

OE-LVB Fokker 100 Austrian Airlines AUA375Z/1415 

PH-BTI B737-306 KLM div KLM1962 

PH-BXL B737-8K2 KLM div KLM1576 

PH-BXU B737-8K2 KLM div KLM1694 

PH-EZB ERJ190STD KLM Cityhopper div KLM1830 


PH-IDA PA-31-350 Ockhuizen Holding 

PH-KZD Fokker 70 KLM Cityhopper div KLM1356 

PH-KZG Fokker 70 KLM Cityhopper div KLM1312 


PH-KZO Fokker 70 KLM Cityhopper div KLM1408 

PH-NLZ SA226TC NLR 

28. U-05 Fokker 50 334sq NAF51 

HB-FOW PC-12/45 Future Finance 


OE-LJR Do328-310 Welcome Air TYW247/8 

OK-TOP PA-46-500TP 

29. V-11 G-IV 334sq NAF11 

CS-DXY Ce560XLS NetJets Europe NJE3CQ 

D-IEFA Ce525A Eisele Flugdienst EFD222 

N710WJ G-IV W & J Air 


OO-CJP Ce414A Airborne arr 

30. G-OMBI Ce525B Ravenheat Manufacturing arr 

HB-AES Do328-110 Sky Work Airlines SRK161/2 


OE-GBB Do328-110 Welcome Air WLC208 

PH-BFK B747-406 KLM div KLM890 

PH-BQA B777-206ER KLM div KLM810 

31. CS-DXC Ce560XLS NetJets Europe NJE3DY/146M 

D-IAWF Ce425 Aerowest 

EC-KOI Ce525A Soko Aviation arr OKT301 

G-USAR Ce441 Igor Annenskiy 

N944AR R44 Ruijgrok arr 

OO-FLN Ce525A ZBG Services 

PH-DYE Ce550 Bravo Solid-aiR SOX236 

The month started with a ferry fl ight to Woensdrecht on the 4th, 

fl own by the Germania Boeing 737. Two weeks later, on the 

18th, another Germania aircraft also ferried to Woensdrecht. 

On the 6th a Transavia and an Alitalia diverted to Rotterdam. 

Some more weather diversions on the 27th and 30th. All aircraft 

diverted on their way to Schiphol. 

Credits: Rotterdam Airport, Yorden. 

Maastricht 

January 2010 

02. D-ATUE B737-8K5 Hapagfl y 08 HLX8518/8432P 

PH-JAX Beech C90GT Verwelius 

03. CS-DHL Ce550 Bravo NetJets Eur. 04 NJE1VU/214L 

CS-DMB Beech 400A NetJets Eur. NJE543M/642U 

CS-DMT Beech 400A NetJets Eur. NJE422Y/47XM 

04. F-HBGE TBM-850 OPM Aviation 

YL-BAU Fokker 50 Air Baltic 16 BTI9801/2 

05. CS-DRG BAe125-800XP NetJets Eur. 06 NJE5VQ/183N 

PH-DYE Ce550 Solid-aiR SOX105 

PH-PNG PC-12/47E Heijst 

07. N12U Falcon 7X United Technologies 

PH-DEZ Ce501 Stella Aviation Charter 

VQ-BFX B747-428ER(F) Air Bridge Cargo ABW455/6 

08. D-FAAI Ce208B Air Alliance 

10. EC-KLD B757-236(F) Gestair Cargo RGN9041/0 

LX-LGC DHC-8-402 Luxair LGL7987/8 

N970SK Ce750 Oshkosh Truck 11 

VQ-BFX B747-428ER(F) Air Bridge Cargo 11 ABW755/06 


G-OOBE B757-28A First Choice 17 TOM9273P/5P 

OM-VRA ATR72-202 Danube Wings VPA591P/591 

13. D-CAWU Ce560XL Adolf Würth 

OE-EMU Ce208B Austin Jet Holding 

PH-BYD Beech A58 KLM Luchtvaartsch. KLM7916 

14. PH-DFD DA42 Diamond Flyers 


VP-BIM B747-4HAERF Air Bridge Cargo ABW455/6 

15. EC-KHT ERJ135BJ Aerodynam. Malaga DNC652/3 

LY-APK An-26B Aviavilsa LVR101/2 

N528AP G550 Arrow Plane 18 

PH-JXK Fokker 50 Denim Air a/w arr DNM24P 

S5-ADB CL-605 ElitAvia 16 EAV251 

16. N758SA B747-281F Southern Air CLX711 

PH-FZH Fokker 50 Denim Air a/w arr ARA6740 


D-FFHZ PC-12/47 Pilatus Wings 

EC-FTR B757-256(F) Gestair Cargo RGN9041/0 

G-OOBF B757-28A First Choice 23 TOM9274P/7P

VP-BIM B747-4HAERF Air Bridge Cargo ABW755/06 

18. N528AP G550 Arrow Plane 19 

OO-CEJ Ce525 Air Service Liège 2x 

19. HB-LEM PA-34-200 Air Safety 

N758SA B747-281F Southern Air CLX711 

20. D-CADN Beech 350 AeroDienst ADN13A 

G-MEET Lj40 TAG Aviation 21 

HB-LTM PA-42-1000 Air Connect 21 

OE-EKD PC-12/45 Durst 

PH-LXJ Fokker 50 KLM a/w, n/t arr KLM7132 

21. G-MEET Lj40 TAG Aviation 

N381WA MD-11F World Airways Cargo AJK2603 

PH-ACE Beech 300 Air Charter Eur. RCC33A/44A 

PH-BYC Beech A58 KLM Luchtvaartsch. KLM7916 


VP-BII B747-281F Air Bridge Cargo ABW455/6 

22. 9G-AXE DC-8-63F Meridian Airways MAG219 

OM-VPB Raytheon 390 VIP Wings VPA390 

23. D-ATUD B737-8K5 Hapagfl y 31 HLX8195/8707P 

N713CK B747-2B4B(F) Kalitta Air CKS4513 

TF-ARN B747-2F6B(F) Malaysian Airw. 24 MAS 6402/5 

UR-CAG An-12BK Meridian 26 MEM4068/89 

UR-CAH An-12BK Meridian MEM4064/5 

UR-CAH An-12BK Meridian 25 MEM4066/25 

UR-CCP An-12A Aerovis Airlines 26 VIZ2377/60 

24. EC-FTR B757-256(F) Gestair Cargo RGN9041/0 

VP-BIG B747-46NERF Air Bridge Cargo 25 ABW755/06 

27. D-GAPP PA-44-180 RWL Flight Academy 

PH-JCI Raytheon 390 Solid-aiR SOX219 

PH-MFX Ce650 Solid-aiR SOX235 

RA-12988 An-12B Kosmos Airlines KSM9647/8 

28. N382WA MD-11F World Airways Cargo AJK2603 

PH-HHF H269D Heli Holland Holding 2x 

VP-BIG B747-46NERF Air Bridge Cargo ABW455/6 

29. PH-BYC Beech A58 KLM Luchtvaartsch. KLM7902 

PR-LUZ Ce750 LA Zogbi 30 

VP-CAR Ce650 Wheels Aviation 31 

30. G-WINT PC-12/47 Air Winton 

HB-FVU PC-12/47 Share Plane div EBLG 

N758SA B747-281F Southern Air CLX711 


PH-KXM Fokker 50 Denim Air a/w arr ARA6614 

PR-LUZ Ce750 LA Zogbi 

31. D-AHFY B737-8K5 TUIfl y 06 HLX8706P/654P 

D-FFHZ PC-12/47 Pilatus Wings 

EC-KLD B757-236(F) Gestair Cargo RGN9041/0 

N993GT Falcon 900EX General Electric 

VP-BIG B747-46NERF Air Bridge Cargo ABW755/06 

Cargolux 

LX-GCV 03, 04, 27 LX-SCV 02, 19 

LX-MCV 06, 11 LX-TCV 04, 13, 31 

LX-NCV 10, 23 LX-UCV 24 

LX-OCV 01, 09 LX-WCV 05, 07, 12, 20, 30 

LX-RCV 16, 26 LX-YCV 09, 23 

Ryanair 

EI-DAL 14, 21, 28 EI-DPD 27 

EI-DAZ 10 EI-DWS 23 

EI-DCG 05,19 EI-DWW 17 

EI-DHX 31 EI-DYC 09, 16, 20 

EI-DLJ 24 EI-DYV 20 

EI-DLO 12, 26, 30 EI-EBR 02 

EI-DLV 07 EI-EFF 06 

EI-DPA 03,13 

Turkish Cargo 

TC-JCT 06, 10, 16, 24, 27 

TC-JCV 12, 17, 21, 25, 29, 31 

TC-JCZ 03, 05, 10, 13, 19, 22, 31 

The fi rst customer for the MAAS paintshop arrived on the 2nd 

of this month. The Air Baltic Fokker 50 on the 4th arrived for 

maintenance by SAMCO. The Luyxair Dash-8 on the 10th was 

chartered by the André Rieu orkestra. The next customer for 

MAAS arrived on the 11th, in the shape of a First Choice Boeing 

757. The Danube Wings ATR on the same date, was again 

a charter for André Rieu. Southern Air visited regularly this 

month, operating for Cargolux. Thomsonfl y changed aircraft on 

the 17th. The sole DC-8 operated by Meridian Airways visited 

on the 22nd and departed empty to Ostend, Belgium. The last 

day of this month was a special one for MAAS. TUIfl y’s D-ATUD 

registered Boeing 737 departed in Haribo Goldbären colours 

Due to the snow and full trust reverse it looks like B747 VQ-BFX is coming out of a misty cloud, but in fact it is snow which is blown 

up by the engines. (Maastricht-Aachen, 10 January 2010, Arjen Sleeuwenhoek)

Danube Wings is a regional scheduled and charter airline with headquarters in Bratislava in Slovakia. On a white day in January they 

visited to Maastricht with this ATR72 OM-VRA. (Maastricht-Aachen, 11 January 2010, Arjen Sleeuwenhoek) 

and was replaced in the paintshop by the aircraft, painted in 

Kärnten colours. You win some, you loose some. 

Credits: SG Maastricht/Threshold. 

Groningen 

January 2010 

03. CS-DHG Ce550 Bravo NetJets Europe NJEIMD/718E 

04. PH-ACI CeT303 AIS Activa 

PH-AJR R44 Flight Services 05 

06. PH-AJR R44 Flight Services 

07. D-INCS Ce525 Bizair Flug 

08. CS-DXV Ce560XLS NetJets Europe NJE487A/103D 

09. D-HAKA EC145 HTM * 

10. PH-ECC PC-12/45 Solid-aiR 

11. PH-SUE R44 Helicon 

12. CS-DXN Ce560XLS NetJets Europe 13 

G-BRUI PA-44-180 Stella Aviation del 



PH-SAF PA-44-180 Stella Aviation dep 

PH-SUE R44 Helicon 13 

13. CS-DXN Ce560XLS NetJets Eur. 20 NJE568W/49W 

14. D-FOLE Ce208B OLT 

PH-KBX Fokker 70 Dutch Government KLM7955/6 

15. PH-HHF H269D Heli Holland 

16. G-HCGD Lj45 TAG Aviation (UK) 

18. OY-CKN Falcon 2000EX Air Alsie MMD4467 

20. N8UM PA-46-500TP 21 

OY-CKN Falcon 2000EX Air Alsie MMD4469 

PH-SUE R44 Helicon 22 

22. CS-DMN Beech 400A NetJets Europe NJE860U 

PH-CGN Do228-212 Kustwacht NCG01 

PH-ECC PC-12/45 Elas Prof. Services Network 

PH-MYX Ce650 Solid-aiR SOX786 

PH-ROD PA-46-350P J. Vlasveld 

23. D-CVHA Ce680 Viessmann 

25. N274JC IAI1126 YMA 26 

26. D-GUFI PA-34-220T 

N274JC IAI1126 YMA 28 


PH-HBH H269C Heli Holland 


PH-PXB EC135P2 KLPD Dienst Luchtvaart Politie 

27. N144EA Eclipse 500 Ralf Schumacher 

N37172 Beech 350 NAC Aviation 

N78SD CL-604 Cessna Finance 



SE-RIX Ce525 NEX Time Jet 

28. CS-DXY Ce560XLS NetJets Europe 29 NJE715Y 

OE-GAL Ce550 Bravo Airlink JAR08 

29. F-GPGH Beech 350 PGA Motors - J. Landreau 

G-EELS Ce208B Glass Eels 

31. CS-DMO Beech 400A NetJets Europe NJE566R 

bmi 

G-RJXJ 05, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22 

G-RJXP 25, 27, 28, 29 

The month started with some bizjets and an EC145 from Emden 

on the 9th, performing several approaches. Stella Aviation 

received a new Piper 44 on the 12th. On the 14th, Princess 

Maxima attended the opening of the Eurosonic Noorderslag 

festival in Groningen city. 

Credit: GEAS. 

Eindhoven 

January 2010 

02. LX-KAT BAe125-900XP Global Jet Lux. 03 SVW01AT/3AT 

OO-ACO Ce510 Air Service Liège f/v 

PH-AAG CRJ200ER Solid-aiR 23 SOX635/811 

PH-ECC PC-12/45 ELAS Prof. Serv. Network dep 

PH-LCG Falcon 900B Solid-aiR dep SOX747 

PH-MEX Ce650 Solid-aiR dep SOX091 

PH-MFX Ce650 Solid-aiR dep SOX140 

03. OO-CEJ Ce525 Air Service Liège 

OO-VLZ Fokker 50 Cityjet VLM740P/740 

PH-LCG Falcon 900B Solid-aiR 13 SOX025/145 

04. D-101 CH-47D 298sq Grizzly10 GLV-V 

D-106 CH-47D 298sq Grizzly22 GLV-V 

D-ABDH A320-214 Air-Berlin a/w 12 BER159P/159P 

D-CBEN Ce560 Ultra Adolf Würth 

P4-HAS Fokker 50 Air Astana div EHWO 05 KZR1381 

PH-HRK P180 Solid-aiR 06 SOX039/102 

RA-76842 Il-76TD Aviacon Zitotr. 05 AZS7005/6 


S-456 AS532U2 300sq Wildcat16 GLV-V 


1x AS532U2 300sq GLV-V 

D-CJJJ CeS550 Travel Air 

PH-DYE Ce550 Bravo Solid-aiR dep SOX105 

PH-MCL B767-31AER Martinair MPH301 

PH-MEX Ce650 Solid-aiR 06 SOX783 

06. CH-11 C-130H 15W * BAF609

659/133-XR Mirage 2000D EC03.003 * FAF7230 



N45WF PA-46-350P Hexaconseil 

PH-CGN Do228-212 Kustwacht * NCG03 

PH-DYN Ce550 Bravo Solid-aiR 07 SOX090/106 

PH-DYN Ce550 Bravo Solid-aiR SOX007/90 

PH-HRK P180 Solid-aiR 07 SOX102A/104 

PH-KZT Fokker 70 KLM Cityh. div EHAM KLM1058 

PH-MCL B767-31AER Martinair MPH302 

PH-MEX Ce650 Solid-aiR 08 SOX783/118 

PH-MFX Ce650 Solid-aiR 12 SOX140/092 

RA-76846 Il-76TD Aviacon Zitotrans 05 AZS6014 

07. PH-DYN Ce550 Bravo Solid-aiR 09 SOX106/969 


UR-82008 An-124-100 Antonov Airlines ADB5791/596F 

08. FB22 F-16BM 2W * BAF201 

LX-N90442 E-3A(mod) NAEW&CF * NATO02 


Q-24 AH-64D 301sq Redskin03 GLV-V 

S-456 AS532U2 300sq * Wildcat12 

PH-MEX Ce650 Solid-aiR SOX118/4 

09. EI-DAM B737-8AS Ryanair div 10 RYR6119/0006P 

EI-DPB B737-8AS Ryanair div 10 RYR6412/0007P 

EI-DPH B737-8AS Ryanair div RYR8896/7 

EI-EFA B737-8AS Ryanair div 10 RYR8607/0008P 

EI-EFL B737-8AS Ryanair div 10 RYR7703/0009P 

EI-EGC B737-8AS Ryanair div RYR4833/4 

PH-HRK P180 Solid-aiR 12 SOX104/31 

10. G-JBLZ Ce550 Bravo 247 Jet TWF77 

OO-CEJ Ce525 Air Service Liège 

PH-DYN Ce550 Bravo Solid-aiR 11 SOX969/103 

11. J-616 F-16AM 323sq * M2929 

84-0084 C-21A 76thAS * Valor57 

F-GZPE P180 Pan Europeenne AS PEA181 

F-HCPE P180 Pan Europeenne AS PEA182 

G-JBLZ Ce550 Bravo 247 Jet TWF77 

PH-DYN Ce550 Bravo Solid-aiR 12 SOX103/25N 


12. LX-N90444 E-3A(mod) NAEW&CF * NATO10 

J-009 F-16AM 312sq * Anvil21 

J-646 F-16AM 312sq * Anvil22 

D-ABBX B737-808 Air-Berlin 18 BER673P/949P 

PH-MCJ B767-33AER Martinair MPH301 

PH-MEX Ce650 Solid-aiR SOX021/122X 


J-646 F-16AM 312sq * Bullet21 


Q-17 AH-64D 301sq Redskin03 GLV-V 

OY-EVO Ce550 Bravo EVO Aviation FXT213 

PH-MCJ B767-33AER Martinair MPH302 



PH-DYE Ce550 Bravo Solid-aiR 18 SOX123E/116 

PH-LCG Falcon 900B Solid-aiR SOX145/63 

15. HB-IBH Falcon 2000 TAG Aviation FPG558 

M-JJTL PC-12/47E L. Uggla, K. Giannamore & J.P. Huth 


VP-BKI G-IVSP Gama Aviation GMA307 

16. PH-KBX Fokker 70 Dutch Government 

PH-XRA B737-7K2 Transavia TRA6624/85 

17. PH-LCG Falcon 900B Solid-aiR 22 SOX163/43 

PH-MYX Ce650 Solid-aiR 21 SOX093/971 

PH-SOL Ce525 Solid-aiR 21 SOX124/88 

18. D-ABBY B737-808 Air-Berlin 24 BER948P/655P 

D-ISCO Ce525A Windrose Air QGA866G/967G 

G-PMHT TBM-850 Ewan 


19. D-IVIP Beech B200 VHM 20 VHM399 

HA-LPY A320-232 Wizzair f/v WZZ127J/128K 

HB-LTM PA-42-1000 Air-connect 20 

PH-DYE Ce550 Bravo Solid-aiR 28 SOX116/51 


20. 44+75 Tornado IDS JBG31 NO10T 

L-01 PC-7 131(EMVO)sq * Diamond04 


L-13 PC-7 131(EMVO)sq Diamond12 


D-IQAS PA-42-1000 Quick Air QAJ115 

D-IVIP Beech B200 VHM 23 VHM399/699 

N37172 Beech 350 NAC Aviation 21 

PH-MCM B767-31AER Martinair MPH302 

PH-PXF EC135P2 KLPD ZXP06 

21. CH-12 C-130H 15W * BAF628 

44+75 Tornado IDS JBG31 * NO20T 

L-12 PC-7 131(EMVO)sq * Razor05 

PH-AHX B767-383ER Arkefl y TFL982 




J-063 F-16AM nn * Slammer 


EI-EKB B737-8AS Ryanair f/v RYR1964/5 

G-PMHT TBM-850 Ewan TBM850 

PH-CGN Do228-212 Kustwacht * NCG03 

Wizz Air fl ies from Eindhoven to seven different destinations. A320 HA-LPX came from Budapest. 

(Eindhoven, 3 January 2010, Michiel van Herten)

Two-seat F-16s have become rather rare in the Netherlands. One of the few remaining F-16BMs, J-210, is seen here while overfl ying 

Eindhoven. (Eindhoven, 26 January 2010, Niels Quist) 

PH-DLN P180 JetNetherlands JNL701 

PH-MEX Ce650 Solid-aiR 27 2x SOX063/142 



PH-JCI Raytheon 390 Solid-aiR 23 SOX190/4 

23. PH-DLN P180 JetNetherlands JNL701 


24. D-AHFX B737-8K5 TUIfl y 31 BER819/884P 

PH-JCI Raytheon 390 Solid-aiR 27 SOX194/219 


25. 46+08 Tornado IDS JBG31 * NO10T 

PH-ACE Beech 300 Air Charters Eur. RCC44A, 33A 

EI-EKE B737-8AS Ryanair f/v RYR1964/5 


26. 43+65 Tornado IDS JBG31 * NO11 

46+08 Tornado IDS JBG31 * NO10T 

D-661 CH-47D 298sq * Corona04 

J-210 F-16BM 323sq * Nasty 


D-ITFC Beech B200 Peak Air 


PH-MCI B767-31AER Martinair MPH301 



27. 111/62-II CN235M-200 ET01.062 CTM3910 

CS-DHI Ce550 Bravo NetJets Europe NJE114C/464L 

N129TB RC695C Semitool STE1 

OO-PRM Ce510 Air Service Liège 

PH-MCI B767-31AER Martinair MPH302 

28. CD01 Falcon 900B 15W * BAF603 

J-016 F-16AM 312sq * Flash1 




29. L-13 PC-7 131(EMVO)sq * 

LX-WAO BAe ATP(F) West Air Europe WLX213P/411 

OO-CEJ Ce525 Air Service Liège 


PH-MYX Ce650 Solid-aiR SOX787 

30. CS-DMO Beech 400A NetJets Eur. 31 NJE869G/566R 

D-IKOB Beech B200 Jet Executive JEI565 

HA-LPZ A320-232 Wizzair f/v WZZ327L/328M 

PH-MEX Ce650 Solid-aiR SOX142 

31. D-AHFW B737-8K5 TUIfl y 07 BER610/822P 


PH-MEX Ce650 Solid-aiR arr SOX254 

PH-SOL Ce525 Solid-aiR arr SOX230 

The Air Berlin Airbus, arriving all white on the 4th, departed in 

full Azerbaijan colours. On that same date an Air Astana Fokker 

50 diverted in on its way to Woensdrecht. The Fokker departed 

the next day. On the 6th, a KLM Cityhopper Fokker 70 diverted 

in on its way to Schiphol. Three days later Niederrhein, aka 

Weeze, was covered in snow, resulting in several Ryanair diversions 

fot Eindhoven. Some spent the night and departed 

the next day. On the 12th an Air Berlin Boeing 737 arrived for a 

fresh coat of paint, being replaced on the 18th by another aircraft 

for the same treatment. Interesting was a visit of the Dutch 

Government Fokker 70 on the 16th. If we include the taxi time, 

the aircraft spend eighteen minutes on the ground. Solid-aiR’s 

latest performed a fi rst service on the 22nd. It was placed on 

Solid-aiR’s AOC on the 15th. On the 24th a TUIfl y Boeing 737 

arrived. This aircraft departed several days later in Air-Berlin 

colours. It was replaced in the paint shop by another TUIfl y 

aircraft. The West Air ATP on the 29th only visited for a fuelstop 

and the Beech on the 30th operated a medical fl ight. 

Aircraft with the GLV-V addition crossed the CTR on their way 

to the low fl y area GLV-V. This area, also called Oirschotse 

heide, is just north of the airport. 

Credits: Eindhoven Airport, Yorden, Coen van Noordwijk, Stefan 

Jongen/EWAS. 

Volkel 

January 2010 

04. 2x CH-47D 298sq Grizly10/13* 

06. 1x AS532U2 300sq Wildcat12* 

11. R-01 AB412SP 303sq NAFR01 

12. S-441 AS532U2 300sq Wildcat64* 

14. LX-N90443 E-3A NAEW&CF Nato09* 

15. 1x AS532U2 300sq Wildcat31 

1x AH-64D 301sq Redskin01* 

L-01 PC-7 131EMVOsq Razor03* 

1x F-16AM KLu AJ63* 

1x F-16AM KLu AJ67* 

20. 00-0179 C-17A 62nd AW Stork43 

22. 1x AS532U2 300sq Wildcat05* 

27. 1x AW139 KLPD 

This is what happens when you combine snow and a lot of night

One of Hawaiis Air National Guard KC-135Rs, 62-3514/HH, visited Hato in January. Felix Martina was present to witness this and 

document it for all to see. (Hato, 21 January 2010, Felix Martina) 

fl ying operations in one month. 

Credits: Oscar Sannen, SGVolkel Messageboard, Scramble 

Messageboard. 

Woensdrecht 

January 2010 

04. D-101 CH-47D 298sq *Grizzly11 

D-106 CH-47D 298sq *Grizzly12 

D-AGEB B737-322 Germania 15 GMI119/581 

D-AOLH Fokker 100 OLT dep OLT900 

OE-IIC Fokker 100 MJet Aviation arr MJF712 

VP-BCL CRJ700 Consolidated Contractors 07 

05. P4-HAS Fokker 50 Air Astana arr KZR1381 

PH-MJR Fokker 100 Contact Air dep FOP500 

06. F-GNLI Fokker 100 Regional AFR c/s arr RAE8350 

08. 5H-CCM F28-3000 Tanzania Gvmt arr 

11. T-255 DC-10-30 334sq dep FOP500 

12. 46+08 Tornado IDS JBG31 *NO10T 

13. Q-18 AH-64D 301sq *Redskin21 

PH-MJO Fokker 100 Denim Air arr DNM23T 

15. D-667 CH-47D 298sq *Corona02 

18. D-ADIH B737-3Y0 Germania 12 GMI119/591 

OO-VLK Fokker 50 Cityjet dep VLM123M 

YL-BAA Fokker 50 Air Baltic 31 BTI9805/4 

19. D-106 CH-47D 298sq *Corona03 

F-GNLK Fokker 100 Regional/AFR 25 RAE8350/1 

PH-MJR Fokker 100 Contact Air 27 

20. J-017 F-16AM 311sq tst M2949 

21. PH-KZW Fokker 70 KLM Cityhopper 23 KLM7111 

22. D-665 CH-47D 298sq arr Grizzly73 

J-063 F-16AM 313sq tst M2949 

LX-N90448E-3A NAEW&CF *NATO02 

25. T-264 KDC-10 334sq *NAF40 

F-GPXM Fokker 100 Régional AFR c/s arr RAE8350 

26. 43+65 Tornado IDS JBG31 *NO11 

XZ219 Lynx AH7 AAC AAC146 

D-661 CH-47D 298sq *Corona04 

G-275 C-130H-30 336sq *NAF35 

28. 659 F-16AM FLO tst Dolly01 

J-509 F-16AM 322sq arr Diana2 

J-512 F-16AM *Diana1 

J-879 F-16AM dep Diana2 

G-275 C-130H-30 336sq *NAF31 


January was a nice month to start the year 2010. The civil highlight 

this month was the arrival of the Tanzania Government 

Fokker F28-3000 5H-CCM for some maintenance at Fokker Air 

Services. Also nice were this month’s visits of the Air Astana 

and Air Baltic Fokker 50s. Military visitors from four foreign air 

forces are not a bad start to begin a new year. The visit of two 

Luftwaffe Tornados of JBG31 after a long time on the 12th and 

26th were this month’s military highlight. 

Credits: Pieter van “t Hof / SG Woensdrecht, Otto, Flying Kiwi, 

Andel, Stafhunter, Stephan Lodewijks. 

Hato (Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean) 

September 2009 

05. N147CS P-3AEW&C Dept of Homeland Sec. 09 

January 2010 

01. 58-0073 KC-135R 106th ARS AL ANG tdy 

59-1519 KC-135R 174th ARS IA ANG tdy 

62-4135/OF RC-135W 38th RS 25 

75-0556/OK E-3B 960th AACS 15 

82-0007/OK E-3C 960th AACS tdy 

N211CQ Ce650 Mobek Investments 04 

N727M B727-30C Nomads Air Travel Club 03 

N93EA Ce560 

YV123T SA26AT 

YV225T Sabre 40A Super Autos Carabobo 

YV265T Sabre 75A 

02. 60-0329/HH KC-135R 203rd ARS HI ANG tdy 

YV2358 L-410UVP 

03. N685FE A300F4-605 FedEx 04 

VP-CFZ Ce750 Flying Group 

04. N909TT ERJ135BJ C Fly Aviation 

PH-NDK Falcon 900B Solid-aiR 

PT-BBB Lj31A 

05.N296L Lj60 Hop-A-Jet 

N375QS Ce680 NetJets 06 

N506TS CL-601-3A Aero Toy Store 

06. N296L Lj60 Hop-A-Jet 

08. N712QS G200 NetJets 

09. N23AJ Ce550 Rani SA Avn 

N420DH Beech 400A 

N77NJ Lj35A National Jets 

N815CE Ce550 

10. N10UC BAe125-700 CSC Trust

N131TT Lj31A Learshares 31 

N218QS Falcon 2000 NetJets 

PT-BBB Lj31A Colt Aviation 

11. 00-9001 C-32B 227th SOF 12 

N220DH IAI1124A Kitts Acquisitions 

N308GT Ce525A 

N704JW G200 Moon, Sun & Stars 

12. N410KD Beech 400A 

N500EF G-III 

PH-MCY MD-11F Martinair 

VP-CFZ Ce750 Flying Group 

13. N556HJ Lj55 GECC 

N717CF Beech 400A 

N938D Ce550 Joda 14 

14. 57-1419 KC-135R 117th ARS KS ANG tdy 

79-0002/OK E-3B 960th AACS tdy 

N132JC IAI1126 HM Aviation 

N138F Falcon 900B 

N221WR G-III Westgate Aviation 

N296L Lj60 Hop-A-Jet 

N53HJ Lj55 Joda 

N881NA PA-31T Beatriz Cidad 

N97AJ PA-23-250 Wreckord Blaster 

YV336T Ce208B 

15. T-235 KDC-10 334sq 

N2435Y PA-31T1 Cotia Vitoria Servicios 

N406WA C-54G Florida Air Transport 

N525DV Ce525A 

YV1426 Ce402B Aero Caribe Coro 

YV1616 RC500S 

16. 62-3514/HH KC-135R 203rd ARS HI ANG tdy 

N303CJ Ce525B CJ303 


YV147T SA227AC 

YV2452 Beech 400A 

17. N617CB Ce525A Concordia Resources 

18. 02-4452 C-32B 227th SOF 19 

N619QS Ce560XLS NetJets 


PH-MCY MD-11F Martinair 

N74AN An-2 R&V Avn Services 

YV171T SA227AC Helitec 

19. HK-4362 BAe3201 Sarpa 

N163DK Raytheon 4000 Nantucket Express 

N232QS Falcon 2000 NetJets 

N900DL IAI1125 Burt Avn 

20. N211CQ Ce650 Mobek Investments 

N296L Lj60 Hop-A-Jet 

21. HK-4362 BAe3201 Sarpa 


N406WA C-54G Florida Air Transport 

N95JK IAI1124 

22. T-235 KDC-10 334sq 

N114LJ Lj60 Animus Avn Support 

YV147T SA227AC 

23. N138F Falcon 900B 

YV1923 SA227TT 

YV2389 Ce560 

24. N74AN An-2 R&V Avn Services 

25. N211CQ Ce650 Mobek Investments 

26. N717CF Beech 400A Bank of Utah 29 

PH-MCR MD-11F Martinair 

27. 06-6167 C-17A 436th AW 28 

28. PH-CKB B747-406ERF KLM 

29. N179JA G200 

N296L Lj60 Hop-A-Jet 30 

30. 69-0003 C-5M 9th AS 31 

N203 CL-604 Jacura Delaware 

N30LJ Lj25D 31 

31. 84-0208 C-130H 142nd AS DE ANG 

60-0347 KC-135R 121st ARW OH ANG tdy 

N19TF U-8F ex 60-3463 

N491AN IAI1124 

N510JH Ce510 Cessna Finance 

N524FS Beech 200 Littleton Overseas 

N881NA PA-31T Beatrix Cidad 

YV2299 AP68TP-300 

The year got off with a fresh start at Hato on the 3rd, with a 

visiting FedEx Airbus. Martinair fuel-stops are a novelty here, 

but the MD-11s could not beat the Florida Air Transport C-54, 

which touched down on the 15th and 21st to haul back and forth 

to Haiti. An Antonov 2 could be noticed as well, and can also be 

dubbed a rarity here. KLM Cargo topped the civil part of the list. 

The Beech 50 (U-8F) will probably not go unnoticed either as it 

is a former drug runner, already deregistered as sold to Mexico 

by the time it landed at Hato! E-3 and RC-135 deployments 

were supported by no less than fi ve tankers from Alabama, 

Hawaii (2), Iowa, Kansas and Ohio. Two different pale-white 

USAF C-32Bs could be seen and were highly appreciated, as 

were the military haulers, of which the fi rst visit of a C-5M on 

Dutch soil earns a place in the history books. It was still painted 

in the colours of its former employer 337th AS AFRC, but is 

most probably operated by 9th AS. The RC-135 returned home, 

causing sounds of relief with our Venezuelan neighbours, only 

to be replaced by a Delaware ANG C-130H, which has been 

fully equipped for its newly adopted eavesdropping mission. 

Credits: Felix Martina, Casper Kolenbrander, Larry Every. 

The 227 Special Operations Flight operates C-32Bs from McGuire AFB (NJ). One of the aircraft, 00-9001, visited the island of 

Curaçao in January. (Hato, 11 January 2010, Larry Every)

A photo showing some of the diversity one can encounter at Brussels. A USAF C-17A, 07-7174, is fl anking a US Army UH-60A, 

82-23757. (Brussels, 28 January 2010, Jan Pieter Libens) 

Brussels 

December 2009 

01. 147 TBM-700A ETEC00.065 02 

12+06 CL-601 FBS BMVg 

258 Lj45 MATS 

MM62210 Falcon 900EX 93°Gruppo TS 

MM62243 A319-112X 306°Gruppo TS 

Z3-MKD Lj60 Macedonia Gvmt 02 

T.18-1 Falcon 900 451 Esc 

T.18-4 Falcon 900 451 Esc 02 

T.18-5 Falcon 900 451 Esc 

100009 T100C TSFE 

TC-ATA G-IV Basbakanligi 03 

01-0076 C-37A 309th AS 

05-0932 C-40A 73rd AS 02 

02. 1257 Yak-40K 241.dlt 

258 Lj45 MATS 

110 An-26 MH 59. Sz.D. R 

102003 S102B 73 SIGINT sq 

TC-GAP G-IV Turkish Gvmt 04 

03. 1257 Yak-40K 241.dlt 04 

135L-484 ERJ135BJ 352 MMYP 04 

MM62243 A319-112X 306°Gruppo TS 04 

PH-KBX Fokker-70 Dutch Gvmt 

047 Yak-40 36.SPLT 04 

RA-96019 Il-96-300 Rossiya 04 

T.18-1 Falcon 900 451 Esc 

T.18-3 Falcon 900 451 Esc 04 

T.18-4 Falcon 900 451 Esc 04 

102003 S102B 73 SIGINT sq 04 

06-6156 C-17A 21st AS 04 

01-0076 C-37A 309th AS 

06-0500 C-37B 99th AS 04 

04. 1204 CL-601 FBS BMVg 

MM62174 A319-112X 306°Gruppo TS 

100008 Tp100C TSFE 

99-0004 C-32A 1st AS 

06. 0260 Yak-40 241.dlt 07 


047 Yak-40 36.SPLT 07 

07. 3085 A319-115X 241.dlt 

135L-484 ERJ135BJ 352 MMYP 08 

12+06 CL-601 FBS BMVg 08 

MM62174 A319-115CJ 306°Gruppo TS 

MM62172 Falcon 900 93°Gruppo TS 

251 G-IV MATS 

258 Lj45 MATS 

Movements Belgium 


044 Yak-40 36.SPLT 08 

T.18-2 Falcon 900 451 Esc 08 

102003 S102B 73 SIGINT sq 

08. 0260 Yak-40 241.dlt 07 

MM62174 A319-115X 306°Gruppo TS 


102004 Tp102C TSFE 

09.34/F-RAFL Falcon 50 ETEC00.065 



T.18-5 Falcon 900 451 Esc 

10. LZ-OOI Falcon 2000 Aviootryad 28 11 

2801 A319-115X 241.dlt 

C-172 CL-604 Esk 721 11 

1485/F-RBFA A319-115X ETEC00.065 11 


678 G-V 352 MMYP 11 

251 G-IV MATS 11 

MM62243 A319-112X 306°Gruppo TS 11 

07-BLUE C-27J Lithuanian AF 11 

9H-AFJ Lj60 Maltese Gvmt 11 

PH-KBX Fokker-70 Dutch Gvmt 

045 Yak-40 36.SPLT 11 

17402 Falcon 50 Esq504 11 

YR-ABB B707-3K1C Romavia 11 

OM-BYR Tu-154M LU-MV SR 11 

T.22-1 A310-304 451 Esc 11 

102003 S102B 73 SIGINT sq 

102001 Tp102C TSFE 

69-019 C-160D 221 Filo 

11. 2801 A319-115X 241.dlt 

68/F-RAFA Falcon 7X ETEC00.065 

10+22 A310-304 FBS BMVg 

15. 258 Lj45 MATS 16 

0216 M28B 36.SPLT 16 

T.18-1 Falcon 900 451 Esc 16 

97-00102 UC-35A1 6-52nd AVN 

16. 34/F-RAFL Falcon 50 ETEC00.065 

12+07 CL-601 FBS BMVg 17 

T.18-4 Falcon 900 451 Esc 

102001 Tp102C TSFE 

17. 258 Lj45 MATS 

MM62209 A319-115X 306°Gruppo TS 

18. T.18-3 Falcon 900 451 Esc 

T.18-4 Falcon 900 451 Esc 

102001 Tp102C TSFE 

02-0042 C-40B 76th AS 

19. 84-0081 C-21A 76th AS

21. 102004 Tp102C TSFE 2x 

01-0076 C-37A 309th AS 

22. T.21-06 C295M 353 Esc 23 

102004 Tp102C TSFE 

01-0076 C-37A 309th AS 

24. TR-AAG CL-601 Air Affaires Gabon 25 

28. 163839 UC-12M USN 29 

January 2010 

05.T.18-3 Falcon 900 451 Esc 

T.18-5 Falcon 900 451 Esc 

01 C-37A US Coast Guard 

10. T.18-4 Falcon 900 451 Esc 11 

11. 5105 CL-601-3A 241.dlt 12 

99-0402 C-37A 99th AS 13 

12. 022 C295M 13.eltr 14 

T.18-1 Falcon 900 451 Esc 

13. U-05 Fokker 50 334sq 

048 Yak-40 36.SPLT 

14. T.18-2 Falcon 900 451 Esc 

T.21-4 C295M 451 Esc 15 

51+04 C-160D LTG61 

Z3-MKD Lj60 Macedonia Gvmt 15 

15. 92-0375 C-20H 76th AS 16 

17. MM62245 Falcon 900 93°Gruppo TS 17 

T.18-3 Falcon 900 451 Esc 18 

T.18-4 Falcon 900 451 Esc 18 

18. F-RAFI Falcon 50 ETEC00.065 


251 G-IV MATS 

MM62209 A319-115X 306°Gruppo TS 


17401 Falcon 50 Esq504 19 

102004 Tp102C TSFE 19 

T.18-1 Falcon 900 451 Esc 19 

92-0375 C-20H 76th AS 19 

02-0042 C-40B 76th AS 

19. 5105 CL-601-3A 241.dlt 


20. 2602 L-410UVP 242.tsl 2x 

T.18-4 Falcon 900 451 Esc 

02-0042 C-40B 76th AS 21 

97-00101 UC-35A1 6-52nd AVN 

21. MM62206 P180AM 71°Gruppo GE 

ZK454 Beech B200 45(R)sq 


95-00124 UC-35A1 6-52nd AVN 

23. 90-0300 C-20H 76th AS 

24. 145-209 ERJ135LR 352 MMYP 25 


T.18-4 Falcon 900 451 Esc 26 

25. 5105 CL-601-3A 241.dlt 

1257 Yak-40 241.dlt 

1206 CL-601 FBS BMVg 

258 Lj45 MATS 


MM62206 P180AM 71°Gruppo GE 

J-755 G-IVSP Pakistan AF 27 

RA-86539 Il-62 Russian AF 26 

YU-BNA Falcon 50 Serbia Gvmt 26 

09-001 C-37A Turkish AF 30 

07-7174 C-17A 3rd AS 30 

01-0029 C-37A USAF 26 

163692 C-20D VR-1 27 

26. 5/F-RAFI Falcon 50 ETEC00.065 

50+17 C-160D LTG63 

U-05 Fokker 50 334sq 

T.18-1 Falcon 900 451 Esc 

T.18-5 Falcon 900 451 Esc 

99-0402 C-37A 99th AS 

01-0040 C-40A 99th AS 27 

87-24584 UH-60A(C) Shape Flt Det. +26,27, 28 

27. 0260 Yak-40 241.dlt 


TR.20-03 Ce560 451 Esc 

T.18-1 Falcon 900 451 Esc 

T.18-5 Falcon 900 451 Esc 


ZD621 BAe125 CC3 32(TR)sq 

ZD704 BAe125 CC3 32(TR)sq 

82-23757 UH-60A 1-214th AVN 

28. 50+72 C-160D LTG61 


MM62207 P180AM 71°Gruppo GE 

30. XV305 Hercules C3 LTW 

31. XV305 Hercules C3 LTW 

Credit SkyStef.be 

Kleine Brogel 

January 2010 

04. FA117/FS F-16AM 2w 

07. CH12 C-130H 20sm 

08. CH08 C-130H 20sm 

CH12 C-130H 20sm 

11. CH08 C-130H 20sm 

12. 1x AS532U2 300sq * 

14. 1x A109BA Wing Heli 

15. CH12 C-130H 20sm 

18. CH12 C-130H 20sm 

20. L-13 PC-7 131EMVO 

21. CH12 C-130H 20sm 

22. LX-N90448 E-3A NAEW&CF 

CH05 C-130H 20sm 

25. 95/103-KM Mirage 2000C EC01.012 

112/103-KQ Mirage 2000C EC01.012 

114/103-KU Mirage 2000C EC01.012 

530/115-OL Mirage 2000B EC02.005 

27. H25 A109BA Wing Heli 

28. H21 A109BA Wing Heli 

J-013 F-16AM 312sq 

J-016 F-16AM 312sq 

29. CH03 C-130H 20sm 

Credits: Toon Cox, Edwin Huskens, Peter Scheelen, Bart 

Claes, Dominique Meeus, Stephan Lodewijks, Frank van de 

Waardenburg & Roy Colbers 

Koksijde 

December 2009 

02. XZ221 Lynx AH7 1 Regt 

03. ST22 SF260D 5sm * 


ST27 SF260M 5sm 

09. H31 A109BA Heli Wing 

10. G15 MD520N Federal Politie 

1x L-21B MCVZ/CMVV 

1x SF260 5sm * 

11. ST34 SF260M 5sm 

ST41 SF260D 5sm 

D-661 CH-47D 298sq 

14. FB18 F-16BM 10w * spec c/s 

1x SF260 5sm * 

CH10 C-130H 20sm * 


XZ216 Lynx AH7 1 Regt. 

274 SH-14D MARHELI * 

The month started with a pair of Army Lynxes which went from 

Gütersloh to the United Kingdom. At the end of the month both 

returned. Both times they refuelled at Koksijde. 

January 2010 

05. FB17/FS F-16BM 10W * 

20. M-517 EH101 MK512Esk 722 * 

M-520 EH101 MK512Esk 722 * 

25. 1x F-16 BAF? * 

26. XZ219 Lynx AH7 AAC * 

ZD280 Lynx AH7 AAC * 

28. FB17 F-16BM 10W 

En route to De Kooy both Merlins overshot Koksijde. 

Credits: Tom Houquet, Wim Houquet, Mike Derijcke, Michael 

Vaeremans, Kenny Plaetevoet, Jens Lingier, Filip Candaele, 

Steve Rottiers, Robin De Nys, Kevin Vermoote & Bart 

Provoost

Civil Movements Elsewhere 

Air Manas is operating this Tu-154 for the Kyrgyzstan government. The EX-00001 is the former EX-85762 and fl ew for Kyrgyzstan 

Airlines. It was the fi rst time that the aircraft visited Frankfurt. (Frankfurt, 5 January 2010, Edward Kleiser) 

Due to the limited amount of input we received for several 

airfi elds in this section, those airfi elds/movements will be 

collected and published at a later date. This month it concerns 

Düsseldorf, Köln-Bonn, London-Luton, Paris-Charles de 

Gaulle, Paris-Le Bourget, Paris-Orly, Saarbrücken, Shannon 

and Weeze (Niederrhein). As always , a % in the last column 

means that the aircraft underwent maintenance or arrived for 

a paint job, while a * in the last column means that the aircraft 

did not land and only performed an overfl ight/overshoot. 

Underlined items have been corrected or completed from the 

submitted logs. 

Germany 

Baden-Airpark December 2009 

04. I-FREK A109K2 Freeair Helicopters 

M-URUS B737-7GC Ingram Services 

OE-HDV CL-300 Amira Air 

RA-04107 AS355N Savback Helicopters 

SX-HMK Bo105CBS-4 Antenna TV 

15. HZ-WBT7 B747-4J6 Kingdom 

18. 04 Bell 206B3 24.VAB Bulgaria AF 

177704 CC-177 429sq 

80+37 Bo105M Donauwörth std 

80+65 Bo105M Donauwörth std 

N407RT Bell 407 Pacelli 407 

N717NN A119MK2 Globus Int’l Resources 

PH-PXF EC135P2+ KLPD 

RA-01912 Bell 206B Aviamarket 

Credit: Oliver Schmid. 

Frankfurt-Main December 2009 

addition: 

18. A7-AGC A340-642X Qatar Airways dep % 

January 2010 

01. N854NW A330-223 Delta Air Lines f/v 

VP-CVI G550 Jet Aviation Business Jets 04 

02. HB-JSZ Falcon 7X Dasnair f/v 03 

N987CJ CeS550 Southwest Wings +10 

SU-GBO A340-212 Egypt Air 

VP-BLG B737-528 Aerofl ot-Don f/v 

03. B-16406 B747-45ESF EVA Air Cargo f/v 

EI-CPD A321-211 Aer Lingus +14,25 

EX-00001 Tu-154M Kyrgyzstan Gvmt f/v 05 

F-GKXV A320-214 Air France f/v 

G-EZIZ A319-111 easyJet f/v div medical 

HZ-ASA A320-216 Saudi Arabian f/v +10,17,21,31 

JU-1010 A310-304 Mongolian Airlines f/v 10 % 

N450T G450 Tharaldson Executive f/v 08 


04. EI-CPE A321-211 Aer Lingus +12 

LN-RRH B737-883 SAS f/v 

05. HZ-AS31 A320-214 Saudi Arabian Al f/v +08,12,22 

06. EC-JGS A321-211 Iberia 07 

EC-JRE A321-211 Iberia 

07. HZ-AS13 A320-214 Saudi Arabian Airlines f/v +29 

N189RB Falcon 20F-5 Fly Dix-Huit 

PH-AHX B767-383ER ArkeFly 09 % 

SP-LIK ERJ175LR LOT f/v 

TC-JIH A340-313X THY Turkish Airlines 

08. D-AKNK A319-112 Germanwings div EDDS 

D-ANNC A320-232 Elite/Blue W. f/v for SFW 09+11 

EC-JDR A321-211 Iberia 

EC-JQZ A321-211 Iberia +12 

N75LJ Lj55 Jet ICU/Air Ambulance Serv 10 

09. D-AGPK Fokker 100 Contact Air for SWR div EDDS 

EC-JDM A321-211 Iberia 10 

F-GTAL A321-211 Air France 

10. CN-ROW B767-343ER Royal Air Maroc f/v 

D-ITMA Ce525A Triple Alpha f/v 

VQ-BEH A320-214 Aerofl ot f/v 

11. 4X-CUR CL-604 Ray Aviation 12 

A7-AGD A340-642 Qatar Airways f/v 30 % 

CS-TQI B767-3S1ER Luzair f/v for SFW 

SE-DMI MD-82 SAS f/v 

TC-SGH B737-86J Saga Airlines f/v for AFG 

VQ-BCW A330-301 Vladivostok Avia 14 % 

12. D-AFKF Fokker 100 Contact Air/Star All. f/v for DLH 

D-CCVD Ce560XLS ProMinent f/v 

EC-HUH A321-211 Iberia 

TC-DLZ Ce560XLS Bonair 13 

TC-JNC A330-203 THY Turkish Airlines 

13. A9C-BXG CL-604 Bexair f/v 15 

D-AECA ERJ190LR Lufthansa CityLine f/v 26 

D-HEGZ AS332L1 Bundespolizei f/v 

HB-IHZ A320-214 Edelweiss Air for SWR 

LX-FGB Ce560XL Flying Group f/v 

N727FD A300B4-622RF FedEx Express +31 

N761JP Ce510 Cessna Aircraft f/v 14 

N801FD A310-324ET FedEx Express div LFSB 

SP-ZSZ CL-300 Blue Jet 

TC-ARB CL-300 Arkasair f/v 14 

VQ-BEQ A330-301 Vladivostok Avia 16 % 

YR-TIC Ce560 Tiriac Air f/v 15 

14. EI-EAC A300B4-203F DHL/Air Contractors f/v 

HZ-ASB A320-214 Saudi Arabian Airlines f/v +28 

I-DMSA Raytheon 390A Sirio Executive f/v 

M-LCJP BAe125-900XP Yolenal 

N78NT Falcon 2000 f/v 15

N724FD A300-622RF FedEx Express 

N817NW A330-323E Delta Air Lines f/v 

VP-CPF CL-300 Alliance Air 

15. 4K-AZ888 G450 Silk Way 16 

D-AALA B777-FZNLR AeroLogic +16-18,29-31 

D-AIZC A320-214 Lufthansa f/v del 

EC-HDN A320-214 Iberia/OneWorld 

EC-JZM A321-212 Iberia 

HZ-AS15 A320-214 Saudi Arabian Airlines f/v +19 

N710AW Ce750 Doiyatec Communications 

OK-VSZ Ce550B Aba Air 

SX-IRP G200 Gain Jet f/v +23 

UR-DWH Ce525B Aero-Charter Airlines f/v 

16. D-ACGA B747-409BDSF Air Cargo Germ. f/v div EDFH 18 

D-CFLY Ce560 Air Hamburg f/v 

EI-EAD A300B4-203F DHL/Air Contractors f/v 

HA-LQC DHC-8-402 Malév +17 

SU-KBD A320-214 Koral Blue f/v 

ZA-MAK BAe146-100 Jetlink Air f/v n/t for LBC +23 

17. 4X-CPX G-IVSP Arkia 18 

9A-CDC MD-82 Dubrovnik Airline 

D-ABFA A320-214 Air-Berlin f/v 

G-EGNS G550 Pobedy f/v 18 

TC-JDN A340-313X THY Turkish Airlines 

19. 4L-TGM B737-7BK Airzena Georgian Airways 

D-AFKB Fokker 100 Contact Air for DLH div EDDS 20 

D-AFKC Fokker 100 Contact Air f/v for DLH div EDDS 

EI-DSY A320-216 Air One f/v for AZA 

EI-XLS Ce560XLS Airlink Airways 20 +28 

G-OCJZ Ce525A Go West f/v 20 

HA-LQB DHC-8-402 Malév 

N184PA G-III N184PA LLC f/v div EDDS 20 

N487EV B747-230BF Evergreen Int’l Airlines div EDFH 

OK-VFI ATR42-320 CSA f/v div EDDS 

OO-ACC Ce525A Air Service Liège f/v 20 

TC-IZR A319-132 Izair/Pegasus for PGT div EDDS 

20. F-GKXZ A320-214 Air France f/v 

HZ-KSDC Falcon 2000 NetJets Middle East 22 

P4-VVF Global Express Global Jet Luxembourg 

SP-MRB Saab 340A/QC Sky Taxi a/w +27,28 

21. B-KAF B747-412BCF Cathay Pacifi c Cargo f/v 

N933H G550 Honeywell f/v 

22. 9A-CDB MD-83 Dubrovnik Airline 

B-2173 MD-11F China Cargo Airlines div ELLX 

D-AALB B777-FZNLR AeroLogic f/v +23-25 

D-BCLA CL-300 Hapag-Lloyd Express f/v 

EC-ILO A321-211 Iberia 

N589FE MD-11F FedEx Express div EDFH 


N596FE MD-11F FedEx Express div EDFH 

23. D-HSKM A109S Helicopter Travel Munich f/v 

EC-HDP A320-214 Iberia/OneWorld 

EI-JIV L-100-30 Air Contractors 25 

HB-VOW Ce525B Swiss Private Aviation f/v 

LX-LGE DHC-8-402 Luxair f/v 

OO-ACO Ce510 Air Service Liège f/v 

24. D-ABFC A320-214 Air-Berlin f/v 

EI-OZD A300B4-203F DHL/Air Contractors f/v 

HZ-AS11 A320-214 Saudi Arabian Airlines f/v 

25. CS-TNV A320-214 TAP Air Portugal f/v 

EC-IGK A321-211 Iberia 

F-GTAR A321-211 Air France 

N202VZ G450 Verizon Corporate Serv. f/v 26 

26. 7O-ADV A310-325ET Yemenia f/v 

F-HGBY BAe125-900XP Challenger Luxembourg f/v 

HB-GPS Beech B200GT Family Airline f/v 

HZ-AS16 A320-214 Saudi Arabian Airlines f/v 

N523MC B747-2D7BF Atlas Air div EDFH 

N925AK Falcon 2000EX Flip Acquisitions f/v 

PH-AHQ B767-383ER ArkeFly 28 % 

27. D-CAST Ce525B Triple Alpha f/v 

EI-OZH A300B4-203F DHL/Air Contractors f/v 

HB-ZUV AW139 Swiss Jet f/v 

LY-OOV ATR42-310F Danu Oro Transportas for FDX 

N283UP MD-11F UPS f/v div EDDK 28 

YU-BNA Falcon 50 Serbia Gvmt 

28. I-FXRH P180 Foxair f/v 29 

N407NS G-IVSP NAS - Nat’l Air Services f/v 

OK-KKG ERJ135BJ Grossmann Jet Service 

30. A6-EWE B777-21HLR Emirates 

I-ADCE ATR72-212A Air Dolomiti f/v for DLH 

N588AT G450 f/v 

31. F-HBOY A310-324ET Blue Line 01 % 

G-ECOC DHC-8-402 fl yBE f/v 

The Luzair B767 on the 11th could also be seen on the 13th, 

15th, 18th and 20th of this month. The aircraft was still all white 

without titles and operated for Safi Airlines, Afghanistan. 

Credit: Manfred Kaspczak/Rhein-Main Aviation Society. 

Stuttgart January 2010 

02. F-ORAF A319-132 Belle Air 

03. D-AIHY A340-642X Lufthansa div EDDF 

D-AIKB A330-343X Lufthansa div EDDF 

D-AIKM A330-343X Lufthansa div EDDF 

D-AISX A321-231 Lufthansa div EDDF 

LN-RKI A321-232 SAS 

Another fi rst visit at Frankfurt is this A320 HZ-AS31. Saudi Arabian Airlines is using this type of aircraft for their scheduled fl ight from 

Frankfurt to Riyadh. (Frankfurt, 5 January 2010, Edward Kleiser)

Boeing delivered this B747 to All Nippon Airways in 1997, that converted it to a domestic version (400D) in 2003. In 2008 the aircraft 

was sold and converted to a freighter version. Since March 2009 Yangtze River Express Airlines has been the new owner of the 

B-2435. (Luxembourg-Findel, 26 January 2010, Coert van Breda) 

OE-LBS A320-214 Austrian Airlines div EDDF 

OH-LVL A319-112 Finnair 

06. VP-CFP Ce680 Trevo Aviation +10,20 

07. D-BGAS Do328-300 DCS Aviation 10 

N184PA G-III N184PA LLC 

08. N203A G550 APC Aviation f/v 09 

N373AB Ce750 Salem Aviation +15 

09. F-HBLD ERJ190AR Air France/Régional +25 

F-ORAD A320-233 Belle Air 

HS-TGM B747-4D7 Thai Airways Int’l div EDDF 

10. TC-JIH A340-313X THY Turkish Airlines 

TC-SKN B737-94XER Sky Airlines 

12. N620K Global Express Eastman Kodak 13 

13. A6-RJB G300 Royal Jet 

EC-HJC SA226TC Zorex Air Transport 

15. 5B-DBV B737-8Q8 EuroCypria 

D-AOLT Saab 2000 OLT 17 

D-HAUN EC145 Meravo 

OE-LNK B737-8Z9 Lauda Air +18 

YR-GCI Ce560XLS PA & CO Int’l f/v 

16. SP-LLK B737-4Q8 LOT Charters 

18. D-BADC Do328-310 ADAC/Aerodienst 

D-HHHH A109E HTM Jet Service 

D-HSPZ S269D SP Helicopter Service 

LZ-FNB Ce525A Avio Delta 19 

TC-ARB CL-300 Arkasair 

VP-CHH CL-605 Aviamax Aviation 

19. SP-ZSZ CL-300 Blue Jet 20 

20. A6-RJZ B737-7Z5 Royal Jet 

F-HBLI ERJ190LR Air France/Régional 

G-EUXI A321-231 British Airways 

N27UB Ce525B FlightPartner 

N144EA Eclipse 500 Aircraft Guaranty +25 

23. OE-LNT B737-8Z9 Lauda Air 

24. D-AIKO A330-343E Lufthansa div EDDF 

LZ-GEN Ce550B Business Air 25 

N46BE Ce525A Niros Aviation 

OE-LDD A319-112 Austrian Airlines div EDDF 

OH-LVF A319-112 Finnair 

25. OE-LNJ B737-8Z9 Lauda Air 

26. OM-OPA Ce525B Opera Jet 

27. D-ABFC A320-214 Air-Berlin f/v 

N69LJ Lj60 Formula 1 Flight Operation 

N70EW Global Express East West Air 29 

VP-CVP Beech 400A Blue Sky Airservice 

28. A7-HHM A330-202 Qatar Amiri Flight +31 n/t 

HS-TGN B747-4D7 Thai Airways Int’l div EDDF 

RA-76951 Il-76TD-90VD Volga-Dnepr 29 


VP-CBN A319-115X DC Aviation f/v 

29. D-CAHH Ce680 Aerowest f/v 

N354PH DHC-8-202 L-3 Systems 

OE-LNR B737-8Z9 Lauda Air 

RA-76950 Il-76TD-90VD Volga-Dnepr 


Luxembourg 

Luxembourg January 2010 

02. HB-JVC Fokker 100 Helvetic Airways for SWR 

TF-NPB Do328-310 Icejet 

03. HB-JVF Fokker 100 Helvetic Airways for SWR 

04. F-HSEA B747-422 CorsairFly 

05. OK-ACH Ce550B ABS Jets 

S5-BAW Ce525B Linxair Business Airlines 

06. F-HSUN B747-422 CorsairFly 

08. HB-JVE Fokker 100 Helvetic Airways for SWR 

N191AM PA-31P Int’l Air Services 

09. HB-JVG Fokker 100 Helvetic Airways for SWR +27 

N69LJ Lj60 Formula 1 Flight Operation 

N768SX S-76B Wings Venture 

10. CS-TJG A321-211 TAP Portugal 

HB-IPX A319-112 Swiss Int’l 

PH-OFP Fokker 100 KLM Cityhopper +17 

11. F-HKIS B747-422 CorsairFly 

14. 3A-MRG Ce525B Air Print 

D-AKNL A319-112 Germanwings 

F-GPYK ATR42-512 Air France/Airlinair div LFJL+26 

UR-CBF An-12A Aero-Vis Airlines 

15. CN-TJD Beech 400A Tafarayt Jet 

N35KN Ce401 

N487EV B747-230BF Evergreen Int’l Airlines 

16. CS-TNV A320-214 TAP Portugal f/v 

17. HB-IJJ A320-214 Swiss Int’l +31 

PH-OFE Fokker 100 KLM Cityhopper +31 

19. D-AKNT A319-112 GermanWings 

HB-IPU A319-112 Swiss Int’l 

20. N2348W PA-31T FGW Aviation 

S5-BAR Ce525A Linxair Business Airlines +26 

VP-BRA Falcon 2000EX EF Education 

21. EI-RJY BAe146-RJ85A CityJet 

N517MC B747-243BF Atlas Air 

22. N200NA Beech B200 Trüb Emulsions Chemie 

23. HB-AES Do328-110 Skywork Airlines 

24. HB-IJQ A320-214 Swiss Int’l 

25. F-HLOV B747-422 CorsairFly 

N758SA B747-281F Southern Air for CLX

26. N501GR Ce501 Bleed Air 

27. HB-ZDR SA365N Swift Copters 

28. OO-DPM B757-200SF DHL Airways/EAT 

29. UR-CAH An-12BK Meridian n/t 

30. OO-DJL BAe146-RJ85 Brussels Airlines div EBBR 

OO-DJR BAe146-RJ85 Brussels Airlines div EBBR 

OO-DJW BAe146-RJ85 Brussels Airlines div EBBR 

OO-DWC BAe146-RJ100 Brussels Airlines div EBBR 

OO-DWH BAe146-RJ100 Brussels Airlines div EBBR 

OO-DWK BAe146-RJ100 Brussels Airlines div EBBR 

OO-VEH B737-36N Brussels Airlines div EBBR 

OO-VET B737-4Q8 Brussels Airlines div EBBR 

PH-OFN Fokker 100 KLM Cityhopper 

Credit: Mike Moro. 

United Kingdom 

Farnborough January 2010 

05. M-FUAD G550 Future Pipe Aviation +18 

M-VRNY G550 Mirtos 

M-WMWM Ce525A Standard Aviation 

N5UU Global Express Final Sequel Newco based 

VP-CEB Global Express Global Jet Luxembourg +25 

VQ-BIS Global Express Gama Aviation 

18. 9H-AFQ CL-605 Comlux Malta 

EI-XLS Ce560XLS Airlink Airways 

HB-AES Do328-110 Skywork Airlines +25 

M-NGSN PC-12/47 N. Stolt-Nielsen * 

N119AK Raytheon 4000 Horizon Air Charters 

N300GP CL-300 Glen West 

N666NF Hawker 750 Aircraft Guaranty +25 

TF-NPA Do328-310 Icejet 

VP-CAU Global 5000 JetAlliance 

VP-CHH CL-605 Aviamax Aviation 

VP-CJC Global XRS Avpro +26 

ZS-BOT BAe125-900XP NAC - Nat’l Airways 

25. A6-AAM A318-122X Dana Executive Jets 26 

C-GIWZ Ce750 Uniform Yankee Juliet Air 

HB-AEU Do328-310 Air Engiadina 

M-FMHG G-IV Future Aviation 26 +29/30 

M-HOIL Lj60 Begal Air 

M-HSNT CL-300 Unisky 26 +29/30 

S5-ADD CL-605 Elitavia 

TC-ATP Ce680 Gozen Air Service 

VP-BGS Lj60 Gulf Global Services +29/30 

26. N737RJ Ce501 Aviation Equipment Leasing 

VP-BZL B737-8DV Lowa 

VP-CHA Falcon 900DX TAG Aviation 

29. M-NINE Beech G58 Larvotto 

N60125 Beech 350 

VP-BCC CRJ200ER Consolidated Contractors 

YR-RPR Ce560XL Eurojet Romania 30 

Credit: John Leadbetter. 

London-Heathrow December 2009 

01. A4O-DD A330-343E Oman Air f/v 

A6-ALN B777-2ANER Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight 05 

A6-YAS B747-4F6 Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight 

D-ACNH CRJ900LR Eurowings f/v for DLH 

G-MROO Ce525A Rooney Air f/v 02 for HGR 

M-GBAL Global XRS Noclaf 02 

V8-BKH A340-212 Brunei Royal Flight 

VP-BAR Falcon 7X Armad 

VP-BRM B737-75U Dobro 

YR-BGS B737-8GJ TAROM f/v 

02. AP-OOI A310-304 Pakistan Gvmt 03 

LN-SOV Ce680 Sundt Air f/v 

N59AP G-IVSP Computer Sciences dep 

OE-FCB Ce510 GlobeAir f/v 

VQ-BEE A321-211 Aerofl ot f/v 

VQ-BEF A321-211 Aerofl ot f/v 

03. SX-DVW A320-232 Aegean Airlines f/v 

04. A6-DFR B737-7BC Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight 

A7-AAG A320-232 Qatar Aw/Amiri Flt 05+13/4,22 

05. 9H-AFK A319-115X Champion Air 

D-AFKF Fokker 100 Contact Air/Star for DLH+12,17 


D-AVIB ERJ135BJ Vibroair f/v 06 

EC-LBO Ce550 Air Taxi & Charter Int’l f/v 

N282AY A330-243 US Airways f/v 

VQ-BDD A318-112CJ Jordan Gvmt 06 +09,18,21,24 

06. CS-TNU A320-214 TAP Portugal f/v 

SX-OAS A320-232 Olympic Air f/v 

07. N468QS G450 NetJets f/v +11 

08. A6-DAS B737-7Z5 Royal Jet 

A7-AAM Global Express Qatar Amiri Flight 09 

A9C-BA B727-2M7 Bahrain Royal Flight 09 

A9C-BAH G-IVSP Bahrain Roy. 09+14/15,17,18,31 

OE-LNT B737-8Z9 Lauda Air f/v for AUA 

09. ZH872 Hercules C4 LTW f/v RRR4564 

A6-RJZ B737-7Z5 Royal Jet 

YU-BNA Falcon 50 Serbia Gvmt +11,14,16 

10. A6-HRM B747-422 Dubai Air Wing 15 +29 

11. SX-RFA B757-23N Gainjet +12,14 

12. 5B-DBV B737-8Q8 EuroCypria 

EZ-A007 B737-7GR Turkmenistan Airlines f/v 

HB-JET Falcon 2000EX Dasnair f/v 

13. 5N-MJO B737-86N Arik Air f/v +16 

F-GNLK Fokker 100 Air France/Régional 

N4PG G-IVSP Proctor & Gamble f/v 15 

TC-DGN Falcon 2000EX Dogan Aviation 

14. F-HCPE P180 Pan Européenne Air Service f/v 

SU-GCN B737-866 Egypt Air f/v 

15. A7-HJJ A330-203 Qatar Airways/Amiri Flight 17 

RA-09008 Falcon 900EX Gazpromavia +17 

SX-MFA G550 Gainjet Aviation f/v 

VQ-BEG A321-211 Aerofl ot f/v 

16. A6-EDF A380-861 Emirates f/v 

A7-BBD B777-2DZLR Qatar Airways 

17. PH-KZS Fokker 70 KLM Cityhopper f/v for KLM 

18. A9C-BHR G450 Bahrain Royal Flight 22 

F-GMLI MD-83 Blue Line +21 

G-EUNA A318-112 British Airways f/v div EGLC 

G-GBTA B737-436 British Airways div EGKK 

G-OROO Ce560XLS Rooney Air f/v for HGR 

G-STRW B757-28A Astraeus f/v for BMA n/t +23 

I-FXRI P180 Foxair f/v 19 

TF-NPA Do328-310 Icejet 

VQ-BCV A330-343E Aerofl ot f/v 

19. F-GKPD ATR72-202 Air France/Airlinair a/w +20-24 

F-GNLI Fokker 100 Air France/Régional 

G-MAJK BAe4100 Air Kilroe/Eastern Airways 

LN-RNU B737-783 SAS f/v 

OY-NCL Do328-310 British Airways/Sun-Air f/v 

VQ-BCE G450 Jordan Gvmt +24 

20. D-AIZB A320-214 Lufthansa f/v 

G-EHMS MD900 Virgin HEMS f/v 

21. F-GPYO ATR42-512 Air France/Airlinair 

N999NB G-IVSP f/v 22 

22. A7-HHK A340-211 Qatar Airways/Amiri Flight 23 

D-AIHF A340-642 Lufthansa f/v 

M-JANP Global XRS Joannou & Paraskevaides f/v 24 

N60FK Falcon 2000LX Childress Klein f/v div EGGW 24 

N283AY A330-243 US Airways f/v 

23. A6-AIN B737-7Z5 Royal Jet 24 

D-ABVB B747-430 Lufthansa 

D-AFKB Fokker 100 Contact Air for DLH 

EC-IVJ Ce525 Executive Airlines f/v 

G-LSAD B757-236 Jet2 f/v 

24. HZ-APF MD-90-30 Saudi Arabian Airlines 

N282Q G-V North Carolina Air & Travl f/v 

25. A6-EDG A380-861 Emirates f/v 

A6-HHH G-IVSP Dubai Air Wing 27 

F-GVZN ATR72-212A Air France/Airlinair +26-28 

PH-HZD B737-8K2 Transavia for KLM 

VH-OQE A380-842 QANTAS f/v 

26. A9C-HAK B747SP-Z5 Bahrain Royal Flight 

CS-TNV A320-214 TAP Air Portugal f/v 27 

28. A6-DLM A320-232 Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight 30 

D-AIBA A319-114 Lufthansa f/v 

29. 4K-AZ88 G200 SW Business Aviation f/v 

VP-BVV Falcon 2000EX Oldbury 

30. SP-LIG ERJ175LR LOT f/v 31

January 2010 

01. A6-AFA A330-343E Etihad f/v 

A6-DFR B737-7BC Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight 03 

A9C-BA B727-2M7 Bahrain Royal Flight 02 

EI-EDY A330-302 Aer Lingus f/v 

02. A6-AUH B737-8EX Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight 03 

A7-BAG B777-3DZER Qatar Airways f/v 03 

A9C-BAH G-IVSP Bahrain Royal Flight dep+03/04 

OO-DDA Ce525A Sky Service f/v 

05. A7-HHM A330-202 Qatar Amiri Flight 09 n/t 

D-AEMA ERJ195LR Augsburg Airways f/v for DLH 

F-GPYA ATR42-500 Air France/Airlinair 

G-DAJB B757-2T7ER Monarch f/v? 09 

G-OZBG A321-231 Monarch f/v +12,15 

G-SHEF Global Express TAG Aviation (UK) f/v 07 

G-SYGB Beech B200GT Synergy Aviation f/v 

N176AA B757-223 American Airlines f/v div 

PH-XRV B737-7K2 Transavia f/v 06 

TC-JIK A340-313X THY Turkish Airlines f/v 

06. A7-BAI B777-3DZER Qatar Airways f/v 

A7-HHJ A319-133X Qatar Aw/Amiri Flt +25/26,30/31 

D-ACNG CRJ900LR Eurowings f/v for DLH 

07. ZR323 A109E 32(TR)sq RRR1796 

A7-BBA B777-2DZLR Qatar Airways f/v 

M-GLRS Lj45 Bombardier Transportation 

VT-ALH B777-237LR Air-India f/v 

08. A6-MMM B747-422 Dubai Air Wing 

A9C-BHR G450 Bahrain Royal Flight 11 

09. F-GSNA Falcon 900EX Exair f/v for DSO 

10. A6-DAS B737-7Z5 Royal Jet 11 +28/30 

D-AFKC Fokker 100 Contact Air f/v for DLH 

OO-VES B737-43Q Brussels Airlines f/v 

VQ-BEI A321-211 Aerofl ot f/v 

11. M-FALC Falcon 900EX Noclaf +13/14 

OK-SLX Ce560XL Silesia Air 

TC-GAP G-IV Turkey Gvmt 12 

12. T.18-3 Falcon 900B 451 Esc AME4515 13 ‘45-42’ 

D-ACNI CRJ900LR Eurowings f/v for DLH 

EI-EAV A330-302 Aer Lingus f/v 

SX-DVY A320-232 Aegean Airlines f/v 

13. A6-AIN B737-7Z5 Royal Jet 14 +30 

G-CELC B737-33A Jet2 f/v 14 

SP-LIK ERJ175LR LOT f/v 

14. 12+07 CL-601 FBS BMVg 15 GAF602 

746 C-130H 356MTM/HAF 15 HAF356H 

N710AW Ce750 Doiyatec Communications f/v 15 

OE-GVJ Lj60 Vistajet f/v 15 

OO-VET B737-4Q8 Brussels Airlines f/v 

15. G-CGET B737-33A Jet2 f/v 

HZ-AFU G-IV Saudi Special Flt Services 

16. G-BZOG Do328-110 Scot Airways 

G-CERZ Saab 2000 Eastern Airways 

17. D-AFKF Fokker 100 Contact Air/Star f/v for DLH +31 

EI-OZC A300B4-103F DHL/Air Contractors f/v 18 

EI-REP ATR72-212A Aer Arann f/v +23 

F-GKXZ A320-214 Air France f/v 

M-GBAL Global XRS Noclaf +21,26,27,31 

OE-INT CL-605 VistaJet f/v 

OK-EMA Ce680 Travel Servis f/v 

18. HZ-KSGA G450 NAS - Nat’l Air Service 19 

OO-SKY Ce525A Sky Service f/v 

19. N774XJ Ce750 XOJet f/v 24 

PH-BGH B737-7K2 KLM f/v 

SX-DVH A320-232 Aegean Airlines f/v 

20. G-CELS B737-377 Jet2 f/v 21 

G-FBNK Ce510 TAG Aviation (UK) f/v 

SX-DVQ A320-232 Aegean Airlines f/v 

VH-OQF A380-842 QANTAS f/v 

21. A6-ALN B777-2ANER Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight 22 

A6-EDH A380-861 Emirates f/v 

F-GPYL ATR42-512 Air France/Airlinair a/w f/v 

N178DZ B767-332ER Delta Air Lines div KJFK 

YU-BNA Falcon 50 Serbia Gvmt 23 

22. HZ-KSDC Falcon 2000 NetJets Middle East +23 

N888CX Lj45 Compar Foundation 23 


23. A6-EWI B777-21HLR Emirates f/v 

EI-IRE CL-604 Starair 

EI-WXA BAe146-RJ85A CityJet f/v 

VQ-BAS A319-111 Rossiya f/v 

YU-BRZ Lj31A Avio Service 

24. CS-TFU A319-115LR White f/v 

N828NS BAe125-800XP Nat’l Private Air Service 

25. A7-HJJ A330-203 Qatar Aw/Amiri Flt 26 +27/28 

A9C-BRN G550 Bahrain Royal Flight f/v 27 

26. A6-YAS B747-4F6 Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight 27 

M-GPIK Falcon 50EX Dassault Falcon Leasing +31 

OY-EKS CL-300 Anpartsselskabet f/v for MMD 

SX-DGB A320-232 Aegean Airlines f/v 

27. D-AIZC A320-214 Lufthansa f/v 

F-GMLK MD-83 Blue Line f/v 

G-OMEA Ce560XLS Marshall Executive Avn f/v 

LX-INS Ce560XLS Luxaviation f/v 

N767A B767-2AXER ARAMCO 28 

OE-INS CL-605 VistaJet f/v 

OO-SSP A319-113 Brussels Airlines f/v 

28. G-EUYF A320-232 British Airways f/v del 

N66051 B767-424ER Continental Airlines f/v 

29. F-HBOY A310-324ET Blue Line 


UK-67002 B767-33PER Uzbekistan Airways 

30. EI-OZD A300B4-203F DHL/Air Contractors f/v 

HZ-NSA A310-304 Arabasco 


OD-MRR A320-214 MEA - Middle East Airlines f/v 

31. A6-AFB A330-343E Etihad f/v 

A7-AFE A310-308 Qatar Amiri Flight 

EI-OZB A300B4-103F Air Contractors f/v 

G-OZAT BAe125-900XP Hanger 8 f/v 

N174AA B757-223 American Airlines f/v div EGCC 

ZS-AOL G-V Anglo Operation 

The Delta 767 of the 21st was enroute from Frankfurt, bound 

for the USA. 

Credits: David Apps, Mike Bezzina, Stephen Bowler. 

London-Stansted January 2010 

06. EC-JXR Falcon 2000 Gestair div EGLF 07 

G-BYAX B757-204 Thomsonfl y div EGGW 07 

G-CDZI B737-804 Thomsonfl y div EGKK 07 

G-EOMA A330-243 Monarch div EGKK 07 

G-EZFN A319-111 easyJet div EGKK 07 

G-EZTE A320-214 easyJet div EGKK 07 

G-ODAG Ce525A Edinburgh Air Ch. div EGGW 07 

G-OJMC A330-243 Thomas Cook div EGKK 07 

G-OZBB A320-212 Monarch div EGKK 07 

G-THOP B737-3U3 Thomsonfl y div EGKK 07 

G-VIIO B777-236ER British Airways div EGKK 08 

M-KELY EMB500 Kelly Air 

N816DC Global Express Groom & Cave 

OM-ASD B737-306 Albanian Airlines 

OY-MHA Falcon 2000EX Air Alsie div EGGW 07 

S2-AEU MD-83 United Airways f/v div EGKK 07 

TF-BBH B737-4Y0F Bluebird Cargo for TAY +25,26 

VP-BAE G450 JABJ div EGGW 07 

07. ZE395 BAe125 CC3 32(TR)sq div EGWU +09 

99-0404 C-37A 99th AS 

A4O-OMN B747-430 Oman Royal Flight 

A6-GDP B747-2B4BF Dubai Air Wing a/w,n/t 

A6-NLA ERJ135BJ Prestige Jet Rental 

A6-RJA G300 Royal Jet div EGGW 

EI-WFO Lj45XR Westair Aviation f/v 

G-BYGE B747-436 British Airways div EGKK 08 

G-EZFP A319-111 easyJet div EGKK 

G-EZIH A319-111 easyJet div EGKK 

G-GNTB Saab 340A Loganair 

G-JMAA B757-3CQ Thomas Cook div EGKK 08 

G-LATE Da2000EX Hangar 8 div EGGW 

G-OZBE A321-231 Monarch div EGKK 

G-SABI Falcon 900EX London Executive Avn div EGLC 

G-VIIF B777-236ER British Airways div EGKK 08 

G-VONH AS355F1 Von Essen Aviation div EGLC

LN-DYA B737-8JP Norwegian Air Sh. f/v div EGKK 

LN-NOE B737-8Q8 Norwegian Air Sh. f/v div EGKK 

LN-NOL B737-8Q8 Norwegian Air Sh. f/v div EGKK 

LN-NOM B737-86N Norwegian Air Sh. f/v div EGKK 

LN-NOS B737-8BK Norwegian Air Sh. div EGKK 

N458X G450 Gulfstream Aerospace f/v 

P4-SIS ERJ135BJ KAB Holding 

SX-OAM A320-232 Olympic Air f/v div EGKK 

VP-BSI G550 Seafl ight Aviation +09 

08. 73-1683 C-9C 73rd AS AFRC 09 

G-DHJH A321-211 Thomas Cook div EGKK 

G-MONK B757-2T7ER Monarch 

N520E Global Express Mobil 

09. C-FBNS CL-604 Bank of Novia Scotia 

C-FEMT Lj36A Fox Flight 

C-GIRE Lj35 Skyservice Aviation 

EC-JGN G200 Executive Airlines f/v 

G-LCYA Falcon 900EX LCY Jet Center div EGLC 

HZ-WBT5 BAe125-800A Rotana 

LX-LGA DHC-8-402 Luxair div EGLC 

M-ISLA CL-850 Knightsdene 

N26ME BAe125-700A FBL Jetco 

N768SX S-76B Wings Venture 

OK-TVS B737-4Y0 Travel Service 

SX-DVE BAe146-RJ100 Aegean Aviation % 

TC-JDJ A340-311 THY Turkish Al. f/v div EIDW 

VP-BMB Falcon 900 Veteran Air 

14. CS-DXU Ce560XLS NetJets Europe div EGLC +18 

LX-LGC DHC-8-402 Luxair div EGLC +15 

LX-LGL ERJ135LR Luxair div EGLC 

VQ-BDS G200 18 

15. 9H-AFR Global 5000 Comlux Aviation Malta 18 

G-NIKO A321-211 Thomas Cook 

G-OBYJ B767-304ER Thomsonfl y 

LX-LGD DHC-8-402 Luxair div EGLC +18 

N86LF Raytheon 4000 RC18 f/v 

N525L Ce525B Metro Corral Partners 

N710AW Ce750 Doiyatec Communications 

N6405K BAe125-750 f/v 16 

P4-ABC CL-604 Global Jet Luxembourg f/v 18 

PP-MJC Falcon 2000EX Igreja Universal do Reino 18 

16. A6-GGP B747-412F Dubai Air Wing 

D2-ANG Global XRS Angola Gvmt 

P4-PAM ERJ135BJ Petroff Air 29 

SX-IFA MD-83 Gainjet 

VP-CBB B737-8AW Bosco Aviation/Bugshan 

18. EI-EKB B737-8AS Ryanair f/v 

EI-RJD BAe146-RJ85 CityJet div EGLC 

EI-RJR BAe146-RJ85 Air France/CityJet div EGLC 

EI-RJT BAe146-RJ85 CityJet div EGLC 

EI-RJU BAe146-RJ85 CityJet div EGLC 

EI-RJX BAe146-RJ85 Air France/Cityjet div EGLC 

G-HUBY ERJ135BJ London Executive Avn f/v 19 

G-LCYD ERJ170STD British Aw/Cityfl yer div EGLC 

G-LCYH ERJ170STD British Aw/Cityfl yer f/v div EGLC 

G-SMAN A330-243 Monarch +19 

HB-IXS BAe146-RJ100 Swiss European div EGLC 

HB-IXW BAe146-RJ100 Swiss European div EGLC 

HB-JQA DHC-8-402 FlyBaboo f/v div EGLC 

VP-CSB Global 5000 Aprilia Holding +26 

19. P4-MSG ERJ135BJ HWC Aviation 

VP-BKS B767-3P6ER Kalair 

23. A6-FLH G450 Falcon Aviation Services 26 

F-GIXF B737-3B3QC Europe AirPost 

G-MONS A300B4-605R Monarch 

G-OZBR A321-231 Monarch 

M-ERRY S-76B Trurstair 

N96AD G150 GB Enterprises 24 

N2767 B767-238ER Google 

OO-TNJ B737-301F TNT Airways 

TC-DOY BAe125-850XP Doysa Air f/v 26 

24. 01-0041 C-40B 1st AS 26 

D-AHXF B737-7K5 TUIfl y for BER 

LX-GCV B747-4R7F Cargolux 

N7600K B737-7BC SAS Institute 25 

OO-KRC CL-604 Flying Group f/v 


XA-FMX Ce750 Aerocer 

25. A4O-AB G-IV Oman Royal Flight 26 

OO-TAF BAe146-300QT TNT Airways +29 

OO-TNC B737-301 TNT Airways +29 

P4-HEC EC155B R. Abramovich 26 

P4-MES B767-33AER Global Jet Luxembourg 26 

TF-FIE B737-3S3F Icelandair Cargo for TAY +26 

VP-BKQ Bell 430 Jud Investments 

VP-BWR B737-79T Usal 

26. HZ-101 B737-8DP 1sq/Royal Flt Saudi AF 

98-0001 C-32A 1st AS +28 

HZ-HA1 G-IITT Harth Trading 

LY-OOV ATR42-310F Danu Oro Transportas for FDX 

M-PHNM EMB500 TRG 

N1FE Global Express Federal Express Leasing 28 

N710WJ G-IV W&J Air f/v 

OY-SRG B767-204ERSF Maersk/Star Air for UPS 

RA-96018 Il-96-300 Rossiya 

TC-RKS Lj60 Rikos Turizm 

28. N550PM G550 f/v 29 

N799WW Global Express Wideworld Services 29 

29. EC-JUG MD-83 United Nations/Swiftair a/w f/v 

EI-RJV BAe146-RJ85 Cityjet div EGLC 

G-BZAY BAe146-RJ100 British Aw/BA Connect div EGLC 

N715CK B747-209BF Kalitta Air f/v 

OO-TNA B737-3T0F TNT Airways 

31. CS-DTH Lj60XR Tires f/v 

Not clearly identifi ed were another USAF Gulfstream on the 7th 

and an US-registered corporate B737 on the 9th. The Maersk/ 

Star Air B767 on the 26th took over the freight from UPS B767 

N305UP which went ‘technical’. 

Credits: Paul Crew. 

Norwich January 2010 

02. EC-HGO B737-85P Air Europa 

03. HA-LMB Fokker 70 Malév arr % 

I-BIXK A321-112 Alitalia dep % 

I-BIXO A321-112 Alitalia 12 % 

04. SX-BIR DHC-8-102 Olympic Air 21 % 

06. G-TABS EMB110P1 Skydrift +07,11,13,18,25,30,31 

07. G-OBYI B767-304ER Thomsonfl y 

08. M-SVGN Ce680 Vocalion +10 

09. HA-LMB Fokker 70 Carpatair dep % 

OK-TVB B737-8CX Travel Service Airlines 15 % 

OO-TAU BAe146-300QT TNT Airways 

12. G-EZKD B737-73V easyJet 28 % 

G-JEDM DHC-8-402 fl yBE 20 % 

OE-LNS B737-8Z9 Lauda Air arr % 

OO-TAA BAe146-300QT TNT Airways dep % 

13. EC-GVE SA227AC AeroNova +14,27 

14. EI-RJE BAe146-RJ85 Air France/CityJet 31 % 

EI-RJK BAe146-RJ85 Air France/CityJet dep % 

15. N119JT A119 Skyrunner Aviation 

18. HA-LPD A320-233 Wizz Air 26 % 

OO-VLT Fokker 50 VLM arr % 

19. G-MAFF BN-2T Cobham Leasing for WDG +20 

OE-LNO B737-7Z9 Lauda Air arr % 

OE-LNS B737-8Z9 Austrian Airlines dep % 

20. EC-HCH SA227AC AeroNova 

22. G-OBYE B767-304ER Thomsonfl y 

M-LEAR Lj31 TNT Airways +23 

23. OO-TAY BAe146-200QT TNT Airways 

25. D-ABBP B737-86J Air-Berlin arr % 

OO-VLN Fokker 50 VLM arr % 

26. G-EZKC B737-73V easyJet arr % 

27. OE-LNQ B737-8Z9 Lauda Air arr % 

28. OE-LNO B737-7Z9 Austrian Airlines dep % 

OO-TAJ BAe146-300QT TNT Airways arr % 

29. OO-VLT Fokker 50 CityJet dep % 

31. EI-RJI BAe146-RJ85 Air France/CityJet arr % 

Credits: Ian Cockerton, Ian McLaren. 

General credit: Airline List.

A full page of Innsbruck pictures because of the nice scenery. We start with this A321 OE-LBD of Austrian. 

(Innsbruck, 3 January 2010, Lars Hoebers) 

Just after take-off and retracting his main gear, this Yak-42 of Biznes-Aero is seen departing Innsbruck. The RA-42344 is wearing a 

good looking white and gold colour scheme. (Innsbruck, 2 January 2010, Tom Neu) 

It is 2 January 2010 and if you look closely there is no snow on the ground at Innsbruck. All over Europe there was a lot of snow 

but not here... In the wintertime you fi nd a lot of charters at this airport. SkyTaxi is a charter airline based in Wroclaw, Poland. They 

operrate cargo and passenger fl ights with two Saab 340s. One of them is this SP-MRC. (Innsbruck, 2 January 2010, Lars Hoebers) 

Scramble 370 - Page 21

Military Movements Elsewhere 

Although there is no snow visible on this picture, the effect of it is clearly visible. The bottom of the aircraft is well lighted because of 

the refl ection of the sunlight on the snow. Add some “winter light” and you have a great picture as can be seen here. 

Germany 

Geilenkirchen January 2010 

06. 59-1461 KC-135R 168th ARS AK ANG 15 

62-3571 KC-135R 168th ARS AK ANG 15 

RA-76403 Il-76TD Air Company Continent 

13. 4K-AZ31 Il-76TD Silkway 

15. T.21-05/35-42 C295M 353 Esc 

16. 86-0203 C-20B 99th AS Razor02 

18. 59-1475 KC-135R 92nd ARW 29 Expo83 

64-14838 KC-135R 92nd ARW 29 Expo82 

19. U-05 Fokker 50 334sq 

84-00160 C-12U-3 F/6-52nd AVN 

25. 4K-AZ01 Il-76TD Silkway 

27. TC-ACE A300F4-203 ACT Cargo 

A very slow month for Frisbee in January with not less then just 

four tankers. The visitor of the month was a Spanish Getafe 

based Casa 295. 

Credit: Bill de Koning. 

Hohn January 2010 

21. 623/112-AW Mirage F1CR ER01.033 

657/112-CL Mirage F1CR ER01.033 

37+65 F-4F JG71 

43+65 Tornado IDS JBG31 

22. 38+64 F-4F JG71 

Two French Mirage F1s were on TDY . It is unclear when they 

departed. 

Köln-Bonn January 2010 

01. 15001 CC-150 437sq +3,12,15,16 

05. 900531 C-26D Naples AOD CVY61S2 

A6-ESH A319-133X UAE Amiri Flight SHJ01 

06. 095/YM EMB121AA EAT00.319 FAF6794 

07. 15002 CC-150 437Sq CFC3457 

50+98 C-160D LTG61 +15,23 

51+06 C-160D LTG63 

900531 C-26D Naples AOD CVY61S1 

11. 50+62 C-160D LTG62 

50+87 C-160D LTG63 +12,17 

0217 M-28B/PT 36.SPLT 

12. 50+82 C-160D LTG63 

50+91 C-160D LTG62 

51+15 C-160D LTG61 

84-0112 C-21A 76th AS Jalop21 


79-23330 UH-60A 1-214th AVN Army23330 

165833 C-40A VR 59 CVY4527 

5A-DRL Ce560XLS Libyan Air Ambulance +21 

13. 50+48 C-160D LTG61 +14 

14. 50+10, 50+33 C-160D LTG62 

50+56 C-160D LTG63 

50+91 C-160D LTG62 

50+96 C-160D LTG61 +19 

LX-N90449 E-3A NAEW&CF 

048 Yak-40 36.SPLT PLF031 

T-783 Falcon 50 LTDB SUI783 

16. 50+69 C-160D LTG61 

99-0060 C-17A 62AW 

18. 15004 CC-150 437Sq CFC3254 

50+56 C-160D LTG63 +19 

20. 50+84 C-160D LTG61 

50+94, 51+02 C-160D LTG63 

82+61 EC135T1 HFWS 

746 C-130H 356MTM 

21. 43+32 Tornado IDS JBG31 

82+61, 82+65 EC135T1 HFWS Heli327 

26. 15003 CC-150 437Sq +28 

04-4138 C-17A 452nd AMW RCH342 

28. 50+85, 51+02 C-160D LTG63 

29. U-05 Fokker 50 334sq NAF50 

30. 51+04 C-160D LTG61 

Credit: Aviation Friends Cologne/Bonn. 

Münich January 2010 

10. 3C-EGE B737-7B Equatorial Guinea Gvmt 11 

05-0932 C-40B 73rd AS AFRC 11 

22. 11-111/90401 B737-4Z6 RThAF/602sq 

25. 9K-AJD G-V VIP Transport 

26. 9M-NAA A319CJ RMAF/2Skn 27 

29. A6-HRS B737-7Z5 Dubai Air Wing 

The 10th started with a B737NG from the Equatorial Guinea 

government, it departed the next day. The same day an American 

B737 attended the Bayern airfi eld. The 73rd AS AFRC sent 

one of their new C-40Bs. Twelve days latter the well known Thai 

Air Force B737 made a short visit. The 25th saw the VIP transport 

Gulfstream from the Kuwait government. The 26th had an 

Malaysian Air Force A319 and the month was closed with a 

B737 (again) from Dubai. 

Credit: Aviation Friends Munich. 

(Ramstein, 16 February 2010, Toon Cox)

Nörvenich January 2010 

06. H07, H36 A109BA 17sq MRH 

31+16 EF2000 JBG31 arr 


11. D-HEGD SA330 Bundespolizei 

17. 30+23 EF2000 JBG31 arr 

18. CH12 C-130H 20sm 

D-HVBC EC135T1 Bundespolizei 

21. 38+46 F-4F JG71 +24 

38+60 F-4F JG71 

43+07 Tornado IDS JBG33 +27 



45+53 Tornado IDS JBG33 +27 

23. 44+33 Tornado IDS JBG33 

24. LX-N90456 E-3A NAEW&CF * 

27. 12+03 CL-601 FBS BMVg * 


D-HEGW SA330 Bundespolizei 

The month started with two Bierset A109s from 17sq MRH. Another 

German airbase which saw the introduction of “the” next 

generation fi ghter aircraft is Nörvenich. The fi rst “new”JBG31 

EF2000 landed on the 6th after it was fl own from Laage, home 

of JG73. Another ex JG73 EF2000 came on the 17th. The 18th 

saw another Belgium military aircraft, this time a Melsbroek 

Herc. The 21st was the busiest day of the months with seven 

visiting aircraft, among them two smoking Phantoms. 

Ramstein December 2009 

01. R153/61-ZS C-160R ET03.061 CTM1120 

81-0965/SP A-10C 81st FS * 

82-0650 A-10C 81st FS * 

91-0352/SP F-16CM 23rd FS * 

91-0360/SP F-16CM 23rd FS * 

91-0414/SP F-16CM 23rd FS * 

91-0481/SP F-16DM 23rd FS * 

74-1661 C-130H 317th AG RCH580 

59-1450 KC-135R 197th ARS AZ ANG RCH9450 

61-0307 KC-135R 459th ARW AFRC Deecee94 

63-8032 KC-135R 434th ARW AFRC +03,05,07 

900528 C-26D AOD Sigonella CNV61S4 

87-00073 CH-47D B/5-158th AVN 11 

88-00101 CH-47D B/5-158th AVN 11 

88-00106 CH-47D B/5-158th AVN 

89-00141 CH-47D B/5-158th AVN 07 

89-00145 CH-47D B/5-158th AVN 11 

83-23882 UH-60A 1st SB MFO 11 

88-26081 UH-60A 1st SB MFO 11 

94-26572 UH-60L A/5-158th AVN 11 

94-26573 UH-60L A/5-158th AVN 11 

94-26577 UH-60L A/5-158th AVN 11 

97-26766 UH-60L A/5-158th AVN 11 

02. 84+25 CH-53GS MTHR15 * GARN18 

84-0187 KC-10A 60th AMW RCH225 

62-3565/D KC-135R 351st ARS Koo05 

87-00072 CH-47D B/5-158th AVN 07 

89-00138 CH-47D B/5-158th AVN 07 

03. 05-0932 C-40C 73rd AS AFRC Spar22 

89-00142 CH-47D B/5-158th AVN 11 

89-00143 CH-47D B/5-158th AVN 11 

89-00163 CH-47D B/5-158th AVN 19 

04. LX-N90454 E-3A NAEW&CF *NATO09 

01-0076 C-37A 309th AS 06 Spar75 

74-1673 C-130H 317th AG RCH585 

05. 01-0040 C-40B 1st AS SAM6204 

06. 58-0057 KC-135R 174 ARS IA ANG +08,10,12,14 

07. 86-0028 KC-10A 305th AMW +08 RCH250 

82-0056 C-130H 144th AS AK ANG RCH601 

89-00144 CH-47D B/5-158th AVN 19 

08. 79-1711 KC-10A 305th AMW 10 RCH228 

63-8887 KC-135R 22nd ARW RCH449 

09. MM54504/61-52 MB339A 213°Gruppo SVBIA 

91-0414/SP F-16CM 23rd FS * 

96-0082/SP F-16CM 23rd FS * 

10. 06-4632 C-130J-30 41st AS RCH598 

58-0076 KC-135R 434th ARW AFRC RCH8076 


11. ST42 SF260D 5sm BAF155 

58-0100/D KC-135R 351st ARS Quid95 




12. 62-3506 KC-135R 133rd ARS NH ANG 14 

900528 C-26D AOD Sigonella CNV61S2 

14. 79-1949 KC-10A 305th AMW RCH386 

15. ST47 SF260D 5sm BAF152 

095/YM EMB121AA EAT00.319 FAF6794 

098/YO EMB121AA EAT00.319 FAF6795 

01-0030 C-37A 310th AS Spar25 

64-14865/FT HC-130P 71st RQS RCH4865 

60-0328/D KC-135R 351st ARS Koo05 

62-3506 KC-135R 133rd ARS NH ANG RCH103 

97-00102 UC-35A F/6-52nd AVN Duke11 

97-01944 C-37A OSACOM/PAT PAT44 

17. 06-0500 C-37B 99th AS SAM6269 

02-0202 C-40C 201st AS 19 Boxer42 

02-0203 C-40C 201st AS 19 Boxer43 


62-3506 KC-135R 133rd ARS NH ANG +19-22 

910502 C-26D AOD Naples CNV61S2 

18. 85-0049 C-20C 99th AS SAM50049 

62-3498 KC-135R 22nd ARW Blue85 


19. 99-0004 C-32A 1st AS SAM6231 

97-01944 C-37A OSACOM/PAT PAT44 

20. 02-01863 C-37A OSACOM/PAT PAT63 

62-3509 KC-135R 916th ARW AFRC +22,24,26 

21. 016 C295M 13.eltr 

ZZ174 C-17A 99sq Ascot6850 

05-4613 C-40C 73rd AS AFRC Spar16 


79-1712 KC-10A 305th AMW RCH436 

23. ZH880 Hercules C5 LTW 

09-0623 MC-12W 362nd ERS Badly21 

58-0001/D KC-135R 351st ARS RCH389 

27. 57-1435 KC-135R 191st ARS UT ANG +29,31 


85-0028 KC-10A 305th AMW 30 Gold01 

85-0032 KC-10A 305th AMW 30 Gold11 

85-0034 KC-10A 305th AMW RCH882 

62-3509 KC-135R 916th ARW AFRC RCH180 

30. 86-0035 KC-10A 305th AMW Gold21 

31. 022 C295M 13.eltr 

62-1793 C-130E 19th AW RCH274 

92-0364/LN F-15E 494th FS Mazda75 

December regular visitors: 

60th AMW C-5B: 

86-0015 07,08,12-17 87-0028 02,03 

86-0016 08,09 87-0030 02,04,5,15-17,27-31 

86-0024 10,11 87-0036 21-24 

86-0026 01-03,6-12 87-0044 16,17,19-26,27-30 

C-17A: 

06-6154 01,02,15-30 06-6161 15-23 

06-6155 18-23,24-27 06-6163 25 

06-6156 06,07,11,12,19,20,31 06-6164 02,03,04 

06-6157 01,02,06 07-7172 03,04,12-14,21,22 

06-6158 21 07-7179 22,23,25,31 

06-6159 01,03,19 

62nd AW C-17A: 

88-0265 01,06,17,18 00-0181 03,04,07,10,11,12 

88-0266 04 00-0182 07,09,10 

89-1190 04,18,19-22,28,29 00-0183 23,24,30 

90-0535 24-26,30,31 00-0184 06,07,13,19,20 

92-3293 14,15,31 00-0185 01,30 

93-0601 04,05,06,30,31 00-0186 19,20,30 

95-0106 01,02,11,12,20-24, 00-0187 15 

25,26 02-1102 06 

96-0008 06,07,18,19,31 02-1103 01,02,05,06,07,11,12, 

97-0042 01,02,06,07,08 21-25,27,28 

98-0056 01,09 02-1105 01,02,13,14,15,17 

99-0058 01,11,12,25 02-1106 15

99-0060 03,04,05,13-15 02-1107 09-11 

99-0061 15-19 02-1108 03,06,7,22-25,26-28 

99-0064 15,22-26,27,28 02-1109 24-27,30 

00-0177 17,18,19,25-27,28,29 02-1110 04,05,06,07,24,25 

00-0178 05,12,13,23,24,31 03-3120 29 

00-0179 14,15,16,25 08-8192 17,18,24 

00-0180 01,14,15,27-30 

305th AMW C-17A: 

03-3125 19,20 04-4132 08-12,24-26,27,28 

04-4128 28,29 04-4134 15 

04-4129 11-14,17,25,26 04-4135 15,27-30 

436th AW C-5B: 

84-0061 05,06 85-0001 02-07 

84-0062 03,04 

86-0025 13,14,19,20 

C-5M: 

C-17A: 

06-6166 02,03,05,21,22 07-7174 21,22,23 

06-6167 09,10 07-7175 26 

06-6168 01,02,09,10 07-7177 01,15 

07-7171 15,16,28,29 07-7178 11 

07-7173 01,05 

437th AW C-17A: 

88-0266 02,03 98-0054 17,18,23,24-28 

89-1192 01,02,12-22 01-0189 03-05,11,23-27 

93-0603 02,03 01-0191 06-10,12-14,19,20 

93-0604 31 01-0193 04,13,14,17-19,21-23 

94-0068 25-28 01-0196 02-04,31 

95-0102 05,07,08 01-0197 13,14,15,16,17-20,29 

95-0104 30,31 02-1100 09,10,11-15,17 

95-0105 17-19 02-1101 04,05,11,12 

95-0107 02,05,15,16,18 03-3122 10,11 

96-0004 23,28,29,31 07-7180 17,18,20,21 

96-0006 06,07 07-7181 04,05,09,10,28,29 

97-0041 25,26 07-7183 03,06 

97-0044 11,15-22 07-7186 04,05,06,08,11,12,14, 

97-0047 05,06,10,11,12,27, 21,23,24,31 

29,30 07-7188 16 

97-0048 13-17 08-8191 05,06,09,10,11-20,21 

183rd AS MS ANG C-17A 

02-1112 03,05,08,10,22,24 03-3117 01,10,12,26,28 

03-3113 13,24,26 03-3118 05,15,17,29,31 

03-3114 01,03,21,22 03-3119 17,19,31 

03-3116 05,07,12-15,19-21, 

24,26,31 

433rd AW AFRC C-5A: 

69-0002 12-14,15 


439th AW AFRC C-5B: 

84-0060 22-27 87-0038 09,10 

86-0019 21,22 87-0039 26,27,28 

86-0021 05 87-0043 11-14 

445th AW AFRC C-5A: 

69-0003 09-10,12-19,22,23 70-0457 01,02,04,05 

70-0447 30,31 70-0461 15-17,24,25,27-29 

452nd AMW AFRC C-17A: 

04-4138 21,22 05-5141 19-26 

05-5139 01-12 05-5142 27,28,29,30,31 

05-5141 12-19 05-5143 08-10 

517th AS AK ANG “AK” C-17A: 

99-0169 21,22 00-0173 27,28,29 

00-0171 07-13 

535th AS HI ANG “HH” C-17A 

05-5151 06 

137th AS NY ANG C-5A: 

69-0009 04-07,10,23 69-0012 06,07,31 

155th AS TN ANG C-5A: 

69-0010 01-08,29-31 70-0467 05-07,09,11-23,25-27 

70-0465 10-15,15-17 

167th AS WV ANG C-5A: 

68-0225 08-10,14-16 70-0459 01 

Hercules on TDY base with Deltasquadron 

09. 92-0548 C-130H 40th AS RCH2548 

92-0552 C-130H 40th AS RCH055 

11. 89-9104 C-130H 910th AW dep 

13. 92-1538 C-130H 187th AS WY ANG RCH302 

15. 89-9102 C-130H 910th AW dep 

Stuttgart January 2010 

05. 02-0042 C-40B 76th AS 

09. 92-0375 C-20H 76th AS 

13. 87-0023 MC-130H 7th SOS 

88-1803 MC-130H 7th SOS 

16. 84-0084 C-21A 76th AS 

19. 92-0548 C-130H 463rd AG 

165833 C-40A VR-59 

164762/CW C-130T VR-54 

22. 163692 C-20D VR-1 

25. 99-6143 C-32B 468th FLTS 

27. 678 G-V 352 MMYP 

28. A7-HHM A330-202 Qatar Amiri Flight +31 

30. 97-00102 UC-35A E/6-52nd AVN 


French Air Force VIP aircraft are regular visitors at European airports. Seen here is one of their two Falcon 900s at, a not so regular 

place, Innsbruck airport. The French Air Force have recently acquired two Falcon 7Xs in addition to the Falcon 900. 

(3 January 2010, Lars Hoebers)

A new kid on the block is this Turkish Gulfstream G550. It is seen here on its fi rst visit to Brussels on 28 January 2010. Within a few 

years this aircraft will transform from a highlight to a regular visitor at Brussels. (Jan Pieter Libens) 

Spangdahlem December 2009 

01. 88-0265 C-17A 62nd AW RCH891 

96-0004 C-17A 437th AW RCH174 

04-4131 C-17A 305th AMW RCH328 

07-7179 C-17A 60th AMW RCH674 

07-7185 C-17A 437th AW RCH279 

61-0324 KC-135R 336th ARS AFRC +2 Rats81 

02. 93-0602 C-17A 437th AW RCH628 

00-0174/AK C-17A 517th AS AK ANG RCH344 

03. 177703 CC-177 429sq +7,12,16 CFC4011 

99-0058 C-17A 62nd AW 05 RCH419 

03-3118 C-17A 183rd AS MS ANG RCH142 

04. 79-1947 KC-10A 305th AMW RCH9947 

96-0008 C-17A 62nd AW RCH648 

00-0176 C-17A 62nd AW RCH717 

00-0180 C-17A 62nd AW RCH321 

07-7188 C-17A 437th AW RCH415 

05. 03-3124 C-17A 437th AW RCH415 

06. 87-0044 C-5B 60th AMW RCH465 

00-0173/AK C-17A 517th AS AK ANG 0+7 

00-0180 C-17A 62nd AW RCH321 

04-4128 C-17A 305th AMW RCH164 

07. 177704 CC-177 429sq +11,18,22 CFC4012 

06-6168 C-17A 436th AW RCH472 

08. 69-0010 C-5A 155th AS TN ANG 12 RCH123 

84-0062 C-5B 436th AW RCH532 

85-0004 C-5B 436th AW RCH866 

86-0016 C-5B 60th AMW RCH642 

87-0044 C-5B 60th AMW 10 RCH465 

99-0169/AK C-17A 517th AS AK ANG 11 RCH287 

06-6163 C-17A 60th AMW 10 RCH600 

07-7172 C-17A 60th AMW 10 RCH533 

07-7182 C-17A 437th AW RCH289 

07-7189 C-17A 437th AW 10 RCH418 

09. 89-1190 C-17A 62nd AW RCH679 

10. 68-0225 C-5A 167th AS WV ANG 14 RCH362 

87-0036 C-5B 60th AMW 15 RCH444 

93-0600 C-17A 62nd AW RCH212 

02-1108 C-17A 62nd AW 12 RCH462 

02-1110 C-17A 62nd AW RCH437 

03-3113 C-17A 183rd AS MS ANG RCH163 

11. 06-6163 C-17A 60th AMW 13 RCH216 

12. 86-0015 C-5B 436th AW RCH407 

87-0038 C-5B 337th AS AFRC RCH438 

98-0052 C-17A 62nd AW 19 RCH212 

06-6166 C-17A 436th AW 20 RCH469 

57-1479 KC-135R 759th ARS AFRC DC92 

13. 84-0060 C-5B 337th AS AFRC 21 RCH034 


06-6154 C-17A 60th AMW RCH132 

61-0324 KC-135R 336th ARS +14,15,16,19 

14. 69-0002 C-5A 443rd AW AFRC RCH456 

84-0061 C-5B 436th AW 17 RCH4061 

00-0183 C-17A 62nd AW 21 RCH868 

02-1109 C-17A 62nd AW RCH526 

03-3122 C-17A 437th AW 30 RCH657 

03-3127 C-17A 305th AMW 20 RCH3127 

15. 87-0043 C-5B 436th AW 23 RCH622 

16. 58-0086/D KC-135R 351st ARS * Quid31 

17. 03-3116 C-17A 183rd AS MS ANG RCH127 

06-6156 C-17A 60th AMW RCH6156 

18. 04-4134 C-17A 305th AMW RCH129 

05-5147/HH C-17A 535th AS HH ANG RCH5147 

19. 07-7175 C-17A 436th AW 24 RCH6271 

20. 99-0058 C-17A 62nd AW 23 RCH431 

22. 96-0004 C-17A 437th AW RCH190 

06-6163 C-17A 60th AMW 24 RCH041 

23. 69-0009 C-5A 137th AS NY ANG RCH422 

08-8192 C-17A 62nd AW RCH474 

26. 07-7173 C-17A 436th AW 30 RCH638 

27. 85-0002 C-5B 337th AS AFRC RCH120 

Wiesbaden December 2009 

04. 98-00010 UC-35A C/6-52nd AVN Det 

09. MM55069/61-135 MB339CD 212°Gruppo SVBIA 

MM55082/61-152 MB339CD 212°Gruppo SVBIA 

11. 166714 UC-35D VMR-1 

15. MM54518/61-70 MB339A 213°Gruppo SVBIA 

MM55055/61-20 MB339A 213°Gruppo SVBIA 

16. 87-24642 UH-60A(C) G/6-52nd AVN 

Another month with Italian MB339s for Wiesbaden, December 

saw four unique ones. The other known visitors were two Army 

and one Navy Citation. 

Ireland 

Shannon December 2009 

01. CS-TMT A330-322 21sm BAF618 

90-0300 C-20H 76th AS 

159115 C-9B VR-61 

04. 144615 CC-144B 412sq +8,11 

98-00010 UC-35A C/6-52nd AVN Det 

05. 164995/AX C-130T VR-53 

07. 87-00140 C-20E HQ USAREUR 

99-00101 UC-35A C/2-228th AVN ARes 9 

164762/CW C-130T VR-54 

10. 166714 UC-35D VMR-1 

11. 75-0125 E-4B 1st ACCS Hank44

85-0050 C-20C 99th AS 

79-0476 C-130H 192nd AS NV ANG 

12. 165834 C-40A VR-58 

13. 92-0375 C-20H 76th AS 

99-0004 C-32A 1st AS 

159116 C-9B VR-61 

160051 C-9B VR-52 +19 

15. 97-0400 C-37A 99th AS 

17. 159118 C-9B VR-56 

19. 85-0049 C-20C 99th AS 

22. 165832 C-40A VR-58 

28. 166377 C-37B VR-1 VM200 

30. 165835 C-40A VR-57 

Luxembourg 

Luxembourg October 2009 

02. 68-023 C-160D TuAF 221 Filo 

08. MM62172 Falcon 900EX 93°Gruppo TS +27 

14. 251 G-IV IAC MATS 

16. CE02 ERJ135LR 21sm 

18. G10 MD900 Federale Politie 

102004/024 Tp102C TSFE +23 

19. 0260 Yak-40 241.dlt 

258 Lj45 IAC MATS +26 


T.18-2/45-41 Falcon 900 451 Esc 

20. 135L-484 ERJ135BJ 352 MMYP +26 

MM62174 A319-115X 306°Gruppo TS 

102001/021 Tp102A TSFE +23,26 

21. ZD704 BAe125 CC3 32(TR)sq 

22. CE04 ERJ145LR 21sm 

23. 1257 Yak-40K 241.dlt +26 


T.18-5/45-44 Falcon 900 451 Esc 

26. LZ-OOI Falcon 2000 Aviootryad 28 

78/F-RAFJ Falcon 50 ETEC00.065 


PH-KBX Fokker 70 Netherlands Gvmt 

17401 G-IV Esq504 

OM-BYE Yak 40 LU-MV SR 

T.18-3/45-42 Falcon 900 451 Esc 

27. LX-N19997 CT-49A NAEW&CF 

69-038 C-160D TuAF 221 Filo 

November 2009 

03. 12+02 CL-601 FBS BVMg 

06. CH10 C-130H 20sm 


69-033 C-160D TuAF 221 Filo 



25. 752 C-130H 356 MTM 

26. G12 MD900 Federale Politie 

27. 73-1683 C-9C 73rd AS 

30. CD01 Falcon 900B 21sm 

December 2009 

10. 69-019 C-160D TuAF 221 Filo 

12. CS-TMT A330-322 21sm 

16. CE03 ERJ145LR 21sm 

63-13186 C-130E TuAF 222 Filo 

17. CD01 Falcon 900B 21sm 

18. T.18-4/45-43 Falcon 900 451 Esc 

Credit: Mike Moro. 

Malta 

Luqa November 2009 

02. CH05 C-130H 20sm BAF614 

09. CH10 C-130H 20sm BAF678 

11. CH13 C-130H 20sm BAF677 

20. V-11 G-IV 334sq NAF11 

22. MM81081/7-36 AB212ASW GRUPELICOT 4 I1081 

25. T.18-2/45-41 Falcon 900 451 Esc AME4575 

T.22-1/45-50 A310-304 451 Esc AME4552 

December 2009 

01. CH08 C-130H 20sm BAF696 

03. CH05 C-130H 20sm BAF614 

102004/024 Tp102C TSFE SVF26 

05. 130332 CC-130H 8sq CFC2631 

1007/ZK066 Typhoon F2 RSAF 10sq WTN01 

1008/ZK067 Typhoon F2 RSAF 10sq WTN01 

07. 7503 Tornado IDS RSAF 75sq WTN09 

10. MM62172 Falcon 900EX 93°Gruppo TS I2172 

17. ZS-RSA B737-7ED 21sq/SAAF +19 LMG01 

20. 13033 CC-130H 8sq CFC2313 

K2962 G-III mod Indian AF ARC R&AW 

December brought some “nice” presents for the small Island 

of Malta. On the fi fth two brand new Saudi Arabian Air Force 

Typhoons found their way to their new owner, despite still with 

British military registration and Warton callsign, but hey who 

cares ! Two days later an Tornado from the same Kingdom 

made an night stop at the island. A real surprise this month was 

the Indian Air Force sneaky Gulfstream III, K2962. This aircraft 

was thought to have been scrapped/wfu after the accident in 

2004, so it was a good update. 

Credit: Henri Spitiri. 

To see a Colombian aircraft covered with snow is quite rare. This 737 was at Zürich because of the annual World Economic Forum, 

which attracts leaders from all over the world to Davos, each year. (Zürich, 28 January 2010, Simon Titchmarsh)

Civil News 

This Boeing 737-800 was delivered to Luxair as LX-LGT on 24 November 2009. It is the fi rst and until now only Boeing 737-800 in 

Luxair’s fl eet. The aircraft is former D-AHFN of Hapag-Lloyd. (Saarbrücken, 12 February 2010, Matthias Becker) 

Manufacturers News 

AgustaWestland 

AW119 

AgustaWestland and Tata have formed a joint venture company 

that will establish a fi nal assembly line in India for the 

AW119 helicopter for the worldwide market. The company will 

be responsible for the AW119 fi nal assembly, completion and 

delivery, while AgustaWestland will retain responsibility for 

worldwide marketing and sales. The fi rst aircraft is scheduled 

to be delivered from the new facility next year, with production 

forecast to rise eventually to thirty aircraft per year. 

AW139 

In the wake of a tailboom failure on a Gulf Airways AW139 in 

August (see Dustpan & Brush, Scramble 365 - Page 56), AgustaWestland 

is assuring customers with helicopters on order that 

it will deliver them with a newly designed boom starting in April. 

The tailboom on the Gulf AW139 failed while the helicopter was 

taxiing on the ground in Doha, Qatar. That boom exhibited signs 

of debonding, as have numerous other AW139 tailbooms, according 

to several operators. Some of the debonding is severe 

enough to require replacement of the entire tailboom. Since the 

incident in Qatar, both the EASA and FAA have issued emergency 

Airworthiness Directives. 

The AW139 airframe and components are made under contract 

by PZL Swidnik in Poland and Turkish Aerospace Industries. 

The new tailboom will use a different composite technique and 

an aluminium skin bonded to honeycomb, according to one 

U.S.-based AW139 customer. It is not yet known when the 

newly designed boom will be available for in-service AB139s 

and AW139s. 

Avicopter 

AC313 

The Chinese manufacturer Avicopter, a division of China’s 

state-owned aerospace conglomerate AVIC, is preparing to fl y 

its AC313 medium-lift helicopter for the fi rst time in March, leading 

to certifi cation in 2011. The AC313 is a 13 ton helicopter that 

can be extended to fi fteen tons and the external load capacity 

can be fi ve tons. China developed the AC313 on its own rather 

than collaborating with foreign partners. The avionics system 

was independently developed by China and the helicopter is 

designed for passenger and cargo transport, fi refi ghting, search 


and rescue, emergency medical services, oil offshore services 

and VIP fl ights. Potential customers include government, police 

and general aviation fi rms, the offi cial adds, who says the 

AC313 can carry 27 passengers or four tons of cargo. 

Bell 

Bell 206B 

Bell Helicopter and Rolls-Royce signed a Memorandum of 

Understanding (MOU) to explore options for the retrofi t of the 

Bell 206B JetRanger with the RR500TS (turboshaft) engine. 

The MOU will allow the joint evaluation of potential suppliers to 

develop RR500TS supplemental type certifi cate (STC) retrofi t 

kits replacing the Model 250 engines that currently power the 

JetRanger. In addition to offering more power at take-off and in 

hot and high conditions than existing engines in this class, the 

RR500TS will deliver operational benefi ts to customers through 

extended engine overhaul intervals and lower total ownership 

costs. FAA type certifi cation for the RR500 is expected in late 

2011, with production engines to follow. 

Bell 429 

EMS provider Air Methods will not be taking deliveries of any 

more new Bell 429s beyond the single unit it received in October 

2009. Air Methods was the 429’s launch customer and 

since 2004 it had held letters of intent for up to fi fteen. Another 

helicopter EMS company acquired by Air Methods Corporation 

in 2007, CJ Systems, had letters of intent for another ten. 

Those letters would not be converted to fi rm orders. The need 

to change Air Methods’s fl eet mix to more single-engine helicopters 

and ongoing problems with the 429, including weight, 

were factors in the company’s decision. The company instead 

had ordered twelve new Eurocopters: four AS350B3s and eight 

EC130B4s. 

On 1 July 2009, Bell received FAA and Transport Canada certifi 

cation for the Bell 429. At that time Bell claimed to hold more 

than 300 customer purchase letters of intent for the helicopter 

and was in the process of converting them to fi rm orders. 

Boeing 

B747 

At long last it was there: the maiden fl ight of the latest version 

of the Boeing 747. The fi rst -8 (a freight version) defi ed gravity 

on 8 February. The event did not go completely fl awless, as one

of the engines developed damage to the low pressure turbine. 

This seems to have been caused by an loose object being ingested 

by the affected engine. In the meantime, construction of 

the fi rst passenger version has started, which will result in fi nal 

assembly in May this year. Hopefully the fi rst fl ight of the -8i 

early 2011 will be without damage. 

B787 

Boeing is steadily progressing with the certifi cation effort of the 

B787. The third aircraft (ZA004, c/n 40693, N7874) made its 

maiden voyage on 24 February. A fourth test aircraft will join 

the test programme around the publication of this Scramble. 

Confi guration for the B787-9 will be frozen in June this year, 

as per Boeing statement. The manufacturer further announced 

that the aircraft will feature the same wingspan as the 6.1 meter 

shorter -8. 

In addition, some early test results also indicate that the performance 

of the -8 is better than expected and some additional 

gains will be incorporated into the -9 design. Air New Zealand 

will be the fi rst to take delivery of the aircraft at the end of 2013 

when the maiden fl ight of the type is indeed early 2013 as 

planned. 

MD-80 

Aeronautic Engineers is on the verge of launching a passenger 

to freighter conversion of the MD-80. In particular, the MD-82, 

MD-83 and MD-88 series are targeted. In the past conversion 

companies have refrained from offering MD-80 conversions as 

the fuselage is not able to accommodate regular containers. It 

is simply too narrow. But with the prices of aircraft decreasing, 

Aeronautic Engineers is of the opinion that the market is now 

right for this conversion to be offered. The company hopes to 

start the fi rst conversion in a hangar in Miami within the next 

two months and aims to obtain the supplemental type certifi cate 

by mid 2011. The conversion will see the aircraft being fi tted 

with a large cargo door, yet the fl oor does not need reinforcement. 

This means that the conversion can take place in seventy 

days. By the end of this year, Aeronautic hopes to secure its 

fi rst orders. 

Cessna Aircraft 

Citation CJ4 

Cessna has completed all certifi cation testing on its new Citation 

CJ4 business jet and is in the fi nal stages of Federal Aviation 

Administration type certifi cation approvals. Both the FAA 

Jetliners 

Europe 

The Netherlands 

Martinair will not retire its remaining four B767-300ERs and will 

continue its scheduled longhaul services. 

Albania 

The Evsen Group of Azerbaijan has acquired a 93% stake in Albanian 

Airlines. It has announced a fl eet expansion and intends 

to begin new routes to Amsterdam, Athens, Berlin, Dusseldorf, 

Paris and several more in 2010. Albanian Airlines will replace 

the BAe146s by some ex KLM Fokker 100s. However Albanian 

Airlines also intends to operate with two ex Singapore Airlines 

B747-400s. 

Star Airways is a new low-cost operator which intends to begin 

services to Italy and Dusseldorf with two A320-200s. 

Tafa Air is planning to resume services with two A320-200s 

from Tirana to Athens. 

Austria 

Austriair is a new airline which intends to begin services from 

Vienna to Germany with a single MD-82 from Map Jet and later 

with three ERJ195s. 

Avcon Jet is a new business operator which is planning to begin 

business services with three ERJ135BJs. 

fl yNiki is expanding its fl eet. Niki has placed an order for two 

ERJ190s with Embraer and will further grow from its current 

eleven A320s to seventeen A320s within a year to fi ll the void left 


and the European Aviation Safety Agency have approved the 

CJ4 for single pilot operation and a common type rating with 

other Citation CJs. 

RUAG 

Do228 

Still going strong and in a better shape than ever before: the 

Do228. The fi rst new build New Generation version of the aircraft 

is ready to leave the assembly line. This will mark a building 

drought of thirteen years, as the previous Dornier 228 build 

rolled of the assembly line in 1997. This version has been fi tted 

with 350 modifi cations, including a glass cockpit and new 

prop blades. Certifi cation is scheduled to be completed by mid 

September this year. This will be a fashionable few months 

late, which nowadays seems to be the standard for new and 

redesigned aircraft. The order book contains a total of twelve 

orders and options and the fi rst Do228 New Generation build 

will ultimately make its way to its new owner in Japan. 

Sikorsky 

S-76D 

The second prototype aircraft in the Sikorsky S-76D helicopter 

has entered the test fl ight program, with a third soon to follow, 

as the programme that is producing the next generation model 

of the S-76 helicopter nears completion of its fi rst fuselage for a 

production aircraft. Kuwait International Aircraft Leasing (KIAL) 

and Falcon Aviation Services (FAS), both located in the Middle 

East, have signed on to purchase S-76D aircraft. KIAL has purchased 

one aircraft, to be confi gured for the Helicopter Emergency 

Medical Services (HEMS) mission. FAS, based in Abu 

Dhabi, has contracted to purchase two S-76D helicopters, with 

options to purchase two more. The aircraft will be used for VIP, 

corporate, helitaxi, and offshore oil and gas support missions. 

Production of the fi rst S-76D helicopter airframes began at 

Aero Vodochody (Aero) in the Czech Republic in late 2009. 

The fi rst fuselage is scheduled to depart Aero in April for delivery 

to Sikorsky Global Helicopters’ facility in Coatesville (PA), 

where fi nal assembly and completion of the S-76D helicopters 

will take place. Sikorsky Global Helicopters’ Coatesville facility 

will receive S-76D helicopter fuselages at an initial rate of one 

per month, beginning with the fi rst fuselage due in April. Full 

S-76D helicopter production rates are expected to be achieved 

in 2011, with customer deliveries scheduled for the same year. 

by bankrupt SkyEurope. In addition Air-Berlin has announced 

to acquire a nearly fi fty percent stake in the airline. 

Belgium 

Brussels Airlines purchased a fi fth A330-300 and will use it on 

new routes to the African continent. The new A330-300 will 

be acquired from Malaysian Airlines and will be leased from 

ILFC. 

After the transfer of all A300B4-200Fs to Air Contractors, EAT- 

European Air Transport will also transfer its remaining eleven 

B757-200Fs to EAT Leipzig. 

TNT Airways has leased two A300B4-200Fs from Air Atlanta 

Icelandic for one year. However, TNT has retired its last 

own A300B4-200F earlier this year. TNT also added two 

BAe146-200QTs to its fl eet from Spanish Mistral Air. 

Bosnia-Herzegovina 

B&H Airlines intends to add two B737-700s in the spring to replace 

its two older B737-400s. 

Bulgaria 

Cargo Air will add a second B737-300 freighter. The ex CanJet 

Airlines B737-300 is currently being converted to freighter. 

Croatia 

Dubrovnik Airline has announced to lease two A320-200s to 

replace its MD-80 fl eet. 

Cyprus 

Cyprus Airways will replace the older A320 family aircraft by a new 

A319-100 and three ex Air VIA and US Airways A320-200s.

Last January, many Belgian registered A300 freighters of European Air Transport, fl ying for DHL, were transferred to the Irish register 

on behalf of Air Contractors. So was this EI-OZD registered Airbus, which is former OO-DLD. The Irish registration is probably an 

interim solution, because in the German register many D- registrations on behalf of DHL Leipzig are reserved for these A300 freighters. 

(Amsterdam-Schiphol, 4 February 2010, Gerrie Stigter) 

Czech Republic 

Eurovia Air is a new charter company which intends to begin 

charter services from Brno, Ostrava and Prague to the Mediterranean 

with two leased B737-700s. 

Denmark 

Air Greenland intends to sell its single B757-200 and will use 

wet-leased equipment as required. 

Jet Time intends to expand its fl eet with a sixth B737-300 in 

spring 2010. 

Finland 

Finnair has ordered two more A330-300s. The airline has already 

fi ve A330-300s in service and has, including the new orders, 

fi ve on order. Finnair also phased out its last MD-11 late 

in February after more than twenty years of service. 

Finncomm Airlines will replace two ERJ145s by two ERJ170s 

from partner Finnair. 

France 

Air France has taken delivery of its fi rst A380-800 in October 

last year. The fi rst commercial fl ight of the A380-800 was to 

New York-JFK. Air France also converted an order for two 

A321-200s to two A320-200s. 

CCM Airlines has added two brand new A319-100s and a pair of 

two A320-200s to its fl eet which were not taken up by Iberia. 

New Axis Airways has ceased operations. Both B737-800s and 

its single B737-400 were returned to the lessor. 

Newcomer Regionxpress intends to start operations out of 

Montpellier with two ERJ195s on domestic routes. 

Germany 

Air-Berlin has leased two ex Air Jamaica A321-200s. On the other 

hand Air-Berlin has cancelled an order for three B737-800s. 

Finally four A320-200s will leave the airline because they are 

sold to Azerbaijan Airlines. 

Blue Wings has ceased operations again late in January due to 

fi nancial diffi culties. 

Condor will be applying blended winglets on its B757-300 fl eet. 

The fi rst two aircraft have already been re-confi gured. 

Greece 

Aegean and Olympic are in talks to merge both companies into 

one airline. Both airlines intend to retain the brand name Olympic 

Air. Aegean will disappear completely. 

Iceland 

Icelandair is in talks with Airbus and Boeing about an order for 

fi ve A320-200s or B737-800s. 


Ireland 

Aer Lingus will reduce its fl eet size. They put up for sale two 

A320-200s and two A330-300s as well as three A321-200s. 

EAT-European Air Transport has transferred all A300B4-200Fs 

to Air Contractors. Air Contractors will continue to operate 

the aircraft on behalf of DHL and has already four aircraft in 

service. 

Ryanair intends to order ten more B737-800s. It will bring the total 

order for the B737NG to 348 aircraft if it will confi rmed by Boeing. 

In the meantime Ryanair took delivery of its 250th B737. 

Italy 

Air Italy has announced to expand its network and intends to 

lease two more B737-800s. 

Cargolux Italia will expand its cargo network from Milan- 

Malpensa with the lease of a second B747-400F from parent 

Cargolux. 

Livingston is planning to add four to six A320-200s to replace 

its three A321-200s. They also intend to add a fourth A330-200 

for expanding longhaul services. 

Macedonia 

MAT Airways is a new airline which is planning to start operations 

with an ex MAT Macedonian Airlines B737-500 by next spring. 

Montair is also a new operator which intends to begin charter 

services from Skopje to western Europe. Montair will use two 

MD-82s from parent company Dubrovnik Airline. 

Norway 

Norwegian has placed an order for an additional six B737-800s. 

All aircraft will be delivered in the winter of 2010/2011. With this 

order, Norwegian has a total of 48 B737NGs on order from Boeing 

as well as 22 aircraft from leasing companies. 

Poland 

Enter Air is a new airline which is set up by a part of the Centralwings 

management and has already leased an ex Asiana 

B737-400 from ILFC to begin charter operations out of Warsaw. 

Yes Airways is a new charter company which intends to begin 

operations with a single B757-200. 

Portugal 

Elitávia Serviços Aéreos is a new airline which plans to begin 

services with a single A318. 

Russia 

Air Volga will expand its fl eet with four ex Chautauqua Airlines 

and ex Alma de Mexico CRJ200s.

ALK-Airlines of Kuban will replace its aging fl eet of Yak-42s with 

B737-300s. ALK is leasing three former bmibaby B737-300s this 

spring and intends to have added fi ve B737-300s by 2011. 

Arkaim is a new airline which intends to begin scheduled services 

in cooperation with VIM Airlines. 

Kuban Airlines will lease eight B737-500s from lease company 

ILFC. All aircraft will be delivered in 2010 (four) and 2011 

(four). 

Nordavia is the new brand name of Aerofl ot Don. A couple of 

months ago Aerofl ot Don was also re-branded to Donavia. 

Nord avia will retire its last Tu-134 and is now allowed to begin 

international charter services with its B737-300/500s. 

Sakhalinskie Aviatrassy, also known as SAT Airlines, has begun 

to renew its fl eet with B737-500s. All B737-200s will be 

replaced by B737-500s. 

S7 has removed four A310-300s from service and ferried them 

to the United States for part out. 

Transaero is planning to add seven former JAL-Japan Airlines 

B747-400s to its fl eet in the next upcoming years. 

Ulyanovsk based carrier Air Bridge Cargo has added a fourth 

former Air France B747-400F to its fl eet. Next spring Air Bridge 

Cargo will add a fi fth ex Air France B747-400F. Later this year 

teh airline will replace its remaining two B747-200Fs and 

B747-300F. 

Slovakia 

Seagle Air has suspended operations late 2009 because the 

Italian shareholders declined to invest new capital in the airline. 

Spain 

The remaining four A330-200s from Air Comet have been 

repossessed by the lessor. This also means that the airline 

has ceased operations by the end of December 2009. Two 

A340-300s and two A320-200s were already returned earlier. 

Charter Canarias Airways is a new charter carrier which in 

intends to begin services to the European mainland with four 

B737-400s later this year. 

It is a shame but the last fl ying DC-8-73F in Europe has been 

retired. Gestair has replaced it with a B757-200F. 

Hola Airlines has also suspended operations in February. All 

aircraft are returned to the lessor. 

Mint Airways will add a single B767-300ER to begin scheduled 

services from Madrid to South America. 

Sweden 

Air Malaika is a new airline which intends to begin scheduled 

services to Somalia from Stockholm with a B767-300ER. 


Nordic Airways has ceased operations again. Air Sweden is the 

successor of dissolved Nordic Airways. It begun operations late 

December 2009. 

Switzerland 

Edelweiss Airlines has announced to add a brandnew A330- 

300 from Lufthansa (slot transfer from Swiss) to its fl eet. 

Hello intends to replace its three MD-90s with four A320-200s 

or B737NGs in 2011. 

Turkey 

Turkish Airlines intends to spin off AnadoluJet into a separate 

airline in 2010. AnadoluJet is leasing two former Aero- 

Mexico B737-700s. It will then operate eight B737-700s, three 

B737-800s and two B737-400s. 

AtlasJet Airlines has added two ex Best Air A321-200s 

Corendon Airlines will add two more B737NGs for the upcoming 

summer season. This brings the total fl eet to seven aircraft: 

one B737-300, four B737-400s and two B737-800s. 

Freebird Airlines has taken delivery of its fi rst brandnew 

A320-200 from Airbus. It is already the fi fth A320-200 for Freebird. 

Onur Air will expand its fl eet with three A320-200s or three 

A330-300 to upgrade its fl eet for the summer. 

Pegasus Airlines has ordered three new B737-800s with Boeing. 

THY-Turkish Airlines has announced an order for ten B737-800s 

and ten B737-900ERs including an option for fi fteen more. 

Turkish also ordered twenty A320 family aircraft. This will be a 

mix of A319s, A320s and A321s. 

Ukraine 

Brassbox is a new operator founded by Dniproavia. The newcomer 

will acquire fourteen ex Alitalia ERJ145s. 

Khors Aircompany will take over the remaining two Onur Air 

MD-83s later this spring. It has already two ex Onur Air MD-83s 

in service. 


Bmibaby has announced to cut its fl eet to twelve B737s. Five 

aircraft will leave the fl eet after the takeover of bmi british midland 

by Lufthansa. 

British Airways and Iberia will merge in one holding company, 

just like Air France-KLM. Both carriers will operate as a separate 

airline under a single holding. The merger will be fi nalised 

by the end of this year. 

Two of the three A330-200s of British Midland will be returned 

to the lessor this spring. BMI will also retire three ERJ145s, of 

which two aircraft have already left the airline. 

This A380 will be the third for Lufthansa and will be registered D-AIMC. It is seen here during a test fl ight at Toulouse wearing its 

French test registration F-WWAJ. (Toulouse-Blagnac, 15 February 2010, Philippe Devos)

FlyGlobespan has been forced to suspend operations. It operated 

a fl eet of B737s and four B767-300ERs. 

Jet2 is planning to add several B767-300ERs for longhaul services. 

It also leased a tenth B757-200, formely owned by ATA, 

and a ex Seagle Air B737-300. 

Thomas Cook Airlines UK will add a third B767-300ER to its 

fl eet. The new aircraft will be acquired from Monarch Airlines. 

Virgin Atlantic has fi rmed up an order for six A330-300s. On the 

other hand Virgin cancelled an order for six A340-600s. The 

airline will also lease four A330-300s from AerCap. Virgin will 

take delivery of ten A330-300s before the end of 2011. 

Africa 

Cameroon 

Cargo Airways International is a new cargo operator which 

intends to begin services with a single DC-8-62F and a 

B737-200C. 

Eritrea 

Eritrean Airlines suspended operations last month. The company 

fl ies with a single B767-200ER. 

Ethiopia 

Ethiopian Airlines has ordered ten B737-800s for a total 

price of 767 million dollar. Ethiopian has already ordered 

fi ve B777-200LRs, ten B787s and twelve A350s. The airline 

operates fi ve B737-700s, two B737-800s, nine B757s, ten 

B767s and one MD-11BCF with a second MD-11BCF arriving 

in August. 

Kenya 

OneJetOne is a new airline which will start operations with 

planned equipment: A330-200, A320-200. 

Libya 

Libyan Airlines will convert fi ve options for the A320-200 into an 

order. Libyan also wants to order three to fi ve CRJ900s. The 

fi rst A330-200 will be delivered earlier as mentioned before. It 

will arrive in spring 2011. The fi rst four brand new A320-200s 

will already be delivered this year. 

Madina Air is a new cargo operator which plans to begin services 

with a single A300B4-200F. 

Morocco 

The four A321-200s of Royal Air Maroc will leave the fl eet by 

the end of 2010 and 2011. All aircraft are up for sale. 

Mozambique 

LAM will start an all cargo division. The new cargo carrier will be 

called LAM Cargo. That is a surprise! They will use a B737-300F 

on routes to Johannesburg. 

Nigeria 

Arik Air has ordered a single A330-200 which will be leased 

from Amentum Aircraft Leasing. 

Tradecraft Air is a new operator which planned to begin services 

with a single B737-200. 

Senegal 

Newcomer Senegal Airlines is the replacement for the dissolved 

Air Senegal International. The new airline intends to 

begin scheduled services to Paris with two A320-200s and a 

single A330-200. 

South Africa 

Comair has ordered eight B737-800s with a delivery between 

2012 and 2015. Comair has already ten B737-400’s, nine 

B737-300s and six B737-200s in its fl eet. 

Togo 

ASKY Airlines is a new airline which is set up by Ethiopian Airlines 

and several investors. It will begin operations from Lome 

to Abidjan with several B737s which are leased from Ethiopian 

Airlines. 

Tunisia 

Nouvelair has ordered a single A320-200. The single-aisle aircraft 

will be leased from GECAS. 

Asia 


Armenia 

Ararat International Airlines is a new airline which intends to 

begin services with three ex China Southern Airlines MD-82s. 

Azerbaijan 

Azal-Azerbaijan Airlines will add four newer A320-200s to replace 

its single A320-200 and two Tu-154s. The new A320s will 

be acquried from Air-Berlin and Belair. 

Silk Way Airlines has announced to add two B747-400Fs to its 

fl eet. Both aircraft will be leased from Cargolux. 

Brunei 

Royal Brunei Airlines will defi nitively lease three B777-300ERs 

from Jet Airways. 

China 

Air China has ordered twenty A320 family aircraft. All aircraft 

will be delivered between 2011 and 2014. Air China has also 

ordered three more B737-800s from GECAS and ordered one 

A320-200. Air China and Cathay Pacifi c have signed an agreement 

to begin a joint cargo venture with its base in Shanghai. 

Cathay Pacifi c will provide four B747-400Fs which are currently 

mothballed in the desert of California. Air China will provide six 

B747-400Fs. 

China Southern Airlines has ordered twenty A320 family jets. All 

aircraft will be delivered between 2011 and 2013. 

HongKong Airlines will add six A330-200s to its fl eet which will 

not be taken up by the Marsans Group. HongKong Airlines already 

has an order for twenty A330-200s. They also has thirty 

A320-200s on order. 

China Eastern Airlines has ordered two B737-800s which will 

be leased from GECAS and ACG Acquisitions. China Eastern 

Airlines also intends to order sixteen more A330-200/300s. 

Hennan Airlines is the new brand name of Kunpeng Airlines. 

The airline will continue operations with fi ve ERJ190s. 

Juneyao Airlines has ordered a single-aisle A320-200 which will 

be acquired from CIT Aerospace. 

Spring Airlines will lease two A320-200s from BOC Aviation. 

United Eagle Airlines will be renamed to Chengdu Airlines. They 

will operate as before with six A319-100/A320-200s. 

India 

Aryan Cargo Express is a new cargo carrier which intends to 

begin cargo services to Frankfurt and Belgrade in Europe and 

Nairobi in Africa. They intend to begin with two A310-300Fs and 

two MD-11 freighters will join the fl eet mid-2010. 

Jet Airways has ordered a single B737-800 with lease company 

BOC Aviation. 

Indonesia 

Garuda Indonesian Airways has ordered a single A330-200 

which is leased from CIT Aerospace. 

Japan 

ANA-All Nippon Airways has ordered two more B777-300ERs 

with Boeing. This order has been not announced yet by Boeing. 

JAL-Japan Airlines has been saved for the next couple of years. 

The bad situation surrounding JAL Japan Airlines has implications 

for the fl eet. JAL will drastically reduce its fl eet and several 

widebodies are already stored in the American desert. JAL has 

fi nally decided to continue cooperation in the Oneworld alliance. 

Skynet Asia Airways has ordered a single B737-800. The fi rst 

B737NG for Skynet Asia Airways will be leased from AWAS. 

Kyrgyzstan 

The new subsidiary of Turkish Pegasus Airlines, Kyrgyzstan 

Pegasus Airlines, will acquire a single B737-800 to its fl eet to 

begin scheduled services to western Europe. 

Philippines 

Zest Air has ordered one more A320-200 with Airbus. The company 

has already three A320-200s.

South Korea 

Korean Air has placed an order for the B747-8. The Koreans 

will acquire fi ve B747-8s with a delivery between 2013 and 

2015. 

Middle East 

Bahrain 

Gulf Air has ordered two more ERJ170s with Embraer. The aircraft 

were originally ordered by Virgin Nigeria, but not taken 

up. 

Iran 

Mahan Air intends to introduce the A340-300 to its fl eet, by acquiring 

two of the type. 

Jordan 

Royal Jordanian Airlines intends to add four A330-200s to its 

fl eet. All aircraft, which are stored at Bordeaux and Munich, will 

be taken over from Air Comet. 

Lebanon 

The fi rst A300-600F for TMA will be delivered soon. After four 

years TMA will relaunch operations with a single A300-600F on 

fl ights to Paris-Orly. 

Saudi Arabia 

Saudi Arabian Airlines has ordered a single A320-200 which will 

be leased from GECAS. The cargo division has been rebranded 

from Saudi Arabian Cargo to Saudi Airlines Cargo. One of the 

MD-11Fs will probably be phased out because of damage and 

will be replaced by a B747-400F from Air Atlanta Icelandic. 

United Arab Emirates 

Nakheel Aviation has ceased operations. Nakheel Aviation operated 

with four ERJ135s. 

RAK Airways intends to restart scheduled services with four 

B737-800s with destinations to Europe. The single B757-200 

is up for sale. RAK Airways has also ordered four B737-800s 

directly with Boeing two years ago. 

Yemen 

Yemenia has signed a fi rm contract at the Dubai Air Show for 

ten A320 family aircraft for regional routes throughout Africa 

and Europe. In 2007 Yemenia ordered ten A350XWBs at the 

same Dubai Air Show. 

Latin America 

Brazil 

Oceanair purchased four A319-100, to replace its fi rst Fokker 

100s. 


Passaredo has purchased two more ERJ145s, which were returned 

by Finncomm Airlines earlier. 

Ecuador 

AeroGal has ordered a single A320-200 which will be leased 

from Avianca Colombia. In addition the Synergy Group, the 

owner of Avianca Colombia, has acquired an 80% stake in 

AeroGal. 

Mexico 

Global Air has added two ex Top Air and Pluna B737-200s to 

its fl eet. 

Viva Aerobus has added four B737-300s to expand its network. 

Volaris has ordered two more A319-100s. Both aircraft will be 

leased from CIT Aerospace. 

Peru 

Peruvian Airlines has added a single B737-300 to its fl eet. Peruvian 

Airlines has already two B737-200s. 

Venezuela 

Perla Air is a new airline which intends to begin services from 

Porlamar with a single ex Alaska Airlines MD-83. 

North America 

Canada 

Jazz Air will add fi ve B737-800s next winter. This is a result of 

new tour operator DSH which intends to offer holidays in the 

Caribbean. 

United States 

Allegiant Air plans to acquire fi fteen MD-82 and fi ve MD-87s 

from SAS Scandinavian Airlines. 

Delta Air Lines has purchased nine MD-90s from China Eastern. 

Inclu ding the three ex Hello MD-90s, Delta’s MD-90 fl eet 

will grow to 28 aircraft. 

FedEx has announced to buy two B777-200Fs from Air 

France. 

Hawaiian Airlines has ordered one more A330-200 which will 

be leased from Pegasus Aviation. 

Indianapolis-based Republic Airways has placed a fi rm order 

for forty CSeries airliners. The contract, which includes options 

for another forty of the CSeries, calls for delivery of CS300s 

starting in the second quarter of 2015. The aircraft will come 

confi gured in a single-class, 138-passenger confi guration, including 

25 in a sort of economy plus class. The deal makes 

Republic the fi rst North American airline to place a fi rm order 

Iberworld A330 EC-JHP has been leased to XL Airways France since January 2010. The Airbus is painted in an Iberworld colour 

scheme with large XL titles. (Toulouse-Blagnac, 15 February 2010, Philippe Devos)

for CSeries airliners. 

Since launching the CSeries family of aircraft at the Farnborough 

Air Show in July 2008, Bombardier has recorded fi rm orders 

for a total of ninety CSeries aircraft, amongst others from 

Lufthansa and Lease Corporation International Group. 

Spirit Airlines has ordered a single A320-200 which will be 

leased from AerCap. 

United Airlines has placed an order for 25 A350XWB, with an 

option for fi fty aircraft more, for delivery between 2016 and 

2019. United also placed an order for 25 B787s with an option 

for fi fty more with a delivery between 2014 and 2017. 

Unfortunately the end has come for the DC-8s of UPS-United 

Parcel Services. UPS has sold its fl eet of 44 DC-8-71F/73Fs to 

AerSale for parts. 

US Airways will be deffering delivery of 54 aircraft. 47 A320-200 

and seven A330-300s will be delivered from 2014 on instead of 

between 2010 and 2014. US Airways also moved induction of 

its A350 on order from 2015 to 2017. 

Virgin America intends to expand its fl eet with up to twenty A319 

and/or A320s within two years. All aircraft will be leased. 

World Class Aviation (Starbase Aviation) is a new business airline 

from Texas which intends to services with a ERJ135BJ. 

Oceania 

Australia 

Southern Cross Jets is a new airline which intends to begin 

operations with a Legacy 600. 

New Zealand 

Air New Zealand has ordered two more A320-200s which will 

leased from BOC Aviation. 


Order overview 

Airline Type Number (options) Remarks 

AeroGal A320-200 1 

Air China A320 family 20 2011-2014 

Air New Zealand A320-200 2 

All Nippon B777-300ER 2 

Arik Air A330-200 1 

China Southern A320 family 20 2011-2013 

Ethiopian Airl. B737-800 10 

Finnair A330-300 2 

Garuda A330-200 1 

Gulf Air ERJ170 2 

HongKong Airl. A330-200 6 

Jet Airways B737-800 1 

Korean Air B747-8 5 2013-2015 

Niki ERJ190 2 

Nouvelair A320-200 1 

Norwegian B737-800 6 2010-2011 

Pegasus Airlines B737-800 3 

Saudia A320-200 1 

Skynet Asia B737-800 1 

Spirit Airlines A320-200 1 

THY-Turkish A320 family 20 

B737-800 10 (15) 

B737-900 10 

United Airlines A350XWB 25 (50) 2016-2019 

B787 25 (50) 2014-2017 

Virgin Atlantic A330-300 6 …-2011 

Volaris A319-100 2 

Yemenia A320 family 10 2011-2014 

Zest Airways A320-200 1 

A300 B4-203F 95 OO-DLR European Air Transport / DHL. Ferried to Roswell (NM) for storage on 12 February. 

B4-103F 148 EI-OZA Air Contractors / DHL, ex OO-DIF of European Air Transport / DHL. Registered in 

Ireland early in February. 

B4-203D 150 OO-DLV European Air Transport / DHL. Ferried to Roswell (NM) for storage on 23 February. 

B4-203F 152 EI-OZE Air Contractors / DHL, ex OO-DLC of European Air Transport / DHL. Registered in 

Ireland early in February. 

B4-203F 208 EI-OZG Air Contractors / DHL, ex OO-DLG of European Air Transport / DHL. As above. 

B4-203F 289 EI-EAD Air Contractors / DHL (correction Scramble 369 – Page 36). 

B4-622R 750 EP-SIG Saha Air, ex B-2327 of China Southern Airlines. Delivered in February. 

B4-622R 762 EP-CIF Saha Air (addition and correction construction number Scramble 367 – Page 31). 

A319 -111 3744 EC-LEI Iberia. Delivered on 5 February. (Delivery date correction and addition Scramble 358 

– Page 35). The aircraft had been stored in primer at Finkenweder since early 2009. 

-112 4182 D-AIBB Lufthansa. Delivered on 5 February. Test registration was D-AVrWK. 

A320 -211 191 EC-ICQ Vueling Airlines, ex Clickair. Painted in Vueling colours early January. 

-211 662 N662WF Wells Fargo Bank, ex EC-KIK of Air Comet. Registered in the US on 28 January. 

-232 2359 5B-DCH Cyprus Airways, ex N674AW of US Airways. Delivered on 11 February. 

-214 3138 I-WEBA Air One, ex Volare Airlines. Delivered on 19 February. 

-216 3882 F-HBSA CCM Airlines. Delivered late January. Test registration was F-WWIP. 

-214 4179 G-EZTR EasyJet. Delivered on 9 February. Test registration was D-AVVX. 

-232 4185 G-EUYF British Airways. Delivered on 28 January. Test registration was F-WWIC. 

-214 4187 HB-IOP Belair / Air Berlin. Delivered on 12 February. Test registration was D-AVVY. 

-214 4190 SX-OAT Olympic Air. Delivered on 5 February. Test registration was F-WWII. 

-214 4191 D-AIZD Lufthansa. Delivered on 18 February. Test registration was D-AVVD. 

-214 4193 SX-OAU Olympic Air. Delivered on 3 February. Test registration was F-WWIJ. 

-214 4196 G-EZTS EasyJet. Delivered on 16 February. Test registration was D-AVVS. 

-232 4197 5B-DCG Cyprus Airways. Delivered on 17 February. Test registration was F-WWIP. 

-214 4207 TC-FBH Freebird Airlines. Delivered on 12 February. Test registration was F-WWBP. 

A321 -112 819 EI-IXV Alitalia, ex I-BIXV of the same airline. Registered in Ireland early February. 

-112 848 EI-IXZ Alitalia, ex I-BIXZ of the same airline. As above. 

-112 940 EI-IXH Alitalia, ex I-BIXH of the same airline. As above. 

-112 959 EI-IXJ Alitalia, ex I-BIXJ of the same airline. As above. 

-231 963 TC-OBF Onur Air, ex OE-IAA of ALS Irish Aircraft Leasing MSN 963 Ltd. Delivered on 31 January. 

Former TC-IEH of Inter Airlines. 

A330 -323X 591 N808NW Delta Air Lines, ex Northwest Airlines. Painted in Delta colours late December. All 

Northwest A330s have now been repainted in Delta colours. 

-343X 670 EC-JHP XL Airways France, ex Iberworld Airlines. Delivered on lease late January. 

-302E 1078 OH-LTS Finnair. Delivered on 11 February. Test registration was F-WWYU. 

-343E 1081 A6-AFB Etihad Airways. Delivered on 28 January. Test registration was F-WWYL. 

-243 1082 B-6518 Sichuan Airlines. Delivered on 4 February. Test registration was F-WWYZ. 

-343E 1084 HB-JHE Swiss International Airlines. Delivered on 29 January. Test registration was F-WWKE. 

-343 1085 9V-STI Singapore Airlines. Delivered on 5 February. Test registration was F-WWKA. 

A380 -861 40 F-HPJB Air France. Delivered on 10 February. Test registration was F-WWSE.

B737 -4Y0 23870 N870AG Wells Fargo Bank, ex EC-KBO of Hola Airlines. Registered in the US on 5 February. 

-405 24271 N427BV Wilmington Trust, ex OO-VEJ of Brussels Airlines. Registered in the US on 11 February. 

Flew to the US for storage on 1 February. 

-406 24959 N959PR Wells Fargo Bank, ex PH-BDY of KLM. Registered in the US on 9 February. The 

aircraft had been stored at Woensdrecht since 14 October 2009 and was ferried to 

Goodyear for continuous storage on 16 February. 

-529 25419 N419CT CIT Leasing Corp., ex UR-VVD of AeroSvit Ukrainian Airlines. Registered in the US 

on 9 February. 

-505 26336 4L-TGI Georgian National Airlines, ex B-2973 of Xiamen Airlines. Delivered early February. 

-3L9 26441 XA-UNG Global Air, ex OM-CLD of SkyEurope Airlines. Delivered on 23 February. 

-4B6 26529 CN-RNC Royal Air Maroc, ex Atlas Blue. Returned to Royal Air Maroc in February. 

-529 26537 N265CL CIT Leasing Corp., ex UR-VVB of AeroSvit Ukrainian Airlines. Registered in the US 


-4Q8 28199 TC-TLD Tailwind Airlines, ex N784AS of Alaska Airlines. Delivered on 7 February. 

-86N 28608 HL8214 Jeju Air, ex D-ABBQ of Air Berlin. Delivered on 10 February. 

-86N 28612 ZS-AWP Kulula.com, ex F-GIRS of New Axis Airways. Delivered on 29 January. Registered in 

between as OK-PIK. 

-8BK 29643 OK-TVN Travel Service Airlines, ex G-CEJO of FlyGlobespan. Delivered on 16 February. 

-8HX 29662 UR-PSC Ukraine International Airlines. Delivered on 19 February. Line # 3182. 

-73V 30237 LV-CBS Aerolíneas Argentinas (addition Scramble 369 – Page 37). 

-8K5 30415 D-AHFV TUIfl y, ex Hapagfl y. Painted in the yellow TUIfl y colours in February. 

-8Z9 30420 OE-LNP Austrian Airlines, ex Lauda Air. Painted in Austrian colours in February. 

-7K2 30364 PH-BGI KLM. Delivered on 16 February. Line # 3172. 

-7K5 30717 D-AHXB Air Berlin, ex TUIfl y. Delivered in February. 

-8K5 30882 D-AHFW Air Berlin, ex TUIfl y. Delivered early February. 

-73V 32414 F-GZTC Europe Airpost, ex G-EZJS of easyJet. Delivered on 4 February. 

-8Z9 33833 OE-LNR Austrian Airlines, ex Lauda Air. Painted in Austrian colours in February. 

-752 34298 TC-JKK THY Turkish Airlines (correction and addition Scramble 368 – Page 49). 

-7K5 34693 D-AHXC Air Berlin, ex TUIfl y. Delivered late February. 

-8AS 35021 EI-EKG Ryanair. Delivered on 28 January. Line # 3161. 

-7K5 35140 D-AHXG Air Berlin, ex TUIfl y. Delivered in February. 

-8GQ 35792 VQ-BOS Bayham Holdings. This BBJ2 was delivered at Stansted on 4 February. Line # 2351. 

-8FN 37077 OK-TVM Travel Service Airlines. Delivered on 4 February. Line # 3163. 

-8K2 37160 9Y-TJR Caribbean Airlines, ex Transavia Airlines. Delivered on winter lease on 1 February. 

-86J 37749 D-ABKJ Air Berlin. Delivered on 16 February. Line # 3176. 

-8AS 38493 EI-EKH Ryanair. Delivered on 28 January. Line # 3152. 

-8AS 38496 EI-EKI Ryanair. Delivered on 11 February. Line # 3169. 

-8AS 38497 EI-EKJ Ryanair. Delivered on 12 February. Line # 3173. 

-8AS 38498 EI-EKL Ryanair. Delivered on 17 February. Line # 3179. 

-8AS 38499 EI-EKM Ryanair. Delivered on 18 February. Line # 3181. 

-8AS 38500 EI-EKK Ryanair. Delivered on 11 February. Line # 3174. 

B747 -243F 22545 N545SG Wells Fargo Bank, ex OO-CBB of Cargo B Airlines. Registered in the US on 12 February. 

The Boeing was ferried from Liege to Jakarta on 22 February. 

-436 23911 G-BNLD British Airways. Ferried to Victorville (CA) for storage on 18 February. 

-446 24425 JA8073 Japan Airlines. Ferried to Victorville (CA) for storage on 1 February. 

-446 24886 JA8080 Japan Airlines. As above. 

-446 26360 JA8914 Japan Airlines. As above. 

-412 27071 N270RP Wilmington Trust, ex F-GTIR of Eagle Aviation. Registered in the US on 1 February. 

B757 -2B7 27147 G-OOBJ Thomson Airways, ex First Choice Airways. Painted in Thomson colours at Maastricht 

late February. 

This TUIfl y Boeing 737-800 was painted at Maastricht as a logojet promoting the new Volkswagen Sharan. This new Volkswagen 

was to be revealed at the Geneva auto salon on 2 March. Around that date, the missing car on the back of the plane will be added. 

(Maastricht-Aachen, 19 February 2010, Alain Chorus) 


This ex JAL – Japan Airlines Boeing 747-400 was converted to freighter at Xiamen between January – December 2009. Its former 

Japanese registration was JA8072. On 14 January of this year the freighter was delivered to Kalitta Air and registered as N742CK. 

Kalitta Air didn’t have the time to paint the aircraft in their colour scheme, so it is photographed here in an all white colour scheme 

with only small Kalitta Air titles. (Liège, 14 February 2010, Arjen Sleeuwenhoek) 

-256 29311 A6-RKA Ariana Afghan Airlines, ex RAK Airways. Delivered on lease early February. 

-23N 29330 VQ-BMV Yakutia Air, ex N522AT of ATA Airlines. Delivered on 20 February. 

-28A 33101 G-OOBF TCS & Starquest Expedition, ex Thomson Airways. Delivered on lease early February. 

B767 -375FER 24086 CS-TLZ Euro Atlantic Airways Cargo, ex N240LD of the Wells Fargo Bank. Delivered after 

freighter conversion at Tel Aviv on 4 February. Former PP-VPV of VARIG. 

-3Q8ER 27600 N271LF ILFC, ex HB-ISE of Belair. Registered in the US on 12 February. 

-306ER 27610 EI-DOF Neos, ex Air Algérie. Returned to Neos after lease to Air Algérie in January. 

-33AER 28147 N378AX Omni Air International, ex I-DEIL of Alitalia. Delivered on 28 January. 

-34AF 37858 N337UP UPS. Delivered on 2 February. Line # 986. 

B777 -2DZLR 36018 A7-BBF Qatar Airways. Delivered on 28 January. Line # 842. 

-367ER 36164 B-KPP Cathay Pacifi c Airways. Delivered on 10 February. Line # 845. 

-3DZER 37662 A7-BAH Qatar Airways. Delivered on 25 February. Line # 849. 

-FZB 37987 N775SA Thai Airways International / ThaiCargo. Delivered on 17 February. The aircraft is 

leased from Southern Air and painted in ThaiCargo colours. Line # 844. 

-31HER 38983 A6-ECZ Emirates. Delivered on 11 February. Line # 847. 

BAe146 -RJ70 E1223 G-BZFA Trident Turboprop (Dublin) Ltd., ex SE-DJX of Malmö Aviation. Registered on 9 February. 

Is currently parked at Southend. 

-RJ70 E1224 G-CDOE Trident Turboprop (Dublin) Ltd., ex SE-DJY of Malmö Aviation. Same story as 

above. 

-RJ70 E1225 G-CDOF Trident Turboprop (Dublin) Ltd., ex SE-DJZ of Transwede Airways. Again the same 

story as above. 

-RJ100 E3320 G-BZAT Trident Jet (Jersey) Ltd., ex BA CityFlyer. Registered on 27 January. Is parked at 

Kemble. 

-RJ100 E3354 VH-NJP National Jet Systems, ex G-BZAW of BA CityFlyer. Left Europe on 28 January. Registered 


CRJ 100LR 7298 C-GEDO Bombardier Inc., ex D-ACJJ of Lufthansa CityLine. Registered on 4 February. Ferried 

from Cologne to Toronto-Lester B. Pearson (Ont.) on 20 January, reportedly in full 

UTair colours. 

100LR 7135 C-.... Bombardier Inc., ex D-ACJD of Lufthansa CityLine. Repainted at Amsterdam and 

ferried to Cologne in full UTair colours registered as D-ACJD on 3 February. Ferried 

from Cologne to Toronto-Lester B. Pearson (Ont.) on 17 February. Imported in the 

Canadian register but not yet registered. Will become VQ-BGO with UTair Aviation. 

200LR 7373 4L-TGS Georgian Airways, ex EK-20073 of Armavia. Returned to Georgian half December. 

CL-850 8099 C-FVQB Chartright Air. Registered 21 December. 

900LR 15251 D-ACNK Eurowings. Arrived at Nuremberg on 30 January. 

DC-9 -81 48003 SE-DMT Air Sweden, ex Nordic Airways. Delivered in February. 

-82 49555 N416NV Allegiant Air, ex SE-DIO (and LN-RMD) of SAS. Registered on 19 February and ferried 

to the USA the next day. 

-83 49937 S2-AEH United Airways, ex YR-HBA of Medallion Air. Delivered early January. 

-82 53347 N417NV Allegiant Air, ex SE-DMD of SAS. Ferried to the USA on 9 February 2010. Registered 


DC-10 -30F 46932 PP-MTP Master Top Linhas Aéreas, ex N609GC. Re-registered in January. 

-30F 47928 C-GKFD Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter, ex N304WL of World Airways. Ferried from Marana 

(AZ) to Hamilton (Ont.) on 6 January. Registered on 17 February. 

Do328 -300 3132 OY-NCP Sun-Air of Scandinavia, ex N328AC of Ultimate Jet Charters. Registered on 28 January. 

Was already cancelled from USCAR on 3 November 2009. Is fl ying in British 

Airways colours and is already offered for sale, according to the website of Sun-Air. 


ERJ 135BJ 14500954 G-THFC London Executive Aviation, ex G-RRAZ. Re-registered on 2 February. 

170STD 17000305 G-LCYI BA CityFlyer. Arrived at Exeter on 31 January. 

190LR 19000337 D-AECD Lufthansa CityLine. Arrived at Munich on 10 February. 

190STD 19000338 PH-EZM KLM Cityhopper. Arrived at Amsterdam in the evening of 13 February. 

MD-11 48766 N783BC McDonnell Douglas Dakota Leasing Inc., ex OH-LGF of Finnair. Made its last fl ight 

for Finnair on 23 December. Was ferried to Paya Lebar in Singapore on 27 January. 

Registered on 1 February. 

Credits: Airfl eets, Skyliner, RZjets en Airline-List. 

This former Lufthansa Regional CRJ100 was painted in Armavia colours at Amsterdam and delivered to Yerevan late September 

2009. The airliner is registered as EK-20014. (Zurich-Kloten, 28 January 2010, Simon Titchmarsh) 

Propliners 

A bit of news from Down Under. In December 2009 and January 

2010 no less than four former Dakota National Air DC-3s were 

transported to the property of R.G. Chrystall Transport in Larras 

Lee (NSW), with a fi fth one to follow soon. 

Dakota National Air was formed by Peter Starr in 1992, and 

operated from Sydney-Bankstown (NSW). At their peak in the 

late 1990s the company owned seven DC-3s. In 2003 the name 

was changed to Discovery Air Tours, but at that time only three 

of the DC-3s were still operational. 

On 16 February 2004 the company went into administration, 

but limited operations continued for a while longer. By 2006 

however all operations had ceased. All seven DC-3s remained 

the property of founder Peter Starr. Five have been stored at 

Bankstown for years, one at Warnervale (NSW), and the seventh 

was kept in airworthy condition, also at Bankstown. The 

operational aircraft is VH-SBL (12056), and it is still based at 

Bankstown. The aircraft at Warnervale is VH-DNF (33109), 

which stranded there in early 1995 after developing engine 

troubles during the delivery fl ight from Papua New Guinea (ex 


PNG AF P2-001). 

The fi ve aircraft at Bankstown were stored on the grounds of the 

Australian Aviation Museum Bankstown. They were VH-BPN 

(32945), VH-DNA (27130), VH-MIN (13459), VH-PWN (26001) 

and VH-UPQ (33300). On 16 February 2009 the latter of these 

was donated to the museum by Peter Starr. 

The museum will soon lose its Bankstown site due to redevelopment, 

and is currently in the process of relocating to Camden 

(NSW). This meant that Peter Starr’s remaining four aircraft 

will also have to go. For this Mr. Starr struck a deal with Ralph 

Chrystall of Chrystall Transport. 

The four aircraft were disassembled and trucked to Mr. Chrystall’s 

property in Larras Lee (NSW), just north of Molong, where 

they will be kept in disassembled storage awaiting further sale. 

The fi rst one to be moved was VH-BPN in late November 2009, 

followed by VH-MIN on 10 December, then VH-DNA on 17 December 

and fi nally VH-PWN on 21 January 2010. The Warnervale 

aircraft, VH-DNF, will also go to Larras Lee, and may 

already have arrived there by the time you read this. 

Canadair CL-415 2074 I-DPCR/31 Protezione Civile / SOREM, delivered on 1 february 2010. Until 12 November 2009 

this registration was carried by a Piaggio P-180 Avanti. 

CL-415 2075 811 Croatia Air Force, ex C-GCUH. Was noted passing through Manchester, UK on 5 

February 2010 on delivery to Croatia. Still carried C-GCUH, but also had “811” on the 

nose. 

Consolidated 28-5 CV-427 N427CV Ex (3D-PBY), C-FPQO. Registration pending for Steven T. Hamilton as of 5 February 

2010. This Catalina (or rather a Consolidated 28-5AMC Canso A) has been under 

restoration at Johannesburg-Rand since 2006, and made its fi rst engine and taxi 

trials on 19 february 2010. It is painted silver with yellow wings and blue/white/red 

rudder, but carries no serial, registration or insignia. It will be based in the USA, and 

is expected to be fl own out of Rand by May 2010. 

Canadair CL-44-6 13 HC-AZH Ex Andes Airlines. After almost 24 years of storage, this last surviving RCAF CC-106 

Yukon in existence is reported to have been broken up at Guayaquil, Ecuador, in November 

2009. The aircraft had been acquired by the RCAF Memorial Museum in April 

2005 (for CA$1000), but the museum lacked the funds to transport the rare survivor 

back to Canada. This leaves only one CL-44 in existence worldwide, RP-C8023 (16) 

at Bournemouth, and unfortunately its future looks very bleak as well. 

Convair 640 48 XA-UMI Aeronaves T.S.M., ex N3417. Acquired on 7 July 2009, Mexican registration now 

known. 

640 332 N640R Ex Century Airlines, has been sold to Aeronoves T.S.M. and was cancelled from the 

US register on 5 Februari 2010, on export to Mexico.

440 497 HH-VAH Vision Air Haiti, ex N202RA. Noted parked at Opa Locka (FL) on 20 February 2010, 

painted with “Vision Air Haiti” titles on forward fuselage and a “VAH” logo on the fi n. 

Douglas A-26A 27477 N4988N This former Lynch Air Tankers Invader has been stored at Billings (MT) since 2005. 

Until then it was fl own by John Lynch, founder of the company, painted as 64-17679/ 

IF. It has been sold to a new owner, and on 9 January 2010 the Invader departed Billings 

on delivery to Texas. It arrived at Denton (TX) one day later, where the USAAF 

paintjob was removed. Ten days later it was ferried to Meacham Field, Fort Worth 

(TX), now in bare metal, for further restoration by William Hospers’ Vintage Flying 

Museum. 

C-47A 12026 ZS-DRJ Was sold to Turbine Versions (Pty) Ltd. (Gert de Klerk) on 19 November 2009 and 

was restored to fl ying condition at Johannesburg-Rand. On 30 January 2010 it made 

its fi rst fl ight in thirteen years, to Pretoria-Wonderboom, where it will undergo further 

restoration. Another DC-3 back in the air! 

C-47A 18949 N99131 Was registered to James C. Petrides on 20 January 2010. It had earlier been earmarked 

for the Hawaii Museum of Flying, but these plans have fallen through. The 

aircraft is still stored at Honolulu (HI). 

C-54P 10520 N67019 Brooks Fuel Inc., registered on 12 February 2010. Ex Air Response (Tanker 157), and 

currently still in storage at Mesa (AZ). 

C-54S 22203 N99AS Brooks Fuel Inc., registered on 18 February 2010. Also ex Air Response (Tanker 

99), and also currently still in storage at Mesa (AZ). Yet two more DC-4s for Roger 

Brooks… 

C-54E 27359 N460WA Florida Air Transport has also added another DC-4 to its fl eet. On 4 February 2010 

former ARDCO N460WA (Tanker 151) was fl own from Tucson-Ryan Field (AZ) to its 

new home base at Opa Locka (FL). 

DC-7C 45112 EC-GGB Ex Basear, has recently been broken up at Cordoba, Spain, after having been in 

storage there for more than ten years. The engines were sold to HARS in Australia in 

October 2009, and the nose section is rumoured to be going to a museum in Europe, 

reportedly in Switzerland. 

DC-7C 45215 EC-GGC Ex Basear, has also been in storage at Cordoba, Spain for more than ten years. It 

is reportedly now destined for display in the Parque de Mirafl ores in Cordoba’s town 

centre. 

DHC CS2F-3 DH-72 C-FKVG Conair has been thinning out its large stock of spare Tracker airframes at Abbotsford 

(BC), and only a few now remain. Most were scrapped, but this particular aircraft was 

donated to the Chilliwack Military Education Centre in Chilliwack (BC), and towed 

there on 6 January 2010. It will be restored and placed on display in front of the centre. 

Lockheed L-12A 1222 C-FLKD Invicta Air (Peter Ramm), ex CF-MZE. This wonderful Electra Junior lives at Saint 

Catharines (ON), since having been imported by Mr. Ramm in 2007 and registered 

as CF-MZE (ex N18125). On 29 January 2010 it received its new registration. 

L-188CF 1131 G-LOFB Atlantic Airlines, severely damaged in February 2010, when a fuel tank imploded 

during maintenance. The aircraft was being readied for delivery to Conair Aviation in 

Canada, but may now be considered a write-off. 

This post WWII built Beech D18S was fl own for some time in France after which it went to Djibouti. Nowadays it is preserved on poles 

in front of the terminal of Djibouti Ambouli airport where its old registration, F-BEHI, is still visible under the wings. 

(23 November 2009, Madelon Bronner) 


L-188CF 1143 G-LOFD Atlantic Airlines, has been sold to Conair Aviation. The Electra was fl own to Abbotsford 

(BC) during the fi rst week of February, where it will be converted to airtanker, 

for operation by Conair. The English registration was cancelled 12 February 2010. 

During the late 1990s Conair operated a single Electra airtanker, C-FZCS (1060). 

SP-2H 7065 N716AU The story in Scramble 369 about the three ex Aero Union Neptunes was just a tad 

too pessimistic. It said that every bit of the three aircraft was scrapped, but as it turns 

out this is not quite true. On 19 February 2010 the fuselage of N716AU, minus its tail 

section, was seen at Chico (CA), still standing on its own wheels. It is unclear what 

Aero Union plans to do with this part fuselage. 

Credits: Ralph Pettersen, the usual suspects, and various classic aviation mailing lists and community boards. 

Commuters 

Orders and news from Bombardier include an order for fi fteen 

DHC-8-400s by Jazz Air with options on a further fi fteen, these 

are for delivery to the airline from May 2011 onwards. 

News also that Lynx Aviation/Frontier Express, that operates 

a total of eleven DHC-8s, is to be shut down. They will be absorbed 

into other carriers of Republic Airways Holdings. 


Orders for ATR include a new ATR72-212A ordered by Belle Air 

and two of the same for Israir. 

Norwegian Lufttransport has placed an order for a single Next 

Generation Do228, this is for delivery later this year, in September. 

This Dornier 328 fl ew for Solid Air as PH-SOX. This winter the aircraft was painted in this new grey colour scheme and small ASL 

(Aero Service Liège) titles were painted on its tail. It still fl ies with its Dutch registration, but according to our database the registration 

OO-ELI is reserved for this aircraft. (Munich, 7 February 2010, Martin Bach) 

ATR 42-320 213 OY-PCD Nordic Aviation Capital, ex XA-RNP. Ferried Billund to Monchengladbach 10 February 

after overhaul. 

72-212 234 EC-JDX Swift Air, ex F-GHPV. Positioned Madrid to Wau Waw (Sudan) 17-18 February on 

lease to the UN. 

42-300 245 TS-LBA Mauritania Airways, ex G-BXBV. Ferried Nouakchott to Toulouse 27 January for overhaul, 

this was completed by 5 February when it returned home. 

42-500 445 LY-DAT DOT, ex F-WKVF. Delivered St. Brieuc to Kaunas 13 February. 

72-212 446 EC-JRP Swiftair, ex D-AEWK. Positioned Madrid to Wau, Sudan, 20-21 February on lease to 

the UN. 

42-500 510 PP-PTW Trip Linhas Aéreas, ex F-WNUB. Delivered from Toulouse to Belo Horizonte 25-26 

January. 

72-212A 588 TC-YAB Bora Jet, ex G-CGFT. Delivered Monchengladbach to Istanbul 3 February still in Alitalia 

Express colours. 

72-212A 672 7T-VUL Air Algérie, ex F-OHGP. Ferried Algiers to Toulouse 17 February and returned to Algiers 

20 February. 

72-212A 701 TC-YAC Bora Jet, ex OY-EDC. Delivered Monchengladbach to Istanbul 13 February, this was 

also in Alitalia Express colours. 

72-212A 785 PP-PTR Trip Linhas Aéreas, ex F-WWED. Delivered from Toulouse to Belo Horizonte 9-10 

February. 

72-212A 805 CX-JCL BQB Lineas Aéreas, ex F-WWEQ. Delivered from Toulouse to Montevideo via Recife 

10-11 February. 

72-212A 808 EC-KUR Islas Airways, ex F-WWES. Ferried from Dinard to Las Palmas 10 February after 

maintenance and storage. 

72-212A 846 PP-PTT Trip Linhas Aéreas, ex F-WWEL. Departed Toulouse 9 February on delivery along 

with… 

72-212A 891 PP-PTU Trip Linhas Aereas, ex F-WWEW. 

72-212A 897 VN-B225 Vietnam Airlines, ex F-WWEH. Departed Toulouse 26 January on delivery via Delhi. 

72-212A 899 VN-B227 Vietnam Airlines, ex F-WWEJ. Departed Toulouse 1 February on delivery. Delivered 

on lease to Cambodia Angkor Air and sporting their full colours.

72-212A 900 9M-MWH MAS Wings, ex F-WWEO. Ferried Toulouse to Abu Dhabi 29-30 January on its delivery 

fl ight. 

72-212A 901 7T-VUO Air Algérie, ex F-WWEP. Delivered Toulouse to Algiers 11 February. 

BAe 3201 860 PH-CCI AIS Airlines, ex 4X-CII. Ferried Tel Aviv to Lelystad 9-11 February carrying its Israeli 

registration. 

DHC-8 -315 458 9H-AFD Athens Airways, ex G-BRYU. Ferried Malta to Athens 17 February on new lease from 

Medavia. 

-402 4286 LN-WDI Widerøe, ex C-FZFX. Delivered via Reykjavik to Sandefjord 5-7 February. 

-402 4289 YL-BAE Air Baltic, ex C-FZGL. Ferried from Canada to Luxor 25-27 January for display at the 

Singapore Airshow. 

-402 4291 CS-TRD SATA Air Açores, ex C-GAUA. Delivered from Canada to Ponta Delgada Nordela 2-3 

February, followed by… 

-402 4295 CS-TRE SATA Air Açores, ex C-GBIY. Delivered 11-12 February. 

Credit: Skyliner. 

Fokker News 

Just after the deadline for the previous issue we received word 

that three of MiniLiner’s Friendships are already back in operation 

after we reported they were all inactive at various locations. 

I-MLXT 10374 was already back in the air at the end of 

December operating for the French Post while I-MLGT 10379 

has been fl ying since 18 January and I-MLHT 10382 two days 

later, operating for Air Contractors. And while these three were 

already back in the air, the company as a whole has been upand-running 

again! 

And just after the deadline for this issue it was announced that 

the Peruvian Navy will receive two Fokker 60s in the fi rst week 

of June this year! The negotiations only took a year and a half 

but fi nally cumulated in the signing of the deal in the last week 

of February. Fokker will provide logistic support and as we write 

this the fi rst Peruvians are making their way to the Netherlands 

for their type rating. Since the deal is for Fokkers of the MPA 

variant, this means that the lucky ones to move to a sunnier 

place are U-01 20321 and U-03 20327, both of which are currently 

still stored at Woensdrecht. 

A company which has not been so lucky is Dutch ACMI operator 

Denim Air! On 19 February they declared themselves bankrupt 

but also announced they would try again but heavily downsized, 

operating only two Fokker 50s. After the contract with Nostrum 

Air got cancelled Denim was unable to fi nd a similar contract 


with another operator, which was the fi rst big blow. Smaller contracts 

were also missed out on and when a contract to fl y troops 

in Afghanistan got cancelled as well there was no other option 

then to go bankrupt. To make things even worse Nigerian operator 

Arik Air has failed to pay its outstanding bills, which runs 

in the millions of euros. They hope to continue fl ying with two 

aircraft, twelve offi ce staff and three crews (which means 160 

staff will lose their job), but this hope is based on a possible 

contract with the Norwegian armed forces for troop fl ights in 

Afghanistan. When this contract will also slip through Denim’s 

fi ngers we fear the airline (which only recently introduced its 

fi rst jets, the Fokker 100) will be grounded for a while… 

The Fokker 50 operation, and turboprop ops in general, is soon 

coming to an end for KLM cityhopper! While there are still a few 

operating KLM has now announced the last Fokker 50 fl ight 

will be at the end of the current winter schedule, on 27 March 

2010. They have been operating the type since August 1990 so 

they will just miss out on completing two decades, but it is the 

end of an era nonetheless! Meanwhile KLM Cityhopper has announced 

to retain fi ve of the seven remaining Fokker 100s. 

Click Mexicana has retired some of the Fokker 100s and ferried 

them to Victorville for storage: XA-TKP 11266, XA-TKR 

11339 and XA-SGF 11384. All three of them arrived at the end 

of January. 

Fokker 50 P4-RAS was delivered to Air Astana on 23 February. Air Astana is already the ninth user of this aircraft. Its former operators 

– in chronological order – are: Lufthansa Cityline, Aer Lingus Commuter, Rio Sul, Pelita Air, SweFly, Denim Air, VLM and Cityjet. 

(Antwerp, 23 February 2010, Walter van Brempt) 

F27 -100 10245 SE-KZD This old Friendship has been in use for emergency training in Heerenveen, the Netherlands 

for the past nearly six years, but in the beginning of February it was once 

again dismantled. It will be transported to Groningen-Eelde for use by the fi re services. 

-600 10430 9Q-CJV Air Kasaï, ex 3D-JCP Malu Aviation. Seen in November last year at Lubumbashi, 

DRC. We are not sure when the new registration was applied but our guess is some-

where in 2009. If anyone has more info we would love to hear from you! 

-500 10534 VH-EWP Fugro LADS Corporation, ex Executive Airlines. Registered 17 January but still operated 

by Executive Airlines. 

-200 10545 TF-SYN Islenska Landhelgisgaeslan - Icelandic Coast Guard. This escaped us a little bit (well, 

it is almost a year old news!) but the Coast Guard Friendship is preserved in Akureyri, 

Iceland. It arrived there already back in May 2009… 

-050 20145 OO-VLN CityJet, ex VLM. Number nine ferried from Antwerp to Norwich 25 January and came 

back again on 5 February. 

-050 20153 YL-BAZ Air Baltic, ex LY-BAZ. Playing catch up here, but was seen reregistered at Berlin at 

the end of December last year. 

-050 20160 OO-VLV CityJet, ex VLM. Ferried Antwerp-Norwich v.v. 19-.. February for repaint. Will be 

number eleven. 

-050 20161 VH-FKP Alliance Airlines, ex VH-AHX of the same operator. Changed registration 29 January. 

-050 20177 OO-VLX VLM. Has been stored at Antwerp since 18 January all white, awaiting a new operator. 

-050 20181 OO-VLY VLM. Will now remain with VLM instead of returning to the lessor. 

-050F 20197 I-MLDT MiniLiner, ex Deccan 360. Arrived 21 February at Bergamo after wet lease. 

-050 20208 OO-VLF CityJet, ex VLM. Ferried back from Norwich 19 February after receiving a new colour 

scheme. This is number ten already! 

-050 20217 PH-KVH KLM cityhopper. Last service 10 February and currently parked at Amsterdam. 

-050 20232 PH-JXJ Denim Air, ex Arik Air. Arrived Maastricht 1 February after the lease ended. 

-050 20237 P4-RAS Air Astana, ex OO-VLT VLM. Turns out we were wrong last month in saying it arrived 

in CityJet colours at Antwerp. It did indeed arrive but in Air Astana colours, where it 

was intended to go all along. It did still carry OO-VLT upon arrival but this was soon 

changed in P4-RAS and the Fokker was delivered 23 February. 

-050 20252 PH-KXM Denim Air, ex Arik Air. Arrived at Maastricht 30 January after the lease ended. 

F28 -3000 11151 V5-KEA AirQuarius. Broken up at Lanseria in January and remains were scrapped. Never 

actually wore ZS-JAL which it was registered to in October 2003. 

-4000 11236 ZS-JES South African Express, ex AirQuarius. Delivered in February on lease. 

-0100 11246 PH-OFA KLM cityhopper. Is reportedly destined for the Aviodrome, Lelystad to be put on display. 

Would be great to have a Fokker 100 preserved on Dutch soil!! 

-0100 11247 PH-OFB But, no so good news for this one and... 

-0100 11248 PH-OFJ ...this one, as they are to be scrapped in the fi rst six months of 2010... 

-0100 11260 PH-OFE KLM cityhopper. Last service scheduled for March 2010. 

-0100 11319 XA-SHJ Click Mexicana. Suffered a gear incident at Monterrey, Mexico 16 February. See 

Dustpan & Brush for more details. 

-0070 11565 YR-KMB Carpatair, ex HA-LMB Malév. Delivered to Timisoara 16 February. 

-0070 11569 HA-LMC Malév. Ferried 3 February from Budapest to Norwich for repaint into Carpatair colours. 

Will be YR-KMC soon, probably in March. 

Credits: Skyliner, Walter van Brempt. 

Bizjets 

BAe125 -800B 258130 G-GRGA Paul Gregg, the new operator of this Hawker 800 since January, gave the aircraft 

already its seventh G registration. The previous ones are, in chronological order: G- 

FDSL, G-TPHK, G-BVFC, G-ETOM, G-OSPG and G-DCTA. 

-1000B 259037 M-FINK Barbara Fink transferred her bizjet to the more tax-friendly part of the United Kingdom: 

you guessed it, the Isle of Man. The change took place during overhaul at Biggin 

Hill, where it was fi rst noted on 11 February. 

Cessna 510 0268 OK-MYS 11 December saw the delivery of this Czech Citation Mustang to Prague. The operator 

of the VLJ is Time Air. 

510 0270 OM-AES Slovakia also received a Mustang. This one is operated by VIP Wings for AMF 

Czech. 

510 0274 D-IEMG Emfl y, ex N713MD. Crossed the Atlantic early in January. 

510 0283 G-XAVB We are approaching the 300 mark for the Citation Mustang with the delivery of this 

example to Aviation Beauport. In fact number 300 has already been built, but will go 

to Australia soon. G-XAVB entered the register on 4 February. 

525 0022 G-THNX Synergy Aviation decided to change the registration of her CitationJet G-BVCM in 

January. Thanx for that, as now we have another registration to catch! 

525A 0031 G-SONE Ex M-XONE. It remains the number one but in a different country. Interesting to see 

an aircraft move from the Isle of Man to the UK. Normally it is the other way around... 

CJ525 Ltd is the owner per 7 January. 

550 0808 M-SGCR Labraid Limited has less distance issues within Europe now with the purchase of this 

Bravo. Ex YU-BSM of Prince Aviation. 

560 0665 M-FRED F. Capper, of which the F stands for Fred we take it. Was noted at Bournemouth on 3 

February. Used to be known as YR-RPG of Eurojet Romania. 

560XL 5271 G-CGMF Multifl ight, ex LN-SUX. Registered on 26 January. 

560XLS 5712 G-LEAX London Executive Aviation added this Citation XLS to her fl eet late in January. It is the 

former N595QS of NetJets. 

560XLS 5793 YR-DPH Ex G-FCAP. Was due to be re-registered on 5 February. 

Challenger 300 20023 M-YFLY After spending fi ve years working for Flexjet, N514FX was put up for sale on the 

second-hand market. It appears to have found a new owner on the Isle of Man, as 

M-YFLY arrived at Farnborough on 3 February using the same SEL-CAL as when 

N514FX. 

300 20271 M-CLAB Shamrock Trading, ex C-FYBO. Most likely an Ukrainian person or company is using 

this Challenger 300 for travel as the aircraft was ferried to Kiev on 5 February. 


The fi nal game of the National Football League, the Super Bowl, always attracts a lot of bizjet traffi c and this year was no exception. 

Super Bowl XLIV was held in Miami (FL), but visiting bizjets also parked at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood. Alex Peake went to a park on 

the southern side of the airport to watch and photograph traffi c using runway 9R/27L. This is where he saw this NII Aviation Falcon 

7X on 7 February 2010, which was delivered only in December. The Dallas area will host next year’s Super Bowl which will be played 

at the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on 6 February 2011. 

300 20272 D-BCLA Hapag-Lloyd Express fl ies this Challenger, probably for some individual. Originally 

D-BPWR was reserved for the aircraft, nut not taken up. Ex C-FYBS and delivered to 

Cologne on 14 January. 

300 20274 OE-HCA Salzburg-based Avag Air welcomed her new Challenger 300 at homebase on 9 January. 

Ex C-FYBV. 

Embraer EMB500 50000112 M-YTOY My Toy, not yours... Registered on account of TD Aviation per 20 January. This Phenom 

carries Embraer house colours with Manx markings. She is based at Blackpool 

in hangar number 3. 

Falcon 7X 34 I-AFIT After the Royal Bank of Scotland refused to take delivery of this 7X, Dassault had to 

fi nd another customer. This now appears to be car manufacturer Fiat. Ex (F-GVRB 

ntu), F-WWZV. 

900EX 64 C-GBBX Former D-AJAD of Deutsche Telekom now fl ies for the well-known company 1432766 

Ontario (…) of Waterloo (Ont.). 

Global XRS 9267 M-MMAS Jana Aviation, ex N78ZZ. Transferred to the Isle of Man per 28 January. 

XRS 9320 HB-JGH Delivered ex Montréal via Luton to Switzerland during 1-2 February. This Global Express 

XRS will replace the 2000-built HB-IKZ c/n 9054 of the same company. 

XRS 9333 G-SANL Sanctuary Aviation, ex C-FUSI. Was ferried from Montréal to Luton in 28 January. 

5000 9334 G-PVEL Ocean Sky (UK), ex C-FUSR. Delivered to Manchester on 30 January. 

5000 9353 CS-EAM The fi rst Portuguese Global ever is this fi ne Global 5000. Stansted was the fi rst place 

in Europe where you could spot it, on 30 January. Test markings were C-FWZR. 

Gulfstream IVSP 1231 VT-ONE Ex VT-DLF. Internal Indian affair. The Indian number one was one of the visitors of the 

annual WEF 2010. 

G550 5243 B-99888 Was noted at the completion centre in Long Beach (CA) on 8 January. It was ferried 

to Taiwan the week after with its Gulfstream reg N924GA. It has already been noted 

in Europe as well. 

Learjet 60XR 382 M-IGHT This mighty Learjet might be the key to success for High Wing Aviation. Time will 

tell... 

Credits: Airline list, Bizjet list, Dutch Spotters list. 

Bizprops 

Beech C90A LJ-1090 N121GT Swiftair. Registered per 17 December. Europe has lost another resident. Ex D-ILGI. 

C90GTI LJ-1934 TC-SHA Anadolu University Air Taxi has acquired two King Air C90GTi bizprops. They were 

both delivered in December. This one used to be known as N590HB and N6234M. 

C90GTI LJ-1959 SP-MMS Ad Astra Executive Charter is the name of the operator of this Polish Beechcraft. It 

arrived at Warsaw as N6459Y on 23 October, after which it was re-registered. 

C90GTI LJ-1962 TC-SHB See c/n LJ-1934. Ex N6382P. 

C90GTI LJ-1965 SP-NEO Another Polish C90GTi, now operated by JB Investments. This one was delivered to 

Lodz as N6015N on 12 November. 

200 BB-584 LN-MOB As new King Air B200s have been or are being prepared for delivery, it is time for 

Lufttransport to say goodbye to the older aircraft. This one ended his fl ying career in 


Most bizjets in China are based in Hong Kong or elsewhere in the People’s Republic. However, this Gulfstream G550 calls Taipei in 

Taiwan, or the Republic of China, its home since January this year. The aircraft has already visited Europe and where else than Luton 

could you see it fi rst. Alan Bushell was there on 17 February 2010 to capture the moment. 

October 2009, when it was dismantled at Langnes in Norway. Subsequently it was 

transported by road to Oslo-Gardermoen, to be used for emergency evacuation training. 

The registration was cancelled on 21 January. 

200 BB-459 SE-KXM Predictably c/n BB-459 took up its former Swedish registration when it went back in 

December. Ex LN-AWE of Airwing. 

B200 BB-1505 ZS-JCR Family Airline got a new B200GT in December, so HB-GJW became obsolete. It 

moved to C.J. Rance in South Africa. 

350 FL-124 G-COBM Cobham Flight Inspection, ex D-CFIS. 

350 FL-424 G-COBI Cobham Flight Inspection also transferred this King Air to the UK register, early in 

February. Ex D-CIFA. 

Cessna 208B 2008 D-FOLI Was already operating for CAE Aviation from Luxembourg, fi tted with measuring 

equipment, but received a German registration in December. Ex N208WV. 

208B 2054 D-FIMI Fritz Müller Apparatebau Ingelfi ngen bought this Grand Caravan in October. Ex 

N21173. 

208B 2128 D-FAAL Air Alliance, ex N61882. Ferried Kefl avik - Glasgow - Bremen on 23 January. 

208B 2148 D-FLYE Fly Express, was delivered via Glasgow on 6 February. Is painted in a grey with orange 

colour scheme with titles. 

421C 0206 N87PP Former HB-LPD was cancelled from the Swiss register on 16 December. Aerospace 

Trust Management transferred it to the USA. 

P180 … I-PJET Wind Jet Platinum Line. You could see that aircraft on the static on the Marrakesh 

In 2009 Indonesian carrier Susi Air ordered thirty new Cessna 208B Grand Caravans to complement its fl eet of ten of such aircraft. 

Nine of this order were delivered in 2009, among which was this N6194X. The aircraft made a fuelstop at Malta-Luqa on 3 February 

2010, together with two others. (Henry Spiteri) 


Aero Expo late January. 

PA-42 400LS 5527010 M-NLYY Factory Leasing, registered per 26 January. This only took the painters a small adjustment, 

as the ex is LN-LYY! 

Credits: Airline list, Bizjet list, Dutch Spotters list. 

Helispot 

On 9 June 2009, Helifl ight and Events B.V., Bennekom, was 

declared bankrupt. Angry customers asked at the site of consumer 

programme Kassa to pay attention to Helifl ights Helikopters, 

Bennekom. This fi rm was selling tickets for their helicopter 

fl ights at the same address as the bankrupt Helifl ight and 

Events B.V., Bennekom. On 12 February 2010, Robinson R44 

Raven II G-CGGR and Eurocopter EC120 B Colibri G-LHCC 

arrived at Kootwijkerbroek as the new helicopters of Heli Flights 

Helicopters, Bennekom. EC120B G-LHCC was re-registered D- 

HHLF and Raven II G-CGGR was re-registered D-HGVW. Both 

helicopters were presented in Bennekom on 20 February. 

On 10 February 2010, the fi rst of the eight new Eurocopter 

EC135P2+ helicopters for the Bavarian Police Force (Hubschrauberstaffel 

Bayern) was handed over at Donauwörth. The 

eight EC135P2+ helicopters will replace the nine EC135P1 

helicopters in service and will be registered D-HBPA, D-HBPB, 

D-HBPC, D-HBPD, D-HBPE, D-HBPF, D-HBPG and D-HBPH. 

The Hubschrauberstaffel Bayern helicopters are stationed in 

Munich and Roth. The nine EC135P1 helicopters in service 

have been leased from Eurocopter since 1998 and 1999. 

CityCopter is a new operator in Hamburg. CityCopter uses the 

Robinson R44. 

German HeliJet Charter, a 100% subsidiary of SILAG, has purchased 

Sikorsky S-76A++ D-HULK. The helicopter is fi tted with 

a winch capable of a 260kg lift. Next to the S-76A++, HeliJet 

Charter operates through SILAG Sikorsky S-76B D-HNDL and 

S-76C++ D-HMGX. 

Falck DRF Luftambulance A/S has won the tender to operate 

the helicopter at the new air-rescue station Ringsted at the Isle 

Sjælland in Denmark. From May 2010 a DRF Luftrettung Eurocopter 

EC135 will be operated out of Ringsted. The operation 

period is initially limited to eighteen months. After the evaluation 

of this period it will be decided whether the service continues. 

Bristow Group Inc. has placed an order for four AgustaWestland 

AW139 medium-twin helicopters to be used to perform offshore 

transport missions. The purchase adds to the previous one for 

three aircraft already delivered. 

CHC Helicopters, through its membership in the Soteria consortium, 

has won preferred bidder status on a 25-year contract to 

provide comprehensive search and rescue (SAR) services and 

military aircrew SAR training to the UK government. CHC Helicopters, 

through the Soteria consortium, will now commence 

work with the UK government to negotiate the fi nal details of the 

contract prior to signature. As a member of the Soteria consortium, 

CHC’s role will be providing all helicopter operations support, 

including facilities and crew, to service 11,000 km of coastline 

and 3.6 million sq km of sea, from twelve bases spread 

from Culdrose in the south of England to Sumburgh in northern 

Scotland. As part of the SAR-H program, CHC will completely 

transition UK SAR to a Sikorsky S-92 helicopter fl eet. Soteria 

was formed to take part in the competitive process to create a 

single helicopter SAR entity in the UK. The four members of 

Soteria include: CHC Helicopters, Thales, Sikorsky Helicopters 

and the Royal Bank of Scotland. 

The Great North Air Ambulance (GNAA) has retired its over 

forty years old MBB Bo105 helicopter, leaving the rescue service 

with just one aircraft. The charity has been operating with 

two helicopters since the lease expired on an MD-902 based at 

Tees Valley Airport. Now the decision has been made to retire 

the Bolkow from Otterburn Army Camp in Northumberland, due 

to ongoing mechanical problems. Cover for the region will be 

provided by the GNAA’s Cumbria-based aircraft. The charity, 

which is moving away from its policy of leasing helicopters, is 

raising funds to buy three new AS365N2 Dauphin helicopters 

by the end of 2010. GNAA want to buy the fi rst of these, to be 

based at Durham Tees Valley Airport, in the next few months. 


In the meantime, rescue cover for the North East and Cumbria 

should not be affected as winter is traditionally the quietest time 

of year, according to the organisation. 

Pratt & Whitney Canada’s Customer Service Centre Europe, a 

joint venture between Pratt & Whitney Canada and MTU Aero 

Engines, has signed a Fleet Management Program agreement 

with Eurocopter UK to provide comprehensive maintenance 

support for six PW206B2-powered EC135 helicopters operated 

by various UK Police Air Support Units. 

SaxonAir, an executive jet operator at Norwich International 

Airport, has invested in a new fl eet of helicopters to offer VIP 

fl ights. In 2009, SaxonAir took delivery of Eurocopter EC120B 

G-KLPN and Eurocopter EC135P2+ G-KLNK was registered 

as chartered on 1 February 2010. Saxonair operates four business 

aircraft with an Embraer Phenom 100 jet on order due for 

delivery in May 2010. 

Sloane Helicopters at Sywell Aerodrome, Northampton, placed 

their fi rst order for the new Robinson R66. The Robinson R66, 

a fi ve-seat, turbine helicopter, is progressing fast to certifi cation 

and is now available for pre-order. 

Heli-Alps at Sion Airport, Switzerland, has acquired a Eurocopter 

AS355NP Twin Squirrel, their fi rst twin-engined helicopter. 

The helicopter is leased from Sable Air, a Danish registered 

company owned by a private owner based in the UK. The 

355NP is registered HB-ZOO with Heli-Alps. It is their seventh 

aircraft, joining two Eurocopter EC130s, two AS350B3s, an 

AS350B2 and a Robinson R44 Raven II. The company was 

formed in 2005 by a group of four pilots. 

Esperia Aviation Services of Italy has signed a contract for four 

AgustaWestland helicopters including two AW119Ke single 

engines, one Grand light twin and one AW139 medium-twin. 

These aircraft will be used for passenger transport purposes in 

the country, operating from its headquarters based at Rome’s 

Urbe Airport and Milan Linate Airport and, periodically, in Sardinia 

(Costa Smeralda) and northeastern Italy (Cortina) or other 

captive touristic areas in Italy. Esperia’s fl eet currently consists 

of four AgustaWestland Grand helicopters. 

Eurocopter and the Spanish Ministry of the Interior have signed 

a contract for the purchase of twelve EC135P2+ helicopters. 

Spain’s National Police Force will operate six of the new aircraft 

for law enforcement missions, while the remaining six will join 

the current fl eet of the Spanish Guardia Civil. One of this latter 

group of helicopters will be confi gured for mountain rescue 

missions. The agreement calls for an initial delivery of four helicopters 

in 2010. Four more helicopters are to follow next year, 

and the remaining aircraft will be delivered in 2012. The twelve 

helicopters acquired under this contract will join the fourteen 

EC135s already operated by the National Police Force and the 

Guardia Civil (seven each). Two additional contracts are in the 

works and will subsequently bring the total number of EC135s 

up to 51. All twelve helicopters covered by the contract will roll 

off Albacete’s EC135 assembly line, which is one of two lines 

that Eurocopter operates for the light twin-engine helicopter, 

along with the assembly line in Donauwörth, Germany. Eleven 

of the twelve helicopters will be equipped for IFR fl ights. Approximately 

fi fty EC135s are currently operated by different 

customers in Spain. 

FAASA Group of Spain has taken delivery of an additional 

four AgustaWestland AW119Ke single engine helicopters for 

fi re-fi ghting missions. The handover brings the number of 

AW119Kes in service with this operator to twenty units making 

FAASA Group one of the largest operators of this model in the 

world. Two of these aircraft will be operated by Heliduero. 

Vinair Aeroserviços at Cascais in Portugal has signed a contract 

for two AgustaWestland Grand New light twin-engine

The 2004-built Eurocopter EC120 B c/n 1379 was test fl own with Eurocopter France registration F-WWPC. On 30 November 2004, 

the aircraft was registered F-OISB with Eurocopter South East Asia. Registration F-OISB was cancelled on 1 March 2005, and the 

Colibri was registered RP-C2579 in the Philippines on 10 March. On 15 June 2006, the aircraft was registered G-LHCC in the UK 

with Devris at Maidstone. Since the G-LHCC was registered with MJC Helicopters, Redhill on 17 January 2008, and B. Orr & D.M. 

McGarrity at Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, on 8 August 2008. On 12 February 2010, Eurocopter EC120 B Colibri G-LHCC and 

Robinson R44 Raven II G-CGGR arrived at Kootwijkerbroek as the new helicopters of Heli Flights Helicopters, Bennekom. On 15 

February, registration G-LHCC was cancelled and the Colibri was re-registered D-HHLF. HeliFlights is a well-known name. On 9 

June 2009, Helifl ight and Events B.V., Bennekom, was declared bankrupt. Angry customers asked at the site of consumer program 

Kassa to pay attention to Helifl ights Helikopters, Bennekom. This fi rm was selling tickets for helicopter fl ights at the same address 

as the bankrupt Helifl ight and Events B.V., Bennekom. Heli Flights Helicopters uses the same address in Bennekom as the bankrupt 

Helifl ight and Events B.V. (Bennekom, 20 February 2010, Arjan Dijksterhuis) 

helicopters. It is the launch customer for the Grand New, an 

evolution of the Grand helicopter, and these two aircraft will be 

used for corporate transport purposes. The delivery of the fi rst 

Grand New helicopter is planned for summer 2010. Vinair Aeroserviços 

operates a mixed rotary and fi xed-wing fl eet. 

Finnish helicopter operator Copterline fi led for insolvency. 

Copterline’s fl ight operations were no longer profi table. Copterline 

had been struggling since one of its aircraft crashed in 

the Gulf of Finland in 2005, killing all twelve passengers and 

two crew. On 10 August 2005, a Sikorsky S-76 crashed into 

the sea near Tallinn three to four minutes after taking off. The 

craft was carrying fourteen people, all of whom were killed. The 

disaster was caused by the failure of the power steering system 

of the American-built helicopter. According to Estonian authorities, 

no distress signals of any kind were received. Copterline 

re-opened the Tallinn-Helsinki route in April 2008, but stopped 

regular helicopter services between Helsinki and Tallinn in 


December 2008, laying off personnel working with scheduled 

Helsinki-Tallinn services. According to CEO Kaj Takolander, the 

demand for the route that was re-opened in April was about 

50% lower than what was necessary to make it profi table. At 

best Copterline made fourteen round trips between Tallinn and 

Helsinki. The trip took eighteen minutes, and the helicopter carried 

twelve passengers on each fl ight. 

The Ministries of Finance and Interior of Bulgaria have ordered 

two AgustaWestland AW109 Power light twin helicopter to meet 

the latest Bulgarian Border Police helicopter requirement. The 

main mission of the helicopter, procured with Schengen Facility 

programme funds, is to provide a reliable air surveillance capability 

on the outer EU borders, since Bulgaria is expected to be 

a Schengen Zone Member starting from March 2011. This contract 

adds to the Bulgarian Police helicopter fl eet, which already 

includes an AW109 Power and a recently ordered AW139 helicopter 

on order. 

Agusta 109A 7149 G-YCUE Q Holdings, Ledbury, registered on 5 February 2010. Ex Spiral Wing, Leominster. 

Spiral Wing was registered before as Q Aviation. 

109K2 10007 HB-XWG Schweiz.Luft-Ambulanz., Zürich, cancelled on 28 January 2010. HB-XWG will be on 

display the VHS (Swiss Transport Museum) at Luzern. 

109K2 10010 HB-XWJ Schweiz. Luft-Ambulanz, Zürich, cancelled on 16 February 2010. Was severely damaged 

in a heavy landing at the helispot on the roof of the Samedan hospital on 23 

June 2008. 

109K2 10023 OM-ATG Air Transport Europe, Poprad, registered in Janaury 2010. Ex I-HBHA. 

109E 11759 EC-LBK Inaer, cancelled in October 2009. 

109E 11759 CS-HHG Helisul, Cascais, as operator and BPN Credito as owner, registered on 26 October 

2009. Operated by Helisul on behalf of INEM (National Medical Emergency Institute). 

Correction Scramble 367 - Page 44. 

109E 11764 G-CGCZ Sloane Helicopters, Sywell. Delivered at Sywell in green primer on 5 January 2010. 

109S 22021 G-MCAN Cannon Air, Bideford, registered on 10 February 2010. Ex Castle Air Charters, 

Liskeard. 

109S 22098 M-YWAY Trustair, Chorley, cancelled on 2 February 2010. To USA. 

109S 22123 N19MP Aero Toy Store, Fort Lauderdale (FL), cancelled on 22 January 2010. To Isle of 

Man. 

109S 22156 G-HEMZ Sloane Helicopters, Sywell, registered on 28 January 2010. Delivered at Sywell on 29 

January.

AW 119 II 14752 N202YS Agusta Aerospace, Philadelphia (PA), cancelled on 19 February 2010. To Spain. 

119 II 14753 N203YS Agusta Aerospace, Philadelphia (PA), cancelled on 17 February 2010. To Spain. 

119 II 14754 N207YS Agusta Aerospace, Philadelphia (PA), cancelled on 23 February 2010. To Spain. 

139 31143 CS-HGU Heliportugal, Cascais, as operator and Banco Comercial Portugues as owner, registered 

on 6 October 2008. Regional Air Services, Tuzla, Romania, leases the aircraft 

from Heliportugal. 

AB 47G-3B1 1613 EC-DZL After arriving at Cordoba airport on 19 June 2001, the still offi cially registered AB47G-3B1 

was never claimed by its owner despite public appeals and has been stored at Cordoba 

since. Moved on 3 February 2010 to the AENA museum at Malaga. 

206B3 8644 D-HAFI Agrarfl ug Helilift, cancelled. To Uganda. 

AS/SA/SE 3130 1931 HB-XAQ U. Graf, Bäch, registered as owner on 27 January 2010. As before Verein für Exotic 

and Antique Flying Machines, Rümlang, is registered as operator. 

315B 2542 OH-HWL Flyboy, Orivesi, as operator and Evolet, Orivesi, as owner, registered in January 

2010. Ex HB-XPY. 

316B 14 G-CDSG G. Snook, Leeds. This IAR Brasov built Alouette III was cancelled as permanently 

withdrawn from use on 19 February 2010. 

316B 1227 SE-HRV HeliNord Norden, Arnäsvall, cancelled on 17 December 2009. To Russia. 

330J 1201 N366EV GC Air, Danbury (CT), destined for Evergreen. Arrived at Ostend Airport on 10 February 

2010. Flew Ostend - Zeebrugge harbour for shipment to the USA on 17 February. 

330J 1332 N367EV GC Air, Danbury (CT), destined for Evergreen. Arrived at Ostend Airport on 11 February 

2010. Flew Ostend - Zeebrugge harbour for shipment to the USA on 17 February. 

330J 1454 D-HAXL HELOG, cancelled in January 2010. To ZS-RRX. 

330J 1577 D-HAXT HELOG, cancelled in January 2010. To ZS-RRY. 

341D 1199 G-CGJY P.J. Whitaker, Reading, registered on 17 February 2010. Ex UK MoD XW902. 

341D 1735 G-CGJZ A.W.J. Stuart, Reading, registered on 17 February 2010. Ex UK MoD XZ933. 

350BA 1415 F-GLNG Breitling, Grenchen, registered on 14 June 2007. Ex Emergency Service, Fontvieille. 

Cancelled on 11 February 2010. To Germany. 

350B2 1845 CS-HHA Helisul, Cascais, re-registered on 12 March 2009. Ex CS-HEN. 

350B2 1871 CS-HHD Heliportugal, Cascais, registered on 7 October 2009. Ex 5N-BHS. 

350B1 2049 OE-BXL Bundesministerium für Inneres, Flugpolizei, Wien, cancelled in January 2010. DBR in 

a crash in Deutschlandberg, Austria, on 10 March 2009. 

350B3 3558 F-GUCA Atout Finance, Apremont, as operator and CM-CIC Bail, as owner, registered on 20 

July 2009. Ex Ixair, Paris. 

350B3 3785 EC-JFS Heliswiss Ibérica, cancelled in 2009. 

CS-HGZ Helibravo, Cascais, as operator and Totta Credito Especializado, as owner, registered 

on 26 May 2009. 

350B2 4533 N34S Ozark Management, Jefferson City (MO), cancelled on 2 February 2010. Exported to 

South Africa. Seen as airfreight at Amsterdam-Schiphol on 6 February. 

350B3 4784 CS-HHC Helibravo, Cascais, as operator and Banco Espirito Santo as owner, registered on 3 

July 2009. Ex F-WWXR. 

350B3 4790 CS-HHB HTA Helicópteros, registered on 26 June 2009. 

350B3 4918 F-GZSH SAF Hélicoptères, Albertville, as operator and OSEO Financement, as owner, registered 

on 9 February 2010. 

355F1 5134 G-LUVY HSL Helicopter Sales and Services, Gloucester, registered on 26 January 2010. Ex 

DNH Helicopters, Redhill. 

On 1 January 2010, the new rules for helicopters in the ambulance and rescue operations (HEMS) according to the austro control - 

AOT “Betriebstüchtigkeitshinweis BTH A-001” took effect. Unlike the AS355NP, the AS355F1 and AS355F2 are deployed for HEMS 

operations in Austria from that date. Schider Helikopter-Service, Waidring, operated their Aerospatiale AS355F2 c/n 5214 OE-XXZ as 

“Heli 3” at Kufstein. Due to the new regulations, the AS335F2 was replaced in service as “Heli 3” by Eurocopter EC135T1 D-HEOY. 

(Kufstein, 16 August 2009, Michiel van Herten) 


Eurocopter SA318C Alouette II c/n 1944/575C HA-PPI was built and test fl own in 1964 as a SE-3130. In December 1964, the 

SE-3130 was registered D-HAGI in Germany and entered service with the BGS – Bundesgrenzschutz. Since the aircraft was 

modifi ed in to a SA318C. On 1 July 2005, the Bundesgrenzschutz Fliegerstaffel was renamed Bundespolizeifl iegerstaffel. On 20 

December 2007, during the “Alouette Fly-out”, the offi cial stand-down of the Sud SA318C Alouette II after 45-years in service with 

the Bundesgrenzschutz / Bundespolizei, the D-HAGI was adorned with special colours. After storage at Gifhorn, the D-HAGI was 

sold by VEBEG to Hungary and registration D-HAGI was cancelled on 26 October 2008. The Alouette II was delivered to Hajmasker 

airfi eld and registered HA-PPI. The aircraft was seen in service as a crop sprayer fl own by Imre Sándor. 

(Székesfehérvár, 8 September 2009, Ocsovai Gergely) 

355NP 5751 F-HOLF Sable Air, Copenhagen, registered on 22 May 2009. Ex Fin Air Trade, Paris. Registration 

cancelled on 27 January 2010. 

HB-ZOO Heli-Alpes, Sion, as operator and Sable Air, Copenhagen, as owner, registered on 28 

January 2010. 

365N 6100 F-HIHI GCE Bail, Paris, cancelled on 15 January 2010. To D-HAMV. 

D-HAMV Rotorfl ug. Seen under maintenance at Friedrichsdorf heliport on 16 February 2010. 

365N 6128 CS-HGN Heliportugal, Cascais, as operator and Besleasing e Factoring as owner, cancelled 

as exported to Turkey. Became TC-HPB or TC-HPC? 

CS-HHF Heliportugal, Cascais, as operator and Banco Espirito Santo as owner, registered on 

24 July 2009. 

365N1 6343 CS-HGI Heliportugal, Cascais, registered on 6 November 2009. Ex (F-OJTA), DU-133. 

365N2 6424 G-BTUX CHC Scotia, Aberdeen, cancelled on 8 February 2010. To Canada. 

Bell 206B2 1897 F-HCRH Giragri 17, Thenac, as operator, and Lixxbail as owner, registered on 5 February 

2010. Ex EI-BYJ. 

206B3 2061 OK-AHF Alfa-Helicopter, registered on 7 January 2010. Ex G-TILI. 

206B3 4120 F-GPUX Explora Helicopter Leasing, London, UK, registered on 14 February 2008. Ex Rotor 

International, Toussus le Noble. Cancelled on 9 February 2010. To Russia. 

206B3 4410 OE-BXP Bundesministerium für Inneres, Flugpolizei, Wien, cancelled in January 2010. Sold to 

Agrarfl ug Helilift, Ahlen, Germany. 

206B3 4440 OE-BXO Bundesministerium für Inneres, Flugpolizei, Wien, cancelled in January 2010. Sold to 

Agrarfl ug Helilift, Ahlen, Germany. 

206B3 4680 C-GBQP Bell Helicopter Textron Canada, cancelled on 3 February. Shipped to the port of Antwerp. 

OO-GEA MacKenzie Air Services, Kluisbergen, registered on 12 February 2010. 

206L 45029 D-HELF Northern HeliCopter, Emden. Ex Teuto Air Bielefeld. On 6 February 2010, noted at 

Emden with NHC markings. 

206L4 52132 G-PTOO P2 Air, Harrogate, registered on 24 February 2010. Ex N340AJ. 

407 53763 D-HHMS Makro-Medien-Dienst, Stuttgart, registered on 3 December 2009. Ex N51689. 

407 53957 N375MZ Bell Helicopter Textron, Fort Worth (TX), cancelled on 25 January 2010. To Russia. 

412 33105 G-CDAF RCR Aviation, Horsham, cancelled on 23 February 2010. To Australia. 

412EP 36522 N10768 Bell Helicopter Textron. On 14 February 2010, seen as airfreight at Luxembourg as 

TJ-XEM or TJ-XSA, both with additional B.I.R. markings. Ex C-FZMJ, C-GLZM. Left 

by road to Ostend the same day and continued the trip to Cameroun as airfreight in 

the ABC Boeing 747 VP-BIJ on 17 February. Destined for Bataillon Intervention Rapide 

(B.I.R.) a US Africom related army in Cameroun. 


412EP 36524 N10680 As c/n 36522. Ex C-FZVF, C-FOFE. 

427 56002 OK-AHB Alfa-Helicopter. On 5 February 2010, the Hosin-based helicopter was DBR in a crash 

when on its way from Ceske Budejovice to Jihlava. The Bell hit the ground when it 

suddenly fl ew into dense fog and the weather changed rapidly. 

EC 120B 1379 G-LHCC B. Orr and D.M. McGarrity, Newtownabbey, N.Ireland, on 12 February 2010, delivered 

to Heli Flights Helicopters, Bennekom, The Netherlands. Registration cancelled on 15 

February. To D-HHLF. 

120B 1145 EC-HQS Sky Service Aviation, cancelled in 2009. DBR in a crash at Finca “El Espinar” (Segovia) 

on 2 November 2007. 

120B 1604 D-HSGW Registered on 16 August 2009. Based at Düsseldorf. 

120B 1625 F-HBKX HeliDax, Dax, registered on 18 February 2010. 

120B 1626 F-HBKY HeliDax, Dax, registered on 22 February 2010. Ex F-WWPD. 

130B4 4294 EC-LCR Registered on 21 December 2009. Ex C-FBRP. 

130B4 4817 EC-LBX Heliswiss Ibérica as operator and TuristVol as owner, registered on 6 November 

2009. 

135T1 0085 F-GYJV Hélicoptères de France, Tallard, registered on 28 January 2010. Ex I-HIFI. 

135T2 0241 D-HEBY Ex G-IWRC. 

135P2+ 0550 G-KNLK Finlay (Holdings), Augher, re-registered on 1 February 2010. Ex G-VGMB. 

G-KNLK Saxonair Charter, Norwich, registered as chartered on 1 February 2010. 

135P2+ 0681 EC-LEN Cuerpo Nacional de Policía-Helicópteros (f/n 28), temp. registered in January 2010. 

Ex EC-031. 

135T2+ 0744 EC-LDF Mº del Interior/DGT Dirección General de Tráfi co, registered on 19 December 2009. 

Ex EC-038. 

135P2+ 0859 N790AE Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustee, Salt Lake City (UT), registered on 19 February 

2010. Ex D-HECC. 

135 0860 D-HECV Eurocopter Deutschland. 

135P2+ 0866 D-HCBI Eurocopter Deutschland, permit to fl y issued on 26 October 2009. 

135P2+ 0868 D-HECR Eurocopter Deutschland, permit to fl y issued on 26 October 2009. To JA310A. 

135P2+ 0874 G-TVHB Eurocopter UK, Kidlington, registered on 4 February 2010. Ex D-HCBS. 

135P2+ 0875 D-HGWD Reservation. 

135P2+ 0877 G-POLA Eurocopter UK, Kidlington, registered on 11 February 2010. 

135P2+ 0878 D-HECB Eurocopter Deutschland. On 4 February 2010, seen at Donauwörth in DRF Luftrettung 

colours with D-HDRW taped over. 

135P2+ 0893 D-HRGR Reservation. 

The 2008-built MDHI MD-902 c/n 900-00131 was test fl own as N4017X. On 16 April 2009, the Explorer was registered HB-ZKE in 

Switzerland with Robert Fuchs Helikopter, Schindellegi. During the winter-season 2009/2010, the Explorer is operated as “Martin 6” 

at Saalbach-Hinterglemm in Austria, a heliport at 1250 meters. The HB-ZKE is leased by Wolf Helikopter and fl own by Heli Austria. 

On 1 January 2010, the new rules for helicopters in the ambulance and rescue operations (HEMS) took effect and Heli Austria (the 

former Knaus) was no longer able to fl y a number of HEMS operations as there wasn’t a helicopter in their fl eet that meets the new 

rules. Their MD-900 OE-XWH is in Belgium under maintenance / conversion in to MD-902 and will return in HEMS-service soon. 

(Hinterglemm, 17 February 2010, Jan Beima) 


145 9293 D-HDRZ DRF Luftrettung, registered on 2 November 2009. Ex D-HADR. 

MD 369E 0234E ZK-HZH Blue Mountain Helicopters, Taupo, registered on 6 January 2010. Ex G-OOGL. 

369E 0396E EC-LEH Cathelicopters, re-registered on 18 January 2010. Ex EC-KRR. 

600N RN056 N602RP Aradian Aviation Ot Trustee, Wilmington (DE), registered on 15 December 2009. Ex 

G-BZTZ, was cancelled as exported to Russia on 17 November 2005. 

902 900-00032 OE-XWH Heli Austria, St.Johann im Pongau. Flew fi rst after maintenance / conversion from 

MD900 to MD902 at Genk-Zwartberg on 20 February 2010. 

902 900-00132 OY-HMS CASA Air, Horsens, registered on 15 October 2009. Ex N40216. 

Robinson R44 I 2059 OO-PMN Paramount Helicopters, Diest, registered this Raven I on 5 February 2010. 

R44 II 11638 PH-WLW Phillips Commercials, Nuneaton, UK, reservation on 3 December 2009. The Raven I 

is registered G-OPMP and was registered PH-WLW and G-HHHH before. 

R44 II 12958 G-CGGR Heli Air, Warwick, registered on 12 January 2010. Delivered at Wycombe on 5 February. 

Delivered to Heli Flights Helicopters, Bennekom, on 12 February. Registration 

cancelled on 18 February. To D-HGVW 

RotorWay 162F RI6035 N21901 Seen at a scrapyard at Zingen in Belgium. On 12 November 2003, the registration 

was cancelled as destroyed. 

Schweizer 269D 0031A D-HSPZ SP Luftbild, Dattenberg, permit to fl y issued on 4 August 2009. Ex N360JF. 

Sikorsky S-76A 760282 SE-JUZ Norrlandsfl yg, Säve, registered as owner on 22 January 2010. Ex GE Capital Solutions 

as owner and Norrlandsfl yg as operator. Cancelled the same day. 

D-HULK HeliJet Charter / SILAG, registered in January 2010. 

S-76C+ 760518 N552J Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustee, Salt Lake City (UT), cancelled on 5 February 

2010. To Sweden. 

S-76C-2 760754 G-CFRD Bristow Helicopters (International), Redhill, cancelled on 23 February 2010. To 

5N-BMX. 

S-92A 920067 N465VL Evergreen as operator and Vertilease as owner, fl ew Antwerp airport – Antwerp harbour 

on 23 February 2010. The aircraft will be shipped to the US. 

S-92A 920117 LN-OQK CHC Norway, Stavanger, as operator and SE Helicopter, Bermuda, as owner, registered 

on 6 January 2010. EX N21285. On 14 January seen at Esbjerg while on 

delivery to Norway. 

Westland Scout F9713 G-SASM C.J. Marsden, Thruxton, registered on 16 February 2010. Ex UK MoD XV138. 

Credits: AgustaWestland, Air Britain News, Austro Control, Aviation Letter, BCARG, Peter Bakema, John van Boven, Richard Bowater, 

CAA – Norway, CAA - UK, Dirección General de Aviación Civil, DGAC, Eurocopter, IVW, Harry Hulshof, Martin de Koning, 

Der Nordschleswiger, Dominique Roosens, Jos Stevens / Rotorspot, Transportstyrelsen, Henk Wadman / Airnieuws, Copters-list, 

Scramble Messageboard, www.avia-dejavu.net, www.dgualdo.it, www.FlugzeugForum.de, www.HeliHub.com, www.helionline.de, 

www.swissheli.com 

Soviet Updates 

For full known histories, including additional information on 

crashes, go to http://www.scramble.nl/sovdb.htm. To get the 

most from this extensive database, consider using the advanced 

search options. 

Near the bottom of the same page is a link to the Soviet Transports 

downloads page, featuring a new illustrated guide to ST 

construction numbers. This can be downloaded free of charge, 

together with renewed production lists and a list of abbreviations 

and translations. 

South East Airlines is the new brandname of Daghestan Airlines. 

It will increase its regional operations with fi fteen An-148 

and two Tu-204-100s between 2010 and 2012. 

Two types on the edge of extinction 

At the beginning of 2010 only 34 Il-62s remained operational: 

Russia (21), Kazakhstan (3), North Korea (4), Cuba (2), Ukraine 

(2), Sudan (1) and Libya (1). Most are all aircraft used for governmental 

fl ights. 

Recent photos on Google Earth show only three Il-86s left on 

the Tashkent aprons plus one more in the process of being 

scrapped. As Uzbekistan Airlines failed to sell any of their ten 

Il-86s one might assume that six already have been scrapped. 

This is supported by the fact RussianPlanes.net reports 

UK-86012/16/52/53/57/72 as all being scrapped. 

Anyhow, the days of the Il-86s are numbered with only Atlant 

Soyuz and Donavia operating three aircraft each during the 

Christmas holiday season. Both airlines have parked them up 

since mid-January, stating they might be in service for this summer’s 

holiday season for fl ights to Sochi, Turkey and, if permitted, 

Egypt although it is expected to be their last year of service. 

Anyhow, including the six Uzbekistan aircraft now assumed as 

having been scrapped, the number of broken up Il-86s is at 

least sixty. 


The future of Soviet Transports in the UAE 

The An-12 is again banned from the UAE’s airspace by the 

General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). Even technical stops 

and fl ights over UAE territory are prohibited, a full bann, in 

other words. The move became effective from 1 March 2010, is 

aimed at raising safety standards in the country’s civil aviation 

sector and was made after the GCAA set up a special technical 

committee to determine the airworthiness of foreign aircraft 

fl ying to UAE airports. The technical committee conducted 

a technical audit on Antonov Design Bureau, the design 

organisation in Ukraine for An-12 aircraft and also assessed 

the civil aviation administration system in Ukraine. The audit 

showed that the aircraft does not meet all of the international 

safety standards. The GCAA started applying an advanced 

program which particularly allows the assessment of aircraft 

registered in foreign countries in order to ensure their safety 

and airworthiness. Pending the results of the assessment by 

the technical committee regarding the airworthiness of An-12 it 

showed that this aircraft can not be operated safely, the GCAA 

concluded. 

Adding to this we have receive word that the GCAA is going 

to close all fl ights based on Russian built aircraft operating under 

any form of ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance, insurance) 

contract. The info received also states the next type that will 

suffer from a total ban in the UAE will be the Il-76. The authorities 

nowadays require to have a third party insurance for 650 

million dollar for aircraft from 50 to 200 tonnes. This is coming 

to around 50,000 US dollars per month which makes operation 

of Ilyushins fi nancially impossible. Also, both Russian MROs 

(maintenance, repair and overhaul) here are closed by GCAA 

which pushes operators to do the maintenance outside of UAE. 

As such nowadays the situation for Soviet built types in the 

UAE looks really dramatic. 

An-2T 1G07-19 CCCP-28905 AFL/Belarus-MHP rgd 29jul61 

An-2T 1G52-17 SP-AMO Kreistel titles canx 27jan10 CofA expired 18jul07 

An-2T 1G73-53 SP-FIZ S. Draganek canx 27jan10 CofA expired 09jul05 

An-2R 1G82-35 C/P-01641(1) AFL/West Siberia w/o 22aug87 cr. in the Novosibirsk region; canx 28mar88;

An-2R 1G124-12 CCCP-02706 AFL/Kazakhstan CIT 15feb10 derelict; UP-A0211 rgd 29feb08 but ntu 

An-2P 1G130-49 UN-70748 Aerofl ot ! CIT 15feb10 derelict; UP-A0210 rgd 29feb08 but ntu 

An-2P 1G140-47 CCCP-70343 AFL/Kazakhstan CIT 15feb10 wfu UP-A0216 rgd 29feb08 but ntu 

An-2R 1G144-26 SP-WKH Zaklad Uslug Agro. canx 27jan10 CofA expired 05may07 

An-2R 1G144-33 SP-WKP Zaklad Uslug Agro. canx 27jan10 CofA expired 05may07 

An-2R 1G144-42 SP-WLB Zaklad Uslug Agro. canx 27jan10 CofA expired 07may07 

An-2R 1G148-06 SP-WLR Zaklad Uslug Agro. canx 27jan10 CofA expired 08may07 

An-2R 1G149-20 UP-A0207 SCAT rgd 29feb08 f/n CIT 15feb10 

An-2P 1G149-22 CCCP-07318 AFL/Kazakhstan CIT 15feb10 derelict UP-A0214 rgd 29feb08 but ntu 

An-2R 1G150-59 CCCP-07424 AFL/Kazakhstan CIT 15feb10 fuselage only 

An-2TP 1G152-50 UR-07522 Rang canx 03feb10 was l/n NLV 03sep09 

An-2R 1G155-16 SP-WNI Zaklad Uslug Agro. canx 27jan10 CofA expired 13may07 

An-2R 1G156-20 SP-WME Zaklad Uslug Agro. canx 27jan10 CofA expired 07may07 

An-2TP 1G157-14 JU-3011 Air Service ULN 20aug07 grounded since 2008; ex MONGOL-714 

An-2R 1G160-14 SP-WOA Zaklad Uslug Agro. canx 27jan10 CofA expired 10may07 

An-2R 1G161-05 SP-WOP Zaklad Uslug Agro. canx 27jan10 CofA expired 10may07 

An-2R 1G162-48 UP-A0208 SCAT rgd 29feb08 f/n CUT 15feb10 

An-2TP 1G162-56 CCCP-16006 AFL/Kazakhstan CIT 15feb10 derelict; UP-A0217 rgd 29feb08 but ntu 

Bulging smoke from its huge engines, An-32A 4L-GSI blasts off from Kandahar airfi eld. Operator Trast-Aero only applied a dark blue 

cheatline to the white freighter, with contact information for potential customers on the side of the cargo ramp. 

(3 February 2010, Stephan de Bruijn) 

An-2R 1G163-07 SP-WPA Zaklad Uslug Agro. canx 27jan10 CofA expired 08may07 

An-2R 1G163-10 SP-WPD Zaklad Uslug Agro. canx 27jan10 CofA expired 07may07 

An-2R 1G166-12 LZ-1161 Balkan c/s, n/t jan10 seen stored at Mopti, Mali 

An-2R 1G167-33 SP-WSA Zaklad Uslug Agro. canx 27jan10 CofA expired 05may07 

An-2T 1G168-02 OM-RST Natali Air rgd jan10 ex OM-GHN 


An-2R 1G168-28 UN-82858 SCAT CIT 15feb10 UP-A0205 rgd 29feb08 but ntu 

An-2R 1G172-29 UR-40757 Aviadnipro canx 03feb10 l/n Dnipropetrovsk-Podgorodnoye 07sep09 

An-2T 1G174-43 SP-FYR 4-Air Sp. z o.o. canx 27jan10 CofA expired 21dec05 

An-2P 1G177-50 CCCP-62609 AFL/Kazakhstan CIT 15feb10 derelict; UP-A0218 rgd 29feb08 but ntu 

An-2R 1G179-29 UR-62699 Invest-Servis canx 03feb10 



An-2P 1G185-57 SP-FYL Flugtechnik Spzoo canx 27jan10 and became 9Q-CAY 

An-2R 1G185-60 UR-54887 Pega canx 03feb10 was l/n ZTR 31aug09 

An-2R 1G187-08 SP-WZM Zaklad Uslug Agro. canx 27jan10 CofA expired 05may07 

An-2R 1G187-21 UR-54928 Mykolayiv-Aero canx 03feb10 was l/n NLV 03sep09 



An-2T 1G196-09 UR-BAQ I.I. Gnativ canx 03feb10 

An-2R 1G202-12 RA-84754 Kirov. konny zavod 04jan10 off airport; Aerofl ot c/s, n/t; c/n checked 

An-2R 1G205-58 UR-17917 A.G. Tsyupylo canx 03feb10 

An-2TP 1G211-02 SP-KMH C. Macors, Belgium canx 27jan10 CofA expired 09aug06; reported for sale 

15sep09 as present in Libreville, Gabon 

An-2R 1G211-19 UR-32660 Odeski Avialiniyi canx 03feb10 


An-2R 1G216-35 LZ-1248 Balkan c/s, n/t jan10 seen stored at Mopti, Mali 



An-2R 1G221-23 UR-40293 Mykolayiv-Aero NLV 26may02 canx 03feb10 


An-2R 1G222-34 CCCP-40357 AFL/Kazakhstan CIT 15feb10 wfu; UP-A0200 rgd 29feb08 but ntu 




An-2 1G238-44 CCCP-02267 AFL/Kazakhstan CIT 11feb10 derelict; UP-A0192 rgd 29feb08 but ntu 

An-2 1G239-46 RA-01101(2) Kirov. konny zavod 04jan10 off airport; Aerofl ot c/s, n/t; c/n checked 

An-12BP 3 34 12 01 UP-AN202 SCAT CIT 12feb10 operational 

An-12BP 6 34 37 07 UR-CAK Meridian, n/t SXF 09feb10 small UN-WFP sticker; c/n fi nally confi rmed 

An-12BP 6 34 46 10 UR-CGV Meridian KSC feb10 c/n checked in documents 

An-12BK 9 34 69 05 UR-UCK Ukraine Cargo Aw canx 03feb10 was l/n KBP 23jan10 

An-24RV 2 73 078 07 UR-CFO Bukovyna canx 03feb10 

An-24RV 2 73 078 10 UR-46464 United Nations FKI 05jan10 

An-24RV 4 73 095 07 UR-ELO United Nations MDK 02feb10 

An-24RV 4 73 096 07 UR-CFN Bukovyna canx 03feb10 was l/n IEV 09aug08 

An-24T 102 1 9 11 UR-IIC IPTs canx 03feb10 was l/n IEV 06sep09 

An-26 10 04 “11” yellow Russian MoI/VV 2009 in State Property Agency listing 

An-26 15 01 no reports Russian MoI/VV 2009 in State Property Agency listing 

An-26-100 32 04 ER-AVB Skylink KDH 26jan10 with titles 

An-26B-100 41 04 3X-GET Trast Aero DLA 14feb10 the same day as S9-KAV (2) was reported! 

An-26 48 02 234 Afghan Air Force w/o 05apr81 on landing Herat; t/t 883 hours 

An-26T 53 01 9Q-CVE Galaxy Kavatsi DRC 19jan10 named ‘Odessa’ 

An-26 57 02 not known Strat.Rocket Force 22sep09 extension life-time published, t/t 5,607 hrs 


An-26 82 08 “95” red Russian MoI/VV 2009 in State Property Agency listing 

An-26 83 07 “25” red Russian MoI/VV 2009 in State Property Agency listing 


An-26 89 10 not known FSB/Border Guards nov08 tender for extension of life-time published 

An-26B 108 10 YL-LDB Latavio feb10 in Camellia Institute as GIA 

An-26 1 73 112 08 ? RF-26280 FSB/Border Guards ROV 18oct09 last digit of c/n is blurred on photo 

An-26B-100 117 05 RA-26082 Amur Airlines IEV 09feb10 photo and c/n from Ukrainian site 

An-26B 140 05 UR-ELB United Nations DLA 14feb10 also carrying UN0687 

An-26 --- RF-56304 Russian MoI/VV ROV 10oct09 in light grey c/s 

An-26 --- “06” yellow Russian Navy photo jul05 at Saki-Novofedorovka 

An-26 --- S9-KAV (2) not read off PNR 14feb10 3X-GET was seen same day at DLA ! 

An-28 1AJ 003-06 UP-A2804 all white, n/t CIT 12feb10 ex CCCP-28742 

Only one Il-76 is currently on the Jordanian register, and its construction number has been confi rmed by the CAA: JY-JIA is number 

0023437093. In November 2006, a JY-JIB was reported but never fully confi rmed. For both, the given operator is JIAC (logo carried 

by the above JY-JIA) and the fl ights are carried out for the Jordanian air force. (Sharjah, 3 February 2010, René Verschuur) 


Still in the same basic colours (or lack thereof) as fi fteen years ago, former RA-76812 now wears an M.G.L. logo on the forward 

fuselage. Meanwhile, the Il-76TD has been registered ST-MGD and its reported operator is El Magal Aviation. 

(Sharjah, 3 February 2010, René Verschuur) 

M28 AJE003-20 SP-DGR PZL Sp.z o.o. 27jan10 at the Azores on delivery 

N824KD Sierra Nevada Corp rgd 16feb10 ex SP-DGR 

An-28 --- ST-OMM not reported ELF 18feb10 

IrAn-140 90 06 HESA 90-06 Iran Air Tour THR 04jan10 fl ying with HESA 90-06 titles 

Be-103 --- 28991 KnAAPO ph. 18jul09 carried ‘Komsomolsk na Amure-Sankt Pieterburg’ 

titles 

Il-18B 188 0006 03 CCCP-75659 AFL/Moscow 19feb10 seen preserved in Lutsk, Ukraine 

Il-18V 182 0048 01 ? EX-18001 MCT 28jan10 in the same overall blue livery as EX-059 

Il-18Gr 182 0055 01 UR-CFR Expo Aviation canx 03feb10 scrapped FJR between apr09 and 01jul09 

Il-22 0393609 . . . ? RA-75900 Russian AF/AFL c/s 22jun09 at Sevoromorsk, fl ying; f/n in 22 years! 

Il-62M 27 26 6 2 8 RA-86495(1) Russian AF/AFL c/s Spr 15apr93 see comment in the online database 

Il-62M 31 39 9 5 6 UP-I6209 Deta Air feb10 for sale; t/t 41,036 hours and 8,173 cycles 

Il-62M 32 42 3 2 1 UP-I6206 Deta Air feb10 for sale; t/t 43,369 hours and 8,640 cycles 

Il-62M 10 52 1 2 8 UP-I6203 48 States Airline KRT 18feb10 ‘Forty Eight States Airline Sudan’ titles 

Il-62M --- RA-86495(2) Russian AF/AFL c/s 11feb10 new built according to a factory press report 

Il-76T 0934 21630 RA-76491 Aerofl ot BKA dec09 fi nally scrapped 

Il-76TD 00234 36048 HA-TCG ex Atlant Hungary CIT 15feb10 tail and wings cut off 

Il-76TD 00234 37090 EK-76464 Phoenix Avia rgd 08dec09 SHJ 25jan10 still wearing Kras Air titles! 

Il-76TD 00634 70088 EK-76485 all white, n/t SHJ 25jan10 SHJ 03feb10 

Il-76TD 00634 70112 UR-UCX Ukrainian Cargo Aw canx 03feb10 l/n Zaporizhzhya sep09 

Il-78 00834 87598 N78RX N. Amer.. Tactical Avn sold 08feb10 ex (UR)-76767(2); reg. reservation 19feb10 

Il-76TD 10234 10344 4L-SKD Sky Georgia, n/t BUD 18feb10 ex UP-I7639; l/n GKE 25feb10 

Il-76TD 10234 12387 RA-76817 United Nations MDK 21feb10 

Il-76TD 10234 14458 RA-76370 Aviacon Zitotrans i/s 20jan10 f/n Ostrava-Mosnov 31jan10 

Il-76 --- EK-76021 no titles MCT 17feb10 newly painted in dark blue and white livery 

Il-76 --- ST-AQK not reported FJR 22jan10 confi rmation welcome 

Il-86 51483208079 RA-86111 Aerofl ot c/s, n/t VKO apr09 scrapped 

Ka-26 75 049 17 UR-19600 Spets-Avia canx 03feb10 

Ka-26 75 051 01 N4106H Classic Rotors M. 27jan10 at Ramona, CA, in Classic Rotors Museum 

Ka-226 --- RF-21004 Militsiya/DPS ROV 16aug09 DPS (Highway Patrol Service) 

L-200D 17 12 03 SP-AKS AK Ziemi Lubuskiej w/o 06apr06 fi nally canx 04feb10 

L-410UVP 81 06 02 JU-2032 Tengeriyn Ulaach HRK 20aug09 ex UR-67001 

L-410UVP-E 86 16 17 HK-4196 TA de Columbia MDE 15jan10 

L-410UVP-E20C 91 26 08 9Q-CCN Filair photo 16feb10 in basic ELK Estonian c/s; ex ES-LLB 

L-410UVP-E 91 26 09 LZ-CCW United Nations ELF 18feb10 

L-410UVP-E 09 26 35 F-OIXF Air Guyane Express resv. oct09 ex OK-2635 

L-410UVP-E20 . . 27 19 OK-SLP NOAR UHE 22feb10 

Li-2 126 59 08 CCCP-X955 MVD - Dalstroi w/o 13aug50 on a cargo fl ight from Pevek to Zyryanka 

Li-2 --- CCCP-X947 MVD - Dalstroi Zyr 13aug50 

Mi-2 51 0927 . . . D-SCHGL camo c/s photo nov09 pres on building in Ahaus, with this false reg 

Mi-2 53 7326 101 OM-LJQ Regional Heli Service 27jan10 at Ramona, CA, in Classic Rotors Museum 

Mi-2 --- EW-316AO DOSAAF photo 26jan10 

Mi-2M2 ZD 0103 . . . “1540” Polish Air Force Now feb96 pres. with fake serial in Polish Air Force c/s 

Mi-4 05 81 not known MAP LII Zhukovski no reports used as a test-bed 

Mi-8T 63 23 RA-25973 no titles photo 27may08 pres. near airport terminal Nizhnevartovsk 

Mi-8T 78 33 ? “68” red FSB/Border Guards UUS 05FEB10 c/n on tailboom diffi cult to read 

Mi-8PS 81 69 RA-25758(2) United Nations ELF 18feb10 ex-3D-MIO 

Mi-8MT 9 3151 UR-UWA Ukrainian Cargo Aw canx 03feb10 

Mi-8MTV-1 9 3295 YA-KMN AAL Eng 11feb10 with weather radar; in all white c/s, no titles 


Mi-8MT 9 4644 ? “120” United Nations photo feb97 at Sarajevo, all white c/s 

Mi-8MTV-1 9 5128 UR-HLB all white, n/t GML 22feb10 fl ying 

Mi-8MTV-2 9 5272 “44” yellow Russian MoI/VV photo 29jan10 in dark green/brown camo c/s 

Mi-8MTV-1 9 5637 RA-25492 United Nations MDK 21jan10 coded ‘UNO-838’; so repaired ! 

Mi-8MTV-1 9 5901 RA-27065 United Nations BEY feb10 all white c/s, UN titles, coded “UN-291” 

Mi-8MTV-1 9 5907 RA-27071 United Nations 22feb10 somewhere in the DRC coded ‘UNO-838’ 

Mi-8MTV-1 9 6110 RA-27171 United Nations 24feb10 somewhere in the DRC coded ‘UNO-895’ 

Mi-8T 9 88 41290 RA-24135 United Nations UYL 20feb10 

Mi-171C #06643 3003 RA-22446(2) United Nations photo 09nov09 on internet taken at Laoag, Philippines 

Mi-9 --- “10” blue Ukr Border Guards HRK 26jan10 white c/s with multi-coloured cheatlines 

Mi-8T 10419 10419 Hungarian AF 25jan10 at Szolnok preserved in front of the tower 

Mi-8 --- LH90824 Chinese Army photo feb10 opb training Rgt; large ‘24’ on fuselage 

Mi-8 --- LH90826 Chinese Army photo feb10 opb training Rgt; large ‘26’ on fuselage 

Mi-17V-5 --- 58507 Pakistan Army photo 2010 taken at Tarbela, opb 21 Sqn 

Mi-24V 3532421218052 not known Russian MoI/VV 2009 in State Property Agency listing 

Mi-24P 3532433420113 not known Russian MoI/VV 2009 in State Property Agency listing 






Mi-24V --- 909 Sudanese Air Force UYL 18feb10 

Mi-24V --- 9T-HM14 DR Congo Air Force DRC jan10 seen at Kisangani 

W-3 31 04 12 SP-SUB Heliseco w/o 13jul05 fi nally canx 04feb10 

Tu-134A-3 60332 RA-65108 Aeromoskovia GOJ jan10 small ‘Tsentr-Yug’ on the nose 

Tu-134AK 62205 RA-65684 Russian Air Force Ckl 05feb10 name changed to “Rostov-na-Donu” 

Tu-134A-3 62315 UR-SAL South Airlines canx 03feb10 l/n ODS, seen 26mar08/sep09 

Tu-134A-3 62445 RA-65771 RusAir OVB 04jan10 small logo only, old Donavia tail 

Tu-134B-3 0 35 64715 RA-65747(2) RusJet VKO 06feb10 now without titles; l/n GOJ feb10 

Tu-154M 93A976 RA-85792 KavMinVody Avia MRV 21jan10 correction, not RA-85817 

Tu-214 434 06 009 RA-64509 Transaero DME 30oct09 stored by feb10 

Tu-214 447 09 018 RA-64518 Transaero DME 16oct09 l/n DME 19dec09 

Yak-12 --- CCCP-L701 Aerofl ot photo in dark (probably dark green) c/s 

Yak-12 --- RA-0482G Volga-Aero no reports current by summer 2009 

Yak-12 --- RA-0819G privately owned no reports current by summer 2009 


Yak-12 --- RA-1153G KAP no reports current by summer 2009 


Yak-12M --- CCCP-62527 Aerofl ot photo 1961 ? 

Yak-12A --- CCCP-62565 Aerofl ot photo 1961 in light c/s with dark cheatline 

Yak-12A --- CCCP-72806 Aerofl ot photo in light c/s with dark cheatline 

Yak-12A --- CCCP-90619 ? Aerofl ot Kjo aug73 in white c/s with Red Cross on fuselage 

Yak-18T 7 20 07 13 N918TM Robert Mitchell rgd 15jan10 

Yak-18T 22202037240 not known not known rgd 10sep02 in State Property Agency listing 2009 

Yak-40 9 24 04 25 UR-ZPR Constanta Airlines canx 03feb10 was l/n Zaporizhzhya-Vostochny 06sep08 

Yak-40 9 33 10 30 RA-87842 Vologda Air UCT 30jan09 l/n GOJ feb10 

Yak-40 9 72 07 53 RA-88269 Tulpar Air OVB 04jan10 in white c/s with very thin cheatline 

Yak-40 --- D2-FES Guicango dam 31jan10 landing gear collapsed on landing Luanda 

Reportedly, Mi-17V-5 RA-25832 has been operating in Afghanistan since spring 2008. The fi rst actual sighting we know of was in 

May 2009, at Tarin Kowt. Stephan de Bruijn photographed the helicopter, with ‘Sochi 2014 Olympics’ logo, at Kandahar on 3 February 

2010. In the background we see Mi-8AMT RA-27149 of Nizhnevartovskavia. 


Yak-42D 4520422202039 RA-12317 all white, n/t LWO 05jan10 reg 100% pained on as such 

Yak-42D 4520423606235 CU-T1708 not known ODS 18feb10 same red tail as UR-CFH 

Yak-42 4520424711396 RA-42353 Grozny Avia VKO 30jan10 correcting previous report 

Yak-42D 4520422914166 RA-42368 RusAir SVO 07feb10 small titles; named “Viktor Goncharenko” 

Yak-42D 4520423016269 CU-T1707 Cubana ODS feb10 ex UR-CFA; d/d 24feb09 

Yak-42D 4520423307017 UP-Y4211 all white, n/t CIT 19feb10 ex UN-42370 

HYJ7 --- 71116 Chinese Air Force TV jun07 large code “16” red, on forward fuselage; 

Y7 --- 86208 Chinese Navy photo dark blue/orange cheatline, orange code 

Y8 --- 10252 Chinese Air Force photo 07feb10 of the 4th division in white colours 



Y12-II 0034 RDPL-34116 Lao Aviation photo dec09 located at the back of a used car compound 

at Vientiane City 

Y12-IV --- 6017 Civ Avn Adm China ? ph. feb10 

MA60 03 01 Z-WPJ Air Zimbabwe dam 03nov09 hit fi ve warthogs during the take-off run 

The Iranian military Il-76 population 

In January 1991, fi fteen Iraqi Il-76s were fl own to Iran to escape 

the attacks of the fi rst Gulf War. Of these fi fteen aircraft, ten 

were put into service with the IRIAF (serials 5-8201/10) and 

the remaining fi ve Il-76s went to the IRGCAF (serials 15- 

2280/84). No serials higher than 15-2284 have ever existed 

and are probably based on ‘mis-poles’ which is not diffi cult to 

understand. The Air Force operates them with the 73rd Transport 

Squadron at the 7th TFB at Shiraz, having fi ve active Il-76TDs, 

one stored Il-76TD and two stored Il-76MDs. One former AEW 

conversion remains stored at Tehran and one aircraft crashed. 

The IRGCAF operates three Il-76TDs from Tehran, one sits 

scrapped at Mashad and one crashed. 

The three operational aircraft (15-2282/3/4) are all contracted 


to undergo an overhaul in Russia in 2010; As such the Iranian 

Il-76 fl eet review now is as follows and all aircraft reported with 

their latest sighting. Surprising is the c/n given for 15-2282 

which was reported in an on line crash report at http://www. 

aerospacetalk.ir/vb/showthread.php?t=29259 as being the c/n 

for the crashed 15-2280. However, we have received documents 

showing 15-2282 is c/n 0063471155 permitting it to fl y 

to Russia for overhaul where it arrived at Zhukovsky by mid 

February. Still, who can guarantee 15-2282 did not make use 

of the identity of 15-2280, considering all Iraqi aircraft left Iraq 

in a hurry, probably not taking their complete paperwork with 

them. The total times and numbers of cycles as given below 

was as per 19mar05! 

Il-76MD 0043449455 5-8201 Iranian Air Force SYZ feb10 b/u: t/t 1,978 & 80 ?? cycles; ex YI-ALX 

Il-76TD 0073474224 5-8202 Iranian Air Force SYZ feb10 oper; t/t 2,840 & 1,136 cycles; ex YI-ANE 

Il-76TD --- 5-8203 Iranian Air Force SYZ feb10 oper; t/t 2,813 & 1,125 cycles 

Il-76TD --- 5-8204 Iranian Air Force SYZ feb10 oper; t/t 855 & .34 ?? cycles 

Il-76 --- 5-8205 Iranian Air Force THR feb10 stored; t/t 1,269 & 508 cycles; AEW conv. 

Il-76TD --- 5-8206 Iranian Air Force SYZ feb10 stored; t/t 2,985 & 1,194 cycles 

Il-76MD 0033448416 5-8207 Iranian Air Force SYZ feb10 stored; t/t 2,727 & 1,090 cycles; ex YI-ALW 

Il-76 --- 5-8208 Iranian Air Force w/o 22sep09 t/t 13 hours & 5 cycles; AEW conversion 

Il-76TD 0033448398 ? 5-8209 Iranian Air Force SYZ feb10 oper; t/t 3,325 & 1,330 cycles; ex YL-ALU ? 

Il-76TD --- 5-8210 Iranian Air Force SYZ feb10 oper; t/t 3,389 & 1,355 cycles 

Il-76MD 00734 81442 15-2280 Iranian Rev. Guard w/o 19feb03 another c/n than previously rep.!; ex YI-ANI 

Il-76MD 0073475236 15-2281 Iranian Rev. Guard MHD jun09 b/u; last overhaul 30oct96; ex YI-ANF 

Il-76TD 0063471155 15-2282 Iranian Rev. Guard THR feb10 oper; t/t 2,822 & 1,615 cycles; ex YI-AND 

Il-76TD 0063469071 15-2283 Iranian Rev. Guard THR feb10 oper; t/t 2,562 & 1,285 cycles; ex YI-ANB 

Il-76TD 0033448393 15-2284 Iranian Rev. Guard THR feb10 oper; t/t 2,747 & 1,018 cycles; ex YI-ALT 

Anyhow - in total 41 Il-76s were delivered to Iraq - fi fteen ended 

up in Iran, one crashed, one was left in Iraq, twenty are known 

to have returned to Russia. As such, for YI-ALU, YI-ANA/C/G/ 

H/J/K/L/M/N/O we have no fate. Of these eleven aircraft, seven 

ended up in Iran and of four we have no clue what happened 

to them. Some, if not all four, might have been destroyed during 

the fi rst Gulf War as possibly they were unable to fl y at the 

PH register 

moment the rest of the Iraqi fl eet sought refuge in Iran. Anyhow, 

they have not turned up anywhere else and we have no unaccounted 

airframes outside of Russia since 1991. Also, the full 

1997 Il-76 production list we received from the Ilyushin Design 

Bureau makes no mention of any of these eleven aircraft having 

found a new owner outside or within Iraq. For full details on 

the individual aircraft see the on line database. 

Newly registered aircraft: 

PH-BGI Boeing 737-7K2 30364 KLM NV Amstelveen 07537 01feb10 

PH-EZM Embraer 190-100STD 19000338 KLM Cityhopper BV Schiphol 07540 11feb10 

PH-IVE Kubicek BB34Z 723 Stuiver, B. Odoorn 07539 02feb10 

PH-PDH Lindstrand LBL-210A 1291 Hond, A. de Oosterhout 07538 02feb10 

PH-9D6 Race C 130 9244 Mud, A.W. Doezum 20967 12feb10 

PH-9E4 Fresh Breez Snap 120 249 Scholte, E.H. Wageningen 20968 12feb10 

PH-1456 Schempp-H Discus bT 37 Chikhoer, M.R. Utrecht 07536 25jan10 

Change of ownership: 

PH-ENH Lindstrand LBL-105A 844 Bouman, J.A. Tiel 06243 04feb10 

PH-FRJ Fire Balloons G 396 Leemans, L.P.C.M. Breda 04867 17feb10 

PH-HCV Lindstrand LBL-120A 507 Jonkman, H. Akkrum 05527 17feb10 

PH-PEP Aviat/Pitts S-2B 5251 Evers, H.J. Harmelen 05216 08feb10 

PH-VLK Piper PA-28-181 28-7890268 MSI Communication BV Zwaag 05265 17feb10 

PH-ZOZ Thunder AX7-77Z 794 Ad Ballon Ballonvaarten BV Breda 03535 29jan10 

PH-9G4 Fresh Breez Snap 120 187 Kaam, B. van Assendelft 20841 17feb10 

Cancelled from register: 

PH-BDY Boeing 737-406 24959 KLM NV Wfu. 04136 03feb10 

PH-BSM Cessna 182Q 182-66773 Ruijgrok, A.J.A. To USA. 04574 04feb10

PH-CMC Beech F33A CE-1598 Centaurus BV To Germany. 04343 29jan10 

PH-HSW Boeing 737-8K2 37160 Transavia Airlines CV To 9Y-TJR. 07396 01feb10 

PH-KLI Fokker 100 11273 KLM Cityhopper BV Wfu. Scrapped. 06443 01feb10 

PH-MJR Fokker 100 11500 Mass Jet Lease BV To D-AFKD. 07529 01feb10 

PH-PIN Colt 120A 2326 Kleinsmit, H.T. Wfu. 06632 10feb10 

PH-PRW Mooney M20K 25-0741 VoF PRW Aviation To USA. 06745 05feb10 

PH-RVP Van’s RV-7A 70501 Aviation Facilities Lelystad BV W/o. 06893 16feb10 

PH-SYD Piper PA-28RT-201 28R-8018094 Stichting Rotterdam Aviation To Hungary. 03071 11feb10 

PH-2L8 Rodaro Storch ST11004304 Wubs, W.A. To Germany. 20363 04feb10 

PH-2U9 Tecnam P92 Echo 136 Loo, D.J. van To Czech Rep. 20432 10feb10 

PH-9Y9 Fresh Breez 122 AL 2 F 2070 Cörvers, W.J.M. Wfu. 20697 09feb10 

PH-153 Grunau Baby IIA 6720 Turk, J.B.M. Wfu. 06035 17feb10 

PH-539 Glaser-Dirks DG-100 58 Weide, P.J.H. van der To Germany. 02403 25jan10 

PH-561 Grob G102 Astir CS 1451 Hoppenbrouwers, M.H.F.M. To Romania. 02490 10feb10 

PH-872 Schempp Ventus CT 140 Smit, A.B. To Germany. 03948 04feb10 

PH-1251 Orlican Discus CS 015CS Bielen, C.L.G. To Germany. 06215 17feb10 

Reservations: 

PH-DVD Cirrus SR22 3612 General Enterprises BV Ex N228CK. 10feb10 

PH-LKP Fire Balloons G 30/24 R.Wiegers (for: Puttenboorbedrijf L.Kurstjens VoF) 27nov09 

Additions, corrections and news: 

PH-BOM Thunder AX10-210 S2 10146 Correction of c/n. Offi cially registered with c/n 5132, being the number of the 

Belgian CofR. 

PH-HSS Boeing 737-83N 32348 To PR-GIB. 

PH-IVE Kubicek BB34Z 723 “Venko” advertisement. 

PH-MHM Cessna 560XL 560-5781 To OO-SLM. 

PH-PDH Lindstrand LBL-210A 1291 “Xclusive Ballonvaarten” advertisement. 

PH-RVP Van’s RV-7A 70501 Crashed in Sweden in August 2009. Will be restored and offered for sale. 

Credits: IVW, J. Moerenhout, ballonregister.nl. 

This CRJ200ER was delivered to Solid Air in July 2009. The PH-AAG registered aircraft is the fi rst CRJ200 in the Dutch Civil Register. 

Its former operator was Comair, where it fl ew as N492CA in the colours of Delta Connection. 

(Eindhoven, 3 January 2010, Michiel van Herten) 

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Netherlands 

Best 

A visit on 13 February to the museum found TF-104G D-5805 

no longer with the collection. It has returned to the KLu and is 

now stored with the MLM at Soesterberg. Also the museum’s 

MiG-21UM 3036 is expected to leave. 

Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel 

H09 A109BA std, ex Zutendaal 0309 feb10 








Van Vliet Trucks received eight former Belgium Hirundo’s. All 

were parked inside a few days after they arrived and on sale 

at marktplaats.nl 

France 

Avord (18) 

As a follow up from last month, also the village of Avord will be 

involved in the museum. A 2000 m² museum building will be 

erected and it should open 2012. It was then 100 years ago an 

airfi eld was opened in Avord. They mentioned that additional 

aircraft will be part of the museum; MD311 282/(F-AZFX), a 

private L-19 and a private NC856. 

Chalons en Champagne (51) 

(44) MS733 F-BKOY 44 sep09 

This aircraft went missing from the collection at Albert. It is now 

preserved outside the Majestic cinema in Chalons en Champagne. 

Dampierre les Bois (25) 

Monsieur Millot is restoring his second CM170 (no. 6, ex Nîmes 

town) at a private location. His fi rst aircraft was 545 (ex Luneville). 

The current whereabouts of this aircraft is unknown. 

Paris - Le Blanc Mensil (93) 

27 CM175 restoration 27 jan10 

On 22 January the Lycée Aristide Briand at 120 Avenue Aris- 

Wrecks & Relics 

The Military Megastore at Orbe, Switzerland, did have ex Polish MiG-21UM 5021 and Swiss Vampire FB6 J-1105 in the past. Both 

are gone now and replaced by two ex Czech MiG-21MFs. 5305 is preserved, while 5210 is still dismantled. For directions see militarymegastore.ch 

(Orbe, 27 January 2010, Tom Meikle) 


tide Briand received the Zéphyr from the Dugny store. They will 

restore the aircraft on behalf of the museum. The school is just 

south west of Le Bourget 

Tarbas - Laloubere (65) 

444/DK CE43 stored 444 jan10 

The CE43 came from Lyon Corbas and is now stored at the 

Aero Club. 

Germany 

Allstedt (ST) 

SP-ZXR Mi-2 pres 515040017 aug09 

Already arrived here by truck in august 2009, but not yet reported 

by us. 

Ansbach - Katterbach (BY) 

64415 L-21B (R-160), restoration 18-3850 jan10 

A group of volunteers of the 12CAB at the US Army airfi eld is restoring 

the former Dutch Piper Cub. It was last noted preserved 

at Hanau in 1992. 

Bad Aibling - Mietraching (BY) 

3102 Mi-2URN pres 563102093 aug09 

The Polish Mi-2 was last seen at Olesnica (l/n jun97). 

Germersheim (RP) 

21+00 F-104G stored 6621 feb10 

This Starfi ghter used to be preserved at the now closed barracks 

in Karlsruhe. It is now is stored at Germersheim. 

Karlsruhe - Baden Airpark (BW) 

Beside the Deutsch Kanadisches Luftwaffe museum there is 

a second museum at this airfi eld. In shelter C-29 is the World 

of Flight - Flugsicherheit und Rettungs collection. They have 

the MiG-21bis cockpit listed in EMOOS with the Deutsch Kanadisches 

museum. Since 29 April 2008 they also have the 

cockpit section of F-104G 24+11. Both were seen in February 

2010. Note that the cockpit- and tailless fuselage of the 24+11 

is stored outside at the museum at Wernigerode. 

Leipheim (BY) 

71+09 UH-1D pres 8169 feb10 

The Huey has been seen at the Fliegerhorstmuseum on the 

former airbase. It used to be stored at Landsberg for many 

years.

Nörvenich (NW) 

(22+84) MiG-21M pres, ex Bünde 960507 jan10 

The blue MiG-21 has been confi rmed by its construction number 

as the former Bünde aircraft. See Scramble 350. 

Weeze ((NW) 

Since 2 February F-104G FX69 is offered for sale on eBay. 

be. Also for sale is the fuselage (with no cockpit or tail) of Starfi 

ghter FX70 and CM170 MT 9 (Red Devils c/s). 

Wernigerode (ST) 

V-256 Alouette 3 pres 132 feb10 

The Swiss Alouette is now preserved in the Museum für Luftfahrt 

und Technik. 

Hungary 

Dunakeszi 

An unmarked Mi-2 was noted here in January 2010 with 8942 

written on the fuel cap. This would make sense, as former Slovak 

8942 should be here as HA-BGE. 

Gyulafi ratot 

10437 Mi-8T stored 10437 jan10 

This chopper has joined Mi-8T 10429 at the range just north of 

Hajmasker. The 10429 is visible at 47.16290N, 17.96882E. 

Gyulahaza 

1980 MiG-21F-13 pres jan08 

At the home of the fi rst Hungarian astronaut is a pole mounted 

MiG-21F-13. It is visible at 48.13544N, 22.11356E. 

Szolnok 

On the airfi eld are: 

8911 Mi-2 pres, on base 518911104 jan10 

10417 Mi-8T pres, outside gate 10417 jan10 

10419 Mi-8T pres, in front of tower 10419 jan10 

118 Mi-24D pres, on base K20118 jan10 

577 Mi-24D pres, in front of tower K220577 jan10 

1951/1975 MiG-15bis (809), pres, in front of tower jan10 

724 MiG-15bis pres, on gate 31530724 jan10 

On the airfi eld is a technical school. In their hangar are: 

10420 Mi-8T instr 10420 jan10 


119 Mi-24D instr K20119 jan10 

816 MiG-21F-13 instr 741816 jan10 

3732 MiG-21bisA instr N75033732 jan10 

Outside the school are: 

(28+13) L-39ZO instr 731016 jan10 

7831 Mi-2 instr 517831092 jan10 

7835 Mi-2 instr 517835092 jan10 

328 Mi-8T instr 0328 jan10 


4605 MiG-21MF instr 964605 jan10 



03 Su-22M-3 instr 52303 jan10 

Another hangar had: 

119 L-39ZO stored, for museum 831119 jan10 

128 L-39ZO stored, for school 831128 jan10 

0465 MiG-21UM instr 04695165 jan10 


The main storage compound has: 

96+36 Mi-24D stored, ex Szentk. 340275 jan10 

036 Mi-8T stored 201036 jan10 

136 Mi-8T stored 501136 jan10 

730 Mi-8S stored 0730 jan10 

10418 Mi-8T stored, ex Szentk. 10418 jan10 

10423 Mi-8T stored, wrong tail boom 10423 jan10 

10425 Mi-8T stored 10425 jan10 

10427 Mi-8T stored 10427 jan10 

10428 Mi-8T stored 10428 jan10 

10434 Mi-8T stored 10434 jan10 

10435 Mi-8T stored, SFOR marks 10435 jan10 

10436 Mi-8T stored 10436 jan10 

10441 Mi-8T stored 10441 jan10 

10442 Mi-8T stored, SFOR marks 10442 jan10 

(102) MiG-15bis stored jan10 

338 MiG-15bis stored 0338 jan10 

808 MiG-21F-13 stored 741808 jan10 



Mi-8T 10423 has a tail boom from another Mi-8 (different 

The museum at Szolnok holds a large number of interesting assets. A new adition is this Mi-8T, 10439. 

(Szolnok, 25 January 2010, Adrian Hairsine)

colours), but with the correct serial applied. 10423 was confi 

rmed by its construction number which was checked. 

Outside the compound are: 

96+41 Mi-24P stored, ex Tököl 340331 jan10 




S2 L-39ZO stored, ex 28+19 731011 jan10 

(628) Mi-8T stored, tail boom10422 200628 jan10 

406 MiG-21PF stored, 760406 jan10 






5091 MiG-21UM stored, ex Papa 516915091 jan10 

Stored on the fi eld are (some probably temporarily): 

2639 Mi-8S stored, no rotors 22639 jan10 

6204 Mi-8T stored, no rotors 226204 jan10 






336 Mi-24P stored, no rotors 340336 jan10 

576 Mi-24D stored, no rotors K220576 jan10 

581 Mi-24D stored, no rotors K220581 jan10 

716 Mi-24V stored, no rotors K220716 jan10 



In a revetment were: 

96+32 Mi-24D stored, no rotors 110168 jan10 




Others noted were: 

936 Mi-8T stored, vehicle comp. 300936 jan10 

702 Mi-17 stored, no rotors, ramp 104M02 jan10 

The museum was also checked and found the same aircraft as 

mentioned in EMOOS, with the exception of the stored aircraft 

which have moved to the airfi eld (see above), the two stored 

SM-1s which have gone to Szekesfehervar for restoration and 

the following new additions: 

10439 Mi-8T pres, ex airfi eld 10439 jan10 

1512 MiG-21PF pres, ex airfi eld 761512 jan10 

1904 MiG-21bis pres, ex Kecskemet 75061904 jan10 

5721 MiG-21bis pres, ex Kecskemet 75035721 jan10 

15 MiG-23UB pres, ex Papa 12500338 jan10 

Expected for the museum is Mi-9 001, which is currently stored 

at Mezofalva. 

Tata 

10426 Mi-8T pres jan10 

The Mi-8 was found at the barracks and the aircraft is at 

47.66683N, 18.31814E. The colours of the tail boom and fuselage 

are different, so the serial may not be correct for the 

fuselage. 

Tokol 

715 Mi-24V stored, damaged K220715 feb10 

The Mi-24 crashed after a mid air collision in April 2001 and was 

stored at the army depot of Isaszeg. It is planned to be restored 

for static display. 

Italy 

Roma (RM) 

MM80999/GF-75 NH500MC stored 10-0258M jan10 

MM81009/GF-85 NH500MC stored 20-0269M jan10 

Both are new in the Bentivoglio yard. 

Norway 

Oslo-Gardermoen 

LN-MOB Beech 200 pres, ex N400WP BB-584 dec09 


After having been for sale for some time, this Beech was dismantled 

in October 2009 at Langnes. The fuselage is reportedly 

moved to Gardermoen for evacuation training purposes. 

Sweden 

Angelholm 

HB-IZY SAAB 2000 std 047 jan10 

After an emergency landing at Werneuchen in 2002, which resulted 

in the plane to be declared a write off, the SAAB has 

resurfaced again in Sweden, reportedly as a spares source for 

Golden Flyg Air. 

Switzerland 

Luzern 

HB-XWG A109K2 pres 10007 

As previously reported here, HB-XWG joined the collection at 

the Verkehrshaus der Schweiz. It has been de-registered on 25 

January 2010 before being handed over to the museum. 

Orbe 

5210 MiG-21MF std, ex Prelouc 965210 jan10 

5305 MiG-21MF std, ex Prelouc 965305 jan10 

The Military Megastore, at the zone industriale Les Tabornieres 

(behind the Aldi) at Orbe has acquired two Czech MiG-21s. The 

store used to have Polish MiG-21UM 5021 which is reported to 

have gone the Military Megastore in Sion. it has not yet been 

seen at Sion. Military Megastore at Bulle has MiG-21MF 5304 

(also ex Prelouc). 


Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire 

53 L-29 stored 395189 feb10 

The L-29 that used to be displayed next to the A41 near Ternhill 

arrived here during February. It will be restored to taxiing 

condition. 

Carnforth, Lancashire 

G-BVOV BAe748-2A pres, ex CS-TAO 1777 

One of the Blackpool 748’s found it’s way to the bottom of a 

diving-pool at the Capernwray Diving Centre in Carnforth. The 

fuselage arrived at the centre to be submerged as a diving 

attraction. The centre has other planes and helicopters submerged 

in its pool as well. 

Manston, Kent 

(21231) CT-133 pres T33-231 feb10 

A T-33 arrived here by road from North Weald on 3 February 

2010 to join the RAF Manston History Museum. It still wears 

N36TH despite being later registered as G-BYOY. 

Montrose, Scotland 

WF825/A Meteor T7 pres dec09 

A Meteor arrived here from Redhill on 3 December 2009 for the 

Air Station Heritage Centre collection. 

Treforest, Wales 

(G-JXTC) BAe3108 pres, ex PH-KJG 690 feb10 

After spending some 5 years in storage at Eindhoven, this 

Jetstream was moved in December 2009 to Wales to act as 

an instructional airframe at the Aircraft Maintenance Center of 

the University of Glamorgan in Wales (51.58931N, 3.32767W). 

Still wearing PH-KJG, its latest registration has never been applied. 

Weston-super-Mare, Somerset 

618 Mi-8P pres 10618 feb10 

A Mi-8 arrived here by road from Poland on 5 February 2010 to 

join the collection at The Helicopter Museum. 

Wycombe Air Park, Buckinghamshire 

WV798/026 Sea Hawk FGA6 6301 feb10 

A Sea Hawk from the closed-down museum at Lasham had appeared 

in the Parkhouse Aviation yard by mid-February. 

Credits: Phil Adkin, Alan Allen, Bart Ettema, Joop de Groot, 

Adrian Hairsine, Ronny Jansen. Tom Meikle, Harry Prins and 

the various internet forums.

Warbirds 

Who would have thought this would ever be possible? The sale of Rob J. Lamplough’s Spitfi re Mk.VIIIc G-BKMI to Germany is surely 

a sensation in the European warbird scene. Although painted in the livery of No.45 squadron, as ‘MT928’ with code ‘ZX-M’ ,the aircraft 

is in fact MV154. (Duxford, 9 July 2006, Gert Jan Mentink) 

France 

It seems clear now that the fi nal round for the French B-17 

F-AZDX ‘Pink Lady’ has come. The Flying Fortress is expected 

to fl y into La Ferté Alais this spring and remain grounded there 

for static display only. Offi cial reasons for this unfortunate decision 

by its owner ‘La Fortresse Toujours Volante’ are the ever 

increasing insurance costs and the lack of people to fl y and 

maintain the B-17. 

Germany 

Once again the Meier brothers of Bremgarten have completely 

surprised the warbird community. After their recent acquisition 

of a Buchon and a Corsair (see Scramble 369 - Page 68) they 

have now announced another newcomer, a Spitfi re! The Meier 

brothers company Max Alpha Aviation GmbH has bought Spitfi 

re Mk.VIIIc G-BKMI (6S-583793) Originally built for the RAF 

as MV154, this Spitfi re was sold to the RAAF, where it served 

as A58-671. After its service MV154 was owned by several warbird 

enthusiasts until it was acquired by Robs J. Lamplough / 

The Air Museum at North Weald in 1982. Lamplough initiated a 

full restoration of the aircraft, resulting in its fi rst post restoration 

fl ight in 1994. Since 2001 the Spit carries its present livery, that 

of ‘MT928’ with code ‘ZX-M’. G-BKMI will be the fi rst Spitfi re to 

be ever registered in Germany... 

South Africa 

The Consolidated Canso that has been under restoration at 

Rand Airport is nearing its completion. It performed some 

taxi trials on 19 February. The amphibian that was built by 

Canadian Vickers, and served the RCAF as 11089 (CV-427) 

until November 1962. It later became a water bomber for the 

Province of Quebec with registration CF-PQO, later C-FPQO. 

After a detour through Greece the Canso arrived in the Republic 

of South Africa in September 1999. Although the Swaziland 

registration 3D-PBY was reserved, this was never taken up. 

Steve Hamilton, the aircrafts present owner, has made a 

reservation for a convenient US registration, N427CV. Insiders 

expect it to make its fi rst fl ight soon. 

Sri Lanka 

That restoration of historic aircraft is not a privilege of the fi rst 

world countries was recently proven by the Sri Lanka Air Force. 

After a quest on the internet for data on the restoration of Tiger 

Moths, engineers of this air force were able to fully restore 

their DH82 with serial CX123 to airworthy status. The Tiger, 

was fl own for the fi rst time by Squadron Leader Kuruwita on 14 

December 2009. The aircraft is part of the Sri Lanka Air Force 

Museum collection. 



In an offi cial statement from The Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage 

Centre, the future of AVRO Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ is 

revealed. It is stated that both the owners, the Panton brothers, 

and the LAHC, are striving for ‘Jane’s’ future airworthiness. At 

present the Lancaster can regularly be admired during fast taxi 

runs at East Kirby. In the project that is founded by the Panton’s 

and carried out by LAHC volunteers, the ultimate goal is to get 

a second British Lancaster into the air. For this purpose four 

airworthy Merlin engines and loads of spare parts have been 

secured. To be continued.......... 

Historic Aircraft Collection at Duxford have decided to put up 

their Hawker Hurricane Mk.XIIa G-HURI for sale. The aircraft 

that is painted as Z5140 with code ‘HA-C’ (of Historic Aircraft 

Collection..) has received an original Merlin 29 engine during its 

restoration at HAC. The Hurricane has to leave to make way for a 

new arrival: Hawker Fury Mk.I (G-CBZP), K5674, (41H/67550). 

The Hawker Fury is widely regarded as the epitome of biplane 

fi ghter development and arguably the most beautiful biplane 

ever created. Powered by a 580hp Rolls Royce Kestrel IIS 

V-12 supercharged, water-cooled engine, there are no other 

known survivors anywhere in the world and thus the aircraft 

can claim to be unique. It was acquired from South Africa in 

1994 after a tip-off from the RAF Museum. G-CBZP is expected 

to fl y this summer, but Hurricane G-HURI will probably not be 

sold before the end of the 2010 fl ying season. Some news from 

Bruntingthorpe, the ‘heaven of fast taxi runs’: a recent new arrival 

is former Romanian Air Force L-29 Delfi n ‘53 rd’ (395189) 

In contrast to this L-29, the former Luftwaffe F-104G 22+57 

will NOT be prepared for fast taxi runs. Its owner is afraid the 

Starfi ghter gets damaged, and has chosen to move it to Spanhoe, 

North Hampshire. It will be the nucleus of a new aviation 

museum there. 

United States 

If you happen to be near Ypsilanti (MI) on 7 and 8 August, don’t 

forget to visit the ‘Thunder over Michigan’ airshow at Willow 

Run airport. This year’s theme is ‘The Gathering of Fortresses 

and Legends.....The Final Mission’. As many as seven (!) airworthy 

B-17 Flying Fortresses are scheduled to visit the event. 

Expected are: ‘Yankee Lady’, ‘Nine-O-Nine’, ’The Movie Memphis 

Belle’, ‘Aluminum Overcast’, ‘Texas Raiders’, ‘Sentimental 

Journey’, and ’Liberty Belle’. Apart from these airworthy B-17s, 

parts of two other Flying Fortresses will be on display: ‘Desert 

Rat’ and ‘Champaign Lady’. But of course there will be more to 

see: Bf109, B-24, and various modern ‘heavy metal’.

Dustpan & Brush 

Another succesfull use of the Martin Baker Zero-Zero! This Italian Viper suffered from technical problems and the pilot was forced to 

leave his fi ghter in the non-standard fashion. After getting his clothes wet in the Adriatic Sea he was soon picked up by a ship while 

the F-16 crashed into the sea. (Decimomannu, 7 October 2009, Dietmar Fenners) 

Additions & Corrections: 

19jan96 324/4-CL Mirage 2000N AdlA/EC03.004 rep 

Despite the major damage caused by numerous bird hits and 

the subsequent crash the aircraft was unexpectedly repaired 

over a period of time and returned into service. 

09sep99 712 AB205 Oman AF/14sq 4313 w/o 

19oct08 YK-ASA Falcon 20F Syrian Arab Al 328 rep 

In Scramble 358 we were still under the impression this was 

a possible write off, but the boys and girls at Dassault in Paris 

pulled off a great job, and the 20 is back fl ying again as of late 

January. 

See Scramble 358. 

12feb09 N200WQ DHC-8-402 Colgan Air 4200 w/o 

The verdict is out and it is not a good one for the crew... The 

NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) ruled that the 

crash was due to the captain’s inappropriate actions in response 

to the activation of the stick shaker (which was onset 

by icing). He pulled back on the control column when the stick 

shaker activated, thereby accelerating the aerodynamic stall. 

Additional factors were the crew’s failure to recognize the position 

of the low-speed cue on their fl ight displays, their failure 

to adhere to sterile cockpit procedure and the captain’s failure 

to manage the fl ight effectively. A sterile cockpit means that 

there should be no non-fl ight related conversation taking place 

among the persons in the cockpit during critical stages of fl ight 

below a certain altitude (most airlines use 10,000ft) or when 

levelling off. 


08may09 05-3140 MQ-1B USAF/27th SOW P140 w/o 

The UAV was forward deployed with the 62nd Expeditionary 

Reconnaissance Squadron of the 451st Expeditionary Reconnaissance 

Group at Kandahar The UAV crashed and was damaged 

beyond repair near the town of Ghazni in the Ghazni province 

in east Afghanistan while on an armed ISR mission during 

Operation Enduring Freedom. Two hours into the fl ight the UAV 

encountered icing conditions, turbulence, and a right wing control 

module transmitter failure message, which prevented the 

Predator to continue on a level fl ight. Ultimately, the UAV rolled 

into a bank angle of around 110º to the left, departed controlled 

fl ight and crashed. The loss of control of the right aileron 

was found to have been caused by a software chip that had 

become partially dislodged due to vibrations and G-loading on 

the Predator. This led to the right aileron becoming locked in 

the neutral position and a combination of asymmetric loading 

(due to munitions under the left wing) and turbulence made a 

signifi cant contribution to the loss of control. 



29aug09 83-0008/OK E-3B 965th AACS 22836 dam 

As a result of the investigation into this E-3C accident pilot error 

was cited as being the cause of the accident. It was concluded 

that the E-3’s pilot and co-pilot allowed the jet’s nose wheel to 

hit the runway so hard that it broke the nose undercarriage. The 

jet then skidded down the runway for 4,500ft before coming to 

a full-stop. The aircraft’s 32 crew members, mostly from the 

552nd Air Control Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 

safely escaped with only minor injuries. There were no problems 

until the last moments of the landing approach that occurred 

shortly after midnight. Investigators believe that about 

100ft above the runway, in calm weather, the pilots lost track of 

the aircraft’s altitude. The co-pilot, who was handling the landing, 

put the aircraft into a steeper than normal approach. With 

the E-3 at a height of 50ft the pilot called for the co-pilot to bring 

up the nose, but this was too late to prevent the hard landing. 

The aircraft’s altimeter showed the aircraft’s correct altitude, but 

the night landing could have made it diffi cult to look outside and 

judge the aircraft’s height, the report said. Neither pilot was an 

‘experienced’ E-3 pilot, but that is common for E-3 crews, the 

report said. The co-pilot had logged only 132 hours in E-3s, 

while the pilot had 387 E-3 hours and 1,819 hours overall in Air 

Force aircraft. 


04sep09 MQ-1 USAF/432AEW w/o 

This USAF MQ-1B Predator from the 432nd Air Expeditionary 

Wing, but being fl own by pilots from the 3rd Special Operations 

Squadron crashed at an unknown location in eastern Afghanistan 

as the result of mechanical failure of the variable pitch propeller 

servo. This caused erroneous commands to be sent the 

aircraft propeller, resulting in an abnormal propeller position. 

The remainder of the aircraft, which was carrying one Hellfi re 

missile, was destroyed by friendly ground forces. The abnormal 

propeller position did not allow the proper amount of air into the 

engine and caused the aircraft engine to ‘bog down,’ resulting 

in rapid loss of airspeed and altitude. There were no reports of 

civilian injuries or damage to civilian property at the site. 


26oct09 159190 UH-1Y USMC/HMLA-169 31666 w/o 

See Scramble 367 and 366. 

26nov09 ZD241/N VC-10 K4 RAF/1312Flt 863 dam 


16dec09 90-506 Mirage 3OA Pakistan AF w/o 


23dec09 KH18KH-18/24 / 211 F-5E 211sq TU.1001 w/o 

See Scramble 368.

04jan10 14647/647 OV-10A Phil. AF/16th AS 305A-55 dam 

This Philippine Air Force 16th AS OV-10A crashed at the Davao 

airport on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. During a 

maintenance test fl ight of the Philippine air force OV-10 Bronco 

with 11th Tactical Operations Group 16 AS, the aircraft was unable 

to retract its undercarriage. While making an emergency 

landing at the Davao International Airport on the island of Mindanao 

in the Philippines the nose and port undercarriage collapsed. 

The pilot remained uninjured and from initial inspection 

the aircraft appeared to have suffered minimal damage. A second 

Bronco, which was on a similar test fl ight, landed without 

incident. After the accident the Air Force Commander, Lt Gen 

Oscar Rabena, ordered the temporary grounding of the fl eet of 

ten OV-10s for safety inspections. 


14jan10 86 RED Su-27SM RusAF/23 IAP 36911030105 w/o 


27jan10 18 GAF N22B Philippine AF/223rd AS N22B-18 w/o 


New Accidents: 

08sep08 53253 UTVA-75 w/o 

This Montenegro Air Force UTVA crashed into Lake Scadar, 

which is located on the border of Montenegro and Albania. 

The wreck was recovered later the same day by a Russian 

Ministry of Emergency Situations Ka-32A. The fate of crew is 

unknown. 

05jan09 170251 CU-170 Heron dam 

The starboard wing of this Canadian Forces CU-170 Heron 

UAV, operated by the Joint Task Force Afghanistan Air Wing, 

suffered considerable damage while being towed by an utility 

vehicle on the Foxtrot Taxiway at the Kandahar Air Base in Afghanistan. 

The driver of a security forces pick-up truck, driving 

in the opposite direction into the setting sun, failed to see the 

Heron’s wing, thereby striking the UAV and forcing it up onto 

the truck’s roof, then spinning the Heron violently to the right 

damaging its wing. 

06may09 N139WA DC-10-30ER 46583 w/o 

This one has been kept quiet by all parties involved yet it did 

involve the write off of a World Airways DC-10! The DC-10, 

operating as fl ight WO8535 and chartered by the US Defense 

Department Air Mobility Command, had just come all the way 

from the Middle East (via Leipzig, Germany), carrying US troops 

who were returning home after 4-6 months in theatre, when the 

landing at runway 10 at Baltimore-Washington (MD) was an 

extremely hard one, forcing the crew to initiate a balked landing 

(or, go around). The hard landing left debris on the runway so 

for the second attempt they used 33L, and this landing was uneventful. 

There were injuries to the First Offi cer (serious ones) 

and four passengers plus damage to the nose gear, electronics 

and equipment bay, and forward pressure bulkhead. Especially 

the last one is a critical item of the airframe and therefore the 

DC-10 is a very likely candidate for a write off, hence we give it 


that fate. Weather at the time was offi cially good (i.e. the ME- 

TARs or METeorological Actual Reports) but people working 

there at the time reported thunderstorms in the area, which may 

have played a part in the hard landing (windshear?). 

13aug09 05-3145 MQ-1B P145 w/o 

This USAF 3 SOS MQ-1B Predator UAV crashed in an uninhabited 

area southwest of Balad air base in north Iraq during an 

Operation Iraqi Freedom combat support operation. The UAV 

had departed from Balad the previous evening, and was operated 

by a 15th Reconnaissance Squadron pilot and sensor operator 

at Creech Air Force Base in the United States. When the 

UAV was about ten-and-a-half hours into the sortie, the engine 

lost power and the crew were unable to regain control during 

the descent from 9,500ft till the crash at ground level. The accident 

was caused by the failure of the variable pitch propeller 

push/pull shaft (also known as the ‘quill shaft’). The shaft failed 

due to multiple quench cracks as a result of improper tempering 

during manufacture, which eventually caused the prop-shaft to 

shear. 

15sep09 G-BYXD Tutor T1 82164E dam 

When a student from the RAF Southampton UAS, fl ying a Tutor 

T1, was undertaking a practice forced landing on the runway at 

Boscombe Down, Wiltshire in the United Kingdom, a high rate 

of descent suddenly developed during the fl are, causing the 

aircraft to impact heavily on the runway surface. The commander/instructor 

then took control and landed the aircraft after the 

subsequent bounce. While taxing to the end of the runway, it 

became apparent that the wheel brakes and nose wheel steering 

had failed, presumably due to the impact on landing. The 

aircraft was safely brought to a halt on a grassy area beyond 

the end of the runway. It was later established that the on-board 

g-meter recorded a peak load factor of 6.5g during the landing, 

and subsequent inspection revealed signifi cant damage to 

the main and nose undercarriage, a cracked engine mounting 

frame and damage to the fi rewall in the area of the nose leg 

attachment. The commander subsequently commented that, 

given the weather conditions at the time, wind shear was the 

probable cause of the accident. It is thought that the aircraft has 

since been repaired. 

30sep09 2598 CH-47C+ dam 

The collective of this UAE AF CH-47 from Group 18 of the Special 

Operations Command became stuck in the down position, 

while landing at its base at Sas Al Nakhl in Abu Dhabi, from a 

height of around 100ft, causing the helicopter to make a hard 

landing. The crew remained uninjured, and the extent of the 

damage to the helicopter is unknown. 

10oct09 UAV w/o 

According to local offi cials an unidentifi ed UAV crashed in the 

Kaltarash area of the Dasht-e-Archi district in the Kunduz province 

of Afghanistan. Taliban fi ghters claimed to have brought 

the UAV down, which has not been confi rmed. 

26nov09 115465 CC-115 25 dam 

During a fuel leak check on this Canadian Forces CC-115 

A bit of browsing on the internet can 

result in some dated but very interesting 

images, with the photo on the 

left as proof! The South Korean Air 

Force Phantom is seen here lying in 

the grass at an unidentifi ed airfi eld 

with both pilots obviously having 

used their rocket propelled seats. As 

the canopies can also be seen lying 

behind the aircraft the pilots must 

have ejected only moments before 

the fi ghter came to a stop. However, 

exact details are still scetchy but it 

is believed the F-4 crashed at the 

end of its delivery fl ight in December 

1989.

Years of experience do not necessarily mean that you cannot make mistakes, as the pilot of this Japanese Eagle experienced upon 

landing at Komatsu. Despite plenty of hours on the F-15 and even leading eight of his colleagues on the mission (so no way to escape 

the embarrasment), he forgot to lower his wheels and made a beautiful belly landing. It is still not clear if the F-15J will be repaired. 

(Komatsu, 1 November 2009, Dietmar Fenners) 

from 442sq, as part of routine maintenance, while undergoing 

a periodic inspection in a contractor’s facility at Kelowna Airport, 

British Columbia, in Canada, a loud bang was heard while 

pressure refuelling the inner wing tanks. Shortly afterwards, 

fuel was seen pouring from the starboard inner-wing fuel tank 

trailing edge, near the retracted wing fl aps. After further investigation 

it appeared that the aircraft’s fuel tank vents had been 

sealed prior to a complete respray of the airframe, but as this 

spray job had only been partially completed at the time of the 

accident, the tape had not been removed. When the pressure 

test took place this resulted in very serious damage to the centre 

wing box assembly. 

30nov09 XX256 Hawk T1A 312092/092 dam 

While on a routine training fl ight this RAF 19(R) Sqn Hawk T1A 

was involved in a bird strike which caused extensive damage 

to the fuselage and canopy. The aircraft was able to make a 

safe emergency landing back at its home base at RAF Valley, 

Anglesey in the United Kingdom. Damage was such that it is 

believed that the aircraft will be categorised as beyond economical 

repair. 

. . dec09 G-BYUW Tutor T1 82107E dam 

An RAF Cambridge & London UAS Tutor T1 suffered unspecifi 

ed damage during a touch and go at the Peterborough (Conington) 

Business Airfi eld in Cambridgeshire, UK. The aircraft 

was noted hangared at Peterborough on December 12, but 

by January 8 it had been transported back to RAF Wyton in 

Cambridgeshire, to await transport back to the manufacturer in 

Germany for repairs. 

02jan10 N227ML SA227 AC-472 dam 

During the landing roll at Lake Cumberland regional airport’s 

(KY) runway 23, the nose wheel of this Locair Metro locked 

causing the aircraft to veer to the right. The pilot tried to counteract 

this with full left rudder but was unable to get the Metro 

back under control. It subsequently left the runway on the north 

side, crossed the taxiway and went down a small embankment. 

It came to rest against the airport’s boundary fence, where it received 

substantial damage to the right wing, which was folded 

back just outboard of the right wing fl ap. The fl ight had originated 

from Baltimore-Washington as fl ight 151 with a grand 

total of one (!!) passenger. 

02jan10 MQ-1 w/o 

A USAF MQ-1 Predator crashed in the Yusuf Khil district of 

Paktika province in eastern Afghanistan, as the result of further 

unknown technical problems. 

06jan10 N206AV Beech C99 U-206 w/o 

This Amerifl ight Beech 99 received damage after a hard landing 

on runway 36 at Kearney municipal airport (NB). The approach 

was made under moderate icing conditions, and prior 


to the fi nal approach fi x the pilot cycled the de-ice boots once 

to get rid of some ice build-up. When he broke out of the clouds 

he noticed the aircraft was slightly right of the centreline and 

manoeuvred the aircraft back to the centreline. 

When the aircraft was wings level again and about 25ft above 

the runway the left wing “stopped fl ying” and the Beech landed 

hard on the left main gear. Later inspection revealed 3/8 to 1/2 

inch of ice on the wings, and the number one engine propeller 

tips were bent plus the left wing rear spar was bent inboard of 

the number one engine. Given the fact that the spar was bent 

we assume the Beech is a write off. 

06jan10 AEE-165 Ce206 w/o 

This Ecuadorian Army Cessna Ce206 from GAE-44 was written-off 

when it crashed and exploded as the result of an engine 

failure while attempting an emergency landing in the Amazon 

rainforest at Mamayak, while being en route from Taisha Airport 

to its base at Pastaza/Shell Mera in east Ecuador. All six occupants 

of the aircraft on were killed. 

11jan10 helicopter dam 

A still unknown helicopter was rendered unfl yable when it was 

damaged during a hard landing in the Helmand Province of 

Afghanistan. As far as known there were no injuries to the crew 

and there were no indications that hostile fi re caused the accident. 

It was not revealed which of the International Security 

Assistance Forces nations was operating the helicopter. 

13jan10 AV-000.-H/32-0. MQ-1A IP0. w/o 

This Italian air force MQ-1A Predator A+ of 32º Stormo/28º 

Gruppo crashed into the Adriatic Sea off the central Italian 

coast, after contact with the UAV was lost while the aircraft was 

still in level fl ight. The UAV had taken off one hour earlier from 

its home base at Foggia-Amendola. A pair of 32º Stormo AMX 

aircraft were dispatched from Amendola to search for the UAV, 

the wreckage of which was later found fl oating on the sea off 

the coast near the town of Campomarino. 

13jan10 20.. L-39C w/o 

This Yemen air force L-39, from the Al Anad Air Brigade, 

crashed near a military camp in the Salah al-Din area, west of 

the port city of Aden in Yemen. The crash occurred following a 

technical problem during a training fl ight. The pilot was able to 

eject safely. 

15jan10 4001 F-5F IS.1001 dam 

This Fuerza Aérea Hondureña F-5F Tiger II from the Escuadrón 

de Interdicción ‘Héctor Caracciola Moncada’ lost its rear canopy 

in fl ight. The pilot was able to make a safe recovery on his 

home base. After passing through 27,000ft, the pilot felt a shudder 

from the rear of the aircraft, followed by a sudden cockpit 

depressurization. He therefore declared an emergency, alerting 

the tower at La Ceiba/Golson of the problem. Five minutes later

he was able to land back at the base without further mishap. 

On the ground, the cause of the problem immediately became 

apparent - the entire canopy over the rear cockpit had separated 

in fl ight and departed from the aircraft. This is not the fi rst 

but the third time this kind of mishap has occurred to an FAH 

Tiger, and a board of Inquiry has now been set up by the FAH 

to establish these three incidents involving a canopy loss on its 

F-5E/Fs have taken place. 

16jan10 AH-64A w/o 

Houthi rebels in northern Yemen claimed to have shot down this 

AH-64A Apache of the Royal Saudi Land Forces/2 Avn Batt. 

on the Saudi-Yemeni border. It was further stated that after the 

crash the helicopter caught fi re and was destroyed. Saudi authorities 

have made no comment on the claim. 

19jan10 PK-LFM B737-9GPER 35715 dam 

A Lion Airlines B737-900, performing fl ight JT354 from Jakarta 

to Padang (an Indonesian domestic fl ight), experienced a runway 

incursion upon landing at runway 33 in heavy rain. The 

right MLG (main landing gear) temporarily left the runway, destroying 

two runway edge lights, before it slowed safely and 

taxied to the apron. Here ground staff noticed mud on the right 

gear tyres and informed the cockpit crew, who were then quick 

to order a runway inspection which confi rmed the runway excursion. 

An NTSB report mentioned substantial damage to the 

Boeing as a result. 

25jan10 404 C-130B 3764 dam 

This SAAF 28sq C-130B probably suffered a burst tyre during 

touch-and-go training at the Waterkloof air base, causing the 

nose gear to collapse. The aircraft was still in the same position 

on the runway the following morning, effectively closing the 

runway. It is unknown if any personal injuries occurred, as is the 

damage to the aircraft. 

26jan10 3437 T-34C w/o 

A Taiwanese Air Force Academy T-34C from the Basic Training 

Group crashed while on a routine training mission in the 

mountains of south Taiwan, killing both pilots. The cause of the 

crash is still unknown. 

28jan10 XA-VON A320-233 3672 dam 

There must be a spell on Mexican Airbuses and engine cowlings. 

On 19 January a Mexicana Airbus A318 lost the cowling 

and now it happened to a Volaris A320! It happened after takeoff 

from Tijuana and the cowling caused damage to the slats 

when it broke off. The aircraft returned to Tijuana for a safe 

landing. 


30jan10 B-6612 A320-214 4072 dam 

This brand new Spring Airlines Airbus 320 (delivered late last 

October) made a somewhat non-standard landing at Shenyang, 

China; it landed with the tail fi rst! Most people would 

agree that is not how normal jetliners touch down... Under calm 

winds and good visibility fl ight 9C 8839 from Shanghai-Pu Dong 

the Airbus landed in a very nose high attitude, the tail contacted 

ground fi rst producing sparks and substantial smoke before the 

main gear and subsequently nose gear settled on the runway. 

Substantial structural damage was the result which can only 

be repaired by an Airbus maintenance team, leaving the Airbus 

grounded for a little while. 

31jan10 D2-FES Yak-40 w/o 

The crew of this Guigango Yak-40 left Cabinda, Angola and 

on departure experienced landing gear trouble, however, the 

decided to continue to Luanda (a domestic fl ight). Not quite a 

surprise then when they received unsafe gear indications on 

the approach and they declared an emergency. After landing 

on runway 25 at Quatro de Fevereiro airport all gears collapsed 

and the Yakovlev came to rest on its belly abeam taxiway B. 

All three crew members and 34 passengers quickly evacuated 

the aircraft and nobody received any injuries. The aircraft itself 

received substantial damage to the belly. 

31jan10 C-FRAA A320-232 1411 dam 

Amidst heavy rain showers and poor visibility the Airbus A320 

of Skyservice Airlines, performing fl ight 5G 5044 from Toronto 

(ON) to Cuba, made a hard landing, resulting in three blown 

tyres and damage to one engine cowling. The aircraft was 

grounded for a week while a company Boeing 757 came to the 

rescue for the stranded passengers. 

. . feb10 G-LOFB L-188CF 1131 w/o 

While receiving maintenance at an undisclosed location in the 

UK, prior to delivery to Conair Aviation in Canada to which the 

old Atlantic Airlines Electra had been sold, a wing fuel tank 

imploded which resulted in structural damage. Apparently the 

damage has been considered too severe to be repaired, making 

this a total loss. 

01feb10 N121PB Cessna 402C dam 

After hitting a patch of ice on the runway of Watertown (NY) the 

pilot of Cape Air fl ight KAP1805 discovered he had ‘little or no 

braking action’ and skidded off the runway, coming to a stop 

in the snow. According to the six passengers they did not feel 

a thing when the Cessna went off the runway! There was only 

minimal damage to the aircraft and nobody received injuries. 

The circumstances under which this Southwest Med Evac AS350 crashed are still under investigation by the NTSB. It crashed during 

a training mission and claimed the lifes of all three persons on board. (El Paso, 6 October 2009, Walter Heukensfeld)

02feb10 D-IAWF Cessna 425 425-0222 dam 

A scenario more likely to be found during a simulator session, 

became reality for the two pilots of this Aerowest Cessna when 

they experienced a double engine failure on short fi nal! They 

came down eighty meters short of the runway at Munich, Germany, 

skidded on the snowy ground and came to a rest besides 

the runway. Both pilots were uninjured but the Cessna 

Conquest received substantial damage. The aircraft had fl own 

in from Hannover and was to pick up an organ for transplantation. 

02feb10 N9286U OH-58A 40419 w/o 

Not much to go on with this accident involving a Cavanagh 

Flying Service Kiowa (former 69-16198), when it crashed in an 

orchard outside Modesto (CA) during crop spraying. The pilot 

received serious injuries. 

03feb10 87-24621 UH-60A 70-1149 w/o 

This US Army UH-60A of 5-158th AVN crashed into a forest in 

heavy rain close to a junction on the A67 motorway between 

Lorsch and Viernheim, south of Frankfurt, in the Hesse region 

of Germany, killing the three crew members. The Black Hawk 

was en route from Mannheim to Coleman Barracks during a 

routine training exercise and came down northeast of Mannhein, 

5 and a half miles from its destination. The reason why 

the crash occurred is still unknown. 

04feb10 RA-47360 An-24RV 67310704 dam 

The take off from Yakutsk, Russia did not go as planned for 

Yakutia Airlines fl ight SYL425, this Antonov 24. During the take 

off roll the left hand main gear collapsed and the Antonov skidded 

for a hundred metres on its belly before it came to a stop, 

receiving substantial damage. Apparently the incident happened 

because either the crew aborted the take off after a left 

hand engine failure (with the aircraft getting airborne for a very 

short period) or the engineer was a bit too quick with raising 

the gear! 

04feb10 N723JP PA-31T-620 31T-7920009 dam 

The Missouri Forge Inc. Piper received damage after its gear 

collapsed on landing at Columbia Regional (MO), and it slid off 

the runway on its belly onto the grass area next to the runway. 

Both occupants were okay. 

05feb10 PH-HGG Beech B36TC EA-683 dam 

Drama at Den Helder, the Netherlands when this Pluijm Air 

Beech Bonanza made an emergency landing soon after taking 

off from De Kooy. The Beech lost power after getting airborne, 

banked to the left and the pilot decided upon a belly landing in 

the grass. Of the six persons on board one was taken to hospital 

with back problems. The authorities believe that the pilot 

did not perform an adequate ‘pre fl ight’ and are concentrating 

on the so-called ‘mass and balance’ performance, to see if it 

was within limits. 

05feb10 OK-AHB Bell 427 56002 w/o 

Rapidly deteriorating weather conditions are to blame for the 

write off of this Alfa Helicopter Bell 427. The helo was enroute 

from Ceske Budejovice to Jihlava, both in the Czech Republic, 

to pick up a patient, when they suddenly fl ew into dense fog. 

There was no other option than to land, between Horní Olešné 

and Panske Dubenky, district Pelhrimov, but this turned into a 

crash-landing with the helo being lost but luckily without any 

injuries to the pilot, doctor and nurse. 

05feb10 N157BC AS350B2 2418 w/o 

On a training fl ight at the McGregor Range (NM), having departed 

Fort Bliss (TX) earlier, something went wrong while 

approaching a landing zone, and the Southwest Med Evac 

Ecureuil crashed, killing the pilot and two paramedics. It is unclear 

exactly what happened and the NTSB has opened an 

investigation. Southwest Med Evac, an Omnifl ight company, 

is the largest air medical services provider in West Texas and 

Southern New Mexico. 

05feb10 8689 UH-1H 13558 w/o 

The Brazilian Air Force pilot of this UH-1H from 2°/10°GAv 

lost control and crashed into a car park while trying to takeoff 

from a helipad at the Mato Grosso do Sul Rosa Petrossian 

Regional Hospital, Campo Grande, in central southern Brazil, 

where it had just dropped off an emergency delivery of serum 


for a snake bite victim. On crashing the helicopter rolled over, 

breaking off the tail boom and wrecking two parked cars. All fi ve 

occupants escaped serious injury. 

05feb10 1506 C-130E 4527 dam 

This Polish Air Force operated C-130E of 14.eltr received structural 

damage when the aircraft pulled 4g during a manoeuvre to 

avoid a collision with a mountain and struck some tree tops at 

an unknown location in Afghanistan. During this evasive action 

and the subsequent striking of the trees the centre fuselage, 

wing root area and one under wing fuel tank of the still USAFowned 

aircraft were damaged, while almost its entire elevator 

was separated. The crew then made an emergency landing at 

the Mazar-e-Sharif air base in north Afghanistan, during which 

the structure next to the main landing gear area was also damaged. 

The crew claimed that the incident was caused by following 

false indications from fl ight instruments. Both Polish operated 

C-130s were grounded after the incident. 

06feb10 N89MX Global Express 9304 w/o 

06feb10 N400GX Global Express 9037 w/o 

06feb10 N585JC G-V 618 w/o 

06feb10 N620K Global Express 9052 w/o 

06feb10 N59AP G-IV 1476 w/o 

06feb10 N62YC Falcon 2000EX 119 w/o 

06feb10 N106RW Falcon 900EX 120 w/o 

06feb10 N528JR Global Express 9177 w/o 

06feb10 N800LA BAe125-800XP 258679 w/o 

The Washington area was hit by one of the worst snowstorms 

in the last century with over two feet of snow falling in a short 

period of time! Of course this brings all sorts of problems with 

it, as the FBOs (Fixed Base Operators) at Washington-Dulles 

found out... The heavy snow was too much for the hangars to 

cope with (all 32 inches of it!) and they duly collapsed! It is no 

surprise to read that a lot of corporate jets were parked inside 

to seek shelter from the bad weather, but the weather caught up 

with them. Three hangars in total collapsed, but luckily nobody 

got injured. There was substantial damage amongst all the jets 

parked inside though, and all are believed to be insurance write 

offs at the cost of USD300 million! 

This is a list of parked aircraft for two out of the three hangars. 

Hangar 1 or bay A (all confi rmed): 

N89MX Global Express, N400GX Global Expres, N585JC G-V, 

N620K Global Express 

Hangar 2/3 or bay B/C (though unconfi rmed): 

N59AP G-IV, N62YC Falcon 2000EX, N106RW Falcon 900EX, 

N528JR BD700 

Where the Hawker 800 fi ts in we are not too sure of, but logic 

dictates it must have been in the third hangar, or Bay C. 

A fourth hangar, or bay D, contained another three General 

Dynamics Gulfstreams but they escaped the carnage. 

The owner of the hangar complex has already stated that plans 

are under way to rebuild to the hangars. When they were initially 

built in late 2006 it was estimated to have cost $60 million 

to build. 

08feb10 N130SP Beech 65 LF-17 w/o 

A private Beech 65 crashed shortly after takeoff from Gwinnett 

County-Briscoe Field in Lawrenceville (GA), killing the pilot in 

the ensuing fi re. It appears that the engines stopped working 

and then there is only one way to go... The three passengers 

on board got out before the fi re but could not reach the pilot 

anymore because of the fl ames. The Beech ended up hitting 

the ground near Simmons Circle and Spring Circle. 

08feb10 80.. C212 dam 

This SAAF 44sq CASA C212 was damaged when the brakes 

caught fi re after the aircraft had landed at Swartkop air force 

base. The extent of the damage is not yet known. 

09feb10 MQ-1 w/o 

While taking-off from an unknown location in eastern Afghanistan 

this USAF UAV crashed. The reason of the crash is still 

unknown, but was not due to hostile fi re. 

10feb10 PT-YRE AS350BA 2832 w/o 

Caught on live camera was the crash of this Ecureuil belonging

Snow can be lots of fun, but we think the owners of several bizjets beg to differ! Washington suffered from heavy snow in February and 

the general aviation hangar at Dulles could not cope with all the weight and it subsequently partially collapsed. As can be expected 

under these weather conditions lots of aircraft were parked inside, and so we have the above pictures showing what happens when 

a hangar comes down on expensive large corporate jets! It is not, as suggested by some on various internet forums, a new way of 

inspecting the nose wheel and underside of the belly... 

to TV e Radio Record, a Brazilian television network. Out of the 

two occupants one died, and looking at the TV footage that is 

nothing short of a miracle! For unknown reasons the helicopter 

spun out of control and crashed on the fi eld of a jockey club in 

Sao Paulo, Brazil. 

With no guarantees the link is still active, you can see for yourself: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXbmcvr2y48&feature 

=player_embedded 

10feb10 PH-BDP B737-306 24404 nil 

An unusual yet interesting report from Amsterdam-Schiphol. In 

the evening the crew of a KLM Boeing 737, fl ight 1369 to Warsaw, 

mistook parallel taxiway B for runway 36C and took off 

from it! There were no other aircraft on the taxiway at the time 

and the jet took off without any trouble. 

Of course this raised a lot of questions which in due time will 

be answered by KLM, air traffi c control and the airport authorities. 

Weather at the time consisted of good visibility and no 

precipitation, although recent snow fall would have made for a 

different picture than what the crew was used to on their home 

base. 

10feb10 EB-1011 HB350L1 2215? w/o 

This Brazilian Army HB350L1 of CIAvEx crashed at the Base 

Aeronavale São Pedro de Aldeia in Rio de Janeiro state in 

southeast Brazil while practising tactical fl ying manouevres. 

Both crew members suffered non-life-threatening, injuries and 

were taken, after receiving fi rst treatment at the base, to the 

Central Army Hospital. The cause of the crash is unknown. 

10feb10 786-0.. AH-1F w/o 

A Pakistan Army AH-1F Cobra crashed while targeting hideouts 

of the militant Lashkar-e-Islam group in the Tirah valley, 

in the Khyber Federally Administered Tribal Areas of northwest 

Pakistan, where it borders Afghanistan. It is believed that the 

helicopter came down after suffering a mechanical problem. 

Both crew members, the pilot from 35sq and the gunner from 

31sq were killed in the accident. 


11feb10 PK-YRP ATR42-300 050 dam 

Trigana Air Service’s domestic fl ight 162 from Tanjung Redep/ 

Berau-Kalimaru to Samarinda, Indonesia, ended in a rice fi eld 

when both engines failed. Initially an engine failed on the approach 

to Samarinda and normally a landing would have been 

made there, if not for air traffi c control which advised against 

a landing because the airport is situated in a residential area. 

The crew decided to divert to Balikpapan-Sepingan, another 

fi fty miles south, also because of the better facilities at that 

airport. But, due to unknown reasons the crew was forced to 

land in a rice fi eld at Bone village, about 41 kilometres from 

Balikpapan along the road Balikpapan-Samarinda and about 

eighteen miles from Balikpapan’s Sepingan airport. The landing 

was made with the gear up and both engines not operating, 

most likely the crew decided to shut down the remaining engine 

shortly before landing. This can be concluded from pictures in 

which one engine, the left one, is seen in the so-called ‘feathered’ 

position (which gives the least amount of drag once the 

propeller stops operating) and the other in its normal position. 

Apart from one passenger who received serious injuries everybody 

else was fi ne, the aircraft sustained damage to the gears 

but the fuselage seemed fi ne, although we are not sure whether 

it will turn into an insurance write off. Well done to the crew in 

getting the aircraft on the ground in one piece and with only one 

injured passenger. 

11feb10 XA-SHJ Fokker 100 11319 dam 

Two belly landings on the same day! One happened all the way 

in Indonesia, this one took place in Mexico. Click Mexicana 

fl ight CBE7222 from Mexico-City to Nuevo Laredo-Quetzalcoatl 

ended up make a belly landing in the dark, after the main gear 

failed to get down and locked on the approach. Because Nuevo 

Laredo only has a single 2000m long runway the crew elected 

to divert to nearby Monterry which is better equipped for emergencies. 

An emergency landing on runway 29 was performed 

and the Fokker came to a rest on its left wing on soft ground 

after it skidded off the runway.

It later transpired that the right main gear of the Fokker was 

actually down so after landing the left wing started making contact 

with the runway, causing sparks in the process. The aircraft 

made a 180 degree turn too due to only one gear being down, 

before it came to a stop. 

11feb10 MM7238 F-16A ADF M22-3/61-336 w/o 

This AMI F-16A ADF from 23°Gruppo crashed into the Adriatic 

sea off the Italian coast near Lido di Savio, between Cervia and 

Ravenna, after a suffering a technical problem during a training 

mission. The pilot was able to eject safely and was picked-up 

by a ship. 

12feb10 D-FGOJ PAC750XL 139 dam 

A rather unusual story all the way from Portugal, Cascais-Tires 

to be exact (which is a suburb of Lisbon). A German PAC750 

from Get High (as in altitude, not smoking a Dutch treat) was 

chartered by a retired Army colonel who wanted to go and take 

some pictures. But, it all started on departure when on taxi out 

at Évora the pilot noticed a few loud bangs, like a gun going 

off. This turned out to be the former colonel’s hire car which he 

had blown up using homemade explosives. After having fl own 

some 150km the passenger now retrieved a gun and forced 

the two other passengers (para jumpers who accompanied the 

Swedish pilot) out, who used their parachute and landed safely. 

The pilot now aimed the aircraft at Tires airport and made an 

emergency landing, coming to a stop in the grass next to the 

runway with damage to the left wing and undercarriage. He 

quickly vacated the turboprop and left the retired army offi cer 

on his own, who fi red shots on the approaching fi re trucks before 

taking his own life. 

12feb10 N250TT PA-31T-620 31T-7820050 w/o 

A private Piper Cheyenne crashed while approaching Forest 

City Municipal (IA) after the pilot send out a distress call. It is unclear 

what exactly was wrong but the Piper ended up crashing a 

half mile north of 310th east of Highway 69 near Forest City. 

12feb10 MM80880/E.I.612 AB206C-1 9116 w/o 

This Italian Army AB206C-1 from 1° Gruppo Squadrone had its 

tail boom and skids torn off, in what could be a complete writeoff, 

during a hard emergency landing at Montello, following engine 

problems during a tactical navigation fl ight from Viterbo. 

Both crew members received unknown injuries. The crashed 

helo was later airlifted back to Viterbo by an AVES CH-47C. 

13feb10 PK-YTR B737-281 21766 dam 

While lining up on runway 10 at Surabaya the old Boeing’s nose 

gear started to skid which resulted in the gear tyres blowing up. 

The nose gear went off the runway before the aircraft could be 

stopped. It then took some time before the Batavia Air Boeing 

could be moved from its stuck position. 

14feb10 OK-ACH Ce550B 550-1111 w/o 

A mysterious crash over Germany! Time Air fl ight TIE039C had 

left Prague-Ruzyne for a trip to Karlstad in Sweden, but never 

arrived there. While talking to German air traffi c control, the 

Bravo was cleared to climb from FL260 to FL330, but the pilots 

never acknowledged this. Next thing to happen was that the 

Cessna disappeared from radar and ended up crashing near 

the village Schöna (Saxon - Osterzgebirge), in the area of the 

Großer Zschirnstein Mountain. It is, for now, a complete mystery 

as to what happened here. A possibility might be that the 

crew was unconscious due to a lack of oxygen, similar to the 

Helios crash in Greece back in August 2005. 

14feb10 N127TS EC135T1 0094 w/o 

The NTSB will have their work cut out for them to fi nd out what 

happened in the crash involving this Services Group of America 

Eurocopter. It crashed in the ground in the Cave Creek area, 

north of Phoenix (AZ), after several rolls and before it pitched 

down by ninety degrees. According to eye witnesses the helicopter 

was losing parts as it came down and later parts of the 

blades were found half a mile away from the crash site. Upon 

hitting the ground the helo burst into fl ames and that sealed the 

fate of the fi ve occupants, including a six-year old child. 

14feb10 F-.... AS350 w/o 

There were two very lucky survivors as they jumped out of 

their crashing Jet System Helicopter Service Ecureuil, moment 

before it crashed on Mt. Montu near Bouvans, France. They 


jumped at low altitude and their fall was broken by the thick carpet 

of snow, but none of that was any good for the chopper... 

14feb10 helicopter w/o 

An unidentifi ed Yemen air force helicopter crashed into a military 

vehicle on Kahlan mountain, in the northern Sa’ada province 

of Yemen after it suffered a technical failure and came 

down shortly after take-off from a military airport in the Kahlan 

area while on a fl ight to Sana’a. A total of eleven occupants of 

the helicopter were killed. They consisted of four crew members 

as well as seven wounded soldiers who had been involved 

in fi ghting Shi’ite rebels in the northern mountains, east of the 

provincial capital, Sa’ada. Beside the helicopter’s occupants 

the two soldiers in the military vehicle and one on the ground 

were also killed. 

15feb10 N12NA Cessna T337G P3370020 w/o 

Another interesting crash for the NTSB to dig into. A Cessna 

337 of Jack Air was on a high speed, low fl yby approach to 

Monmouth Executive (NJ) when the pilot initiated a missed approach. 

According to eye witnesses during this go around parts 

of the aircraft fell off (it later turned out it was the outboard six 

feet of the right wing) and the Cessna push-pull aircraft crashed 

nose fi rst into a snowy fi eld next to the runway. It was no surprise 

then that all fi ve occupants, including a teenager and a 

young child, were killed in the accident. This was not just a 

normal Skymaster, but a Pressurized Super Skymaster and a 

Riley Super SkyRocket conversion at that. 

16feb10 N226SW EMB120ER 120296 dam 

Taxiing onto the apron at Los Angeles (CA), under the directions 

of a SkyWest employee, this SkyWest Airlines Brasilia hit 

the jet way with its propeller blades and parts of the blades hit 

the fuselage. Luckily they did not enter the cabin and so there 

were no injuries amongst the crew and 25 passengers. The 

aircraft had come in from McClellan-Palomar as fl ight 6199. 

16feb10 TS... MiG-27ML w/o 

This Indian Air Force MiG-27ML from 222sq of the 16 wing 

crashed near its home base Hashimara in the Jalpaiguri district 

of West Bengal in India, killing the pilot. The aircraft was on a 

routine sortie from Hashimara to Bagdogra when the accident 

took place. The cause of the accident is still unknown. 

17feb10 N8501Y PA-30-160 30-1660 w/o 

A private Piper Twin Comanche crashed into the side of the 

Arctic Glacier Premium Ice building at 505 S.W. 47th Avenue 

in Amarillo (TX), killing the pilot and his passenger. The aircraft 

had moments before taken off from Tradewind airport and for 

now the cause of the accident is unclear. The plane, which was 

white with blue and olive green trim, came to rest on the south 

side of the building. Some debris, including a wing, was visible 

on the roof. 

17feb10 N5225J Cessna 310R 310R0807 w/o 

Instead of following the standard departure’s right turn after 

takeoff from Palo Alto (CA) the Air Unique Cessna turned left 

for unknown reasons. Soon after this it hit power lines or a the 

electrical tower itself and crashed into several houses, four of 

which were destroyed and two damaged. The three persons 

on board died in the crash, it is unknown if there were any 

casualties on the ground. Power was out as well for a while 

since the Cessna hit and clipped the power lines. Weather at 

the time was foggy and IMC (which means you have to fl y on 

your instruments). 

The Menlo Park Fire Chief said the plane either struck a 100foot 

electrical tower or clipped its power transmission lines and 

broke apart, sending debris raining down on the working-class 

Silicon Valley neighbourhood. A wing fell onto one house, where 

the children’s day care operated, and the rest of the plane struck 

the front retaining wall of another house down the street before 

landing onto two vehicles on the street, debris also struck two 

neighbouring houses. 

18feb10 N2889D PA-28-236 28-7911227 w/o 

Normally we don’t cover the Piper 28 Cherokee but this was 

a special case. Bringing back memories of the 9/11 tragedy 

Joseph A. Stack fl ew his private Piper into the second fl oor 

of the seven-fl oors tall building of the IRS (Internal Revenue 

Service) in Austin (TX), after he got fed up with dealing with

the IRS and American governmental system, and after he set 

his own house on fi re too. After the crash a fi re broke out which 

saw 200 IRS employees running for their lives, and sadly one 

of them in fact did die. Two others were taken to hospital while 

eleven others were treated for minor injuries. Of course it being 

America two F-16s were dispatched as a precaution. 

In a lengthy suicide note on his website Joseph said violence 

“is the only answer” and “I saw it written once that the defi nition 

of insanity is repeating the same process over and over 

and expecting the outcome to suddenly be different. I am fi nally 

ready to stop this insanity. Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let’s 

try something different; take my pound of fl esh and sleep well.” 

Chilling words which became reality... 

18feb10 MH-60S dam 

A USN MH-60S from HSC-26 made a crash landing at a remote 

location thirty miles from Lewisburg in Pocahontas County WV 

while on a fl ight from Fort Pickett VA to Camp Dawson in Preston 

County, WV during the exercise ‘Operation Southbound 

Trooper X’. The seventeen occupants, some of them injured, 

of the stranded helicopter were airlifted from the site by a WV 

ANG HH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to a local hospital. The 

cause of the accident is still unknown. 

19feb10 YV2191 Bell 206B-2 1613 w/o 

Not too many details are ‘out in the open’ on this crash, involving 

a private Bell 206 with four occupants. The helicopter had 

taken off from La Carlota, Caracas, for a fl ight to Yaracal, in 

Falcón state, both locations are in Venezuela. Due to unknown 

reasons the Bell crashed at Hoyo Muerto (which translates into 

the spooky and in this case appropriately named Dead Hole), in 

the Carayaca parish, killing all four. Due to the hills and wooded 

area rescue workers had trouble reaching the crash site, one 

team was actually involved in a road accident while enroute 

which resulted in a few injured fi re men. 

19feb10 N1DC G1159D 651 dam 

19feb10 N588LS G1159C 1245 dam 

While parked innocently at Bellingham (WA) this Blue Star 

Management Services Gulfstream 5 had its winglet clipped by 

a passing Gulfstream 4 of Las Vegas Sands. Result was damage 

(of an unknown degree) to the G5, we have not seen any 

reports or pictures of the damage to the G4. 

19feb10 C... MiG-21FL w/o 

This Indian Air Force MiG-21FL crashed almost immediately 

after take-off from the Bagdogra air base in the Darjeeling district 

of West Bengal in India. The pilot was able to eject safely, 

and was picked-up by a SAR-helicopter to be taken to hospital. 

The cause of this accident has been reported as a technical 

problem. 

20feb10 ZS-PTC Beech E55 TE-888 w/o 

After takeoff from Hoopstad airport, South Africa, pilot Koos Co- 


etzer, a well respected aviator in South Africa, made one turn 

over the airport after departure to ‘say goodbye’, but sadly he 

never recovered from the turn. The private Beech Baron ended 

up crashing in a fi eld not far from the airport, sadly killing the 

pilot. Relatives of the pilot believed he may have suffered from 

a heart attack shortly before the crash. 

21feb10 helicopter w/o 

A US Army helicopter, which was assigned to the Task Force 

Marne, crashed at a further unknown US base in northern Iraq, 

killing both pilots. No further details are known at this moment. 

21feb10 N350WF PA-46-350P 4622082 w/o 

This Bingham Capital Markets St. Louis Piper Malibu Mirage 

had left Vero Beach (FL) earlier for the fl ight to St. Louis Downtown 

airport (IL) and upon arrival the aircraft, and its two persons 

on board, found itself in heavy fog. Whether it was a factor 

or not is unclear, but fact is the Piper crashed seven miles from 

the airport into a hangar, as part of a private airstrip and housing 

two aircraft, and burst into fl ames. The two on board lost 

their life. 

24feb10 158399 OV-10C 342-004 w/o 

The Philippine Air Force is not having a good start of 2010, this 

was the third crash already and a second Bronco crash! While 

out training at the aerial gunnery training ground in the Crow 

Valley, near Capas, Tarlac province, Philippines the Bronco 

crashed for still unknown reasons, killing the two pilots. 

25feb10 VP-BWM A320-214 2233 nil 

It is not just KLM who get it wrong sometimes, it happens to 

other airlines as well. This time it was Aerofl ot’s turn when one 

of their Airbus A320s mistook a taxiway for the runway at Oslo. 

The crew was cleared for takeoff from runway 01L but took off 

from the parallel taxiway instead (either M or N). As luck would 

have it there was no other traffi c on the taxiway, and the Airbus 

made a safe take off and continued fl ight SU0212 to Moscow- 

Sheremetyevo without further incident. 

When airports are covered with snow it will make for a different 

picture than normal, and when you have been to a location on 

the airport where you normally do not come a lot (de-icing positions), 

you have the ingredients for a mix-up in taxi/runways. 

Unlike Sven Kramer, using the wrong lane had no serious consequences 

here... 

26feb10 PT-OID Cessna 310R 310R0563 w/o 

A proper CFIT accident, or Controlled Flight Into Terrain. This 

private Cessna 310 took off from Leopoldina in the southeast 

of Brazil amidst fog and low visibility, and according to rescue 

workers the Cessna impacted ground fi ve meters below the top 

of the mountain. Needless to say that the two persons on board 

did not survive the crash. 

Credits: AFM, Aviation Letter, ASN, NTSB, The Aviation 

Herald, J.A.C.D.E.C., HeliHub, AIN, FAA, John van Boven 

Albatross N120FB will not be seen in the air anymore, so much is obvious. It suffered an engine failure moments after take off and 

has since been put away in a quiet corner of Fort Pierce-St Lucie County Airport. (12 February 2010, Mark van der Molen)

Scramble Intelligence Service 

In February, a DACT-exercise was held at Gando Air Base. Ten Eagles from Lakenheath departed the cold weather in the United 

Kingdom to play with their Spanish friends. Seen here is F-15C 86-0167/LN. (Gando, 12 February 2010, Angel Osés) 

Upcoming exercises 

Europe 

Brilliant Ardent 2010 will take place in Germany 12-22 April. 

Last month we could report Turkish and Italian participants, this 

time more possible participants have become known, with the 

airfi elds they will operate out of. You will notice that Turkish Air 

Force has disappeared from the list. As always, keep in touch 

with the Messageboard at www.scramble.nl for the latest news 

and updates. 

Caslav 4x JAS39C/D CzAF 211tl 

4x L159A/T1 CzAF 212tl 

Diepholz 1x Mi-8RL PolAF 

1x W-3RL PolAF 

Geilenkirchen 2x E-3A NATO NAEW&CF 

Hohn 1x C-130H HAF 356Mira 

1x C-130J AMI 46°BA 

1x C-130 RomAF Baza90 Av.dt 

1x Da20 civil 

Laage 6x EF2000 AMI 

3x Tornado AMI 

Schleswig 4x Tornado IDS GAF AG51 

2x Tornado ECR GAF JBG32 

Wittmund 5x F-16 HAF 

Poznan 2x F-16C/D PolAF 

Mildenhall 1x KC-135R USAFE 100th ARW 

Frisian Flag 2010 Two months ago we published a list of invited 

countries; now we can publish the list with confi rmed participants. 

The French Mirages and German Eurofi ghters have 

been deleted from the list, but the other countries have made 

up for that loss in additional airframes. USAFE has been added 

to the list. The fi rst participants are scheduled to arrive at Leeuwarden 

on Sunday 11 April between 11.00am and 12.00am LT. 

This concerns the Finnish and Swedish aircraft. The other participants 

will arrive on Monday the 12th. 

Finland 6 x F-18C/D 

Germany 6 x F-4F JG71 

Poland 4 x F-16C/D 

Norway 8 x F-16AM, 

Norway 1 x DA20ECM 717 FEKS 

Sweden 6 x JAS39C/D 

United States 8 x F-15C 493rd FS 

Netherlands 1x C-130H 336sq 

Netherlands 18x F-16MLU (Leeuwarden/Volkel) 


Pegasus Groundhog This exercise will take place from 22-26 

March in the UK in LFA 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, and night sectors 3BE, 

3BW, 4AN, 4AS, 4BE and 4BW between 0900-1600 daily. The 

exercise will consist of mixed formations of up to eight helicopters 

including Merlin, Lynx, Chinook and Apache. 

Tac Blaze 1 The Royal Netherlands Air Force will deploy to the 

UK with 3 helicopters for exercise Tac Blaze 1 from 22 March 

until 1 April. Flying will take place in LFA 1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 

16, 17, 18, and night sectors 3BE, 3BW and 4AS. 

Wycombe Warrior 01 This exercise is also scheduled to take 

place in the Low Flying Areas in the United Kingdom from 30 

March until 1 April. According to the website of the MoD it is a 

medium scale, multinational exercise that will take place in LFA 

11, 12, 13, 16, 17, Tactical Training Area 20T and night sector 

4AN. There could be up to 60 sorties each day. It is as yet unknown 

which airfi elds will be used. 

Rest of the World 

Maple Flag 43 This multinational exercise will be held at CFB 

Cold Lake, as usual. The 2010 edition will have only two phases 

in stead of three. Due to the current economic crisis, the duration 

of the exercise has been shortened. Phase one runs from 

15 May until 29 May, phase two from 29 May until 12 June. 

This exercise has attracted some interesting participants in the 

past, like German F-4s, Singaporean F-16s (from Luke AFB) 

and various types from the USAF and US Navy. This year the 

Royal Netherlands Air Force will be one of the participants. According 

to a source on Internet, eleven F-16s will be at Cold 

Lake starting 1 May. 

Hawgsmoke 2010 This gathering of Warthogs takes place every 

two years. Hawgsmoke is a bombing, missile and tactical 

gunnery competition exclusively for A-10s. The event is hosted 

by the winners of the previous edition, the 190th FS of the Idaho 

ANG. The place to be is Gowen Field in Boise, Idaho, from 13 

until 16 October. 

Upcoming political events 

May 2010 France-Africa summit Last month we reported that 

this summit will take place in France in May. The exact date is 

still not known, an unconfi rmed report says it will be on 31 May 

and 1 June. Instead of Paris, the venue will take place in Nice, 

like last time.

Exercises 

Europe 

Geilenkirchen After the Alaska and Washington Air National 

Guard, next in line for the two-weekly deployment to Geilenkirchen 

were the airmen of the 133rd ARS, 157th ARW, New 

Hampshire ANG. The Washingtonians left on 29 January, their 

replacements arrived in three “waves”. First to arrive was 

KC-135R 62-3506 on Monday 1 February. This one was followed 

by 57-1430 on 2 February. After the fi rst week, 62-3506 

left again, to be replaced by 58-0008. On Friday 12 February 

both returned to the US. 

DACT Gran Canaria, Gando In February, the exact dates are 

not known, a DACT-exercise was held at Gando Air Base in the 

Canary Islands, off the coast of Africa. Multiple Spanish units 

equipped with Hornets and Eurofi ghters were pitted against 

Eagles of the 48th FW that had decided to escape the cold 

European winter. Tanker support and transport of hamburgers, 

Budweiser and clean underwear was provided by KC-135s 

from neighbouring RAF Mildenhall. Thanks to Angel Osés we 

can provide a list of the majority of the participating aircraft. 

Unfortunately the Mirage F1s had already left by the time Angel 

visited Gando. 

Ala 11, EF2000 

C.16-31/11-11 C.16-34/11-14 C.16-35/11-15 

C.16-37/11-17 C.16-39/11-19 

Ala 12, EF-18A/B* 

C.15-45/12-03 C.15-54/12-12 C.15-62/12-20 

C.15-69/12-27 C.15-70/12-28 CE.15-12/12-75* 

Ala 15, EF-18A 

C.15-14/15-01 C.15-22/15-09 C.15-24/15-11 

C.15-26/15-13 C.15-32/15-19 C.15-38/15-25 

Ala 46, F/A-18A (*) = hangared for maintenance 

C.15-75/46-03 C.15-80/46-08 C.15-85/46-13 

C.15-86/46-14 C.15-88/46-16* C.15-89/46-17 

C.15-90/46-18* C.15-92/46-20 C.15-93/46-21 

C.15-95/46-23 C.15-96/46-24 

493rd FS, F-15C 

84-0009/LN 84-0010/LN 84-0027/LN “493 FS” 

86-0147/LN 86-0163/LN 86-0166/LN 

86-0167/LN 86-0171/LN 86-0176/LN 

86-0182/LN 

Support 

LX-N90456 E-3A NAEW&CF 

D.2-02 F27-200MAR 802 Esc 

HD.21-7 AS332B 802 Esc 

TL.10-01/31-01 C-130H-30 Ala 31 

T.21-12/35-50 C295M Ala 35 

58-0086/D KC-135R 351st ARS 

60-0350/D KC-135R 351st ARS 

61-0306/D KC-135R 351st ARS 

Rest of the World 

The Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver were held from 12-28 

February 2010. Although the Royal Canadian Mounted Police 

(RCMP) had the overall lead in the security operation, named 

Operation Podium, the Canadian Forces as well as the US 

Coast Guard gave considerable support. Numerous exercises 

have been held in the past two years to prepare for the games. 

During the games, helispots were set up in the area and Canadian 

Hornets provided air cover from Comox (B.C.). Ships with 

helicopter capabilities deployed were Canadian frigates HMCS 

Algonquin and HMCS Calgary, as well as USCG cutter Midgett 

(WHEC-716). The following aircraft have been deployed in 

Operation Podium: 

12412, 12434 CH-124A 443sq 

146412, 146429 CH-146 438sq 

146437 CH-146 408sq 

146438, 146446 CH-146 438sq 

146454 CH-146 400sq 

146497 CH-146 427sq 

188735, 188767 CF-188 409sq 

6574 MH-65C Port Angeles 


Summary 

01mar - 26mar TLP 10-2 e Albacete 

08mar - 26mar 190th ARW KS ANG d Geilenkirchen 

08mar - 26mar Wiederholungskurs FlSt 18 e Sion 

08mar - 26mar Wiederholungskurs FlSt 19 e Sion 

08mar - 26mar no jet fl ying activities Meiringen 

12mar - 26mar Green Flag 2010-05 e Nellis 

13mar - 21mar Navy Week (+Blue Angels) s Tampa 

06apr - 09apr Basic Windmill 2010-01 e De Peel, NL 

15mar EU-China summit c Madrid 

12apr - 18apr Navy Week (+Blue Angels) s Charleston 

12apr - 22apr Brilliant Ardent 2010 e Germany 

12apr - 23apr 185th ARW IA ANG d Geilenkirchen 

12apr - 23apr Frisian Flag e Leeuwarden 

13apr - 16apr Basic Windmill 2010-01 e Marnewaard 

13apr - 14apr EU-Afghanistan Meeting c Madrid 

16apr - 30apr Green Flag 2010-06 e Nellis 

19apr - 30apr Red Flag-Alaska 2010-02 e Eielson 

19apr - 07may Wiederholungskurs FlSt 17 e Payerne 

26apr - 21may TLP 10-3 e Albacete 

26apr - 07may 137th ARW OK ANG d Geilenkirchen 

07may EU-Canada summit c Brussels 

14may FS Jeanne d’Arc (R97) p Hamburg 

14may FS Courbet (F712) p Hamburg 

14may - 16may EU-Mexico summit c Santander 

15may ORP Kontradmiral Czernicki p Den Helder 

16may - 19may EU-Latin America and c Madrid 

Caribbean summit 

17may - 02jun 121st ARW OH ANG d Geilenkirchen 

17may - 30jul FWIT 2010 air-to-air phase e Leeuwarden 

19may FS Jeanne d’Arc (R97) p Zeebrugge 

19may FS Courbet (F712) p Zeebrugge 

21may - 4jun Green Flag 2010-07 e Nellis 

24may - 25may EU-USA summit c Madrid 

26may EU-ASEAN & ASEM Summit c Madrid 

04jun ORP Kontradmiral Czernicki p Kiel 

31may - 01jun? Africa-France Summit p Nice 

31may - 11jun Volcanex 2010 e Ørland 

01jun - 04jun Basic Windmill 2010-02 e De Peel, NL 

04jun BA 125 Istres, spottersday s Istres 

05jun - 06jun EU-Egypt summit c Barcelona 

07jun - 12jun Navy Week s Milwaukee 

07jun - 18jun 151st ARW UT ANG d Geilenkirchen 

08jun - 11jun Basic Windmill 2010-02 e Marnewaard 

13jun RAF Northolt, Photocall s Northolt 

14jun - 25jun Garuda IV e Istres / Orange 

14jun - 25jun Red Flag-Alaska 2010-03 e Eielson 

14jun - 02jul Wiederholungskurs LTSt 3 e Dübendorf 

14jun - 02jul Wiederholungskurs LTSt 4 e Dübendorf 

16jun EU-New Zealand Meeting c Madrid 

17jun - 01jul ELITE 2010 e Germany 

18jun BA 123 Orléans, spottersday s Orléans 

18jun - 19jun Luchtmachtdagen / Airshow a Gilze-Rijen 

19jun Spottersday Airday 2010 s Nordholz 

21jun - 02jul 141st ARW WA ANG d Geilenkirchen 

25jun Cambrai, spottersday s Cambrai 

25jun - 27jun G8/G20 Summit c Huntsville, Can 

30jun - 07jul Navy Week s Boston 

01jul HMS Ark Royal p Halifax, Can 

12jul - 23jul 161st ARW AZ ANG d Geilenkirchen 

13jul - 16jul Advanced Windmill 2010-02 e De Peel, NL 

16jul - 30jul Green Flag 2010-08 e Nellis 

19jul - 30jul Red Flag 2010-04 e Nellis 

26jul - 02aug 108th ARW NJ ANG d Geilenkirchen 

30jul - 01aug Navy Days 2010 s Portsmouth 

02aug - 27aug runway closed Meiringen 

09aug - 20aug 101st ARW ME ANG d Geilenkirchen 

09aug - 20aug Red Flag-Alaska 2010-04 e Eielson 

13aug - 27aug Green Flag 2010-09 e Nellis 

23aug - 03sep 154th WG HI ANG d Geilenkirchen 

23aug - 01oct FWIT air-to-ground phase 1 e Leeuwarden 

28aug - 06sep Navy Week s Baltimore 

06sep - 17sep 117th ARW AL ANG d Geilenkirchen 

10sep - 24sep Green Flag 2010-10 e Nellis 

13sep - 18oct TLP 10-5 e Albacete 

20sep - 01oct 186th ARW MS ANG d Geilenkirchen

Military News & Updates 

Seen landing at Ramstein AB is this C-130H 86-0418 of the 95th AS/440th AW, based at Pope AFB (NC). The nose art on this aircraft 

commemorates the 65th anniversary of the XVIII Airborne Corps and the historic relationship with the 440th AW that began during 

World War II. In September 1944 the 440 Airlift Wing, then known as the 440th Troop Carrier Group, dropped the paratroopers of the 

XVIII Corps into The Netherlands during Operation Market Garden. (Ramstein AB, 16 February 2010, Toon Cox) 

Because of our standardization we sometimes use type, unit and serial presentations that may strongly differ from those used by the 

manufacturer or user. It is therefore possible that the information sent by you can deviate from the information we publish. 

Because of the limited space available in the magazine we also offer the military updates in digital form. These always contain a 

little more info, like the exact arrival dates for AMARG, etc. The PDF-fi le can be downloaded for free from our website at http://www. 

scramble.nl/members/index.html. 

Europe 

The Netherlands 

Koninklijke Luchtmacht (AF) 

On 23 February 2010, a contract was signed for the sale of two 

Fokker 60MPAs to the Peruvian Navy. Both Fokkers are in the 

Maritime Patrol confi guration (U-01 and U-03). U-01 is currently 

in storage, while U-03 is in overhaul with Fokker Services. Delivery 

of both aircraft is planned in the fi rst week of June 2010. 

C-130H 

G-988 336sq delivered 4988 feb10 

The third C-130 for the Koninklijke Luchtmacht arrived on Friday 

26 February at Eindhoven, using callsign NAF30. The offi cial 

handover ceremony will take place on Tuesday 2 March 2010. 

Belgium 

Luchtcomponent (AF) 

The eight former Wing Heli Agusta A109s that were put on sale 

all showed up at Van Vliet Trucks in Nieuwekerk aan de Ijssel 

in the Netherlands. Four transport trucks, each containing 

two helicopters, moved them from Zutendael Barracks to their, 

probably temporary home. In recent years Van Vliet acquired 

several other aircraft. All were sold to other companies quite 

fast, so it is unlikely that the A109s will stay very long. Other media 

reported that all eight helicopters were sold to MAD Africa 

Distribution, the same African company that bought the surplus 

23 Belgian Alouette IIs. But because the helicopters are put up 

for sale on the internet by Van Vliet, it is unlikely that they were 

bought by MAD Africa, but off course this still can happen. 


The Belgian MoD is now experiencing the same problems other 

NH90 users have experienced with NH Industries’ announcement, 

stating that the delivery of the fi rst NH90 is delayed for fi ve 

months. The fi rst NH90-NFH is now expected to enter Belgian 

service in November 2011, with one more being delivered in 

February 2012, April 2012 and June 2012. The original planned 

delivery date of the fi rst NH90-TTH has not been changed and 

is still between April 2012 and February 2013. With the delay of 

the fi rst ship based NH90-NFH, the Alouette III will stay operational 

at least fi ve months longer. The extra operational costs 

for the Alouette III will be paid out of the 0,5% penalty NH Industries 

pays over the total Belgian NH90 fl eet purchase price 

for every month the delivery is delayed. 

OPS GF = Ops Guardian Falcon, Afghanistan 

Zut. Barracks = Zutendaal Barracks 

A109BA 

H09 V.Vliet ex Zut. Barracks 0309 feb10 








By the end of February these helicopters were no longer seen 

outside with Van Vliet trucks. 

F-16AM 

FA101 10w ex FA101/FS 6H-101 jan10 

FA127/FS 10w ex 2w 6H-127 sep09

Belarus 

Voyenno Vozdushnyye Sily (AF) 

L-39C 

01 rd Belaya Rus f/n jul09 






Mi-24P 

02 wh 181 VB f/n jul09 

08 wh 181 VB f/n jul09 

Mi-8MT 

23 wh f/n jul09 




Mi-8MTKO 


Su-25 

36 wh 206 ShB f/n jul09 

39 wh 206 ShB f/n jul09 

Su-27 

22 bk 61 IAB f/n jul09 

All aircraft were noted during the annual military parade over 

Minsk. They were all wearing the country’s new markings. 

Croatia 

Hrvatske Zracne Snage (AF) 

In the beginning of February 2010 the sixth CL-415 was delivered 

the Croatian Air Force. During its delivery fl ight it made, 

amongst others, stops at Reykjavik, Manchester and Genova. 

The sixth CL-415 follows the delivery of one extra CL-415 in 

June last year as addition to the original four ones. 

CL-415 

811 del. feb10 ex C-CGUH 2075 

Cyprus 

Ethniki Froura, Diikissi Aeroporias (AF) 

The Cypriot Forestry Department received the fi rst of three 

ordered AT-802F single engine fi refi ghting aircraft. It was 

ferried from Olney (TX) on 8 September 2009 via Bangor (MN) 

and Gander (NF) and it arrived at Santa Maria (Azores) on 11 

September 2009. After that it continued to Nicosia International 

Airport, where it will be stationed. Larnaca is its alternate 

Forward Operating Base. The two-seat AT-802F is operated by 


the Cypriot Department of Forestry which is part of the Cypriot 

Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment. 

The contract was signed with Air Tractor Europe in February 

2009 and covers the delivery for one airframe. 

AT-802F 

FD-1/1 Dept. of Forestry, del 802-0335 feb10 

France 

Armée de l’Air (AF) 

There are going to be some changes in the Overseas Bases of 

the Armée de l’Air. ETOM00.050 will lose its AS555 Fennecs. 

These will be returned to France and be replaced at Saint Denis 

by a single EC145 from the Gendarmerie. The C-160 may be 

replaced by a CN235. ETOM00.055 will move from Dakar to 

Libreville and the French base at Dakar will be closed. In 2008 

the French announced that only one base will be maintained in 

west side of Africa. This will be Libreville in Gabon. ETOM00.058 

from Fort de France, Lamentin, Martinique, will be disbanded. 

What will remain is a single EC145 from the Gendarmerie, 

an EC145 from the Securite Civile and the Douanes with two 

Ecureuils and a Reims F406. EHOM00.068 from Cayenne 

has become ETOM00.068 as it will gain aircraft (two CN235s) 

and tasks from the disbanded ETOM00.058. It will also get a 

second Twin Otter. ETOM00.082 from Faaa, Tahiti, will lose it 

helicopters, these will be replaced by two 35F Dauphins from 

the Marine. ETOM00.088 at Djibouti will see its Transalls being 

replaced by CN235s. 

LFLU = Valence Chabeuil 

LFOC = Chateaudun 

LFRN = Rennes Saint Jacques 

Alpha Jet E 

E11/705-UB EAC00.314 ex 314-UB feb10 

E25/705-TJ EAC00.314 ex F-TETJ/Spec c/s feb10 

E89/705-LX EAC00.314 ex 314-LX feb10 

E104/705-TG EAC00.314 ex 314-TG feb10 

E121/705-LE EAC00.314 ex 314-LE feb10 

AS355F1 

5290/UA std LFOC for sale 5290 jan10 

5307/UC std LFOC for sale 5307 jan10 

5318/UF std LFOC for sale 5318 jan10 

Mirage 2000D 

659/133-XR EC03.003 ex 3-XR 533 jan10 

677/133-JT EC02.003 ex 3-JT 551 feb10 

679/133-JX EC02.003 ex 3-JX 553 feb10 

686/133-JH EC02.003 ex 3-JH feb10 

Mirage 2000N 

322/116-CP EC01.004 ex 4-CP feb10 

330/116-AT EC01.004 ex 4-AT 245 feb10 

Belgian Agustas for sale 

The eight former Wing 

Heli Agusta A109s that 

were put on sale all 

showed up at Van Vliet 

Trucks in Nieuwerkerk 

aan den IJssel in the 

Netherlands. Their fi nal 

destination is unknown 

so far, but by the end of 

February, the helicopters 

already had left the 

premises of Van Vliet 

Trucks. 

(Nieuwerkerk aan den 

IJssel, 13 February 

2010, Peter Heeneman)

Croatia received its sixth and last ordered CL-415 in February 2010; starting in Canada it made stops at Reykjavik, Manchester and 

Geneva before making it to Croatia. It is seen here on approach to Manchester carrying C-GCUH; it took up serial 811 after delivery 

to Croatia. (Manchester, 5 February 2010, Nigel Coote) 

336/116-BI EC02.004 ex 4-BI 263 jan10 

341/116-BT EC02.004 ex 4-BT jan10 

344/116-BV EC02.004 ex 4-BV jan10 

Armée de Terre (AR) 

SA341F 

1105 to Tunisia ex BFM 1105 jan10 

The aircraft is used by Tunisia’s Aerotec for a mod program. 

SA342M 

3860 o/h LFLU for Iraq 1860 feb10 





All are on overhaul at Valance for delivery to Iraq and came from 

Montauban. A sixth one is mentioned as 3895 (ex BGT), but is 

believed to be 3896 (ex Montauban). 

Tigre HAP 

2028/BHU 5RHC ex F-ZKBE 2028 feb10 

TBM-700A 

70/ABX std LFRN ex EAAT 70 feb10 

Not mentioned before but this TBM made a wheels up landing 

at Rennes on 13 may 2008 and has been stored at Rennes 

ever since. 

Georgia 

Sak’art’velos Samxedro-sahaero Dzalebi (AF) 

Mi-24P 

01 wh f/n nov09 

08 wh f/n nov09 

Both Mi-24s were noted during the shooting of a fi lm about the 

confl ict between Georgia and Russia. 

Germany 

Luftwaffe (AF) 

Mid-February 2010, two EF2000s of JG73 have left Laage 

(departing 15 February) for Bangalore (arriving 18 February). 

The aircraft will be used in the trials that the Indian Air Force 


is conducting to select the winner of their Medium Multi-Role 

Combat Aircraft (MMRCA). From 22 February to 5 March the 

two two-seat Eurofi ghters will operate from Jaisalmer and Leh. 

To get two aircraft in India, a total of six aircraft left Germany. 

The Airbus A400M has made it to the headlines again recently. 

The cost and delivery time overruns are still causing a lot of 

discussion between the manufacturer and its (future) customers. 

As long as there is no fi nal outcome of this process we will 

not report on this in depth. 

The fi rst of three leased IAI Heron 1 UAV (see Scramble 361 - 

Page 81 and Scramble 365 - Page 66) has emerged recently; 

99+21. From mid-March the vehicle is expected to operate in 

Afghanistan. The fi rst UAV squadron was installed at Jagel, under 

AG51, on 5 February 2010. The Heron 1 will operate under 

a one-year lease contract. 

In order to improve Eurofi ghter training effi ciency ‘all’ Eurofi ghters 

will be located at Laage for the next twelve months. Around 

six or seven Eurofi ghters will remain at Neuburg to perform 

QRA-duties. Nörvenich is expecting one more EF2000 this 

year, resulting in three aircraft in total (whereas the Tornado is 

withdrawn on 30 June 2010). All other new aircraft will head for 

Laage during delivery, resulting in more than 30 aircraft there 

by the end of this year. This means that both Neuburg and Nörvenich 

will become extremely silent… 

ETSA = Landsberg 

Leip = Leipheim museum 

A319-115X 

98+46 EADS ex D-AWVM 3897 feb10 

This Airbus will be registered 15+01 in due course. 

EF2000 

30+09 JG74 ex JG73 GS0004 jan10 

30+11 JG74 ex JG73 GS0005 jan10 

30+48 JG74 d/d 22jan10 GS0033 jan10 

30+53 EADS f/f 22feb10 GS0038 feb10 

30+55 EADS f/f 23feb10 GS0039 feb10 

31+14 JBG31 ex JG73 AS007 jan10 

31+21 JG73 d/d 05feb10 AS014 feb10

IAI Heron 

99+21 AG51 f/n feb10 

Tornado IDS 

44+29 JBG33 ex JBG31 327/GS090 feb10 

UH-1D 

71+09 pres Leip ex wfu ETSA 8169 feb10 

Heeresfl ieger (AR) 

Another modifi cation, that we have not reported yet, is that of 

84+26. This helicopter is now referred to as CH-53GE (E for 

Enhanced). The GE-variant will, in the end, be a CH-53GS 

‘lookalike’ with CSAR capabilities. So far, 84+26, distinguishes 

itself from other CH-53Gs by sporting three bumps at the end of 

the fuselage and a box just behind the last window. Six normal 

G models will be modifi ed to GE standard, and all CH-53GS 

models, resulting in 26 CH-53GEs. This entire programme is 

expected to be completed before 2011. 

Marinefl ieger (NY) 

Despite the plans that have been communicated in the past, 

the acquisition of the MH90 is no longer a certainty. A total of 

30 MH90s were sought in the past to replace the Sea King and 

Super Lynx helicopters of the Marinefl ieger. It now appears that 

the MH90 is no longer meeting the requirements and both the 

AW101 Merlin and CH-148 Cyclone (Sikorsky S-92 spin-off) 

have now joined the types under consideration. The new type 

is to be used for anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, 

troop and cargo transport and SAR missions. A contract is 

expected in 2011, with deliveries starting from 2015. 

Hungary 

Magyar Légierö (AF) 

In Scramble 369 we reported the retirement of the Hungarian 

L-39ZO fl eet. The type rundown contained a small error which 

needs to be corrected; 135 was in error listed as sold as 

RA-3514K. The aircraft sold was 134 which was last noted in 

storage at Kecskemet in August 2007. 135 was in fact one of 

the very last active aircraft in a special colour scheme. A visit to 

Kecskemet and Szolnok by some British colleagues resulted in 

some updates to the rundown. Of the eight aircraft active over 

the past years the situation is as follows: 

114 std Kecskemet 831114 jan10 



119 at Szolnok for museum 831119 jan10 

128 at Szolnok for tech.school 831128 jan10 

131 ex MH 59. Sz.D. REB. 831131 aug08 




As can be seen, only 131 was not noted in January. The aircraft 

is probably stored elsewhere on the base. During the mentioned 

visit to Szolnok our British contributors were told that 

the Hungarian Air Force is due to receive an as yet unknown 

number of Robinson R22s for basic rotary training. Deliveries 

are due to commence in December 2010. Due to the bankruptcy 

of the Danubian Aircraft Company at Tokol, no Hungarian 

helicopters were overhauled over the past years. By 2009 the 

buildings of the Danubian Aircraft Company had been demolished 

and a shopping center will be built on its former territory. 

Following a pause in overhauls two Mi-17s were sent to Russia 

in 2008 for an overhaul and in the process, the helicopters were 

upgraded with weather radar and NVG equipment. 

Italy 

Between 1976 and 1991, Piaggio Aero built the Piaggio P166- 

DL3 series to be used by the Guardia di Finanza. These aircraft 

were powered by two Avco Lycoming (now AlliedSignal) 

LTP101-700 turboprops. Some years ago, the Guardia di Finanza 

signed a contract to upgrade this version to the P166DP1 

with the older American Lycoming turboprops to be replaced by 

the slightly more powerful Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-121, 

providing an additional 56 shp each. P166 MM25171/GF-01 

and MM25172/GF-02 were upgraded for test and certifi cation, 

with MM25171 made on 11 May 1999 his fi rst fl ight by Capitano 

Giuliano Currado. In 2009 started this mid-life upgrade 

programme with the P166DP-1 CSX62263, which was noted 

at Piaggio Aereo at Genova. The tie-up with an existing aircraft 

is not known, because the upgraded P166DP1s will receive a 

new Matricola Militare and a new contruction number under the 

7xx range. 

Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AF) 

F-16A-15-CF ADF 

MM7238 23°Gr w/o 12feb10 M22-3/61-336 

Finland’s fi rst PC-12NG, serial PI-01 and test registration HB-FTO, is seen here just outside the Pilatus production line at Stans. Six 

aircraft are on order. They will replace the current fl eet of six PA-31 Chieftain liaison aircraft. (Stans, 16 February 2010, Roger Meier)

Upgraded German CH-53G 

Tornado IDS(T) 

MM55009/6-44 102°Gr ex std Ghedi 238 feb10 

On 30 April 2009, MM55009 was noted stored at Ghedi (BS) 

and used as spare parts source. On 3 February 2010 it was 

fortunately back in the air again. 

Aviazione dell’ Esercito (AR) 

AB206C-1 (ESC-1) 

MM80880/E.I.612 1°Gr w/o 12feb10 9116 

Marina Militare Italiana (NY) 

A109E 

I-VRGT/5-01 to G-UKAW 5°Grupelicot 11003 dec07 

On 12 December 2000, an Agusta A109E with the combined 

civil registration I-VRGT and military code 5-01 was leased 

from Agusta Elicotteri to use as a VIP-helicopter. It was based 

with the 5°Grupelicot at Maristaeli Luni. On 21 December 2007, 

it was registered G-UKAW and delivered to Westland Helicopters 

Ltd. 

Guardia di Finanza (PO) 

P166DP-1 

CSX62263/- Piaggio new nov09 

Dipartimento della Protezione Civile (SV) 

CL-415 

I-DPCR/31 new ex C-FZTY 2074 feb10 

On 1 February 2010 the latest acquisition of the Dipartimento 

della Protezione Civile arrived at Roma-Ciampino. 

P180 

I-DPCR to LZ-ASP ex DPC – CAI 1032 aug09 

I-DPCS to I-WJET ex DPC – CAI 1033 aug09 

Two Piaggio P180s of the Dipartimento della Protezione Civile 

changed ownership. I-DPCR was sold back to Piaggio and was 

registered LZ-ASP. On 29 August 2009, it was noted as such on 

Genova. On 25 August 2009, former I-DPCS was sold back to 

Piaggio and its registration cancelled. It was registered D-IPCI, 

but this registration was not taken up. Again changed its registration 

to the exotic T7-PAI and fi nally on 30 September 2009, 

it was registered I-WJET to Wind Jet Platinum Line. 

Russia 


Just a few days after the deadline for the last Scramble, the 5th 

generation fi ghter PAK FA (also called T-50) made its fi rst fl ight 

on 29 January from Komsomol’sk-on-Amur. The fl ight lasted 

for 47 minutes and the aircraft was piloted by test pilot Sergei 

Bogdan. The twin-engined PAK FA looks a bit like the YF-23- 

/F-22 Raptor with a typical Sukhoi nose, with roughly the same 

physical size and weight class as the Su-27/Su-30 family, (see 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XqwDEU0fus for a short 


movie of its fi rst fl ight). In February more factory test fl ights 

were made. Only one other fl yable PAK FA prototype and a 

ground test item exist thus far, while Sukhoi has indicated they 

will complete fi ve prototypes for initial testing. These are scheduled 

for completion in 2011-12, with the company expecting to 

then produce an initial batch of pre-series aircraft for operational 

trials by 2015. But 2015 now still seems wishful thinking. 

Back in early 2007, Russia and India reached an agreement to 

cooperate on a Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) based 

on the PAK FA for the Indian Air Force. The Indian Air Force’s 

requirements do differ rather substantially from the Russian Air 

Force’s, and are reported to demand a twin-seat confi guration 

as well as possibly a different wing and control surfaces and 

avionics. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd is expected to become responsible 

for some 25% of the total development workload for 

the FGFA programme. Because of the fi nancial position of the 

Ministry of Defence, there are persistent rumours of the PAK 

FA programme being largely fi nanced directly by Sukhoi (some 

75%, with the remaining 25% being provided by India). 

We have received further information on the Air Force restructuring 

(see also article “Russian Air Force reforms” in Scramble 

365). Shatalovo air base is now closed and its reconnaissance 

Su-24MR, and six MiG-25RB/RU have been transferred to Voronezh-Baltimor. 

Most probably the Su-25 from Buturlinovka will 

never move into Shatalovo. 

As reported the Il-76 regiment at Smolensk will be closed down. 

With also Seshcha to close completely or for most part, the 

disbandment of three airbases is an economic disaster for the 

rather poor area. On the other hand, Voronezh-Baltimor will become 

a major air base. It already has the honour to host the last 

six active MiG-25s. At Voronezh-Baltimor also a ground instruction 

school(?) has been erected with two Il-76, two Tu-22Ms, a 

Bear, Su-27s, MiG-25 or 31, and more, at a new constructed 

apron. At this moment we have no clue where this school came 

from or if it is a new school. 

We are interested in all information about the restructuring. 

UKFG = Gvardeyskoye / 7058 AB 

UKFK = Kacha / 7057 AB 

Tu-142MZ 

55 rd 568 OSAP w/o 06nov09 0604175 

Yak-52 

54 wh to N152TD 844103 apr08 

Aviatsiya Voyenno-Morskoyo Flota (NY) 

On 10 February 2010, 

the fi rst CH-53GA made 

its fi rst fl ight from Donauwörth. 

The upgrade of the 

chopper, 84+86 being the 

fi rst one, has prolonged 

its service life to 2030. 

The fi rst delivery to the 

Heeresfl ieger is expected 

in 2011. Between now 

and 2013, a total of forty 

CH-53G helicopters will 

be modifi ed to CH-53GA. 

The upgrade includes 

prolonging the service life 

from 6,000 to 10,000 fl ight 

hours, satellite-communication, 

FLIR, auxiliary 

fuel tanks in the cabin to 

increase the range, etc. 

(Eurocopter) 

An-2 

01 ye 7058 AB f/n 09 

An-26 

45 bl 7057 AB f/n 6207 aug09

59 bl 7057 AB f/n 6807 aug09 

29 bl 7057 AB f/n 7109 aug09 

30 bl 7057 AB f/n 8407 aug09 

47 bl 7057 AB f/n 9209 aug09 

03 bl 7057 AB f/n aug09 

07 bl 7057 AB f/n aug09 

54 bl 7057 AB f/n aug09 

56 bl 7057 AB f/n aug09 

Be-12 

08 ye std UKFK ex 7057 AB 3602703 aug09 

10 ye 7057 AB f/n 3602901 aug09 

14 ye std UKFK ex 7057 AB aug09 

29 ye 7057 AB f/n aug09 


Be-12N 

28 ye 7057 AB unit update 3602802 aug09 

Be-12PS 



20 ye 7057 AB f/n 3602904 aug09 

Ka-25PL 

04 ye 7057 AB f/n 1208 aug09 

20 ye 7057 AB f/n 07208 aug09 

09 ye 7057 AB f/n 19205 aug09 










Ka-27PS 


32 ye 7057 AB f/n aug09 

33 ye 7057 AB f/n aug09 

35 ye 7057 AB f/n aug09 

Ka-29 

69 ye 7057 AB f/n aug09 

Mi-8MTV-2 


58 ye std UKFK ex 7057 AB? aug09 

59 ye 7057 AB f/n 95408 aug09 


Mi-14 


Su-24M 

25 wh std UKFG scr 7058 AB 1615313 09 

26 wh std UKFG scr 7058 AB 1615323 09 

24 wh 7058 AB f/n 1616325 09 

22 wh 7058 AB f/n 1615334 09 

21 wh 7058 AB f/n 1615338 09 

11 wh 7058 AB f/n 1815304 09 

10 wh 7058 AB f/n 1815308 09 

23 wh 7058 AB f/n 2015306 09 

28 wh 7058 AB f/n 2315334 09 

27 wh 7058 AB f/n 2315337 09 

09 wh 7058 AB f/n 2315339 09 

08 wh 7058 AB f/n 2315340 09 

07 wh 7058 AB f/n 2415301 09 

RF-33774/04 wh 7058 AB unit update 2415307 may09 

RF-33773/03 wh 7058 AB unit update 2415309 may09 

RF-33776/02 wh 7058 AB unit update 2415310 jul09 

01 wh 7058 AB f/n 2415311 09 

Su-24MR 

34 wh 7058 AB f/n 09 

33 wh 7058 AB f/n 09 

RF-33778/30 wh 7058 AB unit update may09 

RF-33779/31 wh 7058 AB unit update may09 

Tu-134A-4 

20 bl 7058 AB f/n 09 

This aircraft replaced the unit’s Tu-134 05 rd after it crashed. 

Slovakia 

Vzdusne Sily Ozbrojenych Sil SR (AF) 

On 23 December 2009 the Slovak Air Force took delivery of 

a new L410UVP-E20 when 2718 092718 was delivered to 

Kuchyna air base. It was the fi rst new aircraft to join the Slovak 

Air Force since late 2004 when another L410, 2421 902421 (ex 

RA-67628) was delivered. Contrary to 2421, 2718 is a newly 

built aircraft. It was built from an incomplete airframe that had 

been in storage at Kunovice for several years. 

Sweden 

Försvarsmaktens Helikopterfl ottilj (JF) 

On 10 February 2010, two “new” helicopters were handed over 

at Ronneby-Kallinge, home of 3.Hkpskv, to the Defence Helicopter 

Wing. Both Super Pumas were recently modifi ed, and 

are designated as the Hkp10D. This variant has almost the 

same modifi cations as the Hkp10B, which is in use as a Military 

Four Yak-40s are still in service with the 36.SPLT. This quartet received an overhaul at Minsk-Losheta (Belarus) in 2007. The successor 

for this VIP transport has not been chosen by the Polish MoD. (Zurich, 28 January 2010, Simon Titchmarsh)

802 Escadron operates three Fokker F27MAR aircraft for maritime patrol duties out of Las Palmas-Gando. This D.2-02 used to have 

code 802-11 assigned, but this was removed some time ago. The aircraft, delivered in the late seventies, was seen at its homebase 

on 12 February 2010. (Angel Osés) 

Air Rescue helicopter (CSAR) with 1.Hkpskv. The Hkp10Ds remain 

in Sweden and are used for aircrew training with this special 

unit. Therefore, we assume that in the end both helicopters 

will be based at Luleå-Kallax and become part of 1.Hkpskv. 

This unit will deploy to Afghanistan and will start in April 2011 

and last for two years. The fl ying contingent will be based at 

Camp Marmal, Mazar-e-Sharif. 

In a surprise move early February 2010, the Swedish Armed 

Forces Command informed the Ministry of Defence that it could 

not deploy a helicopter support unit before April 2011 to Afghanistan. 

Late last year in the Afghan theatre, Swedish forces regularly 

came under attack and German and US helicopters were 

used to transport the wounded. Sweden is now investigating 

the possibility to lease some helicopters, until their own modifi 

ed Hkp10B helicopters are ready to be deployed. 

Hkp10D 

10402/92 1.Hkpskv ex 3.Hkpskv 2247 feb10 

10407/97 1.Hkpskv ex 3.Hkpskv 2287 feb10 

Flygvapnet (AF) 

The new generation Erieye Early Warning System, called the 

ASC890, proved its capability in the annual naval exercise 

Northern Coasts 2009. Two brand new systems were deployed 

inside the famous ski box of the S100D Saab 340. The unit, 

fl ying the S100 at Linköping-Malmen, has been renumbered 

as 72 ASC (Airborne, Surveillance & Control) squadron. The 

unit is operating fi ve Saab 340s in different confi gurations. In 

the same move of renumbering, the SIGINT unit within TSFE 

- Transport -och Specialfl ygenheten, fl ying the Gulfstream 

S102B Korpen is renamed as 73 SIGINT squadron. 

The United Arab Emirates have ordered two S100B Erieye systems. 

As with Thailand as a Erieye operator, most probably the 

two systems destined for the UAE will also be ex Flygvapnet 

aircraft, with 002 and 006 as candidates. 

S100B 

100007 to Thailand as 70201 340-455 

Switzerland 

Schweizer Luftwaffe (AF) 

LSMP = Payerne 

Alouette 3 

V-223 std LSMP ex nb 1416 sep09 

V-256 Wernigerode ex nb 132/1078 feb10 


On 7 September 2009, Alouette 3 V-223 was noted stored 

without rotorblades at Payerne, while former Schweizer 

Luftwaffe V-256 is now preserved at the Museum für Luftfahrt 

und Technik in Wernigerode (Germany). 

Turkey 

Türk Hava Kuvvetleri (AF) 

G550 

09-001 212 Filo Unit update 5241 jan10 

10-002 for 212 Filo f/n, ex N554GA 5254 feb10 

Türk Kara Kuvvetleri (AR) 

CeT182T 

101../N5271J Aletli Uçus Egitim, del T182-08984 dec09 

101../N5271K Aletli Uçus Egitim, del T182-08985 dec09 

T129 

1..../CSX81723 AgustaWestland, f/n P1 dec09 

Türk Sahil Güvenlik Komutanligi (CG) 

AB412EP 

TCSG-515 AgustaWestland, f/n nov08 

A 15th AB412EP was noted on Varese-Venegono in November 

2008. Previously we only knew of orders up to fourteen SAR 

helicopters for the Turkish Coast Guard. For the sake of 

completeness we will sum the “Marti/Seagull” programs under 

which they were purchased up: 

Marti I 5 x AB412EP order: $ 47,200,000 signed: 20mar98 

Marti II 4 x AB412EP order: $ 40,000,000 signed: 30sep99 

Marti III 5 x AB412EP order: $ 63,000,000 signed: 09aug05 

Marti IV 1 x AB412EP order: $ 12,300,000 signed: 03aug07 


Royal Air Force (AF) 

EGCD = Woodford EGUB = Benson 

EGNB = Brough EGQS = Lossiemouth 

EGOS = Shawbury EGYM = Marham 

Chinook HC2 

ZH777/HE 18/27sq ex Westland M4453 jan10 

Westland = AgustaWestland Ltd at Yeovil 

Dominie T1 

XS729 Barcelona, ex Everett Aero 25049 jan10 

XS736 i/a Winterbourne Gunner 25072 jan10 

ELAS reported, in its January 2010 newsletter, that two Dominies,

which used to be stored with Everett Aero at Sproughton, have 

moved on. XS729 is now located with an unknown technical 

school in Barcelona (Spain). While XS736 moved on to the 

Defence CBRN Centre at Winterbourne Gunner. 

Harrier GR7A 

ZD431/43A 4sq ex NSW/43A P43 dec09 

Harrier GR9 

ZD375/23 1sq ex 4sq/23 P23 dec09 

ZD401/30 4sq ex 1sq/30 P30 dec09 

ZD470/60 4sq ex NSW/60 P60 dec09 

ZG500/71 4sq ex 20(R)sq/71 P71 dec09 

Harrier GR9A 

ZD347/14A 1sq ex 4sq/14A P14 dec09 

ZD380/28A 1sq ex 4sq/28A P28 dec09 

ZD461/51A 4sq ex NSW/51A P51 dec09 

ZG506/77(A) 1sq ex 4sq/77(A) P77 dec09 

Hawk T1A 

XX256 19(R)sq w/o 30nov09 312092 nov09 

On 30 November 2009, XX256 suffered a major bird strike. The 

plane managed to land safely at RAF Valley, but has been declared 

dam Cat.5 (a write off). It is being stripped for spares. 

Hawk T2 

ZK015 BAE EGNB ex std EGOS RT006 jan10 

ZK029 19(R)sq ex BAE EGNO RT020 jan10 

ZK032 19(R)sq ex BAE EGNO RT023 jan10 

Merlin HC3 

ZJ122/F MDMF ex 28/78sq/F RAF06 dec09 

MDMF = Merlin Depth Maintenance Facility at RNAS 

Culdrose 

Nimrod MRA4 

ZJ514/A BAE EGNO ex BAE EGCD PA4 jan10 

Puma HC1 

XW209 EGUB ASF ex 33sq 1096 jan10 

XW212 33/230sq ex EGUB ASF 1111 jan10 

Tornado GR4 

ZA452/021 2sq ex TEF 247 dec09 

ZA463/028 2sq ex 12sq/028 273 dec09 

ZA551/043 12sq ex TEF 067 dec09 

ZA556/047 31sq ex 9sq/047 075 dec09 

ZA557/048 2sq ex 13sq/048 048 dec09 

ZA562/051 13sq ex 9sq/051 085 dec09 

ZA588/056 EGQS Wing ex TEF 098 dec09 

ZA597/063 13sq ex 9sq/063 116 dec09 

ZA598/064 EGQS Wing ex TEF 118 dec09 

ZA606/069 13sq ex 9sq/069 136 dec09 

ZA612 TEF ex i/a EGYM 150 dec09 

ZA614/076 13sq ex 9sq/076 153 dec09 

ZD707/077 EGQS Wing ex 13sq/077 319 dec09 

ZD709/078 EGQS Wing ex QinetiQ/078 324 jan10 

ZD712 TEF ex QinetiQ/080 331 dec09 

ZD719/085 2sq ex 15(R)sq/085 348 jan10 

ZD746/094 2sq ex 13sq/094 376 dec09 

ZD790/099 2sq ex 31sq/099 394 dec09 

ZD811/103 13sq ex 9sq/103 416 jan10 

ZD812/104 EGYM Wing ex BAE EGNO 420 jan10 

ZD843/106 QinetiQ ex 14sq/106 426 dec09 

ZD844 TEF ex 2sq/107 429 jan10 

ZD850/111 2sq ex 12sq/111 447 jan10 

ZG771/133 QinetiQ ex 15(R)sq/133 893 dec09 

ZG775/134 2sq ex 617sq/134 384 jan10 

ZG791/137 2sq ex TEF 913 jan10 

ZG792/138 2sq ex 14sq/138 914 jan10 

Tornado GR4A 

ZA395/009 31sq ex 13sq/009 192 dec09 

ZA404/013 EGQS Wing ex 9sq/013 214 dec09 

ZG713/123 EGQS Wing ex 13sq/123 824 dec09 

Tutor T1 

G-BYUW Grob ex 57(R)sq 82107E jan10 

This plane was damaged during a touch and go at Wyton in 

December 2009, it has been transported to Grob in Germany 

for repairs during January 2010. 


VC-10 K3 

ZA147/F 1312Flt ex 101sq/F 882 jan10 

VC-10 K4 

ZD241/N 101sq ex 1312Flt/N 863 jan10 

Vigilant T1 

ZH191/UD 613VGS ex CGMF 6540 jan10 

ZH197/UK 618VGS ex CGMF 6548 jan10 

ZJ962/SK 634VGS ex 613VGS/SK 6550 jan10 

Viking TX1 

ZE503 CGMF ex 622VGS/VG 33887 jan10 

ZE530/VS 611VGS ex CGMF 33899 jan10 

ZE558 CGMF corr not ACCGS 33917 oct09 

ZE585/WQ 614VGS ex CGMF 33932 jan10 

ZE586 CGMF ex 662VGS/WR 33933 jan10 

ZE595/WY 662VGS ex ACCGS/WY 33943 jan10 

ZE610 CGMF ex 615VGS/XK 33959 jan10 

ZE636/XZ ACCGS ex 611VGS/XZ 33996 jan10 

ZE650/YB 615VGS ex ACCGS/YB 33998 jan10 

ZE651/YC 622VGS ex ACCGS/YC 33999 jan10 

Army Air Corps (AR) 

Gazelle AH1 

XZ338 std EGOS ex std Gosport 1682 jan10 

Lynx AH7 

XZ605 Vector Aerosp, ex 1Regt 149 jan10 

ZD273/A 671sq ex uncoded 275 jan10 

Vector Aerosp = Vector Aerospace Ltd at Fleetlands 

Fleet Air Arm 

Harrier GR9 

ZD437/47 NSW ex 1sq/47 P47 dec09 

Harrier T12 

ZH663/111 NSW ex 1sq/111 TX011 dec09 

Lynx HAS3S 

ZD250/635 702sq ex uncoded 248 jan10 

Lynx HAS3SGM 

XZ735 Vector Aerosp, ex 815sq/404 217 jan10 

Vector Aerosp = Vector Aerospace Ltd at Fleetlands 

Lynx HMA8DAS 

ZD261/352 815sq ex Vector Aerosp. 295 jan10 

Vector Aerosp. = Vector Aerospace Ltd at Fleetlands 

Lynx HMA8SRU 

XZ723/444 815sq ex Vector Aerosp. 185 jan10 

ZF558/PD-426 815sq ex uncoded 335 jan10 

In last month’s updates we in error reported ZD255 with 

c/n 317, this should of course be ZD566. All other details 

mentioned were correct! Vector Aerosp. = Vector Aerospace 

Ltd at Fleetlands 

Sea King HC4 

ZE425 Vector Aerosp, ex 848sq/WR WA952 nov09 

ZF119/WY 848sq ex Vector Aerosp WA966 jan10 

ZF123/WW 848sq ex Vector Aerosp WA973 nov09 


Sea King HC4+ 

ZD480/(Y)J 845sq ex SKAMG WA935 jan10 

ZG821/(Y)G 845sq ex SKAMG WA1002 jan10 

SKAMG = Sea King AMG at RNAS Yeovilton 

Sea King ASaC7 

XV649/180 849sq ex Vector Aerosp WA637 jan10 

XV671/183 854sq ex 857sq/183 WA659 jan10 

XV714 SKAMG ex 854sq/188 WA685 jan10 


SKAMG = Sea King AMG at RNAS Yeovilton 

Africa 

Algeria 

al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jaza’iriya (AF) 

Su-24MK 

KX-29 4 EAP f/n jan10

Kabul Air Wing is the proud owner of this An-32B 342. It was reported wfu, but in fact it was being worked on at Kabul for service life 

extension. It is seen here in take off from Kandahar. (Kandahar, 3 February 2010, Stephan de Bruijn) 

KX-55 4 EAP f/n jan10 

Recently emerged photos show KX-12, KX-55 and KX-88 in a 

new colour scheme, apparently after refurbishment. 

Su-24MR 

KG-65 4 EAP f/n jan10 

Cameroon 

Armée de l’Air du Cameroun (AF) 

On 14 February, two newly built Bell 412EPs were seen at 

Luxembourg on their way to Ostend, where they were shipped 

to Cameroon by an Air Bridge Cargo B747. The helicopters, 

marked TJ-XEM and TJ-XSA, carried B.I.R. (Bataillon 

d’Intervention Rapide) markings. Markings on the accompanying 

boxes revealed the following two airframes (tie-up so far 

unknown): 

Bell 412EP c/n 36522: 

C-GLZM (test registration) 

C-FZMJ rgd. 02jun209 

N10768 rgd. 25sep09 (not yet canx. by FAA) 

Bell 412EP c/n 36524: 

C-FOFE (test registration) 

C-FZVF rgd. 03jul209 

N10680 rgd. 25sep209 (not yet canx. by FAA) 

Democratic Republic of Congo 

(Force Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo) 

Force Arienne (AF) 

Mi-24V 

9T-HM14 f/n feb10 

Egypt 

al Quwwat Al Jawwiya Il Misriya (AF) 

AgustaWestland in North America has won a contract to refurbish 

three Sea Kings for the Egyptian Air Force. The project, 

worth $ 17.4 million and under FMS, will start by the end of 

2010. 


South Africa 

South African Air Force/Suid Afrikaanse Lugmag (AF) 

JAS39C 

10 TFDC f/n 39-2101 feb10 

11 TFDC f/n 39-2102 feb10 

On 12 February, the fi rst two single-seat Gripens were delivered 

to the SAAF. They arrived by ship on 11 February in Table 

Bay harbour and were transferred to AFB Ysterplaat on 12 February. 

The aircraft will be test fl own with the TFDC and were due 

for delivery to 2sq by end February 

Sudan 

al Quwwat al_Jawwiya as-Sudaniva (AF) 

Mi-24V 

909 f/n feb10 

Asia 

Afghanistan 

Afghan National Army - Air Corps (AF) 

Kand AWg = Kandahar Air Wing 

C-27A 

64090 d/d 15jan10 4090 jan10 

Mi-8MTV 

565 Kand AWg ex 337 Reg jan10 

Mi-8MTV-1 

590 f/n 

591 Kand AWg f/n feb10 

Bangladesh 

Bangladesh Biman Bahini (AF) 

The air force has aired plans to buy a squadron of new fi ghters 

and two new helicopters for peace-keeping missions. No 

further details emerged from the message, apart from the fact

that the purchases are to take place within the current fi scal 

year (which is due to end on 30 June 2010). 

Bangladesh Navy (NY) 

AgustaWestland announced an order for two AW109 Power 

helicopters by the Bangladesh Navy. The aircraft are scheduled 

for delivery in 2011. 

China 

People’s Liberation Army Air Force (AF) 

J7E 

20655 14th Div f/n photo 


J7G 


J8D 

21100 9th Div/25th Reg f/n photo 

J8H 

30623 21st Div f/n feb10 

30628 21st Div f/n feb10 

J10A 

10539 2nd Div/5th Reg f/n photo 



10740 3rd Div/8th Reg f/n photo 

30559 24nd Div/70th Reg f/n nov09 







J10S 


J11 














…. 2nd Div/4th Reg f/n 0104 photo 

…. 2nd Div/4th Reg f/n 0216 photo 

J11B 

10223 1st Div/1st Reg f/n 0123 photo 

JH7A 



JJ7A 



JL8 

71531/51 3rd FA f/n oct09 

71532/52 3rd FA f/n oct09 

71533/53 3rd FA f/n oct09 

71535/55 3rd FA f/n oct09 

71536/56 3rd FA f/n oct09 

71538/58 3rd FA f/n oct09 

71731/71 3rd FA f/n oct09 

71732/72 3rd FA f/n oct09 

71733/73 3rd FA f/n oct09 

71735/75 3rd FA f/n oct09 

71836/86 3rd FA f/n oct09 

71838/88 3rd FA f/n oct09 

71839/89 3rd FA f/n oct09 


71933/93 3rd FA f/n oct09 

71178/18 7th FA f/n photo 

Su-30MKK 


61083 FTTC f/n photo 

61183 FTTC f/n photo 

The 3rd Division recently took some Su-30MKK’s to Russia to 

practice aerial refueling from IL-78 aircraft. 

Y8C 

10252 4th Div f/n feb10 



Z8KH 

6301 Hong Kong Garrison f/n Z8KH-01 photo 

The Garrison will receive four of this new Super Frelon version. 

People’s Liberation Army (AR) 

Mi-17V-7 Salon 

LH93795 3rd Reg f/n photo 

People’s Liberation Navy (NY) 

H6G 

81211 1st Div/1st Reg f/n photo 

J7II 






In August 2004 the J7s were replaced by JH7As. The location 

is believed to be at the resort island Hainan at Foluo Northeast 

Airbase. 

JH7A 





JJ6 

83993 9th Div/25th Reg f/n jun09 



J8B 


Forest Police (PO) 

Z8WJS 

WJS91002 WJ f/n Z8WJS-02 photo 

Noted at Tianjin - Zhangguizhuang 

India 

Bharatiya Vayu Sena (AF) 

On Thursday 18 February 2010, two German Air Force Typhoon 

fi ghter aircraft arrived in Bangalore to start fl ight trials 

with the Indian Air Force for the massive $11 billion, 126-aircraft 

contract. The trials for the Typhoon have started on Monday 22 

February 2010. So far, the Indian Air Force has already tested 

four fi ghter aircraft. On the heels of the Typhoon will come the 

last contender, Sweden’s Saab 39 Gripen NG. The fl ight trials 

will end late April this year and after these trials are over, the 

competition will narrow to three or four contenders. Then the 

commercial bids will be opened; the MoD procedure mandates 

that the lowest bidder wins the contract. 

AgustaWestland confi rmed the signing of a contract for twelve 

medium lift AW101s. First reported by us in February 2008 

(Scramble 345 - Page 89) and September 2008 (Scramble 352 

- Page 84), the Indian Government’s Cabinet Committee on Security 

(CCS) has fi nally given the go-ahead for the procurement. 

The deal had been tied up for more than a year because there 

was some political bickering over the price tag. It is anticipated 

that the contract will become effective very soon. The original 

tender for the helicopter was issued in 2006. The helicopters 

will replace the Russian Mi-8 helicopters at Palam AFS.

The latest type added to the varied air fl eet of the Policía Nacional de Colombia is the ATR, one of which was delivered last October, 

is seen here taking off from its home base Bogotá. (PNC-0241, ATR42-320, ARAVI, 7 February 2010, Javier Franco Topper) 

According to Lockheed Martin, India will send another Letter of 

Request for six additional C-130J Hercules transport aircraft. 

Earlier, India ordered six C-130Js worth $1 billion (Scramble 

346 - Page 78). The fi rst aircraft will be inducted in the fi rst 

quarter of 2011. 

Mi-17-1V 

Z3355 f/n nov09 

Bharatiya Nau Sena (NY) 

On 19 February 2010, the fi rst four MiG-29KUB Fulcrum fi ghter 

aircraft of the Black Panthers squadron (INAS303) were inducted 

at a ceremony at INS Hansa (Dabolim). The four aircraft were 

delivered to India on 4 December 2009. They were packed in 

containers in a knocked down condition to be assembled by 

Russian and Indian technicians. The aircraft would be operated 

for around two years from INS Hansa, until the actual delivery of 

the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, slated for 2012. In order to 

house the MiG-29s, three new hangars have been constructed 

at the base. Two aircraft were positively identifi ed from photos. 

As far as can be seen on the photos, the aircraft have painted 

the serial number in a Soviet style three digit bort number. 

MiG-29KUB 

IN801 INAS303 f/n feb10 

IN802 INAS303 f/n feb10 

Japan 

Nihon Koku-Jieitai (AF) 

RJAH = Hyakuri 

RJNN = Komaki 

C-1 

58-1008 40? Hikotai ex o/h 8008 feb10 

Seen active at Nyutabaru but unit not noted. 

XC-2 

08-1201 TRDI/Kawasaki ex 88-1201 1 feb10 

Only after publication of the previous Scramble did we notice 

the changed registration. Offi cial handover was in 2010 so the 

88- was replaced by 08-. 

F-2B 

33-8116 o/h RJNN no mks, ex 21 Hik 3016 jan10 

F-4EJ Kai 

67-8388 302 Hikotai? no mks RJAH M088 feb10 

77-8402 302 Hikotai M102 feb10 


97-8420 301 Hikotai ex o/h?, 8 Hik M120 feb10 

#388 had a last note of December 2007 on strength of 302 Hikotai. 

Whatever the reasons for this lengthy absence, this Spook 

is back in the air, most probably soon again with the markings 

of 302 Hikotai. #402 was last seen in October as stored near 

the RF-4’s, but seen active again in February 2010. 

F-15J 

52-8847 305 Hikotai ex 23 Hikotai 047 jan10 

CH-47J 

57-4494 Kasuga ex Misawa? 5076 dec09 

UH-60J 

78-4567 Hyakuri ex o/h/Matsushima 2017 jan10 

T-2 

79-5193 Teikyo University, Tochigi-ken 170 feb07 

#193 is preserved/in use as i/a at this university in Utsunomiya, 

inside, together with the T-3 below. 

T-3 

91-5515 Hanyu-shi, Saitama-ken 015 jan10 

01-5529 Teikyo University, Tochigi-ken 029 feb07 

#515 is preserved at the local glider fi eld. 

Rikujo Jieitai (AR) 

On 10 February 2010, the winner of the TH-X competition was 

announced. The future training helicopter for the JGSDF will be 

the Enstrom 480B. Hopefully its appearance will improve with 

the nice Army camo pattern applied. 

RJOS = Tokushima 

UH-1J 

41916 XIV at RJOS 1J116 feb10 

Seen at its temporary base with XIV code. 

Kaijo Jieitai (NY) 

ATS = Kyoiku Kokutai 

SH-60J 

8248 211 ATS old c/s, ex 21 Kok 1048 feb10 

8251 211 ATS new c/s, ex o/h 1051 feb10 

8252 211 ATS new c/s, ex 23 Kok 1052 dec09 

TH-135 

8802 51 Kokutai with Eurocopter feb10 

P-3C 

5045 5 Kokutai ex 3 Kokutai 9042 feb10

5047 203 ATS correction 9044 feb10 

5055 203 ATS no mks? ex o/h 9052 feb10 

5056 2 Kokutai ex o/h 9053 feb10 

5072 3 Kokutai ex 1 Kokutai 9069 feb10 

Orion 5047 probably never was with 2 Kokutai. Three 203 Kyoiku 

Kokutai aircraft were seen without the fi nfl ash, only marked with 

203. Another unit losing its tail markings? 

YS-11T-A 

6901 205 ATS active 2100 feb10 

Last seen without engines at Atsugi, so not wfu. 

Kazakhstan 

Sil Vozdushnoy Oborony Respubliki Kazakhstan (AF) 

L-39C 

01 ye f/n 

02 ye f/n 

04 ye 

Mi-24V 

35 ye f/n 09 

36 ye f/n 09 

40 ye f/n dec09 

43 ye f/n 09 

MiG-27D 

44 ye f/n 

Once again a Flogger was overhauled in the Ukraine. 

MiG-29 

09 rd f/n 

12 rd f/n 

MiG-29UB 

40 rd f/n 09 

Noted in Ukraine just after overhaul. 

MiG-31 

08 rd f/n 

21 rd f/n 

Su-25 

07 ye f/n 09 

11 ye f/n 

Su-25UB 

15 ye f/n 09 

Su-27 

01 ye f/n 

04 ye f/n 09 

Su-27UB 

50 ye f/n 

Malaysia 

Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (AF) 

A-4PTM 

M32-08 i/a Shah Alam ex Kuantan dec09 

M32-11 i/a Serdang Selangor ex Kuantan dec09 

M32-14 i/a USM ex Kuantan nov09 

M32-25 i/a Serdang Selangor dec09 

M32-26 i/a Selangor as GK32-26 dec09 

M32-40 Ipoh gate ex Kuantan nov09 

M32-08 at Shah Alam is with ADTEC. Two are with the Universiti 

Putra Malaysia in Serdang Selangor. M32-14 is at the 

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Nibong Tebal. M32-26 in 

Selangor is at the Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology. 

TA-4PTM 

M32-04 dism. USM ex Kuantan nov09 

The Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is in Nibong Tebal. 

Alouette 3 

M20-02 2FTC ex 881Skn dec09 

M20-10 Port Dickson ex 881Skn dec09 

M20-27 2FTC ex 881Skn, stored? dec09 

The one in Port Dickson is in the Muzium Tentera Darat. All 

three are ex-Army machines. 

Bell 47G-5A 

M26-01 i/a Serdang Selangor ex S. Besi 25149 dec09 


M26-05 Ipoh ex Sungai Besi 25153 nov09 

The one in Serdang Selangor is at the Universiti Putra Malaysia. 

Both are ex-Sungai Besi. 

BAe125-400B 

M24-01 i/a Selangor ex Subang 25189 dec09 

Is at the Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology without external 

serial, but had FM1201 in the cockpit. However, FM1201 

should have become M24-02 which is an i/a at Alor Setar and 

was seen in the same week. 

Ce402B 

M27-02 std Subang ex 2Skn dec09 

M27-04 20Skn ex 2Skn dec09 








All survivors have been transferred to 20Skn. M27-02 stored 

at Subang had an undercarriage collapse ca 2004 and has not 

been repaired. 

CL-41G-5 

M22-05 Port Dickson ex Kuala Lumpur 2201 dec09 

The aircraft in Port Dickson is in the Muzium Tentera Darat. 

CN235-220M 

M44-01 1Skn ex 21Skn 034N dec09 


CN235-220M-VIP 



All CN235s have been transferred to the reformed 1SKn. 

DHC-4A 

M21-06 Port Dickson ex Kuching 274 dec09 

M21-15 i/a Serdang Selangor ex Kuching 307 dec09 

Two aircraft ex-Kuching store have turned up on the main land. 

The aircraft in Port Dickson is in the Muzium Tentera Darat 

while the one in Serdang Selangor is at the Universiti Putra 

Malaysia. 

Hawk 108 

M40-02 6Skn ex 15Skn 418/MT002 dec09 

M40-04 6Skn ex 15Skn 421/MT004 dec09 

Hawk 208 

M40-23 6Skn ex 15Skn 441/MS003 dec09 

MB339AM 

M34-09 i/a USM ex 3FTC 6701 nov09 

The Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Nibong Tebal has acquired 

an MB339A. 

MB339CM 

M34-14 3FTC 6995 dec09 

M34-15 3FTC 6996 dec09 

M34-16 3FTC 6997 

M34-17 3FTC 6998 dec09 

M34-18 3FTC 6999 dec09 

M34-19 3FTC 7000 dec09 

M34-20 3FTC dec09 

M34-21 3FTC dec09 

All eight aircraft on order have been delivered by now. 

MD3-160 

M42-01 Sungai Besi std 007 dec09 





M42-06 1FTC 009 dec09 





M42-11 1FTC 018 dec09 

M42-12 Sungai Besi std 019 dec09

Super Huey IIs of the Colombian army are rarely photographed, and this EJC5432 is the fi rst reserialled example that we have heard 

of. It happens to be the 33nd and last Super Huey II delivered to the army. 

(EJC5432, UH-1H-II, BatAv No.5, Tolemaida, 22 January 2010, Andres Luna) 



M42-15 1FTC 022 dec09 

M42-16 1FTC 023 dec09 

M42-17 1FTC 024 dec09 

M42-18 1FTC 025 dec09 

M42-19 1FTC 026 dec09 

M42-20 1FTC 027 dec09 

All twenty airframes were seen last December so here is an 

overview of the current situation. 

MiG-29N 

M43-08 17Skn c/n update 36594 dec09 

M43-09 ADTEC ex 17Skn 36596 dec09 

M43-09 is said to be wfu with structural damage and was with 

ADTEC at Kuantan by dec2009. 

PC-7 

M33-04 3FTC w/o after oct2000 353 

M33-09 1FTC w/o after feb2002 358 

M33-13 w/o 1988 or later 362 

M33-26 1FTC w/o after feb1990 375 

M33-29 1FTC w/o after oct2000 378 

M33-31 w/o after oct1988 380 

M33-34 w/o after feb1990 383 

M33-36 i/a Alor Setar w/o after sep92 385 dec09 

M33-39 i/a Alor Setar w/o after oct1993 388 dec09 

M33-40 w/o after feb1992 389 

M33-42 Sungai Besi w/o 31jan92, scrap 391 aug00 

PC-7 losses are frequent, but mostly anonymous. Recent visits 

to Alor Setar have shed a light on the attrition, but we still have 

to add dates to most serials. Any help is appreciated. 

PC-7 Mk2 

M50-01 1FTC ex 3FTC 608? dec09 

M50-02 1FTC ex 3FTC 609 dec09 

M50-03 1FTC ex 3FTC 610? dec09 

M50-05 1FTC ex 3FTC 612? dec09 

M50-06 1FTC ex 3FTC 613? dec09 

M50-07 1FTC ex 3FTC 614? dec09 

M50-08 1FTC ex 3FTC 615? dec09 

M50-09 1FTC ex 3FTC 616? dec09 




M50-12 1/3FTC w/o 11sep09 677 








The PC-7 Mk2s now fl y with 1 FTC, coming from 3 FTC. The 

latest loss has now been confi rmed. 

S-61A-4 


Su-30MKM 

M52-11 11Skn 10MK3201 dec09 

M52-13 11Skn 10MK3203 dec09 

M52-16 11Skn 10MK3206 dec09 

Three construction numbers were confi rmed at Langkawi. You 

can fi ll in the missing three. 

Tentera Darat Diraja Malaysia (AR) 

A109 LOH 

M81-06 881Skn f/n 13806 dec09 

Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia (NY) 

Wasp 1 

M499-09 i/a USM ex Lumut store F9672 nov09 

A Wasp has turned up at the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) 

in Nibong Tebal. 

Polis Diraja Malaysia (PO) 

Beech 350 

9M-PTA Polis Diraja FL-587 nov09 

9M-PTB Polis Diraja FL-593 dec09 

9M-PTC Polis Diraja FL-598 dec09 

The Police received three new Beech 350s in 2009. 

Pakistan 

Pakistan Fiza’ya (AF) 

The Pakistan Air Force formally inducted the fi rst JF-17 

squadron into its inventory on 18 February 2010.

EMB500 

V-4104 new tbc 50000113 dec09 

Mirage 3OA 

90-506 w/o 16dec09 

Pakistan Fauj (AR) 

The Pakistan Army is keeping an eye on a possible acquisition 

of twenty AH-1Z Cobra helicopters. The type is not expected to 

become available for export in 2015 though. 

Mi-17-5V 

58507 21AAsq f/n 10 

Philippines 

Pilipinas Hukbong Himpapawid (AF) 

The air force has announced it has ordered eight W-3A “Combat- 

Utility” helicopters with PZL-Swidnik in Poland. It is expected that 

the helicopters will be delivered before the end of the year. 

South Korea 

Han Guk Gong Gun (AF) 

A-37B 

10-795 to FAP ex 238 FS 43146 feb10 

10-821 to FAP ex 238 FS 43172 feb10 

10-835 to FAP ex 238 FS 43373 feb10 

87-934 Seongmu AFA museum, ex BE 43081 oct09 

87-939 to FAP ex 238 FS 43086 feb10 

96-362 to FAP 146? ex 238 FS 43207 feb10 

Eight A-37Bs were handed over to the Fuerza Aérea del Peru 

on 4 February. Four were still in full ROKAF markings while 

four others appeared to be in FAP markings. One of them was 

FAP 146. 

Bell 212 

30-507 Seongnam ex 6 SRG 30507 oct09 

The type was retired on 30 June 2004 and this one was at 

Seongnam static. 

C-123K 

360 Ginpo Ocean Park oct09 

Ginpo theme park near Gunsan opened on 5 May 2008. See 

below for more inmates. 

CN235-100M 

40-098 258 TATS ex 5-098 098 oct09 

40-102 258 TATS ex 5-102 102 oct09 

E-737 

unknown ex N735JS f/f 17feb09 34700 feb09 

unknown ex N341FS d/d 04feb10 35327 feb10 

unknown ex N413NS f/f 10feb10 35328 feb10 

unknown ex N963SS 35329 

The fi rst Boeing 737-7ES Airborne Early Warning and Control 

(AEW&C) or E-737 Peace Eye aircraft was accepted by Korea 

Aerospace Industries (KAI) for modifi cations on 9 February. 

35327 had departed Boeing Field on 1 February, routing 

through Honolulu and Guam before arriving at Sacheon on 4 

February. This is actually the second airplane as the fi rst one 

(34700) is presently being modifi ed by Boeing IDS in Seattle. 

KAI will equip the plane with Northrop Grumman’s L-band Multi- 

Role Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) radar before handing 

it over to ROKAF next year. The modifi cation work is part 

of offset deals from the $1.6 billion AEW&C contract signed 

in 2006. Deliveries should be completed in 2012 when South 

Korea will take over wartime operational control of their troops 

from the US military. 

RF-4C 

68-549 131 TRS ex 80-549 3327 oct09 

F-4D 

40-931 Daegu ex 11 FW 1236 oct09 

40-943 Osan ex 11 FW 1318 oct09 

40-951 Cheonan War Memorial ex 11 FW 1358 sep09 

50-620 151 FS ex 110 FS 1575 oct09 

50-755 151 FS ex 110 FS 1820 feb09 

50-786 Seongmu AFA ex 11 FW 1860 oct09 

64-962 Ginpo Ocean Park ex 11 FW 1410 oct09 

67-577 151 FS unit confi rmed 2126 oct09 



67-750 Yeongdok Wind Farm ex 11 FW 2390 oct09 

68-798 w/o, poss. on del. fl ight dec89 2724 

68-806 151 FS ex 110 FS 2767 oct09 

Retired 11 FW F-4Ds are now turning up as monuments all 

over the country. 68-798 was never noted in ROKAF service 

and was even reported as w/o with the 704 TFS/TX. However, 

we now have photo proof of the same aircraft with ROKAF 

markings but on its belly in grass at an airfi eld. Both crews had 

clearly ejected. Maybe this accident happened at the end of its 

delivery fl ight. 

F-4E 

70-283 Hanseo UFEC ex 152 FS 3032 jul09 


80-406 153 FS ex 156 FS 3509 oct09 

80-407 156 FS ex 153 FS 3512 oct09 

80-439 156 FS ex 152 FS 3572 oct09 

80-733 153 FS ex 156 FS 5057 oct09 


Hanseo UFEC is the Hanseo University Flight Education Centre 

in Taean. See also below. 

F-5A 

01-383 Osan ex 1 FW N6505 oct09 

01-388 Cheonan ex std Gwangju N6510 sep09 

38-391 Ginpo Ocean Park N6028 oct09 

Three more preserved F-5As have emerged. 38-391 was last 

noted with the VNAF. 

RF-5A 

10-277 Hanseo UFEC ex 132 TRS RF1063 jul09 

F-5B 

20-442 Daejeon Nat. Cem. ex 102 FS N8093 oct09 

21-276 Taean/Hanseo UFEC ex 1 FW N8053 jul09 

42-115 Yeongdok Wind Farm ex 102 FS oct09 

And also three more preserved F-5Bs. 

F-5E 

01-476 207 FS ex 203 FS R1111 oct09 

50-458 103 FS ex 8 FW R1214 oct09 

50-527 205 FTS ex 18 FW R1267 oct09 

50-590 101 FS ex 8 FW R1301 oct09 

50-593 103 FS ex 111 FS R1304 oct09 

50-626 201 FS ex 18 FW R1328 oct09 

61-649 103 FS ex 203 FS R1337 oct05 

61-655 202 FS ex 111 FS R1356 oct09 

61-660 105 FS ex 111 FS R1361 oct09 

F-5F 

50-742 202 FS ex 8 FW W1013 oct09 

80-785 202 FS ex 203 FS W1032 oct09 

KF-5E 

10-571 201 FS ex 101 FS KE1014 oct09 

10-590 207 FS ex 101 FS KE1033 oct09 

10-622 201 FS ex 101 FS KE1045 oct09 

KF-5F 

10-604 207 FS ex 8 FW KF1011 oct09 

KF-16C 

93-050 111 FS ex 191 TDTS KC-30 oct09 

93-054 191 TDTS ex 20 FW KC-34 feb09 

93-062 111 FS ex 20 FW KC-42 oct09 

93-070 111 FS ex 19 FW KC-50 oct09 

93-072 111 FS ex 19 FW KC-52 oct09 

93-073 111 FS ex 20 FW KC-53 oct09 

93-076 111 FS ex 20 FW KC-56 oct09 

93-079 111 FS ex 20 FW KC-59 oct09 

93-080 111 FS ex 20 FW KC-60 oct09 

93-081 111 FS ex 19 FW KC-61 oct09 

KF-16D 

93-104 111 FS ex 20 FW KD-24 oct09 

93-111 111 FS ex 19 FW KD-31 oct09 

93-112 111 FS ex KAI KD-32 oct09 

93-113 111 FS ex 20 FW KD-33 oct09 

93-114 111 FS ex 20 FW KD-34 oct09 

F-86D 

52-447 Hanseo UFEC, is f/n jul09

El Salvador took delivery of three IAI202 in 2008, all ex IDF/AF. As YS-07N was serialled 801, and we think this YS-09N (c/n 110, ex 

IDF/AF 217) is serialled 803 but confi rmation would be great! (Ilopango, 30 January 2010, Duncan Kirk) 

F-86F 

4243/F-287 Ginpo Ocean Park, is f/n oct09 

24-917 Seongnam 191-613 oct09 

52061 Osan 191-757 oct09 

Three more preserved F-86s have emerged. A large number of 

unknown Sabres used to be decoys at the various airfi elds. 

UH-1B 

14087 Ginpo Ocean Park f/n oct09 

HH-60P 

01615 233 CSRS f/n, to be confi rmed feb09 



KA-1 

05-002 237 TCS f/y confi rmed oct09 





The KO-1 was re-designated KA-1 by 2009. 

Ka-32T 

002/HL9446 Daegu 119 Service, f/n 9626? oct09 

KT-1 

03-056 213 FTS unit confi rmed oct09 



04-073 217 FTS? unit confi rmed oct09 




04-081 217 FTS? unit confi rmed oct09 

04-085 236 FTS unit confi rmed 92 oct09 

O-2A 

11-128 Yeongdok Wind Farm 337M-0353 oct09 

11-131 Cheonan War Memorial 337M-0356 sep09 

11-133 Ginpo Ocean Park 337M-0358 oct09 

11-140 Seongmu AFA museum 337M-0365 oct09 

11-148 Seongnam 337M-0373 oct09 

The retired O-2As are also getting a new life as monuments, all 

are ex 237 TCS. South Korea is slowly becoming a heaven for 

wrecks and relics hunters. 


S-64E 

FP205/HL9467 FAO f/n 64.050 oct09 

The identity of the fourth and fi nal S-64 has been confi rmed. 

T-28A 

01-641 Seongnam f/n oct09 

T-33A 

38426/TR-426 Hanseo UFEC jul09 

41-554/TR-554 Seongnam oct09 

61685/TR-685 Yeongdok Wind Farm 580-1035 oct09 

Again, three more preserved T-33s have emerged. 

T-37C 

31698 Hanseo UFEC 42041 jul09 

60886 Hanseo UFEC 41028 jul09 

80920 Seongnam 41195 oct09 

Also more preserved T-37Cs have been found. A group of three 

unknown aircraft in Black Eagles colours now grace the entrance 

of Sacheon. 

T-38A 

13-176 to AMARG ex 16 FW N5605 jan10 










74-828 to AMARG ex 16 FW T6023 jan10 

The last of thirty leased T-38As seem to have returned to the 

US as a further eleven were seen at AMARG on 24 January. So 

far four aircraft have not yet been noted at AMARG. 

T-41B 

15028/T-028 Seongmu stored R172E-0029 feb09 

15055/T-055 Ginpo Ocean Park R172E-0056 oct09 

15056/T-056 Seoul WMM as 15054 R172E-0057 oct09 

15065/T-065 Hanseo UFEC R172E-0066 jul09 

15073/T-073 Seongmu stored R172E-0074 feb09 

The surviving T-41Bs that were not given to the Philippines are 

now becoming monuments all over the country. All are ex 212

FTS and used to be stored at Seongmu, some are still stored 

there. 

T-50 

07-021 1 FW KA-021 oct09 

07-022 1 FW KA-022 oct09 

08-023 1 FW KA-023 oct09 

08-024 1 FW KA-024 

08-025 1 FW KA-025 oct09 

08-026 1 FW KA-026 oct09 

08-027 1 FW KA-027 

08-028 1 FW KA-028 oct09 

08-029 1 FW KA-029 oct09 

08-030 1 FW KA-030 

08-031 1 FW KA-031 oct09 

08-032 1 FW KA-032 

09-033 1 FW KA-033 oct09 

09-034 1 FW KA-034 oct09 

09-035 1 FW KA-035 

09-036 1 FW KA-036 oct09 

09-037 1 FW KA-037 

09-038 1 FW KA-038 oct09 

09-039 1 FW KA-039 aug09 

09-040 1 FW KA-040 oct09 

09-041 1 FW KA-041 oct09 

09-042 1 FW KA-042 

09-043 1 FW KA-043 

09-044 1 FW KA-044 

09-045 1 FW KA-045 jul09 

Deliveries of the T-50 continue at a steady pace. All of the above 

are either fi rst noted or have their f/y confi rmed. 

U-6A 

58600 Daejeon National Cemetery f/n oct09 

Han Guk Yuk Gun (AR) 

AH-1S 

22713 (G-510) f/n oct07 

22716 (G-510) f/n oct07 

22719 (G-510) f/n oct07 

22720 (G-510) f/n oct07 

22736 (G-510) f/n oct07 

22766 (G-510) f/n oct07 

22767 (G-510) f/n oct07 

CH-47D 

880832 (G-510) MP001? M4008? oct07 

880833 (G-510) M4009 oct09 

880835 (G-510) M4011 oct07 

880836 (G-510) M4012 oct07 

(88)0837 (G-510) M4013 oct07 

(90)0838 M4014 98 

900839 (G-510) M4015 oct09 

900841 (G-510) M4017 oct07 

900842 M4018 98 

900843 (G-510) M4019 oct07 

900844 (G-510) M4020 oct09 

900845 (G-510) M4021 sep04 

900846 (G-510) M4022 oct07 

900847 (G-510) M4023 oct09 

900848 (G-510) M4024 oct05 

900849 (G-510) M4025 oct07 

980853 (G-510) M4520 oct07 

Most of the Chinook fi scal years and construction numbers 

have now been confi rmed. 

UH-60P 

01737 (G-505) f/n 70.1737 oct09 

01870 (G-505) ex 233 CSRS? 70.1870 oct09 

02306 (G-536) f/n oct07 

02308 (G-536) f/n oct07 

02311 (G-536) f/n oct07 

02312 (G-536) f/n oct07 

02325 (G-536) f/n oct07 

02326 (G-536) f/n 02326 oct07 

02327 (G-536) f/n oct07 

02329 (G-536) f/n oct07 

02330 (G-536) f/n oct07 


02331 (G-536) f/n oct07 

02335 (G-536) f/n oct07 

01870 used to be a ROKAF HH-60P of the 233 CSRS. A misspole 

by your editor in the early morning fog at Jeochiwon? 

MD500MD 

(770)021 f/n 0152D 08 

(780)045 f/n 0264D 08 

(780)106 f/n 0238D 08 

(880)269 f/n 1362D 08 

77-0014 (Yongin) f/n 0110D feb09 

770018 (Daegu) f/n 0134D oct09 

780051 (Daegu) f/n 0284D oct09 

780052 (Daegu) f/n 0285D oct09 

850231 (G-110) f/n 1324D oct09 

O-1 


Surion 

KUH001 KAI f/n jul09 

KUH002 KAI f/n oct09 

Han Guk Hae Gun (NY) 

Ce180/U-17 


This is the fi rst Navy U-17 we know of. Who has more? 

UH-1H 

19506 f/n 10112 feb09 

23161 f/n 13986 nov09 

They are still active, but likely to be replaced by eight MH-60S 

Multi-Mission Helicopters. The UH-1Hs should belong to 623 

Helicopter Squadron at Pohang. 

P-3CK 

912 KAI oct09 

913 KAI oct09 

917 KAI oct09 

Three former USN P-3Bs were noted at the KAI factory at 

Sacheon in full ROKN markings. As far as we know, none have 

been delivered so far. 

US-2C 

9385 Sapgyoho Marine Park f/n N57 nov07 

Hae Yang Gyeong Chal (CG) 

Ka-32C 

B503 oct09 

The Korea Coast Guard has also started to give its fl eet new 

serials. We could use some help with their new and previous 

identities. 

Sri Lanka 

Sri Lanka Air Force (AF) 

Ratm = Ratmalana museum 

Bell 206A 

CH550 pres Ratm ex 7sq 307 nov09 

Taiwan 

Chung-Hua Kong Jun (AF) 

The Taiwanese government has ordered three EC225 Super 

Puma helicopters (worth $111 million), with an option to buy 

seventeen more. The chopper is intended for search-and-rescue 

duties and was selected in a bid that also included the 

Sikorsky S-92. 

The upgrade of 71 F-CK-1A and 1B Ching Kuo’s to F-CK-1C 

and 1D will probably go ahead. The air force had already expressed 

its full commitment to the upgrade, and it now appears 

that the government has agreed to spending up to around €400 

million in the next four years. After the upgrade the aircraft can 

be referred to as either F-CK-1C (or 1D), Ching Kuo, FCK-2 or 

Goshawk. 

Chung-Hua Lu Jun (AR) 

On 29 January 2010, US Congress was notifi ed of a possible 

sale of 60 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to Taiwan (see 

Scramble 359 – Page 85 and Scramble 365 – Page 75). If the 

order is executed, it will cost around $3.1 billion.

S-92A A9C-KOB is a fairly recent addition to the VIP fl eet of the Bahrain Amiri Royal Flight. It was seen at the Bahrain Air Show in 

February. It has construction number 92-0079 and was recently registered N2584D. (23 January 2010, Danny de Kiewit) 

Chung-Hua Hai Jun (NY) 

Last October, the fi rst P-3C Orion (158913) intended for Taiwan 

was moved from David Monthan AFB (AZ) to Greenville 

(SC). Instead of fl ying, the Orion travelled the 2,000 miles as a 

roadrunner. Flatbed trucks have been modifi ed for the duty and 

a disassembled Orion needs nine trucks. At Greenville the aircraft 

will receive depot level maintenance, service life extension 

and avionics upgrades. The fi nal Orion, of twelve, will leave 

Davis Monthan AFB in June 2013. The fi rst modernized Taiwan 

Navy P-3C aircraft will be delivered in 2012. 

P-3C 

156518 5512 

157317 5529 

157321 5536 

158207 5552 

158566 5575 

158572 5581 

158913 Greenville (SC) 5585 oct09 

158920 5592 

158933 5605 

159319 5609 

159321 5611 

159327 5617 

159328 spare a/c 5618 

Thanks to AFM for this serial list of the Orions intended for the 

Taiwan Navy 

Thailand 

Ministry of Natural Resources & Enviroment 

AS350B-2 

MONRE-1106 ex KASET f/n jan10 

Vietnam 

Khong Quan Nhan Dan (AF) 

Su-17UM-3K 

8554 ex Ukraine 07 

This aircraft was seen at Zaporozhye Airport, Mokraya (UKDE/ 

OZH) in the Ukraine. Eight Su-17s were transferred from the 

Ukraine to Vietnam in 2005-2006. 

Latin America 

Argentina 

Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina (NY) 

ASH-3H 

0883/2-H-242 EA2H del aug09 aug09 


0884/2-H-243 EA2H del jan10 jan10 

Bolivia 

Fuerza Aérea Boliviana (AF) 

DC-10-30F 

CP-2555 TAB ex N833LA 46937 jan10 

This second TAB example fi nally received its Bolivian 

registration. 

Brazil 

Força Aérea Brasileira (AF) 

UH-1H 

8689 2°/10°GAv w/o 05feb10 13558 

Comando da Força Aeronaval (NY) 

The Brazilian navy’s request for six S-70B through the Foreign 

Military Sales Programme has been approved and initially four 

will be ordered. Deliveries should be completed by 2012 and 

they will replace the AH-11A Lynxes of HA-1 Linces. 

Aviação do Exército (AR) 

HÁ-1 

EB-1011 CIAvEx w/o 10feb10 2210 

Chile 

Fuerza Aérea de Chile (AF) 

The fi rst of three KC-135s was delivered on 16 February whereas 

the fi rst four Super Tucanos were already delivered on 24 December 

2009. 

KC-135E 

981 Grupo 10 del 16feb10 feb10 

982 o/o for Grupo 10 

983 o/o for Grupo 10 

Brigada de Aviación del Ejército (AR) 

AS350B2 

H-170 BatExplRec f/n sep08 

Colombia 

Fuerza Aérea Colombiana (AF) 

A second batch of Kfi rs was delivered via Cartagena shortly 

before 11 January. As with the previous delivery, the aircraft arrived 

by boat at the naval yard. At least three aircraft were seen 

unloaded, probably including FAC3055 and FAC3057. 

Kfi r C10 

FAC3059 IAI f/n, ex ISR 561 jan10 

Another Kfi r has been noted in Israel and has been converted 

to a C10-version.

Ejército de Colombia (AR) 

The army will receive a single King Air 350 for about $7.7mln, 

which will probably be used for medical evacuation duties. 

UH-1H-II 

EJC5432 BatAv No.5 f/n, ex EJC-432 jan10 

UH-60L 

EJC2141 BatAv No.2 f/n, ex EJC-141? 70-3160 jan10 

EJC2149 BatAv No.2 f/n, ex EJC-149? jan10 









EJC2186 c/n update 70-2931 

EJC-141 was never noted as such, but was delivered in April 

2009. EJC2149 is the last serial of the latest batch, which was 

handed over on 31 October 2009. It may have been delivered as 

EJC-149, hence the questionmark. EJC-157 came down in two 

pieces in the jungle about two years ago and has been repaired 

for about $6.6mln. It will be back in service soon as EJC2157. 

EJC-159 crashed on 06 May 2002, but it has also been repaired, 

and will fl y again soon as EJC2159. 

Mi-17-V5 

EJC3399 BatAv No.3 f/n, ex EJC-399 170M25? jan10 

EJC-399 has never been reported as such, but it is one of the 

choppers delivered in March 2009. 

PA-34-220T 

EJC1107 BatAv No.1 f/n, ex EJC-107 8133032 jan10 

Its full constructionnumber is 34-8133032. 

Policía Nacional de Colombia (PO) 

Ce172SP 

PNC-0266 ESAVI d/d 07feb10 

PNC-0267 ESAVI d/d 07feb10 

The police ordered not one Cessna 172SP Skyhawk, like we 

reported last month, but two. Both were delivered to the police 

aviation school (ESAVI) in Mariquita. 

PA-31P 

PNC-0232 ARAVI f/n 31P-7300110 feb10 

It was already reported in July 2009, under rework with the ARAVI 

in Bogota without a serial. 

Ecuador 

Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana (AF) 

The first Ecuadoran Super Tucanos were delivered on 24 

January in a peculiar ‘digital’ brown/green/black camoufl age 

pattern. Moreover, the aircraft are adorned with the names 

of provinces. FAE1010 is called Santa Elena and, FAE1011 

is named Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas. Luckily, there are 

exactly 24 provinces! Tuesday 26 January, the fi rst fl ight was 

made from Santa Rosa, Machala. The delivery schedule calls 

for a pair each month. 

A-29B 

FAE1010 del 24jan10 31400138 jan10 

FAE1011 del 24jan10 31400139 jan10 

Aviación del Ejército Ecuatoriana (AR) 

Beech 200 

AEE-121 GAE-45 f/n jan10 

Panama 

Servicio Nacional Aeronaval (CG) 

Bell 205A-1 

AN-107 2do E.H. f/n, ex SAN-107 30048 mar09 

C212M-300 

AN-250 1er E.A. f/n, ex SAN-250 374 jan10 

Ce172M 

AN-012 1er E.A. f/n, ex SAN-012 feb10 


ERJ135BJ 

HP-1A EsllaPres f/n, ex N699J 14501066 jan10 

After all, not Hawker Beechcraft but Embraer was chosen to 

provide a new presidential transport. The bargain was probably 

in the fact that it is a former demonstrator. The aircraft was 

donated by Taiwan and has been seen visiting Haiti and the 

WEF since. 

Paraguay 

Fuerza Aérea Paraguaya (AF) 

DHC-6 

2036 GTA ex FAP-02 137 jan10 

Perú 

Fuerza Aérea del Perú (AF) 

Peru received eight A-37B Dragonfl ies donated by the Korean 

Air Force. The type is withdrawn from RoKAF service and Peru 

was in need of more airframes and parts. They will augment 

the unit complement of Escuadrón 711 Escorpiones of Grupo 

7 at Piura. 

A-37B 

... del 04feb10 ex 10-795 RoKAF 43146 feb10 




146 del 04feb10 ex 96-362 RoKAF 43207 feb10 

The tie-up comes from the unveiling of the tail during the handover 

ceremony at Las Palmas on 4 February. However, this serial 

was used before by a FAP A-37B and the former RoKAF serial 

comes from the ejection seat! 

Meanwhile, the Peruvian government is still negotiating a deal 

with the Brazilian government for imminent delivery of a couple 

of EMB314 Super Tucanos with an envisaged total of twelve to 

fourteen airframes. The Brazilians are eager to get a pair in theatre, 

much the same as they did with the Dominican Republic 

which received their fi rst two ahead of schedule being diverted 

from the Brazilian Air Force order. However, the Peruvian deal 

is not sealed yet. 

Policía Naciónal del Perú (PO) 

At last the tie-ups for the batches of Huey IIs that were delivered 

from late 2004 onward are now known. For completeness sake 

we list them all here. The ones marked with an ‘*’ were known 

deliveries and the one marked ‘#’ was the only known tie-up, 

the rest are very welcome additions to our dbase! 

UH-1H-II 

PNP334 DIRAVPOL ex 71-20159 * 12983 

PNP335 w/o ex 71-20302 * 13126 




PNP339 DIRAVPOL ex 74-22353 13677 





PNP344 DIRAVPOL ex 73-21742 # 13430 













This leaves us with PNP355 unaccounted for whereas we have 

72-21507 and 73-21718 slated for Perú in 2004. In all, this constitutes 

the original order of nineteen and option for fi ve more 

that had been taken up apparently.

L-100-30 1217 was seen a couple of times in the UAE during the fi rst two months in 2010. We are fairly convinced this is the former 

Safair Hercules ZS-JIY that was noted in the paint shop Johannesburg in October 2009 and exported to the UAE in November 

2009. (undisclosed location, January 2010, Finch) 

Venezuela 

Aviación Militar Nacional Bolivariana (AF) 

CeT206H 

1810 Grupo 9 f/n jan10 

The fi rst six Karakorums arrived 16 January 2010, closely followed 

by a second batch and were under assembly at Palo Negro 

in January. Chinese instructor pilots were to arrive late February 

to help start up fl ight operations. The offi cial hand-over 

should take place in the fi rst week of March. The fi rst unit will be 

Escuadrón 35, a subordinate of Grupo 12 at Barquisimeto. 

K-8W 

0402 del 31jan10 jan10 

5595 del 16jan10 jan10 

Mi-17V-5 

0804 Grupo 17 f/n feb10 

This is a new unit, formed on 9 February. Its full name is Grupo 

Aéreo de Operaciones Especiales 17, and it will be based at 

Base Aérea “Teniente Coronel Luis Apolinar”, Guayana, Puerto 

Ordaz, Bolívar state. The initial complement will be six Mi-17s. 

The Venezuelan air force obtained some Ultralights for pilot 

screening. By now, seven have been delivered with at least four 

more to follow shortly. They are painted in a high visibility red 

colour scheme and will be operated by the Escuadrón de Vuelo 

Ultraliviano of the Escuela de Aviación Militar (EAM). 

Quad City Challenger II (ULV) 

EAM-01 EAM del 18jan10 jan10 







EAM-08 EAM o/o 




Comando de la Aviación Naval (NY) 

Bell 412EP 

ARBV-0604 EscAer de ApóyoTact prefi x 36196 nov09 

First noted with the new ARBV prefi x. 

Middle East 

Iran 

Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (AF) 

Bell 212 

6-9203 VIP sq f/n jun09 


6-9207 VIP sq f/n sep09 

F-4E 

3-6548 jun09 

3-6642/31544 31 TFS ex 3-821 4711 09 

3-6684/00253 31 TFS f/n 4957 sep09 

F-5E 

.../401400 nn f/n U1097 sep09 

3-7307/00977 nn f/n U1045 sep09 

F-5F Azarakhsh 

3-7174/00701? tie-up update Z1021? sep09 

MiG-29 

3-6132 nn f/n dec09 

Su-24MK 

3-6848 72 TFS f/n oct09 

Iraq 

Iraqi Air Force (AF) 

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notifi ed Congress 

on 18 November 2009 a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq 

of fi fteen Observation and twelve Utility helicopters with associated 

parts, equipment, training and logistical support for a complete 

package worth approximately $1.2 billion. The helicopters 

will be acquired in support of the Ministry of the Interior. Contenders 

for the Observation aircraft are the AgustaWestland 

AW109, Bell 429 and EADS North America with the UH-72A 

Lakota. The remaining twelve will be AgustaWestland AW139, 

Bell 412 or the Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk. 

The delivery of another Ce208B to the Iraqi Air Force triggered 

us to look again at the current Cessna 208 inventory, in detail. 

The last delivery involved N2WQ that was registered to the 

USAF on 16 July 2009 and actually still is. It was ferried via St. 

Johns, Canada; Santa Maria, Azores, Portugal; Jerez, Spain; 

Palermo, Italy, during 6 and 8 October 2009. The last stop was 

made at Larnaca, Cyprus on 10 October 2009. Some sources 

say that it was eventually delivered to the Lebanese Air Force 

but we have strong doubts about that. Its photograph revealed 

that the markings that were taped over, resembled that of Iraqi 

Air Forces aircraft while the Lebanese aircraft lack these markings. 

On 11 November last year, Alliant Techsystems, announced 

that it delivered a third AC-208B “Combat Caravan” aircraft to 

the Iraq Training and Advisory Mission in Kirkuk, Iraq. To date, 

ATK has delivered eleven modifi ed Cessna 208B Grand Caravans 

in support of U.S. Government contracts for rebuilding the 

Iraqi Air Force. The eleven aircraft comprise of three reconnaissance 

aircraft, fi ve trainer aircraft and three AC-208B combat 

aircraft. Based on pictures the following colour schemes apply 

to the delivered aircraft: ($) = dark grey colour scheme, notarmed, 

camera equipped; (&) = dark grey, not-armed, not-cam-

era equipped; (*) = light grey, not-armed, not-camera equipped; 

(#) = dark grey, armed, camera equipped. We are still working 

on getting the tie-ups of these aircraft confi rmed so the following 

list sums up what we know so far. We have seen very recent 

proof of N2125U still not having an IqAF serial applied and have 

confi rming evidence that YI-119 is an AC-208. YI-113, YI-117 

and YI-118 have never been seen so far. 

Ce208B-ISR Recce (3): 

N13210 3rd Recce sq YI-111? 208B-1226 ($) 

N1321A 3rd Recce sq YI-112? 208B-1225 ($) 

N13217 3rd Recce sq YI-113? 208B-1227 ($) 

Ce208B Trainers (5): 

N2WQ 1st Training sq 208B-1132 (&) 

N41143 1st Training sq YI-114? 208B-1294 (*) 



N21070 1st Training sq 208B-2014 (*) 

AC-208 Combat Caravans (3): 

N2125U 3rd Recce sq 208B-1309 (#) 

N21420 3rd Recce sq 208B-1312 (#) 

N21079 3rd Recce sq 208B-2016 (#?) 

EC635T2+ 

YI-270 Eurocopter f/n 0869 dec09 

YI-293 Util/Recce sq, del 0858 jan10 

The fi rst of 24 EC635T2+ for the Iraqi Air Force were recently 

seen at Donauworth while one of them (YI-293) was transported 

by PH-MCR to Iraq and transited Schiphol on 1 January 

2010. Judging on these two serials they defi ne the range: 

YI-270 through YI-293. 

Mi-171 

YI-266 dec09 

YI-268 jan10 

SA342M 

YI-... for 88sq ex 3860/GNH 1860 feb10 

YI-... for 88sq ex 3895/BGT? 1895? feb10 

YI-... for 88sq ex 3930/GMF 1930 feb10 

YI-... for 88sq ex 3939/GMG 1939 feb10 

YI-... for 88sq ex 3973/GNL 1973 feb10 

YI-... for 88sq ex 4008/GNN 2008 feb10 

The six SA342M Gazelle helicopters donated by France are 

currently being readied at Valence - Chabeuil while the personnel 

that are supposed to maintain them are trained at the Écoles 

Militaires de Bourges (EMB). Most, if not all, the Gazelles originate 

from the storage facilities at Montauban. We have slight 

doubts about ex 3895 and suspect that it should read 3896 for 

that also is an example that originates from Montauban. Also 

see Scramble 364 - Page 101. 

T-6A 

YI-506 1st Training sq, del PT-501 feb10 



Israel 

Heyl Ha’Avir (DF) 

Do28B 

002 Habonim ex Sde Dov 3102 aug09 





030 Habonim ex Sde Dov 3074 jun09 


Seven Do28s that used to be stored at Sde Dov have turned up 

at the Habonim airstrip. What will happen to them is not clear 

yet. All still carry their old 100sq markings. 

F-16A Netz 

236 reregistered as 140 6V-30 

140 140sq w/o 13sep09 6V-30 

714 144sq c/n conf. M10-7/61-77 94 

728 Ben Gurion ex 116sq dec09 

737 Ben Gurion ex 116sq dec09 

776 Ben Gurion ex 116sq aug09 


At least six F-16s have been stored at Ben Gurion since late 

2009. Unfortunately we still miss most of the serials. 

F-16I Sufa 

403 119sq unit confi rmed YD-2 nov08 

463 119sq unit confi rmed YD-32 nov08 

498 119sq ex Manat YD-63 09 

813 201sq ex 107sq YD-55 09 

843 reregistered as 498 YD-63 

871 201sq unit confi rmed YD-81 may08 

875 201sq unit confi rmed YD-85 may08 

876 201sq unit confi rmed YD-86 jul09 

877 107sq unit confi rmed YD-87 oct09 

882 201sq unit confi rmed YD-92 aug08 


891 107sq unit confi rmed YD-97 dec09 


S-70A Yanshuf 3 

837 123sq ex 124sq 70-2451 oct09 

Lebanon 

al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Lubnaniya (AF) 

The United States has announced it is ready to provide the 

Lebanese with aircraft designed for light attack to improve its 

capabilities in reconnaissance missions and counter-insurgency 

operations. The Pentagon has proposed to provide Lebanon 

with either six to ten US made Hawker-Beechcraft AT-6 or Brazilian 

made Embraer EMB314 Super Tucano aircraft. Deliveries 

could start in 2013 and be completed in 2015. 

Qatar 

Qatari Government (GV) 

A319-115X 

... Qatar Amiri Flight ,on order 3994 

Saudi Arabia 

al Quwwat al-Jawwiya as Sa’udiya (AF) 

The Saudi in-country Eurofi ghter Typhoon fi nal assembly is in 

trouble as delays setting up the factory are seriously threatening 

the planned delivery schedule. The preferred location is 

still to be decided upon, and the extent of the interruption and 

the work required to prepare the facility means the fi nal assembly 

schedule almost certainly cannot be met. Under the 

original plan, the fi rst Typhoons were expected to roll off the 

Saudi line in 2011. The RSAF is keen not to have delays. The 

Saudi regime, the British government and BAE Systems are 

discussing alternatives to the original plan as a result of the 

effect of repeated hold-ups by Saudi Arabia. These options include 

reassigning back to the BAE Systems at Warton some 

of the aircraft originally slated for fi nal assembly in Saudi Arabia. 

The two countries concluded a deal for 72 Typhoons in 

September 2007. The intent was for the fi rst 24 aircraft to be 

built at BAE Systems at Warton, with the remainder to undergo 

fi nal assembly in the kingdom. Riyadh’s desire for a Typhoon 

fi nal assembly facility is part of a wider effort to broaden its 

national aerospace industry. A follow-on batch of Typhoons to 

the present 72 on order also remains a possibility. The RSAF 

is also seriously looking to bolster its Boeing F-15 fl eet with an 

additional acquisition to replace early model F-15s. 

Typhoon T3 

ZK071 BAE Systems CT003 feb10 

Tarnish 17 took this twin stick up for the fi rst time 22 February 

2010. The aircraft was not painted and still in primer. 

Saudi Arabian Government (GV) 

S-434 

076 MOI f/n feb10 

Surprisingly, a photo has appeared of a Saudi Sikorsky S-434 

in a two tone sand camoufl age. On the tail is a small Saudi 

fl ag above the serial. On the vertical part of the horizontal tail a 

small badge looks like the one of the Ministry of Interior (MOI). 

An earlier release of a S-434 fl ying in the USA during testing by 

Schweizer Aircraft was painted in a blue grey scheme similar 

as the Sikorsky S-92 of the MOI. Schweizer Aircraft commercial 

products are now part of Sikorsky Global Helicopters

This F-16CG 89-2056/LF has been assigned to the 63rd FS since 1993. Before that, it was based at Shaw AFB and assigned to 19th 

FS. It wears “56 FW” markings and is seen here on approach to Nellis AFB (NV). 

(Nellis AFB, 25 February 2010, Melchior Timmers) 

Syria 

al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Arabiya As’souriya (AF) 

MiG-23BN 

2755 nn f/n 2009 

Su-22M3 

3214 nn f/n 2009 


United Arab Emirates Air Force & Air Defence (AF) 

The United Arab Emirates has reopened talks to acquire the 

South Korean built T-50 jet trainer after discussions to buy its 

rival, Italy’s M-346 trainer. The T-50 is considered to be among 

the best advanced training aircraft on the market. The United 

Arab Emirates had selected the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 back 

in February 2009 to fi ll a 48-aircraft order, including twenty in 

the light fi ghter version. Alenia. The M-346 then beat out the 

T-50, which is built by Korean Aerospace Industry (KAI), teamed 

with Lockheed Martin. But negotiations to sign a contract for 

the Italian aircraft, reportedly worth $1.4 billion, have stalled. 

Supposedly there was a misunderstanding between senior 

offi cials in the UAE and Alenia Aermacchi leadership over 

specifi cations. Some components they thought they were 

getting were not included. The UAE went back to the Koreans 

and is now in advanced talks and a new deal could come very 

soon. However, it is not clear if the resumption of talks with 

KAI was a negotiating tactic or signalled a defi nitive break with 

Aermacchi. 

Dassault’s bid to secure a deal with the United Arab Emirates 

to sell sixty Rafale fi ghters may come unstuck over the missile 

it needs to carry. The United Arab Emirates Air Force & Air 

Defence (UAE AF&AD) is insisting on the Rafale to be compatible 

with the Boeing SLAM ER/2 missile instead of the offered 

MBDA AM-39. SLAM ER is a day and night, all-weather, overthe-horizon 

precision strike missile capable of hitting stationary 

or moving targets on land or at sea with a range of more than 

150 nautical miles. The MBDA’s AM-39 is an updated version 

of the French Exocet anti-ship missile, but only has a range of 

about forty nautical miles. The UAE’s military wants missiles 

capable of reaching targets deep inside Iran. 

L-100-30 

1217 C-130 sq ex ZS-JIY 4691 feb10 

We still need absolute proof but we are convinced this is the 

former Safair Hercules that was noted in the paint shop Johannesburg 

in October 2009 and exported to the UAE in November 

2009. The Herc is now all grey and was noted both in January 

and February in the UAE. 


UAE Army Command (AR) 

The 10th Army Aviation Brigade, formerly known as Army Aviation 

Group, has moved one squadron Apaches from Al Dhafra 

Air Base to Minhad Air Base in November 2009. 

AH-64D 

072 10th Army Aviation Brigade ex AH-64A PV918 jan10 

079 10th Army Aviation Brigade ex AH-64A PV925 jan10 

UAE Government (GV) 

AW139 

DU-142 Dubai Air Wing feb10 

DU-143 Dubai Air Wing known delivery 

To our surprise another Air Wing AugustaWestland has appeared. 

We are fairly sure its construction number is either 

31234, 31239 or 31240. Since DU-140, DU-141 and DU-144 are 

known deliveries, we can safely assume DU-143 is also part of 

the Air Wing. These helicopters are all white with a blue stripe 

and UAE fl ag on the tail. 

North America 

Canada 

Canadian Forces (DF) 

Afghanistan, Haiti, Vancouver. February 2010 has been a very 

busy month for the Canadian Forces. A rundown of the Canadian 

involvement in Haiti, named Operation Hestia, is presented 

elsewhere in this issue. Security at the Olympic Winter 

Games in Vancouver is another operation in which the Canadian 

Forces were heavily involved, and which was appropriately 

named Operation Podium. Helicopter detachments were set up 

at Squamish (near Whistler B.C.) and Vancouver IAP (B.C.). 

Griffons were drawn from many units and Sea Kings of 443sq 

were also fl own in the operation. Air cover was provided by an 

unknown number of CF-188s that were deployed to the area, 

two of which have been identifi ed. 

CH-124A (S-61A) 

12412 OpPodium from 443sq 61-253 feb10 

CH-124B (S-61A) 

12430 OpHestia from 12 Wing 61-336 jan10 

12434 OpPodium from 443sq 61-344 feb10 

CH-146 (Bell 412CF) 

146412 OpPodium from 438sq 46412 feb10 



146438 OpPodium ex JTFAfg-AW 46438 feb10 


146450 OpHestia from 439sq 46450 jan10



CF-188 (F/A-18A) 

188735 OpPodium from 409sq 254/A203 feb10 

188767 OpPodium from 409sq 463/A380 feb10 

United States 

United States Air Force (AF) 

The air force has requested Congress to retire seventeen 

C-5As in fi scal year 2011. The current fl eet of 111 C-5s and 

223 planned C-17s is more than enough strategic airlift. In the 

mean time, Boeing announced it will reduce its production rate 

by a third to keep the line open a couple of months longer. It 

still hopes to sell a couple of Globemasters. The line is currently 

scheduled to close by the end of 2012. EADS offered the USAF 

118 Airbus A400Ms. These aircraft could be purchased with the 

savings from retiring all 58 C-5As and several C-130Hs. But 

this is not very likely to happen. 

The planned withdrawal of 250 front line fi ghters will start in 

earnest on 1 April 2010. At the end of the fi scal year, on 30 

September 2010, these aircraft will have been retired. The Congress 

approved these May 2009 plans on 19 December 2009, 

when the Defense Department budget for 2010 was signed by 

President Obama. The exact cuts can be found in Scramble 

361 – Page 101. 

On 24 February 2010, the air force released the fi nal request for 

proposals (RFP) for the KC-X tanker programme. It is almost the 

same as the draft RFP, released on 25 September 2009. Northrop 

has considerable problems with this RFP as it, according 

to them, favours the Boeing 767. Northrop claimed it would not 

submit a bid when the RFP would not be changed. By the time 

of closing it was not yet clear what Northrop would do. Potential 

bidders have until May 2010 to submit a bid. By mid-September 

2010 a contract for the new tanker will be awarded. 

There are still budget problems with the F-35. The next review 

is 1 April 2010, and it looks that there are some serious problems. 

In the mean time, the fi rst two production F-35As have 

entered the fi nal assembly phase and are still planned for delivery 

to Eglin AFB (FL) in the second half of 2010. 

The USAF has apparently dropped its CSAR-X programme as 

it has decided to acquire 112 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawks. 

These will be upgraded to HH-60L and replace the current fl eet 

of HH-60G Pave Hawks. Back in 2006 the CSAR-X programme 

was won by the Boeing HH-47 Chinook, but Eurocopter and 

Sikorsky contested this and were proven right by the Government 

Accountability Offi ce. The contract with Boeing was terminated 

in June 2009. 

Between March 1-12, the USAF participated with A-10, C-17, 

C-130, E-3 and F-15 aircraft in the Cope Tiger 2010 exercise at 

Korat RTAFB and Udon Thani RTAFB in Thailand. 

United States Air Force Unit News 

It seems that the 22nd FS 52nd FW from Spangdahlem AB 

(Germany) will fall victim to the above fi ghter budget cuts. The 

unit will be inactivated and its aircraft dispersed to other units. 

United States Air Force Reserve Unit News 

A-10A 

79-0207/SP to CONUS ex SP/81st FS 0471 sep08 

A-10C 

79-0155/BD 47th FS ex A-10A 0419 may09 

80-0275/SP 81st FS ex PA/103rd FS 0625 oct09 

81-0954/BD 47th FS ex SP/81st FS 0649 feb10 

79-0207 and 81-0954 left Spangdahlem AB (Germany) already 

on 21 September 2008, the latter still as an OA-10A. A-10s 

80-0275, 81-0981 and 82-0647 arrived at Spangdahlem on 11 

October 2009. They had arrived via Lajes on 9 October 2009 

and were refuelled by KC-135R 59-1517. 

C-12C 

76-0171 Bangkok ex USE Jakarta BD-28 oct09 

Below is a list of Beech 350s, we think most are intended for 

the US Air Force. 


MC-12W 

08-0293 ex N3253Q 26jun09-11sep08 FL-293 

08-0309 ex N143DK 04jun09-12sep08 FL-309 

08-0329 ex N668K 30jun09-11sep08 FL-329 

08-0336 ex N360CB 28may09-14oct08 FL-336 

08-0353 ex N53LJ 07jul09-17sep08 FL-353 

08-0376 ex N376NA 22jun09-09oct08 FL-376 

08-0462 ex N900PL 26jun09-14oct08 FL-462 

08-0546 ex N350AG 26jun09-02dec08 FL-546 

09-0623 ex N452TB 25nov09- FL-623 

09-0624 ex N624KA 08dec09- FL-624 

09-0625 ex N6425D 08dec09- FL-625 

09-0626 ex N61726 08dec09- FL-626 

... ex N6028Z 08dec09- FL-628 

... ex N64255 08dec09- FL-635 

... ex N6377L 08dec09- FL-637 

... ex N63669 08dec09- FL-639 

... ex N63740 08dec09- FL-640 

... ex N6441Y 08dec09- FL-641 

... ex N6412T 08dec09- FL-642 

... ex N60064 08dec09- FL-644 

... ex N64386 08dec09- FL-646 

... ex N61227 08dec09- FL-647 

... ex N61788 08dec09- FL-648 

... ex N6349E 08dec09- FL-649 

... ex N60954 08dec09- FL-654 

... ex N63255 08dec09- FL-655 

... ex N63560 08dec09- FL-656 

... ex N63769 08dec09- FL-659 

... ex N6160T 08dec09- FL-660 

... ex N63561 08dec09- FL-661 

... ex N61062 08dec09- FL-662 

... ex N6376L 08dec09- FL-676 

Beech 350 

N350RD AFMC FL-365 

N512DC registered 29aug08 FL-342 

N357RL registered 19aug08 FL-373 

N789LL registered 12jan09 FL-386 

N40GZ registered 29aug08 FL-400 

N350PT registered 25sep08 FL-467 

The latter fi ve are registered to L3 Communications and have 

also been spotted on transit to either Afghanistan or Iraq. 

N350RD was registered to the Air Force Material Command in 

February 2010. 

C-17A 

89-1189 437th AW ex 58th AS P3 dec09 

89-1191/AK 517th AS ex 437th AW P5 dec09 

93-0602 437th AW ex 58th AS P18 nov09 

97-0046 58th AS ex 437th AW P46 nov09 

98-0053 62nd AW ex 58th AS P53 nov09 

98-0055 58th AS ex 62nd AW P55 aug09 

98-0057 58th AS ex 62nd AW P57 nov09 

99-0058 58th AS ex 62nd AW P58 dec09 



00-0177 437th Aw ex 62nd AW P77 dec09 

01-0192 58th AS ex 437th AW P92 dec09 

01-0194 58th AS ex 437th AW P94 nov09 

C-21A 

84-0126/CT 118th AS ex 375th AW 35A-572 feb10 

MC-130P 

66-0220 67th SOS ex 17th SOS 4179 feb10 

KC-135R 

58-0001 92nd ARW ex D/351st ARS 17746 dec09 

61-0323/ZZ 909th ARS ex 97th AMW 18230 feb10 

63-8019/D 100th ARW ex 92nd ARW 18636 feb10 

F-15C 

85-0115/ZZ 67th FS ex AK/12th FS 970 jan10 

PC-12/47 

08-0835 USAF ex N100MS 835 feb10 

T-6A 

06-3854/EN 80th FTW f/n jan10

This CH-47D 89-00132 carries the badge of the United States Army South (SOUTHCOM). Under this Command, the helicopter is 

assigned to the 1-228th AVN Bravo Company, dubbed “Sugarbears”. The unit is based at Soto Cano in Honduras. 

(Ilopango, 30 January 2010, Duncan Kirk) 

06-3858/EN 80th FTW f/n jan10 

07-3877/VN 71st FTW f/n feb10 


08-3915/EN 80th FTW f/n jan10 


08-3932/ 80th FTW f/n jan10 

United States Army National Guard Unit News 

C Company 7-158th AVN Oregon ARNG, out of Salem (OR) 

ended their long stay in Iraq last January. They deployed to 

Joint Base Balad in May 2009. The unit was replaced by the 

C/7-101st AVN. 

United States Army Reserves Unit News 

OH-58D 

92-00538 C/1-230th ACR ex C/1-14th AVN 48519 sep09 

UH-60A 

87-24621 B/5-158th AVN w/o 03feb10 70-1149 

AH-64D 

07-07035 Boeing f/n DUS35 oct09 

09-05576 Boeing f/n PVD576 oct09 

09-05577 Boeing f/n PVD577 oct09 

United States Navy 

On 17 February 2010, the third F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/ 

vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fi ghter (BF-3) landed at NAS 

Patuxent River (MD). BF-3 is the third of fi ve STOVL Lightning 

IIs that joined the F-35B fl eet at the Naval Air Test Center. It took 

off from its birth place at Fort Worth and fl ew to Pax in three 

hours and ten minutes. BF-3 joins two other F-35Bs at Pax, and 

will be used mainly to evaluate vehicle systems and expand 

the aircraft’s aerodynamic and structural-loads envelope. The 

airplane will also focus on weapons testing, and will carry and 

release most of the weapons the F-35B will use in combat. Two 

more F-35Bs will join the test operation in the near future. The 

latter Lightning IIs will be the primary test assets for the F-35’s 

integrated mission systems. 

On 16 February 2010, the US Navy announced a new competition 

to build a presidential helicopter fl eet. This time, the 

Navy hopes to avoid the excessive cost overruns that lead to 

the cancellation of the VH-71 helicopter replacement program 

in May 2009. The new program is dubbed VXX (Presidential 

Vertical Lift Platform) and acts as the replacement program, for 

the VH-3D and VH-60N helicopters. In the Request for Information 

a number of 23 to 28 VXXs is planned, the same number 

that was planned for the cancelled VH-71. The presidential helicopters 

will become part of Marine Helicopter Squadron (HMX) 

One based at MCAS Quantico (MD). The Navy handles all acquisition 

for the Marines. 

Reality is approaching us, some members from the Navy Unmanned 

Combat Air System (N-UCAS) program team manufacturer 

Northrop Grumman departed mid-February 2010 to the 


USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) to test the integration of existing 

ship systems with new systems that will support the X-47B 

Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D). The 

X-47B will be the fi rst unmanned jet aircraft to take off and land 

aboard an aircraft carrier. The X-47B is about 90 percent the 

size of the F/A-18C. The UCAS-D effort is focused on testing an 

aircraft carrier suitable, low observable UAS in support of persistent, 

penetrating surveillance/strike capabilities in high threat 

areas. The effort will evolve technologies required to conduct 

launch, recovery, and carrier controlled airspace operations 

and autonomous air refueling of a stealth platform. By FY13, 

the Navy plans to achieve UCAS carrier demonstration and a 

refueling demonstration with USN probe & drogue and USAF 

boom. The team is testing X-47B software integration by using 

a Beech 200 King Air turbo prop “surrogate” aircraft taking off 

and landing from shore. As the aircraft approaches the carrier, 

it performs the same types of procedures as manned aircraft. 

The fl ight pattern of the Beech will be programmed into the 

X-47B software so the shipboard controllers can digitally contact 

the UAS. Later this year, a F/A-18 surrogate aircraft will be 

used to get a more realistic simulation. 

United States Navy unit news 

Commander Naval Air Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet 

(ComNavAirLant) 

Carrier Air Wing 7, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), AG 

The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) (IKE) Carrier Strike 

Group (CSG) left homeport on 2 January 2010. The Ike started 

its six-month deployment in support of 5th and 6th Fleet operations. 

Embarked on the CVN-69 is CVW-7. Together with supporting 

ships the IKE CSG missions focus heavily on maritime 

security operations and theatre security cooperation efforts. The 

deployment is part of an on-going rotation of forward-deployed 

forces to support maritime security operations in international 

waters around the globe. The IKE returned from a successful 

combat deployment 30 July 2009. The Composite Training 

Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) was fi nished in November 2009, 

since that moment, the ship was ready for deployment. The 

wing looks as follows: 

VFA-143 Puckin Dogs F/A-18E AG-1xx 

VFA-103 Jolly Rogers F/A-18F AG-2xx 

VFA-83 Rampagers F/A-18C AG-3xx 

VFA-131 Wildcats F/A-18C AG-4xx 

VAQ-140 Patriots EA-6B AG-50x 

VAW-121 Bluetails E-2C-2000NP AG-60x 

HS-5 Night Dippers SH-60F/ 

HH-60H AG-61x 

VRC-40/Det.2 Rawhides C-2A xx 

The IKE CSG launched its fi rst sorties in support of Operation 

Enduring Freedom on 28 January 2010. Aircraft from Carrier 

Air Wing (CVW) 7 departed the decks of the strike group’s fl ag-

ship bound for the skies over Afghanistan to support ground 

troops. Eisenhower relieved USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in the Gulf 

of Oman on 25 January 2010. On this day, the Nimitz Strike 

Group’s deployment ended its support to the US 5th Fleet Area 

of Responsibility (AOR). 

Carrier Air Wing 8, USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), AJ 

As of 12 February 2010, Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 

141 Shadowhawks (‘AJ-5xx’) received a Safe-for-Flight in the 

EA-18G Growler on homebase NAS Whidbey Island (WA). 

VAQ-141 is the second operational squadron, after the VAQ- 

132 Scorpions, to achieve safe-for-fl ight status in the fl eet wide 

transition from the EA-6B Prowler to the Growler. The Shadowhawks 

had a eight-month transition with VAQ-129 the fl eet replacement 

squadron. VAQ-141 will be the fi rst Growler squadron 

to go on a ship-based deployment when they embark on 

the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) in spring 

of next year. 

United States Marine Corps 

Just to be sure… a Fiscal Year begins on 1 October of each year 

and ends on 30 September. For example the FY were currently 

facing; the fi rst quarter of FY09 begins 1 October 2008 and 

ends 31 December 2008, the second quarter begins 1 January 

2010 and ends 31 March 2010, the third quarter begins 1 April 

2010 and ends 30 June 2010 and eventually, the fourth quarter 

begins 1 July 2010 and ends 30 September 2010. 

Starting during the fi rst quarter of FY12, the CH-53K Development 

Test and Operational Test and Evaluation phase will last 

four years, up to the fi rst quarter of FY16. The fi rst CH-53Ks 

will be assigned to VMX-22 Argonauts (‘MV-xx’) at MCAS New 

River (NC) in FY09. The Initial Operational Capability will be 

achieved during FY19 when the fi rst HMH receives four Kilo’s. 

USMC EA-6B operational capability will be sustained through 

2019. The community will reorganize into three operational 

squadrons of seven aircraft each, and a FRS with six aircraft. 

The FRS will be RFT in second quarter FY10. During the third 

quarter of FY10, the USMC will also begin the transition to the 

ICAP III version of the Prowler with fi rst aircraft deliveries in 

April 2010. The ICAP IIIs are all former USN Navy aircraft, the 

transition wil be completed in 2012. This structure is intended 

to remain until the FRS decommissions during 2016, and an 

operational squadron decommissions each successive year, 

with the last squadron decommissioning by the end of 2019. 

At that time, F-35B inherent capabilities, next generation jammer 

technology and UAS Electronic Warfare payloads will most 

probably fulfi l the venerable EA-6B ICAP-III’s role. 

USMC F/A-18C/D training is currently conducted by VMFAT-101 

(‘SH’) at MCAS Yuma (AZ), VFA-125 (‘NJ’) at NAS Lemoore 

(CA) and VFA-106 (‘AD’) at NAS Oceana (VA). Beginning in 

FY10, the USMC will cease F/A-18C/D FRS pilot production 

at VFA-125. Consequently, VFA-125 will follow, so VMFAT-101 

will support the resulting increase in USMC pilot production requirement 

at those FRSs. 

Through 2012, the active component Air Combat Element 

(ACE) is growing three additional HMLAs, three additional 

HMHs, and an additional VMU. VMFAT-501 will activate, and 

VMFA-332 and VMFA-212 return from cadre status as two other 

VMFAs temporarily leave service to prepare for JSF transition. 

The MACG will also see signifi cant relief in deployment 

tempo as a result of an increase in the number of deployable 

detachments. 

United States Marine Corps unit news 

As known, the fi rst UH-1Y deployment began in January 2009. 

HMLAT-303 Atlas (‘QT-xx’) at MCAS Camp Pendleton (CA) 

now trained a signifi cant number of UH-1Y and AH-1Z marines 

and transition them to operational squadrons. Structure has 

been consolidated at VX-9 Vampires (‘XE-3xx’) NAWC China 

Lake (CA) and will provide the infrastructure for future H-1 Operational 

Test and Evaluation (OT&E) requirements. Increased 

manning has been arriving at HMLAT-303 and will be complete 

by the 4th quarter of FY09. The fi rst HMLAT-303 UH-1Y training 

began in FY08, and the fi rst Cobra detachment will begin 

AH-1Z pilot training in FY10. Transition of HMLA-367 Scarface 

(‘VT-xx’) and HMLA-369 Gunfi ghters (‘SM-xx’) are in process at 


Camp Pendleton. HMLA-469 Vengeance (‘SE’) was activated 

1 June 2009 and Marine aviation is developing a detailed manning 

plan for the stand-up of HMLA-567 at Cherry Point (NC) as 

part of 2nd MAW in FY12. Both units are slated for AH-1Z use. 

The F-35B transition is getting shape. Requirements have been 

set up to support all squadron transitions from legacy aircraft 

(F/A-18A/C/D, EA-6B and AV-8B) to F-35B and the activation 

of FRS squadrons through FY15. This programming includes 

the stand-up of the Joint Integrated Training Center (JITC) at 

Eglin AFB (FL), activations of VMFA-332 Moonlighters (‘EA’) 

and VMFA-212 Lancers (‘WD’) from cadre status, the transition 

of an additional three operational squadrons from legacy, and 

the activation of two Fleet Replacement Squadrons (Marine 

Fighter Attack Training squadron (VMFAT) 501 with 2nd MAW 

and VMFAT-502 at MCAS Beaufort, SC). The JITC is the site 

for the fi rst F-35B FRS and all F-35B maintenance training. It is 

composed of the 33rd Fighter Wing staff, the 33rd Maintenance 

Group, the F-35B FRS (VMFAT-501 Warloards, to be activated 

1 April 2010), an Academic Training Center, and a Maintenance 

Training Squadron (359th TRS). Two follow-on FRSs (including 

VMFAT-503 at Beaufort in FY17) are planned to support 

additional pilot training requirements with a location that TBD 

pending environmental studies. Planned squadron transitions 

to F-35B begin in FY12. VMX-22 will assume mission of F-35B 

OT&E. 

Marine Force Atlantic (MARFORLANT) 

2d Marine Air Wing (2d MAW) 

As a result of transitioning to the EA-18G, the Navy plans to 

sundown EA-6B aircrew training with VAQ-129 New Vikings 

(‘NJ’) at NAS Whidbey Island (WA), by the end of FY10. 

Therefore, at the end of FY10 the USN aircrew production 

ceases at Whidbey Island and the Marine Corps will be solely 

responsible for EA-6B aircrew training from MCAS Cherry 

Point (NC) beginning in FY11. The transition of VMAQ-4 to a 

USMC FRS, VMAQT-4 will begin in November 2009. VMAQT-4 

aircrew production will begin in April 2010 and continue until 

FY16. 

VMR-1 Roadrunners will eventually get rid of their three old but 

beautiful HH-46Ds. In the third quarter of FY15, the squadron 

will transition to three UH-1Ys. The transition must be completed 

by the fourth quarter. 

Marine Force Pacifi c (MARFORPAC) 

1st Marine Air Wing (1st MAW) 

During the fi rst quarter of FY11, a new squadron, VMM-561, 

will receive the fi rst MV-22Bs. One year later, during the fi rst 

quarter of FY12, another new squadron, VMM-562, will receive 

the Osprey. Both units will be assigned to 1st MAW relocate 

(most probably to Guam) from FY13. 

HMH-463 Pegasus (‘YH-xx’) currently fl ying the CH-53D from 

MCBH Kaneohe Bay (HI) will transition to MV-22B in FY16. The 

squadron will cadre (temporary disestablished) in FY11. After 

re-establishment in FY16, the HMH will change into VMM- 

463. 

3d Marine Air Wing (3d MAW) 

The three HH-1Ns of MCAS Yuma (AZ) will be replaced by 

UH-1Ys. Like VMR-1, in the third quarter of FY15, the fl ight will 

transition to three UH-1Ys. The transition must be completed 

by the fourth quarter. 

The Initial Operational Capability phase of the AH-1Z begins 

in February 2010. During FY11, the HMLA-267 Stingers 

(‘UV’) at MCAS Camp Pendleton (CA) will receive a six- 

aircraft AH-1Z detachment with required support equipment, 

trained aircrew and maintenance personnel. The Stingers are 

currently equipped with eighteen AH-1Ws and nine UH-1Ns. 

The detachment will be temporary augmented to the squadron 

so they operate both Zulu and Whisky variants of the Cobra. 

During the detachment, HMLA-267 is capable of deploying for 

operational commitments. 

HMT-303 Atlas (‘QT’), currently fl ying eighteen AH-1Ws and 

ten UH-1Ns was re-designated HMLAT-303 during FY09. The 

training squadron at MCAS Camp Pendleton (CA) will receive 

the fi rst AH-1Zs during the second quarter of FY09. Transition 

must be completed during the second quarter of FY10.

VAQ-134 still operates four EA-6Bs. This 163033/NL-502 recently changed its code from NL-542 to NL-502. Whidbey Island is currently 

operating its fi rst EA-18G Growlers; in February the fi rst Growlers were seen with NL-5xx codes. 

(Whidbey Island, 23 February 2010, Melchior Timmers) 

On 6 January 2010, eight AV-8B Harriers from Marine Attack 

Squadron (VMA) 311 Tomcats (‘WL’) departed for a sevenmonth 

deployment supporting the 31st Marine Expeditionary 

Unit (MEU). The AV-8Bs made stopovers at Hickham AFB (HI) 

and Wake Island. The squadron will be assigned to the USS 

Essex (LHD-2). The remainder of VMA-311 is also scheduled 

to deploy, they will join the 15th MEU aboard the USS Peleliu 

(LHA-5) which is scheduled to deploy from homeport San Diego 

in May 2010. The squadron previously returned from separate 

six-month deployments to Al Asad Air Base, Iraq in October 

2008 and aboard the Peleliu in November 2008. 

Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) 

4th Marine Air Wing (4th MAW) 

On 11 December 2009, UH-3H Sea King 154121 (construction 

number 61421) was delivered to Marine Helicopter Squadron 

One (HMX) 1 Nighthawks at Marine Corps Base (MCB) 

Quantico (VA). The old servant was accepted by the Navy on 

29 February 1968 and delivered to HS-10 on 10 April 1968. The 

Sea King will now continue service with HMX-1 as a training 

and test asset for the Presidential VH-3D fl eet. This is the very 

last operational USN/USMC Sea King and was manufactured in 

1968 and fl ew 10,166.2 hours during the course of its lifetime. 

Carrier Nieuws 

Following a four-year refueling and complex overhaul, the USS 

Carl Vinson (CVN-70) departed Naval Station (NS) Norfolk (VA) 

to take part in exercise Southern Seas 2010. After completing 

Southern Seas, Carl Vinson will change homeport from 

NS Norfolk to Naval Base (NB) San Diego (CA). The Vinnie 

was ordered to support Operation Unifi ed Response after a 

7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in Haiti. 

Seahawks (HSC-9, HS-11 164801/AB-611) and Greyhounds 

are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations to 

Port-au-Prince. 

United States Navy (NY) 

KNZY = San Diego/North Island NAS-Halsey Field (CA) 

OAKN = Kandahar 

79J = South Alabama Regional (AL) 

EA-6B 

161350/NH-504 VAQ-135 ex NL/VAQ-134 P-94 feb10 

161885/NG-503 VAQ-138 ex AJ-501/VAQ-141 P-108 oct09 

162938/NE-504 VAQ-131 ex AC-500/VAQ-130 P-121 oct09 

163035/NE-502 VAQ-131 ex NE-500/VAQ-131 P-128 oct09 

163886/NE-501 VAQ-131 ex NK-502/VAQ-139 P-161 oct09 

163891/AB VAQ-137 ex NK-501/VAQ-139 P-166 jan10 

KC-130F 

148894/402 AMARG ex 402/VX-30 3608 dec09 


E-2C 

165648 KNZY ex NK-604/VAW-113 oct09 

165821/NK-603 VAW-113 ex NG-603/VAW-112 A192 nov09 

165826/NH-603 VAW-117 ex AC-600/VAW-126 A197 feb10 

166504/NK-60. VAW-113 ex NE-603/VAW-116 sep09 

The fi rst Hawkeye was with NADep for maintenance. 

F-5N 

761534/AF-01 VFC-13 ex AF-15/VFC-13 L1009 oct09 

EA-18G 

166928/AJ-500 VAQ-141 ex -/VAQ-129 oct09 

F/A-18B 

162857/AD-423 VFA-106 ex SD-326/VX-23 389 nov09 

F/A-18C 

163477/NJ-302 VFA-125 ex -/VFA-125 705 oct09 

163503/RK-88 KNZY ex 26/NSAWC 746 oct09 

163725/NG-302 AMARG ex NG-302/VFA-146 792 aug09 

163757/NJ-315 VFA-125 ex NG-310/VFA-146 835 oct09 

164209/305 VFA-83 ex AG-310/VFA-83 972 oct09 

164214/AG-312 VFA-83 ex AG-301/VFA-83 977 oct09 


164627/AD-313 VFA-106 ex unknown 1043 oct09 

164643/AJ-314 VFA-15 ex -/VFA-15 1065 oct09 

164668/NK-300 OAKN w/o 25aug09 1098 jan10 

164716/XE-300 VX-9 ex NE-300/VFA-151 1162 jan10 


165212/NE-412 VFA-34 ex -/VFA-131 1386 oct09 


The second Hornet was for maintenance with NADep, while the 

third has been put in storage. Hornet 164668 was seen stored 

after its mishap here in August 2009. 

F/A-18D 

163989/DD-112 VX-31 ex 112/VX-31 871 sep08 

F/A-18E 

165782 ex NK-201/VFA-115 1528 oct09 

165785/162 VFA-122 ex NJ-162/VFA-122 1534 sep09 

165788/170 VFA-27 ex NJ-170/VFA-122 1540 jan10 

165790/166 VFA-27 ex NK-211/VFA-115 1544 jan10 

165791/163 VFA-27 ex NJ-163/VFA-122 1546 feb10 

165862/174 VFA-27 ex NJ-174/VFA-122 E038 jan10 

166443/NG-406 VFA-147 ex AB-143/VFA-106 E088 oct09 

166839/AA-211 VFA-81 ex XE-174/VX-9 oct09 

166867/NJ-401 VFA-122 ex unknown oct09 

166902/XE-130 VX-9 f/n jan10 

166903 f/n, delivery fl ight nov09 

166904/XE-131 VX-9 f/n jan10 

166907 VFA-122? f/n, unmarked oct09

All new Hornets for VFA-27 have arrived in Japan. In January 

most were seen with VFA-27 markings, but still carrying their old 

nosecodes. As all has been fi nished the new code line will be as 

follows: 170 will become NF-207, 166 will become NF-210, 163 

will become NF-211 and 174 will become NF-202. 

F/A-18F 

165671/NJ-120 VFA-122 ex NJ-103/VFA-122 1504 oct09 

165886/NJ-110 VFA-122 not AD-254/VFA-106 F046 oct09 

165910 ex NG-100/VFA-154 F056 oct09 

165912 ex NG-113/VFA-154 F058 oct09 

165917/NE-101 VFA-2 not NJ-145/VFA-122 F063 jan09 

165918/NE-102 VFA-2 not NJ-146/VFA-122 F064 oct09 

165928 ex NG-105/VFA-154 F074 oct09 

165930 ex NG-107/VFA-154 F076 oct09 

165931 ex NG-110/VFA-154 F077 oct09 

165934 ex NG-101/VFA-154 F080 oct09 

166874/NG-101 VFA-154 ex XE-211/VX-9 jan10 

166876/NG-103 VFA-154 ex NJ-154/VFA-122 jan10 

166877/NG-104 VFA-154 ex XE-213/VX-9 jan10 

166881/NG-110 VFA-154 ex NJ-155/VFA-122 oct09 

166887/NF-110 VFA-102 ex AD-255/VFA-106 feb10 

166888/152 VFA-102 ex NJ-152/VFA-122 jan10 

166890/NJ-140 VFA-122 f/n nov09 



166892/NF-114 VFA-102 ex unknown feb10 


166915/100 VFA-102 ex 142/VFA-102 jan10 

166916/NJ-144 VFA-122 ex unknown aug09 


166916/101 VFA-102 ex 144/VFA-102 feb10 

166917/NJ-145 VFA-122 ex unknown aug09 

166917/NF-102 VFA-102 ex NJ-145/VFA-122 jan10 

166918/NJ-146 VFA-122 f/n aug09 

166918/NF-103 VFA-102 ex NJ-146/VFA-122 feb10 

166919/147 VFA-102 f/n, will become NF-104 jan10 


166921/156 VFA-102 f/n jan10 

166921/106 VFA-102 ex 156/VFA-102 feb10 


All former VFA-154 Hornets were seen totally unmarked! Besides 

VFA-27, VFA-102 also received their new Hornet and the story is 

the same. In January most Hornets were seen with VFA-102 unit 

markings, but still carrying their old nosecodes. When everything 

is settled the line up will be as follows: 152 will become NF-111, 

140 will become NF-112 and 141 will become NF-113. 

MH-53E 

164863/TB-14 HM-15 ex TB-../HM-15 jan10 

TH-57C 

162667/E-105 79J ex AMARG 3748 may09 

We suspect that the above helicopter returned into active service. 

It was seen in the same paintshop where a few years ago 

two other former AMARG TH-57s were noted as well and they 

entered active service as well! 

HH-60H 

165120/AB-616 HS-11 ex AJ-614/HS-3 70-2284 jan10 

MH-60R 

166521/TS-411 HSM-41 ex NG-711/HSM-71 70-2932 jan10 

166527/NG-717 HSM-71 f/n oct09 

166535/TS-415 HSM-41 f/n jan10 

166548/NE-706 HSM-77 f/n jan10 

166549/NE-707 HSM-77 f/n jan10 

166550/NE-710 HSM-77 f/n jan10 

166553/TS-420 HSM-41 f/n jan10 

MH-60S 

166349/AM-06 HSC-22 ex HU-730/HSC-2 jan10 

166365/RB-03 HSC-25 ex WC-54/HSC-23 feb10 

167812/HU-741 HSC-2 ex -/HX-21 jan10 

167824/SA-15 HSC-3 ex SA-17/HSC-3 oct09 

SH-60B 

162336/TX-113 HSL-49 ex -/HSL-49 70-447? jan10 

162990/TX-102 HSL-49 ex NE-701/HSL-47 70-479 jan10 

163244/HR-506 HSL-48 ex HR-.../HSL-48 70-605 nov09 


164811/TX-111 HSL-49 ex TX-.../HSL-49 70-2232 jan10 

164853/HP-454 HSL-44 ex -/HSL-44 70-1936 oct09 

164855/TX-101 HSL-49 ex TX-../HSL-49 70-1938 jan10 

SH-60F 

164620/RA-13 HS-10 ex NK-614/HS-4 oct09 

P-3C 

156521/LL-521 VP-30 ex 521/VP-1 5515 jan10 

158919/RD-919 VP-47 ex -/VP-45 5591 feb10 

158923/923 VP-47 ex LN-923/VP-45 5595 jan10 

158924/924 VP-47 ex LN-924/VP-45 5596 feb10 

161594/594 VP-47 ex LL-594/VP-30 5768 feb10 

162770/RD-770 VP-47 ex LN-770/VP-45 5796 feb10 

162772/772 VP-47 ex 772/VP-40 5798 feb10 

United States Marine Corps (NY) 

KHIF = Ogden/Hill AFB (UT) 

KNCA = New River MCAS (NC) 

EA-6B 

159584/CY-03 VMAQ-2 ex MD-03/VMAQ-3 P-50 oct09 

160432/CB-04 VMAQ-1 ex CB-05/VMAQ-1 P-60 oct09 

KC-130J 

165739 KHIF ex QB-739/-352 5507 oct09 

165809 KHIF ex BH-809/-252 5508 oct09 

166763/QD-763 VMGR-152 ex QB-763/-352 5563 feb10 

167981/QD-981 VMGR-152 f/n 5617 feb10 

The fi rst two were seen with Ogden totally bare metal. 

KC-130T 

164181 KHIF ex NY-4181/VMGR-452 5176 

oct09 

This Hercules was seen with Ogden totally bare metal. 

F/A-18A 

163094/VE-213 VMFA-115 ex VE-214/-115 477 feb10 

163129/VE-210 VMFA-115 ex DR-200/-312 538 sep09 

163155/VE-206 VMFA-115 ex VE-216/-115 582 feb10 

163156/VE-205 VMFA-115 ex VE-206/-115 584 sep09 

163169/VE-203 VMFA-115 ex unknown 607 feb10 

163171/VE-202 VMFA-115 ex VE-212/-115 611 sep09 

All former units are prefi xed with VMFA. 

F/A-18D 

164659/DT-10 (AW)-242 ex unknown 1086 feb10 

164679 KNZY ex CE-11/(AW)-225 1109 oct09 

164694/WK-09 (AW)-224 ex WK-01/(AW)-224 1129 jan10 

164735/WK-08 (AW)-224 ex -/KNZY 1189 jan10 

164953/DT-07 (AW)-242 ex DT-13/(AW)-242 1253 feb10 

164955/WK-03 (AW)-224 ex WS-211/-323 1255 jan10 

All new and formet units are prefi xed with VMFA. The second 

Hornet is with NADep for the necessary maintenance and the 

fourth has been. 

AH-1W 

160742/TV-28 HMLA-167 ex YM-41/-365 29141 oct09 

160819/SM-20 HMLA-369 ex VT-../-367 29165 oct09 

160821/SN-24 HMLA-169 ex SM-22/-369 26905 jun08 

162560 HMM-265 ex ET-41/-262 29151 feb10 

162565 HMM-265 ex ET-../-262 29147 feb10 

163941/UV-60 HMLA-267 ex YW-42/-165 26266 oct09 

164572 HMM-265 ex ET-42/-262 29114 feb10 

164578/WR-704 HMLA-775 ex MM-18/-773 29160 jun08 

165045/TV-.. HMLA-167 ex HF-20/-269 29106 oct09 

165046/VT-.. HMLA-367 ex UV-../-267 26308 

165046/SN-32 HMLA-169 ex VT-../-367 26308 jun08 

165332/SN-21 HMLA-169 ex VT-../-367 26356 jun08 

165360/TV-30 HMLA-167 ex YM-42/-365 26360 oct09 

165361/TV-35 HMLA-167 ex HF-35/-269 26361 oct09 

165366/SM-38 HMLA-369 ex VT-../-367 26366 

165366/SN-.. HMLA-169 ex SM-38/-369 26366 jun08 

165396/SM-.. HMLA-369 ex SN-../HMLA-169 jun08 

The Cobra with former code MM-18 served with Det. A. Cobra 

165046 was with HMLA-367 somewhere between nov04 and 

jun08, while Cobra 165366 served with HMLA-369 between 

those dates. 

UH-1N 

158271/UV-34 HMLA-267 ex HF-../-269 31612 oct09 

158274/ES-.. HMM-266 ex EG-../-263 31615 oct09

159202/ES-.. HMM-266 ex YW-30/-165 31678 oct09 

159686/EP-33 HMM-265 ex ET-33/-262 31696? feb10 

159700/EP-31 HMM-265 ex EP-../HMM-265 feb10 

160175/ES-.. HMM-266 ex SM-05/-369 31725 oct09 

UH-3H 

154121 HMX-1 ex -/HX-21 61-421 dec09 

CH-46E 

153373/ET-11 HMM-262 ex EP-11/HMM-265 2269 feb10 

153391/ET-10 HMM-262 ex EP-02/HMM-265 2289 feb10 

153957/EP-00 HMM-265 ex EP-19/HMM-265 2308 feb10 

153999/EP-02 HMM-265 ex EP-../HMM-265 2350 feb10 

155306/YM-06 HMM-365 ex EM-19/HMM-261 2475 mar08 

156420/YT-16 HMM-164 ex YP-01/HMM-163 2490 jan10 

156421/YX-01 AMARG ex YX-01/HMM-166 2491 nov08 

156430/ET-13 HMM-262 ex -/Nippi Industries 2500 feb10 

156437/EP-03 HMM-265 ex EP-08/HMM-265 2507 feb10 

156446/EP-05 HMM-265 ex ET-06/HMM-262 2516 feb10 

156468/EP-11 HMM-265 ex ET-04/HMM-262 2538 feb10 

157663/YM-16 AMARG ex YM-16/HMM-365 2562 nov08 

157675/YM-14 AMARG ex YM-14/HMM-365 2574 nov08 

157697/YR-10 AMARG ex YR-10/HMM-161 2596 sep08 

Four of the above helicopters went into storage at AMARG, 

the parkingcode for the last one 157697 is known and is 

AN1J0048. 

CH-53D 

157148/YZ-41 HMH-363 ex YH-41/HMH-463 65-274 oct09 

157732/YZ-27 HMH-363 ex YL-64/HMH-362 65-308 oct09 

CH-53E 

162484/EP-23 HMM-265 ex ET-24/HMM-262 feb10 

164361/YK-33 HMH-466 oct09 

164784/YN-10 HMH-361 ex YX-../HMM-166 oct09 

164789/YW-24 HMM-165 ex YN-04/HMH-361 oct09 

AV-8B 

163870/WE-26 VMA-214 ex WL-310/VMA-311 178 jan10 

164126/WP-22 VMA-223 ex CG-22/VMA-231 202 feb10 

165575/WF-03 VMA-513 ex WE-08/VMA-214 312 oct09 

165584/WL-05 VMA-311 ex WL-../VMA-311 321 feb10 

AV-8B(R) 

165422/CF-08 VMA-211 ex WE-07/VMA-214 294 oct09 

AV-8B+ 

164553/WL-06 VMA-311 ex WL-../VMA-311 238 feb10 


165004/CG-02 VMA-231 ex CG-04/VMA-231 260 oct09 

AV-8B+(R) 

165306/CG-07 VMA-231 ex WH-15/VMA-542 264 nov09 

165356/CG-09 VMA-231 ex CG-11/VMA-231 273 nov09 

165381/WP-11 VMA-223 ex CG-07/VMA-231 276 feb10 

165428/CF-09 VMA-211 ex YP-53/HMM-163 300 oct09 

MV-22B 

165841/YM-00 VMM-365 f/n D0027 oct09 

165844/YM-11 VMM-365 ex EM-11/VMM-261 D0030 jan10 

165948 KNCA ex GX-11 D0049 oct09 

166386/GX-14 VMMT-204 ex 14/VMMT-204 D0053 oct09 

166497/YM-07 VMM-365 ex ES-07/VMM-266 D0076 oct09 

166741/EM-09 VMM-261 f/n oct09 

166742/EM-10 VMM-261 f/n oct09 

Osprey 165948 is in storage totally unmarked and without engines, 

its former unit was VMMT-204. It gained serious damage 

during a fi re in November 2007. 

United States Coast Guard (CG) 

HC-130H 

1717 Clearwater ex Sacramento 5104 jan10 

HC-144A 

2308 Mobile 179 feb10 

MH-60J 

6032 Mobile ex Cape Cod 70-1791 oct09 

6033 San Diego ex Clearwater jan10 

MH-65C 

6508 N. Orleans ex Detroit 6095 nov09 

6540 N. Orleans ex Atlantic City 6189 nov09 

6605 N. Orleans f/n nov09 

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Rafael Hernandez, Ewo van Houten, Curt Jans, Tommy 

Johansson, Andrew Jewson, Justin Krieger, Roberto Leiro, 

Giovanni Loosvelt, Andres Luna, Andy Marden, Frank Mink, 

Bob Parmerter, Bram Risseeuw, Angelo Romano, Danny van 

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Thomas, Javier Franco Topper, Dave Wilton, Bob Woolnough, 

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Showreports 

Only on the fi nal day of the show, the Moroccan Air Force gave the OK to two samples of the based aircraft outside the hangar. One 

T-37, one AS202 Bravo and this T-34A, CN-ATG/07, were pulled outside and displayed. 

(Marrakech-Menara, 30 January 2010, Henk de Vries) 

Tahkli RTAFB (Thailand) 

Open House 9 January 2010 

Static: 

F18-02/32 02 Fantrainer 400 std 

J5-16/14 41116 OV-10C ex 411sq, i/a 

JTh2-21/18 42080 AU-23A 531sq 

Kh19-25/38 40307 F-16A 403sq 

KhF1-10/37 40109 L-39ZA/ART 401sq 

TL6-2/22 40202 SA226AT IVC ex 402sq, i/a 

Flyng: 

H6-12/12 20325 UH-1H 203sq 

A solo F-16 was seen fl ying, but it was not identifi ed. 

Kamphaen Saen (Thailand) 

Childrens day 9 January 2010 

Static 

F12-13/13 RR.13 T-37C pres, ex 2 FTS 

F19-16/35 16 PC-9 2 FTS 

F16-30/35 RR.030 CT/4B 1 FTS 

F16k-4/42 RR.4 CT/4E 1 FTS 

J7-18/44 23143 Alpha Jet A 231sq 

Kh19K-24/38 40306 F-16B 403sq 

KhF1-20/37 41114 L-39ZA/ART 411sq 

Flightline: 

H6-../1. 203.. UH-1H 203sq 

CT/4E of 1 FTS: 

F16k-5/42 RR.5*, F16k-9/43 RR.5*, F16k-13/44 RR.13 

F16k-15/44 RR.14*, F16k-19/47 RR.19* 

PC-9s of 2 FTS: 

F19-02/34 02, F19-06/34 06, F19-10/34 10*, F19-12/34 12* 

F19-15/35 15, F19-21/36 21*, F19-26/38 26* 

All aircraft marked with an * participated in the fl ying display. 

Derelect: 

F12-11/13 RR.11 T-37C ex 2 FTS 

F12-18/23 RR.18 T-37B ex 2 FTS 


Elsewhere: 

F16-29/35 RR.029 CT/4B 1 FTS 

F16k-17/47 RR.17 CT/4B 1 FTS 

There were three closed hangars,the southerly of these was the 

Thai Aviation Industry’s hangar where they service CT/4s. Only 

two airplanes were identifi ed in this hangar, 

2 FTS, PC-9 Hangar: 

F19-01/34 01, F19-07/34 07, F19-08/34 08 

F19-13/34 13, F19-18/35 18, F19-19/35 19 

Further, a PC-9 was under wraps in this hangar, and is believed 

to be F19-04/34 which was involved in a crash in late 2007. 

2FTS CT/4 hangar: 

F16-027/35 RR.027 CT/4B 2 FTS 

CT/4E’s: 

F16k-5/20 RR.5, F16k-11/43 RR.11, F16k-20/47 RR.20 

F16k-22/47 RR.22 

This northerly hangar held further CT/4s, unfortunately less than 

half were read off. 

Preserved: 

H4k-31/07 20143 S-58T ex 201 Sqn 

F9-6/93 DHC-1 pres 

F8-220 T-6 pres 

F11-15/10 1127 T-33A ex 561 Sqn 

Plus a T-37 in false marks and a second T-37 is preserved on 

an adjacent golf course.There is a third T-37 preserved near the 

gate which also carries false markings. 

Don Muang RTAFB (Thailand) 

Open house 10 January 2010 

Static: 

F14-1/11 60420 T-41D(D) 604sq 

F16-007/17 60436 CT/4A 604sq 

F19-09/34 09 PC-9 2 FTS 

(F20-2/52) L DA42 604sq 

H6-7/12 20337 UH-1H 203sq 

J6-19/24 21111 A-37B Tango sq 

J7-5/43 23115 Alpha Jet A 231sq 

JTh2-34/15 21307 AU-23A 501sq?

KhF1-38/39 40116 L-39ZA/ART 401sq 

L2k-6/42 46156 BT-67 461sq 

L5-6/26 60306 BAe-748-208 603sq 

L8-6/31 60106 C-130H-30 601sq 

L14-3/38 60309 G-222 603sq 

T2-26/15 53182 O-1A Tango sq 

HS-RSJ Cirrus SR-20 

The DA42 was ex OE-UDL and c/n 42-384, but did not wear 

it’s military colours yet. Also here is the Royal Thai Air Force 

museum. 

Sakhir Air Base (Bahrain) 

Bahrain International Air Show 22 January 2010 

Static/fl ightline: 

302 AB212 3rd Helicopter Sq. 


1062 Bo105CC 10th Helicopter Sq. 

1063 Bo105C 10th Helicopter Sq. 

687 F-5E 6th TFS 

113 F-16C 1st TFS 

115 F-16C 1st TFS 

201 F-16C 2nd TFS 

503 Hawk Mk129 5th Squadron 

403 T67M260 4th Squadron 

A9C-AWL BAe146-RJ100 Bahrain Amiri Rl. Flt. 

A9C-BRN G550 Bahrain Amiri Rl. Flt. 

A9C-KOB S-92A Bahrain Amiri Rl. Flt. 

BPS-08 Bell 412EP Bahrain Public Sec. 

5163/61-PJ C-130H ET02.061 

R207 C-160R ET00.064 

108/113-HS Rafale C EC01.007 

116/113-HG Rafale C EC01.007 

133 Falcon10 MER 57S 

94-0067 C-17A 437th AW 

84-0118 C-21A 457th AS 

74-1667 C-130H 39th AS 

85-1448 F-16C 175th FS SD ANG 

86-0254 F-16C 175th FS SD ANG 

166434/NH-200 F/A-18E VFA-14 

166842/NH-100 F/A-18F VFA-41 


166846/NH-103 F/A-18F VFA-41 

305bl Su-27SKM Sukhoi 36911040102 

A6-RTS Falcon 900DX Dasnair 

A7-CEB CL-605 Qatar Executive 

A7-FZB Ce 310 Gulf States Civil Avia. 

A7-RZB BAe 125 900XP Rizon Air 

A9C-BAU A320-214 Bahrain Air 

A9C-BXG CL-604 Bexair 

D-AVZP A321-200 Airbus, white 4067 

G-MXPH S.master Mk84 ex 311 RSIAF 

G-SOAF S.master Mk90 ex 524 Oman AF 

HB-JFO CL-300 TAG aviation 

HB-JGE Global Express TAG Aviation 

N6UE Ce208B Cessna Aircraft 

N86LF Raytheon 4000 Cessna Aircraft 

N246CZ Ce525B Cessna Aircraft 

N450GD G450 Gulfstream 

N510KZ Ce510 Cessna Aircraft 

N60125 Beech 350 Cessna Aircraft 

N6405k BAe 750 Hawker beechcraft 

N9661S Ce680 Cessna Aircraft 

OO-DLW A300B4-203 DHL 

PT-TQE ERJ170LR Gulf Air 

VP-BCO G550 n/t 

VP-CEP G150 B2 MAnagement 

YI-AQC CRJ900NG Iraqi Airways 

9H-AFM A318-112CJ Comlux Av. Malta 

The 88sq/Saudi Hawks Hawks Mk65/A*: 

8805*, 8806*, 8807, 8808, 8810, 8811*, 8813, 8814 

Patrouille de France/ EPAA20.300 Alpha Jet E: 

E114/0, E165/1, E134/2, A122/3, E41/4 

E135/5, E163/6, E46/7, E95/8, E130/9 

The Su-27 was also wearing code 371 on its intake, which is 

the Paris airshow code, but 305 blue was in our database, so 

we keep that code. 

Medevac Duty: 

1061, 1064 Bo105C 10th Helicopter Sq. 



The show at Sakhir Air Base offered a fi ne opportunity to see aircraft of the Royal Bahraini Air Force. One of the aircraft present was 

this F-16C of the 1st Tactical Fighter Squadron. (Sakhir, 23 January 2010, Danny de Kiewit)

Flying only: 

684, 685, 686 F-5E 6th TFS 

202, 209, 210 F-16C 2nd TFS 

502, 504, 506 Hawk Mk129 5th Squadron 

…./EL B-1B 37th BS 

A9C-LE A340-312 Gulf Air 

JY-RFC +3 EA300 RJ Falcons 

Marrakech-Menara (Morocco) 

Morocco Aero Expo 26-30 January 2010 

Static & fl ightline: 

CN-AJB/02 AB205 FRA 4057 

245 Alpha Jet H CIPC 

CNA-LH CH-47C Esc Hélicoptère S008 

CN-AME CN235M-100 EdT3 AL05-1-C027 

CN-AOM C-130H Esc de Transport 4875 

91924 F-5E EC “Tigre” 

139 Mirage F1CH EC “Assad” 

150 Mirage F1CH Inside tent, tail only 

CN-ASE/31 SA330L Esc Hélicoptère1483 

CN-ACF SA342L FRA pod only 1902 

CN-ACX SA342L ESH 1985 

112/CN-AHB AS565MB Flotille 11 

CN-AIN SA330L Gendarmerie 1500 

CN-AIY AS355F-1 Gendarmerie 5247 

CN-AZR Trinidad GT Gendarmerie 2171 

CN-BZA S2R-T660 Gend. T660-123DC 

05/F-TGCJ Extra 330SC EVAA 

MM62250/46-91 C-27J 46ªBA 137 

08-8605/RS C-130J-30 86AW/37AS 

93-0533 F-16CJ 157thFS SC ANG 

93-0535 F-16CJ 157thFS SC ANG 

- SA341F Aerotec 1105 

CN-HAD AS350B-2 Helisud Maroc 4416 

CN-HBC AS350B-3 Helisud Maroc 4693 

CN-HDS EC130B4 Helisud Maroc 

CN-HSM R44 Bravo Helisud Mar. 10178 

CN-TAD Beech B300 Helisud Mar. FL-638 

CN-TSA DA42 

CN-TSR DA42 42.179 

CN-TYR Ce208B Helisud M 208B-1039 

EC-ET6 ELA-07 0606-100-0724 

EC-KKC Ce680 Soho Avia. 680-0117 

EC-KQG P2002JR 0091 

EC-KZC P2002JF 095 

EC-XBD CH-640-4 

F-GDNN TB20 DGAC 

F-GOPM Falcon 20E-5 Michelin Air Service 

F-GVIA BAe125 850XP 

F-WWEY ATR72-600 ATR 

G-BZMG R44 

I-PJET P180 Windjet 

N3000B Rayth 3000 Hawker 

N30LX G-1159A/AMIL Lockheed Martin 

N45LJ Learjet 45XR Learjet 392 

N465VL S-92A Conquistador 920067 

N510KZ Ce510 510-0251 

N578CJ Ce525B 525B-0282 

N666NF BAe125 750 

N769CC CL-605 

N850FA TBM850 471 

OE-FMF DA42M-NG 42.MN002 

SP-GEI AT-3-R100 Aero Maroc Trading 

T7-PEP P2006T 009 

ZS-DTD Raytheon 4000 RC-12 

The Moroccan Marche Verte with their CAP232s: 

CN-ABV/1(42), CN-ABP/2(28), CN-ABT/3(37) 

CN-ABS/4(36), CN-ABR/5(31), CN-ABQ/6(29) 

CN-ABW/7(43), CN-ABX/8(44), CN-ABU(41) 

Aeroclub: 

CN-ABG, CN-ABH CAP10B FRA 183, 184 

85 T-6G FRA, pres, white c/s 

CN-CDO TB20 852 

CN-TBZ CeFR152 


CN-TDU PA28-200B 7135003 

CN-TMD CeFR172 

CN-TMZ SR22G2 2096 

CN-URT Solar Wings Pegasus (ULV) 

Plus an unidentifi ed preserved T-6 

Maintenance hangar: 

56-529, 56-586 T-37B EdP 

57-262, 57-304 T-37B EdP 

60-082 T-37B EdP 

CN-ATC/03 T-34C-1 EdP GM-4 

CN-ATE/05 T-34C-1 EdP GM-6 

CN-ATG/07 T-34C-1 EdP GM-8 

CN-ATH/08 T-34C-1 EdP GM-9 

CN-ATJ/10 T-34C-1 EdP GM-11 

CN-ATK/11 T-34C-1 EdP GM-12 

CN-AUA/110 AS202/18 EdP 110 

CN-AUB/111 AS202/18 EdP 111 

CN-AUC/114 AS202/18 EdP 114 

CN-AUD/115 AS202/18 EdP 115 

CN-AUE/116 AS202/18 EdP 116 

CN-AUH/119 AS202/18 EdP 119 

CN-AUI/121 AS202/18 EdP 121 

CN-AUJ/122 AS202/18 EdP 122 

CN-AUK/29 AS202/18A2 EdP SA-029 

CN-AUL/128 AS202/18A2 EdP 128 

CN-AUM/165 AS202/18 EdP 165 

CN-AUN/174 AS202/18 EdP 174 

56-529, CN-ATG/07 and CN-AUJ/122 were towed to the static 

on the 30th after requests by spotters! 

Hangar “Ecole de Technique”: 

24, 69, 80 Mirage F1C AdlA, instructional 

. . /33- Mirage F1C AdlA, instr, fuselage 

212 CM170 instructional 

01378 F-5A FRA, instructional 

- Alouette II instructional 


CH-03 C-130H 15W/FTT 26 

MM62029 Falcon 50 93˚Gr 30 

CNA-MB CN235M-100 EdT3 29/30 

CN-AMD CN235M-100 EdT3 26 

CN-AMF CN235M-100 EdT3 27/28,29 

CN-AMJ Ce560XL VIP Flt 27 

CN-ANJ Beech B300C VIP Flt 28 

CN-ANX Beech 300 VIP Flt 27 

CN-ARM/13 SA330L Esc Hélicoptère 28 

CN-ARY/25 SA330L Esc Hélicoptère 26/30 

CN-TWR BN-2T Gendarmerie 29 

58-0114 KC-135R 191st ARS 23-30 

84-0112 C-21A 76th AS 29 

CN-TBU DR400 30 

CN-TKN Falcon 10 Alfa Air 29/30 

CN-TKY Mooney 29/30 

CN-TML PA31-350 Palm Air 29/30 

CS-DFG Falcon 2000EX NetJets 29/30 

D-CATE Ce680 Jetline 29/30 

N468QS G450 NetJets 29/30 

N560PL Ce560XL Flying Group 29/30 

N800AK B727-23(Q) 30 

OE-GVX Learjet 40 Vista Jet 29 

OO-KJD Learjet 45XR Capital A/c 29 

Preserved: 

- CM170 FRA, on pole. red c/s 

- CM170 FRA, on pole. white c/s 

- CM170 FRA, on pole. white c/s 

- T-6 FRA, on pole. bl/yel c/s 

- T-6 FRA, pres/std 

- MiG-15UTI FRA, light blue c/s. 

CN-AMH C-119G FRA, pres as “862” 

More aircraft are known to be preserved on the airfi eld, but only 

those were actually seen. 

CN-HTS Alouette AH2 Helisud Maroc 

No rotor. Wfu, used as undersling during demo, and is an ex 

AAC machine, XR382

Platform: 

53, 54, 77, 89, 123 CM170 std 

157,176, 215, 218 CM170 std 

226, 227, 230 CM170 std 

Dump: 

28 T-6G wfu 

Plus 6 more T-6s, and supposedly one AS202, the 28 was not 

read off, but came from our database. 

Flying 26th: 

228, 238, 241, 248 Alpha Jet H CIPC 

91942, 91943 F-5F EC “Tigre” 

CNA-OC, CN-AOP C-130H Esc de Transport 

CNA-OS KC-130H Esc de Transport 

Flying 27th: 

241, 248 Alpha Jet H CIPC 

91942, 91943 F-5F EC “Tigre” 

CNA-OC, CNA-OG C-130H Esc de Transport 


Flying 29th: 


91942, 91943 F-5F EC “Tigre” 



Flying 30th: 


91942, 91943 F-5F EC “Tigre” 



From 28 to 31 January 2010, the second edition of het 

Aero-Expo Marrakech was organised at the military part of 


Marrakech-Menara airport in Morocco. The event, for the major 

part a copy of the fi rst edition two years ago, gives the aviation 

enthusiast one of the few opportunities to picture Moroccan Air 

Force aircraft without much risks. The static display contained 

a number of Moroccan Air Force aircraft, a selection of USAF 

aircraft and a display of a number of (smaller) civilian aircraft. 

The US contingent was representative of what the Moroccans 

have ordered for their air force. Remarkable was that the F-16s 

came form South Carolina, not Aviano. As a result of requests 

by aircraft spotters, a sample of each of the based aircraft (T-34, 

T-37 and AS202), was towed to the static area on the fi nal day. 

Photography of the static was not great, but doable. 

The fl ying display was very limited, but interesting. Focussing 

on the Moroccan military aircraft, each day (apart from 28 January) 

gave a formation of Alpha Jets, 2 F-5Fs and a number of 

C-130s passing the air base. The F-5Fs drew attention to them, 

since they were actually attached to the KC-130 they were behind. 

The C-130s displayed their fi re fi ghting and insecticide 

spraying capabilities. 

All in all a very convenient winter-venue, enabling a view on 

rarely-seen aircraft in very comfortable weather conditions. The 

atmosphere was relaxed, although security was tight. The security 

staff was clearly instructed to keep everyone within the 

perimeters of the trade show area. Venturing outside the base, 

to prevent backlight during the air show, did not cause any 

problems for those that did. 

Construction numbers in the report are those that were actually 

noted during the event. 

Credits: Colin, Patrick dircksen, Le Addeur noir, Mick and Glenn, 

Andy Marden, Frank Mink, Patrick van Stiphout, Joop Zandbergen, 

Scramble messageboard. 

The Moroccan Air Force displayed part of its might during the second edition of the Marrakech Aero-Expo. Highlight was the display 

of two F-5Fs, 91942 and 91943, that were hooked up to a KC-130H during their pass. 

(Marrakech, 29 January 2010, Mark de Greeuw) 

www.scramble.nl/showreports.htm

Triptease 

PIA received ATR42 AP-BHI new from the factory in November 2006. Besides domestic fl ights they also use it for international 

fl ights. (Sharjah, 3 February 2010, René Verschuur) 

Civil trips 

Malaysia & Thailand 

The below is from a recent trip to Thailand, fortunately for the 

reporter, he had to go via Malaysia, which resulted in more aircraft 

being noted. 

Kuala Lumpur 13 December 2009 

9M-MKA, 9M-MKV A330-322 Malaysian Airlines 

9M-MLA, 9M-MLB B737-8Q8 Malaysian Airlines 

9M-MMD, 9M-MMG B737-4H6 Malaysian Airlines 

9M-MMH, 9M-MMI B737-4H6 Malaysian Airlines 

9M-MMJ, 9M-MML B737-4H6 Malaysian Airlines 

9M-MMM,9M-MMQ B737-4H6 Malaysian Airlines 

9M-MMY B737-4H6 Malaysian Airlines 

9M-MPK, 9M-MPL B747-4H6 Malaysian Airlines 

9M-MQA,9M-MQF B737-4H6 Malaysian Airlines 

9M-MQI, 9M-MQK B737-4H6 Malaysian Airlines 

9M-MQN, 9M-MQO B737-4H6 Malaysian Airlines 

9M-MRC B777-2H6ER Malaysian Airlines 

9V-SLD A320-232 Silkair 

9V-VLA A320-232 Valuair 

B-HNQ B777-367 Cathay Pacifi c Airways 

EP-IAB B747SP-86 Iranair 

PH-BVD B777-306ER KLM 

PK-AXI A320-216 Indonesia Air Asia 

TF-ARH, TF-ARL B747-230B Air Atlanta Iceland 

VT-EVT A320-231 Air India 

Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi 16 December 2009 

9K-ANC A340-313 Kuwait Airways 

9M-MMI B737-4H6 Malaysian Airlines 

B-HLW A330-343X Cathay Pacifi c Airways 

HS-ABL A320-216 Thai Air Asia 

HS-TGE B747-3D7 Thai Airways Int’ l 

Bangkok-Don Muang 19 December 2009 

4L-AWA Il-76 

B-LUX IAI1126 

HS-AKO B737-281 Phuket Airlines 

HS-APA YS-11A-500 Air Phoenix 

HS-ATS Beech B200 


HS-DDM B737-4Y0 NOK Air 

HS-KAO, HS-KUO, YS-11A-500 Phuket Airlines 

HS-KVA , KVO, KVU YS-11A-500 Phuket Airlines 

HS-KLA BAe3101 Air Andaman 

HS-OMA ,HS-OMC MD-82 One-Two-Go 

HS-OMD, HS-OMI MD-82 One-Two-Go 

HS-OMJ MD-82 One-Two-Go 

HS-TDE B737-4D7 NOK Air 

HS-TJT B777-2D7ER Thai Airways Int’l 

HS-TRA ATR-72-201 Thai Airways Int’l 

HS-UTJ B747-246B One-Two-Go by Or. Thai 

HS-UTQ B747-146SR One-Two-Go by Or. Thai 

HS-VAK B747-2U3B Phuket Airlines 

N820TH, N880TH MD-87 

N821TH MD-81 

N388RF Global 5000 

Phuket 19 December 2009 

9V-SBA A319-132 Silkair 

CS-DKG G550 Netjets Europe 

HS-AAV B737-3B7 Thai Air Asia 

HS-ABA , HS-ABE A320-216 Thai Air Asia 

HS-DDL B737 Nok Air 

HS-PGA ATR Bangkok Airways 

HS-PGV B737-4Y0 Bangkok Airways 

HS-TAM A300B4-622R Thai Airways Int’l 

HS-TEO A330-343E Thai Airways Int’l 

HS-TGF B747-4D7 Thai Airways Int’l 

N360PL CL-604 Taylorspring 

N131JN PC-12/45 

VP-BEL B737-74T Kjell-Inge Roekke 

Phuket 26 December 2009 

2218 Bell 212 Royal Thai Police 

9M-MMG B737-4H6 Malaysian Airlines 

9V-JSD A320-232 JetStar Asia Airways 

9V-SLC A320-232 Silkair 

9V-TAE A320-232 Tiger Airways 

C-GLXC Falcon 900EX Galaxy Airways 

CS-TRA A330-243 Novair 

G-OBYF , G-OBYH B767-304ER Thomsonfl y 

HS-ABE A320-216 Thai Air Asia 

HS-ABF A320-216 Thai Air Asia

HS-PGM ATR72-212A Bangkok Airways 

HS-PGW A320-232 Bangkok Airways 

HS-TGM, HS-TGR B747-4D7 Thai Airways Int’l 

N773MJ G550 Executive Jet Managem. 

VP-BEL B737-74T Kjell-Inge Roekke 

VT-KML CL-800 Spanair 

Kuala Lumpur 26 December 2009 

9M-MKI , 9M-MKX A330-322 Malaysian Airlines 

9M-MME, 9M-MMG B737-4H6 Malaysian Airlines 

9M-MRD B777-2H6ER Malaysian Airlines 

P4-KCA B767-306ER Air Astana 

PH-BQE B777-206ER KLM 

SU-GCG A330-243 Egypt Air 

TF-ARJ B747-236B Malaysian Airlines 

TF-ARN B747-2F6B Air Atlanta Icelandic 

Kuala Lumpar-Sungei Besi 26 December 2009 

9M-PTA Beech 350 Malaysian Police 

9M-PHA, 9M-PHD AS355F2 Malaysian Police 

9M-PHF, 9M-PHL AS355F2 Malaysian Police 

9M-PSE, 9M-PSG PC-6/B2-H4 Malaysian Police 

9M-PSH, 9M-PSI PC-6/B2-H4 Malaysian Police 

9M-PSO Ce208 Malaysian Police 

M23-20, M23-32 S-61-A-4 nn/RMAF 

M42-01, M42-02 MD-3-160 nn/RMAF 

M42-04, M42-05 MD-3-160 nn/RMAF 

M42-07 ,M42-08 MD-3-160 nn/RMAF 

M42-09, M42-10 MD-3-160 nn/RMAF 

M42-12, M42-13 MD-3-160 nn/RMAF 

M42-14 MD-3-160 nn/RMAF 

M27-03 Ce402 nn/RMAF 

Credit: Steve Marsh. 


Dubai 1 February 2010 

A6-IFA CL-604 Execujet Middle East 

A6-MBH CL-604 

A6-PHH B737-3Q8 Ave.com 

AP-BJA A321-231 Airblue 

DU-140, DU-142 AW139 Dubai Govt. Air Wing 

ET-AMZ B737-8BK Ethiopian Airlines 

N737L B737-7CG Wells Fargo Bank 

VT-JBH B737-8BR Jet Airways 

VT-PPN A321-211 Air India 

YI-AQO B737-322 Magnolia 

4R-ALC A330-243 SriLankan 

Our stay in the landing of runway 30L was a brief one! We were 

kindly and urgently requested to go with the police to the local 

station, where they could check our passports. Eventually after 


one hour they said we could leave, with the photos, but that we 

could not take photographs without permission. 

Ras Al Khamah 2 February 2010 

A6-ESC DC-9-32 Eastern Skyjet a/w 

A6-ESK BAe4101 Eastern Skyjet 

A6-HLB DC-8-63 Heavylift Arabia 

A6-HLC DC-8-63 Heavylift Arabia 

A6-HLH B737-3G7 Heavylift Cargo Airlines 

A6-JUD B737-306 Silve Air a/w 

N134WJ Beech B200C Evergreen Equity 

RA-82040 An-124 Russian Air Force 

S2-AFA B747-121 Logistic Air Cargo 

UP-I7612 Il-76T Eastern Express 

UR-EXS Il-76 Maximus Cargo 

ZS-OWC Ce208B 

The Jetstream wore a Saudi fl ag and Eastern Skyjet titles. The 

other ramps with stored aircraft were not read, given our experience 

in Dubai and Sharjah (see below). The following were seen 

from the restaurant. 

? BAe111 blue colours 

? L-1011 ex Saudia colours 

? L-1011 Orient Thai colours 

2x B737-200 Aramco 

3x Il-76 all white 

Felix Airways is a Sana'a, Yemen based low cost carrier. They have a fl eet of two CRJ200s and CRJ701ERs. CRJ701ER 7O-FAB is 

seen here at Sharjah. (Sharjah, 3 February 2010, René Verschuur) 

Sharjah 3 February 2010 

AP-BHA B737-277 Shaheen Air 

AP-BHI ATR42-500 PIA 

AP-BIE A319-112 Airblue 

A6-AAM A318-121 RAK Airways 

A6-PHC B737-33A Phoenix Aviation 

D-ALCG MD-11F Lufthansa Cargo 

D-AKBH CL-604 Jet Air Flug GmbH 

EK-76111 Il-76 South Airlines 

EK-76442 Il-76 ex A400 colours 

EK-76485*, EK-76787 Il-76 A400 logo a/w, n/t 

EW-78792* Il-76TD Trans Avia Export 

JY-JIA Il-76TD Jordanian Int’l Air Cargo 

JY-TWC B737-2J6C Transworld 

LX-TCV B747-4R7F Cargolux 

LZ-BHD A320-211 Balkan Hoildays 

N415MC B747-47UF Emirates Sky Cargo 

N6779X Ce310F 

N708CK B747-212BF Kalitta Air a/w 

N760SA B747-230BF Southern Air 

N795SA B747-243BF Southern Air 

P-557, P-558 Bell 412 Sharjah Police Air Wing 

PH-MCW MD-11F Martinair 

RA-76846 Il-76TD Aviacon Zitotrans 

TC-ACU A300B4-203 ACT Airlines

Starting his career in China during 1983, and afterwards in South America, this B737-200 is now fl ying for Jordan based 

Transworld as JY-TWC. (Sharjah, 3 February 2010, René Verschuur) 

UK-31003 A310-324 Uzbekistan Airways 

UP-I7606* Il-76TD Eastern Express 

UP-I7610* Il-76TD Skylink Georgia 

UP-I7615 Il-76TD Sayakhat 

UP-I7618* Il-76T Asia Continental Al 

UP-I7628 Il-76T Eastern Express 

UP-I7636 Il-76TD Air Trust Air Company 

UP-I7639* Il-76TD Asia Continental Al 

VP-CBN A319-115X DC Aviation 

VT-AXP B737-8HG Air India Express 

VT-ESG A320-231 Indian Airlines 

VT-JGF B737-8FH Jet Airways 

4L-FFF Il-76 

4L-GLP, 4L-GLX Il-76TD Sakaviaservice 

4L-GNI* Il-76TD Sakaviaservice 

4L-RAS An-24-B Transavia Service 

7O-FAB CRJ701ER Felix Airways 

9G-AXD DC-8-63 Meridian Airways 

9V-SFJ, 9V-SFP B747-412F Singapore Airlines 


Stored / long-term residents 

ER-TAI Tu-154B-2 Air Services Int’l a/w 

5Y-BRV B707-307C Spirit of Africa Airlines 

9Q-... B747SP Kinshasa reg. taped over 

The following resident Air Arabia aircraft were also seen during 

the stay: 

A320 A6-ABA, A6-ABB, A6-ABC, A6-ABD, A6-ABE, 

A6-ABF, A6-ABG, A6-ABH, A6-ABI, A6-ABJ, 

A6-ABK A6-ABL, A6-ABN, A6-ABO, A6-ABP, 

A6-ABQ, A6-ABR, A6-ABS 

An excellent day here at Sharjah, although the use of binoculars 

to read the PIA ATR was not appreciated by the police. It 

resulted in a 1.5 hour stay with them! 

Of the nineteen Il-76s noted, seven fl ew while were we there, 

marked with *. Also seen but not read off early on was an ex 

UPS DC-8. The costs for the ramp pass are now AED 1000 per 

day, or about €170 at today’s exchange rate. 

Credit: René Verschuur. 

Established in 2004, Pakistan airline Airblue added two A319s to their fl eet in 2008. Besides four domestic destinations they also 

have fi ve international destinations. One of them is Sharjah, which was visited by AP-BIE. 

(Sharjah, 3 February 2010, René Verschuur)

The Island 

Taiwan 

In the 16th century, Portuguese explorers sighted the main island 

of Taiwan and named it ‘Beautiful Island’, Ilha Formosa in 

Portuguese. Since then, the islands saw numerous changes 

of power. The last unambiguous one happened at the end 

of World War II, when Taiwan returned to Chinese rule. After 

that, Chiang Kai-Shek and his nationalist government made it 

theirs as the rest of China became controlled by their communist 

counterparts. The political argument that followed has not 

been so much about whether China is still one country, but all 

the more about whether its legitimate government is the one in 

Bejing or the one in Taipei. Either way, there have been decades 

of tension over the Taiwan Strait. As a result, Taiwan has 

an impressive air arm, partly consisting of indigenous designs. 

This fact and the opportunity to explore a new country were the 

motives for the trip described below. 

This was primarily a photo trip, concentrating on military aircraft, 

both active and preserved. Civil was welcome too, but 

not specifi cally targeted. The major part of domestic air travel 

was absorbed by the Taiwan High Speed Rail since that started 

operating in 2007. Photographing military planes for private collections 

has been declared legal in Taiwan by a court decision, 

but most law enforcers are not aware of this. It turned out the 

local situation varies from base to base, but when keeping a low 

profi le one can enjoy the hobby largely undisturbed. Fixed-wing 

types can easily be framed on fi nal approach, but helicopters 

tend to stay out of reach of cameras a lot. The cancellation of 

airshows/open houses after the 2009 typhoon disaster and the 

sparse fl ying activities by the navy meant the vast majority of 

subjects on the trip were aircraft of the Republic of China Air 

Force (ROCAF), or Chung-Hua Kong Jun, on approach to their 

base. 

The serial system 

Diffi culties with describing the ROCAF serial system begin at 

calling it that. Despite its similarities with the USAF or JASDF 

systems, it is not one of consistent use of serials, codes and 

construction numbers. Probably more accurate is to speak of 

airframe identifi cation, operational number, and a combination 

of those in a previous (but not completely abandoned) system. 

The good news is, all numbers and codes are fi xed for any 

given airplane. 


Erik Sleutelberg 

One of the best catches of this Taiwan trip: blue and grey Turbo Tracker 2206 in the circuit of Pingtung North. (23 November 2009) 

To begin with the previous system, its general form is a combination 

of the aircraft type and a sequence number, like F-86047. 

These kind of serials, when worn, are given in italics in this 

report. 

Under the current system, airframe identifi cation varies from 

adopted serials, to locally allocated serials, to construction 

numbers. These are given in the last column of this report, as 

they appear. The most common form is USAF-style, with the 

fi scal year being based on the founding of the ROC (in 1911) 

for indigenous types, like 85-8064. Shortened versions with fi ve 

digits are common too, like 30088. Although sometimes quite 

discretely, most airframes display their identity this way - with 

the F-16 being a notable exemption. 

Operational numbers are the most obvious ones, displayed as 

large four-digit combinations, like 4177. They are given in the 

fi rst column of this report and consist of one or two digits for the 

type, and the remaining as a sequence number. As such, they 

could be considered the successor of the old system. Several 

types actually have operational numbers directly derived from 

serials of the old system, like the T-34. All operational types 

wear these numbers and some prototypes have fi ve or six digits. 

Because of its consistent use (and analogy with the navy 

and army systems, see below) the operational number could be 

considered to be ‘the serial’. However, if the other combination 

worn by most types is to be ‘the code’ as a result, this would 

lead to the situation where a C-130H has serial 1302 and code 

85-0014. This does not seem to make much sense. Therefore, 

it is probably wise not to try and categorize the ROCAF system 

under widely used defi nitions, but to take it as it is. 

The army uses a system similar to that of the air force, with 

three- or four-digit operational numbers, like 615. Here too, airframe 

identifi cation is often adopted from the supplier’s system, 

like FMS serials, and presented in a shortened form, like 31024. 

The navy works exclusively with four-digit numbers, like 2320. 

The fi rst two digits indicate the type (by in-service sequence in 

most cases), the remainder a sequence within the type. Finally, 

the National Airborne Service Corps (NASC), an organisation 

for survey, support and relief, has its own system of character 

and digit combinations: NA- followed by three digits, like 

NA-513. Previously, the National Fire Agency used NFA- plus 

three digits. Its fl eet is now part of the NASC fl eet.

The trip 

In this log, operators for deactivated aircraft are listed as displayed, 

which is not necessarily the actual last operator. Where 

identities of aircraft ‘not read’ are given, these are derived 

from photos or other sources. Registrations or serials between 

brackets are not visible on the aircraft. Many military planes are 

preserved at temples and shrines, where veterans and victims 

of the confl ict with mainland China are honoured. 

For navigation, I used the Asian version of a well-known car 

navigation system, and the Taiwan map for that. With input 

from the Scramble database, books and Internet, targets were 

marked in Google Earth and copied to the nav system. Once 

again, this proved to be very effective. Arrival from Tokyo on 

China Airlines B747 B-18202 was under a low overcast with 

occasional rain. 

Taipei/Taiwan Taoyuan Intl (RCTP) 18 Nov 2009 

B-6030 A320-214 China Eastern 

B-6076 A330-243 Air China 


B-18307 A330-302 China Airlines 

(B-18585) A300B4-220 ex China Airlines derel a/w 

B-18605 B737-809 China Airlines 

B-LDH A300F4-605R Air Hong Kong / DHL 

JA621J B767-346ER JAL 

JA8915 B747-446 JAL Cargo 

RP-C8890 B737-204 Grand Air std 

No extra time was spent here to log numbers. An unidentifi ed 

Falcon jet was seen near the two inactive airframes. 

Chung Cheng Aviation Museum 

The museum marks the airport entrance and is within walking 

distance of the terminals. Everything outside was completely 

covered in a brown primer layer. More on this museum at the 

end of the report. 

Zuntou 18 November 2009 

preserved in Military History Park: 

5195 F-5E 8th TFG (50368) as ‘00368’ 

F-5s show the shortened (5-digit) version of their FMS serial 

as aircraft ID. 

The small park is located literally under Expressway 61, between 

the coast and the international airport, at co-ordinates 

25 05 37N, 121 11 49E. The following drive around Taoyuan 

airbase, where a squadron of S-2Ts is stationed, revealed no 

aircraft at all. This may have to do with crews being on training 

for the P-3, set to replace the venerable Tracker. 


Taipei/Songshan (RCSS) 18 November 2009 

B-15233 DHC-8-311 Uni Air 

B-16823 ERJ190AR Mandarin Airlines 

B-22801 ATR72-212A TransAsia Airways 



B-27011 B757-27A Far Eastern Air Transport 

B-27021 B757-27A Far Eastern Air Transport 

B-28007 MD-83 Far Eastern Air Transport std 






B-68801 BN-2B-26 ROC Aviation 

N703LH G450 

RP-C7251 ATR72-212A Cebu Pacifi c Air 

Of the stored MD-80s, B-28011 has the blue colour scheme. 

There are several spots around this airport for viewing and photography. 

To log these numbers, I used one on the north-west 

side (25 04 16N, 121 32 40E), and a multi-story car park near 

the terminal. I hoped to be able to see the preserved C-47 in the 

military camp from the latter, but that was not the case. 

The drive into Taipei in the rather hectic Taiwanese traffi c was 

quite an adventure, but leaving the city in the dark and rain 

during rush hour was truly exciting. I managed to get out without 

hitting any of the hundreds of mopeds (or anything/anyone 

else), on my way to a relic location that had been hard to fi nd 

on the web - but it turned out to be correct. 

Shulin 18 November 2009 

preserved at Zhong Ling shrine: 

4192 TF-104G nb 63-8465 

F-104s have the FMS or JASDF serial as aircraft ID. 

The stairs of the shrine lead to this Starfi ghter at 25 00 48N, 121 

24 33E. With a tripod, some night shots were possible, while 

the guard never noticed what was going on. Last stop of the day 

was a hotel in Hsinchu. 

Hsinchu (RCPO) 19 November 2009 

5290 F-5E 46th TFS, TTDC 00311 

2051 Mirage 2000-5Di 2nd TFW DI01 






F-5E 5290 of the 46th TFS, based at Taitung, fl ew a target-tow mission from Hsinchu with the local Mirages on 19 November 2009. 

The Tactical Training and Development Center badge on the tail features a ‘locked’ MiG-21 and broken red star.

Hsinchu has a very convenient spotting point near the southern runway end, which even attracts local spotters. Mirage 2000-5Di 2056 

was caught here over the approach lights. (19 November 2009) 

2003 Mirage 2000-5Ei 2nd TFW EI03 









The Mirages wear their Fuselage Number as aircraft identifi cation. 

2nd TFW is also known as 499th TFW. 

preserved at gate, not read: 

6273 F-86A 

(0141) F-100A 53-1655 as ‘0225’ 

4255 F-104A 56-0865 

The weather was still very grey but spotting and taking photos 

in the approach of 05 was relaxed, amidst a group of local enthusiasts. 

Some of them warned me the police might not appreciate 

a foreigner with a camera, but no police showed up. 

The above was seen with a break in between, in which I drove 

to the nearby relic, and the university in Hengshan. The target 

towing F-5 was the afternoon bonus. 

Gukanglang 19 November 2009 

preserved in park: 

4398 F-104G 12th TRG 67-14890 

The small aviation-dedicated park (24 50 10N, 120 56 35E) is 

just north of the base. A friendly local handed out a brochure and 

was clearly very fl attered by having a visitor from far away. 

Hengshan 19 November 2009 

preserved at China University of Science and Technology: 

(2723) B727-109C i/a 

3158 C-119G 51-7971 

F-5E 50318 i/a 

TF-104G 63-13622 i/a 

B-11123 BN-2A-26 

B-11126 BN-2A 

C-119s had the MDAP serial as aircraft identifi cation. 

Some 20km south-east of Hsinchu, Lufthansa Technical Training 

has a branch at this university (24 42 53N, 121 06 50E). 

The three jets are used for instruction (under a roof) while the 

three propeller aircraft seem to be simply on display now. All 

have been given university colours and titles. Again, extremely 


friendly local people gave information and permission for entrance 

and photos. 

Due to deteriorating weather, fl ying at Hsinchu fi nished early, 

leaving time for some more locations. At the army airfi eld of 

Lungtan, several helicopters were airborne, but none of them 

was kind enough to venture outside the perimeter walls. As 

photos were the main objective, I decided not to risk anything 

in an attempt to log numbers. In the town, at 24 52 04N, 121 

13 08E, an F-5 and an army Bell are preserved. Surprisingly, a 

sign says ‘no photography’, which I ignored. 

Lungtan 19 November 2009 


5230 F-5E 8th TFG 61625 

2110 TH-55 General HQ 

The Fan Shu Vocational High School on the west side of town 

is said to have an F-5 and two O-1s, probably inside. A quick 

look in the area did not reveal them. 

Dajia 19 November 2009 

preserved at Ling temple: 

4416 F-104G 11th TFG 62-12349 

4178 TF-104G 11th TFG 61-3082 

The next night would be spent in Taichung. Just north of that 

lies this temple complex on a hill (24 21 31N, 120 38 47E) and 

it was deserted by early evening. The tripod was put into action 

for some long exposures. 

Taichung/Shueinan (RCLG) 20 November 2009 

preserved behind gate, not read: 

0802 XAT-3 71-6002 

The hotel was next to this now closed airport where four quite 

rare airframes used to be preserved, including the XC-2 transport, 

comparable to the CASA 212. Attempts to see them only 

produced a partial view of the AT-3 prototype, behind a western 

gate. In retrospect, the time this took would have been better 

spent at one of the main destinations of this trip: Ching Chuan 

Kang airbase, or ‘CCK’. Here, I expected to see the fi rst Indigenous 

Defense Fighters, a jet solely fl ying in Taiwan. Note that 

below spelling of the airfi eld name is the offi cial transliteration 

by aviation authorities - at this moment. 

Cingcyuangang (RCMQ) 20 November 2009 

1415 # F-CK-1A 7th TFG/3rd TFW 83-8028 

1427 F-CK-1A nn 84-8045 

1435 # F-CK-1A 7th TFG/3rd TFW 84-8053


1449 F-CK-1A 1st TFW 85-8070 

1603 # F-CK-1B 7th TFG/3rd TFW 82-8009 


1612 F-CK-1B 1st TFG, 1st TFW 83-8037 

10006 F-CK-1D AIDC 96-8137 

B-15233 DHC-8-311 Uni Air 



B-17920 MD-90-30 Uni Air 

B-22602 A321-131 TransAsia Airways 

N116FE G200 

F-CK aircraft identifi cation consists of the fi scal year (Taiwan 

calendar), type sequence number 8, and the airframe sequence 

number. 

# red ‘CCK AFB’ fi ntip; 3rd TFW is also known as 427th TFW 

preserved in F-104 Star Fighter Park: 

4147 TF-104G 3rd TFW 61-3030 as ‘61-12236’ 

RF-104G 4301 has been seen placed at this location in front of 

the military gate as well, but had disappeared again. 

The IDFs were already fi nishing their fi rst mission as I arrived. 

The weather had been fair in the city but was now deteriorating. 

The airfi eld’s location on a hill actually gave it much more 

clouds than the lower surroundings. Some photos could be 

made from a spot west of the approach lights (24 14 28N, 120 

37 12E) and locals passing by did not seem to mind me doing 

so. By 10 am the ROCAF stopped fl ying, so I left for another 

round of preserved material. 

Shengang Shiang 20 November 2009 


(5262) F-5E nmks 80037 

This is on the eastern perimeter of CCK, at 24 15 23N, 120 38 

48E. The F-5 was all grey with the tail number showing through 

the paint. 

Chingshui 20 November 2009 

preserved at Chia Yang High School: 

4515 F-104J nn 46-8618 

On the other side of the base, this former JASDF One-O-Four 

can be seen at the school premises from the public road: 24 15 

52N, 120 34 55E. 

Shalu 20 November 2009 

preserved in memorial park: 

4371 F-104G 3rd TFG 63-13249 


A little further south, another ‘Star’ as they are called, is caught 

behind a low fence (24 13 59N, 120 33 52E). 

preserved with AIDC: 

5308 F-5E Tiger 2001 AIDC 810015 

Back along the base perimeter (south side, 24 14 44N, 120 36 

18E) this Tiger in appropriate livery stands behind the gate of 

an AIDC compound. Permisson for a photo was granted immediately. 

I did not ask about the XT-3 that should be preserved 

behind some buildings of the compound. Back on fi nal 36, only 

some civil traffi c came in after which I left for the city. There, 

less than 10km from the fi eld, the weather was still fi ne… 

Taichung 20 November 2009 

preserved in August 23 Campaign Memorial Park: 

5283 F-5E 8th TFG 00304 

4193 TF-104G 48th TFS 63-8467 

At 24 11 14N, 120 41 20E, this duo sits in the park behind low 

fences. A third visit to fi nal at CCK reconfi rmed the only traffi 

c being a few scheduled passenger fl ights. I headed southwest 

to Mount Bagua park, on the hill overlooking the town of 

Changhua. 

Changhua 20 November 2009 

preserved at Bagua Shan: 

(3183) C-119G nb (51-8071) 

5125 F-5E 7th TFG 40982 

4417 F-104G nb 63-13645 

All three are along the park road, with 24 04 46N, 120 33 19E 

being approximately between them. The second C-119 I logged 

on this trip was being repainted, in preparation for the opening 

of ‘the C-119 park’ the next day. By now, it became evident that 

very friendly and welcoming people are the standard in Taiwan, 

and roughly half of them speak English. South of Changhua 

lies Sihu, home town of a former Commander-in-Chief of the 

ROCAF. To his honour, several relics are preserved in a nice 

setting at 23 57 46N, 120 28 25E. 

Sihu 20 November 2009 

preserved in Military Aircraft Park: 

3160 C-119F 103rd AS/10th AG 51-7985 

5140 F-5E 1st TFG 40997 

(0009) F-100F nb (86980) as ‘0011 / 31566’ 

4400 F-104G 42nd TFG 67-22517 

preserved at Lin Chao temple: 

0749 R-CH-1 nn 63-3049 

The aircraft ID of F-100s was usually the shortened version of the 

One of the many fi ghters preserved at places of worship is F-104G 4416. In this case the location is the Ling temple, on a hill overlooking 

the township of Dajia. (19 November 2009)

The nose of F-CK-1A 1452 shows the characters ‘Ching Kuo’ and the dragon of the 28th TFG, while the tail is adorned with a blue 

‘CCK AFB’ band and the 3rd (427th) TFW badge. (Ching Chuan Kang, 21 November 2009) 

MDAP serial. CH-1s are identifi ed like the F-CK, with sequence 

number 3 for the type. 

After putting the tripod to use again in the park, the temple (23 

58 12N, 120 29 34E) was paid a quick visit to see another indigenous 

product. The CH-1 is a turboprop derivative of the T-28. 

Chiayi (RCKU) 21 November 2009 

6636 # F-16A 22nd TFG/4th TFW 

6637 # F-16A 22nd TFG/4th TFW 

6644 F-16A nn 

6645 F-16A nn 

F-16s only wear the operational number in Taiwan while Taiwanese 

F-16s in the US have different markings. They are all 

Block 20 aircraft. 

# yellow ‘22TFG’ fi ntip; 4th TFW is also known as 455th TFW 

The night was spent in Chiayi city, and I left in time for the fi eld 

this Saturday morning. The ROCAF was said to be fl ying on 

weekend mornings as well and indeed, by 8 am the fi rst F-16s 

returned to base. Lulled into a false sense of relaxation by the 

previous experiences, I had chosen a photospot on short fi - 

nal, close to the perimeter wall. After I shot two landings, a 

boyscout-like serviceman appeared and made clear in Chinese 

that photos were not allowed, vigilantly blocking the car with 

his moped. Eventually, I drove off after deleting my photos and 

speaking with his superior, who was very sorry about it all. Obviously, 

I did not leave home with just one CF card so no worries 

there. As Chiayi was not going to work anymore this day, I 

made another dash for CCK, a mere hours’ drive back north. 

Cingcyuangang (RCMQ) 21 November 2009 

0839 AT-3 Fighter Training Group 74-6039* 

0846 AT-3 Fighter Training Group 76-6046* 




1428 % F-CK-1A 28th TFG/3rd TFW 84-8046 






AT-3s follow the indigenous identifi cation system, with sequence 

number 6 for the type. 

# red ‘CCK AFB’ fi ntip; % blue ‘CCK AFB’ fi ntip 


This proved to be the right decision. From a position just east of 

the centreline along the main road, but out of sight, more than 

a dozen IDFs landing on 36 were shot in very nice weather. 

Listed above are the additions to the previous day. A Uni Air 

Dash 8 and Mandarin Embraer fi nished the session by 11:30. 

After that I drove to scenic Jiji, southwest of Taichung at the foot 

of the central mountains. 

Jiji 21 November 2009 


3184 C-119G 103rd AS (52-5844) 

(4506) F-104J nb (36-8565) as ‘4303/62-1225’ 

In this small town surrounded by palms and mountains, these 

two are kept at location 23 49 37N, 120 47 44E. 

Shueili 21 November 2009 


5220 F-5E 8th TFG 60490 

4595 F-104DJ nb 36-5017 

A bit further east, a pair of classic jets overlooks the river at 23 

48 45N, 120 50 56E. Shueili is close to the famous Sun Moon 

Lake, named after the Chinese character that it resembles on 

a map, and I decided to take a look. The drive there was very 

scenic but arriving at the lake itself was disappointing. The tourist 

industry, noteworthy the part that cares for honeymoons, has 

left little of the lakeshore untouched. 

Meishan 21 November 2009 


5182 F-5E nb 50355 

Another small town, north-east of Chiayi, where a Tiger sits in 

the park on a hill (23 34 43N, 120 33 24E). The next stop was 

6km further south. 

Zhu Qi 21 November 2009 


5229 F-5E 1st TFG 61624 

The preserved fi ghter with pitot tube in reach of children that 

is unbent has still to be found in Taiwan. This otherwise wellmaintained 

F-5 is another one overlooking a river from a park. 

Co-ordinates 23 31 30N, 120 32 59E. For the next three nights, 

I settled in a hotel in Kaohsiung, close to the Freeway. 

Tainan (RCNN) 22 November 2009 

MD-80 Far Eastern Air Transport std 

Basic colour scheme, no regi visible.

Preserved behind gate, only 5157 and 9304 read: 

0711 A-CH-1B 65-3011 

5157 F-5E 50330 

6047 F-86F 13394 / F-86047 

9304 O-1G 51-5133 

3343 T-33A 57-0769 / T-33343 

T-33 aircraft identifi cations are seen both as type plus sequence 

number (previous system) and as the MDAP serial. 

As mentioned before, there were expectations of military fl ying 

on Sunday morning as well, but this did not materialize. 

The weather was not too bad but neither Gangshan nor Tainan 

nor Pingtung showed any activity. At Tainan, not even the announced 

passenger fl ight showed up, despite the ‘On Time’ 

on the terminal screens. The collection of relics and a stored 

MD-80 were the only results. Some sources report the MD to be 

the former U-Land B-88899, a different airframe. 

Pingtung North (RCSQ) 22 November 2009 

1314 C-130H nn 93-1314 

2226 S-2T nn 

C-130 airframes are identifi ed by their FMS serial. S-2s currently 

fall under the navy system of four-digit numbers only. 

These two were parked along the connecting taxiway between 

Pingtung North and South, and seen over the wall from the 

road along the western perimeter (22 41 41N, 120 28 00E). 

The dispersals at Pingtung South are home to many interesting 

frames, but it is very hard to get a glimpse of those. It was time 

to visit the country’s largest aviation museum. 

Gangshan (RCAY) 22 November 2009 

ROCAF Museum 

inside: 

053 P-51D 

4413 F-104G 62-12345 

054 PT-17 177332 

The F-104 has many panels removed, to display its inside. 

outside: 

0195 Il-28 PLAAF 

83065 J5C PLAAF 

40208 J6 PLAAF 

40307 J6 PLAAF 

3171 JZ6 PLAAF 

1765 MiG-15bis PLAAF 

2318 MiG-21F-13 Hung AF 

B720-051B 18351 

(045) C-46 C46-045 


C-47B 48806 

3190 C-119F 2nd AS/10th AG (51-8106) 

603 C-123K 10th AG 

3601 Ce310 75859 

0742 A-CH-1B (69-3042) 

DC-6B 43536 

1270 F-5A 97098 

1104 F-5B 69257 

130 F-84G F-84130 / 16657 

(049) F-86F (13283) as ‘F-86408 / 25479’ 

0211 F-100A 31561 

0001 F-100F 63968 

5658 RF-101A 41506 

4241 F-104A 56-0823 # 

4166 F-104D 71-1326 

4344 CF-104 64-17770 # 

9301 O-1A 169305 

5842 PL-1 

214 AT-6 (8501) 

(005) AT-11 AT-11005 

23 T-28A (439808) 

3025 T-33A Fighter Training Group (52-9872) 

T-38A 10804 as ‘3842’ 

1023 HU-16A Air Rescue Group 11023 

2102 S-2A S22102 

2128 S-2E 

# ‘F-104G’ on data block 

The museum truly has a great collection in likewise condition. In 

combination with the now fair weather, this even made shooting 

some slides worthwhile. The public is allowed in on weekends 

and entrance is hassle-free: the gates are open, and that is it. 

Here too, units are listed as on display. Previous observations 

indicated that repainting is done quite regularly and thoroughly 

in Taiwan. Several museum exhibits show evidence of this too. 

While it seems care is taken to preserve aircraft identities, it is 

wise not to take serials for granted. Having said this, the collection 

shows about every known variation of ROCAF serial presentation. 

The defected Chinese jets give an extra thrill to it all. 

Gangshan 22 November 2009 

preserved with Air Force Technical School: 

(1235) F-5A nn 69201 

4177 TF-104G nn 61-3080 

In town, these two (at 22 47 56N, 120 16 54E) were seen over 

the school wall. 

ROCAF Hercs present the aircraft identifi cation in USAF style on the tail, including 'AF' preceding the numbers. For C-130H 1302, 

the result is AF85-0014. (Hualien, 27 November 2009)

All operational AT-3s have the same striking blue, red and white colour scheme. 0851 is about to touch down on Gangshan’s main 

runway, in the hands of a student pilot. (23 November 2009) 

Lujhu 22 November 2009 

preserved at Takosono University: 

4378 F-104G nb 63-13260 

North of the base, this university keeps a One-O-Four on its 

premises at 22 50 30N, 120 15 53E. Students have found an 

easy way out through the fence, which acts as a way in too, for 

those wanting to eye the Zipper… 

Gangshan (RCAY) 23 November 2009 

1906 Beech 1900C-1 Special Transport Sqn UC-06 

0807 AT-3 Fighter Training Group 74-6007 















3403 T-34C-1 Basic Training Group 84003 












Beech 1900s wear a normalised version of the construction 

number as aircraft identifi cation. Turbo Mentors have a fi vedigit 

aircraft ID that does not really seem to fi t into the known 

logic for other types. All AT-3s and T-34s have classic-style serials 

as well, where for example 0807 wears AT-30807 and 3403 

wears T3403. 3437 would crash on 26 January 2010. 

A timely start on Monday led to arriving here around 8 am. Fifteen 

minutes later, the fi rst AT-3s returned home. The chosen 

photo spot, east of the approach lights, was basically OK but 

the otherwise very nice weather was extremely hazy, resulting 

in very low contrast shots. An alternative, as close as possible 

to the action without being too obvious, was found at a small 

cemetary along the road: 22 46 01N, 120 15 43E. Number 


crunchers can probably get away with just logging everything 

from the road, as there is no perimeter wall but a fence here. 

Flying activities were as expected from a training base and before 

11 am the resident types were well-covered on sensor. 

Next was an attempt to catch at least one of the very attractive 

types of Pingtung in action. As there was hardly any wind and 

I had no scanner, it was unclear in which direction the eastwest 

runways were used - if at all. West of the twin airfi eld lies 

mostly open terrain, including a river shore with heavy fl ood 

damage. Some reconnaisance in this now extremely dusty terrain 

produced suitable locations to observe approaches on either 

runway. However, nothing happened, until a distant Hawkeye 

seemed to be in the circuit for runway 26 (North), and an 

even more distant formation of Cobras and Hueys overfl ew 27 

(South). So, I targeted a spot on the base perimeter on fi nal 26, 

and succeeded in fi nding it. Unfortunately, here I met with the 

only not friendly Taiwanese person of the whole trip, as a local 

became outright hostile after he saw me take a ‘digital note’ of 

the Tracker that taxied out (to my great excitement) for departure 

from 26. I decided to leave again, realising that, apart from 

Hsinchu, all stays directly near a perimeter without hiding had 

led to problems. 

Determined to frame the fantastic S-2 on fi nal, I used my own 

‘ELINT’ to fi nd an alternative spot. With the cache of Google 

Earth in the laptop, co-ordinates for a spot on long fi nal were 

found (22 42 11N, 120 30 10E), and the sat nav got me there. 

After an hour of waiting in the now subtropical heat, the efforts 

were rewarded with no less than fi ve approaches by the sharktoothed 

blue monster. Whatever happened next, this trip was 

a success. 


2506 E-2T 2nd Electr. Warfare Sqn 166419 

2206 S-2T nb 

The E-2 is a Hawkeye 2000E. 

E-2s have their former BuNo as aircraft identifcation. 

Linluo 23 November 2009 

preserved in sports park: 

3322 T-33A nb T-33322 

preserved at Yung-Ta Institute: 

5137 F-5E 1st TFG 40994 

Making my way back to Kaohsiung, I harvested these two jets 

just south-east of Pingtung city. The T-33 (with aircraft ID applied 

as ‘T.33322’) stands close to Freeway 3 in the park at 22 

38 16N, 120 32 11E with an attractive colour scheme of silver 

and dayglo. The F-5 sits at a ridiculous location for a fi ghter, 

between apartment buildings at 22 39 14N, 120 31 27E. Nevertheless, 

it can be photographed.

Daliao 23 November 2009 

preserved at Chung-Shan high school: 

5149 F-5E 50322 

Another Tiger, with school badge on the tail, is kept on the court 

of this high school north-east of Kaohsiung airport (22 36 00N, 

120 23 35E). It is not visible from the road but it turned out 

nobody (not even the guard) paid attention to someone driving 

onto the campus, parking and strolling up to the bird, camera in 

hand. Even though it had gotten too late for a visit to the international 

airport now, I returned to the hotel fully satisfi ed. 

Tainan (RCNN) 24 November 2009 

1319 C-130H nb 97-1319 

5274 F-5E 7th TFW 91717 

1444 F-CK-1A 3rd TFG/1st TFW 85-8065 

1457 F-CK-1A 1st TFG, 1st TFW 86-8080 


1460 F-CK-1A 9th TFG, 1st TFW 86-8084 










1494 F-CK-1A nn 88-8126 



1613 F-CK-1B nn 84-8039 


1619 F-CK-1B 9th TFG, 1st TFW 86-8076 


1622 F-CK-1B 3rd TFG/1st TFW 87-8095 


1626 F-CK-1B nn 88-8115 

1628 F-CK-1B 3rd TFG/1st TFW 88-8121 

NA-511 UH-1H NASC * 

B-15231 DHC-8-311 Uni Air 

B-15237 DHC-8-311 Uni Air 

The Huey may have been operating from a helispot near the 

hangars. 1st TFW is also known as 443rd TFW. 

On Sunday, I had found a suitable spot on fi nal 36R (22 55 58N, 

120 12 32E), so I made sure to be there by 8 am this Tuesday. 


Once again, the weather was dull, with low clouds and fog. By 

08:30, the Ching Kuo’s started moving, and a few local spotters 

came to join me. The now familiar questions were asked 

(‘where are you from’ and ‘how did you fi nd this’) and again I 

was warned to remain out of sight with the camera, being a foreigner. 

Flying activity was good despite the weather, by 11 am 

the above had been bagged. Interesting addition to the IDFs 

was another target-towing F-5 from Taitung. As there is little 

variation in shooting straight-in approaches without standing in 

view of the watch towers, I was satisfi ed at that point with what 

I had and eager to get the pics out of reach of security. 

Gueiren 24 November 2009 

preserved at National Cheng Kung University: 

(4514) F-104J nn 46-8616 

(0113) F-100A nn 31610 as ‘0233’ 

East of Tainan airbase and south of Gueiren army airfi eld (22 

56 23N, 120 16 32E), these two Century Fighters can be seen 

from the road. A reported PL-1 was not in sight. 

Nanhua Reservoir 24 November 2009 


3202 C-119F 103rd AS 51-8016 

5128 F-5E TTDC 40985 

4526 F-104J nb 36-8526 

On the edge of the central mountain range, this attractive trio 

is kept around location 23 05 32N, 120 32 04E. The drive there 

and back in ever improving weather produced beautiful views 

of Formosa. After this, I headed south for Pingtung, skipping the 

preserved F-5 near Ligang. 


2505 E-2T-2000 2nd Electr. Warfare Sqn 166418 

The strategy of the day before worked again. A hot and humid 

one-hour wait was rewarded with a landing Hawkeye 2000E. As 

I still had to transfer to Taitung on the east coast, via a mountain 

road close to Taiwan’s southern tip, I had to skip Kaohsiung airport 

again. The mountain crossing proved adventurous indeed, 

and arrival in Taitung followed late enough as it was. 

Taitung/Jhihhang (RCQS) 25 November 2009 


1302 C-130H nb 85-0014 

5281 F-5E 7th TFW 00302 

5285 F-5E 7th TFW 00306 

5287 F-5E 7th TFW 00308 

5289 F-5E 46th TFS, TTDC 00310 

In a scenic setting at the foot of the Nanhua Reservoir dam, C-119F 3202 is one of at least eight preserved Boxcars in Taiwan. Most 

of these are accessible to the public and six were seen during this trip. (24 November 2009)

5291 F-5E 7th TFW 00312 

5294 F-5E 7th TFW 00315 

5314 F-5E nn 30084 

5333 F-5E nn 30103 

5334 F-5E nn 30104 

5263 F-5E 7th TFW 80865 

5265 F-5E 7th TFW 80867 

5267 F-5F 7th TFW 80869 

5275 F-5E 7th TFW 91718 

5400 F-5F 46th TFS, TTDC 30126 

5401 F-5F 12th TRS/5th TFW 30127 

7014 S-70C-1A Air Rescue Sqn 

S-70s do not seem to wear other identifi cation than the operational 

number. 

The Beech has a striking orange colour scheme. The three F-5s 

with unknown unit were seen from the hills west of the base. 

They looked inactive and may be stored. Another trio, reported 

as preserved, was not seen while the S-70 was again spotted 

from the hills. 7th TFW is also known as 737th TFW. 

At 7 am, the alarm I set was followed by the thunderous sound 

of a pair of Tigers, skimming over the hotel on a low approach 

to 04. Before 8 o’clock I managed to get the fi rst of them on 

photo, having chosen a spot out of sight of the base: 22 46 33N, 

121 10 12E. Closer to the fence or on the embankment would 

have been better, but I did not want to risk being in full sight 

of every guard on the southern half of the fi eld. The weather 

was beautiful and it got hot quite rapidly. The above was seen 

in two sessions, with the F-5F from Hualien and the agressors 

of 46th TFS being the best-looking birds. Most jets fl ew two or 

three missions. 

Taitung 25 November 2009 

preserved at Li Jia shrine: 

(4179) TF-104G nmks (61-3083) 

By mid-day, clouds had gathered and fl ying activities decreased, 

so I visited the other local attractions. This ‘Star’ (at 22 48 13N, 

121 03 37E) had been painted grey all-over, hopefully in preparation 

for a new good-looking coat. 

Taitung/Fongnian (RCFN) 25 November 2009 

NA-506 UH-1H NASC 



(B-11112) BN-2A/3-2 Taiwan Airways derel basic c/s 

B-17922 MD-90-30 Uni Air 

B-55565 Do228-212 Daily Air Corporation 

B-55567 Do228-212 Daily Air Corporation 


The civil airport can be approached by car from several sides, 

for a close look at the action. The Trislander used to be in a park 

several years ago, but has since been abandoned at the southwesternmost 

tip of the fi eld. The NASC base is on the northern 

side, and from the beginning of runway 22 (22 45 45N, 121 06 

34E) one has a perfect view of the Hueys, across the runway. 

I commuted back and forth between the two airfi elds another 

time, until darkness set in. 

Taitung/Jhihhang (RCQS) 26 November 2009 


5279 F-5E 46 TFS 00300 

5250 F-5E 7th TFW 70333 

The next day started early again and under a mixture of sunshine 

and clouds, mostly the same jets as the day before made 

many approaches. Although I would have preferred more new 

airframes, it was still good in terms of photography. A short excursion 

to the civil airport produced sunshine shots of a departing 

NASC UH-1. Listed above are the new frames compared 

to the previous day. After 11 am, I began the journey to Hualien 

Since June 2005, Daily Air Corporation operates four Do228s on scheduled fl ights to Taiwan’s off-shore islands. Part of this fl eet can 

be seen several times daily at Taitung-Fongnian, like B-55565 shown here on the evening of 25 November 2009. 

along the beautiful, rugged coastline. An HPR7 Herald, that has 

been preserved at Shualien (some 25km south of Hualien), had 

completely disappeared. The area looks like it has sustained 

considerable typhoon damage. 

In Hualien, the famous Carrefour shopping mall was still there 

as described, with its top parking level closed to cars but open 

to pedestrians. For number crunchers, this is defi nitely a perfect 

spot with a control tower-like view over the base. For photographers, 

the average time for the police to appear and tell you 

what you do is not allowed, is fi fteen minutes. In order to avoid 

that, I scouted some alternatives for the next day, while admiring 

the peculiar layout of this twin base. 

Hualien (RCYU) 27 November 2009 


1302 C-130H nb 85-0014 

5504 RF-5E 12th TRS/5th TFW 30088 

5505 RF-5E 12th TRS/5th TFW 30091 

5408 F-5F 12th TRS/5th TFW 30134 

6718 F-16A 12th TRG/5th TFW 




6688 F-16A 27th TFG/5th TFW 




6710 F-16A 26th TFG/5th TFW

Exquisite F-5 action with long-nosed RF-5E 5505 of the 12th TRS. This aircraft is one of a handful of ROCAF Tigereyes still in operation. 

It is seen here returning to Hualien from the fi rst of its two missions on 27 November 2009. 



6665 F-16A 17th TFG, 5th TFW 







6823 F-16B 26th TFG/5th TFW 

6830 F-16B 12th TRG/5th TFW 

7003 S-70C-1 Rescue Sqn 

2310 S-70CM-1 nb 




The navy S-70 most likely belongs to 701 Air Group. 5th TFW 

is also known as 401st TFW or 401st TCW. 

preserved at gate, not read: 

4375 F-104G 63-13254 

0752 R-CH-1B (70-3052) 

5654 RF-101A 41499 

053 F-86F F-86053 / 55020 

After breakfast, when taking a look at the northern shelter area 

with F-16s starting up (24 01 51N, 121 37 35E), I received a call 

from my contact in Taiwan that he was there. He directed me 

to the insiders’ photo spot for 03(R) approaches, in the eastern 

corner of the local railway triangle: 24 00 18N, 121 36 33E. 

From there, we happily shot the F-16s and other planes coming 

in, with the steep overgrown mountain as a background. 

The weather was cloudy but OK for photos, and by noon the 

last major item on my wish list for this trip got its checkmark: 

two RF-5s returned from their mission. After lunch, the fl ying 

schedule was a repetition of the morning mostly, but that meant 

I got to shoot the Tigereyes again. 

Ji-An 27 November 2009 

instructional airframes at Chung Hwa Vocational High School: 

1116 F-5B 8th TFG 40776 

5123 F-5E 8th TFG 40980 

(237) F-86F nose only, derel 

(4367) F-104G nb (63-13242) 

Identifi cation of the F-86 nose and F-104 needs confi rmation. 

Before leaving Hualien, I drove to this township 7km south-west 

of the base, where three fi ghters are lined up under a roof (23 

58 20N 121 33 29E). A reported TH-55 was not seen, while the 

Sabre nose was at the edge of the sports ground. Afterwards, 


heavy rains again made for an interesting mountainous drive 

north to Yilan, where I spent the night. In Su-ao, F-104 4381 / 

63-13265 is preserved at the Soldier’s Cemetary (24 36 04N 

121 50 01E) but the gates were closed by the time I got there. 

Taipei/Songshan (RCSS) 28 November 2009 


1315 C-130H nn 93-1315 

5001 Fokker 50 Special Transport Sqn (nn) 

5003 Fokker 50 Special Transport Sqn 

NA-102 SA365N1 NASC 


B-17919 MD-90-30 Uni Air 







B-68802 BN-2B-20 GreatWing Airlines 

B-77009 BK117 

ROCAF Fokker 50s do not seem to display a separate aircraft 

identifi cation. 

A second NASC Huey was probably NA-503. 

After visiting my contact’s residence in Taipei, an hour’s stay at 

the city airport added the above to the log of the trip. Opposite 

the military apron is a spot (25 04 13N 121 33 39E) from which 

the view onto that apron is great, even into hangars that may 

be open. Location 25 04 13N 121 32 18E, just in front of the 

threshold of runway 10, is one of the few photo spots for landing 

and departing aircraft. Here, one has a good overview of 

the fi eld and is just out of sight of the airfi eld guards. However, 

passing policemen may happen to see a camera and tell its 

owner to stop using it. Once again, my stay in the open near 

an airfi eld perimeter resulted in such happening, but not before 

several pleasing shots of turboprops and Embraer jets were 

made. 

As time neared to move towards the international airport anyway, 

I left for an intermediate stop at Taoyuan airbase. Once 

again, this produced nothing but a few vantage points close to 

runway 05; no aircraft were seen. A taxiway connects the air 

base to the adjacent airport. The northern part of the taxiway 

is in use as a dead-end road, leading to an accepted spotting 

place along the southern runway of Taoyuan International: 25 

04 04N 121 14 10E. A second visit to the museum showed 

repainting of the exhibits was well underway, with most aircraft 

now wearing bright basic colour schemes. In a photo report

dated January 2010 everything was looking as it should again, 

apart from the ID of the Sabre. The jet is now marked ‘8609 / 

F-86898’, clear proof that museum repaints should be handled 

with care. 

Taipei/Taiwan Taoyuan Intl (RCTP) 28 Nov 2009 

Chung Cheng Aviation Museum, not read: 

B-126 DC-3 Civil Aviation Authority 

0702 XT-CH-1B 63-3002 

1224 F-5A 69183 

(098) F-86F F-86098 / 12894 

0207 F-100A 31550 

5660 RF-101A 41505 

4254 F-104A 60846 

2103 S-2A S22103 

2833 T-28S T-2833 / 13664 

3338 T-33A 57-0532 

1024 HU-16A 11024 

inside: 

N18107 Ce150L 

1108 OH-13H 

There is more inside, including a PL-1B, but these are visible 

from the outside. The Cessna is all white with a ROCAF logo. 

A quick ascent of the museum observation tower did not reveal 

a C-47 that might be stored on the eastern part of Taoyuan 

airbase, and has been reported visible from here. The list below 

sums up what was seen on the operational part of the airport, 

from arriving at the perimeter until departing for Tokyo on 

B-18206 several hours later. 

B-2368 A320-232 China Southern 

B-2377 A320-214 Air China spec c/s 

B-2388 A340-313X Air China 

B-5021 B737-81B China Southern 

B-5178 B737-86N China Airlines spec c/s 

B-5449 B737-808 Hainan Airlines 




B-6355 A321-231 China Southern 

B-16709 B777-35EER EVA Air 

B-17917 MD-90-30 EVA Air 

B-17926 MD-90-30 EVA Air 





B-18801 A340-313X China Airlines 


B-18806 A340-313X China Airlines ‘50 years’ logo 

B-18807 A340-313X China Airlines 


B-HLB A330-342 Cathay Pacifi c 

B-HLD A330-342 Cathay Pacifi c 

B-HSL A320-232 Dragonair 

B-MAL A319-132 Air Macau 

HL7551 A330-322 Korean Air 

HL7754 A330-323E Asiana 

JA613J B767-346ER JAL 

JA614A B767-381ER ANA/Star Alliance 

JA8358 B767-381ER ANA Cargo 

N274WA MD-11F World Airways Cargo 

N718BA B747-4H6(LCF) Boeing 

A330-200 EVA Air: 

B-16302, B-16306, B-16307, B-16308, B-16309 

B747-400 China Airlines: 

B-18206, B-18207, B-18212 

The huge DreamLifter, or Large Cargo Freighter, was parked 

near the Evergreen (EVA) hangars. In another hangar, a 757 in 

basic Titan Airways colours was seen. 

Epilogue 

Despite some challenges, the main objectives of the trip were 

met. Biggest loss was the cancellation of open days, taking 

decent photography of army aviation out of reach, as well as 

variation in composition for photos. The weather was cumbersome 

at times, but this was not unexpected. A trip focused on 

bagging as many airframes as possible should produce at least 

twice the amount of numbers this trip did, in the same amount 

of time. Along the west coast, driving times between airfi elds 

are often just one hour. Visiting bases several times and staying 

close to the fences for shorter periods of time will produce 

impressive logs. 

Taiwan has a simple yet effective toll road system: at strategic 

positions, toll stations are placed on the Freeways, with a fi xed 

charge. For visitors, the easiest option is to buy booklets of 

ten tickets of NT$ 40 each. This comes down to less than one 

euro per toll collect, of which there is usually just one between 

adjacent cities. Rental cars can be reserved via the Internet 

before traveling, but some searching is necessary to obtain a 

good rate. The same goes for hotels, but those can also be 

found without too much trouble while already there. Generally, 

staying in Taiwan is defi nitely not expensive. Finally, it is indeed 

a Beautiful Island, and a good example of East Asian politeness 

and hospitality. 

Wearing AMRAAMs and Sidewinders, Block 20 F-16A 6683 is about to land at Hualien, next to the gloomy mountains. The small 

badge on the intake shows the witch on broomstick of the 26th TFG. (27 November 2009)

Text and pictures: Pieter M. Groenendijk 

and Marco Ferrageau 

Fifty years after its fi rst fl ight, the US Navy fi nally retired the 

last H-3 Sea King. Friday, 11 December, saw the offi cial end of 

operational US Navy use of the UH-3H Sea King. The last three 

Sea Kings in the US Navy inventory, all based at Naval Air Station 

Patuxent River (‘Pax’ for short) for search and rescue missions, 

will be replaced by the SH-60F Sea Hawk. Herewith the 

impressive career of the US Navy Sea King, the helicopter that 

saved many lives during the war in Vietnam, protected fl eets of 

ships, recovered the Apollo astronauts and has fl own the President 

of the United States from 1961 to today, will end. 

Sikorsky Industries started development of a new all-weather 

amphibious helicopter in 1957. The US Navy was in need for 

a strong, reliable, twin-engined helicopter, capable of combining 

numerous roles, including anti-submarine warfare, antiship 

warfare, search and rescue, transport, communications, 

airborne early warning and executive transport. The prototype 

(XHSS-2 147137) fi rst fl ew on 11 March 1959 and after an extensive 

test and evaluation program, the fi rst HSS-2 Sea Kings 

entered service with the US Navy in June 1961. On 18 September 

1962, the designation was changed to SH-3A. A total of 

329 H-3 Sea Kings in fi fteen different variants were delivered 

to the US Navy. In the early 1990’s, 55 SH-3s were converted 

to utility standard (UH-3H). This included removal of all ASW 

equipment; the aircraft were equipped with APN-217 Doppler 

ground velocity sensors, ASN-123 tactical navigation system, 

satellite navigation set (ASN-163), in-fl ight blade inspection 

system and additional troop seating. The UH-3H has a proven 

reliability and safety record and scores 76% mission capability. 

Since 1992, only four aircraft suffered a class A mishap during 

almost 150,000 fl ying hours. Most famous H-3 Sea Kings are 

the ones in use by the US Marines to transport the President 

of the USA. As soon as the President boards the helicopter, 

it is known as ‘Marine One’. Recently, the program for development 

of a new Presidential helicopter to replace the aging 

VH-3D fl eet, the VH-71, was cancelled. Therefore, it looks that 

President Obama has to rely on the old and reliable VH-3D for 

the years to come. 

The search and rescue unit at ‘Pax’ operates the last three UH- 

3Hs. The age of these helicopters is shown by their BuNos 

(148045, 151550 and 154121 of which 154121 will continue to 

serve as it is turned over to Marine Helicopter Squadron One 

(HMX-1) for use as a training and test asset for the Presidential 

‘Legendary US Navy 

workhorse retires’ 

HC-2 operated a single UH-3H out of Naples, Italy until 2005. The UH-3H helicopter provided executive transportation for the Commander 

Sixth Fleet in Naples. (Grazzanise Air Base, October 2003) 


VH-3D fl eet). The unit reports to Naval Facility Patuxent River 

and supports the units stationed at ‘Pax’. “Our primary mission 

is military Search and Rescue, but we also support the United 

States Naval Coast Guard for civilian maritime distress calls 

when available. We are operational 24/365, with varying levels 

of response time. Monday thru Friday from 0700-0700 SAR is 

on a one hour launch alert, expect when fl ight testing operations 

are conducted, then a fi fteen-minute launch alert posture 

is maintained”, tells Lt Matthew LeWare, UH-3H NATOPS Offi 

cer. “We have eight pilots, six rescue swimmers, and four SAR 

medical Technicians on strength. Each day, there is one primary 

SAR helicopter, and one spotted back up ready for launch. SAR 

is allotted 330 fl ight hours each year designated for training 

and post- maintenance check fl ight. Last year, SAR performed 

two actual civilian rescues and responded to four searching requests”, 

LeWare continues. In December, the UH-3H will leave 

the SAR to be replaced by the SH-60F Sea Hawk. 

In 1990, the fi nal Sea King left the Sikorsky factory. Sikorsky in 

the USA has built more than 1,100 military and commercial versions 

of the Sea King. Furthermore, the Sea King was also built 

in Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom and is operated by more 

than twenty countries around the world. Once the Sea King is 

fi nally retired from US Navy service, it will continue to serve for 

years to come. A total of eight SH-3Ds, 22 SH-3Hs and nine 

UH-3Hs are available for Foreign Military Sales. 

Thanks to: Lt Matthew LeWare and Rob Koon, SAR, NAS 

Patuxent River. 

HX-21 had a single H-3 designated as a NVH-3A and was used 

for testing the VH-3 upgrades. It was president Lyndon B. Johnson's 

original helicopter at one time. 

(NAS Patuxent River, May 2006)

Haiti 

Part 1 – the fi rst response 

Wim Sonneveld 

Illustrating the variety of aircraft used in the fi rst response, US Customs and Border Patrol UH-60A 79-23320 is shadowed and sandblasted 

by MV-22B 165843/YS-01 of VMM-162 at Port-au-Prince airport. 

(U.S. Navy, Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Candice Villarreal) 

Haiti, 12 January, 4:53PM, the earth trembled. While the world 

watched in awe, a disaster of unseen proportions unfolded. International 

reaction was swift, but for hundreds of thousands, 

all aid came too late. In this article we try to give an account of 

the aviation scene after the earthquake. Needless to say, it will 

not be complete, as the situation was very chaotic to say the 

least. At the time of the earthquake, the United Nations had a 

mission in the country, known by its French acronym MINUS- 

TAH (Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti). 

As we had already planned an article about the aviation branch 

of this mission, MINUSTAH-aircraft have been omitted from the 

list below and will be dealt with in one of our next editions. Below 

is a rundown in alphabetical order of countries and their military 

aircraft known to have participated in some way in the fi rst 

response. If known, civil aircraft are listed under the respective 

countries whose government or NGO’s chartered them. Ships 

are only mentioned if they have helicopter facilities. The date 

in the right column refers to the date the aircraft was noted in 

Haiti or in the neighbouring Dominican Republic, within a month 

after the disaster. 

Argentina 

Fuerza Aérea Argentina (AF) 

TC-69, TC-70 KC-130H G1TA 13, 16, 24 

As one of the large contributors of troops to MINUSTAH, Argentina 

dispatched two Hercules with supplies and aid workers. 

The Argentinean military already had a mobile hospital in Portau-Prince, 

which treated 1,000 people on the fi rst night and was 

the only hospital in the country operating in the fi rst 24 hours 

after the quake. Due to congestion at Port-au-Prince, one Hercules, 

which also carried supplies from Uruguay, was diverted 

to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. On 24 January, an Argentinean 

C-130 also brought relief goods from Paraguay. 

Austria 

Civil aircraft 

OE-LDD A319-112 Austrian Airlines 

The Austrian government sent a team of logistic experts to aid 

with the massive relief operation. 

Belgium 

Luchtcomponent (AF) 

CA01 A310-222 21smd BAF665 13 

CS-TMT A330-321 21smd 16 

The Belgian government sent an A310 to Haiti with 58 rescue 


workers of the so-called B-FAST team, which was accompanied 

by rescue-workers from Luxembourg. Supplies were brought 

on 16 January with the A330. 

Bermuda 


(1x) B737 American Airlines 28? 

A single donation of $60,000 by an anonymous Bermudian allowed 

the government to hire an American Airlines jet and stuff 

it with water, milk and medical supplies. The aircraft fl ew from 

Miami (FL) to Port-au-Prince. 

Bolivia 

Fuerza Aérea Boliviana (AF) 

CP-2555 DC-10-30F TAB 17,29 

Bolivia is also a MINUSTAH contributor and at least two fl ights 

with a TAB DC-10 were made to Haiti to bring a team of rescue 

workers and 40 tons of supplies. The second fl ight was diverted 

to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 

Brazil (Operação Haiti) 

Força Aérea Brasileira (AF) 

2590 VC-2 GTE 15 

2116 VC-96 GTE 15,19 

2582, 2583, 2592 VC-99B GTE 26,16 

(1x) C-105 15 

2451 C-130 2/1GT 

2458 SC-130 2/1GTT 14 

2467, 2472 C-130 1/1GT 14-04 

2401, 2404 KC-137 2/2GT 15 

Brazil is the lead nation of MINUSTAH and its contingent suffered 

heavy losses during the quake. Five days after the disaster, 

fourteen military fl ights had already been undertaken as the 

Brazilian air force established an air bridge to bring Brazilians 

home and deliver aid workers and supplies. About 1,000 additional 

troops will be added to the Brazilian contingent in the 

country. The aircraft listed are only a very small part of Brazil’s 

massive contribution. Some aircraft had to divert to Santo Domingo, 

Dominican Republic. By 8 February, the Brazilian contingent 

transported 672.5 tons of humanitarian aid goods and 

1,602 passengers. Three C-130s constantly fl ew the round-trip 

via Boa Vista, Brazil, to either Santo Domingo or Port-au-Prince. 

Moreover, the mobile fi eld hospital performed 3,778 medical 

treatments and 108 surgical operations. At least two babies 

were delivered as well! On 19 February, no less than 941.8 ton

and 2,190 passengers had been transported to Port-au-Prince. 

The Brazilian air force also brought aid from Paraguay to Haiti 

with a C-105 on 15 January. 

Comando da Força Aeronaval (NY) 

(1x) UH-12 01 

(1x) UH-14 01 

Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH-550) picked up two Brazilian 

navy helicopters on its way to Haiti in Fortaleza, Brazil on 

29 January. The Brazilian navy also sent landing ships NDCC 

Almirante Saboia (G-25), with about 700 tons of cargo, and 

NDCC Matosso Maia (G-28) among the ships already deployed 

for MINUSTAH. 

Canada (Operation Hestia) 

Canadian Forces (DF) 

12430 CH-124B 12 Wing “Big Dawg” 

130310, 130313 CC-130E 8 Wing 

130320, 130321 CC-130E 8 Wing 

130323, 130324 CC-130E 8 Wing 

130334 CC-130H 8 Wing 13 

144617 CC-144 412sq 24 

146419, 146422 CH-146 424sq CC-177, fl ight 

146439 CH-146 439sq CC-177 

145450 CH-146 439sq fl ight 

146459 +1 CH-146 430sq fl ight, fl ight 

(1x) CC-150 437sq 

177701, 177702 CC-177 429sq 

177703, 177704 CC-177 429sq 17 

Canada has been heavily involved in Haiti in the last two decades 

and again contributes signifi cantly in the relief operations. 

The country focused its efforts on the Jacmel, south of Port-au- 

Prince, which happens to be the place of birth of Canada’s current 

Governor General Michaella Jean, herself a refugee from 

Haiti. From 19 January, fl ights were made possible to Jacmel 

by Canadian troops, where Operation Hestia set up its local 

headquarters. As of 20 January, no less than 1,504 people were 

evacuated to Canada on 17 fl ights. By 21 January, 20 fl ights 

had been made to Haiti, with a large part of Canada’s military 

transport fl eet involved, bringing about 2,000 Canadian troops 

to the area, as well as many supplies. Two CH-146 helicopters 

were brought by CC-177s, the remainder went south under their 

own power on a four day trip. The CH-146 detachment is known 

as the “Quebec Express”. Amongst other assets, the Canadian 

navy sent HMCS Halifax (FFH-330), which provided air traffi c 

control for Jacmel airport, and HMCS Athabaskan (DDH-282), 

with a CH-124 Sea King on board. The ships arrived in Haiti 

on 18 January. Canadian aircraft operate out of Jacmel airport 

since early February. By that time, Canada had one CH-124, 


four CC-130s, one CC-144, six CH-146s, one CC-150 and 

three of its CC-177s assigned to Operation Hestia. 


C-GFUR, C-GHKW A330-343X Air Canada 30 

Many Canadian citizens were in Haiti at the time the earthquake 

struck. Some were brought home by Air Canada aircraft. 

Chile 

Fuerza Aérea de Chile (AF) 

985 B767-3Y0R Grupo 10 14, 21-23 

998 C-130B Grupo 10 18, 21-23 

Chile is another major contributor to MINUSTAH. The country 

was quick to send supplies to its troops as well as aid goods 

and the fi rst aircraft arrived on 14 January. These two aircraft 

are only a fraction of the Chilean effort. The presidential B767 

deviated to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 

China 


B-2461 B747-41BF China Southern 16 

B-6076 A330-243 Air China 

(1x) A340-642 China Eastern 25 

A Boeing 747 was sent with tons of aid supplies and numerous 

rescue workers. It returned home with the bodies of eight Chinese 

policemen that were part of MINUSTAH and were killed in 

the quake. A second medical team arrived in Haiti with an Airbus 

340 of China Eastern on 25 January. 

Colombia 

Fuerza Aérea Colombiana (AF) 

FAC1203 B727-151C CATAM 14 

(2x) C-130 CATAM 

Like many other countries, Colombian sent rescue workers as 

well as supplies to Haiti. Moreover, it contracted USAF C-17A 

(serial 05-5141) to bring supplies to Port-au-Prince, and set 

up an air-hub at Barranquilla airport in northern Colombia to 

facilitate aid fl ights from South America heading for Haiti. Other 

airports that received international aid fl ights bound for Haiti 

were Bogota, Cali and San Andres. The navy sent supply ship 

ARC Buenaventura (BL-162) with supplies on January 27. The 

ship arrived in Port-au-Prince on 3 February, but it is unknown 

if it carried a helicopter. 

Costa Rica 

Costa Rica sent a team of 55 rescue personnel. Due to the 

heavy air traffi c, the team, comprised of fi re-fi ghters, doctors, 

police offi cers, and Red Cross paramedics had to land in the 

Dominican Republic and was later brought to Port-au-Prince by 

an American military aircraft. 

Colombia is one of many Latin American countries that responded quickly to the Haitian catastrophe. This Boeing 727 made at least 

four fl ights to Haiti, along with two different Colombian C-130s. 

(FAC1203, Boeing 727-151C, CATAM, Bogota, 7 February 2010, Javier Franco Topper)

The island of Martinique, French West Indies, played a pivotal role in French relief efforts. Not only did it act as an air-hub, the Air 

Force unit based on the island also provided assets, like this Puma helicopter that was used to evacuate French embassy personnel. 

It was seen on its way back to Martinique from Haiti. 

(1316/AG, SA330B, EHOM 00.058, Grand Case-L’Esperance, St.Martin, French West Indies, 25 January 2010, Wim Sonneveld) 

Cuba 


CU-C1515 Il-18GrM Aerocaribbean 14,21 

CU-T1512 ATR42-300 Aerocaribbean 26 

Haiti’s neighbour sent medical personnel to Port-au-Prince with 

an Ilyushin 18. It was nicely parked between to USAF Herks on 

the tarmac.... In an unprecedented move, Cuba opened its airspace 

to US military fl ights heading for Haiti, thus signifi cantly 

cutting fl ight times from the US. The US naval base at Guantanamo 

Bay is used as u hub by the US Navy and US Coast 

Guard in relief efforts. 

Dominican Republic 

Fuerza Aérea Dominicana (AF) 

3029 AS365N Eslla Presidencial 

3055 Bell 206A-1 Esc de Rescate 

3500, 3501 C212-400 Esc de Transporte 

3035 UH-1H Esc de Rescate 

3062, 3065 UH-1H-II Esc de Rescate 

3066, 3068 +1 UH-1H-II Esc de Rescate 

The only country sharing a land-border with Haiti, the Dominican 

Republic was heavily involved in the disaster response operation 

from the early start. The airfi elds of Barahona, La Isabela, 

Las Americas, San Isidro and Santiago received many relief 

fl ights due to congestion at Port-au-Prince airport. The country 

deployed about every operational fl ying asset in its inventory 

to assist its stricken neighbour, which included about fourteen 

military helicopters and nineteen aircraft, both military and civil. 

The Dominican President loaned its personal helicopter to fl y 

around high-ranking offi cials, and six Hueys were deployed. 

Ejército Nacional (AR) 

(?x) OH-58C 1er ECA 

Ecuador 

Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana (AF) 

FAE894 C-130B Esc1111 13,29 

A modest contributor to MINUSTAH, Ecuador deployed a Hercules 

to assist in the disaster relief operation. Its President went 


to Haiti on board of the Hercules on 29 January, to welcome 

the search and rescue team home, comprising members of the 

Quito Fire Department, Red Cross, police, and Ecuadorean 

military. 


HC-CFY B737-200F Icaro 13 

An Icaro aircraft was brought in with fi ve tons of food supplies 

and to evacuate Ecuadorean nationals from the country. 

El Salvador 

Fuerza Aérea Salvadoreña (AF) 

YS-08N IAI202 Esc de Transporte 15 

Eight fi re-fi ghters, four Red Cross workers and a specially 

trained rescue dog were packed in one of the more exotic assets 

that visited Port-au-Prince, an Arava of the Salvadoran air 

force. Later, about 37 tons of relief goods were shipped from 

El Salvador. 

Finland 


OH-LGB MD-11 Finnair 21 

UR-78785 Il-76TD Yumashavia 16 

The Finnish government and relief organizations hired these 

aircraft to transport supplies to the Caribbean. 

France (Opération Séisme Haiti 2010) 

Armée de l’Air (AF) 

422/F-RADB A310-304 ET03.060 

4589/61-PN C-130H ET02.061 

5140-61-PD C-130H-30 ET02.061 26 

129/62-IL, 137/62-IN CN235M-200 ET01.062 

141/62-IO, 165/62-IT CN235M-200 ET01.062 

1316/AG SA330B EHOM00.058 till 25 

The former colonial motherland of Haiti, France responded very 

quick to the disaster. About 70 fi re-and-rescue workers from 

the Sécurité Sivile, doctors and a gendarmerie unit had landed 

in Port-au-Prince within about 24 hours after the earthquake. 

France set up an air-hub at Martinique, French West Indies,

with three CN235s, two Hercules and one Airbus 310. As of 19 

January, 400 personnel, mostly police and civil rescue personnel, 

and 48 tons of freight were delivered by the mission. About 

500 French and European nationals had been evacuated by 

that date. A Puma of the local Martinique unit EHOM 00.058 

was sent to evacuate French citizens from the embassy. It 

made its trip under its own power, stopping at many Caribbean 

islands. It was noted on St.Martin, French West Indies, on 25 

January, on its way back to Martinique. 

Armée de Terre (AR) 

1189/DAT +1 SA330Ba 3RHC 24 

1131/CQG +1 SA341F 3RHC 24 

Two ALAT Pumas and two ALAT Gazelles were sent on board 

of FNS Siroco (L9012), an amphibious assault ship which was 

sailing near Senegal when it was directed to set sail to Haiti. 

Two Cougars that were on board were off-loaded in Martinique, 

these were 2299/CGK and 2336/CGV. FNS Siroco arrived in 

Haiti on 24 January. Also, FNS Francis Garnier (L9031) set sail 

from Fort-de-France, Martinique, but no helicopters were on 

board. It arrived in Haiti on 20 January from Martinique. About 

600 French troops were involved in relief operations by the end 

of January. 

Sécurité Civile (GV) 

F-ZBMC/73 DHC-8-402MR Securité Civile 

9030/F-ZBPP EC145 Securité Civile till 26 

A Securité Civile EC145 was rapidly deployed from Martinique 

under its own power to assist in evacuation efforts. The Dash 

8 brought rescue teams and was temporarily added to the air 

force detachment at Martinique. The EC145 made its way back 

to Matinique on 26 January, stopping at Aguadilla (PR). 


F-HBOY A310-325 Blue Line 16 

To evacuate French citizens, Blue Line came to the rescue. 

Georgia 

A special fl ight was coordinated to carry 40 tons of supplies and 

ten rescuers from the Georgian Government. It is not clear if it 

actually arrived in Haiti, as it ran into logistic problems. 

Germany 

Luftwaffe (AF) 

10+ A310 FBS BMVg 

The Airbus was noted at San Isidro, Dominican Republic. 


RA-76846 Il-76TD Aviacon Zitotrans 24 

4L-SKL Il-76TD Sky Georgia 

Air Berlin was the main contractor to supply German aid to 

Haiti, although no particular aircraft could be identifi ed. 

Greece 


SX-TIB B747-230B Hellenic Imperial 

The Foreign Ministry sent a team of 25 healthcare professionals, 

nurses, rescuers as well as Hellenic Aid offi cials and rescue 

workers, along with pharmaceutical supplies. 

Guatemala 

Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca (AF) 

530 BT-67 Esc de Transporte 14 

The Guatemalan government, which is already involved in Haiti 

with a contingent military personnel as part of MINUSTAH, sent 

a classic Basler BT-67 with rescue workers. 

Honduras 

Government offi cials organized a mission of 15 fi refi ghters, 

15 rescue workers, and a team of medics that departed on 14 

January and were probably fl own by a US military aircraft. 

Iceland 


TF-FIR B757-256 Iceland Air 14 

Despite its fi nancial issues, the Government of Iceland did not 

hesitate to send its 37 member International Crisis Response 

Unit, the members of which are specially trained in wreckage 

search and rescue. The team’s equipment weighed ten tons, 

as well as three tons of water, high tech telecommunications 

equipment and water purifi cation equipment. The aircraft fuel 


stopped at Boston (MA) on its way to Port-au-Prince. 

Indonesia 


PK-LHF B747-412 Lion Air 21 

Aid provided by the Indonesian government consists of a team 

of 30 medical personnel including surgeons, a 10-member SAR 

team, and 35 construction experts, as well as 15 tons of supplies. 

The aircraft was diverted to Santo Domingo, Dominican 

Republic. 

Iran 

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Air Force (AF) 

15-2283 Il-76TD IRGCAF 17 

An all-white Il-76 was loaded with consumables and goods such 

as tents, washing powder, sugar, canned food, kitchen utensils 

and departed for Caracas-Maiquetia, Venezuela. It fl ew to the 

Caribbean island one day later, with about 30 doctors, relief 

workers and a fi eld hospital on board. 

Israel 


(1x) B747 El Al 14 

4X-ECB, 4X-ECD B777-258ER El Al 14,30 

The IDF ferried no less 220 doctors and rescue workers, equipment 

and a fi eld hospital, including operating rooms, intensive 

care units and X-ray equipment to Haiti with these two aircraft. 

It set up a satellite communications room with phone and wireless 

internet access, and video conference systems so surgeons 

working in the fi eld hospital could contact medical experts 

back in Israel. The Israeli police sent dozens of offi cers to 

join MINUSTAH-forces after a UN request to do so. The rescue 

workers fl ew home on 30 January. 

Italy (Operazione White Crane) 

Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AF) 

(1x) A319 306°Gruppo TS 22 

MM62175/46-40 C-130J 2°Gruppo TM 

Italy deployed only a few air force assets, starting with a Hercules 

on 14 January, with 20 surgeons, some soldiers, some 

civil protection offi cers, and a fi eld hospital. 

Marina Militare Italiana (NY) 

MM81493/2-14 EH101-410UTY Grupelicot 1 01 

MM81494/2-15 EH101-410UTY Grupelicot 1 01 

MM5007N/6-05 SH-3D Grupelicot 4 01 

MM5022N/6-21 SH-3D Grupelicot 3 01 

MM5026N/6-25 +1 SH-3D Grupelicot 3 01 

Italy’s newest aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH-550) left La 

Spezia on 19 January for Haiti, after being called to duty on 14 

January. Helicopters found on board were four SH-3Ds and two 

EH101s. It arrived in Fortaleza, Brazil, and picked up Brazilian 

equipment, personnel and two Brazilian navy helicopters on 

29 January. Puerto Caucedo, near Santo Domingo, Dominican 

Republic, was the next stop and on 1 February, the land 

element disembarked here. On 6 February, Cavour arrived in 

Port-au-Prince. Within two days after its arrival, 25 fl ights of the 

Brazilian and Italian helicopters had been made already. 


N746CK B747-246F Kalitta 18 

The aircraft fl ew out of Pisa, Italy, with aid and relief goods. 

Jamaica 


(2x) Airbus Air Jamaica 15 

Haiti’s neighbour from overseas sent two aircraft to Port-au- 

Prince to evacuate Jamaican nationals and bring in rescue 

teams. 

Japan 

Nihon Koku-Jieitai (AF) 

75-1077, 95-1081 C-130H 401 Hikotai 17 

A unknown number of JASDF Hercules took the Pacifi c route 

to reach Haiti, via the US states of Arizona and Florida. The aircraft 

were temporarily deployed at Homestead ARB (FL) to assist 

the US Air Force in fl ying aid to Haiti. One of the call-signs 

heard was Japanese Air Force 401. Japan sent about 100 aid 

workers to Haiti and offered troops as well.

Jordan 

al Quwwat al-Jawwiya Almalakiya al-Urduniya (AF) 

344 C-130H 3sq 14 

(1x) C-130H 3sq 15 

Jordan is one of the major contributors of military personnel to 

MINUSTAH. Five of its countrymen perished in the earthquake 

and were brought home with the fi rst Hercules, which made a 

stop at San Juan (PR). It brought a fi eld hospital and medical 

supplies to Haiti. A second C-130 carrying Jordanian medics 

and medical equipment headed to Haiti on 15 January. 

Kuwait 


(1x) aircraft 01 

(1x) aircraft 06 

Two aircraft were charted by the Emirate with supplies worth 

more than $3.5mln. The second batch of Kuwaiti relief supplies 

arrived in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on 6 February 

with 30 tons of tents; the fi rst plane-load carried 50 tons of 

tents. 

Lebanon 


OD-MEC A330-243 MEA 19 

Lebanon sent an aircraft loaded with 25 tons of tents and 3 

tons of medicines, vaccines and other medical supplies on 19 

January. 

Libya 


(1x) Il-76 Libyan Arab Cargo 19 

One Il-76 reportedly left Tripoli-Mitiga with relief goods for Haiti 

on 19 January. The shipment was accompanied by Libyan rescue 

and medical teams that provided rescue and medical assistance 

to victims of the earthquake. The Libyans established 

a fi eld hospital and pledged other aid. 

Mexico 

Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (AF) 

3504 B727-14F EA.302 18 

3616, 3617 C-130K-30 EA.302 16 

3611 L-100-30 EA.302 26 

Mexico was one of the countries to respond quickly by sending 

aircraft with search teams and relief goods. The air force 

quickly sent two Hercules and one Boeing 727. 


Armada de México – Fuerza Aeronaval (NY) 

AMHP-15. AS565MB Armada 20 

AMT-250, AMT-251 C295M Armada 14,15,18 

AMT-230 DHC-8Q-202 Armada 14,16,18 

AMHT-223 Mi-8MTV-1 Armada 

The navy had made seven fl ights to Haiti by 22 January with 

its two C295s and Dash 8. Supply ship ARM Huasteco (AMP- 

01) with one AS565MB Panther on board arrived in Haiti on 20 

January, whilst landing ship ARM Papaloapan (A411) with at 

least one Mi-8MTV-1 left Tampico on 22 January. Another supply 

shipt, ARM Zapoteco (AMP-02), set sail 31 January from 

Acapulco, followed by landing ship ARM Usumacinta (A412) 

on 1 February. The ships brought supplies from several Central 

American countries as well. By 6 February, 16 fl ights were 

made in total by the air force and navy. 

NATO 

NAEWF &SAC 

02, 03 C-17A HAW 18,02, 21 

LX-N….. B707TCA NAEWF 27 

Three fl ights were made by NATO C-17s to Haiti. The fi rst one, 

on 18 January, delivered aid workers from Sweden and equipment 

from Estonia, Finland, Denmark and Norway. A second 

load of supplies was delivered on 21 January. The third fl ight 

was carried out on 02 February, for which Bulgaria sent about 

1.5 tons of army supplies with a Bulgarian air force aircraft to 

Papa AB, Hungary. Here it was loaded in a C-17, and added 

to supplies coming from Orebro, Sweden. A NATO B707TCA 

left Geilenkirchen, Germany, for Haiti on 27 January to deliver 

a Danish humanitarian relief camp module. The camp hosts 

around 100 relief workers from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, 

Finland and Estonia. 

Netherlands 

Koninklijke Luchtmacht (AF) 

T-235 KDC-10 334sq 14,22 

The RNLAF sent a KDC-10 to Haiti, but the aircraft could not 

land at the busy Port-au-Prince airport and diverted to Curacao- 

Hato, Netherlands Antilles, instead. 


N406WA C-54G Florida Air Tran. 15,21 

PH-CKB B747-406ER KLM 28 

PH-MPR B747-412 Martinair Cargo 

PJ-MDC MD-82 Insel Air 15 

The Royal Netherlands Air Force KDC-10 T-235 was one of many aircraft that could not land due to limited capacity at Port-au-Prince 

airport. Its crew opted to divert to Curacao-Hato (Dutch Caribbean) and saw their cargo being transferred to a number of other aircraft 

for onward shipment to Haiti, like this DC-4. (N406WA, C-54G, Florida Air Transport, Hato, 15 January 2010, Felix Martina)

Airfi elds in southern Florida have been used heavily in the Haiti air bridge. Fort Lauderdale, Homestead ARB and Miami saw many 

disaster relief fl ights. The West Virginia Air Guard also took part in the operation and one of its Herks can be seen here on fi nals for 

Miami. (94-6708, C-130H, 130th AS, WV ANG, Miami, 9 February 2010, Niels Borcharding) 

The cargo of the KDC-10 was transferred to an Insel Air MD-83, 

which fl ew to Haiti with aid of the Government of the Netherlands 

Antilles twice on 15 January. The remainder of the rescue 

team headed to Haiti on board of the Florida Air Transport 

C-54G, which was contracted by other (international) organizations 

during the fi rst weeks after the earthquake as well. Late 

January, a KLM Cargo 747 fl ew to Haiti for Martinair. The C-54 

and KDC-10 also brought the search team home again. 

Nicaragua 

Fuerza Aérea – Ejército de Nicaragua (AF) 

160 An-26B Esc de Transporte 15 

Itself one of the poorest countries in the Western hemisphere, 

Nicaragua responded fast and sent a team comprising of 31 

doctors and rescue workers using an An-26. 

Panama 

Servicio Nacional Aeronaval (CG) 

HP-1A ERJ135BJ EsllaPres 24 

The new Panamanian presidential toy was dispatched to Haiti, 

after only a few days in service. It carried rescuers and other 

personnel of the Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil (SINPA- 

PROC), the Panamanian equivalent of the civil security. 


HP-1653CTW B727-277 Panair Cargo 

On the 16 January, about 40 tons of relief goods left Panama 

for Haiti, both by air and ship. 

Peru 

Fuerza Aérea del Perú (AF) 

352 B737-282 Grupo 8 14 

356 B737-586 Grupo 8 14 

397 L-100-20 Grupo 8 14 

Peruvian personnel are part of the MINUSTAH-force and not 

surprisingly, the country dispatched several aircraft in support 

of relief efforts. An urban search and rescue team, 54 ton of 

goods, medics and an offi cial delegation were fl own in. Only 

B737 352 was able to land in Port-au-Prince, the other two 

aircraft were initially diverted to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 

Total Peruvian aid has mounted to over 100 tons. 

Poland 

Sily Powietrzne (AF) 

101 Tu-154M 36.SPLT 15 

A Polish rescue team of fi fty rescue workers, four tonnes of 

equipment and ten search dogs fl ew with this Tupolev to the 


Caribbean. The aircraft short-stopped at San Juan, PR, on its 

way back to Poland. 

Portugal 

Força Aérea Portuguesa (AF) 

16806 C-130H-30 Esq501 17 

The Portuguese effort was hindered by serviceability problems 

with the Hercules. The aircraft arrived in the area on 17 January, 

with 32 members of the Protecção Civil and about ten tons 

of aid on board. It fl ew to Caracas, Venezuela, afterwards, to 

transfer goods brought by TAP to Haiti. 


(1x) A320 TAP 18 

TAP shipped supplies to Venezuela on its regular fl ights to Caracas, 

and also fl ew directly to Haiti with one of its A320s. 

Qatar 

Qatar Emiri Air Force (AF) 

A7-MAB/MAB C-17A Transport Sq 15 

The “coloured one” was noted on the Port-au-Prince tarmac a 

few days after disaster struck, delivering 50 tons of aid, and a 

team, including 26 members from the Qatari armed forces, the 

internal security force (Lekhwiya), police forces, and the Hamad 

Medical Corporation. It fuel-stopped at Seville, Spain. 

RSS 

Regional Security System (DF) 

RSS-A1 C-26A RSS Air Wing 15 

The Regional Security System, a security pact of small Eastern 

Caribbean states, sent one of its Metros to evacuate nationals 

and bring security offi cers. 

Russia 


RA-82028 An-124-100 Russian AF 19 

One An-124 was noted at Lajes, Azores, on its way to Haiti with 

an unknown load. It also made a stop at Caracas-Maiquetia, 

Venezuela. 

MNS Rossii (GV) 

(1x) BK117 MChS Rossii 14 

RA-76362 Il-76TD MChS Rossii 15 

RA-76845 +2 Il-76TD MChS Rossii 15 

The Russian Ministry of Interior sent four Ilyushins with fi eld 

hospitals and rescue workers; the two identifi ed aircraft had 

to divert to Caracas and eventually landed in Santo Domingo,

Dominican Republic. One of the Ilyushins also brought a BK117 

helicopter, which made aerial reconnaissance fl ights and airlifted 

gravely wounded people from hard-to-access areas. 

South Africa 


ZS-PAL DC-9-34F Poebus Appollo Avn 15 

ZS-JIS, ZS-JIV L-100-30 Safair 26, 27 

South African aircraft made stops in Brazil and Suriname on 

their way to Haiti. The DC-9 carried about 40 rescue workers, 

dogs and rescue equipment. 

Spain (Operación Hispaniola) 

Ejército del Aire (AF) 

T.22-1/45-50 A310-304 Esc 451 15 

T.17-3/47-03 B707-368C Esc 471 15 

T.10-4/31-04 C-130H Ala 31 15 

TL10-01/31-01 C-130H-30 Ala 31 15 

Spain quickly sent about fi ve aircraft, with rescue workers and 

relief goods to Haiti, most of which ended up in Santo Domingo, 

Dominican Republic. The Airbus however, was able to land and 

off-load at Port-au-Prince, and picked-up Spanish evacuees as 

well. Many more fl ights were made after those fi rst days. 

Armada (NY) 

HA.18-3/01-307 +2 AB212ASW Eslla 003 04 

HS.9-15/01-515 SH-3H Eslla 005 04 

On 22 January, SPS Castilla (L52), a amphibious transport 

ship, left Rota for Haiti with hundreds of marines and sailors 

and four helicopters on board. It arrived in Petit Goave, Haiti, 

on 4 February, to assist with constructing water plants, medical 

treatment etc. 


UR-CAG An-12BK Meridian 15 

9G-AXA DC-8-63F Air Charter Express 29 

The Antonov was chartered by the Spanish Red Cross and 

loaded at Torrejon, the DC-8 departed from Malaga. 

Switzerland 


(1x) B747 24 

HB-JR. CL-604 REGA 13 

EW-78843 Il-76TD Trans Avia Export 

A Swiss medical team left Zurich within ten hours after the 

disaster. The Humanitarian Aid of the Swiss Confederation 

dispatched two cargo aircraft to the earthquake zone with 


aid goods including three months’ basic medical supplies for 

20,000 people, essential surgical equipment, bandages, an 

emergency operating theatre, ten tons multi-purpose tarpaulins 

for emergency shelters, tents, 2,000 family kitchen sets, 

8,300 water canisters, 12 water reservoirs including pumps and 

distributors etc. The Ilyushin fl ew from both Geneva and Zurich. 

The unidentifi ed Boeing 747 carried out a third Swiss fl ight with 

95 tons of relief goods. 

Syria 

The Syrian President announced one aircraft would be sent with 

about 30 tons of food, tents, and clothes. 

Taiwan 

Chung-Hua Kong Jun (AF) 

1314 C-130H 6th T/EWW 

The Republic of China (ROC) sent a Hercules via the Pacifi c 

route. It made three stops in the United States en route to the 

disaster zone. The ROC national insignia on the plane were 

blacked out, to avoid political controversy with countries that 

do not have diplomatic ties with the ROC. However, the crew 

members planted a national fl ag outside the cabin upon its arrival 

at San Isidro, Dominican Republic. 



Relief goods were fl own in with a Boeing 747, maybe to avoid 

further controversy… 

Thailand 


(1x) B747-300F Thai fl ight 9S888 02 

After a very slow start, the Thai Government came under heavy 

criticism from its own people, who had not forgotten about the 

tsunami relief they received back in 2004 and 2005. Faced 

with criticism, the Government hired a Boeing 747 and loaded 

it with about 100 tons of its number one export product, rice. 

The aircraft reached Port-au-Prince after a travel time of about 

36 hours. 

Turkey 

Türk Hava Kuvvetleri (AF) 

63-13186, 63-13187 C-130E 222 fi lo 

71-1468, 73-0991 +1 C-130E 222 fi lo 

Five Turkish Hercules carried a mobile hospital, two check-up 

devices, a 20-member relief team, and 10 tons of medicine and 

medical equipment. 

The United States deployed a large part of its transport fl eet in the aftermath of the quake, calling in numerous Air National Guard 

units. Among the specialized aircraft used was this EC-130J Commando Solo, which fl ew daylight broadcasting missions in Creole to 

provide information to Haitian people. (00-1934, EC-130J, 193rd SOS, PA ANG, San Juan (PR), 29 January 2010, Wim Sonneveld)



UR-BXQ Il-76TD Maximus Air Cargo 

The Emirates hired several UAE-based air cargo companies 

to deliver aid, like Maximus Air Cargo, shipping hundreds of 

tons of relief goods and a fi eld hospital. UAE-based donor organizations 

have contributed $7.17 million to Haiti relief efforts, 

according to the UAE Offi ce for the Coordination of Foreign Aid 

(OCFA). UAE Red Crescent set up a mobile hospital staffed 

with about 15 volunteer doctors and equipped with the latest 

medical and surgical equipment. 


Royal Air Force (AF) 

(1x) Hercules LTW 

One Operational Liaison and Reconnaissance Team (OLRT) 

has been deployed with a Hercules, using two Land Rovers and 

stores for 30 days. It is used to link into and liaise with those 

already deployed on the ground and to provide a military view 

of what else might be required to inform the development of 

options for further consideration. The Royal Navy sent amphibious 

landing ship RFA Largs Bay (L3006) to Haiti on 3 February, 

after a UN request. The ship has the capacity to receive large 

helicopters and MV-22 Ospreys, although it seems to have left 

without any helicopters on board. 


G-GSSC B747-47UF Global Supply Syst. 22 

N715CK B747-209B Kalitta 29 

(1x) B747 British Airways 16 

(1x) B747 Virgin Atlantic 

A British Airways Boeing 747 with capacity for up to 50 tons of 

cargo was fl own on 16 January, crewed by volunteer British 

Airways pilots and cabin crew. Most British aid was delivered by 

chartered civil aircraft, of which only few could be identifi ed. 

United States (Operation Unifi ed Response) 

Operation Unifi ed Response is the name of the US military’s 

response to the earthquake. The mission is conducted by Joint 

Task Force Haiti under USSOUTHCOM. Lieutenant General 

Ken Keen, deputy commander of USSOUTHCOM and commanding 

general of Joint Task Force Haiti, commands the mission. 

General Keen happened to be in Haiti at the US Embassy 

when the earthquake struck on 12 January, for an offi cial meeting 

with Haitian defense and security counterparts, but he remained 

unscathed. Below is a summary of the aviation assets 

deployed as part of Operation Unifi ed Response until 19 February. 

The list is not complete, but it gives a detailed view of the 

massive US military response to the disaster. By that date, Joint 

Task Force Haiti still had 60 aircraft and helicopters deployed in 

Haiti, as well as ships with helicopter capabilities. 


United States Air Force 

C-5B 

87-0028 C-5B 22nd AS 

The only Galaxy known to have operated in support of Haiti 

operations brought Predator UAVs to Aguadilla (PR). 

C-17A 

93-0600, 98-0055 C-17A 62nd AW 

99-0060, 99-0165 C-17A 62nd AW 

00-0177, 00-0184 C-17A 62nd AW 

02-1107, 03-3120 C-17A 62nd AW 

97-0044, 97-0045 C-17A 437th AW 

97-0046, 01-0194 C-17A 437th AW 

02-1098, 02-1099 C-17A 437th AW 

03-3124, 07-7180 C-17A 437th AW 

08-8191 C-17A 437th AW 

06-6167, 07-7177 C-17A 3rd AS 

06-6156, 06-6157 C-17A 21st AS 

06-6159, 06-6163 C-17A 21st AS 

99-0059, 99-0063 C-17A 58th AS 

03-3113, 03-3117 C-17A 183rd AS MS ANG 

03-3119 C-17A 183rd AS MS ANG 

00-0171/AK C-17A 517th AS 

05-5148, 05-5152 C-17A 535th AS “HH” 

05-5139, 05-5140 C-17A 729th AS AFRC 

05-5141 C-17A 729th AS AFRC 

The C-17 proved its worth again, aircraft were drawn from about 

every unit to support operation Unifi ed Response. Aircraft 03- 

3124 carried out the fi rst air droppings after the earthquake, 

which were later halted. The type made many visits to Port-au- 

Prince and it proved impossible to list all dates here. Well, the 

list is most probably not complete anyway… 

C-32A 

99-0004 C-32A 99th AS 16 

This C-32A brought US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. 

C-130 

62-1787 C-130E 154th TS AR ANG 

63-7815 C-130E 1st SOW 

64-0514 C-130E 198th AS PR ANG 

64-0515 +4 C-130E 198th AS PR ANG 

66-0217 MC-130P 9th SOS 

74-1667 C-130H 39th AS 

74-1669 C-130H 40th AS 

74-1671 C-130H 40th AS 

82-0054 C-130H 144th AS AK ANG 

85-0036 C-130H 357th AS AFRC 

87-0125 MC-130H 15th SOS 

87-9286 MC-130W 73rd SOS 

88-4403 C-130H 95th AS AFRC 

88-4404 C-130H 95th AS AFRC 

90-1796 C-130H 164th AS OH ANG 

90-1797 +1 C-130H 164th AS OH ANG 

90-9107 C-130H 757th AS AFRC 

90-9108 C-130H 757th AS AFRC 

(3x) C-130H 165th AS KY ANG 

91-1653 C-130H 187th AS WY ANG 

91-9142 +1 C-130H 96th AS NY ANG 

92-0551 C-130H 50th AS 

92-1451 C-130H 169th AS IL ANG 

94-6708 C-130H 130th AS WV ANG 

94-7316 C-130H 731st AS AFRC 

94-7318 C-130H 731st AS AFRC 

96-1003 C-130H 109th AS MN ANG 

96-1004 C-130H 109th AS MN ANG 

96-7322 C-130H 731st AS AFRC 

96-8153 C-130J 193rd SOS PA ANG 

97-1931 EC-130J 193rd SOS PA ANG 

98-1357 C-130J 135th AS MD ANG 



05-3147 C-130J-30 48th AS 

06-4634 C-130J-30 41st AS 

07-46312 C-130J-30 41st AS 

(2x) C-130J 143rd AS RI ANG 

The Hercules work force was heavily involved in operation Uni-

Interestingly, the USAF deployed a fl ock of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to a civil airport for the fi rst time, to build-up situational 

awareness for troops on the ground in Haiti. Here, a brand new, yet unmarked Predator is seen just after take-off from Aguadilla 

(PR). (08-3228, MQ-1B, 432nd Wing, 27 January 2010, Wim Sonneveld) 

fi ed Response, we managed to count about fi fty different airframes. 

The list shows only known serials, the real number of 

aircraft was probably even higher. From Pope AFB alone, no 

less than seventeen aircraft of various units brought troops 

and aid during the fi rst days. Deployment Coronet Oak at San 

Juan (PR) was made up of 164th AS Ohio ANG when the earth 

trembled, and as such, Herk 90-1796 was the fi rst US military 

aircraft to land after the earthquake. Both MC-130s fl ew in a 

special team to take over air traffi c control of Port-au-Prince 

airport. The EC-130J Commando Solos broadcasted in Creole 

over Haiti, the set of two aircraft presented fl ew missions out of 

San Juan (PR). As with the C-17s, we have omitted the dates 

from the list. 

C-135 

58-0073 KC-135R 106th ARS AL ANG 

61-2670/OF OC-135B 45th RS Cobra70 

The OC-135B, which is used for Open Skies missions, was one 

of the fi rst aircraft to map the devastation from the air. The KC 

has been used to provide air-to-air refuelling to the EC-130Js. 

MQ-1B 

07-3198/CH MQ-1B 432nd Wing 

07-3210/CH MQ-1B 432nd Wing 

07-3211/CH +1 MQ-1B 432nd Wing 

08-3228 MQ-1B 432nd Wing 

08-3229 MQ-1B 432nd Wing 

Six Predators were deployed to Aguadilla (PR) to map the 

situation on the ground 24/7. It marked the fi rst deployment of 

Predators in support of a humanitarian mission. The two fi scal 

year 08 drones were very recent deliveries and had not even 

their national insignia applied, let alone unit markings. 

RQ-4 

At least one Global Hawk has been used to map the situation 

from the air in the fi rst days after the disaster. It fl ew its mission 

out of Beale AFB (CA) and refueled at NAS Patuxent River (MD) 

on its way to Haiti. 

U-2S 

80-1077/BB U-2S 99th RS 27 

One U-2 was deployed from Beale AFB (CA) to Robins AFB 

(GA), from where it conducted reconnaissance missions over 

Haiti, to assess the devastation. It was deployed in addition to 

the Predator’s mapping capabilities to provide a broad image 

of the situation on the ground. 

United States Army 


Army Reserve 

(9x) CH-47D 244th AVN 

(4x) UH-60A 244th AVN 

National Guard 

83-23853, 87-24622 UH-60A 1-192 AVN PR NG 14 

(2x) UH-60A 1-192 AVN PR NG 14 

07-02068, 07-02069 UH-72A 1-192 AVN PR NG 14 

The only Army Reserve aviation brigade, 244th Aviation Brigade, 

headquartered at Fort Dix (NJ) geared up on 27 January to be 

deployed in support of Operation Unifi ed Response. 

One fl ying army unit involved is the Puerto Rico National Guard. 

Its Lakotas were deployed to the Dominican Republic immediately 

after the earthquake for liaison duties, whilst four of its 

Black Hawks operated in Haiti to aid in evacuation fl ights. This 

marked the fi rst mission deployment of the Lakota in US Army 

service. Due to Puerto Rico’s close proximity, the two Black 

Hawks mentioned were changed for other helicopters, with 83- 

23853 already noted back at its home base Isla Grande (PR) 

on 28 January. Both Lakotas were back at Isla Grande on the 

same date. 

United States Coast Guard 

1500, 1717 HC-130H Clearwater 16 

1719, 1720 HC-130H Clearwater 16 

1501, 1706 HC-130H Barbers Point 22 

1713 HC-130H Sacramento 

2004 +1 HC-130J Elizabeth City 14 

2307 HC-144A Mobile 16 

2102, 2114 HC-25C Miami 13 

2117 HU-25C Miami 13 

6008, 6024 MH-60J Clearwater 22 

6039 MH-60J Clearwater 22 

6522 +1 MH-65C Detroit, HITRON 13 

On 13 January, one day after the quake, USCG cutters Forward 

(WMEC-911) and Mohawk (WMEC-913) arrived off the coast of 

Haiti, of which Mohawk carried MH-65C 6522. The same day 

cutters Valiant (WMEC-921) and Tahoma (WMEC-908) were 

dispatched. A few days later USCGC Diligence (WMEC-616) 

also arrived on the spot. All cutters are capable of carrying a 

Dolphin although only one serial has been confi rmed; a second 

deployed Dolphin was home based at Jacksonville (with 

HITRON). The fl eet of Coast Guard aircraft was heavily involved 

in evacuating American citizens to the US, as well as to

Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for medical treatment. 

On 7 February, USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715) arrived in the 

Haiti area of operations. 

United States Customs & Border Patrol 

79-23320 UH-60A US CBP 

Underlining the diversity of aircraft used, even the US Customs 

send a helicopter to support evacuation of US citizens. The 

helicopter is probably based at Aguadilla (PR). 

United States Marine Corps 

166513/BH KC-130J VMGR-252 

HH-08 CH-53E HMH-366 

158232/CA-00 UH-1N HMLA-467 

160…/CA-07 UH-1N HMLA-467 

161180/EN-00 CH-53E HMH-464 

161255/EN-01 CH-53E HMH-464 

22nd MEU 

161183/CJ-01 CH-53E HMH-461 

161994/CJ-09 CH-53E HMH-461 

162489/CJ-23 CH-53E HMH-461 

162521/CJ-14 CH-53E HMH-461 

163062/CJ-20 CH-53E HMH-461 

165243/CJ-22 CH-53E HMH-461 

CJ-07, CJ-24 CH-53E HMH-461 

166338/AM-17 MH-60S HSC-22 

166349/AM-06 MH-60S HSC-22 

166354/AM-07 MH-60S HSC-22 

24th MEU 

162517/YS-25 CH-53E VMM-162 

YS-24, YS-26 CH-53E VMM-162 

165749/BR-54 MH-60S HSC-28 

164560/YS-53 AV-8B+ VMM-162 

165310/YS-54 AV-8B+(R) VMM-162 

165387/YS-56 AV-8B+(R) VMM-162 

165597/YS-55 AV-8B+ VMM-162 

165842/YS-10 MV-22B VMM-162 

165843/YS-01 MV-22B VMM-162 

165846/YS-06 MV-22B VMM-162 

166688/YS-02 MV-22B VMM-162 

166689/YS-03 MV-22B VMM-162 

166721/YS-07 MV-22B VMM-162 

166736/YS-00 MV-22B VMM-162 

166847/YS-04 MV-22B VMM-162 

The fi rst US Marine Corps unit deployed to Haiti was the USS 


Bataan (LHD-5) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) with embarked 

22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). They departed 

Camp Lejeune on 15 January, and began arriving in Haiti on 

18 January. Amphibious dock landing ships USS Carter Hall 

(LSD-50) and USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) were also part of 

the group, both ships carried helicopters as well. The over 

2,200 marines of this group were joined by their colleagues on 

board of another amphibious dock landing ship, USS Gunston 

Hall (LSD-44) on 18 January, which was heading to Africa for a 

deployment, and was also diverted to Haiti. Marine Heavy Helicopter 

Squadron 461 (HMH-461) Reinforced is established as 

the main aviation element of the USS Bataan ARG. The group 

anchored off Killick naval base and conducted its missions from 

there. Its relief mission is expected to last several months. USS 

Gunston Hall however, ended its Haiti mission on 13 February, 

and continued to Africa. 

The USS Nassau (LHA-4) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) with 

embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), which had 

left Norfolk (VA) on 18 January for a cruise to the Middle East, 

was directed to Haiti on 20 January. Part of the team were also 

amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19) and 

the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD-48), both 

of which carried helicopters. The main asset of the 24th MEU, 

apart from more than 2,300 marines, were its MV-22B Ospreys 

of VMM-162 (Reinforced). The deployment marked the fi rst use 

of the Osprey in a humanitarian mission. The Harriers probably 

did not leave the ship during the operation and were noted on 

deck on 29 January near Haiti. On 7 February, the Nassau ARG 

left the Haiti area of operations and continued on its originally 

scheduled deployment to the US Central Command (USCENT- 

COM) area of responsibility in the Middle East. 

United States Navy 

162143/44 C-2A VRC-40 

162158/37 C-2A VRC-40 

162160/50 C-2A VRC-40 (Guantanamo) 

162174/54 + code 42 C-2A VRC-40 (Guantanamo) 

160049 C-9B VR-52 

165834 C-40A VR-58 

166693 C-40A VR-57 

164993/BD KC-130T VR-64 

165313/JW C-130T VR-62 

162513/BJ-541 MH-53E HM-14 

163069/BJ-555 MH-53E HM-14 

164765/BJ-562 MH-53E HM-14 

The US Navy and US Marine Corps provided most of the helicopters for Operation Unifi ed Response, as is illustrated by this mighty 

MH-53E on deck of USS Carl Vinson. (Photo US Navy, 164863/TB-14, MH-53E, HM-14, 14 January 2010)

After the earthquake, many tremors were felt, causing even more chaos and panic in the streets of Port-au-Prince. This C-20A has 

been operated out of Ramstein AB for years, but has found a new life with NASA, measuring seismic activity in the area with an 

interesting pod under the fuselage. (83-0502, C-20A, NASA, Aguadilla (PR), 27 January 2010, Wim Sonneveld). 

164773/BJ-551 MH-53E HM-14 

164862/BJ-553 MH-53E HM-14 

163065/TB-11 MH-53E HM-15 

164766/TB-05 MH-53E HM-15 

164863/TB-14 MH-53E HM-15 

164083/AC-613 SH-60F HS-7 

165122/AC-615 HH-60H HS-7 

165258/AC-617 HH-60H HS-7 

164103/AB-613 SH-60F HS-11 

165120/AB-616 SH-60F HS-11 

163785/AA-615 HH-60H HS-15 

164802/AA-612 HH-60H HS-15 

164803/AA-611 SH-60F HS-15 

164614/AA-614 SH-60F HS-15 

165259/AA-621 HH-60H HS-15 

AA-613, AA-616 HH-60H HS-15 

167812/HU-741 MH-60S HSC-2 

167829/HU-740 MH-60S HSC-2 

AJ-614 MH-60S HSC-9 

167847/AJ-615 MH-60S HSC-9 

166357/WC-53 MH-60S HSC-23 

HW-60 MH-60S HSC-26 

166368/HW-76 MH-60S HSC-26 

166347/BR-43 MH-60S HSC-28 

163245/HQ-475 +1 SH-60B HSL-46 det.3 

(2x) SH-60B HSL-60 

(1x) P-3C USN (at Comalapa) 

The fi rst US Navy asset involved in the operation was an Orion 

taking off from Forward Operating Location (FOL) Comalapa, El 

Salvador, to conduct an aerial reconnaissance over Haiti on 13 

January. More fl ights by Orions followed in the fi rst few days of 

Operation Unifed Response. Also on the 13th, destroyer USS 

Higgins (DDG-76) arrived near Port-au-Prince and hospital ship 

USNS Comfort (T-AH-20), equipped with 1,000 hospital beds and 

956 medical staff, was ordered to set sail to Haiti. The ship left 

its Baltimore port on 16 January and arrived off Haiti’s coast on 

20 January, as were the guided missile cruiser USS Normandy 

(CG-60) with two SH-60Bs of HSL-46 det.3 and frigate USS 

Underwood (FFG-36) with two SH-60Bs of HSL-60. 

Three days after the earthquake, on 15 January, USS Carl 

Vinson (CVN-70) arrived off the coast of Port-au-Prince. The 

carrier was on a non-aircraft training cruise off the American 


east coast, when ordered to sail to Mayport (FL) to pick up 

19 helicopters and relief supplies and head to Haiti. On board 

were various Seahawk-variants, mostly SH-60F and HH-60Hs, 

as well as MH-53Es. From 16 January on, the guided-missile 

cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG-62) accompanied the Carl Vinson. 

On 1 February, USS Carl Vinson ended its mission near Haiti, 

as did USS Bunker Hill. Ten of Carl Vinson’s 19 helicopters will 

remain with Joint Task Force Haiti for the time being, of which 

the MH-53Es have probably embarked on USS Bataan. USS 

Higgins returned home on 3 February. 

NASA 

83-0502 C-20A NASA 27 

N608NA T-34C Glenn Research Ctr 27 

The NASA deployed its Gulfstream with a pod to record tectonic 

activity after the earthquake for a few weeks. It operated out of 

Aguadilla (PR) and was accompanied by a T-34. Both aircraft 

fl ew numerous missions over the northern Caribbean waters. 


RA-82075 An-124-100 Polet Flight 21 

This chartered An-124 brought a mobile control tower tor Portau-Prince 

airport, as the control tower had been damaged by 

the quake. 

Uruguay 

Aviación Naval Uruguaya (NY) 

063? Bo105P1 EH 

The Government of Uruguay decided to boost its MINUSTAH 

detachment by sending supply ship General Artigas (ROU4) 

with one helicopter on board. It left the country on 26 January, 

and needed about fi fteen days to reach Haiti. Uruguayan aid 

was sent by a Argentine air force Hercules in January. 

Venezuela 

Aviación Militar Bolivariana (AF) 

3134 C-130H Grupo 6 15,21 

4951 C-130H Grupo 6 15,21 

9508 C-130H Grupo 6 15,21 

After telling the world the US had caused the earthquake in 

Haiti whilst testing a new weapon, Hugo Chavez came to his 

senses and sent a few Hercules with a 50 persons rescue 

team and various supplies. Moreover, supply ships AB Cabana

(T-61) and AB Esequibo (T-62) left for Haiti on 14 January. Venezuela 

provided free barrels of oil for hospitals etc after the 

earthquake. 


A6-GGP B747-412F Dubai Air Wings 21 

EW-78819 Il-76TD Trans Avia Export 

F-WWAI A340-340 Airbus Industries 15,28 

N15HX Bell 205A-1 Helicopter Express 26 

N200MF DC-3-TP-65 Missionary Flights 21 

N200TP SA226-TC Skyway 26 

N304BP Beech 300 26 

N305FE DC-10-30F Cielos del Peru 

N320DL B737-232SF Northern Air Cargo 26 

N330JF SA330J Ventures Acquisition 

N400MF C-47A Missionary Flights 16 

N402LC L-100-30 Lynden Air Cargo 18 

N405LC L-100-30 Lynden Air Cargo 18 

N70BF C-118A Florida Air Transport 15 

N707JT B707-138B John Travolta 26 

N748SA B747-2F6BF Southern Air 26,18 

N765SA B747-2F6BF Southern Air 26,18 

N765NA B767-306 North American 23 

N781VA B737-8Q8 Vision Air 

N865F DC-8-63F National Airlines 16 

N872SJ DC-8-63F National Airlines 16 

N924CH AS350B-2 Caribbean Heli-Jets 

OO-THA B747-4HAERF TNT 24 

RA-76403 Il-76TD Continent 19 

SU-BMZ A300-B4-203 Tristar Air 19 

TF-ARP B747-230F Air Atlanta Cargo 01 

UK-12002 An-12 SRX Aero 27 

UR-82070 An-225 Antonov DB 11 

UR-CAH An-12BK Meridian 

UR-CGW An-12BP Meridian 

4L-SKG Il-76TD Sky Georgia 

This is just a compilation of aircraft not mentioned under any 

country. It is mainly intended to show how many different types 

of aircraft have been visiting Haiti. If known, dates have been 

mentioned. By early February about 74 fl ights were handled 

daily at Port-au-Prince, both civil and military, and the story still 

continues..... 

Many propliners were used in aid distribution fl ights. First Air and Lynden Air Cargo were two civil Hercules operators that fl ew many 

missions with relief goods to the Caribbean. (N405LC, L-100-30, Lynden Air Cargo, Miami, 7 February 2010, Niels Borcharding) 


Frequencies 

The following frequencies have been used for Haiti 

earthquake relief operations: 

USAF HF Global Communications System 

4724, 6712, 6739, 8992, 11175, 13200, 15016 

USAF HF-GCS Discrete 

11217 

USAF AFSOC 

Air-Air: 9018 

CP: 11160 

USAF SCOPE ALE Net 

3137, 4721, 5708, 6721, 9025, 11226, 13215, 15043, 18003, 

23337 

USSOUTHAF Flight Following 

11205 

USAF MARS Phone Patch Net 

7633.5 

13927 - Primary 

14389 

CANFORCE 

9007 

11232 

USCG 

5696 

8983 

USCG Tactical/Secure 

8337.6 

DHS COTHEN 

4614.5, 5250, 5909.5, 5732, 7527, 8912, 10242, 11494, 

12222, 13312, 13907, 14582, 15867, 18594 kHz USB 

US Navy P-3s 

8971 

Credits: Henrico Angerman, the World Wide Web and many 

others!

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