Intro 332 - Scramble
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Editorial<br />
A very warm welcome to our first all-English edition of<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> magazine. We hope that this issue will appeal to<br />
both new members as well as our loyal subscribers. The first<br />
noticeable difference you probably came across is our new<br />
front cover though. This necessitates a different size of photo,<br />
more about that later.<br />
More new features include a new section called Photo Call<br />
made by Frank Crébas. As the name suggests, this deals<br />
with all aspects of aircraft photography. Another major change<br />
starting this issue is the introduction of a digital Military<br />
Updates section instead of the printed section in this magazine<br />
and the integration of relevant updates into the Military<br />
News section. You can read more about this in the Military<br />
News section of this issue.<br />
In order to be able to flawlessly continue our new front cover<br />
we are looking for high resolution special images that fit the<br />
cover. We can crop images in order to make them usable for<br />
the front cover but in that case the resolution should be even<br />
higher. Portrait images are therefor more preferable. We also<br />
ask you to look specific to the subject photographed. For front<br />
cover images we prefer 2800 pixels high and 2000<br />
pixels wide photographs.<br />
Unfortunately, we need to correct a photo credit this month<br />
again. The An-12 published on Page 68 of <strong>Scramble</strong> 331 was<br />
made by Ralph C. Blok which we failed to mention. Apologies<br />
to you Ralph!<br />
For all the new subscribers; your address label shows three<br />
sets of numbers above your name. The number on the left is<br />
your subscription number. The one in the middle (between<br />
brackets) is the final issue of <strong>Scramble</strong> you will be receiving<br />
with your current subscription. The third number (on the right)<br />
is for our administration. You will automatically receive a<br />
reminder (with payment instructions) when your subscription<br />
is about to end.<br />
And with a lot of new people on board we would like to point out<br />
that we are really looking forward to your input. Be it either a<br />
serial report or images, all information is welcome! We depend<br />
on the input from our subscribers, let us share!<br />
We have features on Estland and Kabul. Less exotic but far<br />
more covenient to most of you probably is the USAFE review.<br />
The F-35 has made its first flight at last and we have taken this<br />
occasion to describe the JSF programme. This month we<br />
have a showreport section as well as a separate article on<br />
Nellis’ Aviation Nation. We hope this trend of year-round airshows<br />
continues, partly because airshows are being held in<br />
more parts of the world and partly because we hope to keep<br />
on receiving reports from you.<br />
Deadline <strong>Scramble</strong> 333: 16 January 2007<br />
Deadline pictures <strong>Scramble</strong> 333: 23 January 2007<br />
With due reserve:<br />
Publication date <strong>Scramble</strong> 333: 6 February 2006<br />
General credits<br />
ACAR International, Air-Britain News, Air Forces Monthly, Airbus Industrie, Airnieuws, AMCAR, Aviation Group Leeuwarden / Full<br />
Stop, Aviation Letter, Aviation Society of Africa / ASA Newsletter, Aviation Society of Antwerp, Aviation Week & Space Technology,<br />
Boeing Company, British Aerospace, British Aviation Review, Corporate Monthly, Defensie-krant, De Vliegende Hollander, East<br />
London Aviation Society / ELAS, Flight International, FlyPast, Full Stop, Gilze-Rijen Aviation Society / Take-off, Groningen-Eelde<br />
Aviation Society / GEAR, Heli International, Humberside Aviation Review, Inspectie Verkeer & Waterstaat, Intercept, International F-<br />
104 Society / Zipper, Jane’s Defence Weekly, Japan Aviation News, Jetstream, JP4 / Aeronautica, Luchtvaartvereniging Twenthe /<br />
On Finals, Latin American Aviation Historical Society (LAAHS), Luftfahrt Journal (Coincat), Military Aviation Review, Nag Mag, Naval<br />
Aviation News, Panoravia, Propliner Magazine, Rhein-Main Aviation Society / Swing Over, Saab Aircraft, Spotting Group The<br />
Hillkillers, Spotting Group Volkel / AIM, Stansted Aviation News, SVVS / Centerline, Tailhook, Tassos Raftopoulos, Tyneside Aviation<br />
Group, VMAS Veneto Military Aviation Society, World Airline Fleets News en het Frits von Münching-archief, plus iedereen die graag<br />
onbekend wilde blijven. Alle overige credits vind je bij de betreffende secties. Wil je een creditvermelding plaats dan een © achter<br />
je naam.<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> <strong>332</strong> - Page 1<br />
Contents<br />
Regular sections<br />
Movements Netherlands ...................................................... 2<br />
Movements Belgium ........................................................... 10<br />
Civil Movements Elsewhere ............................................... 14<br />
Military Movements Elswhere ............................................. 21<br />
Civil News ........................................................................... 30<br />
Manufacturers News........................................................... 30<br />
Jetliners ............................................................................... 31<br />
Propliners ............................................................................ 41<br />
Commuters ......................................................................... 44<br />
Fokker News ....................................................................... 46<br />
Bizjets .................................................................................. 48<br />
Bizprops .............................................................................. 52<br />
Helispot ............................................................................... 53<br />
Soviet Updates .................................................................... 59<br />
PH Register ......................................................................... 66<br />
Wrecks & Relics .................................................................. 67<br />
Warbirds .............................................................................. 68<br />
Dustpan & Brush Stoffer & Blik .......................................... 71<br />
Photocall ............................................................................. 83<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> Intelligence Service............................................ 87<br />
Military News ....................................................................... 91<br />
Showreports ...................................................................... 113<br />
Triptease ........................................................................... 119<br />
Miscellaneous sections<br />
Air Force overview - USAFE .............................................. 134<br />
Airport guide: Evreux ........................................................... 90<br />
Airport guide: RAF Lyneham ............................................... 28<br />
RAF Lyneham ...................................................................... 28<br />
Aviation Nation 2006 ......................................................... 117<br />
DVD Review ...................................................................... 112<br />
F-35A Lightning II first flight .............................................. 136<br />
Estonian Air Force ............................................................ 141<br />
Triptease Kabul ................................................................. 128<br />
Cover<br />
How convenient is the<br />
aircraft type on our new<br />
cover matching our trusty<br />
logo? The creation of the<br />
design of our new cover<br />
has been greatly helped<br />
by Joost van der Voort,<br />
our sincere thanks.<br />
F-15E Strike Eagle<br />
88-1693/SJ 333rd FS is<br />
seen here returning after<br />
a mission. (Seymour<br />
Johnson AFB (SC), 20<br />
September 2005, Arnold<br />
ten Pas)
Movements Netherlands<br />
A King Air with the very interesting registration ZS-PPZ was flying around western Europe in November. Not only was it seen at<br />
Rotterdam and Lelystad but also at Stuttgart Germany, where this photo was made. (Stuttgart, 16 november 2006, Oliver Schmid)<br />
Rotterdam<br />
November 2006<br />
01. CS-DXE Ce560XL NetJets Eur 02 NJE3FZ/727A<br />
D-CPRP Do328-110 Excellent Air dep GZA4706<br />
HB-JEQ G-IV G5 Executive 02 EXH432/441<br />
N500GV G-V PRD500 02<br />
OO-CIV Ce525A Air Service Liege<br />
PR-CCC Falcon 900EX Sucocítrico Cutrale 02<br />
02. 144616 CC-144 412sq CFC3007<br />
048 Yak-40 36 SPLT PLF036<br />
CS-DXG Ce560XL NetJets Europe NEJ3QH<br />
D-CSIM Lj60 AeroDienst 03 ADN5580<br />
G-EDCJ Ce525 Air Ch. Scotland 03 EDC980<br />
G-ESTA Ce550 Executive Aviation<br />
N800LR BAe125-800XP Morgan Aviation<br />
OE-HMS Do328-300 Tyrolean Jet Service TJS41/2<br />
OE-HOT Falcon 2000 Schaffer<br />
OO-HCW AS350B Helico<br />
OY-LKG BAe125-800XP Air Alsie MMD3066/066<br />
PH-MFX Ce650 Solid Air SOX360<br />
03. CS-DFM Ce560XL NetJets Eur 04 NJE483G/6ND<br />
CS-DMG Beech 400A NetJets Europe NJE4NF<br />
D-CJPG Lj35A Quick Air Jet Charter QAJ577<br />
D-CPRP Do328-110 Excellent Air GZA4706<br />
N818DA G-V Aspen I dep<br />
TC-OAN A321-231 Onur Air OHY601/2<br />
VP-BCT RC695B Control Technics<br />
04. HB-JEQ G-IV GV Executive EXH461/2<br />
OE-LIR Do328-110 Welcome Air TYW562/3<br />
PH-MFX Ce650 Solid Air 05 SOX375/6<br />
05. CS-DMF Beech 400A NetJets Europe NJE4LZ/964U<br />
CS-DRF BAe125-800XP NetJets Eur 06 NJE659D/525Q<br />
D-CBIG Beech 1900C Avanti Air ATV763P/A<br />
EC-GVE SA227AC AeroNova 06 OVAS33/J71<br />
G-JSAR AS<strong>332</strong> Bristow Helicopters<br />
N331BN G-200 CFS<br />
N818DA G-V Aspen I 08<br />
PH-MEX Ce650 Solid Air 06 SOX374<br />
06. V-11 G-IV 334sq 07 NAF11<br />
CS-DMD Beech 400A NetJets Eur 07 NJE929W/4GD<br />
D-CBIG Beech 1900D Avanti Air ATV763B/P<br />
D-IICE Beech B200 Excellent Air 09 GZA4835/49<br />
EC-HZH SA227AC AeroNova OVAD53/R31<br />
G-FJET Ce550 London Executive LNX303F<br />
HB-VLZ Ce560 Skywork SRK651<br />
PH-VBG Falcon 2000 JetNetherlands 14<br />
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07. V-11 G-IV 334sq 08 NAF11<br />
CS-DFY BAe125-800XP NetJets Eur 08 NJE281E/636K<br />
CS-DMH Beech 400A NetJets Europe NJE4PK<br />
D-COOL Lj55 MTM Aviation PMU461<br />
EC-GVE SA227AC AeroNova OVAJ73/T31<br />
EC-HCH SA227AC AeroNova dep OVAR41<br />
EC-HZH SA227AC AeroNova OVAR34/71<br />
HB-LSD PA-34-220T Twin Flyers<br />
N5113S Ce750<br />
PH-DRK Ce560XL JetNetherlands<br />
08. 270 SH-14D MARHELI NRN409<br />
S-400 AS532U2 300sq 2x Wildcat35<br />
CS-TMQ Falcon 900B Heliavia 09 HEA498/9<br />
D-CJAK Ce525B Comfort Air MPJ807<br />
EC-HZH SA227AC AeroNova 09 OVAR74/P31<br />
G-CJAG Raytheon 390 Club 328 09 SDJ61<br />
N198ND CeS550 Dentressangle<br />
N601WM CL-601-3A Dean Buntrock 12<br />
N818DA G-V Aspen I 10<br />
09. CS-DHH Ce550Bravo NetJets Europe 10 NJEINH<br />
D-IDAX Ce425 Gehr 10<br />
EC-HZH SA227AC AeroNova 10 OVAP33/451<br />
G-CHEY PA-31T2 Air Med MCD054<br />
G-MATX PC-12/45 Air Matrix<br />
OO-GMJ Beech 350 Air Service Liege 2x 10<br />
OO-LET Beech 200 Air Service Liege 2x 10<br />
OY-CYV Ce550 North Flying NFA034<br />
PH-BDT B737-306 KLM div KLM1628<br />
PH-MNZ Do228-212K Kustwacht NCG01<br />
10. CS-DNO BAe125-800XP NetJets Europe 11 NJE8QM<br />
LX-PIX SA226T Aerodata<br />
OO-ROB RC690B GINV<br />
OY-GSA PC-12/45 Widex<br />
PH-XII PC-12/45 De Hondert<br />
S5-BAZ Ce560XL Linxair<br />
TC-OAE A321-231 Onur Air OHY601/2<br />
VP-BLR G-V<br />
11. D-ISUN Ce525A FoxAir 12<br />
EC-HZH SA227AC AeroNova 15 OVA452/K51<br />
OE-GBB Do328-110 Tyrolean TYW562/3<br />
12. V-11 G-IV 334sq NAF11<br />
CS-DFT Ce560XL NetJets Europe NJE6YP/024H<br />
CS-DFY BAe125-800XP NetJets Europe NJE144R/5ED<br />
CS-DLB Falcon 2000 NetJets Eur 13 NJE183Q/482M<br />
D-CPRW Do328-110 Excellent Air 14 GZA4049/4370<br />
HB-VNE Beech 400A Sirius<br />
N460F CL-601-3A Bon Voyage 14
13. 12+03 CL-601 FBS 2x GAF613/25<br />
V-11 G-IV 334sq NAF11<br />
CS-DRA BAe125-800XP NetJets Europe 13 NJE5HW<br />
D-CZAR Ce560 Excellent Air 14 GZA4823/73<br />
F-GEXV Beech 100 Phoenix Aviation PHV713<br />
HB-VNE Beech 400A Sirius<br />
LX-PIX SA226T Aerodata<br />
14. CS-DHE Ce550Bravo NetJets Europe NJE1HZ<br />
CS-DRA BAe125-800XP NetJets Europe 15 NJE5HW<br />
D-BGAQ Do328-300 Cirrus Luftf 15 RUS7020/5115<br />
D-CFLY Ce560 Excellent Air 19 GZA4854/85<br />
D-IDIG Ce525 DIG<br />
EC-HCH SA227AC AeroNova 15 OVAS33/P61<br />
HB-IWX ERJ135LR G5 Executive EXH322/3<br />
OO-FPB Ce550Bravo Flying Partners FYG062l/3L<br />
15 CS-DFC Falcon 2000 NetJets Eur 16 NJE153C/121G<br />
D-CPRW Do328-110 Excellent Air 17 GZA4370/4031<br />
EC-GVE SA227AC AeroNova OVAB62A<br />
EC-GVE SA227AC AeroNova OVAB61D<br />
EC-HCH SA227AC AeroNova 16<br />
EC-JCU SA227AC AeroNova OVAR72/3/4<br />
G-JETO Ce550 Jet Options ATX610/1<br />
HB-IWZ G-IV Servair 17<br />
N601WM CL-601-3A Dean Buntrock<br />
N903TC G-III Tesoro Petroleum 16<br />
16. 97-00105 UC-35A B/1-214th AVN Duke14<br />
V-11 G-IV 334sq NAF11<br />
D-BGAL Do328-300 Cirrus Luftfahrt RUS5016/7126<br />
D-CFLY Ce560 Excellent Air GZA4877<br />
D-CFTG Lj35A Quick Air Jet Charter QAJ591<br />
D-CTEC Ce525B GBJ839C/D<br />
EC-HCH SA227AC AeroNova 17 OVAZ52/B61<br />
G-PLAC PA-31-350 Harper<br />
17. 270 SH-14D MARHELI NRN465<br />
CS-DFQ Ce560XL NetJets Europe<br />
EC-HCH SA227AC AeroNova 20 OVAB62/R31<br />
OO-CEJ Ce525 Air Service Liege<br />
PH-NLZ SA226 NLR<br />
TC-ONJ A321-131 Onur Air OHY601/2<br />
18. CS-DNW Ce560XL NetJets Eur 2x NJE6HY/402B<br />
G-JETO Ce550 Jet Options 2x ATX622/3<br />
N818DA G-V Aspen I arr<br />
OO-HPP EC120B Heli Plus 2x<br />
19. EC-HZH SA227AC AeroNova 21 OVAD53/L51<br />
F-GHUV Beech E90 Air Poitiers 21<br />
G-MAJK BAe4101 Eastern Aw 20 EZE621P/1621<br />
OY-RAA BAe125-800B Air Alsie 20 MMD7473<br />
ZS-PPZ Beech 200 Orange Air RNG701/P<br />
20. EC-GVE SA227AC AeroNova 26 OVAY62/31<br />
G-JSAR AS<strong>332</strong> Bristow Helicopters<br />
21. V-11 G-IV 334sq 2x NAF11<br />
C-GTDE Lj35A Sky Service 22<br />
D-IRKE Ce525 Air Evex 2x CLU153F/1533<br />
EC-HZH SA227AC AeroNova OVAL53/M51<br />
G-FEES EC-135 Cairnsilver WDK026<br />
G-MAJK BAe4101 Eastern Aw EZE1622/622P<br />
JY-TWO CL-604 Jordan Gvmt 22 RJA650<br />
OE-FCY Ce525A Jet Alliance JAG204<br />
OE-FSW PA-34-220T 22<br />
VP-CCH BAe125-800XP Jet Club<br />
22. D-CPRW Do328-110 Excellent Air GZA4546<br />
D-IMME Ce551 Commander<br />
EC-HZH SA227AC AeroNova OVAM53/T51<br />
EC-HZH SA227AC AeroNova 23 OVAT54/N51<br />
G-CELH B737-330 Jet2 EXS6147/647P<br />
G-CIEL Ce560XL London Executive LNX<strong>332</strong>E<br />
G-DWJM Ce550 MAS Airways TFG021/2<br />
HB-JIC MD-90 Hello FHE5978/6978<br />
HB-VML Lj45 VCN520<br />
I-FXRC P-180 FoxAir FXR18C<br />
OE-GTI Ce560XL Air executive MPJ222<br />
PH-LAB Ce550 NLR arr<br />
23. CM02 Falcon 20E-5 20sm BAF608<br />
D-AIND CL-604 Air Independence 24 DLY322<br />
D-CFLY Ce560 Excellent Air 24 GZA4744<br />
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D-CPRW Do328-110 Excellent Air 24 GZA4546/4906<br />
EC-HCH SA227AC AeroNova OVAR34/K41<br />
EC-HZH SA227AC AeroNova OVAN53/R31<br />
EC-JCU SA227AC AeroNova arr OVAY61<br />
G-ESTA Ce550 Executive Aviation<br />
G-VIPI BAe125-800B Executive Air<br />
N51WF RC690C BMH Services<br />
N555BK Ce550Bravo Koop Tjuchem<br />
OE-FJU Ce525 Jet Alliance JAG1<br />
OO-MLG Ce560XL Abelag Aviation AAB490M/41M<br />
VP-CIC CL-601-3A Investcorp 24<br />
24. CS-DHD Ce550Bravo NetJets Europe NJE1GE<br />
CS-DRI BAe125-800XP NetJets Europe NJE7XH<br />
D-CFLY Ce560 Excellent Air GZA4744<br />
D-IGME Ce525 Charter Service<br />
LX-PMA CL-300 Premiair BAT62<br />
OO-ROB RC690B GINV<br />
25. D-IDIG Ce525<br />
OE-LIR Do328-110 Welcome Air TYW562/3<br />
OO-CIV Ce525A Air Service Liege<br />
26. D-CPRP Do328-110 Excellent Air 27 GZA4095/4660<br />
N977CP Falcon 2000 PDVSA 27<br />
OO-CIV Ce525A Air Service Liege<br />
PH-MNZ Do228-212K Kustwacht MCG01<br />
27. U-06 Fokker 50 334sq NAF51<br />
CS-DXK Ce560XLS NetJets Europe 28 NJE790A<br />
D-CPRP Do328-110 Excellent Air 29 GZA4660/4545<br />
EC-GVE SA227AC Aeronova OVAY34/T31<br />
PH-KBX Fokker 70 Dutch Gvmt KLM7953/5<br />
28. U-06 Fokker 50 334sq NAF51<br />
G-CDLT BAe125-700B Gama Avaition 2x GMA177<br />
G-EKWS Ce550 Bravo MAS Airways TFG051/2<br />
G-IPAL Ce550 Bravo Eurojet Aviation GOJ285B/C<br />
HB-VML Lj45 Execujet VCN520<br />
N18AN G-IV AON Service 29<br />
PH-KBX Fokker 70 Dutch Gvmt KLM7953/5<br />
29. T-721 Beech 350 30 SUI020<br />
HB-VOI Raytheon 390<br />
PH-ECC PC-12/45 Elas Prof. Services Network<br />
PH-KBX Fokker 70 Dutch Gvmt KLM7954/6<br />
30. CS-DMA Beech 400A NetJets Europe NJE4DU<br />
D-CPRP Do328-110 Excellent Air 01 GZA4545/4138<br />
F-GMOH Falcon 900 Dassault Falcon DSO25<br />
F-GPAS Beech 200 Chalair CLG2051/2<br />
F-GPUJ Ce525A Leadair-Unijet LEA164Z<br />
G-CDLT BAe125 Gama Avaition GMA137<br />
N51WF RC690 BMH Services<br />
PH-ECC PC-12/45 Elas Prof. Services Network 01<br />
President Evo Morales of Bolivia visited Holland, unfortunatly<br />
using a Falcon 2000 with a US reg, N977CP. The Brazilian<br />
Falcon 900 at the beginning of the month and even the<br />
Jordanian Challenger looked more interesting. Not too many<br />
airliners in the month of November.<br />
Credits: Rotterdam Airport.<br />
Maastricht<br />
October 2006<br />
01 PH-JXJ Fokker 50 a/w arr ANS001P<br />
TC-TJC B737-4Q8 Corendon Airlines CAI 709/710<br />
02.12+06 CL-601 FBS GAF 671<br />
N555BK Ce550B Bravo Koop Holding<br />
RA-26142 An-26B Pskovavia PSW9553/4<br />
03. OO-GMJ Beech 350 Air Service Liege<br />
04. F-MABT TBM-700 FMY8029<br />
N777FC Falcon 200 Falcon Holding<br />
TC-IEF A321-231 Inter Airlines INX386/5<br />
TC-SKE B737-4Q8 Sky Air SHY369/0<br />
05. D-ISHW Ce525 Excellent Air<br />
F-MABU TBM-700 Armée de l’Air FMY8038<br />
06. D-IFIS Ce525 Stuttgarter Flugdienst FFD525<br />
F-GYCA Falcon 20E-5 Unimat<br />
N555BK Ce550B Koop Holding<br />
RA-12957 An-12BP Kosmos Airlines 07 KSM9625/6<br />
RA-26134 An-26B Pskovavia PSW9551/2
Former BASE Embraer 120 Brasilia PH-BRL was given a new identity on a sticker. As ZS-OUY it did some engine test runs at<br />
Maastricht Airport on 7 October. It later departed and was seen passing Dortmund just across the border on 24 October.<br />
(11 October 2006, Arjen Sleeuwenhoek)<br />
07. RA-26142 An-26B Pskovavia PSW9555/6<br />
09. D-CDDD Ce560XL Daimler Chrysler 10 DCS890<br />
D-HUGO Bell 206B-3 Air Lloyd Deutsche Helicopter<br />
F-GVZZ ATR42-300 Airlinair/AFR arr RLA838M<br />
I-OCEA B747-230F Ocean Airlines VCX902<br />
N555BK Ce550B Bravo Koop Holding<br />
RA-26134 An-26B Pskovavia PSW9553/4<br />
RA-26142 An-26B Pskovavia 10 PSW9555/6<br />
10. D-CUTT Do228-212 Arcus Air AZE24K/26K<br />
D-IBAM Ce340A MPH Medical Devices<br />
ER-EMA EMB120RT Air Moldova MLD9015<br />
KAF323 L-100-30 Kuwait Air Force 12 KAF3206<br />
N888SF Ce525 Steiner Films<br />
OO-GMJ Beech 350 Air Service Liege<br />
OO-SKP Ce550 Sky Service 2x<br />
11. D-IFIS Ce525 Stuttgarter Flugdienst FFD525<br />
D-INGA Ce425 MSR Flug Charter<br />
RA-26134 An-26B Pskovavia PSW9557/8<br />
TC-IEF A321-231 Inter Airlines INX386/5<br />
TC-SKG B737-4Q8 Sky Air SHY359/60<br />
12. D-ISHW Ce525 Excellent Air<br />
OO-GMJ Beech 350 Air Service Liege 2x 13<br />
OO-VHV Beech 90 Sky Service 2x SKS901/2/3/4<br />
UR-DWD An-26B Aero Charter Al UCR2904<br />
UR-DWD An-26B Aero Charter Al 13 UCR2905/2<br />
VP-BNO G550 Gama Aviation<br />
13. G-CJAH Raytheon 390 Club 328 SDJ62<br />
HB-VLF BAe125-800A Bosch<br />
N555BK Ce550B Bravo Koop Holding<br />
OO-FLN Ce525A ZBG Services/Air Venture<br />
OO-GMJ Beech 350 Air Service Liege 16<br />
RA-26142 An-26B Pskovavia PSW9555/6<br />
14. RA-26142 An-26B Pskovavia PSW9551/2<br />
15. OO-CEJ Ce525A Air Service Liege<br />
TC-TJB B737-4Q8 Corendon Airlines CAI709/10<br />
YR-MDK MD-82 Jet Tran Airways JOR121/2<br />
16. N444BK Beech 200 Koop Holding<br />
17. D-IDBA Raytheon 390 Deutsche BA BAG01<br />
D-GRUS PA-34-220T<br />
OO-SKP Ce550 Sky Service<br />
OY-JPJ Ce650 North Flying NFA012<br />
18. D-BKLI Ce750 Daimler Chrysler Av DCS558<br />
D-IAEB BN2A-8 Air Hamburg<br />
D-IBAM Ce340A MPH Medical Devices<br />
N888RK Ce525 K.O.M. Activity<br />
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OO-GMJ Beech 350 Air Service Liege<br />
PH-LMT Fokker 50 Und Nations/WFP arrDNM1018<br />
RA-12957 An-12BP Kosmos Airlines KSM9625/6<br />
SE-LTM PA-46-500TP Sectra Imtec<br />
TC-IEF A321-231 Inter Airlines INX386/5<br />
TC-SKG B737-4Q8 Sky Air SHY369/0<br />
19. D-GNAT PA-34-220T Franken Flugschule<br />
N444BK Beech 200 Koop Holding<br />
OO-FLN Ce525A ZBG Services/Air Venture<br />
OY-RUB ATR72-202 Danish Air T DTR931/3121<br />
RA-26134 An-26B Pskovavia PSW9551/2<br />
RA-26142 An-26B Pskovavia PSW9553/4<br />
OE-FHL Beech C90A Airlink JAR 28<br />
20. D-CAIR Ce560 Stuttgarter Flugdienst<br />
HA-TCX An-26B Budapest AS BPS4505/450F<br />
HZ-MS5B G-V Saudi Medevac<br />
22. OO-CIV Ce525 Air Service Liege<br />
TC-TJD B737-4Q8 Corendon Airlines CAI818/710<br />
23. D-IBMS Ce525 Brose Fahrzeugteile<br />
D-IDIX Beech C90B Dix Aviation 25 DIX423<br />
24. D-CSIE Lj31A AeroDienst ADN3557<br />
ZS-OUY EMB120RT ex Base c/s, no titles dep<br />
25. F-GOOB Beech 1900C Chalair div CLG492/307E<br />
PH-PRH Fokker 50 all white arr DNM302P<br />
RA-26134 An-26B Pskovavia PSW9555/6<br />
TC-IEG A321-231 Inter Airlines INX386/5<br />
TC-SKG B737-4Q8 Sky Air SHY370/360<br />
26. D-IHKM Beech C90A Porta Flug<br />
N555BK Ce550Bravo Koop Holding<br />
YL-RAE An-26B RAF Avia MTL1303/307F<br />
27. HB-FOQ PC12/45 Lions Air 2x<br />
28. RA-26134 An-26B Pskovavia PSW9553/4<br />
29. EC-JIU Ce525 Executive Airlines EXU1771/2<br />
N600GC DC10-30F Gemini Air Cargo GCO7921<br />
OO-CIV Ce525 Air Service Liege<br />
TC-TJD B737-4Q8 Corendon Airlines CAI818/710<br />
TF-ELR A310-325ET a/w CC062P<br />
31. G-BYCP Beech 200 London Executive LNX277C<br />
RA-26134 An-26B Pskovavia arr PSW 9551<br />
Royal Jordanian<br />
F-ODVF 01, 03, 05, 08, 13²<br />
F-ODVG 02, 09, 10, 15, 17², 20², 22, 25², 29, 31<br />
Turkish Cargo<br />
TC-JCT 01, 02, 04-09, 11-16, 18, 19, 21-23, 26, 28-30
Cargolux<br />
LX-FCV 05,07,12,15,16,31LX-OCV 04, 08<br />
LX-GCV 10, 11 LX-PCV 17, 28<br />
LX-ICV 01, 02 LX-SCV 19, 22, 23<br />
LX-KCV 25 LX-TCV 10, 17<br />
LX-MCV 14, 18, 24 LX-UCV 24, 26, 30<br />
LX-NCV 09 LX-VCV 21, 31<br />
Blue Air<br />
YR-BAA 08, 22 YR-BAC 05, 12, 24, 26<br />
YR-BAB 01, 03, 10, 17, 19<br />
Credits: Spotting Group Maastricht/Threshold.<br />
Groningen<br />
November 2006<br />
01. OO-VLV Fokker 50 VLM VLM737<br />
OY-CKN Falcon 2000 Air Alsie<br />
02. I-FXRE P-180 Foxair 03 FXR18E<br />
OE-GHP Ce550 Airlink 03<br />
OO-VLY Fokker 50 VLM VLM738F<br />
03. D-IKMS Beech C90B Wolters<br />
OO-VLY Fokker 50 VLM VLM738<br />
OY-FFB Ce501 Karlog Air KLG1031<br />
05. N8UM PA-46-500TP<br />
06. 264 SH-14D MARHELI NRN468<br />
D-GMFB PA-34-220T<br />
G-FPLB Beech B200 Flight Precision CLB605<br />
N8UM PA-46-500TP<br />
07. F-GPLF Ce525<br />
OY-CCJ Lj35A North Flying NFA022E<br />
08. 260 SH-14D MARHELI NRN510<br />
G-MAJL BAe 4100 Eastern Airways 09 EZE1681<br />
OY-CIL ATR42-500 Cimber Air CIM9098<br />
VP-BSP Falcon 900EX Shell SHE736<br />
09. G-MAJY BAe4100 Eastern Airways EZE041P<br />
N493XP Beech 400A Raytheon Aircraft<br />
VP-BSO Falcon 900EX Shell SHE743<br />
10. G-CEBK PA-31-350 Skydrift SDL518<br />
OY-FRE PA-31 North Flying NFA215E<br />
13. F-GZUJ Ce525A Leadair Unijet LEA157Z<br />
R-02 AB412SP 303sq GANNET02<br />
15. D-CACB Beech 200T Aerodata 16 FII511<br />
D-CFAI Lj35A FAI Air Service<br />
16. D-IOSA PA-42-720 Lufthansa FS DLH8872<br />
17. EC-JIL Global Express Mango Bird<br />
18. LN-AEY PA-31 Fotonor LED78<br />
20. OY-OLE PA-31-350 Flex Flight FXT220<br />
PH-BFD B747-406 KLM * KLM7021<br />
SE-IKV PA-31-350 Malmö Air Taxi LOD201<br />
21. SE-IKV PA-31-350 Malmö Air Taxi LOD203<br />
22. 268 SH-14D MARHELI NRN418<br />
D-CNAC SA227DC Northern Air Charter ISL201<br />
G-FCLA B757-28A Thomas Cook TCX561P<br />
23. D-CNAG SA227DC Northern Air Charter FKI711<br />
G-SAXN Beech 200 Sterling Aviation SVH021<br />
24. G-FCLA B757-28A Thomas Cook TCX561H<br />
26. D-CNAG SA227DC Northern Air Charter FKI711<br />
OY-SML Ce525 Sun Air 27<br />
Thomas Cook Boeing 757 G-FLCA on the ramp at Groningen<br />
Eelde Airport. (22 november 2007, Jack Poelstra)<br />
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27. OO-SAV Ce560XL Flying Group FYG292G<br />
28. OE-GPH Ce560 Porsche<br />
PH-EDM Falcon 900C Jet Management<br />
29. OY-UCA Ce525A Air Alsie MMD7319<br />
SE-JLB EC120B West Helicopter<br />
30. D-CCCF Ce550 CCF Air Charter 1dec CCF341<br />
N609CC CL-604 OD Aviation<br />
BMI<br />
G-CCYH 07 G-RJXE 06, 10, 13<br />
G-RJXA 15, 29, 30 G-RJXF 02, 09<br />
G-RJXB 08,16,17,21,23,24 G-RJXG 22<br />
G-RJXC 28 G-RJXH 27<br />
G-RJXD 14, 20 G-RJXN 1,3<br />
Eastern Airways<br />
G-CDEA 10 G-MAJO 3<br />
G-CDEB 20,24,27 G-MAJT 29<br />
G-MAJE 17 G-MAJY 13<br />
G-MAJI 6<br />
City Star<br />
TF-CSA 17 TF-CSC 06, 08,10,13<br />
TF-CSB 01, 03 15,24,27,29<br />
VLM<br />
OO-VLJ 30 OO-VLR 9,10<br />
OO-VLO 03, 05, 13, 15, 16 OO-VLY 01, 06, 07, 08<br />
17, 19, 20, 21, 22 12, 14<br />
23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29<br />
Credits: GEAS/ Peter Bakema, Barry Nab.<br />
Lelystad<br />
November 2006<br />
01. PH-NZT S-76B CHC Helicopters Netherlands<br />
PH-NZZ S-76B CHC Helicopters Netherlands<br />
PH-SHK AB139 CHC Helicopters Netherlands<br />
PH-RPV Bo105C Politie Luchtvaart Dienst<br />
03. G-MAIK PA-34-220T IV TEL<br />
06. OO-IAL Beech F90 Air Service Liege<br />
OO-GLS R22B Paramount Helicopters<br />
10. OO-GLS R22B Paramount Helicopters<br />
13. ZS-PPZ Beech 200 Aircraft Africa Contracts<br />
15. D-CZAR Ce560 Excellent Air 16<br />
16. D-FKAI TBM-700C<br />
17. D-CZAR Ce560 Excellent Air<br />
OY-VIM Ce340A Vision Management<br />
21. SE-LTM PA-46-500TP Imtec<br />
23. D-CEBM Ce560 EBM<br />
24. D-FUEL PC-12/45<br />
The three helicopters of CHC of Den Helder departed for<br />
Schiphol East with king Abdullah II of Jordan. He there<br />
connected to his own A340 for his return journey home. A<br />
shame the runway here at Lelystad is too short. The South<br />
African King Air made a very brief stop here.<br />
Credits: Barry Nab.<br />
Eindhoven<br />
November 2006<br />
01. G-CJAC Do328-110 Club 328 SDJ82<br />
G-VONJ Raytheon 390 Turk Hava Kurumu MHN113<br />
02. TC-TJA B737-3Q8 Correndon dep CAI854<br />
TC-TJC B737-4Q8 Correndon CAI453/4<br />
VP-CCH BAe125-800A JetClub<br />
03. 1x AS532U2 300sq *Wildcat68<br />
J-653 F-16BM 312sq *Rover21<br />
N228TM BAe125-800XP EMC<br />
OY-SEA B737-8Q8 Sterling dep SNB9716<br />
PH-JXM Fokker 50 a/w dep CST001<br />
04. TC-SKF B737-4Q8 Sky SHY679/80<br />
TC-TJA B737-3Q8 Correndon CAI663/4<br />
TC-TJD B737-4Q8 Correndon CAI653/4<br />
YU-AOL Fokker 100 Air Montenegro 11 MGX996/7<br />
06. L-13 PC-7 131EMVOsq *Diamond07<br />
L-08 PC-7 131EMVOsq *Diamond19
D-CNAG SA227DC Dauair FKI719<br />
N15CY Ce501 T Huber 07<br />
PH-JXN Fokker 50 a/w dep EST900<br />
07. 1x PC-7 131EMVOsq *Diamond07<br />
1x PC-7 131EMVOsq *Diamond14<br />
1x Tornado IDS JBG31 NO12T<br />
J-057 F-16AM 322sq *Anvil21<br />
HB-VMY Ce550Bravo Jet Aviation PJS201/2<br />
TC-TJC B737-4Q8 Correndon CAI253/4<br />
08. D-ANFC ATR72-500 Avanti Air ATV663P/A<br />
D-CNAC SA227DC Dauair FKI719<br />
G-BYHM BAe125-800B Club 328 SDJ71<br />
09. J-368 F-16BM 313sq *<br />
44+75 Tornado IDS(T) JBG31 *NO20T<br />
CS-DFU Ce560 NetJets Europe NJE801P/801<br />
D-ANFC ATR72-500 Avanti Air ATV663B/P<br />
N780E G-IV IBM 10<br />
TC-TJC B737-4Q8 Correndon CAI453/4<br />
10. J-065 F-16BM 313sq *Rover21<br />
1x CH-47D 298sq *Ghost1<br />
CS-DRB BAe125-800XP NetJets Eur 11 NJE792P/792<br />
11. CA-02 A310-304 15w BAF669<br />
D-AHIB B737-73S Hamburg Intl 17 HHI998F/269F<br />
TC-TJB B737-3Q8 Correndon CAI653/4<br />
12. 99-0061 C-17A 62nd AW Rch530<br />
13. L-01 PC-7 131EMVOsq *Diamond07<br />
LX-N20000 CT-49A NAEW&CF *NATO29<br />
D-INOB Ce525A Atlas Air<br />
HB-VLZ Ce560 Skyworks SRK658/358<br />
N400AJ Beech 400A Capital<br />
OO-FPA Ce560XL Flying Partners FYG971/2/3/91F<br />
14. 1x Tornado IDS JBG31 *NO10T<br />
A-301 SA316B 300sq<br />
D-CDDD Ce560XL Daimler Chrysler DCS144<br />
N1852 Lj55 15<br />
15. D-103 CH-47D 298sq *<br />
D-CASA Ce560 Wurth 16<br />
D-CDDD Ce560XL Daimler Chrysler DCS141<br />
G-CJAB Do328-300 Club 328 SDJ81<br />
N1852 Lj55<br />
PH-JXK Fokker 50 a/w 16 DNM301P/CST11<br />
16. 16801 C-130H-30 Esq501 FAP17<br />
1x E-3A NAEW&CF *<br />
1x SF-260 1w *Message61<br />
J-270 F-16BM 313sq *Judge21<br />
CS-DXC Ce560XL NetJets Europe NJE743D<br />
OO-CEJ Ce525 Air Service Liege<br />
17. L-12 PC-7 131EMVOsq *<br />
J-653 F-16BM 312sq *<br />
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CS-DNQ Falcon 2000 NetJets Europe NJE831Y/667K<br />
N208NJ Ce208B Dolphin Aviation<br />
P4-VVP ERJ135LR Swift Aviation<br />
PH-JXN Fokker 50 aw 18 ETS92/ DNM1811<br />
19. CS-DNQ Falcon 2000 NetJets Europe NJE2MF/916U<br />
OO-FLN Ce525A Flying Partners<br />
OY-CIO ATR72-500 Cimber Air arr CIM701<br />
20. 1x E-3A NAEW&CF *<br />
L-13 PC-7 131EMVOsq *Diamond24<br />
L-11 PC-7 131EMVOsq *Diamond07<br />
1x AS532U2 300sq *Wildcat70<br />
21. J-870 F-16AM 313sq *<br />
1x F-16 BAF Sting15<br />
D-CCCF Ce550 CCF Manager Air CCF321/2/3/4<br />
HB-GPH Beech 200 Pinkerton<br />
OO-FLN Ce525A Flying Partners<br />
22. 1x Tornado IDS GAF Pack1<br />
L-13 PC-7 131EMVOsq *Diamond31<br />
L-11 PC-7 131EMVOsq *Diamond10<br />
T.17-3/47-03 B707-368C 471Esc AME4702<br />
CS-DXG Ce560XL NetJetsEur 23 NJE266W/902M<br />
D-AHID B737-73S Hamburg Intl HHI845F/8456<br />
G-BYHM BAe125-800B Club 328 SDJ71<br />
LX-IMZ Lj45<br />
N323ML PA-46 Mads Linden 23<br />
OO-PHB Beech 1900 Air Service Liege<br />
PH-JXM Fokker 50 aw arr CST14<br />
TC-FAH PA-42-720 Turk Hava Kurumu<br />
23. L-03 PC-7 131EMVOsq *<br />
L-10 PC-7 131EMVOsq *<br />
L-11 PC-7 131EMVOsq *<br />
J-270 F-16BM 313sq *<br />
ST-40 SF-260D 5sm *<br />
D-AHID B737-73S Hamburg Intl HHI8456/846F<br />
D-CASA Ce560 Wurth Leasing<br />
D-CBIN SA227AT Binair 24 BID1X/A<br />
D-ICKM Beech B200 WM Aero 24<br />
OY-CKN Falcon 2000 Air Alsie MMD4172<br />
24. CS-DXB Ce560XL NetJets Europe NJE445E<br />
OY-CKN Falcon 2000 Air Alsie 26 MMD1000/4173<br />
25. D-FONL An-2 Classic Wings 26<br />
26. D-BAIR G-200 27<br />
D-IAGG Raytheon 390 Vibro Air VIB630<br />
OY-CIO ATR72-500 Air Mauritius dep CIM702<br />
PH-LMT Fokker 50 a/w 30 DNM2611/401<br />
27. 44+75 Tornado IDS(T) JBG31 NO28<br />
CS-DFP Ce560XL NetJets Europe NJE750N<br />
HB-IVR CL-604<br />
LX-JFF TMB700 JetFly 2x<br />
Cessna 340 OY-VIM of Vision Air visiting the lowlands. (17 November 2006, Remco de Wit)
This stretched Hercules from 501sq at BA6 Montijo landed on Eindhoven with its nice livery.<br />
(Eindhoven, 16 November 2006, Frank Hoogeboom)<br />
OY-SEA B737-8Q8 Sterling 28 SNB9717/8<br />
28. 1x Tornado IDS JBG31 NO58<br />
1x F-16BM nn *Tiger81<br />
CS-DXB Ce560XL NetJets Europe NJE558T<br />
D-AGPR Fokker 100 arr BAG510P<br />
D-BAIR G-200<br />
29. L-07 PC-7 131EMVOsq *Diamond34<br />
D-CJPG Lj35A Quick Air Service QAJ611<br />
G-BYHM BAe125-800B Club 328 SDJ71<br />
30. 1x An-26 241dsl<br />
406 An-26 59HRB<br />
1x Tornado IDS JBG31 *NO16T<br />
02-1104 C-17A 62nd AW Rch242<br />
N283S Global Express Shamrock arr<br />
Onur Air<br />
TC-OAE 07 TC-ONM 18<br />
TC-OAH 04 TC-ONR 21<br />
TC-ONJ 11, 14 TC-ONS 25<br />
Chalair<br />
F-BXPY 23 F-GIJB 02², 07², 08, 09²<br />
F-GHVV 12,14², 15, 16² F-GPAS 06, 15, 16, 20, 23<br />
17, 21², 23², F-HBCA 22, 29<br />
24, 27, 28², 30<br />
Air France/KLM have dropped another route, this time even in<br />
the homemarket. Last year the KLM schedule to Eindhoven-<br />
Amsterdam was dropped in favour of a Eindhoven-Paris service<br />
to feed the international network. But within a year Air<br />
France/KLM pulls to plug completely. Chalair will start a service<br />
to Paris Orly early 2007. A Beech 1900 will keep the Paris<br />
schedule open.<br />
But back to the movements of November, as always the most<br />
notable moves come from the spraybay. who painted a<br />
Montenegro Airles Fokker 100, in nearly the same colours as it<br />
arrived in and a Hamburg Airlines Boeing 737. But the jewel of<br />
the month was the Cimber Air ATR42 that is off to the tropical<br />
island of Mauritius.<br />
A nice month for Eindhoven Airbase Welschap as well with<br />
some nice foreign visitors. The visitor of this month is probably<br />
the Spanish AF B707 which is expected to leave service within<br />
a short period. Also two C-17s were on the tarmac for some<br />
transportations tasks. On the 30th two Antonovs 26 were on<br />
EHEH but only the Hungarian one was read, the one from the<br />
Czech Republic is still not known by us.<br />
Credits: Eindhoven Airport , Stefan Jongen, EWAS forum.<br />
Gilze-Rijen<br />
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November 2006<br />
02. 1x SA316B 300sq *<br />
G-273 C-130H-30 334sq *<br />
LX-N90445 E-3A NAEWF&CF *<br />
06. MT-40 CM-170 33sm *AFB 161 +10<br />
07. T-264 KDC-10 334sq *NAF41<br />
08. D-103 CH-47D 298sq<br />
L-01 PC-7 131EMVOsq *+9<br />
09. L-04 PC-7 131EMVOsq *<br />
L-10 PC-7 131EMVOsq *<br />
A-292 SA316B 300sq<br />
PH-KAI T-67 T&TC *<br />
10. PH-KAJ T-67 T&TC *<br />
PH-KAU T-67 T&TC *<br />
27. D-102 CH-47D 298sq dep 01 Omega1<br />
D-661 CH-47D 298sq dep 01 Omega2<br />
1x AS532U2 300sq Wildcat3<br />
86+75 Bo-105P KHR36 dep1/12<br />
28. D-103 CH-47D 298sq<br />
29. G-273 C-130H-30 334sq *<br />
T-255 DC-10-30 334sq *<br />
U-04 F-60UTA-N 334sq *NAF64<br />
Not many aircraft visited Gilze-Rijen this month, or not much<br />
was noted. The Belgian Fouga did Gilze two times this month<br />
and hopefully not for the last time in its ending era. The other<br />
foreign visitor was a German Army Bolkow which stayed on the<br />
deck for some days. On the 29th also a AWACS was seen but<br />
not noted or heard on the radio. The same day the Fokker 60<br />
U-04 also flew over Gilze-Rijen for its last flight.<br />
Credits: Jörg van der Schans, <strong>Scramble</strong> Messageboard.<br />
De Kooy<br />
November 2006<br />
02. G-CEBK PA-31-350 Skydrift SDL510 + SDL511<br />
G-FRYI Beech 200 London Ex. LNX280Y<br />
03. R-02 AB412SP 303sq Gannet02<br />
06. ES-YLZ L-39C Skyline Av. 28<br />
G-CEBK PA-31 Skydrift SDL512<br />
G-TIGJ AS<strong>332</strong>L Bristow BHL26C<br />
08. G-FRYI Beech 200 London Ex. LNX311Y +9<br />
G-CEBK PA-31-350 Skydrift SDL513 +9,20,23,28
10. G-SGEC Beech 200 Keypoint<br />
16. J-209 F-16BM 323sq *<br />
J-868 F-16AM 322sq *<br />
J-879 F-16AM 323sq *<br />
J-881 F-16AM 323sq *<br />
1x CH-47D 298sq Corona 4<br />
17. ES-YLZ L-39C Skyline Av<br />
20. N415HS Beech 90<br />
22. PH-MLK TB-20 Martinair<br />
23. G-SAXN Beech 200 Saxonair SVH21<br />
24. G-273 C-130H-30 334sq NAF32<br />
A-292 SA316B 300sq Alfa292<br />
27. PH-MLO TB-10 Martinair<br />
PH-MLR TB-10 Martinair<br />
PH-MLQ TB-10 Martinair<br />
28. G-CLOW Beech 200 Saxonair SVH25<br />
G-SAXN Beech 200 Saxonair SVH21<br />
A-301 SA316B 300sq +29<br />
S-458 AS532U2 300sq Wildcat41<br />
29. S-459 AS532U2 300sq Wildcat37<br />
OE-DZB DA40 D&B<br />
L-01 PC-7 131EMVOsq Diamond31<br />
A little bit poor month for NAS de Kooy without a single military<br />
foreign aircraft. The 4 F-16s on the 16th performed a missing<br />
man formation over the field.<br />
Credits: Otto Sannen, SGDK.<br />
Leeuwarden<br />
Additions October 2006<br />
10. 81-0654/SP A-10A 81st FS Warthog17<br />
FA87 F-16AM 10w dep<br />
FA129 F-16AM 10w dep<br />
November 2006<br />
04. D-HHIT EC 135P2 ADAC Lifeliner4<br />
06. 264 SH-14D MARHELI *NRN468<br />
278 SH-14D MARHELI *NRN598<br />
1x F-16 306sq *Spider21<br />
07. 1x F-16 313sq Anvil21<br />
08. 1x F-16 306sq *Spider21<br />
1x F-16 311sq *Judge21<br />
10. S-459 AS532U2 300sq Wildcat65<br />
13. G-FRAL Falcon 20 FR Aviation FRA97<br />
14. 264 SH-14D MARHELI *NRN410<br />
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45+65 Tornado IDS JBG31 *Pack<br />
D-CGFE Lj36 GFD GFD10<br />
15. 37+01 F-4F JG71 *HG67T<br />
D-CGFD Lj35A GFD GFD50<br />
D-CGFE Lj36 GFD GFD10<br />
16. D-CACB Beech 200T AFI FII511<br />
PH-RPI Ce182R KLPD<br />
17. 1x F-16 306sq *Rebel21<br />
1x F-16 313sq *Metal2<br />
1x F-16 313sq *Metal1<br />
21. A-292 SA316B 300sq<br />
A-301 SA316B 300sq<br />
22. 1x F-4F JG71 *Reaper1<br />
1x F-4F JG71 *Reaper1<br />
27. 1x F-16 313sq *Metal21<br />
1x F-16 313sq *Metal22<br />
1x F-16 312sq *Burst21<br />
29. 1x Mirage 2000N *FAF4211<br />
29. U-04 Fokker 60 334sq *NAF64<br />
30. 1x F-16 312sq *Bonzo21<br />
A very sad month for Leeuwarden in November, there was not<br />
even one foreign military aircraft which landed at Leeuwarden.<br />
Also not much was read by the spotters in the northern part of<br />
The Netherlands, by which we also don’t know the identity of<br />
both German Phantoms on the 22nd and the French Mirage<br />
2000 on the 29th. Maybe next month some more aircraft<br />
Credit: Peter Kroese, A.Koning, R.W. Laskewitz, C. Schrik.<br />
Soesterberg<br />
November 2006<br />
02. 1x C-130H-30 334Sq *NAF33<br />
PH-EMS EC135T2 ANWB Lifeliner1 +23<br />
03. 1x SH-14D MARHELI *NRN505<br />
PH-KGJ EC120B HHH *<br />
06.260 SH-14D MARHELI *NRN596<br />
1x PC-7 131EMVOsq *Diamond07<br />
1x F-16 Volkel *Spider21<br />
PH-RPZ Bo-105C KLPD * +21<br />
07.1x PC-7 131EMVOsq *Diamond14<br />
1x F-16 Volkel *Anvil21<br />
D-IADE Ce310 nn<br />
08. PH-RPS Bo-105C KLPD +13,16,22<br />
09. PH-LAB Ce550 NLR<br />
1x PC-7 131EMVOsq Diamond08<br />
After a long time without a US Marines Hercules in the Netherlands, one finally visited Soesterberg. After a mission to<br />
Gardermoen, 164105/NY from VMGR-452, came in on the 27. (Soesterberg, 10 November 2006, Robbert Snijders)
164105/NY-105 KC-130T VMGR-452 Yanky99 dep13<br />
10. PH-DRK Ce560XL JetNeterlands<br />
15. PH-RPW Bo-105C KLPD +21<br />
16. 1x F-16 Volkel *Judge<br />
PH-MNZ Do228-212 Kustwacht *NCG01<br />
L-04 PC-7 131EMVOsq *Diamond31<br />
L-06 PC-7 131EMVOsq *Diamond07<br />
17. 268 SH-14D MARHELI NRN489<br />
T-235 KDC-10 334Sq *NAF41<br />
T-255 DC-10-30 334Sq *NAF40 +29<br />
1x L-39 Skyline *Lion39<br />
18. RA-76493 IL-76TD Volga Dnepr VDA4246<br />
20. J-251 F-16AM nn *Polly1<br />
J-253 F-16AM nn *Polly2<br />
L-11 PC-7 131EMVOsq *Diamond07<br />
L-10 PC-7 131EMVOsq *Diamond05<br />
22. PH-DDZ DC-3C DDA *PHDDZ<br />
L-11 PC-7 131EMVOsq *Diamond10<br />
23. PH-KGJ EC-120B HHH *<br />
G-273 C-130H-30 334Sq *NAF33 +29<br />
28. G-BGRE Beech 200 MB Ltd MBE02<br />
1x PC-7 131EMVOsq *Diamond12<br />
1x PC-7 131EMVOsq *Diamond31<br />
29. U-04 Fokker 60UTA 334Sq *NAF64<br />
1x Tornado IDS JBG31 *NO95<br />
30. D-IAWB PA-42-720 Aerowest<br />
A nice month again at Soesterberg Airbase but without much<br />
foreign aircraft. The most spectacular aircraft was the<br />
USMarines Hercules which came in on the 9th. On the 10th it<br />
flew a flight to Gardemoen, but it came back the same day.<br />
After the weekend the aircraft departed again. On the 18th a<br />
civil aircraft was chartered again to do some freighting jobs for<br />
the airforce again, this time with a Volga Dnepr Candid. On the<br />
29th it was a sad day because it was the last day a Fokker 60<br />
visited Soesterberg during it’s farewell flight. Also on this day<br />
(at 21:30) a German Tornado came in for a approach, but it<br />
was not identified.<br />
Credits: <strong>Scramble</strong> Soesterberg Forum, Ernesto Bauer, W.P.<br />
van Houten, Oscar Sannen.<br />
Volkel<br />
November 2006<br />
03. J-009 F-16AM 322sq<br />
J-058 F-16AM 323sq Orange<br />
L-06 PC-7 131EMVOsq Diamond10<br />
1x AS532U2 300sq *Wildcat68<br />
U-02 Fokker 60 334sq NAF62<br />
10. 44+66 Tornado IDS JBG31 *NO10T<br />
45+81 Tornado IDS JBG31<br />
270 SH-14D MARHELI NRN494<br />
17. 84-0083 C-21A 86th AW Jalop24<br />
20. 1x AS532U2 300sq *Wildcat20<br />
1x AS532U2 300sq *Wildcat61<br />
1x AS532U2 300sq *Wildcat70<br />
21. 44+80 Tornado IDS JBG31<br />
23. G-273 C-130H-30 334sq *NAF33<br />
Not much was noted this month at Volkel but there were at<br />
least 3 German Tornado’s and a USAFE Learjet.<br />
Credits: SGVolkel messageboard.<br />
Woensdrecht<br />
November 2006<br />
01. T-235 KDC-10 334sq *<br />
CS-TPC Fokker 100 Portugalia dep PGA043P<br />
D2-ESR Fokker 50 Sonair dep<br />
I-ALPQ Fokker 100 Alpieagles dep ELG9192<br />
PH-MKH Fokker 100 Sostar-X FOP10<br />
02. A-292 SA316B 300sq<br />
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G-273 C-130H-30 334sq NAF33<br />
J-511 F-16AM 313sq<br />
LX-N90445 E-3A NAEW&CF *Nato08<br />
T-235 KDC-10 334sq *NAF42<br />
06. U-05 Fokker 50 334sq<br />
U-06 Fokker 50 334sq dep<br />
J-058 F-16BM 313sq<br />
07. J-508 F-16AM 313sq<br />
08. S-400 AS532U2 300sq<br />
09. J-367 F-16AM 322sq tstfl M2923<br />
G-FPLD Beech 200T Aerodata Fl Inspc *FII511<br />
PH-KAJ T-67-200M TT&TC +14<br />
PH-OFF Fokker 100 KLMC KL7151<br />
10. J-196 F-16AM 323sq tstfl<br />
J-616 F-16AM 323sq dep<br />
T-255 DC-10-30 334sq *NAF03<br />
SE-LJI Fokker 50 Air Baltic dep AFP9000<br />
13. J-270 F-16AM Jordanian AF<br />
U-05 Fokker 50 334sq dep NAF50<br />
44+75 Tornado IDS JBG31 *NO12T<br />
LX-N20000 CT-49A NAEW&CF *NATO29<br />
14. S-454 +1 AS532U2 300sq<br />
15. A-301 SA316B 300sq<br />
U-02 Fokker 60 334sq *NAF62<br />
PH-KAI T-67-200M TT&TC<br />
PH-LPO Ce172M TT&TC *<br />
PH-MKH Fokker 100 Sostar-X tstfl FOP10<br />
PH-OFF Fokker 100 KLMC dep KL1751<br />
17. J-367 F-16AM 322sq dep<br />
J-653 F-16BM 312sq *<br />
S-453 AS532U2 300sq<br />
PH-DDZ DC-3 DDA *<br />
20. D-106 CH-47D 298sq tstfl<br />
D-AGPA Fokker 100 DBA GMI118P<br />
21. H-38 A-109BA 17sq MHR BAF538<br />
J-196 F-16AM 323sq dep<br />
J-367 F-16AM 322sq tstfl<br />
J-653 F-16BM 312sq<br />
22. J-066 F-16BM 323sq Rack<br />
J-653 F-16BM 312sq<br />
U-05 Fokker 50 334sq NAF54<br />
23. A-275 SA316B 300sq<br />
G-273 C-130H-30 334sq *NAF33<br />
PH-KAU T-67-200M TT&TC<br />
24. J-060 F-16AM 311sq<br />
28. 1x F-16BM 313sq *Tiger81<br />
J-368 F-16BM 311sq<br />
EC-JRV Fokker 100 a/w GJT001P<br />
29. G-273 C-130H-30 334sq *<br />
T-255 DC-10-30 334sq *NAF05<br />
U-04 Fokker 60 334sq *NAF64<br />
PH-DDZ DC-3 DDA *<br />
PH-MKH Fokker 100 SintAir titels taxirun??<br />
30. 282 F-16AM FLO NOW5005<br />
A really nice month at Woensdrecht in November with some<br />
nice civil Fokkers and some foreign military aircraft. On the<br />
second day of the month a NATO E-3A came across to make a<br />
touch and go under the well known Nato08 callsign. The J-270<br />
came in at the 13th, which will become a Jordan Air Force one<br />
in the near future. Also on this day a smoker from<br />
Geilenkirchen for some practical approaches. Unfortunatly a<br />
Belgian F-16 on the 13th and the 14th and two German<br />
Tornados which crossed the field on the 16th, flying low level,<br />
were not identified. The Norwegian F-16 on the 30th came in<br />
for maintenance at Fokker Service Woensdrecht. On the 29th<br />
Fokker 100 PH-MKH was painted in a special livery for the<br />
children’s festival Sinterklaas. If the aircraft also flew in this<br />
colour scheme is unknown by us.<br />
Credits: Pieter Alderen, Ernesto Bauer, Pieter van ’t Hof/SG<br />
Woensdrecht, Oscar Sannen.<br />
www.scramble.nl
Movements Belgium<br />
On a regular basis cargo flights are operated to Antwerp airport. YL-KSA is a brightly coloured Antonov 74 of KS Avia.<br />
(26 October 2006, Walter van Brempt)<br />
Antwerpen<br />
October 2006<br />
01. G-BBDS PA-31 Trans Euro Air<br />
G-PLAC PA-31-350 Y.Leysen<br />
OE-FRA Ce525A Rath Aviation<br />
02. D-IRKE Ce525 Air Evex 05<br />
HB-VIS Ce550 Eagle Air Service<br />
OY-JRI Beech 1900C Aria<br />
03. N666MX Ce560XL Flying Group 04<br />
N888RK Ce525B KOM Activity<br />
OY-NUT PC-12/45 Execujet 05<br />
04. CS-DRA BAe125-800XP Netjets Europe 05<br />
G-BLYK PA-34-220T Trans Euro Air<br />
G-JANN PA-34-220T Synergy Aviation 05<br />
N555BK Ce550Bravo Koop Holding<br />
05. D-CZAR Ce560 Excellent Air 06<br />
D-GELX PA-34-220T W.Hoffmann<br />
F-GNPD Beech 200 Avdef 06<br />
N167F P-51D Scandinavian Historic Flight<br />
N4483W Beech 400A DynamicExel<br />
06. D-CAUW Ce560 Stuttgarter Flugdienst<br />
G-PLAC PA-31-350 Y.Leysen<br />
I-GURU Lj40 Sirio<br />
08. D-CAUW Ce560 Stuttgarter Flugdienst<br />
G-PLAC PA-31-350 Y.Leysen<br />
HB-VMO Ce560XL Skywork<br />
N553M Falcon 50 Marmon Group 10<br />
P4-MAF BAe125-1000B Wasserstein AVV 09<br />
09. D-IAVA PA-23-250 Vulcan Air Service 10<br />
G-FPLB Beech B200 FR Aviation<br />
10. CS-DFY BAe125-800XP Netjets Europe<br />
CS-DHM Ce550 Bravo Netjets Europe 11<br />
EC-IBD Global Express Gestair<br />
HB-FOX PC-12/45 Lions Air 11<br />
HB-IAZ Falcon 2000 TAG Aviation<br />
N555BK Ce550 Bravo Koop Holding<br />
N604FJ CL-601-3A Millair<br />
OH-WIN Falcon 20F Jetflite 11<br />
12. F-GFMD Falcon 10 Aero Services Exec.<br />
HB-FOS PC-12/45 Lions Air<br />
14. G-PLAC PA-31-350 Y.Leysen<br />
N352CM PA-46-350P Continental Capital Markets 16<br />
N425HS Ce425 Mastercraft 15<br />
15. CS-DHG Ce550 Bravo Netjets Europe<br />
G-PLAC PA-31-350 Y.Leysen<br />
N4483W Beech400A DynamicExel<br />
17. CS-DFS Ce560XL Netjets Europe<br />
CS-DXL Ce560XLS Netjets Europe<br />
N555BK Ce550 Bravo Koop Holding<br />
SE-LTM PA-46-500TP Sectra Imtec<br />
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18. CS-DNQ Falcon 2000 Netjets Europe<br />
F-GLYC Ce560 Lyreco France<br />
LX-JFD TBM-700 Jet Fly 2x 19<br />
N45JB Falcon 200 Barron Intl Holding<br />
N555BK Ce550 Bravo Koop Holding<br />
N702BM TBM-700 Fabry Air Corp<br />
OE-GPS Ce550 Bravo Tyrolean Air Ambulance<br />
19. D-ICEY Ce525 Lenox 20<br />
D-INGI Ce340A MSR Flug Charter<br />
F-GNPD Beech 200 Avdef 20<br />
20. G-ONAV PA-31-310C Panther Aviation 21<br />
21. N555BK Ce550 Bravo Koop Holding<br />
22. CS-DHL Ce550 Bravo Netjets Europe<br />
N702BM TBM-700 Fabry Air<br />
OY-JRI Beech 1900C Aria 24<br />
23. CS-DNU BAe125-800XP Netjets Europe<br />
CS-DRJ BAe125-800XPi Netjets Europe<br />
24. OY-JRI Beech 1900C Aria 25<br />
OY-NUT PC-12/45 Execujet 25<br />
SE-DVP Falcon 100 Andersson Business Jet<br />
25. G-11 MD900 Federale Politie<br />
D-CFTG Lj35A Quick Air Service<br />
D-GELX PA-34-220T W.Hoffmann<br />
F-GETJ Beech E90 ASEC sa<br />
F-GPNJ Falcon 900EX Aero Services Exec.<br />
HA-TCS An-26B Cityline Hungary<br />
HB-FOX PC-12/45 Lions Air<br />
OY-JRI Beech 1900C Aria<br />
26. CS-DHG Ce550 Bravo Netjets Europe<br />
D-BOSS Falcon 2000EX BASF<br />
D-IPCS Ce525 MSR Flug Charter 27<br />
D-IVER DHC-6-300 Business Wings<br />
F-GPNJ Falcon 900EX Aero Services Exec.<br />
YL-KSA An-74-200 KS Avia 28<br />
27. D-CCCA Lj35A G.Paetzold<br />
D-IBAR Beech B200 Westavia<br />
HB-FOX PC-12/45 Lions Air<br />
28. CS-DHG Ce550Bravo Netjets Europe<br />
CS-DNM BAe125-800XP Netjets Europe<br />
N702BM TBM-700 Fabry Air<br />
30. CS-DRK BAe125-800XPi Netjets Europe 31<br />
F-GNPD Beech 200 Avdef 31<br />
HB-FOX PC-12/45 Lions Air<br />
HB-VNB Ce560 Eagle Air Service<br />
N290PA Beech C90 Liege on Top<br />
N555BK Ce550 Bravo Koop Holding<br />
31. CS-DRK BAe125-800XPi Netjets Europe<br />
F-GYPQ PA-46-350P Courant<br />
HB-FOX PC-12/45 Lions Air<br />
OY-NUT PC-12/45 Execujet<br />
Credits : ASA-Antwerp
Brussels<br />
November 2006<br />
03. RA-85666 Tu-154M Rossia<br />
05. 055 An-30 16. TrAB 07,14 BUAF055<br />
0260 Yak-40 241.dlt CEF729<br />
081 A340-311 ET03.060 F-RAJB CTM109<br />
746 C-130H 356 Mira OSY23T<br />
048 Yak-40 36 SPLT PLF108<br />
2421 L-410UVP-E SDoLt SQF2421<br />
T.18-2 Falcon 900B Grupo 45 +12 AME4548 ‘45-41’<br />
06. 4K-AZ10 Tu-154M Gvmt of Azerbaijan 08<br />
2342/FX AS532UL GAM00.056 CTM1415<br />
MM62174 A319-115CJ 306°Gr I9002<br />
17403 Falcon 50 Esq 504<br />
T-783 Falcon 50 LTDB +29 SUI002<br />
ZR321 A109E 32(TR)sq +14<br />
07. 135L-484 ERJ135BJ SMYP +13,14,27<br />
251 G-IV 102sq/IAC 08,20,22,29,30<br />
1x Falcon 900EX 93°Gr I2172<br />
T.18-1 Falcon 900B Grupo 45 +14,27 ‘45-40’<br />
T-784 Ce560XL LTDB +16<br />
ZE700 BAe146 CC2 32(TR)sq<br />
08. 1x P-180AM 71°Gr I2203<br />
09. T.10-03 C-130H Ala 31 11,16 OSY26T ‘31-03’<br />
T.19B-06 CN235M-100 Ala 35 ‘35-24’<br />
11. 01-0040 C-40B 76th AS Fendy05<br />
12. 144615 CC-144B 412sq 15 CFC3010<br />
27 Falcon 50 ETEC00.065 CTM0004<br />
145-209 ERJ135LR SMYP HAF209<br />
801 An-26 Baza90 ROF158<br />
102001 Tp102A F17M 22 SVF21 ‘021’<br />
102004 Tp102C F17M 14,29 SVF24 ‘024’<br />
13. 5105 CL-601 241.dlt CEF05C<br />
82+03 AS532U2 FBS BMVg<br />
50+90 C-160D LTG62?<br />
12+03 CL-601 FBS BMVg +27,30 GAF613<br />
12+05 CL-601 FBS BMVg GAF630<br />
258 Lj45 102sq/IAC 21,27-30 IRL258<br />
MM62243 A319-112CJ 306°Gr I2243<br />
MM62171 Falcon 900EX 93°Gr I2171<br />
MM62245 Falcon 900EX 93°Gr I2245<br />
045 Yak-40 36 SPLT PLF109<br />
100009 Tp100C F21 SVF1707 ‘009’<br />
003 G-IV 212 Filo 17 TAF002<br />
ZD621 BAe125 CC3 32(TR)sq +16 KRF29<br />
14. OK1 G-IV Botswana DF 17<br />
5105 CL-601 241.dlt<br />
0260 Yak-40 241.dlt CEF04<br />
MM62172 Falcon 900EX AMI 31° S tormo<br />
LX-N19997 CT-49A NAEW&CF 17<br />
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1x Yak-40 36 SPLT PLF108<br />
3208 An-26 SDoLt SQF3208<br />
5X-UEF G-IV Gvmt.of Uganda 18 5XUEF<br />
79-1949 KC-10A 305th AMW RCH505<br />
85-0033 KC-10A 305th AMW RCH503<br />
01-0028 C-37A 310th AS 16 Spar43<br />
96-0108 UC-35A 6-52nd AVN 18 Grit62<br />
15. 34 Falcon 50 ETEC00.065 16<br />
A7-HJJ A330-203 Qatar Airways Amiri Flight<br />
A7-HHH A340-541 Qatar Airways Amiri Flight 17<br />
16. XT-BFA B727-282 Gvmt.of Burkina Faso BFA01<br />
044 Yak-40 36 SPLT<br />
17. 99 TBM-700 EAAT ‘ABO’<br />
678 G-V SMYP +22 HAF678<br />
97-0400 C-37A 99th AS S0815<br />
20 12+02 CL-601 FBS BMVg<br />
82-0193 KC-10A 60th AMW 22 Allied1<br />
64-0527 C-130E 37th AS Shogun01 ‘RS’<br />
21. 1x UH-1D Lw<br />
86-0029 KC-10A 60th AMW Blue81<br />
830500 C-20A USN Sigonella Catbird<br />
22. RA-42446 Yak-42D Russia’s Min.forEmerg.Sit.24<br />
YU-BNA Falcon 50 Serbian Gvmt<br />
23. 240 Beech 200 102sq/IAC<br />
69-032 C-160D 221 Filo<br />
24. 130341 CC-130H 435sq CFC2510<br />
26. RA-86540 lL-62M Rossia 28 SDM9005<br />
27. 2377/FU AS532L1 EH03.067 CTM0016<br />
84-0110 C-21A 76th AS Jalop56<br />
28. Z3-MKD Lj60 Macedonian Gvmt<br />
102 Tu-154M 36 SPLT<br />
29. 1x C-130K 4.Trans.Staf./FlR 3<br />
30. (405) An-26 59.HRE HUAF116<br />
84-0110 C-21A 76th AS Jalop56<br />
Florennes<br />
November 2006<br />
Extra movements<br />
27. 71+52 UH-1D LTG63<br />
28. E58/314-TK Alpha Jet E EAC00.314<br />
E69/314-TO Alpha Jet E EAC00.314<br />
E113/314-TD Alpha Jet E EAC00.314<br />
2549/SB EC725 EH01.067<br />
H18 A109BA 18 Sqn MRH<br />
H29 A109BA 17/18 Sqn MRH<br />
29. H01 A109BA SLV<br />
MT26, MT48 CM170 11sm<br />
ST45 SF260D 5sm<br />
December 2006<br />
01. MM62195/46-61C-130J-30 50°Gr<br />
B727s are still in use with the authorities of some African countries, like Burkina Faso government XT-BFA that visited Brussels<br />
and Amsterdam in November. This B727RE moved to Burkina Faso in April 2005 and was photographed under sunny<br />
circumstances. (Brussels-National,17 November 2006, Arjen Sleeuwenhoek)
The government of Qatar has several large Airbuses, operated in the colours of the national airline, Qatar Airways. A7-HHH is the<br />
only A340-500 in the fleet and still wears the old scheme. (Brussels, 17 November 2006, Marco van Halum)<br />
Belgian Air Component<br />
FA68 F-16AM 2w<br />
FA101 F-16AM 2w<br />
FA120 F-16AM 2w<br />
FA127 F-16AM 2w<br />
Germany - Luftwaffe<br />
38+18 F-4F JG71 arr21,dep22<br />
Italy - Aeronautica Militare Italiana<br />
MM7020/50-41 Tornado ECR 155°Gr arr20,dep01<br />
MM7062/50-44 Tornado ECR 155°Gr arr20,dep01<br />
United Kingdom - Royal Air Force<br />
ZG797/C Tornado F3 43sq,1435 Flt mks a29,d01<br />
United States - United States Air Force Europe<br />
91-0416/SP F-16CJ 23rd FS ‘52OG’ a20,d01<br />
FR Aviation<br />
G-FRAI Falcon 20C arr22,dep01<br />
Credits: Florennes Aviation Society<br />
Kleine Brogel<br />
October 2006<br />
11. 2x Alpha Jet E EAC00.314<br />
17. E25/314-TJ Alpha Jet E EAC00.314<br />
23. 2x Tornado IDS JBG33 BU22A<br />
25. LX-N90456 E-3A NAEW&CF *<br />
ST40, ST45 SF260D 5sm<br />
1x A109BA 17/18 Sqn MRH *<br />
November 2006<br />
09. CH11 C-130H 20sm<br />
ST47 SF260D 5sm<br />
22. 055/YZ EMB121AN EAT00.319<br />
28. E113/314-TD Alpha Jet E EAC00.314 * FAF6441<br />
Credits: Ernesto Bauer,<br />
Koksijde<br />
November 2006<br />
01. CH05 C-130H 20sm *<br />
05. ZR321 A109E 32(TR)sq *+06,13<br />
A55, A57, A78 SA318C SLV Koksijde<br />
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06. H05, H22 A109BA 17 Sqn MRH +23<br />
H25 A109BA 18 Sqn MRH +23<br />
09. H40 A109BA 18 Sqn MRH<br />
10. 1x SF260D/M 5sm<br />
13. 1x A109BA 17/18 Sqn MRH<br />
14. CD01 Falcon 900B 21sm<br />
17. 5x F-16 BAC *<br />
20. XX453 Gazelle AH1 654sq<br />
XZ308 Gazelle AH1 654sq<br />
21. 1x Tornado IDS Lw *<br />
22. FA114 F-16AM 10w +28<br />
FB23 F-16BM 10w<br />
1x F-16AM 10w<br />
1x UH-60A(C) Shape det flt *<br />
27. D-102 CH-47D 298sq<br />
1x AS532U2 300sq *<br />
1x A109BA 17/18 Sqn MRH<br />
28. E58/314-TK Alpha Jet E EAC00.314<br />
E69/314-TO Alpha Jet E EAC00.314<br />
FB22 F-16BM 10w<br />
29. 1x SF260D/M 5sm<br />
Not many exciting aircraft this month. The two French Alpha<br />
Jets on the 28th made a fuelstop after visiting the TLP.<br />
Credits: Filip Candaele, Mike Derijcke, Tom Houquet, Wim<br />
Houquet, Manolito Jaarsma, Jens Ligier, Robin de Nys, Kenny<br />
Plaetevoet, Steve Rottiers, Joren Saubain, Michael<br />
Vaeremans<br />
Oostende<br />
October 2006<br />
02. N600GC DC-10-30F Gemini Air Cargo 03 DSR 1067<br />
03. CA01 A310-222 20sm *<br />
UR-CEZ An-12BP Aerovis Airlines 04 VIZ2374/81<br />
04. CA01 A310-222 20sm *<br />
YL-KSB An-74-200 KS Avia KSA710/1<br />
05. OY-MMM CL-604 Maersk Air<br />
06. SE-DSX BAe146RJ-100 Malmo Aviation SCW920/1227<br />
SE-RCM Ce560XL European Flight Service<br />
07. SE-RDY G-V European Flight Service<br />
TC-AAP B737-86N Pegasus Airlines PGT5372/3<br />
08. SE-DST BAe146RJ-100 Malmo Aviation SCW1228/921
SE-RCM Ce560XL European Flight Service 2x<br />
SE-RDY G-V European Flight Service<br />
09. F-RAPI C-130H France Air Force<br />
11. D-FBPS Ce208B British Parachute Schools<br />
N800NJ BAe125-800XP<br />
12. CM-02 Falcon 20E Belgian Defence *<br />
D-CBPL Ce650 SFD Stuttgarter Flugdienst<br />
HA-TCS An-26B Cityline Hungary CNB1501/2<br />
LX-EAR Lj31A Global Jet Luxembourg<br />
OE-GNW Ce560XL Jetalliance<br />
OO-VEG B737-36N Virgin Express *<br />
13. OY-NPE SA227DC North Flying<br />
14. 251 G-IV Ireland Air Force<br />
PH-MNZ Do228-212 Kustwacht<br />
15. F-RAPF C-130H France Air Force<br />
16. ER-AXZ An-12BK Airline Transport NRP201/2<br />
S9-PDH BAe125-3B Hewa Bora Airways<br />
17. SX-FIN B747-283B(F) Sky Express Aircargo SEH301<br />
18. EC-HZH SA227AC Aeronova<br />
N600GC DC-10-30F Gemini Cargo19 DSR1412/405<br />
21. N600GC DC-10-30F Gemini Cargo DSR1415/100P<br />
22. PH-MNZ Do228-212 Kustwacht<br />
23. N614GC DC-10-30F Cielos Del Peru 24 CIU4851<br />
SE-RFH Ce680 European Flight Service<br />
24. 2408 An-26B Czech Republic CEF670<br />
UR-LAI An-12BP Volare Air 25 VRE2485/6<br />
UR-LMI An-12BK Volare Air 25 VRE2495/6<br />
26. ER-AXY An-12BK Airline Transport NRP211/2<br />
PH-DEZ Ce501 Stella Aviation Charter<br />
30. YL-KSA An-74 KS Avia 2nov KSA711/0<br />
HS125 G-OCBA, fourty years old and well-know at Ostend<br />
departed south with the exotic registration S9-PDH on its tail.<br />
November 2006<br />
01. OK-TVF B737-8FH Travel Service TVS108/9<br />
UR-LMI An-12BK Volare Air Company VRE2485/6<br />
02. OK-SWU B737-522 Smart Wings 03 TVS108/9<br />
03. CH-04 C-130H 20sm *<br />
N560DE Ce560XL<br />
PH-MNZ Do228-212 Kustwacht<br />
04. EC-IZG B737-46J Futura FUA041P/JAF6461/2/6F<br />
LX-PMA CL-300 Premiair<br />
05. CS-DFW BAe125-800XP Netjets Europe<br />
G-EMBI ERJ145EU British Airways BRT 87LT/09P<br />
06. N600GC DC-10-30F Gemini 07 GCO4062/2612<br />
RA-42330 Yak-42D Aero Rent 08 TUL2261/2<br />
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07. UR-BWM An-12BK Volare Air 09 VRE2484/90<br />
UR-LAI An-12BP Volare Air 09 VRE2485<br />
08. F-GNLG Fokker 100 Blue Line BLE576P/576<br />
09. HA-TCZ An-26B Budapest AS BPS350F/3000<br />
HA-YFE Mu-300 Pannon Air Service<br />
N600GC DC10-30F Gemini Cargo 10 GCO2603/14<br />
N601GC DC-10-30F Gemini 13 GCO4062<br />
10. OO-GFD Falcon 2000 Abelag Aviation<br />
ZS-OZV DC-8-62F African Int’l Aw AIN955/854<br />
11. OO-VLI Fokker 50 VLM Airlines *<br />
UR-BWM An-12BK Volare Air VRE2485/56<br />
12. N600GC DC-10-30F Gemini 14 GCO2605/12<br />
OO-VLZ Fokker 50 VLM Airlines<br />
13. HB-VNP Ce525 Mathys Aviation<br />
14. D-AIQT A320-211 Lufthansa DLH8932<br />
N601GC DC-10-30F Gemini 15 GCO2612/GEC8614<br />
SP-MRB Saab 340A Sky Taxi<br />
UR-82027An-124-100 Antonov DB 15 ADB314F<br />
16. N600GC DC-10-30F Gemini Air Cargo GCO2603/14<br />
17. N601GC DC-10-30F Gemini 20 GEC8616/GCO4002<br />
ZS-OSI DC-8-62F African Intl Aw 18 AIN951/597<br />
18. N600GC DC-10-30F Gemini Cargo 21 GCO2605/12<br />
20. UR-LAI An-12BP Volare Air VRE2485/6<br />
21. LX-PMR Raytheon 390 Premiair<br />
22. YL-RAA An-26B RAF Avia 23 MTL1303/303F<br />
YR-MDK MD-82 Jettran Air 24 JOR2313/4<br />
23. G-CDNK Lj45 Gold Air<br />
N600GC DC-10-30F Gemini Air Cargo GCO2603/14<br />
UR-BWM An-12BK Volare Air 27 VRE2492/1<br />
YR-BAA B737-33A Blue Air 24 JOR2311/2<br />
YR-BAC B737-377 Blue Air 24 JOR2315/6<br />
24. CH-11 C-130H 20sm<br />
D-CHZF Ce550Bravo ZF Holding<br />
25. N600GC DC-10-30F Gemini Cargo GCO2605/4062<br />
TC-ACZ A300B4-103F ACT Cargo RUN1985<br />
27. RA-12957 An-12V Kosmos Aviation KSM9624<br />
N601GC DC-10-30F Gemini 29 GCO4061/2612<br />
UR-LMI An-12BK Volare Air Company VRE2484<br />
28. OE-FGN Ce500 Airlink<br />
29. N601GC DC-10-30F Gemini 30 GCO2623/14<br />
OE-FGN Ce500 Airlink<br />
Gemini has been showing up at Ostend frequently, operating<br />
for DAS Air Cargo after their EU ban, Lufthansa Cargo and<br />
under their own callsign.<br />
Credits : EBOS Spotting<br />
The former Belgian army Islander B01 was sold earlier in 2006 . After maintenance at Antwerp it received UMS titles. United<br />
Mining Supply of Guinea will operate it as 3X-GEF. (Antwerp, 12 Novermber 2006, Walter van Brempt)
Civil Movements<br />
Elsewhere<br />
Geilenkirchen continues to attract IL-76s on cargo charters for NATO. EW-78843 clearly shows the colours of its previous<br />
operator, Trans Avia Export, and was first seen with Gomelavia titles last July. (17 October 2006, Arjen Sleeuwenhoek)<br />
France<br />
Paris-Le Bourget October 2006<br />
01. 2402 KC-137 2°/2°GT , FABr<br />
01-0030 C-37A 310th AS<br />
57-2589 C-135E 412th FLTS<br />
SU-BGV G-III Egyptian AF<br />
8P-MAK G-V ALN/Helicol<br />
EI-IRE CL-604 Starair<br />
EI-REX Lj60 Airlink Airways<br />
F-GTVC Beech 1900D French Home Office +15<br />
JY-ONE CL-604 Jordanian Gvmt<br />
N189H Ce560 Honeywell Int’l<br />
N767A B767-2AXER ARAMCO<br />
N800NJ BAe125-800XP N90BJ<br />
N929QS Ce750 NetJets<br />
OO-DLN B757-236F DHL Airways/EAT<br />
OO-TAE BAe146-300QT TNT Airways<br />
PP-BIA CL-604 Braco<br />
PP-CFF Falcon 2000 Iguatemi Shopping Center<br />
PR-TUB CL-604<br />
TR-LFB BAe125-3B Avirex +15<br />
TR-LGV Falcon 50 Afrijet<br />
TR-LGZ Falcon 20F Afrijet +15<br />
VH-VGX Global Express Pratt Holdings<br />
VP-BDV Falcon 2000EX<br />
VP-BLB Falcon 900 Mar. Investment & Shipping<br />
VP-BRH B777-2ANER Saudi Oger/R.B. Hariri +15<br />
VP-BWR B737-79T Usal<br />
YL-KSB An-74 KS Avia<br />
ZS-DAV Falcon 900B Hawker Air Services +15<br />
05. N326AW B737-301 America West Al. for GCC dep<br />
15. N2HL G200 Leach Capital<br />
N6VB Global Express Paramount Picutres<br />
N90LC Falcon 10 Al-Morrell Development<br />
N456MS Global Express Echo Aircraft Holdings/TAG<br />
N823DF Global Express D.G. Fisher<br />
N911DT Falcon 20F-5B Alpha Charlie Aviation<br />
N2425 Ce680 Owens Corning<br />
RA-42415 Yak-42D Karat n/t<br />
TR-KSP G-IVSP Gabonese Gvmt<br />
VP-BHN B737-8AN Saudi Oger/R.B. Hariri<br />
VP-CFR Falcon 900EX<br />
The Beech 1900 on the 1st nowadays is white with a French<br />
Air Force roundel.<br />
Credit: Justin Palmer.<br />
Germany<br />
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Frankfurt-Main October 2006<br />
01. 5B-DBT A330-243 Cyprus Airways +08,15,29<br />
OK-CED A321-211 CSA<br />
02. D-AKNG A319-112 Germanwings 05 %<br />
03. A6-EBF B777-31HER Emirates f/v<br />
A6-EHB A340-541 Etihad f/v<br />
LZ-BOW B737-347 Bulgaria Air f/v<br />
N33WW Ce501 Mighty Horn Aviation f/v<br />
N88SF Ce560XLS Steiner Film Aviation f/v<br />
OE-GPC Ce560 ABC Bedarfsflug div EDFE<br />
04. G-FBFI CL-601-3R TAG Aviation (UK) f/v<br />
N4T G-IV Scout Aviation f/v<br />
N255AY B767-2B7ER US Airways f/v<br />
ST-EWX IL-76TD Air West Cargo +06<br />
05. 9K-AHI A300C4-620 Kuwait Gvmt<br />
LN-RRO B737-683 SAS<br />
N767CB G-III Aviation 1 06+30<br />
OE-LVL Fokker 100 Austrian Arrows f/v<br />
SE-RGZ Ce560 110 procent i Torsby f/v<br />
TC-PRK Falcon 2000 Park Havacilik f/v<br />
06. F-GRGE ERJ145EU Air France/Régional f/v<br />
I-LIVM A330-243 Livingston Energy Flight dep %<br />
I-LIVN A330-243 Livingston Energy Flight 20 %<br />
S5-BAN Saab 340AF Adria Cargo f/v 07<br />
VP-CMR G-IV Fitzwilton<br />
07. C-FPRP Lj35A Skyservice Aviation +12<br />
HB-JMI A340-313E Swiss Int’l f/v<br />
N560PL Ce560XLS Monte Carlo Aviation +12<br />
P4-PAS A320-214 Air Astana f/v<br />
08. EC-ICF A340-313X Iberia f/v<br />
G-STRF B737-76N Astraeus f/v<br />
HB-IWX ERJ135BJ G5 Executive f/v +25<br />
HB-JMA A340-313X Swiss Int’l f/v<br />
LN-TUF B737-705 Braathens for SAS<br />
YU-BVA Beech 400A Vectra Aviation f/v<br />
09. D-IRUP Ce551 R+P Flugchater f/v 10<br />
HB-IIS G-V Jet Club f/v<br />
N171UA B747-422 United Airlines div EDFH<br />
TS-INL A320-211 Nouvelair f/v<br />
10. N888SF Ce525 Steiner Film Aviation +11<br />
PP-XMB ERJ190-100LR Embraer f/v type 12<br />
11. A6-EBO B777-36HER Emirates f/v<br />
D-ABDI A320-214 Air-Berlin f/v<br />
D-CTEC Ce525B Aero Business Charter f/v<br />
TC-VYN Ce525A Veyen Air f/v 12
TS-IMH A320-212 Tunis Air div EDDE<br />
12. 9A-CRO CL-604 Croatian Gvmt +15,19<br />
C-GCUL Ce750 Canadian Utilities f/v 13 +14<br />
HB-VOE Ce525A Speedwings f/v<br />
I-LIVL A330-243 Livingston Energy Flight 13 %<br />
VH-ZZH CL-604 Avwest f/v<br />
13. F-HAPM Falcon 50EX Michelin Air Services f/v<br />
LN-TUJ B737-705 Braathens for SAS +25<br />
SU-BDG A300B4-203F Egypt Air Cargo div EDFH<br />
Z-WPF B767-2N0ER Air Zimbabwe dep<br />
ZS-OSI DC-8-62F African Int’l Airways f/v 14<br />
14. 4X-ICL B747-271CF Cargo Air L. a/w,n/t for DLH+26<br />
F-HAPN Falcon 50EX Michelin Air Services f/v<br />
G-CJAB Do328-300 Club 328 15<br />
N416BD CL-604 Challenger Outpost f/v 15<br />
OE-GBB Do328-110 Welcome Air<br />
OY-KBP A319-132 SAS f/v<br />
S5-BBD Ce560XL GIO Business Aviation<br />
SU-GCK A330-243 Egyptair f/v<br />
15. D-ISJP Ce525A J. Persch f/v 17<br />
LN-TUK B737-705 Braathens for SAS<br />
SU-GCM B737-866 Egypt Air f/v<br />
SX-BMP MD-82 Alexandair +22,29<br />
16. OK-SAS L-410UVP Oleg Chemical f/v<br />
RA-09001 Falcon 900B Gazprom 17<br />
RA-42440 Yak-42D Tulpar Air f/v 17<br />
17. HZ-SJP3 CL-604 Jounaou & Parskevaides 18<br />
N93LA Ce750 AVN Air f/v 18<br />
N817MF G-III Monroe Business Ventures f/v<br />
18. EI-DFF B737-4S3 Air One f/v<br />
I-KREM BAe125-800XP2 Interjet f/v<br />
OE-HTG Do328-300 Grossmann Air Service<br />
P4-AMF BAe125-800A Petrovair<br />
YR-SBI Saab 2000 Carpatair f/v<br />
19. C-GCDS Global Express Cirque du Soleil/Execaire f/v 20<br />
CS-DRP BAe125-850XP NetJets Europe f/v<br />
EI-COK B737-430 Air One f/v<br />
LN-TUL B737-705 Braathens for SAS<br />
OE-HCM Do328-300 Pacelli f/v 20<br />
RP-C2403 Do24ATT Iren Dornier Project f/v<br />
SE-RCM Ce560XLS European Flight Service f/v<br />
20. G-LGAR Lj60 TAG Aviation (UK) f/v<br />
VP-COU Global Express Aviamax Aviation f/v<br />
YL-NST BAe125-800XP Parex Aviation<br />
21. 9V-SPI B747-412 Singapore Airlines<br />
LN-TUA B737-705 Braathens for SAS<br />
N68FE Ce208-675 Pacelli f/v<br />
TC-SGC A310-304 Saga Airlines for INX a/w,n/t 22<br />
YU-BNA Falcon 50 Serbian Gvmt<br />
22. 5B-DBS A330-243 Cyprus Airways<br />
23. G-FLTA BAe146-200 Flightline/IAC for BAW<br />
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PH-HZD B737-8K2 Transavia<br />
VP-BWY B737-528 Aeroflot Don f/v +28<br />
24. I-LIVB A321-231 Livingston Energy Flight 26 %<br />
I-PZZR BAe125-800XP AliParma f/v +29<br />
LN-TUD B737-705 Braathens for SAS<br />
N125ZZ BAe125-800XP Ambrion Aviation<br />
N362FC B747-236BF Focus Air f/v for DLH<br />
N691RC G-V Hudson Group f/v 26<br />
OK-SLA Ce525 Silesia Air +30<br />
UR-CCC Falcon 50 CABI Airlines 25 +27<br />
25. 4X-CMZ CL-604 Jetlink<br />
OE-LEA A320-214 Niki<br />
PH-AHY B767-383ER Arkefly for HLF<br />
PH-ATM Beech 200 Skyline Aviation f/v<br />
SP-KCL Ce525 LC 26<br />
VP-BXC B747-258BF Tesis Cargo f/v +30<br />
26. EI-IGA B757-230 Air Italy f/v 28<br />
N182GX Global 5000 Bombardier f/v 27<br />
OE-HTJ Do328-300 Tyrolean Jet Services 27 +29<br />
OO-TUC B767-341ER Jetair/TUI Belgium f/v for HLF<br />
SE-DSV BAe146-RJ100 Malmö Aviation +28<br />
VP-CBX G-V Tak Aviation 27<br />
27. A6-ERH A340-541 Emirates +28,30<br />
F-GPXJ Fokker 100 Air France/Brit’Air f/v<br />
HA-TCX An-26 City-Line Hungary f/v a/w,n/t<br />
I-ATRS ATR72-212 Alitalia Express f/v<br />
N22RG Ce750 Greenhill Aviation<br />
OE-IGJ CL-604 Global Jet Austria f/v<br />
28. 4X-ICM B747-271CF Cargo Air Lines for DLH<br />
CN-RNY A321-211 Royal Air Maroc<br />
EI-DOE A320-211 Wind Jet f/v 29 %<br />
SU-BOY MD-83 AMC Aviation 29<br />
29. CN-RNX A321-211 Royal Air Maroc<br />
CS-DRK BAe125-800XP NetJets Europe f/v<br />
EC-HGU A340-313X Iberia f/v<br />
EC-JXV A319-111 Iberia f/v<br />
30. B-6121 A330-243 China Eastern f/v<br />
D-CHSP Ce560XLS Bluebird Aviation f/v 30<br />
HA-LPH A320-232 Wizz Air f/v %<br />
OE-LEU A320-214 Niki f/v +31<br />
OO-SSK A319-112 SN Brussels Airlines +31<br />
VP-BSP Falcon 900EX Shell UK f/v<br />
31. A6-ERJ A340-541 Emirates<br />
D-AIHO A340-642 Lufthansa f/v del<br />
EC-JXA A319-111 Iberia f/v<br />
OE-LEX A320-214 Niki f/v<br />
On the 5th, SAS had to divert to Frankfurt due to medical<br />
reasons enroute Stockholm-Zürich. Another diversion was<br />
seen on the 8th, where Astraeus had to divert to Frankfurt due<br />
to technical reasons enroute Zakinthos-Manchester. Air Zimbabwe<br />
finally left on the 13th to Harare after maintenance and<br />
Canadian Utilities Citation X C-GCUL visited Frankfurt twice in October. The high-performance bizjet was pictured on the apron<br />
by long-time resident photographer Edward Kleiser. (Frankfurt-Main, 14 October 2006)
PC-12/47 D-FINE, the latest version of this bizprop, was delivered from Buochs to Stuttgart and carries an attractive livery<br />
representing the business of wind energy company Natenco. (Stuttgart, 21 November 2006, Oliver Schmid)<br />
short-time storage. The mentioned Yak-42 on the 16th was all<br />
white with small titles on the nose. On the 21st Singapore<br />
Airlines made a fuelstop at Frankfurt enroute from Delhi to<br />
London-Heathrow. Still all white with titles was the Aeroflot-<br />
Don B737 on the 23rd, while the Air Italy performed a testflight<br />
on the 26th.<br />
Credits: Michael Flebbe, Manfred Kaspczak/Rhein-Main<br />
Aviation Society.<br />
Stuttgart November 2006<br />
01. A6-ESH A319-133X Sharjah Ruler’s Flight<br />
CS-DRR BAe125-800XP NetJets Europe f/v<br />
F-GPXD Fokker 100 Air France/Brit’Air<br />
03. CS-DXL Ce560XL NetJets Europe f/v<br />
D-ABGC A319-132 Air-Berlin<br />
D-AKNX A320-212 Germanwings<br />
EC-JXR Falcon 2000 Gestair f/v<br />
F-GLXQ B737-4Y0 Axis Airways for AFR<br />
HB-XUW Bell 206B BB Heli<br />
04. SX-DVA BAe146-RJ100 Aegean Aviation<br />
05. EC-JDU B737-86N Futura<br />
EC-JYD MD-87 Spanair +30<br />
EI-DGZ B737-86N Futura +30<br />
06. EC-HGI Ce550 Helisureste<br />
N33KC Bell 407 Makro-Medien-Dienst<br />
07. EK-11001 An-12BK Air Armenia<br />
OE-LNM B737-6Z9 Lauda Air<br />
08. D-ANFC ATR72-202 Avanti Air<br />
D-BOSS Falcon 2000EX BASF f/v<br />
LZ-VEE An-12BP Vega<br />
N85D Global Express Dole Foods<br />
VP-CFP Ce680 Weber Management f/v<br />
09. D-ANNA A320-233 Blue Wings +30<br />
F-HAPM Falcon 50EX Michelin Air Services f/v<br />
G-CDFS ERJ135ER Citelynx<br />
N665CH Ce525 Volante Aviation<br />
10. EC-JTK MD-87 SAS for JKK<br />
F-GKHD Fokker 100 Air France/Brit’Air<br />
11. D-ANNB A320-232 Blue Wings f/v<br />
D-BOBY DHC-8-102 Cirrus Airlines +12<br />
EI-DNH B737-3Y5 AiRUnion/KrasAir<br />
F-GPXA Fokker 100 Air France/Brit’Air<br />
G-STRH B737-76N Astraeus 12<br />
N321P RC-12D Dynamic Aviation Gp/USArmy f/v<br />
13. F-BTME Beech 99 Taxi Air Fret<br />
OO-VLV Fokker 50 VLM<br />
15. EC-HJC SA226TC Zorex Air Transport<br />
EC-JXF ATR72-211F Swiftair<br />
ZS-PPZ Beech 200 Aircraft Africa Contracts f/v 16<br />
16. D-ANNC A320-232 Blue Wings<br />
EC-JFB B737-86N Futura<br />
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VP-COU Global Express Aviamax Aviation f/v<br />
18. D-FINE PC-12/45 Nantenco f/v<br />
EC-HZH SA227AC AeroNova<br />
N55XR Lj40 Learjet f/v<br />
19. PH-XRB B737-7K2 Transavia<br />
20. EC-JRR MD-87 SAS for JKK +27<br />
21. EC-JSU MD-87 SAS for JKK<br />
OE-FXX Ce525A JetAlliance f/v<br />
22. HA-TCY An-26 BASe Air f/v<br />
23. HZ-AKI B777-268ER Saudi Arabian Airlines<br />
24. OM-AAD B737-33A Slovak Airlines<br />
RA-82080 An-124-100 Polet 25<br />
25. YR-SBM Saab 2000 Carpatair f/v<br />
26. RA-42402 Yak-42D S-Air 29<br />
27. ER-FZA Fokker 100 Moldavian Airlines for KRP<br />
F-GPXJ Fokker 100 Air France/Brit’Air<br />
F-HBPE ERJ145EU Hex’Air<br />
HB-IWX ERJ135BJ G5 Executive 28<br />
PH-HZL B737-8K2 Transavia<br />
28. D-COCA Beech 1900D Private Wings Flugcharter<br />
D-IVER DHC-6-300 Business Wings<br />
EI-SLA ATR42-310F Air Contractors<br />
N7600G Ce750 State Jet Services<br />
OE-FMD Ce525 Austin Jet f/v<br />
YL-NSB Saab 340AQC Nordic Solutions f/v<br />
29. D-CPRW Do328-110 Excellent Air<br />
EC-GPE SA226TC Zorex Air Transport<br />
G-CELP B737-330QC Jet2<br />
30. CS-DRM BAe125-800XP NetJets Europe f/v<br />
EC-INV ATR72-202F Swiftair<br />
EI-SLG ATR72-202 Air Contractors<br />
G-LOFE L-188CF Atlantic Airlines<br />
G-ZAPN BAe146-200QC Titan Airways<br />
Credit: Oliver Schmid.<br />
Weeze October 2006<br />
02. TC-SKF B737-4Q8 Sky Airlines<br />
03. D-GPTT PA-34-220T Air Alliance Flight Centre f/v<br />
04. D-CAMS Ce560 Club Airways f/v<br />
09. TC-SKD B737-4Q8 Sky Airlines +16<br />
10. PH-DYB SA226TB Dynamic Exel f/v<br />
PH-XPI PA-31-350 Rijnmond Air Services f/v DYE740<br />
13. D-HAUN EC145 Meravo Flugreederei f/v<br />
17. 01-0028 C-37A 310th AS f/v 18<br />
90-0300 C-20H 76th AS +18<br />
23. TC-SKG B737-4Q8 Sky Airlines<br />
24. D-CACB Beech B200T Flight Inspection Int’l 25<br />
26. D-BSNA CL-600S Challenge Air f/v<br />
30. TC-SKB B737-430 Sky Airlines<br />
Credits: Spotting Group Niederrhein, Rene Wilthof.
Ireland<br />
Shannon October 2006<br />
01. F-ODVG A310-304F Royal Jordanian C. +08,16,19,24<br />
G-VFOX A340-642 Virgin Atlantic<br />
N700SW Ce750 Safeway Leasing<br />
N863CE BAe125-800XP Coca-Cola<br />
YL-KSB An-74 KS Avia +03,08,09,14<br />
02. C-FDHD Ce680 Omega Air<br />
C-GTBB B757-28A First Choice +09,16,23,30<br />
EI-DJS B737-3Y0 KD Avia 03 %<br />
N89WC S-76B Shannon Helicopters +07<br />
N192FG G-IISP Stockwood dep<br />
N800KS B737-7BC AEJ Services<br />
N888LV G-III GC Asset Management<br />
N32180 Bell 407 Aerospace Trust Management<br />
TF-LLZ B757-225 Loftleidir Icelan. 04 % for EIR +15<br />
03. 9A-CDA MD-83 Aviajet/MAP Jet for FLT +07<br />
G-VIPZ S-61N British Int’l<br />
N22RG Ce750 Greenhill Aviation +29<br />
N459AX B757-28A Omni Air Int’l<br />
OO-VLE Fokker 50 VLM<br />
OY-NPE SA227DC North Flying<br />
RA-82074 An-124-100 Volga-Dnepr<br />
04. F-GTSH EMB120RT Atlantique Air Assistance<br />
G-IONA ATR42-300F Atlantic Air Transport<br />
N373RB ERJ135BJ RBGT 06<br />
N914SP Ce680 Olympia Investments<br />
05. N122KW Ce208 J. Vigoda f/v del flt 06<br />
06. 5B-DBC A320-231 Cyprus Airways for ECA +13<br />
C-GVKI A330-343X Skyservice for TSC +13<br />
N388CW G-III Deniston Enterprises +13<br />
N393BZ Global Express IAC Falcon Holdings<br />
N412GA G150 Gulfstream Aerospace f/v del flt<br />
07. 5N-VNE B737-33V Virgin Nigeria dep<br />
EC-INZ A320-214 Iberworld<br />
EC-JTA A320-212 LTE +14<br />
F-GCBL B747-228F Air France Cargo<br />
I-ECJA A319-115LR Eurofly<br />
N540EA G-IISP Jetmark Aviation<br />
N639AT IAI1124A Air Ambulance/Air Trek<br />
EC-HKR B737-85P Air Europa +29<br />
EI-DLR B737-8AS Ryanair f/v<br />
N54PA Lj36 Phoenix Air/VPC Planes 09<br />
N602VC G200 VC Aviation Services +19<br />
ZS-RSG L-100-30 Safair/OSRL for ABR<br />
09. N348TS CL-300 Air Sur 11<br />
TF-ELY B737-4Q8 Excel Airways %<br />
10. 5Y-KQZ B767-36NER Kenya Airways %<br />
C-GIWZ Ce750 Uniform Yankee Juliet Air<br />
F-GNLE Beech 1900D Twin Jet n/t<br />
N180DN B767-<strong>332</strong>ER Delta Air Lines div<br />
N703RK BAe125-800XP Molinaro Koger +18<br />
OE-LJE MD-83 Aviajet/Flightline +24<br />
YL-RAA An-26B RAF Avia +12<br />
11. N163PA G-III Phoenix Air +13<br />
N184R CL-300 Rooney Holdings<br />
N711MQ G-IIB ABCO Aviation<br />
N732MA B737-81Q Miami Air<br />
12. EW-251PA B737-5Q8 Belavia<br />
F-ODVF A310-304F Royal Jordanian Cargo<br />
G-BZOG Do328-110 Scot Airways 14<br />
13. N8JQ Ce750 Cessna Finance<br />
14. EC-JQP A320-214 Iberworld +21<br />
EI-DLS B737-8AS Ryanair f/v<br />
EI-DOR B737-4Y0 Futura<br />
F-GCBM B747-228F Air France Cargo +21<br />
G-IGOV B737-3M8 KD Avia<br />
N9UP BAe125-800A Med Jet 15+18,20,22<br />
N96SK BAe125-800XP SKF Aviation +24<br />
N100NG BAe125-800XP AirCierge<br />
N170SW Global Express Wal-Mart Leasing<br />
15. 9M-ABC G-IVSP Jet Club Int’l<br />
EC-HJQ B737-85P Air Europa<br />
G-OOAR A320-214 First Choice<br />
HZ-HM7 MD-11 Saudi Royal Flight<br />
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N28MH Ce525A Bear Air<br />
N602AL DC-8-73F ATI - Air Transport Int’l +28,30<br />
N800PW IAI1125SPX Au Revoir<br />
TC-MNU A300B4-203F MNG Airlines Cargo<br />
VP-BCC CRJ200LR Consolidated Contractors<br />
16. C-GFHR CL-300 FHR Real Estate<br />
N316GS Global Express Citiflight<br />
N373FE MD-10-10F Federal Express<br />
N456MT ERJ135BJ Denver Jet<br />
XA-SIM Falcon 900 Aérolineas Mexicanos<br />
17. N844GA G200 Gulfstream Aerospace f/v del flt 18<br />
18. C-GTDE Lj35 Skyservice Aviation<br />
G-FPLD Beech B200 Flight Precision<br />
N70LJ Lj36A Jet Icu Leasing<br />
N923QS Ce750 NetJets 19<br />
N17085 DC-10-30 Omni Air Int’l<br />
19. EW-250PA B737-524 Belavia +26<br />
F-GRSI A320-214 Star Airlines 20<br />
N2NA G-III NASA<br />
N749GA G100 Gulfstream Aerospace<br />
OE-LAW B767-3Z9ER Austrian Airlines %<br />
20. G-IGOR B737-36N easyJet arr<br />
HA-LKT B737-33V SkyEurope Hungary %<br />
I-NEOU B737-76N Neos<br />
N55RZ BAe125-400A Orbit Sports Marketing<br />
N467MW G200 Sunstare Avn & Leasing<br />
SE-DPC B737-33AQC Falcon Falcon Air/FlyMe testflt.<br />
21. EC-JRC A320-212 LTE +28<br />
EC-JSJ B737-4K5 Futura +28<br />
EI-DKF A320-214 Air Jamaica dep<br />
EI-DKG A320-214 Air Jamaica dep<br />
N46WC BAe125-700A Weldbend<br />
OE-LHG MD-83 Aviajet/Flightline<br />
YL-KSA An-74 KS Avia +25,28,29,30<br />
22. D-ABAL B737-46J Air Berlin %<br />
EC-HKQ B737-85P Air Europa<br />
EI-DLV B737-8AS Ryanair f/v<br />
N222MS BAe125-800A Stavola Aviation +25<br />
N519FX CL-300 FlexJet<br />
N604BX DC-8-73F ATI - Air Transport Int’l +26<br />
N605AL DC-8-73CF ATI - Air Transport Int’l<br />
23. ZS-OSI DC-8-62F African Int’l Airways<br />
24. C-GAWH CL-604 Clearwater Fine Foods<br />
EC-HZH SA227AC AeroNova<br />
G-OOAP A320-214 First Choice<br />
N201GA G200 Tri-West Healthcare<br />
N300BZ CL-300 Bombardier<br />
N696MJ G-IIB A P Enterprises<br />
N930QS Ce750 NetJets<br />
N42527 Bell 407 Aircraft Guaranty<br />
25. G-MIDK A321-231 bmi British Midland div<br />
N613GA G150 Gulfstream Aerospace f/v del flt<br />
N874RA G-III Thundervolt<br />
OY-NPF SA227DC North Flying<br />
26. EC-HJC SA226TC Zorex Air Transport<br />
N48GX G200 Southeast Frozen Foods<br />
N840PN RC690C Pacific Network Air<br />
27. G-IGOR B737-36N Hainan Airlines % testflight<br />
N117MS G-III ITT Industries<br />
N974VV DC-10-40 Omega Air<br />
UR-82060An-225 Antonov Design Bureau 28<br />
28. 5N-VNG B737-33V Virgin Nigeria<br />
EC-JTN B757-236 Gir Jet for IWD<br />
F-GCBG B747-228F Air France Cargo<br />
G-CDKB Saab 2000 Eastern Airways<br />
HA-TCX An-26 BASe Air a/w,n/t<br />
N478PM Ce750 Air Reese<br />
N683EC G-II Crown Aviation<br />
29. HZ-101 B737-8DP 1sq/Saudi Royal Flight<br />
N404GA G-IVSP Gulfstream Aerospace f/v del flt<br />
N449ML Global Express WFC Air<br />
N565F SA341G Skyrunner Aviation<br />
N800EM BAe125-800XP Killer Creek<br />
30. C-GEIV G-IVSP Skyservice<br />
G-OPJB B757-23A Astraeus<br />
N259SK G-III S&K Aviation
N678SV Ce680 Cessna Aircraft<br />
N767CB G-III Aviation 1<br />
N987HP CL-300 Aero Timber Partners<br />
PH-HZC B737-8K2 Transavia %<br />
PH-MCG B767-31AER Martinair %<br />
SP-LMD B737-36N Centralwings/LOT<br />
31. G-EZNM A319-111 easyJet<br />
N106CX Ce750 Mike’s Airplane Rentals<br />
TF-ELM B737-3M8QC FlyGlobespan %<br />
The USAF continued to charter civil carriers flying under RCH<br />
(‘Reach’) callsigns:<br />
ATA Airlines B757-200/-300<br />
N517AT 03 N519AT 03<br />
N522AT 03,12 N550TZ 01,02,04,13<br />
N552TZ 04,31 N560TZ 02,03,07,08<br />
N561TZ 10,12,13,20,21,31<br />
ATA Airlines L-1011-500<br />
N162AT 01,04 N161AT 11,22<br />
N163AT 07,31 N164AT 01,02,09<br />
Miami Air B737-800<br />
N739MA 07,08<br />
North American Airlines B757-200<br />
N750NA 08,09,20,23 N752NA 03,13<br />
N754NA 03,14,31 N755NA 01,26,27<br />
N756NA 21<br />
North American Airlines B767-300<br />
N768NA 23<br />
Omni Air Int’l B757-200<br />
N549AX 29<br />
Among the near-daily cargo services here are DHL, TNT and<br />
Maersk/Star Air flights. By the end of the month six bmiBaby<br />
flights diverted into Shannon, mostly from Cork.<br />
Credits: Karel van Broekhoven, Trevor Mulkerrins, Malcolm<br />
Nason.<br />
Italy<br />
Milano-Malpensa September 2006<br />
24. 6V-AHO B737-7BX Air Senegal Int’l<br />
A6-EAQ A330-243 Emirates<br />
A7-AEG A330-302 Qatar Airways<br />
B-18719 B747-409F China Airlines<br />
D-AGPN Fokker 100 Hapag-Lloyd Express<br />
D-AHLI B737-5K5 Hapag-Lloyd Express<br />
D-AKNH A319-112 Germanwings<br />
D-AKNI A319-112 Germanwings<br />
D-BMMM ATR42-500 Lufthansa Rg’l/Contact Air<br />
D-CIRC Do328-110 Cirrus Airlines<br />
EC-FXA MD-83 Spanair<br />
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EC-JHK B737-85P Air Europa<br />
EC-JRX A320-232 LTE<br />
EC-JST A320-214 Iberworld<br />
F-ORMG A321-231 MEA - Middle East Airlines<br />
HL7222 G-IV Korean Air<br />
HS-TND A340-642 Thai Airways Int’l<br />
HZ-AKL B777-268ER Saudi Arabian Airlines<br />
I-CGIA DC-10-30F Cargoitalia<br />
LN-KKF B737-3K2 Norwegian<br />
LN-RKI A321-232 SAS<br />
LN-RRN B737-783 SAS<br />
LX-LGI ERJ145LU Luxair<br />
LY-SBC Saab 2000 Lithuanian Airlines<br />
N274WA MD-11F World Airways<br />
N596FE MD-11F Federal Express<br />
N601GC DC-10-30F Gemini Air Cargo<br />
N606GC DC-10-30AF Gemini Air Cargo<br />
N620DS G-IV GR1040<br />
OH-LEH ERJ170-100ST Finnair<br />
OO-DLT A300B4-203F DHL Airways/EAT<br />
OY-KBF A321-232 SAS<br />
RA-85658 Tu-154M Pulkovo Aviation<br />
SP-LDI ERJ170-100LR LOT<br />
SU-BMZ A300B4-203F Tristar Air n/t<br />
TS-INF A320-212 Nouvelair<br />
YK-AKE A320-232 Syrianair<br />
YL-BBF B737-548 Air Baltic<br />
YR-ATC ATR42-512 TAROM<br />
YR-MDM MD-82 Fly Air a/w n/t<br />
ZA-MAL BAe146-200A Albanian Airlines<br />
An impression of a day at this airport. The list includes<br />
scheduled services and we omitted a number of the very<br />
common ones.<br />
Credit: Jan Severijns.<br />
Sweden<br />
Linköping-Malmen October 2006<br />
21. SE-ISF Saab 340A Skyways<br />
Credit: Stefan Jongen.<br />
Linköping-SAAB October 2006<br />
21. SE-LIR Fokker 50 Skyways<br />
SE-LHB BAe3201 Svenska DirektFlyg<br />
Credit: Stefan Jongen.<br />
Stockholm-Bromma October 2006<br />
21. N560SB BAe125-700A Grafair<br />
Credit: Stefan Jongen.<br />
The Brazilian alternative to certain overpopular twin passenger jets is steadily increasing its share on the European market.<br />
Finnair is using the ERJ170 and had its first ERJ190 delivered last December. (Helsinki, 3 November 2006, Ton Jochems)
Touch-down and reverse, a nice action shot at Luton’s runway 26. May this good old Gulfsteam II N55RG, the first one built, make<br />
up for the absence of Luton movements in this issue. (London-Luton, 11 November 2006, Alan Bushell)<br />
United Kingdom<br />
London-Heathrow November 2006<br />
01. CS-TLQ B767-3Y0ER euroAtlantic Airways f/v +04<br />
F-GUGN A318-111 Air France f/v<br />
N550M G550 Motorola f/v 02<br />
PH-MSX Ce650 Solid’Air f/v<br />
SU-PBE A320-211 Air Memphis for LAA +04<br />
ZK-OKD B777-219ER Air New Zealand f/v<br />
02. ZR321 A109E 32(TR)sq RRR1780<br />
ZE412 A109A 8Flt IJB11 +05,08,17<br />
A7-AAG A320-232 Qatar Airways/Amiri Flight 03<br />
AP-BGZ B777-240LR PIA f/v<br />
JY-AYH A321-231 Royal Jordanian f/v<br />
PT-MVL A330-203 TAM Brasil f/v<br />
TC-JGK B737-8F2 THY Turkish Airlines f/v<br />
ZK-OKC B777-219ER Air New Zealand f/v<br />
03. 12+03 CL-601 FBS BMVg 04 GAF614<br />
OY-ILG Global Express Execujet Scandinavia f/v 05<br />
VP-BQS A321-211 Aeroflot f/v<br />
04. G-BZNE Beech 350 G. Davies f/v<br />
TC-JGV B737-8F2 THY Turkish Airlines f/v<br />
ZK-OKG B777-219ER Air New Zealand f/v<br />
05. AP-BGP A310-324ET PIA f/v<br />
EI-CZK B737-4Y0 Transaero f/v<br />
JY-ABH A340-211 Jordanian Gvmt +08<br />
OO-DLZ A300B4-203F DHL Airways/EAT f/v 06<br />
PR-LGD MD-11F VARIG Log f/v +11,18<br />
TF-FIT B757-23APF Loftleidir Icelandic f/v 06 for ICE<br />
VP-BMS Falcon 900EX Flying Lion/Stork<br />
ZK-OKF B777-219ER Air New Zealand f/v<br />
06. MM62174 A319-115X 306°Gr I9002<br />
101 Tu-154M 36SPLT 08 PLF101<br />
ZE701 BAe146 CC2 32(TR)sq KRF004 +07<br />
G-BUSD A320-111 British Airways<br />
N195NJ A109E Thornridge Services f/v<br />
TC-VYN Ce525A Veyen Air f/v<br />
TF-LLZ B757-225 Loftleidir Icelandic f/v for ICE<br />
VP-BRM B737-75U Dobro +10<br />
07. F-GKXE A320-214 Air France f/v<br />
PT-MVH A330-203 TAM Brasil f/v<br />
08. A7-HJJ A330-203 Qatar Airways/Amiri Flt11+14/15<br />
G-GSSB B747-47UF Global Supply Syst. f/v for BAW<br />
09. AP-BGY B777-240LR PIA f/v<br />
EI-DBU B767-37EER Transaero f/v<br />
F-GYRB Falcon 900EX Dassault Falcon Service f/v<br />
N510MG G-IVSP Canal Air f/v 11<br />
VP-BSN G-V Shell Aircraft f/v<br />
10. G-RJXN ERJ145MP bmi British Midland f/v<br />
LX-EJH Ce550B Homac Aviation Executive f/v<br />
11. TC-JGH B737-8F2 THY Turkish Airlines f/v<br />
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TS-INE A320-212 Nouvelair for LAA +15,22,29<br />
12. D-IDBW Ce525 Lufttaxi Flug f/v<br />
N721MF B727-2X8 IMF/Wedge Aviation +24<br />
VP-BQV A320-214 Aeroflot f/v<br />
13. A7-HHK A340-211 Qatar Airways/Amiri Flt 14+26/27<br />
C-GLRS Lj45 Skyservice Aviation f/v<br />
14. 7O-YMN B747SP-27 Yemenian Gvmt 18<br />
A6-DAS B737-7Z5 Abu Dhabi Amiri FltROJ004 +15<br />
15. D-ALCC MD-11F Lufthansa Cargo f/v div EGNX 16<br />
G-ZAPX B757-236 Titan Airways f/v<br />
HZ-MF1 B737-7FG Saudi Ministry of Finance f/v<br />
RA-09001 Falcon 900B Gazprom 17<br />
16. A7-AAF A310-304 Qatar Airways/Amiri Flight 18<br />
A9C-BAH G-IVSP Bahrain Royal Flight 23<br />
G-CDFS ERJ135ER Citelynx f/v<br />
N34U Global Express United Technologies<br />
N66SG Lj45 Hamlin Jet<br />
VP-CEB Global Express Global Jet Luxembourg f/v<br />
17. VP-BLR G550 Int’l Jet Club f/v 18<br />
18. 5X-UEF G-IVSP Ugandan Gvmt 21<br />
EZ-A010 B757-23A Turkmen Gvmt +21,25,28<br />
G-THOF B737-3Q8 Thomsonfly f/v<br />
HL7742 B777-28EER Asiana Airlines f/v<br />
19. 678 G-V 356 MTM/HAF 21 HAF678<br />
4X-EKI B737-86N El Al f/v +20<br />
AP-BGO A310-324ET PIA f/v<br />
RA-82010 An-124-100 Polet f/v<br />
20. 135L-484 ERJ135BJ 356MTM/HAF 21 HAF484<br />
A6-UAE Falcon 900 UAE Amiri Flight f/v +21/23<br />
A7-AAM Global Express Qatar Amiri Flight 23<br />
CS-TDI A310-308 TAP f/v<br />
EI-IRE CL-604 Starair<br />
TC-JGI B737-8F2 Turkish Airlines f/v 21<br />
UN-B6701 B767-2DXER Berkut f/v 23<br />
21. G-HCSL PA-34-220T Fly f/v<br />
22. A7-AGC A340-642 Qatar Airways f/v<br />
23. N800KS B737-7BC AEJ Services f/v<br />
OY-MFL BAe125-700B Paragon Air f/v<br />
24. 253 CN235-100M 1w/IAC IRL253<br />
XZ675/E Lynx AH7 663sq f/v AAC345<br />
A9C-HMK B747-4P8 Bahrain Royal Flight 26<br />
25. ZE413 A109A 8Flt 1JR12<br />
CS-DXK Ce560XLS NetJets Europe f/v<br />
D-BAMA Falcon 2000 f/v 26<br />
G-CDPT B767-319ER FlyGlobespan f/v for AIC<br />
PR-LGE MD-11F VARIG Log<br />
PT-MVD A330-223 TAM Brasil f/v<br />
TF-NPA Do328-300 City Star Airlines n/t<br />
26. 4X-EKP B737-8Q8 El Al f/v +27<br />
A7-ACG A330-303 Qatar Airways f/v<br />
D-BETA CL-300 Cirrus Aviation f/v
G-JEMH AS355F2 PJM Helicopters f/v<br />
27. ZE395 BAe125 CC3 32(TR)sq RRR1230<br />
PT-MVK A330-203 TAM Brasil f/v<br />
28. 4L-TGA B737-529 Airzena Georgian Airlines f/v +30<br />
29. 4X-EAR B767-352ER El Al f/v 30<br />
A6-EYK A330-243 Etihad f/v<br />
HZ-WBT7 B747-4J6 Kingdom Holding f/v 30<br />
VP-CSP BAe125-800B Springline<br />
30. 5Y-KYB B737-8AL Kenya Airways f/v del flt<br />
OK-KKG ERJ135BJ ABS Jets/Grossmann f/v<br />
On the 6th, the BA A320 made its final flight to Lasham to be<br />
parted out there. The Berkut 767 on the 20th wears large<br />
‘Kazakhstan’ titles plus small ‘Berkut’ titles are on the nose.<br />
Credits: Eddy G LLondon, Nigel Longdon.<br />
London-Stansted October 2006<br />
01. A6-GDP B747-2B4BF Dubai Air Wing 04 +17,21<br />
EI-DKG A320-214 EirJet f/v div<br />
HZ-WBT5 BAe125-800A Rotana<br />
I-TOPD Beech 400A Euraviation f/v<br />
N100JS Ce525A Jato Aviation<br />
N908W S-92 Laws Helicopters +20<br />
OY-GRL B757-236 Air Greenland<br />
P4-LGB EC145 Aviation Beauport<br />
VP-BKS B767-3P6ER Kalair 25/27,29/30<br />
VP-BNA B727-21 Mid East Jet<br />
VP-BYY Global Express Mid East Jet +12<br />
02. A6-HRM B747-422 Dubai Air Wing 04<br />
EC-HVV Falcon 100 Dominguez Toledo f/v<br />
G-BTPH ATP/F Atlantic Airlines div EGGW +06<br />
LZ-ABV Ce550B Air VB f/v div EGGW<br />
N15HE G-III PrivatAir div EGGW<br />
N444BK Beech B200 Koop f/v<br />
OO-DIB A300B4-203F DHL Airways/EATdiv EGGW +06<br />
S5-BAZ Ce560XL Linxair Business Airlines f/v<br />
TC-ACU A300B4-203F ACT Cargo +30<br />
TF-NPA Do328-300 City Star Al. n/t div EGGW 03,26<br />
03. AP-BGS A310-325ET PIA<br />
G-SAMP A109E Hagondale f/v<br />
HL7770 B737-7EG Samsung Aerospace<br />
N1FE Global Express Federal Express Leasing<br />
N232PR Falcon 50 Diligence Transportation f/v<br />
UR-LAI An-12BP Volare 04<br />
04. N102FD G200 Federated Mutual Insur. f/v +06<br />
OH-SAK BAe146-RJ85 Blue 1 %<br />
UR-LMI An-12BK Volare 05<br />
VP-BKQ Bell 430 Jud Investments +24<br />
05. B-KGV G550 JABJ (HK) f/v del flt<br />
D-AWBA BAe146-300 LTU for GWI<br />
G-CJAC Do328-110 Club Airways<br />
LZ-VEA An-12BP Vega<br />
N71EV RC690T<br />
N228TM BAe125-800XP EMC 06<br />
N680AR Ce680 Perpetual Air<br />
OH-BLC MD-90-30 Blue 1<br />
VP-CHW G200 Weber Management<br />
06. EC-HVZ A300B4-203F TNT Airways/Panair<br />
EI-DLV B737-8AS Ryanair f/v<br />
G-HERM ATR72-201 Atlantic Airways +24<br />
TC-ACT A300C4-203F ACT Cargo for DHL<br />
TF-ARG B747-236B Air Atlanta Iceland n/t<br />
09. I-FLRU BAe146-200 Club Air %<br />
PR-ORE ERJ135BJ Vale do Rio Doce 11+31<br />
SE-RDM MD-83 Nordic Leisure +16,18,23,25<br />
10. D-CPRP Do328-110 Excellent Air<br />
G-BXKB A320-214 Thomas Cook<br />
G-CELP B737-330QC Jet2<br />
N672LE EC155B1 HEC01 +12/13<br />
11. EI-DKF A320-214 EirJet f/v for BER<br />
G-FJEA B757-23A Flyjet 12<br />
LX-SCV B747-4R7F Cargolux<br />
N66DN Lj45 Hamlin Jet/Sterling f/v<br />
UR-82008An-124-100 Antonov Design Bureau 13 +31<br />
VT-ESO B747-437 Air India f/v<br />
YL-RAG Saab 340A/F RAF-Avia f/v<br />
12. CS-DRA BAe125-800XP NetJets Europe f/v<br />
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F-GYAP A321-111 Air Mediterranée +14<br />
G-CDZI B737-804 Thomsonfly<br />
G-CELZ B737-377 Jet2<br />
G-VKNB B757-225 Excel Airways<br />
HS-ADS Beech B200 Aeronautic. Radio Thailand f/v<br />
N195NJ A109E Thornridge Services f/v<br />
N605SK Airship 600 Skycruise Switzerland *<br />
OE-ILX B737-8DR JetAlliance f/v<br />
OK-1 G-IV VIP Flight/Botsw Def Force<br />
VP-BBY ERJ135BJ<br />
13. 4X-CPY Beech 400A Nanyah f/v 14<br />
4X-EKP B737-8Q8 El Al f/v<br />
D-AAAZ Global 5000 Cirrus Aviation f/v<br />
D-CIRA Do328-100 Cirrus Airlines div EGLC<br />
G-BYAR B757-204 Thomsonfly for BAL div EGKK<br />
G-CDKB Saab 2000 Eastern Airways div<br />
G-STRI B737-33A FlyBe div EGKK<br />
G-XLAG B737-86N Excel Airways div EGKK<br />
HB-IZH Saab 2000 Darwin Airline div EGLC<br />
LN-RDG DHC-8-402 SAS Commuter div EGLC<br />
N361FC B747-236BF Focus Air f/v for GEC 14<br />
N450RG G350 G350 Leasing div EGGW 14<br />
N456MT ERJ135BJ Denver Jet div EGSH 14<br />
N711MQ G-IIB ABCO Aviation<br />
N751BC G200 Int’ Bank of Commerce 14 +16<br />
N909PM Falcon 900B Danaher f/v<br />
OO-TZC A300B4-203F TNT Airways<br />
OY-RCW BAe146-200A Atlantic Airways %<br />
PH-KZA Fokker 70 KLM Cityhopper div<br />
TC-OAC A320-212 Onur Air div EGKK<br />
VP-CGE Ce650 Duke of Westminster div EGWU<br />
14. YL-KSB An-74 KS Avia<br />
16. 87-0122 KC-10A 305th AMW 17<br />
C6-JET IAI1125SPX Advanced Aviation 17<br />
RA-82044 An-124-100 Volga-Dnepr<br />
17. D-AVRR BAe146-RJ85 Lufthansa %<br />
N18WF Global Express Westfield Aviation<br />
RA-42440 Yak-42D Tulpar a/w 21<br />
18. N201GA G200 Tri-West Healthcare 20<br />
20. HZ-BBK B737-33A Sama a/w,n/t 27<br />
N4ES BAe125-F400B Aerohak Leasing & Sales 21<br />
VP-BCC CRJ200LR Consolidated Contractors<br />
21. N888LV G-III GC Asset Management +24/25<br />
OM-ASB B757-236 Air Slovakia +23-31<br />
23. 03-3122 C-17A 437th AW 26<br />
24. AP-BEC A310-308 PIA<br />
OO-DLN B757-236F DHL Airways/EAT 25<br />
VP-CNR G550 Rashid Engineering<br />
ZA-MEV BAe146-300 Albanian Airlines %<br />
25. G-GNTZ BAe146-200 British Airways %<br />
LX-NCV B747-4R7F Cargolux<br />
N31TR B727-212 Triangle Acft Services 26<br />
VH-TGG Global Express Gandell Group 27+29/31<br />
26. I-OCEA B747-230F Ocean Airlines<br />
N604BX DC-8-73F ATI - Air Transport Int’l +29<br />
27. I-EEZD A320-214 Eurofly<br />
N737GG B737-74Q Mid East Jet 30<br />
29. HZ-AKJ B777-268ER Saudi Arabian Airlines 30<br />
N451PA B747-46NF Polar Air Cargo<br />
N606AL DC-8-73F ATI - Air Transport Int’l<br />
N804MS B767-3P6ER Interface Operations 30<br />
TS-IAY A300B4-620 Afriqiyah Airways<br />
30. D-AVRC BAe146-RJ85 Lufthansa Cityline %<br />
G-CJAG Raytheon 390 Club 328 f/v<br />
HB-IXT BAe146-RJ100 Swiss div EGLC<br />
N445QS G-IVSP NetJets f/v<br />
RA-42330 Yak-42 Tulpar n/t<br />
ZA-MAL BAe146-200A Albanian Airlines %<br />
31. RA-11025 An-12TB Kosmos f/v<br />
RA-85794 Tu-154M Yakutia for AFL<br />
Well-known BBJs VP-BWR and VP-BHN could be seen on<br />
many days this month, as usual. The Commander on the 5th<br />
cannot be verified, additional info is welcome.<br />
Credits: Paul Crew, James McDowall.<br />
General credit: Airline List.
Military Movements Elswhere<br />
The last 2006 TLP edition has already finished and we received some nice pictures, starting with 23° Gruppo F-16A-ADF MM7262.<br />
The Cervia-based F-16s are marked with full squadron colours since May 2006 and look less grey than before.<br />
(Florennes,16 November 2006, Michael van der Mee)<br />
Germany<br />
Geilenkirchen November 2006<br />
02. 58-0077 KC-135T 171st ARW dep3<br />
59-1460 KC-135T 171st ARW dep3<br />
50+08 C-160D LTG61<br />
UR-76636 IL-76TD Volare<br />
03. ZD621 Bae125 CC3 32(TR)sq<br />
EW-244TH IL-76TD Gomelavia<br />
06. 57-1508/HH KC-135R 203rd ARS dep17<br />
63-8030/HH KC-135R 203rd ARS dep17<br />
T-401, T-427 T-17 FLSK dep07<br />
RA-82044 An-124 Volga-Dnepr<br />
08. 130316 CC-130H 8th Wing<br />
D-AHIB B737-700 Hamburg Int dep9<br />
EW-240TH IL-76TD Gomelavia +15<br />
09. 50+98 C-160D LTG61<br />
10. D-WNHQ EC135T Polizei<br />
13. CE03 ERJ145LR 21sm<br />
RA-82078 An-124 Volga-Dnepr<br />
14. 89-26142 UH-60A 1-214th AVN<br />
20. CA01 A310-200 21sm<br />
22. 97-00102 UC-35A E/6-52nd AVN<br />
D-AHIC B737-700 Hamburg Int<br />
23. 103/YT Emb121AA EAT00.319<br />
51+01 C-160D LTG62<br />
24. ZD704 BAe125 CC3 32(TR)sq<br />
ZH102 E-3D 8/23sq<br />
RA-82072 An-124 ADB<br />
25. 57-1431 KC-135E 108th ARW dep 1/12<br />
58-0032 KC-135E 108th ARW dep 8/12<br />
28. H01 A109BA SLV<br />
29. RA-82029 An-124 ADB<br />
30. 97-00105 UC-35A E/6-52nd AVN<br />
51+11 C-160D LTG62<br />
A good month this time at Frisbee. There were two British<br />
BAe125s for some VIP flights. The two Danish T-17’s did a<br />
navigation trip and the crew slept a night at Geilenkirchen. Very<br />
unusual were the Hamburg Int B737’s which came in for a<br />
freightflight with destination Norway. Another visitor which<br />
wasn’t seen at Geilenkirchen for some months was the<br />
Embraer 121 flying for the French Air Force.<br />
Credit: Bill de Koning<br />
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Köln-Bonn November 2006<br />
03. LX-N90446 E-3A NAEW&CF<br />
06. 1118 M-28TD 28.dMw<br />
71+35 UH-1D LTG61<br />
T-235 KDC-10 334sq<br />
07. 71+05 UH-1D LTG62<br />
84+26 CH-53G MTHR15<br />
MM62167 P-180E 28Gr sqd<br />
LX-N90442 E-3A NAEW&CF<br />
09. 50+34, 50+90 C-160D LTG62<br />
84+94 CH-53G MTHR25<br />
10. 46+48 Tornado ECR JBG32<br />
11. LX-N90450 E-3A NAEW&CF<br />
13. 045 Yak-40 36 splt<br />
50+99 C-160D LTG61<br />
51+05 C-160D LTG62<br />
72+88 UH-1D THR30<br />
14. 100/ABP TBM-700 EAAT<br />
15. LX-N90448 E-3A NAEW&CF<br />
16. 50+08 C-160D LTG61<br />
20. 81yl An-30 10 OAE +21<br />
70+72 UH-1D LTG61<br />
21. 51+15 C-160D LTG61<br />
22. 015 C295M 13eltr<br />
LX-N90450 E-3A NAEW&CF<br />
60+03 P-3C CUP MFG3<br />
23. 50+67 C-160D LTG63<br />
24. 1163/SU-BFC DHC-5D Nav School<br />
27. 2601 L-410UVP 241dsl<br />
71+49 UH-1D LTG61<br />
28. 43+07 Tornado IDS(T)JBG33<br />
50+75 C-160D LTG63<br />
86+21 Bo105P HFVAS100<br />
29. 2602 L-410UVP 241dsl<br />
5N-DCK SN601 Lybian Air Ambulance<br />
Some nice military visitors from different foreign countries this<br />
month for Köln-Bonn. The month started with a Polish Navy<br />
Bryza on the 6th that stayed over for one night. On the 7th a<br />
Piaggio 180 from the Italian Army was noted. On the 13th a<br />
Polish Yak again and a day later a French ALAT TBM-700. In<br />
accordance with the Open Skies agreement the Ukrainian An-<br />
30 visited the Airport twice. Two days later there was a Polish<br />
aircraft again and on the 24th the oh-so-nice Egyptian Buffalo
was noted. In the last days of the month there were two Czech<br />
Let-410s and a government Lybian SN601 Corvette which for<br />
a long time was stored at Le Bourget for some time.<br />
Credit: Aviation Friends Cologne/Bonn<br />
Nörvenich November 2006<br />
07. 12+02 CL-601 FBS BMVg<br />
37+79, 38+74 F-4F JG71<br />
09. LX-N90449 E-3A NAEW&CF<br />
37+17 F-4F JG71<br />
38+58 F-4F JG71 +22<br />
16. 314/4-AX Mirage 2000NEC01.004<br />
22. 38+40 F-4F JG71<br />
43+37 Tornado IDS JBG32<br />
45+57 Tornado IDS AG51<br />
28. 43+07 Tornado IDS(T) JBG32<br />
29. 84-0087 C-21A 76th AS<br />
38+69 F-4F JG71<br />
D-HAGI SA318C Polizei<br />
Credits: Ronny Jansen, Robert Reuver<br />
Spangdahlem November 2006<br />
01. 93-0600 C-17A 62nd AW<br />
05-5151/HH C-17A 15th AW +2<br />
02. 90-0535 C-17A 62nd AW<br />
04. 94-0068 C-17A 437th AW<br />
03-3124 C-17A 437th AW<br />
04-4135 C-17A 305th AMW<br />
08. 044 Yak-40 6SPLT PLF108<br />
048 Yak-40 6SPLT PLF032<br />
25. 86-0012 C-5B 60th AMW<br />
83-0077 KC-10A 60th AMW<br />
86-0037 KC-10A 60th AMW<br />
87-0119 KC-10A 60th AMW<br />
95-0102 C-17A 437th AW<br />
63-8771/D KC-135R 100th ARW<br />
26. 02-1099 C-17A 437th AW<br />
03-3127 C-17A 305th AMW<br />
29. 79-1949 KC-10A 305th AMW<br />
87-0122 KC-10A 305th AMW<br />
The Extenders where at Spangdahlem because of the NATO<br />
Summit in Riga. The USAFE handeld the aerial patrol over<br />
Riga, and for this some tankers were deployed to<br />
Spangdahlem and Ramstein to support the fighter aircraft.<br />
Credit: Perry Dirkx, Stefan Jongen<br />
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Stuttgart November 2006<br />
01. 70-1630 MH-53M 21st SOS<br />
A6-ESH A319-133X Sharjah Rulers Flight<br />
03. 95-0104 C-17A 437th AW<br />
159114 C-9B VR-46<br />
165093 C-20G VR-48<br />
05. 84-0476 MC-130H 15th SOS +16<br />
07. 71+49 UH-1D LTG61<br />
84+60 CH-53G MTHR25<br />
03-3115 C-17A 172nd AW<br />
97-0102 UC-35A E/6-52nd AVN<br />
92-3024 C-130H 773rd AS<br />
165378/RU C-130T VR-55 +12,25<br />
08. 92-3021 C-130H 773rd AS<br />
09. 95-0123 UC-35A E/6-52nd AVN<br />
11. N321P RC-12D nn<br />
13. 50+99 C-160D LTG61<br />
87-0023 MC-130H 7th SOS<br />
01-0040 C-40B 76th AS<br />
15. 82-23756 UH-60A C/1-214th AVN<br />
20. 84+29 CH-53G HFR35<br />
22. 72+39, 72+88 UH-1D THR30<br />
72+94, 73+26 UH-1D THR30<br />
23. 86-0413 C-130H 758th AS<br />
165830/RY C-40A VR-59<br />
24. 50+93 C-160D LTG61 +29<br />
25. 86-0419 C-130H 758th AS<br />
12+02 CL-601 FBS BMVg<br />
28. 50+56 C-160D LTG63<br />
51+15 C-160D LTG61 +29<br />
346 C-130H 3sq / RJAF<br />
900531 C-26D NAF Sigonella<br />
910502 C-26D NAF Naples<br />
29. 50+35 C-160D LTG62<br />
86-0017 C-5B 436th AW<br />
165151/JR C-20G VR-48<br />
30. 88-26023 UH-60A C/1-214th AVN<br />
What could be called a superb visitor at Stuttgart last month is<br />
the RC-12D on 11 November. This civil registered “King Air” is<br />
in fact a high tech aircraft used in nowadays warfare. It’s<br />
former military serial is 78-23145. What the exact unit is, is<br />
unknown by us. The 758th AS Hercules aircraft were both for<br />
TDY at Ramstein, but were also both seen at Stuttgart this<br />
month. Another very welcome visitor was the Jordanian Hercules<br />
with its magnificent camouflage colour scheme.<br />
Credit: Oliver Schmid<br />
Lately we have received a lot of pics shot in the darkness or with special light, like this Royal Jordanian Air Force C-130H 346 of<br />
3sq. This one honoured Stuttgart with a visit. (Stuttgart-Echterdingen,28 November 2006,Oliver Schmid)
Ramstein November 2006<br />
01. 92-3021 C-130H 910th AW Rch2021 dep17<br />
92-3024 C-130H 910th AW Rch2024 dep17<br />
91-0352/SP F-16CJ 52nd FW dep2<br />
02. 1403 An-26 13eltr<br />
XV197 Hercules C3 LTW<br />
97-0401 C-37A 89th AW<br />
58-0006 KC-135E 126th ARW Rch8006 dep6<br />
1x UH-60A 1-214th AVN Duke45<br />
03. 1x C-37A 89th AW SAM0796<br />
62-1862 C-130E 146th AW dep4<br />
72-1292 C-130E 43rd AW Rch2292 dep11<br />
92-3022 C-130H 910th AW<br />
92-3023 C-130H 910th AW<br />
159114 C-9B VR-46<br />
04. 57-1453 KC-135R 117th ARW Dixie80 dep6<br />
06. 69-6570 AC-130H 16th SOW dep18<br />
166376 C-37A VR-1 vv VV101 dep7<br />
07. 63-7848 C-130E 43rd AW<br />
08. 81-0952/SP A-10A 81st FS *<br />
81-0956/SP A-10A 81st FS *<br />
08. 84-0135 C-21A 375th AW Rch678 +9/13<br />
11. 84-0075 C-21A 375th AW Rch280 dep12<br />
01-0029 C-37A 6th AMW Spar44 dep12<br />
165151/JR C-20G VR-48<br />
12. 12+05 CL601 FBS BMVg GAF686<br />
62-1837 C-130E 43rd AW dep 16<br />
62-3540 KC-135R 92nd ARW Rch244 dep13<br />
1x C-20G USNavy Razor01<br />
13. 1x C-160D GAF JGZ61<br />
84-0129 C-21A 375th AW Rch679 dep14<br />
1x C-37A 89th AW SAM0966<br />
91-0342/SP F-16CJ 22nd FS *<br />
91-0343/SP F-16CJ 22nd FS *<br />
91-0464/SP F-16DJ 22nd FS *<br />
1x C-26D USNavy VV JM1S1<br />
14. 63-7838 C-130E 43rd AW<br />
15. 84-0075 C-21A 375th AW Rch280<br />
99-0003 C-32A 89th AW SAM93<br />
63-7837 C-130E 43rd AW Rch3837<br />
86-0413 C-130H 911th AW Rch6413<br />
86-0419 C-130H 911th AW Rch6419<br />
16. R97/61-ZA C-160R ET03.061 Cotam1120<br />
1406 An-26 13ELTr PLF011<br />
XS739/M Dominie T1 55(R)sq RFR7109<br />
XX371 Gazelle AH1 12Flt AAC0831<br />
01-0076 C-37A 309th AS Foxy44+21<br />
62-1833 C-130E 146th AW Ocean75 dep17<br />
91-0410/SP F-16CJ 23rd FS *Turky01<br />
91-0481/SP F-16DJ 23rd FS *Turky02<br />
17. 63-7981 KC-135R 107th ARW Fuzzy92 dep18<br />
89-2001/AV F-16CG 510th FS Buzzard01<br />
90-0796/AV F-16DG 510th FS Buzzard02<br />
88-26037 UH-60A C/5-158th AVN*Army26037E<br />
900531 C-26D AOD Naples VV JM1S1<br />
18. 58-0052 KC-135R 452nd AMW Rch8052<br />
19. 58-0052 KC-135R 452nd AMW<br />
159114 C-9B VR-46 VV JM1S1 dep20<br />
21. 165378/RU C-130T VR-55 VV JM1S1<br />
22. 2x SF-260 1w BAF195, BAF196<br />
23. 3x C-17A nn Rch230,320,439<br />
24. ST40 SF-260D 1w BAF180<br />
1163/SU-BFC DHC-5D Nav School EGY2106<br />
25. 144616 CC-144B 412sq CFC3024 dep26<br />
26. 1x C-17A nn Rch609<br />
165151/JR C-20G VR-48 Razor01<br />
27. ST41 SF-260D 1w BAF180<br />
70+72 UH-1D LTG61 *Med7072<br />
U-05 Fokker 50 334sq NAF51<br />
4x C-17A nn Rch104,151,369,609<br />
97-01944 C-37A OSACOM/PAT PAT156<br />
166376 C-37A VR-1 VV 100<br />
28. 1x Tornado IDS JBG31 *NO40<br />
U-05 Fokker 50 334sq NAF51<br />
ZH880 Hercules C5 LTW Ascot4874<br />
4x C-17A nn Rch104,151,369,606<br />
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95-00124 UC-35A B/1-214th VN Duke65Y<br />
166376 C-37A VR-1 VV 100<br />
87-24589 UH-60A E/5-52nd AVN Duke60A/B<br />
29. 85-0037 C-130H 908th AW Toil99<br />
85-0038 C-130H 908th AW Toil98<br />
82-23753 UH-60A nn *<br />
88-26020 UH-60A C/1-214th AVN *<br />
30. TR.20-02/403-12 Ce560 403Esc AME0359<br />
81-0951/SP A-10A 81st FS<br />
81-0976/SP A-10A 81st FS<br />
82-0649/SP A-10A 81st FS<br />
82-0654/SP A-10A 81st FS<br />
58-0100/D KC-135R 100th ARW<br />
01-2004/LN F-15E 48th FW Speed91<br />
89-2001/AV F-16CG 510th FS Viper01<br />
90-0796/AV F-16DG 510th FS Buzzard51<br />
Ramstein serial numbers<br />
60th AMW C-5B<br />
86-0018 27 87-0042 26-30<br />
86-0024 13-16 87-0044 06<br />
KC-10A<br />
86-0034 26,27,29,30<br />
62nd AW C-17A<br />
90-0533 18,19 99-0064 08,21,22<br />
90-0535 01,03,15 99-0165 16-18<br />
93-0600 06,15-18 99-0170 01,03,21<br />
98-0049 04,05,15-17,19, 00-0173 27,29,30<br />
20,22,23 00-0176 09<br />
98-0055 25-29 00-0180 17-19,21,25,26<br />
98-0057 06 00-0181 27-29<br />
99-0058 01-03,30 00-0185 17<br />
99-0061 10,11,15,16 02-1104 28-30<br />
99-0062 01,05 02-1111 06,11<br />
99-0063 11,18,19,29<br />
305th AMW KC-10A<br />
79-1947 22,24,25 85-0030 08-11<br />
79-1949 29 85-0032 02-05,29,30<br />
83-0082 06,07 86-0028 28,29<br />
84-0188 22-25 86-0035 04,05<br />
84-0192 15-18<br />
C-17A<br />
03-3125 12,13,30 04-4131 25-29<br />
03-3126 26 04-4132 11<br />
04-4128 08,09 04-4134 02,04,05,23,24<br />
04-4130 23 04-4136 01,02,11,12<br />
436th AW C-5B<br />
85-0003 20-22,28,29 87-0029 06<br />
85-0004 15-22 87-0031 09<br />
85-0005 17-21 87-0039 27-30<br />
86-0017 03-05<br />
105th AW NY ANG C-5A<br />
68-0226 23,24 69-0023 27,28<br />
69-0001 16,17,19,20 70-0455 09,14,15,28-30<br />
69-0008 02-04,06<br />
172nd AW MS ANG C-17A<br />
02-1112 02-05 03-3118 11,12,14,16-19,<br />
03-3113 02,03 28-30<br />
03-3115 07,08,10,14-17, 03-3119 04,06,07,23,26,30<br />
21,24<br />
03-3117 09,12,18,19,21,25-28<br />
433rd AW AFRC C-5A<br />
69-0026 28 70-0446 02,03<br />
437th AW C-17A<br />
92-3292 03,04,14 97-0048 11,12<br />
94-0068 16,17,27 01-0188 07<br />
95-0103 25-28 01-0189 01<br />
95-0104 02 01-0190 08,16,22<br />
96-0002 03,04,07 01-0192 27<br />
96-0004 09,11,12 01-0193 17<br />
96-0006 25,26 01-0195 26-28<br />
96-0007 06 01-0196 28,29<br />
97-0044 08,09,17,18,21 03-3122 04
97-0046 28,29 03-3123 02-05,09<br />
97-0047 06<br />
439th AW AFRC C-5A<br />
69-0020 25 70-0447 08<br />
C-5B<br />
86-0012 10,11 86-0021 04,06<br />
445th AW AFRC C-5A<br />
69-0005 11,12 70-0447 09<br />
69-0020 26,27 70-0461 03,04,18,19<br />
452nd AW AFRC C-17A<br />
04-4138 05-08,12,15,19, 05-5143 01,29,30<br />
21,22 05-5144 01-04,06,08,11,<br />
05-5141 26,27 12,15-19,21,25-29<br />
This month there were 57 Globemasters (including some<br />
which stayed unknown), 26 Galaxies and ten Extenders which<br />
were seen on several different days. On the 6th a AC-130H<br />
Spectre arrived that stayed at Ramstein untill the 18th, so it<br />
could be seen half of the month. Also different USNavy aircraft<br />
were at Ramstein and from Cologne an Egyptian Buffalo<br />
arrived at the 24th. The month ended with several USAFE<br />
fighters and a Spanish Citation.<br />
Wiesbaden November 2006<br />
03. 84-00173 C-12T OSACOM<br />
04. 165740/EZ UC-35C MWHS-4<br />
06. 84-23975 UH-60A 5-158th AVN<br />
88-26028 UH-60A 5-158th AVN<br />
00-05215 AH-64D 2-159th AVN<br />
Credit: Oscar Bosman, Gareth Whitehead<br />
Ireland<br />
Shannon November 2006<br />
03. 258 Lj45 102sq/IAC<br />
05. 62-1858 C-130E 171st AS MI ANG Rch682<br />
06. 130306 CC-130E 8 Wing 07 CFC2188<br />
08. 97-0400 C-37A 99th AS SAM0866<br />
09. 240 Beech 200 102sq/IAC<br />
12. 01-0041 C-40B 1st AS +21 SAM0884<br />
18. 99-0402 C-37A 99th AS SAM0881<br />
20. 51+15 C-160D LTG61<br />
24. 01-1101 C-17A 437th AW +26 Rch283<br />
26. 86-0403 C-20D 99th AS SAM60403<br />
256 EC135T1 GASU<br />
27. 02-020. C-40C 201st AS DC ANG Boxer43<br />
253 CN235-100M 101sq +29<br />
28. 270 EC135T1 301sq<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Brize Norton November 2006<br />
08. NZ7571 B757-2K2 40sq/RNZAF<br />
HZ-124 A340-211 1sq Royal Flt/RSAF<br />
ZE413? A109A 8Flt<br />
ZJ187, ZJ192 Apache AH1 AAC<br />
ZJ203 Apache AH1 AAC<br />
ZD620 BAe125 CC3 32(TR)sq *<br />
XZ611/X +1 Lynx AH7 AAC<br />
XZ648 Lynx AH7 653sq +13<br />
09. ZH883/883 Hercules C5 LTW Ascot536<br />
11. 84-0112 C-21A 76th AS * Hook71<br />
13. XZ605 Lynx AH7 AAC<br />
ZA295/VU S.King HC4 846sq<br />
17. T.17-3/47-03 B707-368C 471 Esc 19 AME4778<br />
19. ZJ209 Apache AH1 AAC<br />
20. 158/ABU TBM-700 EAAT<br />
21. 93/XL TBM-700 ETE00.043<br />
T.18-3/45-42 Falcon 900B 451 Esc<br />
XV290/290 Hercules C3 LTW<br />
ZH888/888 Hercules C5 LTW<br />
25. B-537 C-130J-30 Esk 721<br />
30. TK.17-1/47-01 B707-331B 471 Esc AME4779<br />
TM.17-4/47-24 Falcon 20E 472 Esc<br />
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The RNZAF B757 visited Brize to take part in the flypast over<br />
London at the 11th because of the inauguration of the New<br />
Zealand Memorial at the Hyde park corner. Five Typhoon F2’s<br />
from 3sq accompanied the NZ7571 following ZJ916/QO-U<br />
(spare/photoship), ZJ919/QO-W, ZJ924/QO-H (spare/<br />
photoship), ZJ925/QO-R, ZJ926/QO-Y.<br />
Coltishall 30 November 2006<br />
As RAF Coltishall closed this day Hurricane Z5140/HA-C<br />
(G-HURI), based at Duxford, did a flypast followed by a solo<br />
display. A Jaguar four-ship consisting of two T4s & two GR3As<br />
also appeared for a flypast. Finally, A109E ZR323 performed<br />
the last landing ever, alas...<br />
Coningsby November 2006<br />
01. ZR321 A109E 32(TR)sq Combine<br />
XX203 Hawk T1A 19(R)sq Snapper1<br />
XX316/316 Hawk T1A 19(R)sq Snapper2<br />
ZE287/TO Tornado F3 56(R)sq Horseman2<br />
ZE964/XT Tornado F3 56(R)sq Horseman3<br />
ZG774/WK Tornado F3 56(R)sq Horseman1<br />
03. 84-0019/LN F-15C 493rd FS * Reaper21<br />
86-0159/LN F-15C 493rd FS * Reaper22<br />
96-0205/LN F-15E 492nd FS * Warman32<br />
98-0132/LN F-15E 492nd FS * Warman31<br />
XX247/CM Hawk T1A 100sq Javelin84<br />
ZF287/287 Tucano T1 72(R)sq/1 FTS Venus1<br />
ZF289/289 Tucano T1 1 FTS Venus2<br />
06. H05, H22 A109BA 17 Sqn MRH +23 BA605A-C<br />
H25 A109BA 18 Sqn MRH +23 BA605A-C<br />
07. ZG780/XXV Tornado F3 25sq spec mks arrTDY<br />
08. ZK453 Beech 200 45(R)sq spec mks* CWL79<br />
XS731/J Dominie T1 55(R)sq * CWL87<br />
ZD346/13A Harrier GR7A 20(R)sq * WIT27<br />
ZH664/112 Harrier T10 20(R)sq * WIT01<br />
G-BYVR/VR Tutor T1 CFS * CWL28<br />
09. NZ7571 B757-2K2 40sq/RNZAF Kiwi353<br />
ZK451/K Beech 200 45(R)sq * CWL71<br />
XS727/D Dominie T1 55(R)sq * CWL89<br />
XZ294/X Gazelle AH1 658(TA)sq AA710<br />
ZH657/105 Harrier T10 1sq * COT12<br />
ZE168/FA Tornado F3 25sq TDY<br />
ZE204/UJ Tornado F3 25sq,11mks TDY<br />
ZA544 Tornado GR4 nn,9sq? * MRH10<br />
ZA585/054 Tornado GR4 9sq * MRH60<br />
10. XS596 Andover C1 QinetiQ/ETPS<br />
14. ZE420/189 S.King ASAC7 849sq<br />
16. E148/314-LU Alpha Jet E EAC00.314 FAF6414<br />
91-0604/LN F-15E 494th FS Eagle72<br />
21. ZJ932 Typhoon F2 arr for 11sq (DB) Typhoon31<br />
ZJ804 Typhoon T1 arr TDY 41(R)sq Tarnish17<br />
27. 91-0311/LN F-15E 492nd FS Hammer71Flt<br />
96-0201/LN F-15E 492nd FS Hammer71Flt<br />
ZE395 BAe125 CC3 32(TR)sq Ascot7568<br />
ZE700 BAe146 CC2 32(TR)sq Northolt15<br />
XX191/CC-191 Hawk T1 JFACTU mks Javelin97<br />
ZE764/FK Tornado F3 25sq Chariot2<br />
Cottesmore November 2006<br />
13. ZD351/18 Harrier GR7 20(R)sq<br />
ZF344/344 Tucano T1 1 FTS<br />
ZF448/448 Tucano T1 1 FTS<br />
Kinloss October 2006<br />
Additional movements:<br />
25. XX244/244 Hawk T1 FRADU Banyan<br />
ZA543/FF Tornado GR4 12sq spec mks Jackal1<br />
ZA148/G VC10 K3 101sq Tartan32<br />
G-FRAF Falcon 20C FR Aviation<br />
G-FRAP Falcon 20C FR Aviation<br />
G-FRAU Falcon 20C FR Aviation<br />
Lakenheath November 2006<br />
06. LX-N90442 E-3A NAEW&CF * NATO05<br />
09. S-433 AS532U2 300sq<br />
ZD467/57 Harrier GR7 1sq *<br />
15. E120/314-LG Alpha Jet E EAC00.314 * FAF6440/1/2
This Alaska ANG KC-135R 63-8043 takes off from Geilenkirchen during its two-week stay, refueling the NATO E-3As. 168th ARS<br />
also deployed tanker 63-8876 from 9 until 20 October and the pair used callsign Chena 82-83.<br />
(Geilenkirchen,17 October 2006,Arjen Sleeuwenhoek)<br />
E156/314-TI Alpha Jet E EAC00.314 * FAF6440/1/2<br />
E171/314-LR Alpha Jet E EAC00.314 * FAF6440/1/2<br />
24. 70-1264/RS C-130E 37th AS Herky792<br />
28. 03-3118 C-17A 183rd AS MS ANG Rch3118<br />
29. 1x F-16AM 322/323sq Diana21<br />
Leeming September 2006<br />
01. ZH886/886 Hercules C5 LTW RRR4676<br />
ZE158/HG Tornado F3 111sq Scimitar1/2<br />
ZE292/YY Tornado F3 43sq,25mks +05 LCH40<br />
ZE731/GP Tornado F3 43sq,25mks Blacksmith1/3<br />
ZE764/FK Tornado F3 43sq,25mks Blacksmith1/3<br />
ZE961/FO Tornado F3 43sq,25mks Blacksmith1/3<br />
ZG799/HJ Tornado F3 111sq Scimitar1/2<br />
ZF340/340 Tucano T1 1 FTS * LOP20<br />
ZF343/343 Tucano T1 1 FTS * LOP40<br />
ZF511/511 Tucano T1 ETPS Gauntlet14<br />
G-BYWZ Tutor T1 CFS * CWL35<br />
05. ZK452/L Beech 200 45(R)sq CWL76<br />
ZK453 Beech 200 45(R)sq spec mks CWL73<br />
ZE734 Tornado F3 43sq LCH40<br />
07. ZK454/N Beech 200 45(R)sq * CWL73<br />
08. ZD621 BAe125 CC3 32(TR)sq<br />
11. H33 A109BA 18 Sqn MRH BA733<br />
P-254, P-287 AS550C2 Esk 724 DAF3360<br />
ZJ228 Apache AH1 9 Regt AA954<br />
XV707/184 S.King ASAC7 849sq<br />
ZE418/186 S.King ASAC7 849sq<br />
ZF342/342 Tucano T1 1 FTS * LOP93<br />
21. XZ193 Lynx AH7 672sq AA903<br />
ZF242/242 Tucano T1 1 FTS Sword<br />
ZF244/244 Tucano T1 1 FTS LOP20/402<br />
ZF347/347 Tucano T1 1 FTS LOP20/402<br />
22. ZA601/066 Tornado GR4 2sq Chieftain2/3<br />
ZG711/O Tornado GR4 2sq +29 Chieftain2/3<br />
25. XS606 Andover C1 ETPS 26<br />
XX221/221 Hawk T1A 4 FTS VYT71<br />
XX246/246 Hawk T1A 4 FTS VYT71?<br />
XX281/281 Hawk T1A 4 FTS +27 VYT69<br />
ZH557/NT Tornado F3 56(R)sq LCG101<br />
28. ZF287/287 Tucano T1 1 FTS LOP43<br />
XX158/158 Hawk T1A 19(R)sq VYT97<br />
XX185/185 Hawk T1 208(R)sq VYT50<br />
October 2006<br />
02. N541PA Lj35A Phoenix Air +03<br />
XV697/181 S.King ASAC7 849sq 05<br />
XV707/184 S.King ASAC7 849sq 05<br />
ZE156/WA Tornado F3 56(R)sq Warlord1/2<br />
ZE786/TF Tornado F3 56(R)sq Scorcher2<br />
ZE965/WT Tornado F3 56(R)sq Scorcher1<br />
ZH554/QT Tornado F3 56(R)sq Warlord1/2<br />
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03. N549PA Lj35A Phoenix Air<br />
XW222 Puma HC1 33sq Vortex357<br />
ZA546/AG Tornado GR4 9sq mks Snake1<br />
ZD741 Tornado GR4 no mks Serpent42<br />
05. XZ205, XZ641 Lynx AH7 847sq Marine19,18<br />
09. ZJ121/E Merlin HC3 28sq Machette1<br />
ZJ131/P Merlin HC3 28sq 16 Machette2<br />
ZJ138/X Merlin HC3 28sq 16,31 Vortex298<br />
ZE341/GO Tornado F3 43sq Savage1<br />
ZF448/448 Tucano T1 1 FTS LOP48<br />
11. ZA553/DI Tornado GR4 31sq mks Chieftain22<br />
ZF343/343 Tucano T1 1 FTS LOP10<br />
12. ZE441/79 Jetstream T3 Heron Flt NVY751<br />
ZG726/125 Torn. GR4A 617sq Amber1<br />
ZJ800/BC Typhoon T1A 29(R)sq Typhoon36<br />
ZJ812/BK Typhoon T1A 29(R)sq Typhoon08<br />
ZF289/289 Tucano T1 1 FTS * LOP85<br />
ZF292/292 Tucano T1 1 FTS * LOP85<br />
ZF349/349 Tucano T1 1 FTS * LOP63<br />
16. XV656/185 S.King ASAC7 849sq Redrat85<br />
ZE420/189 S.King ASAC7 849sq 18 Redrat89<br />
ZJ809/BH Typhoon T1A 29(R)sq Typhoon309<br />
ZF242/242 Tucano T1 1 FTS<br />
18. XZ216 Lynx AH7 653sq AAC910<br />
ZD478/J S.King HC4 845/848sq NVY18<br />
XZ580 S.K. HC6CR 846sq NVY20<br />
31. XX725/EE Jaguar GR3A 6sq<br />
XX970/EH Jaguar GR3A 6sq<br />
ZJ130/O Merlin HC3 28sq<br />
Leuchars October 0026<br />
Additional movements:<br />
10. XV252/52 Nimrod MR2 Kinloss Wg<br />
G-BYUD Tutor T1 Glasgow UAS<br />
17. ZD621 BAe125 CC3 32(TR)sq Kittyhawk25R<br />
ZZ174 C-17A 99sq Ascot6635<br />
ZF210/210 Tucano T1 1 FTS<br />
ZF291/291 Tucano T1 1 FTS +19,23<br />
ZF341/341 Tucano T1 1 FTS +25<br />
ZF379/379 Tucano T1 1 FTS +19,23,25<br />
ZF515/515 Tucano T1 1 FTS<br />
19. ZF137/137 Tucano T1 1 FTS +25<br />
ZJ922/QO-C Typhoon F2 3sq<br />
ZJ925/QO-R Typhoon F2 3sq +23<br />
20. ZG845 Islander AL1 1Flt<br />
23. ZF135/135 Tucano T1 1 FTS +<br />
25. XS713/C Dominie T1 55(R)sq<br />
XX201/201 Hawk T1A 208(R)sq VYT49<br />
XX345/345 Hawk T1A 208(R)sq VYT25<br />
G-FPLD Beech 200 FR Aviation
Lossiemouth October 2006<br />
Additional movements:<br />
23. XX247/CM Hawk T1A 100sq Darwin51 Flt<br />
XX339/339 Hawk T1 19(R)sq Victor77<br />
ZJ919/QO-W Typhoon F2 3sq * Typhoon03<br />
24. E14/314-TP Alpha Jet E EAC00.314 FAF6470<br />
E132/314-LZ Alpha Jet E EAC00.314 FAF6470<br />
25. ZD703 BAe125 CC3 32(TR)sq Ascot1566<br />
ZE441/79 Jetstream T3 Heron Flt<br />
ZA401/XIII Torn. GR4A 13sq Mantis82<br />
ZA554/BF Tornado GR4 9sq,14mks Mantis81<br />
ZF343/343 Tucano T1 72(R)sq/1 FTS Lima09<br />
Marham November 2006<br />
01. ZH837/500 Merlin HM1 829sq NVY500<br />
15. E120/314-LG Alpha Jet E EAC00.314 FAF6440/1/2<br />
E156/314-TI Alpha Jet E EAC00.314 FAF6440/1/2<br />
E171/314-LR Alpha Jet E EAC00.314 FAF6440/1/2<br />
21. ZJ707/O Griffin HT1 60(R)sq/DHFS SBY98<br />
ZF319? Tucano T1 1 FTS Lima14<br />
ZJ805 Typhoon T1 29(R)sq Typhoon29<br />
23. ZJ646 Alpha Jet QinetiQ<br />
Mildenhall November 2006<br />
01. 165094 C-20G VR-1 RG160<br />
84-0111 C-21A 76th AS Bursa59<br />
92-3021 C-130H 910th AW Rch2021<br />
92-3024 C-130H 910th AW Rch2024<br />
58-0061 KC-135T 22rd ARW Rch8061<br />
58-0095 KC-135T 319th ARW Rch302<br />
62-3499 KC-135R 22rd ARW Rch2499<br />
02. 84-0108 C-21A 76th AS +08,09,11 Bursa59<br />
64-0527/RS C-130E 37th AS Herky05<br />
57-1441 KC-135R 126th ARS WA Rch7441<br />
58-0038 KC-135R 916th ARW Rch8038<br />
58-0040 KC-135R 174th ARS IA ANG Rch248<br />
64-14847/OF RC-135U 45th RS 04 Snoop55<br />
ZH105/05 Sentry AEW1 8/23sq Nato03<br />
03. 57-1431 KC-135E 150th ARS NJ ANG Rch239<br />
57-1445 KC-135E 150th ARS NJ ANG Rch229<br />
58-0017 KC-135E 132rd ARS ME ANG Blue54<br />
58-0020 KC-135E 174th ARS IA ANG Rch267<br />
63-8031 KC-135R 6th AMW Gold09<br />
04. 87-0118 KC-10A 60th AMW Rch981<br />
03-3122 C-17A 437th AW Rch1818<br />
90-0300 C-20H 76th AS Fendy 03<br />
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62-1858 C-130E 171st AS MI ANG Rch682<br />
58-0078 KC-135E 150th ARS NJ ANG Rch440<br />
62-3527 KC-135E 150th ARS NJ ANG Rch205<br />
61-2670/OF OC-135B 45th RS OpenSkies12T<br />
61-2672/OF OC-135B 45th RS Cobra72<br />
05. 85-0006 C-5B no mks 06 Rch5006<br />
06. 63-7897/RS C-130E 37th AS Herky200<br />
02-1464 C-130J-30 115th AS CA ANG Rch300<br />
07. L-13 PC-7 131EMVOsq Diamond11<br />
00-0174 C-17A 62nd AW Hire41<br />
84-0135 C-21A 375th AW Rch678<br />
92-3021 C-130H 910th AW Herky131<br />
63-8876 KC-135R AK ANG Blue61<br />
58-0125 KC-135T 92nd ARW Rch8125<br />
58-0046 KC-135T 319th ARW Rch560<br />
01-2004/LN F-15E 494th FS Rumble91<br />
08. 00-0174 C-17A 62nd AW Hire41<br />
84-0135 C-21A 86th AW? Rch678<br />
63-8876 KC-135R AK ANG Blue61<br />
58-0046 KC-135T 319th ARW Rch560<br />
58-0125 KC-135T 92nd ARW Rch591<br />
63-8885 KC-135R 319th ARW Rch545<br />
09. 84-0188 KC-10A 305th AMW 10 Blue21<br />
00-0174 C-17A 62nd AW Hire41<br />
04-4129 C-17A 305th AMW 10 Rch368<br />
165160/CW C-130T VR-54 11 CW560<br />
60-0356 KC-135R 22nd ARW 10 Rch394<br />
63-8030/HH KC-135R 203rd ARS HI ANG Esso75<br />
10. LX-N90446 E-3A NAEW&CF * NATO08<br />
84-0085 C-21A 76th AS Jalop04<br />
11. 165833/RY C-40A VR-59 12 RY730<br />
84-0110 C-21A 76th AS +13 Jalop37<br />
12. 64-14845/OF RC-135V 45th RS +16 Snoop45<br />
13. LX-N90442 E-3A NAEW&CF * NAT007<br />
82-0061 C-130H AK ANG Rch340<br />
79-0002/OK E-3B 964th AACS 14Sentry80<br />
82-0006/OK E-3C 964th AACS +20 Sentry81<br />
14. 84-0129 C-21A 375 AW Rch679<br />
86-0413 C-130H 911th AW 15 Rch6413<br />
86-0419 C-130H 911th AW 15 Rch6419<br />
60-0355 KC135R 319 ARW 15 Rch269<br />
15. 79-0433 KC-10A 305th AMW Rch266<br />
84-0075 C-21A 375th AW Rch280<br />
16. 62-1837 C-130E 43rd AW 18 Rch316<br />
63-7837 C-130E 43rd AW 21 Rch3837<br />
57-1440 KC-135R 319th ARW 21 Rch271<br />
In March 2006, 32(TR)sq received three A109E to replace the AS355 Twin Squirrels. This example, ZR321, was visiting Brussels<br />
during an Africa meeting. (Brussel,16 November 2006, Melchior Timmers)
58-0080 KC-135E 174th ARS IA 17 Rch192<br />
17. 03-3123 C-17A 437th AW 18 Rch693<br />
59-1489 KC-135E 108th ARS IL 18 Rch187<br />
18. 99-0165 C-17A 62nd AW 21 Rch9165<br />
58-0035 KC-135R 22nd ARW Rch273<br />
20. 69-0001 C-5A 105th AS NY ANG Rch227<br />
01-0076 C-37A 309th AS Foxy44<br />
84-00156 C-12U-3 1-214th AVN Duke11A<br />
21. 84-00162 C-12U-3 1-214th AVN Duke09B<br />
84-00165 C-12U-3 1-214th AVN Duke40B<br />
84-0086 C-21A 76th AS Jalop27<br />
93-1036 C-130H 463rd AG 22 Rch234<br />
22. LX-N90454 E-3A NAEW&CF * NATO05<br />
58-0052 KC-135R 452nd AMW Rch261<br />
24. 59-1471 KC-135R 92nd ARW TDY Rch9471<br />
60-0333 KC-135R 92nd ARW TDY Rch0333<br />
63-8884 KC-135R 92nd ARW TDY Rch3884<br />
64-14833 KC-135R 92nd ARW TDY Rch4833<br />
25. 70-0455 C-5A 105th AS NY 28 Rch699<br />
04-4137 C-17A 305th AMW 28 Rch362<br />
26. 92-3292 C-17A 437th AW 28 Rch2292<br />
27. 99-0167 C-17A 62nd AW 29 Rch936<br />
63-7840/RS C-130E 37th AS Herkt120<br />
64-14828 KC-135R 191st ARS UT Rch4828<br />
57-2602 KC-135E 150th ARS NJ ANG Rocco85<br />
58-0017 KC-135E 132nd ARS ME ANG Ethyl83<br />
62-3527 KC-135E 150th ARS NJ ANG Ethyl98<br />
63-8020 KC-135R arr for 351st ARS<br />
63-8036 KC-135R 136th ARS NY ANG Ethyl85<br />
64-14839 KC-135R 136th ARS NY ANG Ethyl87<br />
64-14844/OF RC-135V 45th RS Snoop44<br />
28. 85-0037 C-130H 908th AW 29 Toil99<br />
85-0038 C-130H 908th AW 29 Toil98<br />
64-14848/OF RC-135V 45th RS Snoop48<br />
29. 04-4133 C-17A 305th AMW 30 Rch368<br />
62-1858 C-130E 171st AS MI ANG RCh268<br />
30. ZA707/AO Chinook HC2 18sq Pegasus2<br />
158916/LF-916 P-3C VP-16 LF12<br />
00-0173 C-17A 62nd AW Rch259<br />
58-0114 KC-135R 191st ARS UT ANG Rch311<br />
Waddington October 2006<br />
02. 91-0301/LN F-15E 492nd FS Rumble31 Flt<br />
91-0307/LN F-15E 492nd FS Rumble31 Flt<br />
62-3575/D KC-135R 351st ARS Quid12<br />
63-8025/D KC-135R 351st ARS Quid11<br />
06. LX-N20199 CT-49A NAEW&CF +19 NATO26<br />
24. XV700/ZC S.K. HC6CR 845sq NVYCom13<br />
26. LX-N90446 E-3A NAEW&CF<br />
G-RAFP Beech 200 45(R)sq<br />
XS731/J Dominie T1 55(R)sq * CWL93<br />
XX253 Hawk T1 Red Arrows Red11<br />
XW232 Puma HC1 230sq Vortex012<br />
ZF511/511 Tucano T1 1 FTS Gauntlet51<br />
31. ZA405 Tornado GR4A nn<br />
ZA543/FF Tornado GR4 12sq<br />
ZA595/061 Tornado GR4 12sq<br />
ZA596/062 Tornado GR4 14sq<br />
ZD810/102 Tornado GR4 15(R)sq<br />
ZD849/110 Tornado GR4 12sq<br />
November 2006<br />
01. ZK452/L Beech 200 45(R)sq +10,15 * CWL70<br />
ZK453 Beech 200 45(R)sq * CWL64<br />
ZK454/N Beech 200 45(R)sq * CWL65<br />
G-RAFO Beech 200 45(R)sq +15 * CWL77<br />
G-RAFP Beech 200 45(R)sq +06 * CWL72<br />
XX294 Hawk T1 Red Arrows * Red11<br />
ZF169/169 Tucano T1 1 FTS/72(R )sq * LOP23<br />
G-BYUB/UB Tutor T1 RAF/CFS * CWL52<br />
G-BWXH T-67M DEFTS BKH25<br />
02. LX-N20199 CT-49A NAEW&CF * NATO16<br />
03. ZF(207)/(207) Tucano T1 1 FTS * LOP21<br />
06. 201/36-CA E-3F EDCA00.036 FAF9026<br />
ZD621 BAe125 CC3 32(TR)sq +21 * NOH41<br />
ZD348/15A Harrier GR7A 4sq? * COT45<br />
ZF622 PA-31-350 QinetiQ BDN62<br />
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ZA613/075 Tornado GR4 15(R)sq,9mks 09?Mentor2<br />
ZD707/077 Tornado GR4 15(R)sq 09?Mentor3<br />
ZD719/BS Tornado GR4 15(R)sq,14mks09?Mentor1<br />
XR808/(R) VC10 C1K 101sq 10 Tartan12<br />
07. ZD409/38 Harrier GR7 1sq 08 Jedi1<br />
ZG504/75A Harrier GR7A 1sq 08 Jedi3<br />
ZG505/76 Harrier GR9 1sq 08 Jedi2<br />
ZH878/878 Hercules C4 LTW +08 RRR520<br />
XV101/S VC10 C1K 101sq 10 Tartan22<br />
98-0132/LN F-15E 492nd FS * Warman51<br />
98-0135/LN F-15E 492nd FS * Warman52<br />
08. 108/YW EMB121AA EAT00.319 FAF9090<br />
LX-N20199 CT-49A NAEW&CF * NATO29<br />
ZK451/K Beech 200 45(R)sq +10 * CWL71<br />
G-BYXZ/XZ Tutor T1 CFS * CWL52<br />
CS-DMG Beech 400 Privately Owned<br />
09. ZH882/882 Hercules C5 LTW RRR532<br />
XZ691/345 Lynx HMA8 815sq +13 NVYSkua69<br />
10. 084/YH EMB121AA EAT00.319 FAF9090<br />
ZJ969 Bell 212 60(R)sq/DHFS +13 SYS103<br />
13. 066/ZA EMB121AN EAT00.319 FAF9090<br />
ZJ911/BZ Typhoon F2 29(R)sq +17 * Fazer1<br />
ZJ920/BX Typhoon F2 29(R)sq +17 * Fazer2<br />
14. ZH873/873 Hercules C5 LTW *<br />
ZH883/883 Hercules C5 LTW 16 RRR522<br />
ZE292/YY Tornado F3 25sq * Savage2<br />
15. 095/YN EMB121AA EAT00.319 FAF9090<br />
XS709/M Dominie T1 55(R)sq *<br />
XS713/C Dominie T1 55(R)sq *<br />
ZF343/343 Tucano T1 72(R)sq/1 FTS * LOP21<br />
17. 204/36-CD E-3F EDCA 00.036 20 FAF9026<br />
111/YQ EMB121AA EAT 00.319 FAF9092<br />
LX-N90446 E-3A NAEW&CF NATO15<br />
ZJ917/QO-G Typhoon F2 3sq * Chaos<br />
ZJ922/QO-C Typhoon F2 3sq * Chaos<br />
20. ZF172/172 Tucano T1 72(R)sq/1 FTS * LOP14<br />
LX-N90454 E-3A NAEW&CF * NATO08<br />
21. ZE728 Tornado F3 25sq * LEE21<br />
22. ZH888/888 Hercules C5 LTW RRR604<br />
ZG731 Tornado F3 41(R)sq Rebel78<br />
ZF244/244 Tucano T1 72(R)sq/1 FTS<br />
ZF348/348 Tucano T1 1 FTS LOP03<br />
G-FPLA Beech 200 FR Aviation Flightchecker<br />
23. ZE757/FI Tornado F3 43sq 28 Scorpion<br />
ZE785 Tornado F3 41(R)sq Rebel73<br />
LX-N90448 E-3A NAEW&CF * NATO10<br />
24. ZA602 Tornado GR4 9sq no mks * MRH10<br />
26. ZR32 . A109E 32(TR)sq<br />
27. ZE396 BAe125 CC3 32(TR)sq RRR1761<br />
ZJ234/S Griffin HT1 60(R)sq/DHFS SYS98<br />
XX222/CI Hawk T1A 100sq * LEE100<br />
ZH880/880 Hecules C5 LTW 28 RRR520<br />
ZA546/AG Tornado GR4 9sq 29 Scarab2<br />
ZD719/BS Tornado GR4 14sq 29 Scarab1<br />
ZJ809/BH Typhoon T1 29(R)sq * CBY38<br />
28. ZG502/73 Harrier GR7 20(R)sq * WIT191<br />
ZH880/880 Hercules C5 QinetiQ * BDN62<br />
ZF511 Tucano T1 RAF/ETPS * BDN52<br />
29. ZJ813/BL Typhoon T1 29(R)sq * CBY42<br />
G-BYWG/WG Tutor T1 CFS * CWL22<br />
30. ZJ238/Y Griffin HT1 60(R)sq/DHFS * SYS94<br />
ZH659/107 Harrier T10 20(R)sq * WIT18<br />
ZJ138/X Merlin HC3 28sq 01 SHF394<br />
ZE338/GJ Tornado F3 43sq 01 Gamecock<br />
ZE342/FG Tornado F3 43sq 01 Gamecock<br />
ZE731/GP Tornado F3 43sq 04Gamecock<br />
ZH557/NT Tornado F3 43sq 01 Gamecock<br />
ZF269/269 Tucano T1 1 FTS * LOP14<br />
ZJ928/AF Typhoon F2 17(R)sq *<br />
Credits: Danny Bonny, Karel van Broekhoven, Paul Coppin/<br />
Touchdown-news, Perry Dirkx, Paul v/d Hurk, Ronny Jansen,<br />
Alan Macey, Vincent v/d Meer, Marco de Moor, Alex Marchesin,<br />
Patrick Moonen, Malcolm Nason, Arjan v/d Rijt, Ronald de<br />
Roij, Oscar Sannen, Christian Schrik, Uli Seibicke, Bart<br />
Stringa, Chris Taylor, The Fightercontrol Team, MSF.
Starting this month we will regularly present overviews of<br />
the bases that are included in Movements Elsewhere.<br />
These overviews will include an airfield directions guide,<br />
movements and an overview of based aicraft. We will kick<br />
off with the main transport base of the RAF: Lyneham.<br />
Based<br />
RAF Lynheham is home to the backbone of the RAF transport<br />
fleet: Lyneham Transport Wing (LTW). The Wing consiststs of<br />
four squadrons that fly different versions of the Hercules<br />
24sq Hercules C4/C5<br />
30sq Hercules C4/C5<br />
47sq Hercules C1/C3<br />
70sq Hercules C1/C3<br />
24sq 30sq 47sq 70sq<br />
Serials<br />
Hercules C1<br />
XV196/196 LTW 4217 sep06<br />
XV200/200 LTW 4223 aug06<br />
XV205/205 LTW 4230 oct06<br />
XV295/295 LTW 4261 jun06<br />
Hercules C3<br />
XV197/197 LTW 4218 oct06<br />
XV202/202 LTW 4226 sep06<br />
XV212/212 LTW 4238 oct06<br />
XV217/217 LTW 4244 oct06<br />
XV220/220 LTW 4247 oct06<br />
XV221/221 LTW 4251may06<br />
XV290/290 LTW 4254 oct06<br />
XV294/294 LTW 4259 oct06<br />
XV299/299 LTW 4266 mar06<br />
XV301/301 LTW 4268 oct06<br />
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RAF Lyneham<br />
Movements special<br />
This picture of resident Hercules C3 XV305 on short final for runway 25 was taken at spot 2, as described in the airfield guide on<br />
these pages. (Erik Lenten)<br />
XV305/305 LTW 4273 oct06<br />
XV307/307 LTW 4275 aug06<br />
Hercules C3A<br />
XV177/177 LTW 4182 jul06<br />
XV188/188 LTW 4206 oct06<br />
XV209/209 LTW 4235 sep06<br />
XV214/214 LTW 4241 oct06<br />
XV303/303 LTW 4271 oct06<br />
XV304/304 LTW 4272 mar06<br />
Hercules C4<br />
ZH865/865 LTW 5408 oct06<br />
ZH866/866 LTW 5414may06<br />
ZH867/867 LTW 5416 oct06<br />
ZH868/868 LTW 5443 sep06<br />
ZH869/869 LTW 5444 aug06<br />
ZH870/870 LTW 5445 oct06<br />
ZH871/871 LTW 5446 aug06<br />
ZH872/872 LTW 5456 aug06<br />
ZH873/873 LTW 5457 sep06<br />
ZH874/874 LTW 5458 mar06<br />
ZH875/875 LTW 5459 sep06<br />
ZH876/876 LTW 5460 oct06<br />
ZH877/877 LTW 5461 aug06<br />
ZH878/878 LTW 5462 oct06<br />
ZH879/879 LTW 5463 oct06<br />
Hercules C5<br />
ZH880/880 LTW 5478 oct06<br />
ZH881/881 LTW 5479 nov06<br />
ZH882/882 LTW 5480 aug06<br />
ZH883/883 LTW 5481 nov06<br />
ZH884/884 LTW 5482 sep06<br />
ZH885/885 LTW 5483 sep06<br />
ZH886/886 LTW 5484 oct06<br />
ZH887/887 LTW 5485 oct06<br />
ZH888/888 LTW 5496 nov06<br />
ZH889/889 LTW 5500 aug06<br />
Directions<br />
The airbase can be found 10 kilometres to the northeast of<br />
Chippenham, along the A3102. Coming from Swindon, take<br />
the Swindon exit from the M4 and follow the signs towards<br />
Lyneham.
Spot 1 - Lyneham town<br />
Coming from the South on the A3102, take a right after you<br />
passed the maingate (on the left). Park your car at the local<br />
stores. From this point, it is possible to read off some Hercules<br />
that occupy the South side of the ramp.<br />
Spot 2 - Runway 25<br />
Coming from spot 1, follow the A3102 and take a left on<br />
Chippenham road. This road will pass the runway 25 treshold<br />
Photography of landing aircaft is possible here from either<br />
side of the centreline with 200 mm. Not the best spot, but<br />
worthwhile for landing aircraft.<br />
Spot 3 - Hollow Way<br />
Follow Chippenham Road from spot 2 and take a left onto<br />
Hollow Road. Follow this road all the way to the end, and park<br />
you car. From the end of the road it is possible to follow a<br />
foothpath that takes you close to the base perimeter-fence.<br />
From here landing aircraft can be photographed. When<br />
aircraft land on runway 25 and take the right exit it is possible<br />
to photograph aircraft on the taxiways with 150mm.<br />
Spot 4 - New Zealand (1)<br />
The best spot for reading off serials is spot 4. When coming<br />
from the direction of Lyneham, take a right towards New<br />
Zealand just after you passed the base. Follow this (very<br />
narrow!) road while keeping the base on your right hand side.<br />
The road will further narrow but leads you to a spot near a<br />
crashgate (note: do not park at the crashgate!) From this place<br />
it is possible to read off almost all Hercules aircraft on the<br />
ramps. Also, landing and departing aircraft can be<br />
photographed here from 200mm onwards.<br />
Spot 5 - New Zealand (2)<br />
When coming from the direction of Lyneham, take a right<br />
towards New Zealand just after you have passed the base.<br />
Follow this (very narrow!) road while keeping the base on your<br />
right hand side. At the end of this road in New Zealand it is<br />
possible to photograph aircraft taxiing towards runway 36, and<br />
aircraft using this runway.<br />
Frequencies<br />
118.425 Approach<br />
359.200 Approach<br />
119.225 Tower<br />
386.825 Tower<br />
129.475 Ground<br />
340.175 Ground<br />
Preserved<br />
The following aircraft can be found:<br />
XK669/7971M Comet C2 pres at main gate<br />
KN556 Dakota IV pres in town<br />
The Dakota has fake markings (‘FZ626/YS-DH’) and can be<br />
found along the A3102 on the righthand side, just before you<br />
reach the main gate.<br />
Coordinates: 51°30’ 13” N 001°58’ 13.19” W<br />
Movements<br />
September 2006<br />
08. 63-8740/RS C-130E 37th AS 23<br />
63-7885/RS C-130E 37th AS 23<br />
63-7897/RS C-130E 37th AS 23<br />
64-0527/RS C-130E 37th AS 23<br />
64-18240/RS C-130E 37th AS ‘86th OG’ 23<br />
72-1299/RS C-130E 37th AS 23<br />
13. XS743 Basset CC2 ETPS<br />
14. XV707/84 S.King ASAC7 849sq<br />
ZE418/86 S.King ASAC7 849sq<br />
15. 1293/SU-BKS C-130H 4/16sq Egypt AF<br />
18. 2478 C-130H 1°/1°GT<br />
130337 CC-130H 8 Wing<br />
19. ZD620 BAe125 CC3 32(TR)sq<br />
20. 87-0126 MC-130H 7th SOS<br />
22. 92-3282 C-130H 328th AS AFRC 24 RCH231<br />
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ZE449 Puma HC1 33sq 26<br />
XR807/Q VC10 C1K 101sq<br />
25.ZK450/J Beech 200 45(R)sq<br />
ZK454/N Beech 200 45(R)sq<br />
ZJ234/S Griffin HT1 60(R)sq/DHFS<br />
XV661/826 S.King HU5SAR 771sq<br />
ZE201/FB Tornado F3 25sq<br />
28.4576 P-3N 335 Skv<br />
October 2006<br />
03.165809/BH KC-130J VMGR-252 Otis80<br />
The Ramstein Hercules visited Lyneham for an exercise<br />
called Blue Fog which included low-level flying in the UK. A very<br />
welcome visitor was the Egyptian Hercules on 15 September.<br />
Other highlights were the Norwegian P-3N and the Brasilian<br />
Hercules.<br />
We hope you like this kind of overviews. If you have any<br />
comment, updates or movements on this overview please let<br />
us know. You can use our postal address or E-mail<br />
(info@scramble.nl). We are always looking for pictures to<br />
publish in the movements section. If you have any, please<br />
send them to milupload@scramble.nl. Next month we will try<br />
to create an overview of another of our regularly covered airbases.<br />
Meanwhile our database of airfield overviews is growing fast.<br />
Please check www.scramble.nl/airports.htm regularly for new<br />
and updated directions to airports all over the world. Some of<br />
these overviews will be published in our magazine. This<br />
months’ <strong>Scramble</strong> Intelligence Service includes directions to<br />
Evreux as the Thunderbirds will perform there this summer.<br />
www.scramble.nl/airports.htm
Manufacturers News<br />
AgustaWestland<br />
AW139<br />
On 22 August 2006, the EASA Type Certificate Data Sheet for<br />
the Agusta AB139 has been changed. It now states that the<br />
AB139 designation is used for c/n 31001 up to c/n 31054,<br />
whereas the AW139 designation is used from c/n 31055<br />
onwards. Since <strong>Scramble</strong> issue 322, the designation AW139<br />
instead of AB139 is used.<br />
A109 Grand<br />
AgustaWestland and PZL-Swidnik are co-operating for tender<br />
of the Polish ministry of health for 23 Emergency Medical Service<br />
(EMS) helicopters. The contract is worth 128.5 million<br />
euros. AgustaWestland in partnership with PZL-Swidnik will<br />
offer the AgustaWestland A109 Grand.<br />
PZL-Swidnik already manufactures the complete Grand airframe<br />
and if selected PZL-Swidnik will provide product and<br />
customer support services after delivery of the aircraft. PZL-<br />
Swidnik and AgustaWestland have already been co-operating<br />
for over ten years, with production of the AgustaWestland<br />
Grand, A119 Koala, A109 Power, A109 LUH and AW139 airframes<br />
all being carried out in Poland.<br />
Airbus<br />
A300<br />
Although Airbus announced in March 2006 that it would close<br />
down the A300 production line by mid 2007, the company has<br />
now confirmed that it is seriously reconsidering that decision.<br />
The European aircraft manufacturer is in talks with suppliers if<br />
they would be able to resume production. Furthermore,<br />
negotiations seem to be ongoing with a number of potential<br />
customers.<br />
Airbus’s decision is also in part due to the indecision not to<br />
officially launch the A330-200F. The company has allocated<br />
some A330 delivery slots for the freighter production, but due<br />
to the A350 being delivered later, the company needs the A330<br />
production capacity in order to satisfy A350 customers with an<br />
interim solution until their aircraft can be delivered. That<br />
solution is the A330.<br />
A320<br />
Pratt & Whitney and Airbus are studying possibilities to power<br />
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the A320 with geared turbofans (GTF). The new engine could<br />
be available to customers in 2011 and would provide Airbus<br />
time to develop an all new single aisle family.<br />
Basically the GTF is like a normal turbofan, with the exception<br />
that the fan, compressor and turbine do not run at the same<br />
speed. In a “normal” engine the fans propels the compressor<br />
and the turbine. In a GTF, the fan is connected to a gearbox,<br />
which in its turn allows the compressor and the turbine to run<br />
at different speeds. This means that each component can run<br />
at its optimal, most efficient speed. The technology reduces<br />
fuel consumption and generates less noise. Furthermore,<br />
maintenance needed for parts of the engine is reduced, but<br />
the gearbox comes as an added component.<br />
A GTF also requires some structural changes to the A320<br />
wing. First flight tests are scheduled for mid-2008.<br />
A350<br />
Early December Airbus officially launched the A350. At the<br />
press conference it was announced that at this stage three<br />
models will be offered: A350-800, -900 and -1000. Other<br />
models will be offered at a later stage during the programme.<br />
The models range in seat capacity between 270 and 350<br />
passengers (three class configuration) and mark the end of<br />
the fuselage type used for the A330/A340 , as the new model is<br />
25 cm wider. The -900 will be available mid-2013 followed by<br />
the -800 a year later and the -1000 by mid 2015.<br />
A380<br />
The Rolls-Royce powered A380 has received its type certificate<br />
from the European Aviation Safety Agency and the US<br />
FAA. The formalities took place on 12 December 2006. The<br />
certification is good news for the programme, which has been<br />
in the news lately regarding delays. Singapore Airlines will<br />
receive the first A380 in October 2007. The aircraft that have<br />
already been assembled need to be re-wired and this takes<br />
time, hence the late deliveries.<br />
Boeing<br />
Civil News<br />
Since May 2006 this DC-10 has been flying for the Brasilian cargo airline MTA Cargo as PP-MTA. The aircraft was delivered as a<br />
passenger aircraft to SABENA in 1975. It flew for SABENA as OO-SLC until 1992 when it was acquired by Federal Express and<br />
converted to a freighter. In august 2004, FedEx sold the aircraft to Cielos del Peru and two years later the aircraft moved to Brasil.<br />
(Liège, 10 December 2006, Arjen Sleeuwenhoek)<br />
B747<br />
The test programme of the B747 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF)<br />
has incurred some delays. Although not confirmed by Boeing<br />
rumour has it that the aircraft is suffering from vibration issues,<br />
which in turn leads to the flutter tests still to be ongoing.
As a measure, Boeing has removed the winglets from the<br />
aircraft.<br />
The US manufacturer has announced that the delay will have<br />
no impact on the B787 programme, as it will make up lost time<br />
during the remainder of the LCF test programme.<br />
In the meantime, the converted B747-400 has been nicknamed<br />
the “Dreamlifter”. The aircraft will be used to deliver<br />
parts from subcontractors to the final assembly line in Seattle<br />
for the B787 Dreamliner programme.<br />
Bombardier<br />
CRJ900X<br />
In the last edition of <strong>Scramble</strong> we accidentally published that<br />
the CRJ900X would be equipped with a maximum flap setting<br />
of 45 degrees instead of 40 degrees. One of our readers, who<br />
happens to be a pilot on the CRJ series for a German airline,<br />
made us aware of this mistake. So in order to set the record<br />
straight, the CRJ900X will be equipped with wings different<br />
from those of the CRJ900 is, but the maximum flap setting will<br />
be the same: 45 degrees.<br />
Cessna Aircraft<br />
Citation Encore+<br />
Just before Christmas Cessna received type certification for<br />
the Citation Encore+ light business jet. Flight testing was<br />
completed in about 600 hours in nine months, as it was<br />
mainly focussed on the new RockwellCollins Pro Line 21<br />
avionics suite. It will probably be the last evolution of the<br />
Cessna 500 series of Citations, as the Citation CJ4 will likely<br />
be the successor of the Encore+.<br />
EADS Eurocopter<br />
EC135<br />
On 6 December 2006, the EASA Type Certificate Data Sheet for<br />
the Eurocopter Deutschland EC135 has been changed after<br />
the certification was granted that day for the EC635T2+ and<br />
EC635P2+. The variant EC635T2+ corresponds to the<br />
EC135T2+ plus structural reinforcement of cabin structure.<br />
The certification for the EC135T2+ and EC135P2+ was granted<br />
already on 21 February 2006. The EC135P2+ and<br />
EC135T2+ variants have an increased take-off weight of 2910<br />
kg (formerly 2835 kg) and the helicopter has a higher performance,<br />
etc. The official type designation for the new variants<br />
or models are EC135P2+ and EC635P2+ (eligible serial<br />
numbers 0505 and upwards) and EC135T2+ and EC635T2+<br />
(eligible serial numbers 0506 and upwards). For this new<br />
variants or models the designation EC135T2i, etc. is used as<br />
marketing designation, the official designation however is<br />
EC135T2+, etc. Retrofits will be available to customers<br />
presently operating the EC135T2 or P2 variants.<br />
Eclipse Aviation<br />
Eclipse 500<br />
Although Eclipse Aviation should have started deliveries by<br />
now, the company encountered some more problems after<br />
the excessive wear of wing-fuselage attachments. The FAA<br />
Jetliners<br />
Europe<br />
Netherlands<br />
KLM has exercised options for three B737-800s. They will<br />
receive them in 2008. KLM and Boeing also announced a contract<br />
for a fourth B777-300ER which will be delivered in 2009.<br />
In Februari 2007 two A330-200s will arrive and in March<br />
another one. The last A330-200 will de delivered in February<br />
2008.<br />
The fourth B747-400ERF that was intended for KLM (PH-CKD)<br />
might be leased to Air France to replace a less economic<br />
B747-200F. These aircraft will leave the fleet sooner and the<br />
B747-400ERF will compensate for this. After one and a half<br />
years the B747-400ERF will enter services with KLM.<br />
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has doubts whether Eclipse follows the right processes and<br />
procedures during certification and production. This is just an<br />
administrative issue, but it still postpones the first delivery…<br />
Grob Aerospace<br />
G180 SP n<br />
In spite of the crash of the second prototype last November<br />
Grob Aerospace remains committed to certifying the G180 SP n<br />
jet. The third prototype is under construction and is expected to<br />
fly in the second quarter of 2007, with number four to follow in<br />
September. However, the crash means a delay in the programme<br />
of about six months. Certification is now anticipated<br />
for early 2008.<br />
Groen Brothers Aviation<br />
Heliplane<br />
Groen Brothers Aviation, known for its autogiros, is developing<br />
a new type of gyroplane that is to achieve a much higher<br />
cruising speed. Using funding and knowledge from the US<br />
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the<br />
idea is to build an aircraft capable of take-off and landing<br />
vertically while still capable of cruising at 400 mph. The first<br />
concept looks like an Adam A700 jet with shortened wings, a<br />
main rotor and Williams FJ44 engines close to the rotor hub.<br />
The first technology demonstrator should fly mid 2008, but<br />
considering the development challenges that is to be<br />
doubted...<br />
Raytheon Aircraft<br />
Raytheon Company sold its aircraft division - Raytheon Aircraft -<br />
to a new company called Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, that is<br />
owned by some private equity firms. The deal was completed<br />
on 21 December, but is still pending government approval, and<br />
is valued at $3.3 billion. Raytheon wants to focus on government<br />
contracts and was therefore looking for a buyer. Excluded in the<br />
agreement are the Beech 1900 programme and the Flight<br />
Options fractional ownership programme.<br />
Hawker 4000<br />
It’s been quite a struggle for Raytheon Aircraft, but finally on 22<br />
November the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) fully<br />
certified the Hawker 4000, except for flight into known icing. It<br />
has taken so long (ten years after the announcement!) that<br />
Raytheon had to ask the FAA permission to exempt it from the<br />
requirement to comply with the current regulations. Normally<br />
when the certification process starts, a company does not<br />
need to worry about any changes in the regulations, unless<br />
the process is longer than five years. Well, Raytheon reached<br />
that point last spring, but was able to negotiate an extension of<br />
the period with the FAA until 31 December 2006. Now<br />
Raytheon can start delivering aircraft, 24 are planned for 2007<br />
- with first in March to NetJets, but still needs to comply with<br />
certain regulatory conditions in the future.<br />
To make the aircraft more useful for operators Raytheon plans<br />
to increase the maximum take-off weight by 1,225 kg. As this<br />
has already been tested, but not certified, it is expected to be<br />
just a paper exercise. The upgrade is available from c/n<br />
RC-20 upwards.<br />
Belgium<br />
Brussels Airlines has decided to change her logo somewhat.<br />
According to the airline the thirteen red balls on the tail, that<br />
form a small “b”, could discourage superstitious passengers<br />
booking flights with the company. The worried reactions came<br />
especially from America and Italy. To solve the problem a<br />
fourteenth ball will be painted on the tail.<br />
Finland<br />
Finnair recently made its first commercial flight with their new<br />
ERJ190. The carrier will receive a total of ten ERJ190’s within<br />
the next three years. Eventually this will become fourteen<br />
aircraft as Finnair converted an option for four planes to a firm<br />
order. It currently operates ten ERJ170s.
Jettime is a new Danish airline. OY-MAA is one of the two former Maersk Air/Sterling Boeing 737s flying with ‘jettime’ titles, but still<br />
in Maersk colour scheme. Besides OY-MAA and OY-MAE, Jettime has one aircraft in their own colours (OY-JTA, c/n 23631). The<br />
Danish civil aviation administration grounded this aircraft because of its poor condition.<br />
(Billund, 29 November 2006, Ton Jochems)<br />
France<br />
Air France will lease five new A321-200’s from ILFC. They are<br />
scheduled to be delivered in January, February and March<br />
2008. The lease terms are for six years each. Air France will<br />
also receive a B777-300ER which is due for delivery in November<br />
2007 on a six year lease from ILFC.<br />
The B747-200Fs will be phased out earlier than planned as<br />
they prove to be uneconomic to operate in these times of high<br />
fuel prices. To cover the gap a KLM B747-400ERF will be used<br />
until their own B747 freighters are delivered.<br />
Elysair has changed its name to L’Avion and plans to start<br />
service from Paris to Newark at the beginning of 2007 using a<br />
B757-200.<br />
Transavia is planning to start a subsidiary in France. The<br />
company will fly from Paris-Orly with a fleet of four B737-800s<br />
to destinations around the Mediterranean area. Air France will<br />
be 60 percent owner of the new airline and Transavia 40 percent.<br />
In 2008 the fleet should grow to seven B737-800s.<br />
Germany<br />
Air Berlin has ordered sixty B737-800 jets. The planes will be<br />
delivered between 2007 and 2014. Air Berlin now has 85<br />
B737NGs on order. This includes 25 B737-700s that were<br />
originally ordered by its subsidiary DBA. Air Berlin will also add<br />
three ex Air Astana B737-700/800s to her fleet for five years.<br />
These B737s will be leased from ILFC.<br />
After a couple of months the new airline Star XL has changed<br />
its name into XL Airways Germany. It is now part of the XL<br />
Airways group that operates in Australia, France (formerly Star<br />
Airlines), Germany, Ireland and United Kingdom (formerly<br />
Excel Airways).<br />
LTU will lease a A330-200 from ILFC for a period of eight<br />
years. The aircraft will arrive in March 2007.<br />
The Lufthansa board has approved an order for twenty B747-<br />
8’s plus an option for another twenty B747-8’s. With this order<br />
Lufthansa becomes the launch customer for the B747-8I<br />
(Intercontinental) passenger version. Lufthansa also placed<br />
an order for seven additional A340-600s. This results in a total<br />
investment in long-haul planes of nearly $7 billion. The 747-<br />
8Is will be delivered from 2010 to 2013, while the A340-600s<br />
deliveries will begin in 2008.<br />
All airlines within the TUI Group will be getting a new name:<br />
TUIfly.com. The first two airlines who receive a new name are<br />
Hapagfly and Hapag-Lloyd Express. Other airlines that get a<br />
new name are: Arkefly (Netherlands), Jetairfly (Belgium),<br />
Thomsonfly (United Kingdom), TUIfly Nordic (Sweden) and<br />
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Corsairfly (France). TUIfly.com intends to order 41 more<br />
B737NG’s for delivery in 2010-2013, and now has 65<br />
B737NG’s on order.<br />
Iceland<br />
Bluebird Cargo will add three B737-400s to its fleet. The<br />
B737-400s are ex Air Berlin aircraft that are currently being<br />
converted to freighter configuration.<br />
Ireland<br />
Aer Lingus has placed an order with Airbus for two more<br />
A320-200’s which will be delivered in 2008.<br />
Air Contractors will add up to ten B737-300F freighters to be<br />
operated on behalf of DHL.<br />
Italy<br />
Air One has converted an order for four extra CRJ900 regional<br />
jets. Air One already ordered six CRJ900s in an earlier stage<br />
with an option for four.<br />
Alitalia has converted five options for the B777-200ERs into an<br />
order with deliveries starting in February 2007.<br />
Mistral Air has added an ex Air Atlanta Iceland B737-300QC to<br />
its fleet. It will use the aircraft for cargo flights on behalf of the<br />
Italian postal service at night and for passenger charters<br />
during the day. Mistral Air is planning to add two more<br />
B737-300QCs this year.<br />
Malta<br />
Air Malta will lease one new A320-200 which will be delivered<br />
in March 2007. The lease term is for twelve years.<br />
Poland<br />
Fischer Air Polska is expected to resume limited charter<br />
operations with a single B757-200. However the name of<br />
Fischer Air Polska will changed into Prima Charter.<br />
Portugal<br />
Lusitania Airways is a new charter carrier which has the<br />
intention to fly with a B767-300 from next May.<br />
TAP Portugal has acquired three more A330-200’s. The<br />
A330-200s will be taken over from Austrian Airlines.<br />
White will add a second ex Emirates A310-300 to her fleet.<br />
Russia<br />
Aeroflot Nord has added two former B737-500s from<br />
SkyEurope Airlines to its fleet which have already been painted<br />
in the colours of the airline at Amsterdam.<br />
Spain<br />
Air Europa will lease a new A330-200 from February 2007.
Air Madrid has unfortunately suspended operations after its<br />
airline operating certificate (AOC) had been withdrawn. The<br />
main reason for withdrawing the certificate is that - according<br />
to the Spanish authorities - Air Madrid is not doing enough to<br />
reduce delays. Air Madrid in turn says that these delays are<br />
due to maintenance problems without backup aircraft being<br />
available. LTU is a candidate for taking over the airline.<br />
Hola Airlines will add a B737-400 to its fleet which comes from<br />
Travel Service Airlines.<br />
Vueling is adding three more A320-200s to its fleet. The<br />
aircraft will be delivered in the first quarter of 2008.<br />
Sweden<br />
Fly Excellent is a new airline that intends to begin scheduled<br />
services with a A320-200.<br />
Switzerland<br />
PrivatAir placed an order with Boeing for one B787-8, that is to<br />
be delivered in VIP configuration.<br />
Turkey<br />
Best Air intends to add the A321-100 to her fleet to replace the<br />
MD-80. Two A321-100s are coming from Onur Air and a third<br />
one from an unknown origin will follow soon.<br />
Ukraine<br />
Aerosvit has leased a B767-300ER from CIT Aerospace. The<br />
Boeing comes from Mexicana.<br />
United Kingdom<br />
First Choice Airways has announced an order for two<br />
B787-8s. In 2004 First Choice already ordered six B787s. The<br />
first B787-8 will be delivered in the third quarter of 2009 and<br />
the two new orders in 2011.<br />
Jet2 has acquired three B757-200s which will come from<br />
China Southern Airlines.<br />
Africa<br />
Comoros Islands<br />
Grand Comoros is a new carrier which already operates a<br />
B747-200 which is registered in Djibouti, for the hajj flghts.<br />
Eritrea<br />
NasAir is a new airline which intends to operate with a fleet of<br />
B737-200s.<br />
Kenya<br />
Kenya Airways signed an agreement with Boeing for three<br />
additional B787-8 Dreamliners. In March Kenya Airways ordered<br />
six B787s including an option for six B787s. Because of<br />
the new order the options for the B787 will now be four, so one<br />
option was added to the original order. Kenya Airways said it<br />
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will also lease three ERJ170s from GECAS. The first two will<br />
be delivered in May and June 2007 and the third in June 2008,<br />
replacing Saab 340B turboprops.<br />
Nigeria<br />
Arik Air buys another CRJ900 from Bombardier. This is already<br />
the fourth CRJ900 for Arik Air. Next to the CRJ900, Arik Air has<br />
two B737-300s and two CRJ200s.<br />
Virgin Nigeria leases two more B737-300s from GECAS. The<br />
B737-300s are coming from EasyJet.<br />
Middle East<br />
Israel<br />
Arkia has placed a firm order for two B787-9s. The order was<br />
announced by The Nakash Group of America and it also took<br />
an option on two additional B787-9s. Arkia is planning to use<br />
the aircraft for flights to North America and the Far East.<br />
El Al leases an additional used B767-300ER from ILFC for five<br />
years from the end of November 2006.<br />
Israir has signed a memorandum of understanding to buy two<br />
Airbus A320-200s with an option for a third. Israir will receive<br />
the planes in 2010.<br />
Iran<br />
Iran Air Tours introduces the A300B4 in its fleet. The two<br />
A300B4s will be leased from MNG.<br />
Mahan Air is going to lease several B747-400s. The two Blue<br />
Sky B747-400s are two of the B747s which will go to Mahan Air.<br />
Jordan<br />
Royal Jordanian will replace the A340 by the B787. Royal<br />
Jordanian is currently negotiating with Boeing and several<br />
leasing companies to introduce four to five B787s. Royal<br />
Jordanian will also lease two new A319s and two new A321-<br />
100s from ILFC. The A319s will be delivered in March and<br />
October 2008 and the A321-100s in April & May 2008.<br />
Lebanon<br />
Middle East Airlines is finalizing an agreement to acquire eight<br />
new aircraft. The airline is looking to add four A330-200s and<br />
four A319s. The airplanes will be delivered as follows: two<br />
aircraft in 2008 and six in 2009.<br />
Oman<br />
Oman Air will lease two B737-800s for five years from ILFC.<br />
The aircraft will be delivered in April 2007 and March 2008.<br />
Qatar<br />
Qatar Airways has announced an order for two B777-200<br />
Freighters. The new planes will be delivered in 2009. In an<br />
earlier stage Qatar Airways placed an order for twenty B777s.<br />
Golden International Airlines is a new Turkish charter airline. At this moment their fleet consists of just one aircraft: TC-GLA. This<br />
Boeing 757 is new in Europe. Previously it flew for Mexicana as N765MX. (Düsseldorf, 19 December 2006, Ton Jochems)
Asiana has introduced a new colour scheme. One of the first aircraft in these new colours is this triple seven HL7597. This aircraft<br />
was delivered to Asiana on 30 August 2001. (Seoul-Incheon, 6 December 2006, Anton van Ruiten)<br />
Yemen<br />
Yemenia is to lease one new B737-800 from ILFC for delivery<br />
in October 2007.<br />
Asia<br />
Afghanistan<br />
Kam Air leases two MD-83s from Dubrovnik Airlines for the hajj<br />
period.<br />
China<br />
Beijing Airlines is a new carrier that expects to have twenty fifty<br />
seat regional jets in service prior to the Olympic Games in<br />
2008. Beijing Airlines wants to grow to more than one hundred<br />
aircraft within five years.<br />
China Southern Airlines will add three A321-100s and six<br />
A319s to her fleet. All aircraft are leased from ILFC and will be<br />
delivered in 2007.<br />
Great Wall Cargo intends to start again from February 2007,<br />
with flights to the USA. Great Wall will use their two<br />
B747-400Fs from that date.<br />
Mesa Air Group signed a joint venture agreement with<br />
Shenzhen Airlines to create a regional airline. The new airline<br />
is expected to commence scheduled services within a year,<br />
initially operating fifty seat regional jets on domestic routes.<br />
Shenzhen Airlines is going to lease four more A320-200s from<br />
ILFC which will be delivered from 2008.<br />
Sichuan Airlines will receive three more A319s from ILFC. The<br />
aircraft will arrive before the end of 2007.<br />
Spring Airlines will take ten A320-200’s that are part of the bulk<br />
order for 150 A320-200’s signed in October.<br />
India<br />
Air India also leased some planes for the hajj period. Air India<br />
leased two B747-300’s from Air Atlanta and one B767-300ER<br />
from FlyGlobespan.<br />
First Flight Courier changes from props to jets. The airline is<br />
now acquiring three B737-300/400Fs instead of three ATPs.<br />
Flyington Freighters will take over two China Airlines<br />
A300-600Fs this year.<br />
Indonesia<br />
Garuda has leased the following airplanes for the hajj period:<br />
4x B767-300 from Thomsonfly<br />
1x B747-300 from Orient Thai<br />
2x B747-300 from Qantas<br />
1x B747-400 from Corsair<br />
1x A330-200 from Thomas Cook Airlines UK<br />
3x A330-300 from MyTravel Airways Scandinavia<br />
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Kazakhstan<br />
Air Astana will add two B767-300ERs to its fleet, which will be<br />
leased from ILFC. They will enter service in January and<br />
March. The Boeings are coming from the KLM fleet.<br />
Malaysia<br />
A new carrier with the name Gading Sari will start with a total of<br />
two B737-200Cs.<br />
Nepal<br />
Royal Nepal Airlines, which operates two B757-200s for international<br />
flights, announced that it is seeking two more aircraft.<br />
It is looking for one widebody mainly for European routes and<br />
one medium size aircraft for regional routes.<br />
Pakistan<br />
Pakistan International Airlines has taken delivery of its first<br />
B777-300ER from Boeing. PIA also leased two L-1011-500’s<br />
from GlobeJet and Luzair for a short period for the hajj charters.<br />
PIA also leased two A321-100s in full colors from Inter<br />
Airlines.<br />
Philippines<br />
Philippine Airlines has placed an order for two B777-300ERs<br />
and took an option for two additional B777-300ERs.<br />
Singapore<br />
Asialink Cargo Express is a new Singapore based airline<br />
which will operate a B727-200F.<br />
SilkAir announced an order for eleven A320-200s. Silkair<br />
currently flies a fleet of five A319s and eight A320-200s. The<br />
airline has already two A320-200s on order. The new A320s<br />
will be delivered in 2012<br />
In December Singapore Airlines finalised an order to buy nine<br />
additional A380s including an option for six more A380s. In<br />
December 2001 Singapore Airlines already placed an order<br />
for ten A380s.<br />
South Korea<br />
The first A300-600 freighter for Korean Air has arrived in Seoul.<br />
The A300-600 was converted from a passenger aircraft to<br />
freighter in Dresden, Germany. The second A300-600<br />
freighter will arrive shortly after the first one.<br />
Taiwan<br />
The fleet renewal plan of China Airlines is in the final stages.<br />
China Airlines intends to buy ten B747-8Is to replace the A340-<br />
300s and the B747-400s (delivered between 1997-2000).<br />
China Airlines will also lease a new A330-200 from ILFC<br />
which will be delivered in 2008.<br />
Thailand<br />
Thai Airways International plans to buy eight A330-300s. In an<br />
earlier phase Thai threatened Airbus to cancel the order for six
A380s. The order for eight A330s could be a compensation for<br />
the two year delay of the A380. The A330s will be used to<br />
replace two B747-300s and older A300s.<br />
Latin America<br />
Brasil<br />
VARIG is changing her name in Nordeste, the name of the<br />
regional carrier that was once the VARIG subsidiary based in<br />
Salvador de Bahía. Nordeste has plans to double its fleet with<br />
sixteen planes. The disappearance of the name VARIG<br />
means the end of a famous name from aviation history. The<br />
airline was set up in 1927 and was the largest airline in South<br />
America for many years.<br />
Chile<br />
Private company Sky intends to fly intercontinental. Sky already<br />
operates nine B737-200s on domestic flights. The airline first<br />
wants to serve São Paulo, Lima and Madrid.<br />
Colombia<br />
Satena placed an order with Embraer for the ERJ170. It will<br />
take delivery of two ERJ170s.<br />
Guadeloupe<br />
Air Caraibes ordered one ERJ190 and took an option for one<br />
more. The ERJ190 will be delivered late 2007. The airline<br />
already uses two ERJ145s and one ERJ175 for regional<br />
destinations.<br />
North America<br />
United States<br />
ATA Airlines has taken over seven DC-10-30s from Northwest.<br />
The airplanes will be used on international and national services.<br />
Continental Airlines has ordered twelve B737-900ERs. They<br />
are no new orders, but part of the order for sixty B737s that was<br />
placed earlier. Continental now has 24 B737-900ERs on order.<br />
Delta Air Lines agreed with Boeing to change an order for five<br />
B777-200ERs to five B777-200LRs. Besides the order for five<br />
B777-200LRs Delta Air Lines signed an agreement for ten<br />
B737-700s. The order for the B737-700s replaces an option<br />
for ten B737-800s. Finally the airline will sell 38 of its new<br />
B737-800s still on order to leasing companies: 15 to Aviation<br />
Capital Group and 23 to Babcock & Brown Aviation Finance<br />
Limited.<br />
Hawaiian Airlines finalised an agreement with AWAS Aviation<br />
Services that includes the purchase of three leased<br />
767-300ERs<br />
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Icon International is a new Florida based carrier which will<br />
operate three B757-200s and three B767-300ERs.<br />
Midwest Airlines signed an agreement to acquire two MD-80s<br />
that will be used to expand services from its Milwaukee hub.<br />
The aircraft will be placed into service in the first half of 2007.<br />
Midwest currently operates a fleet of eleven MD-80s and 25<br />
B717s.<br />
Northern Air Cargo has taken delivery of its first B737-200<br />
freighter. It used to fly for Delta Air Lines and sports a new livery.<br />
A new airline with a very well-known name from the past is<br />
Western Airlines which will operate a B737 from Bellingham in<br />
Washington state.<br />
Pacific<br />
Australia<br />
Qantas buys eight additional A380s from Airbus. With this<br />
agreement the fleet will grow to a total number of twenty<br />
superjumbos. At the same time Qantas signed an agreement<br />
for four extra A330-200s. Qantas has also placed an order with<br />
Boeing for five B737-800s, which will be delivered in 2008.<br />
New Zealand<br />
Air New Zealand doubled its order for B787-9s to eight. The<br />
carrier has options for eight additional planes. Air New<br />
Zealand expects that the first 787 will enter service in 2011.<br />
Vanuatu<br />
Air Vanuatu gets a new B737-800 in her fleet. The Boeing will<br />
be leased from ILFC and will be delivered in 2008.<br />
Order overview<br />
Airline Type Number Remarks<br />
(options)<br />
AerCap A330-200 20<br />
Aer Lingus A320-200 2 2009-<br />
Afriqiyah Airways A319-100 3<br />
Afriqiyah Airways A320-200 6<br />
Afriqiyah Airways A330-200 3<br />
Air Blue A320-200 2<br />
Air Caraibes ERJ190 1 2007<br />
Air New Zealand B787-8 4 2011-<br />
Air One A320-200 5<br />
Alitalia B777-200 5 2007-<br />
Arik Air CRJ900 1<br />
Arkia B787-8 2<br />
Britair CRJ-700 3<br />
Continental Al B737-900ER 12 Total 24<br />
Finnair ERJ190 4<br />
The Delta service recently launched between Atlanta and Johannesburg is operated with Boeing 767-300s. The type is not<br />
capable of performing the flight non-stop and therefore makes an intermediate stop in Dakar, Senegal. South African spotters<br />
welcomed the “Habitat for humanity” B767 (N171DZ) on one of the first flights.<br />
(Johannesburg-O.R. Tambo Int’ l, 5 December 2006, Morné Booij-Liewes)
First Choice B787-8 2<br />
Guggenheim B777-200F 3 (1) 2009-<br />
ILFC A380 5 was A380F<br />
Kenya Airways ERJ170 3<br />
B787-8 3<br />
Lufthansa B747-8 20 (20) 2010-2013<br />
A340-600 7 2008-<br />
Philippine Al B777-300ER 4 2 lsd from GECAS<br />
A300 B4-203F 147 TC-ACC ACT Airlines, ex N318FV of the Finova Capital Corp. and before that the G-CEXJ of<br />
Channel Express. First noted in service and in full colour scheme at Amsterdam-<br />
Schiphol 16 December.<br />
B4-203 192 TC-ONU Saudi Arabian Airlines, ex Onur Air. Delivered on 28 November. Will be used for hajj<br />
operations.<br />
B4-203 302 TC-OBC Iran Air, ex Qeshm Air. Noted with Iran Air-titles and logos at Teheran on 14 December.<br />
The aircraft is leased from ACT Airlines.<br />
B4-622R 616 5A-DLZ Libyan Arab Airlines, ex TS-IAZ of the same company. Reregistered early December.<br />
A310 -324 500 N813FD Federal Express, ex N501RR of Federal Express. Reregistered on 7 December.<br />
Aircraft is being converted to freighter at Dresden (Addition <strong>Scramble</strong> 328 - Page 41).<br />
A318 -111 2951 F-GUGO Air France. Delivered on 27 November. Testregistration was D-AUAD.<br />
-111 2955 YR-ASB TAROM. Delivered on 4 December. Testregistration was D-AUAE.<br />
-111 2967 F-GUGP Air France. Delivered on 14 December. Testregistration was D-AUAF.<br />
A319 -111 2884 G-EZBE EasyJet. Delivered on 28 November. Testregistration was D-AVXO.<br />
-111 2959 G-EZBH EasyJet. Delivered on 15 December. Testregistration was D-AVXH.<br />
-112 2961 F-GRXM Air France. Delivered on 7 December. Testregistration was D-AUAF.<br />
A320 -211 25 TS-INJ Ex Libyan Arab Airlines. Noted in the scrapping area at Goodyear (AZ) on 19 November.<br />
-211 264 EC-ICT Clickair, ex Iberia. Delivered on 16 December.<br />
-212 279 PK-RMA Mandala Airlines, ex EI-DOZ of Eirjet. Delivered on 18 December.<br />
-214 545 HB-IJB Swiss International Air Lines, ex TC-JLA of THY Turkish Airlines. Returned to Swiss<br />
after two years with THY early December.<br />
-214 566 XA-MXF Mexicana, ex TC-JLC of THY Turkish Airlines. Delivered on 4 December.<br />
-112 588 F-OOUA Nouvelle Air Ivoire, ex Air Burkina. Leased to Nouvelle Air Ivoire since 14 November.<br />
-232 667 SU-LBI Lotus Air, ex OE-LOF of NIKI. Delivered on 25 November.<br />
-214 730 G-BXKC USA 3000 Airlines, ex Thomas Cook Airlines. Delivered on 28 November. Winter<br />
lease to USA 3000.<br />
-214 764 TC-OGE Eritrean Airlines, ex Atlasjet International Airways. Delivered on 7 December.<br />
Leased from Atlasjet.<br />
-214 978 TC-OGF Royal Khmer Airlines., ex Atlasjet International Airways. Delivered early November<br />
in full colour scheme.<br />
-214 978 TC-IOGF Atlasjet International Airways, ex Royal Khmer Airlines. Returned to Atlasjet just a<br />
few weeks later on 30 November.<br />
-214 992 EC-JZQ Clickair, ex TC-JLE of THY Turkish Airlines. Delivered on 19 December. Is not<br />
unfamiliar in Spain, because before it flew for THY, it was EC-HAD of Iberia.<br />
-214 1657 VT-WAW GoAir (Addition <strong>Scramble</strong> 331 – Page 50).<br />
-214 1692 PR-MHB TAM Brasil, ex F-GRSN of Star Airlines. Delivered on 21 December.<br />
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Privat Air B787-8 1<br />
Qantas B737-800 5 2008-<br />
Qatar Airways B777-200F 2 2009-<br />
Satena ERJ170 2<br />
Silkair A320-200 11 2012<br />
Singapore Al A380 9<br />
Sirte Oil ERJ170 1<br />
After ten years of operation Aviaprad turns to western aircraft,starting with two former Air France B737-500s. These were delivered<br />
late December after repaint at Maastricht, where Arjen Sleeuwenhoek photographed VP-BRV (ex F-GJNB) in its new colours on<br />
23 December.
-214 1717 PR-MHC TAM Brasil, ex EC-ICN of Volar Airlines. Delivered on 11 December.<br />
-214 1961 C-GUEW Skyservice Airlines, ex G-SUEW of MyTravel Airways. Delivered 19 December. Winter<br />
lease to Skyservice Airlines.<br />
-214 1965 C-FOJZ Skyservice Airlines, ex G-DHJZ of MyTravel Airways. Idem as above at 12 December.<br />
-214 2947 VP-BQW Aeroflot. Delivered on 28 November. Testregistration was F-WWBV.<br />
-214 2962 EC-JYX Vueling Airlines. Delivered on 30 November. Testregistration was F-WWDJ.<br />
-214 2966 SU-BPV Air Cairo. Delivered on 8 December. Testregistration was F-WWDC.<br />
-214 2968 D-ABDK Air Berlin. Delivered on 7 December. Testregistration was F-WWDF.<br />
-232 2984 TC-JPF THY Turkish Airlines. Delivered on 13 December. Testregistration was F-WWIE.<br />
-214 2987 P4-UAS Air Astana. Delivered on 15 December. Testregistration was F-WWIH.<br />
-214 2988 EC-JZI Vueling Airlines. Delivered on 19 December. Testregistration was F-WWII.<br />
A321 -131 604 TC-TUB Best Air, ex TC-OAP of Onur Air. The second aircraft for Best Air. Painted in full Best<br />
Air colour scheme mid November.<br />
-231 792 I-LIVD Volare Airlines, ex Livingston Energy Flight. This aircraft has been flying around in<br />
Livingston colours with large Volareweb-titles since early December.<br />
-231 954 TC-OAK Saudi Arabian Airlines. This is the correct construction number of this aircraft<br />
(correction <strong>Scramble</strong> 331 – page 51).<br />
-131 963 TC-IEH Air Blue, ex Inter Airlines. Delivered late November in Pakistan in full Air Blue-colour<br />
scheme.<br />
-231 968 TC-IEF PIA -Pakistan International Airlines, ex Inter Airlines. Delivered late November in full<br />
PIA-colour scheme<br />
-231 974 TC-IEG PIA-Pakistan International Airlines, ex Inter Airlines. Idem as above .<br />
-231 1421 TC-OAN Saudi Arabian Airlines, ex Onur Air. Delivered for hajj operations early December.<br />
-211 2957 VP-BQX Aeroflot. Delivered on 6 December. Testregistration was D-AVZU.<br />
-211 2965 VP-BQT Aeroflot. Delivered on 12 December. Testregistration was D-AVZE.<br />
A330 -323E 799 N813NW Northwest Airlines. Delivered on 21 December. Testregistration was F-WWKV.<br />
-203 801 PH-AOF KLM. Delivered on 15 December. Testregistration was F-WWYC.<br />
-223 802 I-EEZL Eurofly. Delivered on 14 December. Testregistration was F-WWYD.<br />
A340 -211 75 F-RAJA Armée de L’Air, ex OE-LAG of Austrian Airlines. Delivered on 8 December.<br />
-642 771 D-AIHP Lufthansa. Delivered on 28 November. Testregistration was F-WWCQ.<br />
-642 779 VP-CCC NAS – National Air Service. Delivered on 12 December. The longest bizjet ever<br />
made. Testregistration was F-WWJE.<br />
-541 783 A6-EHD Etihad Airways. Delivered on 21 December. Testregistration was F-WWTY.<br />
-642 787 G-VWEB Virgin Atlantic Airways. Delivered on 21 December. Testregistration was F-WWCZ.<br />
-313E 793 3B-NBI Air Mauritius. Delivered on 30 November. Testregistration was F-WWJE.<br />
-313E 800 3B-NBJ Air Mauritius. Delivered on 15 December. This was the last A340-300 to be built.<br />
Testregistration F-WWJF.<br />
B737 -301F 23260 OO-TNJ TNT Airways, ex N325AW of America West Airlines. Delivered on 20 December after<br />
cargo-conversion at Tel Aviv.<br />
-306 23543 VP-BBG KD Avia / Kaliningradavia, ex N371PA van Pace Airlines. Delivered on 15 December.<br />
-306 23546 VP-BBH KD Avia / Kaliningradavia, ex N372PA van Pace Airlines. As above but on 17 December.<br />
-33A 23633 EC-JXD AirClass Airways, ex Futura International Airways. Delivered late November.<br />
-3S3QC 23788 F-GIXH Europe Air Post, ex Axis Airways. Returned to Europe Air Post after two years flying<br />
for Axis Airways. The aircraft was repainted in Europe Air Post colours at Amsterdam-Schiphol<br />
and departed to France at 12 December.<br />
-3M8F 24023 XA-... Estafeta Cargo Aerea, ex LZ-BOK of Bulgaria Air. Ferried to Johannesburg for<br />
freighter-conversion on 12 June. Delivered to Estafeta on 26 November. During the<br />
conversion at Johannesburg, this aircraft was registered in the US as N783DC of<br />
the Wells Fargo Bank<br />
-33AQC 24028 TF-ELO Air Atlantic Icelandic, ex Jet2. Returned from a nine months lease to Jet2 on 26 November.<br />
The new Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier Sama visited Amsterdam with their B737-300 HZ-BBK (ex ZK-FDM of Freedom Air). In an<br />
effort to liberalise air transport in the oil state, the government has awarded six low-cost airlines an operating license, including<br />
Sama. At Amsterdam the aircraft was painted in the colours of this new airline. (27 November 2006, Chris Ufkes)<br />
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Transavia held a photo contest on its website. Visitors to the website could submit their holiday snapshots and the best ones were<br />
selected to feature on the fuselage of a Transavia plane. The PH-HZN was abused for this purpose and is now crossing the skies<br />
of Europe with the sights of Europe. (Amsterdam-Schiphol, 18 December 2006, Ton Jochems)<br />
-3S3 24059 PK-KKY Adam Air, ex G-STRA of FlyBe. Delivered on 15 December.<br />
-405 24271 OO-VEJ Brussels Airlines, ex Virgin Express. New colours since mid December<br />
-33A 24681 HZ-DMO Sama, ex N33341. Was repainted in full colours at Amsterdam and delivered to<br />
Jeddah on 26 November, still as N33341.<br />
-33A 25011 G-STRI Fly me Sweden, ex Flybe – British European. Delivered late December.<br />
-33A 25016 HZ-BBK Sama, ex ZK-FDM. Was repainted in full colours at Amsterdam and delivered to<br />
Jeddah on 1 December.<br />
-33A 25119 G-STRJ Fly Me Sweden, ex Astraeus. Delivered late December<br />
-4Q8 25168 VP-BTA S7 Airlines, ex TF-ELY of Excel Airways. Delivered on 9 December.<br />
-528 25206 VP-BRU Aviaprad, ex F-GJNA of Air France. Delivered to this new Russian airline late December.<br />
-528 25227 VP-BRV Aviaprad, ex F-GJNBA of Air France. Idem as above.<br />
-33A 25401 G-ZAPZ Titan Airways, ex SE-DPA of Falcon Air. Delivered late December.<br />
-4C9 25429 YR-BAD Blue Air, ex EI-DGN of Blu-Express. Delivered on 21 December<br />
-3Y5 25615 LN-KKC Norwegian Air Shuttle, ex 9H-ABT of Air Malta. Delivered on 27 November.<br />
-4C9 26437 UR-GAV Ukraine International Airlines, ex EI-DGM of Blue Panorama Airlines. Rolled out in<br />
full colurs and with Ukrainian registration at Shannon on 5 December.<br />
-5C9 26438 JY-JA1 Jordan Aviation, ex LX-LGO of Luxair. Delivered on 7 December.<br />
-46J 28271 TF-BBA Bluebird Cargo, ex D-ABAK of Air Berlin. Delivered on 28 November<br />
-8K2 28380 PH-HZI Sun Country Airlines, ex Transavia. Delivered on 13 December. Winter lease to Sun<br />
Country Airlines.<br />
-36N 28568 OO-VEG Brussels Airlines, ex Virgin Express. New colours since early December.<br />
-36N 28586 OO-VEN Brussels Airlines, ex Virgin Express. New colours since late November<br />
-86N 28624 EI-DGZ Ryan International Airlines, ex Futura International Airways. Delivered on 19 December.<br />
Winter lease to Ryan<br />
-36N 28670 OO-VEX Brussels Airlines, ex Virgin Express. New colours since late December.<br />
-81Q 29052 N906MA Miami Air International, ex G-XLAD of Excel Airways. Delivered on 12 December.<br />
Winter lease to Xtra Airways.<br />
-33V 29334 YL-BBL Air Baltic, ex HA-LKS of SkyEurope Airlines Hungary. Delivered on 18 December.<br />
-33V 29341 5N-VNF Virgin Nigeria, ex G-EZYR of EasyJet. Delivered on 29 November.<br />
-33V 29342 5N-VNG Virgin Nigeria, ex G-EZYS of EasyJet. Delivered on 10 December.<br />
-8FH 29671 EI-DMZ Ryan International Airlines, ex Futura International Airways. Delivered on 17 December.<br />
Winter lease to Ryan<br />
-86N 29883 C-GOAF Sunwing Airlines, ex G-CLAF of Excel Airways. Delivered on 15 December. Winter<br />
lease to Sunwing Airlines.<br />
-73V 30238 PR-GIM GOL Transportes Aereos, ex G-EZJE van EasyJet. Delivered on 22 December.<br />
-8K5 30414 D-AHFU TUIfly, ex Hapag-Llooyd Flug. The first aircraft in the new Yellow Colours of this new<br />
Airline, a result of the merger between Hapag-Lloyd and Hapag-Lloyd Express.<br />
Delivered after painting at Maastricht mid December.<br />
-86J 30637 C-FTAE Sunwing Airlines, ex Excel Airways. Returned to Canada after lease to Excel on<br />
9 December.<br />
-86N 30807 N50089 Wells Fargo bank, ex 5B-DBI of AlphaJet. Returned to lessor and registered in the<br />
US on 4 December.<br />
-8CX 32362 CX-PUE PLUNA, ex OK-TVB of Travel Service Airlines. Delivered on 8 December.<br />
-86N 33003 G-XLAG Xtra Airways, ex Excel Airways. Delivered on 13 December. Winter lease to Xtra<br />
Airways.<br />
-8BK 33029 G-OXLC Excel Airways, ex 5B-DCE of Alphajet. Delivered on 19 December.<br />
-8AS 33604 EI-DPC Ryanair. Delivered on 7 December. Line # 2120.<br />
-8AS 33605 EI-DPE Ryanair. Delivered on 21 December. Line # 2140.<br />
-8AS 33623 EI-DPD Ryanair. Delivered on 7 December. Line # 2123.<br />
-8Q8 33699 C-GDBX Sunwing Airlines, ex 5A-DBX of EuroCypria. Delivered on 16 December. Winter<br />
lease to Sunwing Airlines.<br />
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-866 35559 SU-GCN Egypt Air. Delivered on 5 December. Line # 2113.<br />
B747 -238B 21054 J2-KCD Grand Comores, ex Buraq Air. Noted at Kabul with Grand Comores-titles on 12 December.<br />
-206BF 21110 N748SA Southern Air, ex PH-BUH of Martinair. Was still waiting for delivery at Schiphol when<br />
we went to press.<br />
-246B 22746 N743CK Kalitta Air, ex JA8155 of Japan Asia Airways. Delivered early December for part out.<br />
-3B3 23413 F-GETA Garuda Indonesian Airways, ex Air France. Delivered on 29 November. Hajj lease<br />
to Garuda<br />
-338 23688 VH-EBX Garuda Indonesian Airways, ex Qantas. Delivered late November. Hajj lease to<br />
Garuda.<br />
-338 23823 VH-EBY Garuda Indonesian Airways, ex Qantas. Idem as above.<br />
-412 24065 B-LFB Oasis International Airlines, ex TF-AMB of Iberia. Delivered on 18 November. Iberia<br />
leased the aircraft from Air Atlanta, that is why it had an Icelandic registration.<br />
-4B5 24198 HL7607 Korean Air, ex VT-AIC of Air-India. Returned from a three year lease to Air India late<br />
November.<br />
-422 24363 EK-74763 Mahan Air, ex N172UA of United Airlines. Delivered early December after overhaulmaintenance<br />
at Pusan, South Korea. This aircraft was registered in England between<br />
2 October and 14 November as G-CEFD and was destined for Blue Sky. But<br />
instead of Blue Sky, it is now the first B747-400 in Iran.<br />
-422 24383 EK-74783 Mahan Air, ex Blue Sky. Noted at Teheran in full Blue Sky Colour scheme but<br />
destined for Mahan Air. (Addition <strong>Scramble</strong> 331 – Page 53).<br />
-412 27137 N137GP Wells Fargo Bank, ex 9V-SMT of Singapore Airlines. Registered in the US on 8 December.<br />
-47UF 29257 N496MC Polar Air Cargo, ex Atlas Air. Has been leased to Polar Air Cargo since 2 October.<br />
-4HAERF35232 OO-THA TNT Airways. The first Boeing 747 in complete TNT colour scheme was delivered<br />
on 20 December. Line # 1381.<br />
B757 -225 22210 N930RD Ryan International Airlines, ex Ghana International Airlines. Returned to Ryan on<br />
18 December.<br />
-225 22211 N314ST Wells Fargo Bank, ex G-VKNB of Excel Airways. Registered in the US on 6 December.<br />
-225 22611 N315ST Wells Fargo Bank, ex G-VKNB of Excel Airways. Idem as above on 8 December.<br />
-225 22689 G-LSAF Jet2, ex TC-OGB of Atlasjet International Airways. Registered on 30 October, but<br />
still waiting for final delivery at Southend.<br />
-230 25140 F-HAVN L’Avion , ex D-ABMF of Condor. Delivered to this new French airline on 21 December.<br />
-23A 25490 SP-FVR Prima Charter, ex N490AN of AWMS I. Delivered on 20 December. Prima Charter is the<br />
new name for the former Fischer Air. After the demise of Fischer Air in October 2006, this<br />
aircraft was registered in the US and flown to Istanbul for short term storage. It<br />
returned, still in Fischer Air colour scheme, to Warsaw on 20 December.<br />
-236 25593 C-GOOZ Skyservice Airlines, ex G-OOOZ of First Choice Airways. Delivered on 5 December.<br />
Winter lease to Skyservice Airlines.<br />
-256F 26239 EC-FTR Cygnus Air, ex EC-FTR of Iberia. Delivered after cargo-conversion on 5 December.<br />
-256 26247 EI-DUA Kras Air / AiRUnion, ex N241LF of ILFC. Delivered on 1 December. This is aircraft is<br />
the former PP-VTQ of VARIG. It is the first B757 for Kras Air<br />
-256 26248 EI-DUC Kras Air / AiRUnion, ex N263LF of ILFC. Delivered on 6 December. This is the<br />
former PP-VTR of VARIG.<br />
-256 26249 EI-DUD Kras Air / AiRUnion , ex N271LF van ILFC. Delivered on 23 December. This is the<br />
former PP-VTS of VARIG<br />
-236 29941 C-FLEU Skyservice Airlines, ex G-CPEU of First Choice Airways. Delivered on 15 December.<br />
Winter lease to Skyservice Airlines.<br />
-236 29943 C-GOEV Skyservice Airlines, ex G-CPEV of First Choice Airways. As above on 19 December.<br />
-236 29944 C-FOBH Skyservice Airlines, ex G-OOBH of First Choice Airways. As above on 4 December.<br />
B767 -216ER 23624 G-SJET SilverJet, ex G-FJEC of FlyJet. Painted in SilverJet-colours at Maastricht in the last<br />
days of November and ferried back to England on 7 December. This aircraft has<br />
never been operational for FlyJet. The last months it stood stored at Lasham.<br />
Ghana International Airlines used to fly with just one Boeing 757, which was leased from Ryan International Airlines. This B757<br />
probably was too small for their needs, and was returned to Ryan early December. The replacement was this Boeing 767. The aircraft<br />
has an Icelandic registration and has been leased from Icelandair (and not Air Atlanta Icerlandic) since mid November 2006.<br />
(Johannesburg-O.R. Tambo International, 18 December 2006, Morné Booij-Liewes)<br />
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This Bahrain Executive Embraer Legacy 600 A9C-MTC was delivered on 7 December 2006. Nine days later - on 16 December<br />
- it visited Amsterdam-Schiphol and was photographed by Marco van Halum.<br />
-201ER 23897 N245AY US Airways, ex N645US of US Airways. Reregistered on 8 December, although<br />
already noted with this new registration at Amsterdam-Schiphol on 22 November.<br />
-201ER 23898 N246AY US Airways, ex N646US of US Airways. Reregistered 1 on2 December, although<br />
already noted with this new registration at Amsterdam-Schiphol on 26 November...<br />
All US Airways Boeing 767s are now reregistered.<br />
-366ER 24541 TF-ALL Ghana International Airlines. This is the right construction number of this aircraft<br />
(correction <strong>Scramble</strong> 331 – Page 54).<br />
-319ER 24876 SP-LPF Air Europe, ex LOT Polish Airlines. Delivered late December. This Boeing flies for<br />
Air Europe during in the winter months in a standard LOT colour scheme with Air<br />
Europe titles and logos.<br />
-352ER 26262 4X-EAR El Al Israel Airlines. This is the correct registration and not 4X-EAQ (correction<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> 328 – Page 43).<br />
-306ER 27611 ET-AME Ethiopian Airlines , ex PH-BZH of KLM. Delivered on 2 December all white.<br />
-304ER 28040 G-OBYB Garuda Indonesian Airways, ex Thomsonfly. Delivered on 24 November. hajj lease<br />
to Garuda.<br />
-304ER 28208 G-OBYF Garuda Indonesain Airways, ex Thomsfly. Idem as above even on the same date.<br />
-35DER 28656 SP-LDC Santa Barbara Airlines, ex LOT. Delivered in a LOT-colour scheme, but with Santa<br />
Barbara-titles and logos on 1 December..<br />
-306ER 30393 HB-JJG PrivatAir, ex PH-BZO van KLM. Delivered on 21 December. After delivery the aircraft<br />
flew to Hamburg for the paint job. The colour scheme of this Boeing 767 will be<br />
slightly different than that of the other PrivatAir-aircraft. What normally is red on the<br />
other PrivatAir aircraft, will be blue on this Boeing 767. We do not know if this is a<br />
new colour scheme for PrivatAir, or just unique to the Boeing 767. After the paint job<br />
in Hamburg, the aircraft will fly to Waco (TX) for interior-modifications. PrivatAir will<br />
start operations with this Boeing 767 in April 2007.<br />
-316ER 35229 CC-CWN LAN Airlines. Delivered on 25 November. Line # 949.<br />
B777 -222 26925 N770UA Wells Fargo Bank, ex PP-VRJ of VARIG. Registered in the US on 6 December. It flew<br />
VARIG last triple seven flight on 12 July 2006. N770UA in not a new registration for<br />
this aircraft, because between July 1995 and April 2005 it had this same<br />
registration when it flew for United Airlines.<br />
-36NER 32793 A6-EBW Emirates. Delivered on 30 November. Line # 598.<br />
-312ER 33377 9V-SWB Singapore Airlines. Delivered on 1 December. Line # 592.<br />
-340ER 33778 AP-BHV PIA-Pakistan International Airways. Delivered on 21 December. First Boeing<br />
777-300 for PIA. Line # 601.<br />
-312ER 34569 9V-SWD Singapore Airlines. Delivered on 16 December. Line # 600.<br />
-2D7ER 34589 HS-TJU Thai Airways International. Delivered on 13 December. Line # 599.<br />
BAe146 -RJ70 E1225 SE-DJZ Transwede Airways, ex G-CDOF of Trident Turboprop. Delivered on 19 December.<br />
Flew as YL-BAN for Air Baltic before it was returned to the lessor and registered in<br />
England.<br />
-RJ85 E2335 EI-RJE Air France by CityJet, ex N517XJ of Mesaba Airlines / Northwest Airlink. Ferried to<br />
Europe late November.<br />
-RJ85 E2344 EI-RJG Air France by CityJet, ex N519XJ of Mesaba Airlines / Northwest Airlink. As above on<br />
19 December.<br />
-RJ85 E2345 EI-RJH Air France by CityJet, ex N520XJ van Mesaba Airlines / Northwest Airlink. As above<br />
on 15 December<br />
-RJ85 E2348 EI-RJK Air France by CityJet, ex N523XJ van Mesaba Airlines / Northwest Airlink. As above<br />
even on the same date.<br />
-300 E3205 G-FLTC Flightline, ex Jet2. Jet2-titles removed and returned to Flighline in October.<br />
-RJ100 E3264 G-CDUI Fordair, ex G-CDUI of Trident Jet and before that TC-THM of THY Turkish Airlines.<br />
Delivered on 18 December.<br />
CRJ 100 7006 D-ACLC Ex Lufthansa<br />
100 7024 D-ACLL Ex Lufthansa. Both Lufthansa CRJs were ferried to Canada on return to Bombardier<br />
on 12 December.<br />
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900 15104 EI-DUK Air One Cityliner. Delivered on 29 November.<br />
900 15106 EC-JYV Air Nostrum / Iberia Regional. Delivered on 1 December.<br />
DC-9 -82 49421 LN-ROS SAS, ex Snowflake. Repainted in SAS-colours early December.<br />
-83 49449 PJ-MDA Insel Air, ex 9A-CBJ of Air Adriatic. Delivered on 20 December.<br />
-83 49790 G-FLTL Aviajet, ex OE-LHG. Registered in England late December. Flightline has a contract<br />
to fly for Aviajet. The two MD-83s flying in Aviajet-colours and operated by Austria’s<br />
Mapjet were acquired by Flightline and registered in England. This is the first one.<br />
The other one (OE-LJE to G-FLTK c/n 49966) will follow next month.<br />
-82 49906 LV-BGZ Austral Lineas Aéras, ex EC-JVV of Air Plus Comet. Delivered late November.<br />
-83 53184 TC-AKL Qeshm Air, ex World Focus Airlines. In service for Qeshm Air since late November.<br />
-82 53244 SE-RFD Nordic Airlink, ex OH-LMY of Finnair. Registered in Sweden on 29 November<br />
-83 53351 LV- Air Austral, ex EC-JKC of Air Plus Comet. Returned to Argentina after eighteen<br />
months service in Spain on 22 December.<br />
DC-10 -30F 46541 N65SS Finova Capital Corp., ex 5X-DAS of DAS Air Cargo. Registered on 1 December.<br />
-30 46582 N225NW Northwest Airlines. Ferried to Marana (AZ) for storage on 21 November<br />
-30 46915 N235NW Northwest Airlines. Ferried to Marana (AZ) for storage on 13 November. This two ex<br />
Northwest DC-10s are part of the nine Northwest DC-10s bought by ATA Airlines,<br />
so Marana is probably not the final destination for these birds.<br />
ERJ135 BJ 14500954 G-RUBN Seafire Intertrade. This Legacy 600 was delivered on 15 December.<br />
BJ 14500975 A9C-MTC Bahrein Executive. Delivered on 7 December.<br />
BJ 14500978 A9C-MAN Bahrein Executive. Delivered on 22 December.<br />
ERJ145 LU 145400 XA-YLI AeroLitoral, ex HB-JAL van Crossair / Swiss International Air Lines. Delivered on 9 December.<br />
It still flew in Crossair-colours for Swiss until it was withdrawn from use.<br />
LU 145456 XA-XLI AeroLitoral, ex HB-JAO van Crossair / Swiss International Air Lines. Delivered on<br />
29 November. This one also still flew in Crossair-colours.<br />
ERJ190 LR 19000059 OH-LKE Finnair. Delivered on 15 December. First ERJ190 for Finnair.<br />
ERJ195 LR 19000057 G-FBEB FlyBE. Delivered on 3 December.<br />
MD-11 F 48544 B-2177 Shanghai Airlines, ex N105EV of Eva Air. Delivered early December.<br />
F 48623 N528FE Federal Express, ex N814DE van Delta Airlines. Registered 4 December. This<br />
aircraft is being converted to freighter at Singapore-Paya Lebar after three and half<br />
years of storage at Goodyear (AZ).<br />
F 48624 N529FE Federal Express, ex N815DE van Delta Airlines. Registered 13 December. This<br />
aircraft has been stored at Goodyear (AZ) since summer 2003. It will certainly be<br />
reactivated and converted to freighter in the near future.<br />
Credits: Skyliner, Airline-List, Civil Spotters and Dutch Spotters.<br />
Propliners<br />
Let me start off at first by wishing everybody a Happy New Year<br />
and welcome to the first English version of this section.<br />
Portugese operator Agroar Air Cargo purchased a Convair 440<br />
in 1997 and registered the aircraft CS-TML (484). In October<br />
1999 they closed a deal with Air Atlantique to operate the<br />
Convair together and it was painted in Air Atlantique colours<br />
but had Agroar titles.<br />
In April 2001 Air Atlantique bought the aircraft and gave it the<br />
registration G-CONV but in order to get an Airworthiness<br />
Certificate it had to do a couple of test flights. On one of those<br />
testflights on 29 October 2001 a valve of the anti ice system<br />
broke down and hot gasses partially melted the hydraulic<br />
system and nearly caused a fire in the engines. Luckily they<br />
could land the aircraft safely at Coventry where the damage<br />
was noted as beyond economical repair and the Convair was<br />
put in storage at Coventry since then.<br />
In November 2006 the Convair was sold to Andrew and Tricia<br />
Scott of the Reynard Nursery in Carluke Scotland. The now<br />
dismantled aircraft was transported on 4 December to Carluke<br />
and will be converted into a one room hotel. So if you ever<br />
wanted to sleep in a non flying aircraft you know where to go to.<br />
In 2004 the Copenhagen Airport Authority bought Convair 440<br />
CP-1040 (422) from Northeast Bolivian Airways and flew the<br />
aircraft from Bolivia to Copenhagen and on to Billund where it<br />
arrived on 15 August 2004. A couple of years earlier the airports<br />
old terminal building was moved to a new location to be<br />
the center piece of a, soon to be build, exhibition area and a<br />
Convair was a nice addition to it.<br />
The original plan was to paint the aircraft in old style SAS<br />
colours maintain it in airworthy condition and fly it on the airshow<br />
circuit. In order to obtain a Danish Certificate of<br />
Airworthiness the Convair had to be completely restored and<br />
the registration OY-CVR was reserved.<br />
Work started soon after arrival at Billund but was stopped a<br />
couple of months later, one of the reasons was that they found<br />
a lot of corrosion. In the mean time there was a power shift at<br />
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Copenhagen Airport Authority which resulted in abandoning<br />
the Convair project altogether. Whatever the reason was on<br />
stopping the project somebody decided to sell the aircraft to a<br />
local scrapdealer (!) who demolished the Convair on 28 November<br />
2006.<br />
The German base at Antarctica is operated by “The Alfred Wegener<br />
Institute for Polar and Marine Research” and uses a<br />
couple of aircraft for supply and support missions. One aircraft<br />
that they used was a Do228-101 D-CICE (7073) ‘Polar 4’<br />
which was severly damaged in January 2005 during landing<br />
at the British station Rothera.<br />
The Dornier was abandoned and as a replacement aircraft<br />
the Institute has now bought a Basler BT-67 which is financed<br />
by the BMBF (Bundes Ministerium für Bildung und Forschung)<br />
or Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The lucky<br />
BT-67 is not known yet but after refurbishment the aircraft<br />
should receive the Canadian registration C-GAWI and known<br />
as ‘Polar 5’. We’ll keep you informed.<br />
Recently one of the DDA (Dutch Dakota Association) DC-3s,<br />
PH-PBA (19434), received a new coat of paint; on the right<br />
hand side it was painted in 1950s style KLM colours and on<br />
the left hand side in 1950s style Air France colours. Officially<br />
the aircraft was revieled as such at DDAs headquarters at<br />
Schiphol-East on 13 November but was seen being towed<br />
from the paintshop of Hangar 14 to the DDA hangar a couple of<br />
days earlier. The fuselage was wrapped in black plastic with a<br />
big white question mark on it.<br />
On 8 November Dakota et Compagnie DC-3 F-AZTE (9172)<br />
was seen at Paris-Orly in the same colours as PH-PBA albeit<br />
the other way around; Left in KLM colours and registration<br />
PH-PBA, right in Air France colours with registration F-BBBE.<br />
This was all done because seventy years earlier on 13 November<br />
1936 KLM was the first European airline to introduce<br />
the DC-3 on scheduled services with a first flight to Paris Le<br />
Bourget. On 13 November 2006 PH-PBA took off and flew to<br />
Paris Le Bourget to commemorate this event.
Although not as abundant as in the old days there are still some propliners left at Opa Locka (FL). N70BF is a C-118A which is<br />
operated by Florida Air Transport and carries out regular cargo flights to and from the Caribbean.<br />
(Opa Locka (FL), November 2006, Michael Prophet)<br />
BAe 748-2 1723 C-FLIY Ex SE-LEG. Sold by West Air Sweden to Air Creebec and reg’d on 19 December<br />
2006.<br />
Canadair CL-44-O 16 RP-C8023 Ex 9G-LCA. Noted on 12 December at Bournemouth Hurn doing engine runs.<br />
Convair C-131H 234 C-GYSK Ex N131SF. Registered on 9 November to the Province of Saskatchewan and<br />
carries tailcode 474 and…<br />
C-131H 238 C-GVSK Ex N43938. Is also registered on 9 November to the Province of Saskatchewan but<br />
carries tailcode 473. Both have been converted to firebombers by Kelowna<br />
Flightcraft.<br />
580 137 VH-PDL Ex N631MW. A correction of <strong>Scramble</strong> 329 – Page 53, ZK-PNR was not taken up<br />
since the Convair transfered directly to Pionair Australia on 20 October 2006.<br />
580 501 ZK-PAL And this is a correction of <strong>Scramble</strong> 331 – Page 56, this Convair was not the one<br />
that went to Pionair Australia.<br />
DHC 2 1056 D-FLEN Ex LN-BIE. This Beaver on floats was noted at the former marine base Mürwik near<br />
Flensburg, Germany, as early as July 2005 operating sightseeing flights. Apparently<br />
it likes being in Flensburg because it took a German identity in September<br />
2006.<br />
2 1450 C-FLOR Ex G-DHCB. Update from <strong>Scramble</strong> 331 – Page 56, sold to Atlantic Aircraft Salvage<br />
and reg’d on 8 November 2006.<br />
Douglas C-47B 26794 LV-BEH Ex CC-PLU. Already noted in March 2006 at Los Cerrillos, Chile<br />
Lockheed 100-30 4582 N2189M Sold by Rapid Air Trans to JJS&D LLC from Wilmington (DE) on 7 December and<br />
on the same date they have reserved another registration for this aircraft; N2731G.<br />
188AF 1039 C-…. Ex OE-ILB. And also the second Amerer Air Electra has been sold to Buffalo<br />
Airways, past through Coventry bound for Canada on 28 October 2006 as OE-ILB<br />
but with a Buffalo callsign.<br />
188C 1103 C-FLJO Ex N429NA. Sold by Neptune Aviation Services to Air Spray and registered on 7<br />
November 2006.<br />
188C 1130 C-FLXT Ex N308D. Also sold by Neptune Aviation Services to Air Spray and registered on<br />
14 December 2006.<br />
NAMC YS-11 2092 RP-…. Ex JA8717. This former Japan Air Commuter YS-11 was removed from the<br />
Japanese register on 24 October as sold to the Philippines.<br />
YS-11 2176 JA8788 Was also removed from the register on 24 October but will remain in Japan and<br />
will be used as a non-flying test-bed for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency<br />
for future spacecraft projects.<br />
Credits: Ruud Leeuw & Michael Prophet.<br />
Propliners Extra: Martin Mars Flying Boats<br />
The curtain seems to fall again for both the Martin Mars flying<br />
boats operating out of Sproat Lake (BC). On 10 November<br />
2006 TimberWest, the owner of Flying Tankers, announced<br />
that it is selling both their Martin Mars water bombers C-FLYK<br />
(9264) & C-FLYL (9267), reason why is that it is not their core<br />
business. Five years ago the flying boats where operated by<br />
FIFT (Forest Industries Flying Tankers) a company which was<br />
funded by a consortium of the companies Weyerhaeuser Co<br />
and TimberWest until Weyerhaeuser stept out of the consortium.<br />
For a moment the future didn’t look to good but luckily<br />
TimberWest decided to take over all responsibilities and<br />
Flying Tankers Inc was set up.<br />
Since the aircraft, which are stationed at Sproat Lake near the<br />
city of Port Alberni on Vancouver Island (BC), have also been a<br />
sort off tourist attraction for the region, TimberWest requires<br />
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that as a condition of sale one of the planes will be donated to<br />
Port Alberni after retirement.<br />
Although (private) companies could carry on operating the<br />
aircraft the cost to do so would be very high so the likelihood of<br />
that being the case remains to be seen. So far the Maryland<br />
Aviation Museum located at Middle River (MD) has expressed<br />
its desire to acquire one of the Martin Mars planes. Not in the<br />
least because all seven of them have been built at the location<br />
where the museum is today.<br />
In 1938 the US Navy asked the Glenn L. Martin Company to<br />
built an experimental patrol bomber for them capable of flying<br />
long distances. This was to be known as the Martin Model 170<br />
or XPB2M-1 and bureau number 1520 was put in the water on<br />
5 November 1941. On 6 December 1941 during taxi tests one<br />
of the propeller blades broke lose and started a fire in one of
the engines. It took more than six months to repair the<br />
damage and by the time the Martin Mars took to the air again<br />
the United States had entered World War II and the need for<br />
long range flying boat bombers was no longer there. The<br />
XPB2M-1 was converted from a bomber into a transport aircraft<br />
and redesignated XPB2M-1R and after several tests was<br />
sent in 1944 to serve in the Pacific operating for the US Navy.<br />
The US Navy was impressed by the capabilities of the Martin<br />
Mars, the aircraft was the largest aircraft that operated at the<br />
time and could carry huge amounts of cargo over great<br />
distances. In January 1945 the Navy therefore ordered another<br />
twenty Martin Mars flying boats who became known as the<br />
JRM-1. The differences between the XPB2M-1R is that the hull<br />
was almost two meters longer and the split tail was replaced<br />
by a single vertical fin, the maximum take-off weight also<br />
increased.<br />
The end of World War II resulted in the Navy to cut the order<br />
from twenty to just six and the last Martin Mars to be built was<br />
delivered on 10 May 1948 as 76824 (9268) a JRM-2. The<br />
JRM-2 was a slightly better version than the JRM-1, the big<br />
difference were the engines the four Wright R3350-8s were<br />
replaced with four P&W R4360-4s which increased the gross<br />
weight by 20.000lbs. Later all four remaining JRM-1’s and the<br />
sole JRM-2 were upgraded to JRM-3s before 1950 and<br />
operated for the US Navy in the Pacific region until they were<br />
decommissioned in 1956.<br />
The four surviving Martins who were put in storage at their<br />
former base NAS Alameda near San Francisco (CA) were<br />
eventually sold to Mars Metals Company in 1959 who in turn<br />
sold them to the newly formed FIFT. FIFT was set up by Pacific<br />
Forest Product Ltd, TimberWest Forest Ltd and MacMillan<br />
Bloedel Ltd in order to battle the devastating wild fires which<br />
frequently occur in the Pacific Northwest during Summer.<br />
All four Martin Mars were converted by Fairey Canada at<br />
Victoria Airport (BC) to waterbombers. This meant getting rid of<br />
all redundant equipment and installing watertanks and<br />
scoops amongst other things. Each flying boat had a capacity<br />
of more than 27.000 litres of water and could fill their tanks by<br />
skimming the water at approximatly 115kph in 22 seconds.<br />
As said only seven Martin Mars flying boats were built and the<br />
production list looks like this:<br />
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877 XPB2M-1 Old Lady<br />
Prototype, 5 November 1941 registered to Glenn L. Martin<br />
Co. as 1520. Converted to XPB2M-1R in June 1942. Delivered<br />
on 31 December 1943 as 1520 to US Navy. Wfu in<br />
March 1945 and used as instructional airframe until 1949,<br />
later broken up.<br />
9263 JRM-1 Hawaii Mars<br />
Delivered in June 1945 as 76819 to US Navy / VR-2. Written<br />
off 5 August 1945, Sank after landing accident in Chesapeake<br />
Bay, Baltimore (MD).<br />
9264 JRM-1 Philippine Mars<br />
Delivered on 5 September 1945 as 76820 to US Navy / VR-2.<br />
Converted to JRM-3 prior to 1950. Wfu and stored at NAS<br />
Alameda in 1956. Sold in 1959 to Mars Metals Co. Sold in<br />
August 1959 as CF-LYK to FIFT. Converted to air tanker in<br />
1962. Re-registered in 1976 as C-FLYK. Transferred on<br />
4 July 2001 to Flying Tankers Inc.<br />
9265 JRM-1 Marianas Mars<br />
Delivered on 28 February 1945 as 76821 to US Navy / VR-2.<br />
Converted to JRM-3 prior to 1950. Wfu and stored at NAS<br />
Alameda on 22 August 1956. Sold in 1959 to Mars Metals Co.<br />
Sold on 8 August 1959 as CF-LYJ to FIFT . Converted to air<br />
tanker in 1960. Written off on 23 June 1961, crashed into<br />
Mount Moriarty near Nanaimo (BC).<br />
9266 JRM-1 Marshall Mars<br />
Delivered in February 1945 as 76822 to US Navy / VR-2.<br />
Converted to JRM-3 prior to 1950. Written off on 5 April 1950,<br />
exploded and destroyed after emergency landing in Ke’ehi<br />
Lagoon, Oahu (HI).<br />
9267 JRM-1 Hawaii Mars<br />
Delivered on 23 April 1946 as 76823 to US Navy / VR-2.<br />
Converted to JRM-3 prior to 1950. Wfu and stored at NAS<br />
Alameda (CA) in 1956. Sold in 1959 to Mars Metals Co. Sold<br />
in August 1959 as CF-LYL to FIFT. Converted to air tanker in<br />
1964. Re-registered in 1976 as C-FLYL. Transferred on<br />
4 July 2001 to Flying Tankers Inc.<br />
Maintenance on the Martin Mars is done on the shore of Sproat Lake (B.C.), usually outside the fire season. On 16 June 2006<br />
maintenance was finished and this flying boat was put in the water again, ready for the next season. You can clearly see the<br />
hatches on the side of the fuselage from where the water is dropped, a feature only the white tail C-FLYL has. Red tail C-FLYK<br />
drops its water from the underside of the aircraft. (Port Alberni-Sproat Lake (B.C.), 16 June 2006, Aad van der Voet)
9268 JRM-2 Caroline Mars<br />
Delivered on 10 May 1948 as 76824 to US Navy / VR-2.<br />
Converted to JRM-3 prior to 1950. Wfu and stored at NAS<br />
Alameda (CA) in 1956. Sold in 1959 to Mars Metals Co. Sold<br />
in August 1959 as CF-LYM to FIFT. Converted to air tanker in<br />
Commuters<br />
West Air Sweden keeps expanding its ATP-fleet. It was<br />
announced recently that another seven aircraft will be leased<br />
for delivery in 2007, after they have been modified with a cargo<br />
door. The airframes involved are: 2003 G-MANL, 2005<br />
G-MANM, 2006 G-MANO, 2011 G-BTPD, 2037 G-CORP, 2040<br />
G-MANF and 2053 G-OBWR.<br />
Malaysian regional carrier Fly Asian Express (FAX) has only<br />
recently started operations (1 August) but is already thinking<br />
about ordering ten new aircraft which will be used to replace<br />
the Fokker 50s and expand the route network. Even though the<br />
Fokker 50s are leased from Malaysia Airlines for a five-year<br />
period, the company has been evaluating the ATR72 and<br />
Dash 8-Q400 for a possible delivery by the end of this year or<br />
early 2008.<br />
BAC Leasing, the English cargo operator, has taken over all of<br />
Emeralds Shorts 360s. During November the following<br />
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1961. Written off on 12 October 1962, destroyed during<br />
typhoon Frieda while parked on shore at Victoria Airport (BC).<br />
Credit: Aad van der Voet.<br />
This ATR42 PH-ISA belongs to the Dutch ACMI company Interstate Airlines. In November the aircraft was leased to Greek<br />
Aegean Airlines. (Athens, 12 November 2006, Karl Stratos)<br />
aircraft changed owners: SH3604 G-ROND, SH3609<br />
G-SSWO, SH3648 G-SSWM, SH3670 G-SSWR, SH3688<br />
G-BMLC, SH3690 G-SSWB, SH3705 G-SSWE, SH3714<br />
G-OBHD and SH3715 G-JEMX.<br />
The Japanese Coast Guard has recently ordered three<br />
Dash 8Q-300s. Hopefully this doesn’t mean the end of the<br />
YS-11!<br />
French airline Airlinair has ordered an additional ATR72-500 to<br />
be used on the Air France regional network. Delivery is<br />
scheduled for 2009 and the aircraft will be fitted with the new<br />
Elegance interior.<br />
Sky Work Airlines has placed an order with Bombardier for a<br />
single Dash 8-Q400. So far the only aircraft for the Swiss<br />
airline is a Dornier 328. The Dash will be used for both<br />
scheduled and charter services.<br />
ATR 42-300 032 ZS-… Ex PH-RAK EuroManx. Deregistered 1 December to an unknown operator.<br />
42-310F 067 LX-WAC West Air Luxembourg, ex SE-MAS West Air Sweden.<br />
42-310 107 PH-ISB Interstate Airlines, ex OY-CIR Danish Air Transport.<br />
42-300M 131 TR-KJD Gabonese Air Force. Flew from Amanrasset (Algeria) to Dinard 26 November.<br />
Possibly for maintenance, so it’s not for sure how long it will stay here, but if Dinard<br />
is close to your route you might want to check it out!<br />
72-202F 192 F-GKPE West Air Europe, ex CCM Airlines. Ferried from Toulouse to Madrid 20 December.<br />
No reports yet on a colourscheme.<br />
42-320 240 5Y-… Fly540.com, ex ZS-OVL Executive Turbine Aircraft Hire. Number two for the new<br />
Kenyan operator.<br />
72-212A 276 YV-1850 ConViasa, ex F-WQNE, EC-FKQ Binter Canarias. Seen in full c/s at Toulouse<br />
during November 2006.<br />
42-300 331 G-CDFF Aurigny Air Services, ex Air Wales per 17 November. No sightings of c/s yet.<br />
42-300 335 F-ODYE Air Caledonie. Ferried Luxor-Toulouse 27 November, being returned to ATR.<br />
Perhaps this means that a brand new ATR is going the other way (of the 2005order)?<br />
72-202F 364 HB-AFM Farnair Europe, ex B-22712 Transasia Airways. Made its way across to Europe<br />
during Christmas and arrived Basel 26 December.<br />
42-300 371 YV-1008 ConViasa, ex F-WQNC, G-TAWE Air Wales. Ferried Saint Brieuc-Madrid Torrejón-<br />
Arrecife-Sal Island (Cape Verde) 22-23 November on delivery to Venezuela.<br />
72-212 459 CU-T1549 AeroCaribbean, ex F-WQND, EC-HBU Binter Canarias.<br />
72-212 482 YV-1929 LAI Línea Aérea IAACA, ex YV-1004C. Arrived Toulouse inbound from Arrecife<br />
19 December 2006.<br />
42-512 532 PH-ISA Interstate Airlines. Arrived Maastricht 28 November inbound from Athens after a<br />
short lease period in Greece with Aegean Airlines.
72-212A 553 F-GVZL Airlinair, ex F-OHJO Air Tahiti. Arrived Toulouse 11 December after its lease expired<br />
and was registered to Airlinair four days later. Has been operating flights for Air<br />
France and is in white c/s with Air France titles.<br />
72-212A 595 3B-NBK Air Mauritius, ex EC-JCF Air Nostrum / Iberia Regional. Ferried 26 November in Air<br />
Mauritius colours (after being painted at Eindhoven) and with OY-CIO (former<br />
Cimber Air) to Sonderborg. Left there again 1 December and flew via Malta and<br />
Cairo to Mauritius.<br />
42-500 655 OH-ATD FinnComm Airlines, ex F-WWLM. Delivered from Toulouse 21 December.<br />
BAe 3102 622 G-LOVB Highland Airways, leased from Ocean Sky. No reports on c/s.<br />
3108 645 YV-. . . . Ex SE-LGC van European Executive Express. Crossed the Atlantic enroute to Venezuela<br />
midway through August and was cancelled from the Swedish register<br />
24 August.<br />
3206 982 VH-OTF Aeropelican Air Services, ex G-CBER Trident Aviation Leasing. Deregistered<br />
16 November and became an Aussie 21 November.<br />
4100 41090 A6-ESK Eastern Skyjets, ex G-CEDS Trident Turboprop. Repainted at Shannon and ferried<br />
to Prestwick where it was seen 23 December 2006. Left Prestwick the next day on<br />
delivery to Sharjah, U.A.E.<br />
ATP 2018 ES-NBB Enimex, ex G-MANG Manx Airlines. Seen Southend 17 November in white colours<br />
with blue engines. Did the deal fell through with Enimex?<br />
ATP 2028 G-JEMA Emerald Airways.<br />
ATP 2032 G-JEMC Emerald Airways. Both aircraft can now be found stored at Blackpool.<br />
ATP 2040 SE-MAK West Air Sweden, ex G-MANF Loganair. Ferried from Southend to Lidköping 14 December<br />
for cargo conversion. Used G-reg for ferry flight and will also use it during<br />
the conversion.<br />
ATP 2052 G-BUKJ Magic Blue. Was seen doing circuits at Prestwick 16 December in full c/s. Last seen<br />
stored at Coventry in July 2006. Does this mean Magic Blue is finally taking off?<br />
Beech 1900D UE-390 3B-VTL Cato Air. Can be seen in Europe now as it is operating flights for French airline<br />
Chalair on the Rennes-Mulhouse route.<br />
BN-2 B-21 498 G-BDPN Ex B04 Belgian Army.<br />
B-21 523 G-BDVX Ex B07 Belgian Army.<br />
B-21 531 G-BDZI Ex B08 Belgian Army.<br />
B-21 541 G-BEDW Ex B10 Belgian Army.<br />
B-21 553 G-BEFI Ex B12 Belgian Army. All five were registered to Fly BN on 8 August 2006. They<br />
arrived at Bembridge in the UK on 25 October.<br />
B-26 2179 G-BLDV Loganair. Seen Bournemouth 4 December in an all black c/s with Highland Park<br />
titles on the fuselage and a large stylished H on the tail. Most likely a logo’jet’.<br />
DHC-6 -300 816 HB-LUB Zimex Aviation, ex Topscore Management. Changed owners in the last few<br />
months.<br />
DHC-7 -102 085 N177RA US Army. Made its way across Europe between 24 and 27 November via Lajes<br />
(Azores)-Rota-Sigonella and finally Inçirlik in Turkey. It used call sign Aloma20 on<br />
at least one of those days.<br />
DHC-8 -102 128 TR-LHA Air Affaires Gabon. Left the USA again after a brief storage-period (due to<br />
repossession of the former owner Air Manitoba) and was seen across Europe<br />
(Edinburgh, Brest and Porto to name a few) around 6 December.<br />
-102 287 5Y-JGM 748 Air Services, ex N828PH Top Aircraft. Update <strong>Scramble</strong> 328 – Page 44.<br />
-106 331 5Y-VVP BlueBird Aviation, ex C-FLPQ, N848EX Allegheny Airlines. This one…<br />
-106 339 5Y-VVN BlueBird Aviation, ex C-FLPP, N844EX Allegheny Airlines. ...and this one flew<br />
together across the Atlantic (via Ponta Delgada in the Azores) and Europe around<br />
24 November on delivery to the Kenyan airline. Their Canadian registration was<br />
used for the crossing. They had been stored at North Bay (Ont.) since the<br />
beginning of this year after the US Airways Express-carrier had withdrawn them<br />
from service.<br />
P2-ANN used to be a DHC-7 of Air Niugini. However, John Berends photographed this DHC-8 at Amman with the same<br />
registration. It is the former JY-RWB of Royal Wings and is destined for Air Niugini. (Amman, December 2006, John Berends)<br />
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-311B 401 P2-ANN Air Niugini, ex JY-RWB Royal Wings. Seen at Amman-Makra 8 December 2006 with<br />
Royal Wings-titles on the nose, a white upper fuselage and a dark underside with<br />
stripes but already with P2-ANN.<br />
-311 508 G-BRYX Royal Bank Leasing, ex BA Connect (Brymon Airways). Changed owners 3 November<br />
and was seen in open storage in basic British Airways colours at Exeter 7 November.<br />
Not sure what will happen next with this airframe.<br />
-202 542 8Q-IAQ Island Aviation, ex C-FIKT, N542BB Island Air. Followed a similar route as the two<br />
Kenyan Eights above, only a couple of days later.<br />
-315 589 PH-DXB Denim Air, ex EC-IJD Air Nostrum. Registered 31 October 2006. Will continue to fly<br />
in Iberia c/s for Iberia Regional / Air Nostrum.<br />
-315 632 SU-BCN Petroleum Air Service, ex C-FIOY. European airspace has seen some exotic<br />
deliveries of Dash-aircraft at the end of November. This one made its way across<br />
the big Ocean and Europe, with C-reg, between 22 and 25 November.<br />
-402 4064 LN-WDD Widerøes Flyveselskap, ex OY-KCH. Q400 number four for Widerøes arrived at<br />
East Midlands 2 December in SAS c/s and with OY-KCH to be repainted. The<br />
aircraft will not enter service straight away, it will be stored at Bodo until 25 March.<br />
-402 4139 G-JECR flyBE. Registered 12 December 2006 and arrived Birmingham two days later. The<br />
next two (JECS and T) should arrive this month, i.e. January 2007.<br />
Do328 -110 3051 VH-PPQ Pearl Aviation, ex D-CEAD AeroRescue. Registered 1 December and left<br />
Braunschweig (Germany) enroute to Darwin, Australia on 5 December.<br />
-110 3095 PH-EVY Solidair, ex G-CJAC Club Airways. Deregistered from the UK 11 December and<br />
could be seen at Amsterdam-Schiphol two days later.<br />
-300 3141 5N-SPM Shell Petroleum. Flew over from Nigeria around 2 December via Arrecife-Granada-<br />
Girona and finally Oberpfaffenhofen. No doubt it is here for some maintenance.<br />
-310 3197 N328PA Private Air Charters, ex D-BEOL Egon Oldenhoff. After being stored at Oberpfaffenhofen<br />
for over a year, this Dornier finally found a new owner. Ferried to the States<br />
23 November and was registered the day before.<br />
-300 3199 HB-AEU SwissJet, ex OE-HCM Pacelli. Delivered 23 December in all white c/s and no titles.<br />
Embraer 120RT 120081 N103SK Ferried from Southend to Maastricht 16 November.<br />
120ER 120082 N102SK Followed its colleague a few days later and arrived Maastricht 18 November. Was seen<br />
there one month later stripped of all paint, just a sticker with the reg remained.<br />
120RT 120244 F-GTBH Diexim Expresso, ex OM-DAY Sky Europe. Could be seen at Nantes-Atlantique<br />
25 November in full Diexim Expresso colours, which is an Angolan operator.<br />
Saab 340 A/QC 066 SP-KPH DirectFly, ex SE-KCS Nordic Solutions.<br />
Saab2000 029 VP-BPL Polet, ex HB-IZO Swiss. Remains at Basel as of 26 November.<br />
043 SE-LSB Skyways Express, ex OH-SAU Blue 1.<br />
044 SE-LSC Skyways Express, ex OH-SAS Blue 1.<br />
046 SE-LSE Skyways Express, ex OH-SAW Blue 1. All three were registered towards the end of<br />
November last year. They are sub-leased from Golden Air, who leases the Saabs<br />
from Swedish Aircraft Holdings which is the actual owner.<br />
057 VP-BPM Polet, ex HB-IYB Swiss. Another one for Polet and keeps PL company at Basel.<br />
Credits: Skyliner, Jeep Stoker.<br />
Fokker News<br />
Swiss airline Helvetic Airways has decided to change its<br />
corporate image. The result for the Fokker 100 fleet is that they<br />
will lose the interesting and eye catching purple-colours and<br />
get a boring white livery back for it. Not totally white, the tail is<br />
(of course) red with a white cross (the Swiss national flag) and<br />
the red bit continues on the tail part of the fuselage. Also<br />
Helvetic Airways-titles in grey can be found on the forward part<br />
of the fuselage. The reasoning behind all this is to enhance<br />
the origin of the airline. Fair enough, but Switzerland already<br />
has the flag carrier in a similar scheme and so the Fokkers<br />
will soon be lost amongst the many Swiss-aircraft…<br />
Sad news from the Netherlands Air Force. On 29 November<br />
2006 Fokker 60UTA-N U-04 20329 made a fly past at all the<br />
Dutch air force bases as part of a farewell flight. All four Fokker<br />
60s are to be sold to Chile in the near future. Part of the deal is<br />
that all 60’s will be of the MPA-variant (Maritime Patrol Aircraft).<br />
U-01 and U-03 are already at MPA-status, so that leaves both<br />
U-02 and U-04 to be upgraded. Once that is complete the<br />
Netherlands and Europe will say goodbye to a unique Dutch<br />
aviation product!<br />
Wayra Peru, which currently operates three Fokker 100s, has<br />
temporarily suspended its services. Even though the airline<br />
was achieving good results in the eight months of operation<br />
so far, the main shareholder and board of directors resigned<br />
their position. As the airline needs to have an active management<br />
it was forced to halt all flights. They hope to be back in the<br />
air in the very near future.<br />
Nigerian IRS Airlines has ceased all operations as their AOC<br />
(Air Operators Certificate) has been suspended by the NCAA<br />
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(Nigerian CAA). No doubt this is in light of all the problems the<br />
country is having in the last few years with regards to air safety.<br />
Iran Air cannot get enough of the Fokker 100! Having already<br />
twelve of these beauties in the fleet it is adding another six<br />
units from TAM Brasil on lease. Deliveries should commence<br />
in the near future. When deliveries are complete Iran will have<br />
a total of thirty Fokker 100s on register, making it the most<br />
popular aircraft in the country (superseding the Tupolev<br />
Tu-154!).<br />
It looks like Fly Asian Express (FAX) will not be able to enjoy the<br />
company of their Fokker 50s for very long. Although they are<br />
leased from Malaysia Airlines for five years, the Malaysian<br />
regional carrier is evaluating to buy either ten ATR72s or<br />
Dash 8-Q400s. Delivery should be at the end of this year or<br />
early 2008.<br />
December 2006 was a busy month for the painters of the<br />
former dba-Fokker 100s. Since Air Berlin took over dba in<br />
August last year, almost all Fokkers in the inventory have been<br />
repainted at airfields across Western Europe. So far the<br />
following airframes are flying around in new colours: 11276<br />
D-AGPA, 11280 D-AGPC, 11281 D-AGPD, 11308 D-AGPH,<br />
11312 D-AGPJ, 11314 D-AGPL, 11334 D-AGPO, 11338<br />
D-AGPQ, 11391 D-AGPR and 11399 D-AGPS.<br />
Colombian Fokker 50-operator SAM (Sociedad Aeronáutica<br />
de Medellín) is busy reregistering their Fokker-fleet. In the last<br />
few months Fokkers PH-AVJ 20285, PH-MXT 20300 and<br />
PH-MXZ 20301 have been cancelled from the Dutch register<br />
as being registered in Colombia. We assume the remaining<br />
Fokkers are soon to follow and hopefully we will be able to<br />
present the Colombian registrations in the next few months.
This Fairchild FH227 HC-BXC belonged to Ausho Aero. According to our database the aircraft was last noted in flying condition<br />
at Cuenca in September 2003. This picture was taken three years later in September 2006, but we doubt that the aircraft will take<br />
to the skies again. (Cuenca, 21 September 2006, Eric Krikke)<br />
F27 -500 10627 I-…. Six Cargo, ex G-JEAD BAC Express. Cancelled from the UK register 20 November.<br />
Was seen at Bergamo 20 September in basic BAC Express c/s.<br />
-500RF 10669 10669 Philippine Air Force, ex G-ECAH. Just a quick update on <strong>Scramble</strong> 320 – Page 39.<br />
that this Friendship indeed got serial 10669. Was seen as such at Pondok<br />
(Philippines) during maintenance 30 March 2006.<br />
-500 10382 F-BPUH MiniLiner, ex Air France. Registered 5 September 2006. Has been stored at<br />
Bergamo since February 2002 but was not seen there anymore October 2006.<br />
-050 20142 PK-RAH Riau Airlines, ex PK-TWF Transwisata Air.<br />
-050 20171 SE-LJH Amapola Flyg, ex Skyways. Has been leased somewhere in the last few months,<br />
however no reports on a c/s yet.<br />
-050 20175 9M-MGI Fly Asian Express, ex Malaysian Airlines.<br />
-050 20180 SE-LJI Amapola Flyg, ex Skyways. Returned from its lease to Air Baltic and got leased out<br />
straight away to Amapola during September 2006.<br />
-050 20192 PH-LMT VLM, ex United Nations. In <strong>Scramble</strong> 330 we reported that this airframe was going<br />
to fly for the UN in Congo for six months starting in September 2006. That turned<br />
out to be only one month as the Fokker was seen at Maastricht 18 October in white<br />
UN c/s and a week later in white flyvlm.com c/s.<br />
-050 20200 VH-FNF Skywest Airlines, ex PH-PRH Denim Air. Could be seen at Maastricht 30 November<br />
already with the VH-reg and ready for the long journey to Down Under, which<br />
started on 10 December when (strangely enough) it ferried to London-Gatwick.<br />
-050 20204 9M-MGJ Fly Asian Express, ex Malaysian Airlines. Even though the airline announced the<br />
replacements already, they still received new Fokkers in December 2006.<br />
-050 20246 ST-ASJ Sudan Airways. Had a mishap 12 December last year when the nose gear<br />
collapsed on landing at Kenana in Sudan. A propeller separated from the engine<br />
and the fuselage received some damage.<br />
-050 20272 PK-RAM Riau Airlines, ex PK-TWC Transwisata Air.<br />
-050 20317 PK-RAR Riau Airlines, ex PK-TWR Transwisata Air. We knew this threesome had gone to<br />
Riau but the new registrations have only recently reached us. All are registered<br />
1 July 2006.<br />
F28 -2000 11091 F-GDUT SNE Societe Normande d’Entreprises, ex Air France. Has been stored at Rodez-<br />
Mareillac for a long time now, but has surprisingly found a new owner on 13<br />
October 2006. Our last report was that the aircraft was in complete condition in Air<br />
Liberté c/s in March 2005.<br />
-4000 11128 ZS-XGV SA Express, ex AirQuarius. Has gone on lease to SA from 1 December, most likely<br />
only for the December holiday period. No reports on c/s.<br />
-4000 11240 HC-CDG Air Total, ex ICARO. Ferried between 27 and 29 November from Iquitos in Peru via<br />
multiple stops in Brazil to Wideawake in St.Helena, which is an island in the South<br />
Atlantic Ocean. Draw an imaginary line down from Liberia and across from Angola<br />
and you should be more or less there. There are no reports yet on the<br />
colourscheme and if this has been a sale or simply a lease.<br />
-0100 11268 ZA-… Belle Air, ex YU-AOL Montenegro Airlines. Not sure yet if this aircraft will receive a<br />
ZA-reg. Belle Air already operates MD-82 ZA-ARB 48095.<br />
-0100 11272 YU-AOK Montenegro Airlines, ex ZA-AVA Albatros Airways. Seen October 2006 as YU-AOK at<br />
Woensdrecht. Now back again with Montenegro?<br />
-0100 11333 XA-SHK Click Mexicana, ex D-AGPN Hapag-Lloyd Express. Ferried to Keflavik 14 December<br />
in basic Hapag Lloyd-colours.<br />
-0100 11337 XA-SHL Click Mexicana, ex D-AGPP Hapag-Lloyd Express. Ferried from Berlin-Tegel to<br />
Keflavik 13 December in basic HLX c/s and with D-AGPP.<br />
-0100 11357 VH-FKD Alliance Airlines, ex N888AU US Airways. Has finally entered service after being<br />
stored at Brisbane since August 2005.<br />
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-0100 11372 VH-FKJ Alliance Airlines, ex N892US US Airways.<br />
-0100 11376 OB-1821-P Wayra Peru, ex N1413A American Airlines. Update <strong>Scramble</strong> 320 – Page 39.<br />
-0100 11379 VH-FKK Alliance Airlines, ex N894US US Airways.<br />
-0100 11380 VH-FKL Alliance Airlines, ex N895US US Airways. All three aircraft are currently stored in the<br />
Mojave desert, but should hopefully soon feel the air under their wings again!<br />
-0100 11411 PR-… OceanAir, ex N1426A American Airlines. Seen at Tulsa 1 December in full c/s,<br />
awaiting delivery.<br />
-0100 11420 XA-LXG Click Mexicana, ex PH-LXG Aircraft Financing & Trading. Update <strong>Scramble</strong> 330 –<br />
Page 51.<br />
-0100 11462 PT-MRS TAM Brasil. In Brasil for the moment, but is scheduled to enter service with KLM as<br />
PH-OFO 26 March this year.<br />
-0100 11472 PT-MRP TAM Brasil. Ferried from Recife in Brasil via Amilcar Cabral (Cape Verde) and Faro<br />
to Woensdrecht 3-4 December in a/w colours. Will become PH-OFP for KLM Cityhopper<br />
and should start earning money as per 8 January.<br />
-0100 11501 HB-JVC Helvetic. Ferried from Dinard to Zurich 30 November after being repainted in the<br />
new colours. Must be the time of the year that so many Fokkers are getting new<br />
colours!<br />
-0100 11513 EP-ASQ Iran Aseman Airlines. Made a test flight from Dinard 6 December. We were<br />
unaware it made its way over from Iran, but now it’s this close it is well worth<br />
making a visit to Dinard!<br />
Credits: Morné Booij-Liewes, Pieter van ‘t Hof / SG Woensdrecht, Skyliner.<br />
After an extensive career in the US, this Fokker F28 now flies for Air Leasing Cameroon as TJ-ALG. The European Development<br />
Days in Brussels were the reason for the aircraft to visit the Belgian capital. (17 November 2006, Arjen Sleeuwenhoek)<br />
Bizjets<br />
JetNetherlands is growing fast. In November they acquired<br />
the Rotterdam based Dynamic Airlines, including the maintenance<br />
hangar of International Avionics Service/Rijnmond Air<br />
Services. They are also leasing the new large hangar built at<br />
Rotterdam. It offers space for maintenance as well as shelter<br />
for its own aircraft. It looks like CitationJet PH-MGT and<br />
Citation CJ2 PH-JNE now call Rotterdam their home. Gulf-<br />
BAe125 -800XP 258339 N14SA Stanford Aviation III, ex SE-DVD. Was registered early December.<br />
-800XP 258521 N58521 Raytheon Aircraft, ex HB-VNJ. Was returned to the manufacturer, when HB-VOJ<br />
was delivered to Johnson Controls. See <strong>Scramble</strong> 331 - Page 59.<br />
-850XP 258804 OE-GRS Global Jet Austria received this Hawker on 23 November when it was delivered to<br />
Vienna. Ex N71904.<br />
-850XP 258812 D-CLBH Elbe Air, ex N812XP. Arrived at Nürnberg on 23 December as first replacement for<br />
the Falcon 20 fleet.<br />
… … OE-GJA Was delivered from Keflavik to Vienna on 19 December. It could be c/n 258810 that<br />
was destined for an Austrian customer.<br />
Cessna 500 0278 EC-JXC The former OY-PCW was sold in France, but has ended up in Spain. It was seen<br />
Barcelona on 2 October, operated by Airnor-Aeronaves del Noroeste.<br />
501 0143 N520BH Wilmington Trust, ex 4X-CMG. The delivery flight already took place late October,<br />
but only just before Christmas the Citation I/SP was given its new American identity.<br />
501 0282 N82AJ FGS Intercorp-Holding from Vienna is the new operator since mid September. The<br />
Citation is however registered to Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc.<br />
525 0614 OE-FMD Austin Jet Holding, ex D-IMMG. Although OE-FMU was thought to be under the<br />
sticker with D-IMMG (when delivered in April), a slightly different combination<br />
appeared in the Austrian register in November.<br />
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stream N818DA also has found a place in the hangar. It was<br />
officially opened on 8 December.<br />
Likewise Solid-aiR is consolidating its position on the executive<br />
charter market. It merged with AllPlanes, based at Schiphol,<br />
Jet Support from Den Helder Airport and Solid-aiR Handling<br />
from Airport Weeze. Together they have a fleet of twelve<br />
aircraft.
When you talk about bizjets in the Middle East it usually concerns aircraft registered in Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates.<br />
The bizjet population in Jordan however is certainly growing the last couple of years. Especially Arab Wings is responsible for<br />
that. Their latest fleet addition is the Raytheon Hawker 800XP, delivered in October. (Amman, December 2006, John Berends)<br />
525 0628 T7-FRA Nikair, ex N52433. The first ever bizjet in San Marino (at least that we know of)<br />
arrived at Rimini on 1 December.<br />
525A 0106 OE-FUX Jet Alliance keeps on growing. This second hand CJ2 was noted Vienna on 17 November.<br />
It is ex D-IUAC.<br />
525A 0190 G-OODM Hangar 8, ex N680JB. Changed owner and registration early December.<br />
525A 0330 D-IFLY Arrived at Bremen on 2 December. Does anyone know who flies this CJ2+?<br />
525A 0331 OY-REN Flyjet, ex N5148B. This Citation CJ2+ was delivered to Odense on 17 December.<br />
525A 0334 G-HCSA Hangar 8, ex N52699. Was entered in the British register on 20 December. It<br />
arrived at Oxford-Kidlington on 24 December.<br />
525B 0119 D-CNOB Atlas Air Service, the Cessna dealer for Germany, received this CJ3 at Bremen on<br />
2 December. Let’s see who will operate it.<br />
525B 0120 D-CEFD EFD-Eisele Flugdienst, was delivered recently with this appropriate registration<br />
525B 0125 OE-GPO Another delivery to Austria took place on 19 December. Ex N5194J.<br />
560 0497 G-OBCC MP Aviation, ex OE-GCD. Was finally registered on 8 December and with that the<br />
operator is known as well. Addition to <strong>Scramble</strong> 331 - Page 59.<br />
560XLS 5658 A9C-BXI This exotic Citation XLS of Bexair was noted Amman early December. Probably we<br />
will soon be able to see it closer to home. Ex N5135A.<br />
560XLS 5662? SX-DCD Since this Citation XLS was destined for a Greek customer we assume that it has<br />
become the SX-DCD of Interjet that was delivered from Keflavik via Rotterdam to<br />
Athens on 17 December. Ex N5211Q, but still to be confirmed.<br />
560XL … OE-GZK And another one for Jet Alliance. It was delivered to Vienna on 23 December.<br />
680 0087 EC-JYG Was first intended to become N666BK (as replacement for Citation Bravo<br />
N555BK?), but in the end it went to Spain to fly for Soko Aviación. Ex N5093Y.<br />
Challenger 300 20100 VP-CAO Is confirmed as c/n 20100. It operates for Gutmen Investment Corp. Addition<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> 331 - Page 60.<br />
600S 1012 N604AC Chanel Air, ex N310PE. Got his new markings from Sinterklaas.<br />
600S 1025 N399WB JDP CM & E (whatever that may mean), changed markings from N711GA mid<br />
December.<br />
600S 1026 N694PG IDM Aviation Services, ex N694JC. Was noted at its Austin (TX) base mid November.<br />
600S 1035 N163EG A new registration for this 25 year old Challenger. O’Gara Aviation took care of this<br />
the second half of November. Ex N187AP.<br />
601-3A 5023 D-AAMA The N623CW was sold in Germany early December, so we presume it has taken<br />
up its reserved marking. A confirmation/sighting would be welcome!<br />
601-3A 5108 N236N NLC, ex N234N. Was re-registered at Lincoln (NE) mid November.<br />
601-3A 5113 N733EX CB Applications, ex N733EY. This small change was applied mid December.<br />
601-3A 5123 N147HH This registration was noted at Concord (NC) early November and was reserved for<br />
N601UP. Mid December the FAA still connected N601UP to this D2 Aviation<br />
Challenger…<br />
601-3R 5172 N777YG GY Challenger I entered this Challenger to the American register mid November. It<br />
is ex C-FUND and based at Las Vegas (NV).<br />
604 5412 TS-IAM Fly International Airways is the owner of this Challenger, according to official<br />
documentation. Correction <strong>Scramble</strong> 331 - Page 60.<br />
604 5444 N604AF Ashley Furniture Industries, ex N604VF. Was officially re-registered on 22 December.<br />
604 5419 N252DH Darfra Leasing, ex N500. Received its new markings early December.<br />
604 5465 N465AV Was handed over to Bombardier Aerospace in November, probably in exchange for<br />
C-GXPB (see <strong>Scramble</strong> 331 - Page 60). Ex C-GLBB of Skyservice Aviation.<br />
604 5508 LZ-YUN Bulgaria’s first Challenger was seen at Basel on 22 November, with titles. Ex P4-FAY.<br />
604 5639 VP-BJA Jetstaff Aviation is the operator of this Challenger 604. Addition <strong>Scramble</strong> 331 - Page 60.<br />
604 5645 4X-CUR This Israeli Challenger was noted Luton 9 December so we presume it has been<br />
delivered.<br />
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604 5648 EC-JYT Jet Personales expanded its fleet with this new Challenger 604. It was delivered to<br />
home base Santander on 23 November. Ex C-FHDV.<br />
604 … OE-IDG Flew directly from Bradley IAP (CT) to Vienna on 19 December. We’ll have to wait<br />
until next month to get the identify.<br />
Falcon 20C-5 54? D2-JMM This very exotic Mystère arrived at Charleroi on 24 December, probably on its way to<br />
Angola. We still wait for the confirmation of the identity, but we are quite certain<br />
about it. Ex N405JW.<br />
20-5 293 UR-CLF Was noted Geneva 29 November in a colour scheme very similar to the Bombardier<br />
house colours. Ex RA-09005.<br />
20 … UR-CLE This is likely to be the brother/sister of the UR-CLF and it was noted late November.<br />
Possibly it is ex D-CLBE (c/n 279).<br />
50 159 N839RM Moody Test Flight Services, ex HB-ISD. Was noted Wichita (KS) on 24 November.<br />
50EX 324 N150RJ Chief Exploration & Development, ex LX-IRE. If you were at Geneva on 30 November,<br />
you could have seen this 50EX.<br />
50EX 339 I-PBRA Was noted at Paris-Le Bourget on 23 November. Ex 5B-CKN.<br />
900 29 N19VF VF Corporation, ex C-GTCP. Was registered on 19 December.<br />
900 51 VP-BMB Longtail Aviation, ex N328JR. Was first noted at Wilmington (DE) early November<br />
900 54 F-GKAY This former Compagnia Aeronautica Italiana Falcon 900 - ex I-FICV - was noted in<br />
the Dassault ‘round house’ at Le Bourget on 22 November.<br />
900 … VP-BHQ Was seen Bermuda on 16 November.<br />
900EX 53 VP-BDZ Like we expected (see <strong>Scramble</strong> 331 - Page 61) this Bermudan aircraft is indeed<br />
ex N900EX and PT-WQS. Squadron Aviation Services is the operator.<br />
900EX 106 SE-DJM Prince Karim Aga Khan got rid of his Falcon in November and sold it to Andersson<br />
Business Jet. Ex LX-ZAK.<br />
900EX 167 N85CL No more complaining about poor transportation for the football players of the<br />
Cleveland Browns, as they have their own 900EX-EASy since November. Ex<br />
N167EX, F-WWFP.<br />
2000 160 VP-BBP Was noted Geneva on 7 November and is probably destined for some wealthy<br />
Russian. It was ferried to Moscow-Vnukovo mid November. Ex F-WQBL, TC-PLM.<br />
2000 163 OY-CKF Air Alsie operates this Falcon 2000 for Osterbro Aviation. It was delivered to<br />
Sonderborg on 9 November. Ex N163J.<br />
2000EX 046 N10EU Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, ex N21HE of Harrah’s. Was registered mid November.<br />
2000EX 048 N1NC Broad River Aviation, ex N48NC. Was assigned new markings in November and<br />
noted as such at Fort Lauderdale-Executive (FL) 22 November.<br />
2000EX 090 C-GOHB Aviation Starlink, ex N190EX. This 2000EX-EASy was registered on 17 November.<br />
2000EX 092 N176CG CIGNA Corporation, ex F-WWGG. Was delivered to Bradley International Airport in<br />
Connecticut on 18 November.<br />
2000EX 094 N912MT B2 Flight, was delivered to Hillsboro (OR) in November. Ex F-WWGI.<br />
2000EX 095 N168CE Harrah’s Operating Company, ex F-WWGJ. Was delivered mid November as<br />
replacement for N21HE above. Probably it will become N21HE as well.<br />
2000EX 096 5B-CKO Was re-registered from F-WWGN to 5B-CKO at Biggin Hill on 27 November and<br />
was ferried to Hamburg on the same day. CSM Aviation - until recently using Falcon<br />
50EX 5B-CKN - is the operator of the Falcon.<br />
G180 90002 D-CGSP The second prototype of the Grob SPn crashed near Tussenhausen op 29 November.<br />
For details see Dustpan & Brush.<br />
Global Express 9043 N416BD Outpost International (US), changed markings from N700ML mid December.<br />
Express 9106 OE-IRP Just before the deadline the news reached us that N10E was exported to Austria. It<br />
was seen at Schiphol on 28 December.<br />
5000 9140 N50DS First Southeast Aviation, ex N140AE. This former Bombardier demonstration<br />
Global 5000 was noted with its new markings at Tampa (FL) on 28 November.<br />
5000 9164 N376G General Electric, ex C-FCSF. Was delivered to its home base Newburgh (NY) on<br />
9 November.<br />
Bizjets in San Marino are even more rare than bizjets from Jordan. The Cessna Citation CJ1+ T7-FRA is even the first bizjet ever<br />
to carry T7 markings. Steve Martin saw the aircraft at Aberdeen on 1 December 2006, during its delivery flight to Rimini.<br />
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Jet Service from Poland is the operator of this Bombardier Challenger 300. It was added to the fleet in November 2005, still with<br />
the American registration N74WL. It was not before August that this jet received the Polish markings SP-ZSZ. Edward Kleiser<br />
took this night shot of the aircraft at Frankfurt on 27 November 2006.<br />
XRS 9175 N117TF Tudor Investment, ex N771TF. Correction <strong>Scramble</strong> 331 - Page 61.<br />
XRS 9177 N528JR Joluk Aviation, ex N528J, C-FCUS. Was delivered to Washington-Dulles (VA) on<br />
31 October.<br />
5000 9186 OY-FIT Although more logically registered as P4-HER, Herriard Transport from Aruba<br />
chose to have Execujet Scandinavia operate its Global 5000. Therefore it was<br />
delivered to Copenhagen on 5 December with Danish markings.<br />
5000 9192 N700LK Trey Aviation, ex C-FECY. Was registered as such late November.<br />
XRS 9194 N313RF Tudor Investment, was officially delivered in December, but still needs its luxury<br />
interior to be installed. Ex C-FEBH.<br />
XRS 9200 G-LXRS Profred Partners found a very appropriate registration available for her new Global<br />
Express XRS, that was registered on 19 December. Ex C-FEBX.<br />
Gulfstream IIB 30 XA-STT This beauty was seen Chicago-Midway (IL) in July, but was only recently identified<br />
by its colour scheme. That makes is ex XA-EHR.<br />
II 68 N308EE This Gulfstream seems to have left us as it is reportedly damaged beyond repair in<br />
Torcoroma In Colombia after being fired upon by the Colombian air force. For more<br />
details see Dustpan & Brush.<br />
IISP 115 N424GC Bluegrass Gulfstream Investments re-registered its G-II early October. It was<br />
noted at Lexington (KY), where it is based, on 6 October. Ex N42PP.<br />
III 381 N221WR Westgate Aviation, ex N621S. Was spotted at its home base Orlando-International<br />
(FL) on 22 November.<br />
III 447 N776MA Auto Properties II, ex N707JA. Re-registered mid December.<br />
III 496 N384BB 384BB Aviation, ex VP-CNP, that was based at Dublin since 1998. Was sold mid<br />
November.<br />
IV 1157 N157FQ OE-IJA is no longer among us. The infamous Wells Fargo Bank became the new<br />
owner mid December.<br />
IV 1203 N412WW Zeno Air, ex N411WW, N410WW. If this trend is continued, we can expect N413WW<br />
somewhere around 2011!<br />
IVSP 1235 N500EP Exxon Mobil, ex N500E. Received its new registration late October.<br />
IVSP 1238 C-GCPM P.M. Air, ex N415PG. Was officially registered on 8 December.<br />
IVSP 1254 VT-PLL Punj Lloyd, ex N920TB. Was officially registered mid November. Addition <strong>Scramble</strong><br />
330 - Page 53.<br />
IVSP 1309 N56D White Cloud Aviation, ex N824CA. It’s time to pay attention again, since this is the<br />
second G-IV that bears the markings N56D, since November. The first one was<br />
number 1411, until December 2005.<br />
IVSP 1393 N352BH Wells Fargo Bank, ex N297MC. Received a new registration mid December.<br />
IVSP 1422 N7UF F & L Aviation, ex N999GP. Was re-registered late November.<br />
IVSP 1450 N435HC Hood Capital / Hood Industries, ex N809C. Arrived at Jackson (MS) on 21 November<br />
where it now has its own hangar space.<br />
IVSP 1477 N468AB LP 263, ex N284DS. You could see this G-IVSP at Las Vegas (NV) on 14 November.<br />
IVSP 1489 N119AF Beacon Capital Partners put a new registration on their G-IV mid December. Ex<br />
N212WZ.<br />
G400 1528 N706VA VA Aircraft Leasing, ex N523AC. A more appropriate reg appeared on this G400 just<br />
before Christmas.<br />
G450 4050 N244DS DS Aviation, ex N850GA. Indianapolis is the place to see this new G450, since the<br />
first day of November.<br />
G450 4051 N908VZ Verizon Services received this G450 at White Plains (NY) on 10 November.<br />
G450 4052 N500J Johnson & Johnson, ex N452GA. Was delivered to Trenton (NJ) on 3 November.<br />
G450 4055 N237GA Orange County/Sunbird Aviation, ex N455GA. Was delivered in December,<br />
probably to Santa Ana-Orange County (CA).<br />
G450 4056 N500N Twin Oaks, ex (N450PG ntu), N556GA. A busy month for Gulfstream, as this G450<br />
was also delivered in December.<br />
G450 4058 N218WW 1226 Enterprises received her new G450 in December as well. Ex N458GA.<br />
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G550 5115 B-KID Donezetti International is the operator of this Gulfstream. Addition <strong>Scramble</strong> 331 -<br />
Page 62.<br />
G550 5116 EC-JYR This new Gulfstream was noted at Valencia on 9 November. It is leased to<br />
Executive Airlines by Royal Scot Leasing. Ex N836GA.<br />
G550 5118 N855G General Dynamics, arrived at Washington-Dulles (VA) the last day of November, on<br />
its delivery flight from Savannah.<br />
G550 5117 N595A Aramco Associates Company, ex N967GA. Was delivered to Saudi Arabia mid<br />
December.<br />
G550 5119 RA-10202 Very nice! The second ‘real’ Russian Gulfstream has surfaced. It was delivered as<br />
N519GA on 5 December. It probably has the same operator as RA-10201, which is<br />
Surgutneftegaz.<br />
IAI 1126 029 D-BAIR Air Seven, was noted Stansted 9 November 2006. Ex VP-CAS.<br />
Learjet 35A 068 N168TR Career Aviation, ex T-781 of the Swiss air force. Iain saw this Learjet on its way to El<br />
Paso (TX) on 6 December, while still T-781.<br />
45 144 CS-TLW Omni Aviação e Tecnologia, ex D-CEMM. Was noted Lisbon late October.<br />
55 108 D-CUNO FAI Rent-a-Yacht, ex N517AM. It has indeed the identity that we expected. Addition<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> 331 - Page 62.<br />
60 107 EC-JYQ Soko Aviación added this second hand Learjet to its fleet mid November. It is the<br />
former D-CFFB, that was replaced by a Falcon 2000EX recently.<br />
Raytheon 390 RB-12 OE-FRJ International Jet Management, ex N390BW. Was registered in November.<br />
390 RB-51 N530PT RGP Enterprises. Ex LX-LCG, which was exported in November.<br />
RB-83 LY-HER Vespara, ex N88EU. Finally we have received a sighting of this new Lithuanian<br />
Premier 1 and can conform its new reg.<br />
Credit: Paul Crew, Iain Mackenzie, Alex Peake, Oliver Schmid, Airliner list, Bizjet 2006 list.<br />
This Global Express OE-IRP was very ‘fresh’ when it was photographed at Amsterdam-Schiphol on 28 December 2006. Arnold<br />
As was responsible for pushing the shutter release button and sending the photo to <strong>Scramble</strong>.<br />
Bizprops<br />
Beech C90A LJ-1098 F-HJCM Formula 1 Lda. Based in Portugal since July!<br />
C90B LJ-1718 N720AF Specialized Aircraft Services. Ferried Reykjavik – Lelystad - Bremen on 17-20 November,<br />
for sale. To be continued…<br />
E90 LW-279 LX-LTX Their Piper Malibu PH-RHB apparently was too small, as Axess Aviation received<br />
this Beech at Rotterdam on 22 December.<br />
B200 BB-1290 N788JB Barnett Investments, registered 17 November. Ferried Farnborough - Reykjavik on<br />
20 November.<br />
B200 BB-1500 OO-INN On 24 September, Filipino RP-C1502 was seen in Brussels, as mentioned in<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> 330. No fun trip, but sale! New with Abelag Aviation.<br />
B200 BB-1518 G-MEGN Dragonfly Aviation Services took delivery of ex N65LA and SU-ZBA to increase its<br />
charter business. Registered on 30 November.<br />
B200 BB-1868 LN-LTA Lufttransport of Norway added another B200 to their extensive air-ambulance fleet.<br />
B200 BB-1947 N73817 On 1 December, this brand new aircraft ferried Santa Maria – Barcelona. New<br />
operator to be provided.<br />
B200 BB-1957 N957BA Wells Fargo Bank, registered 16 November. Ferried Reykjavik – Newcastle –<br />
Augsburg on 2 December.<br />
300 FA-80 N300HH Air Service Groningen took delivery of this 300HW, on 16 December. After the sale of<br />
their F406 PH-MJM, ASG finally have their own aircraft to operate their charters and<br />
medical flights. If we are not mistaken, a Dutch registration is needed for that though!<br />
300 FA-215 C-GTDB Pentastar Transportation, as of 10 November. Ex OE-FSO.<br />
Cessna 208 00363 N16CG Commuter Duck, 22 November. Flew Friedrichshaven – Wick – Reykjavik on 30<br />
November. Formerly known as D-FISH.<br />
208B 0935 EC-JVY Lanzarote Aerocargo, from August. Ex G-EORD.<br />
208B 1214 N13204 Cessna Finance Corporation. Set foot on Palma and Malta on 22 November, on its<br />
way to Tanzania.<br />
402B 0356 G-BXJA Lydford Farley, registered 8 November. Air Charter Scotland decided to dispose of their<br />
Cessna twin. Apart from their jet fleet, Beech 200 G-OMGI is the only bizprop left.<br />
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The second Dutch Piaggio Avanti arrived at home base Rotterdam during the evening of 29 December 2006 and immediately<br />
had its photo taken. Actually the PH-HRK is an Avanti II, an improved version of the P180 push-prop. The operator of the aircraft<br />
is Rotterdam Private Air. (Frank de Koster)<br />
421C 0699 G-VVIP My Sky Air Charter, as of 22 November. Arrived Waterford 11 November for basing<br />
there. Formerly based in Portugal under the same registration.<br />
425 0236 G-BNDY Brilliant Independent Media Specialist, as of 27 November. Previous owner:<br />
Standard Aviation.<br />
P180 II 1120 PH-HRK Belongs to Rotterdam Private Air and was registered on 16 November. The delivery<br />
to Rotterdam took place on 29 December. Will be privately operated alongside<br />
P180 PH-TCN.<br />
PA-31 P 7300122 I-CLIP Clipper SRL, Palermo. Reregistered from I-BLIV.<br />
T1 7904030 I-POMO Compagnia Generale Aeronautica. Written off after a crash in the Apennines, near<br />
Piacenza on 6 November. Was en-route from Malta to Linate.<br />
PA-42 -720 5501045 N56MV Aircraft Guaranty & Trust, former I-TREP of Alitalia Flying School. Will be sold in<br />
Germany.<br />
PA-46 -500TP 4697197 N343RR Herb Aviation. Seen at Reykjavik and Wick, 20 December. Former N46KH.<br />
-500TP 4697273 OK-VTP Globe Aero, registered 9 November. Ferried Reykjavik – Newcastle – Prague on 8<br />
November. Former N10656.<br />
-500TP 4697282 N10803 Western Aviation Maintenance. Seen at Reykjavik and Wick, 20 December.<br />
PAC 750XL 128 OK-SKW Czech highlight! Delivered to Sky Walkers Czech Republic in a striking orange<br />
livery, last June. Former ZK-JQQ.<br />
PC-12 /45 551 HB-FPI Pilatus Flugzeugwerke. Back from Down Under after two-and-a-half years, ex VH-<br />
PCE.<br />
/45 632 G-PVPC Transferred in England. New owner: GE Capital Corp. Register date: 25 October.<br />
/47 751 LX-DNI Odyssée jet – Operating under the name of Jet Cruising - is the new owner of<br />
another PC-12, since October. Former HB-FSN with Pilatus.<br />
/47 760 N660WB Newly delivered to Newtown Aviation. Ferried Geneva – Bournemouth – Waterford<br />
on 19 October, for basing there. Former HB-FSO.<br />
/47 772 VH-HIG State of South Ausralia, as of 28 November. On 7 December, this Pilatus departed<br />
Stans for Trabzon on her way to Down Under.<br />
SA 226T(B) T-294 LN-HTD Helitrans AS, 20 November. After almost six years of duty with Rijnmond Air Services<br />
(Dynamic), Holland’s last Merlin was sold to Norway.<br />
226T(B) T-318 VH-OVC Shortstop Jet Charter, ex OE-FOW. Registered 24 November and can be found at<br />
Melbourne-Essendon airport.<br />
TBM -850 349 HB-KOR This frame can be recognised as SOCATA’s Farnborough demonstrator. Delivered<br />
to Contaco Est. Vaduz, 12 October. Ex F-HBGA.<br />
-850 382 N507BC Eckles Leasing, 28 November. Flew Prestwick – Reykjavik on 29 November.<br />
Credits: Henk Wadman/ Airnieuws, Rotterdam Airport Operations, Frank de Koster, ALST-list, www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl<br />
Helispot<br />
Read more about the type designations for the Agusta-<br />
Westland AB139/AW139 and the Eurocopter Deutschland<br />
EC135 in the Manufacturers News section.<br />
ANWB Medical Air Assistance will add a fifth EC135 to their<br />
lifeliner fleet, the EC135T2+ PH-MAA. This helicopter will be<br />
used for crew training and is a spare aircraft for maintenance<br />
cover. Delivery of the PH-MAA is due for 2007. The future base<br />
of this new helicopter is not yet known.<br />
Helinet asked the authorities of Kralingen-Crooswijk, part the<br />
municipality Rotterdam, for permission to realise a helicopter<br />
platform along the Schaardijk in the Meuse River, next to the<br />
Van Brienenoordbrug. Helinet will use this helicopter platform<br />
for the helicopter network they will realise in co-operation with<br />
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Connexxion. Helinet will start with twenty flights a day on<br />
weekdays.<br />
A new privat heliport in the Netherlands is the Lukkien’s<br />
helicopter platform on the roof of their building in Ede along<br />
the A12. EBAG received permission for a new privat heliport on<br />
the roof of their new building in Utrecht along the<br />
Meijewetering.<br />
Friday 1 December 2006, the Flemish Government decided to<br />
allocate Noordzee Helicopters Vlaanderen (NHV) 1.099.612<br />
euro of aid. This amount will be used for the expansion of the<br />
company’s activities and the creation of 34 jobs. NHV is<br />
specialised in all kinds of helicopter transport and helicopter<br />
work in Belgium and surrounding countries. The Ostend air-
port based company also provide flights for the Belgian and<br />
Dutch Shipping Pilot Service, VIPs, hospitals, using two<br />
AS365N3 Dauphins, two AS365N2 Dauphins, two MD<br />
Explorer and one EC120B Colibri and one EC145.<br />
Air Technology Belgium moved earlier this month from<br />
Mechelen/Walem heliport to Kortrijk/Wevelgem airfield. On 26<br />
November 2006 the opening ceremony took place in their new<br />
facilities and some of the invited guests arrived with their<br />
helicopters.<br />
Visitors noted between 2pm and 5pm were:<br />
N122TS R22 Beta 0913<br />
N263CP EC120B Colibri 1324<br />
N511VA MD600N RN023<br />
OO-COP AB206A Jet Ranger 8284<br />
OO-DDF Bell 206B Jet Ranger III 3179<br />
OO-HBM Schweizer 269C S-1526<br />
OO-KBT Bell 206L Long Ranger 45099<br />
OO-KNC R44 Raven II 10588<br />
OO-LKV AS350B Ecureuil 1805<br />
OO-RWJ R44 Raven II 11146<br />
OO-STL R22 Beta II 3691<br />
OO-STP R44 Raven 0871<br />
OO-VBA Bell 206B Jet Ranger III 4535<br />
Inside their hangar were:<br />
OO-EGB R22 Beta 1840<br />
OO-GJZ R22 Beta II 3867<br />
OO-GOW R44 Raven II 10370<br />
OO-VEL R44 Astro 0538<br />
OO-VWE AB206B Jet Ranger III 8563<br />
OO-XPY R44 Clipper II 10850<br />
PH-CHC R44 Raven II 10268<br />
PH-WRF R44 Raven I 0816<br />
In the future Mechelen/Walem heliport will only be used by four<br />
private helicopters. After the old facilities of Air Technology<br />
Belgium were closed, three of their airframes remained at<br />
Mechelen/Walem for the time being, including: Bell 206B Jet<br />
Ranger OO-LER and Robinson R22 Beta OO-JIM.<br />
By the end of December 2006 the BBK - Bundesamtes für<br />
Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe will have the first<br />
two EC135T2+ helicopters D-HZSA and D-HZSH in service at<br />
the RTH-stations Traunstein ‘Christoph 14’ and Kempten<br />
‘Christoph 17’. Before mid-2007 the next new EC135T2+<br />
helicopters of the BMI-Bundes Ministerium des Innern will<br />
replace the Bo105CBS-5 helicopters at the RTH stations Köln<br />
“Christoph 3”, Hannover “Christoph 4”, Bielefeld “Christoph<br />
13” and the Bell 212 “Christoph 29” at Hamburg. In 2008 the<br />
RTH stations Kassel “Christoph 7”, Brandenburg “Christoph<br />
35”, Duisburg “Christoph 9”, Frankfurt/M “Christoph 2” and<br />
Güstrow “Christoph 34” will receive their new EC135T2+<br />
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helicopters. Up to the spring 2008 the BMI-Bundes<br />
Ministerium des Innern altogether will receive sixteen new<br />
EC135T2+ helicopters.<br />
Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance will replace its 1979-built<br />
MBB Bo105DBS-4 G-NAAB by the 2006-built EC135T2+ G-<br />
DORS. The Eurocopter EC135T2i is due for delivery in March<br />
2007 to their base at Henstridge. The G-DORS was in December<br />
2006 with UK Eurocopter-distributor McAlpine Helicopters<br />
on completion at the Oxford facility. Bond Air Services, based at<br />
Gloucestershire Airport, provides the aircraft, crew and a<br />
spare aircraft for maintenance cover.<br />
Established in 1989, the Kent Air Ambulance Trust is a<br />
registered charity to relieve sick and injured people in South<br />
East Engeland and surrounding areas by providing a<br />
Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) and air ambulance<br />
service for the benefit of the community. The Kent Air<br />
Ambulance Trust which already provides an Air Ambulance in<br />
Kent, has taken a step closer to introducing a new service in<br />
Surrey and Sussex. Kent Air Ambulance Trust has selected<br />
Medical Aviation Services to provide an MD902 Explorer which<br />
will be based at Dunsfold in 2007. The projected start date is<br />
April 1, 2007 or as soon thereafter as possible.<br />
Friday 15 December 2006, Knaus Helicopter, St. Johann im<br />
Pongau, announced insolvency. The firm is 2.5 million euro<br />
insolvent. Knaus Helicopter ran in problems after two<br />
helicopter crashes in 2004 whereby in both cases the<br />
helicopters were not sufficiently insured. The incident in<br />
Soelden on 6 September 2005, whereby a Knaus helicopter<br />
had lost a concrete bucket with a transportation flight over the<br />
driving aerial ropeway and nine humans thereupon lost their<br />
life is not given as reason for the insolvency.<br />
Compass Holding, Hallwil, Switzerland, is a holding group<br />
that covers a number of companies including HELOG-<br />
HeliSwiss, HELOG and Aerotechnik Salzburg. HELOG<br />
expanded its activities first of all towards all kinds of heavy air<br />
lift up to a weight of 20 tonnes, assembly flights, film flights,<br />
lime spreading flights for soil conservation and fire-fighting<br />
flights. The last years they managed within the scope of<br />
humanitarian operations to operate strongly international.<br />
They carry out operations for example in Sudan within the<br />
framework of an UN mission, in Ghana realizing an<br />
emergency rescue organisation,and in Sierra Leone building<br />
up a project for peace keeping as well as a project concerning<br />
the surveillance of fishery. To cover the growing demand,<br />
Helog has managed to acquire a whole helicopter fleet from<br />
the Bundespolizei (German State Police). With seven Pumas<br />
and a Super Puma which are in action for the UN in the Sudan,<br />
the HELOG fleet will have been supplemented by a further<br />
sixteen Puma helicopters by the beginning of 2008.<br />
Maintenance will be carried out at the HELOG bases in<br />
On 5 July 2006, the MBB Bölkow BO105 CBS-4 c/n S-634 was registered with Swiss Jet, Zürich. It was operated before as LN-OSE<br />
with Norsk Luftambulanse. (Zürich, 5 December 2006, Oliver Schmid)
Küssnacht am Rigi, Switzerland and Salzburg, Austria. In<br />
2008, the HELOG fleet will consist of two AS322C1 Super<br />
Puma and twenty SA330J Puma helicopters.<br />
On 27 November 2006, at a ceremony in Estonia’s capital<br />
Tallinn, the Estonia Environmental Inspectorate accepted the<br />
Enstrom 480B ES-PEG. The helicopter will be based in Tallinn<br />
and will be operated throughout the region. The<br />
Agusta 109AII 7324 G-STNS Heliflight (UK), Gloucestershire airport, was registered on 30 November 2006.<br />
Was owned by Stenair, Gloucestershire.<br />
109E 11071 EI-PEL P.Elliott and Company, Cavan, was registered on 16 November 2006. Ex HB-ZBK<br />
109E 11175 I-NRDS Air Dimension, Rome. On 28 November 2006, this Power crashed near<br />
Montemelino, Magione.<br />
109S 22021 EI-JFC John J. Fleming Construction Co, Cork, was registered on 21 November 2006. Ex<br />
N84RE.<br />
109S 22028 G-ETOU Helimand, Denham, was registered on 19 December 2006 and was delivered in<br />
primer at Sywell on 23 December 2006.<br />
AB 206B 8095 EC-GDB Top Fly, Sabadell, was de-registered in October 2006. Transferred to F-GXCQ.<br />
206B 8095 F-GXCQ Aeronautique Maintenance Generale, Cournonsec, was registered on 18 October<br />
2006. Ex EC-GDB.<br />
206B 8508 F-BXLV J.L.Frayssinhes, Puymoyen, was de-registered on 3 November 2006.<br />
AS/SA/SE 313B 1021 F-GHTO Héli Bresse, Bourg en Bresse, was de-registered on 26 October 2006. This 1956built<br />
Alouette II was based at Bourg Ceyzeriat.<br />
3130 1385 F-AZLR A.Girard and F.Lassort, Poitiers, were registered on 24 October 2006 as the<br />
owners of this 1960-built Alouette II. Ex ALAT.<br />
3130 1429 F-GHTU E.G.J.Larine and R.Guichard, Carpentras, was de-registered on 26 October 2006.<br />
313B 1668 F-AZYC Association Detente Aviation, Javerlhac, was registered on 25 October 2006. This<br />
1961-built Alouette II was registered before as F-GTMC with Association Detente<br />
Aviation, Javerlhac.<br />
316B 1926 G-CDXC S.Atherton, Tadcaster. This Alouette III was de-registered on 14 December 2006.<br />
Transferred to Hungary.<br />
330J 1545 D-HAXP Bundespolizei, sold to HELOG and will be operational in 2007.<br />
330J 1289 D-HAXE Bundespolizei, sold to HELOG. Was delivered on 15 December 2006 at Salzburg<br />
Airport, in green colours, no titles.<br />
330J 1201 D-HAXA Bundespolizei, sold to HELOG and will be operational in 2007.<br />
330J 1241 D-HAXC Bundespolizei, sold to Helicsa Helicópteros and registered EC-JYE.<br />
330J 1285 D-HAXD Bundespolizei, sold to Helicsa Helicópteros and registered EC-JYF.<br />
330J 1301 F-GSYF UBS Leasing, Zurich, was registered on 25 October 2006 as owner, with HELOG,<br />
Küssnacht am Rigi, Switzerland as operator.<br />
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Environmental Inspectorate is planning on 250-300<br />
operational hours in 2007. The Enstrom 480B will also be<br />
used jointly by other organizations of the Ministry of the Environment,<br />
such as the Nature Protection Centre, the Land<br />
Board, the State Forest Management Centre and local<br />
branches of the Environmental Ministry. The Nature Protection<br />
Centre has already booked flight time for next spring to count<br />
nesting birds in red beds.<br />
The 1960-built Brantly B-2 D-HEBE was based at Nuremberg when cancelled from the German register back in 1968. Later it<br />
was noted in 1986, stored at Giessen-Lützellinden Airfield in Germany. In 2005 D-HEBE was offered for sale by Mr. van den Berg<br />
in Metslawier in the Netherlands. On 9 December 2006, D-HEBE reappeared in Best in the Netherlands. The route to the location<br />
in Best is available in the <strong>Scramble</strong> Wiki (www.scramble.nl/wiki) (Best, 14 December 2006, Hans Hoogers)
330J 1<strong>332</strong> D-HAXG Bundespolizei, sold to HELOG and will be operational in 2007.<br />
330J 1407 F-GJON Eurocopter, Marignane, was registered on 15 September 2006. Is operated by<br />
HELOG.<br />
330J 1410 D-HAXH Bundespolizei, sold to HELOG. Was delivered on 6 October 2006 at Salzburg<br />
Airport, in green colours, no titles.<br />
330J 1434 D-HAXJ Bundespolizei, sold to HELOG and will be operational in 2007.<br />
330J 1442 D-HAXK Bundespolizei, sold to HELOG and will be operational in 2008.<br />
330J 1454 D-HAXL Bundespolizei, sold to HELOG and will be operational in 2008.<br />
330J 1499 D-HAXN Bundespolizei, sold to HELOG and will be operational in 2008.<br />
330J 1545 D-HAXP Bundespolizei, sold to HELOG and operational in 2006.<br />
330J 1549 D-HAXQ Bundespolizei, sold to HELOG and will be operational in 2007.<br />
330J 1573 D-HAXS Bundespolizei, sold to HELOG and will be operational in 2007.<br />
330J 1577 D-HAXT Bundespolizei, sold to HELOG and will be operational in 2007.<br />
330J 1592 D-HAXV Bundespolizei, sold to HELOG and will be operational in 2007.<br />
330J 1652 F-GPUM Business Expres, Paris, is operated by HELOG, Küssnacht.<br />
<strong>332</strong>L1 2083 LN-OLC Norsk Helikopter, leased from Bri-Log Leasing, will go for at least six months to<br />
Bristow Helicopters in Den Helder to replace the damaged Super Puma G-JSAR<br />
during repair. The LN-OLC was delivered on Den Helder on 24 December 2006.<br />
341C 1081 G-CBSB P.J.Whitaker, Reading, was registered on 1 December 2006 as owner of this Gazelle<br />
HT.2 in Royal Navy ‘XW857’ colours.<br />
341C 1081 G-CBSB P.J.Whitaker, Reading, was de-registered on 18 December 2006.<br />
341C 1081 G-LEDR P.J.Whitaker, Reading, was registered on 18 December 2006. Ex G-CBSB<br />
341C 1174 G-BXZD Steven Atherton Trustee of: Gazelle Flying Group, Tadcaster, was de-registered on<br />
14 December 2006. This Gazelle HT2 in Royal Navy ‘XW895’ colours was transferred<br />
to Ukraine.<br />
341D 1272 G-BZYB S.Atherton Trustee of: Gazelle Flying Group, Tadcaster, was de-registered on<br />
14 December 2006. This Gazelle HT3 in Royal Air Force ‘XX382’ colours was<br />
transferred to Ukraine.<br />
341G 1277 G-WMAN J.Wightman, Ballynahinch, was de-registered on 27 November 2006. Exported to<br />
Serbia or Montenegro.<br />
341D 1914 G-CBSK P.J.Withaker and B.W.Stuart both Trustee of: Falcon Flying Group, Bourne Park,<br />
were registered on 2 November 2006 as the new owners of this Gazelle HT3 in<br />
Royal Air Force ‘ZB627’ colours.<br />
342J 1473 F-GGTJ M W Helicopters, Hersfordshire, was de-registered. Transferred to G-TOPZ<br />
324J 1473 G-TOPZ Top Yachts, Exeter, was registered on 20 December 2006. Ex F-GGTJ<br />
350BA 1019 F-GHOE Citicapital, Vitrolles, was de-registered on 13 October 2006. Was operated by<br />
Elicompany based at Carpi-Budrione, Italy.<br />
350B1 1898 OE-BXH Bundesministrerium für Inneres, Flugpolizei, Wien, was registered in November<br />
2006. After an accident on 6 April 2004 this Ecureuil was de-registered in September<br />
2004.<br />
350B2 2559 G-RICC Specialist Helicopters changed the company name to Larsen and Ross Central,<br />
Inverness. This was not for a long time...<br />
G-RICC PLM Dollar Group, Inverness, was registered on 14 December 2006 as the new<br />
owner of this Ecureuil.<br />
350BA 2658 F-GPCD Fin Air Trade, Paris, was de-registered on 21 July 2005 and registered on 26 July<br />
2005 as N357CH with CHH, Spartanburg (SC).<br />
350B3 3426 HB-ZGV Fortis Lease Suisse, Lausanne, was registered on 22 June 2006 as the new<br />
owner of this Ecureuil operated by Eagle Helicopter, Zweisimmen. Was owned<br />
before by Dreieck Industrie Leasing.<br />
350B3 3535 F-GOZY Héli-Union, Paris, was de-registered on 3 November 2006. Transferred to M&B<br />
Aircraft, Cincinnati (OH), and registered N118MB on 6 November 2006.<br />
350B3 3657 HB-ZES Fortis Lease Suisse, Lausanne, was registered in December 2006 as the new<br />
owner of this Ecureuil with Eagle Helicopter, Zweisimmen, as operator. Came<br />
from Air Grischa Helikopter.<br />
350B3 4141 F-HGMS Fin Air Trade, Paris, was registered on 6 November 2006.<br />
F-HGMS Calzaturificio Semilla, Montevarchi (AR), Italy, was registered on 17 November<br />
2006 as owner.<br />
350B2 9024 G-FROH Specialist Helicopters changed the company name to Larsen and Ross Central,<br />
Inverness.<br />
G-FROH PLM Dollar Group, Inverness, was registered on 14 December 2006 as the new<br />
owner of this Ecureuil.<br />
355F1 5042 F-GYES Heli Securité, Grimaud, ditched in sea off Savona on 20 July 2006 while en-route<br />
Rapallo, Italy to Nice.<br />
355F2 5155 OE-XJF Knaus Helicopter, St.Johann im Pongau, was de-registered in November 2006.<br />
355F1 5346 G-HOOT Squirrel Helicopter Hire, Weybridge, was de-registered on 1 December 2006.<br />
Transferred to G-TBHH<br />
355F1 5346 G-TBHH Hughes Helicopter Co. t/a Biggin Hill Helicopters, Biggin Hill Airport, was<br />
registered on 1 December 2006. Ex G-HOOT.<br />
355N 5744 G-ORDH Harpin, Sherburn, was registered as on 11 December 2006. Was registered with<br />
McAlpine Helicopters, Kidlington.<br />
365N 6034 D-HFHE Heli-Flight, Reichelsheim, arrived 6 December 2006 on delivery at Reichelsheim.<br />
This Dolphin was operated before in Bolivia with HELI América and was delivered<br />
with the registration CP-2375 next to D-HFHE. The D-HFHE will replace the aged<br />
SA365C D-HAAK as ITH “Christoph Hessen”. Ex CP-2375.<br />
365N 6140 LN-OLT Lufttransport, Tromso. Imported in Canada on 11 December and registered<br />
C-FLHE with Airmedic Aviation on 12 December 2006.<br />
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365N3 6751 F-HABF Héli-Union, Paris, was registered on 10 November 2006.<br />
Bell 47G-3B1 WA/702 D-HAFZ Private owned Westland-Bell-Soloy WBS47G-3B-1T D-HAFZ was damaged for<br />
about 100.000 Euro during landing practice at Sachtholm on 29 November 2006.<br />
206B3 112 G-BKZI Dolphin Property (Management), Salisbury, was upgraded from Bell 206B-2 to<br />
Bell 206B-3.<br />
206B3 3850 G-CODE T.C.Smith, Danbury, was registered on 12 December 2006 as the new owner of<br />
this Jet Ranger III.<br />
206B3 3997 G-GBRU Merlin Estate Management, Sheffield, was registered on 27 November 2006 as the<br />
new owner.<br />
206L1 45534 G-CCGN JWL Helicopters, Biggin Hill, was de-registered on 20 December 2006. Transferred<br />
to Sweden.<br />
206L1 45565 G-CSWL Milford Garage t/a Milford Aviation, Boston, was registered 7 December 2006 as<br />
the new owner.<br />
206L3 51112 D-HAFE Agrarflug Helilift is operated in Pakistan as ‘DFS004’.<br />
412 33014 I-AIVO Air Green, Rombassomero, crashed 27 November 2006 near Monasterolo di Cafasse.<br />
Bo 105CBS4S-625 UNLA-130 Air Almaty.zk, Kazakhstan, is offered for sale.<br />
105CBS4S-861 D-HELM Air Almaty.zk, Kazakhstan, is selling this ex ADAC Bo105CBS-4.<br />
105CBS5S-867 D-HUHN Air Almaty.zk, Kazakhstan, is selling this ex ADAC Bo105CBS-5.<br />
105CBS5S-871 D-HUPE Air Almaty.zk, Kazakhstan, is selling this ex ADAC Bo105CBS-5.<br />
Brantly B2 40 D-HEBE Was back in 1968 cancelled from the German register and is now stored in Best in<br />
the Netherlands. It is not visibile from public roads.<br />
B2 120 D-HEFO Was back in February 1984 cancelled from the German register and is now stored<br />
in Best in the Netherlands. The registration is not carried. The route to the location<br />
in Best is available in the <strong>Scramble</strong> Wiki (http://www.scramble.nl/wiki).<br />
EC 120B 1215 OE-XST Aerial-Helikopter Leopold Reidinger, Diepolz, was registered in November 2006,<br />
was registered before with Aerial Helicopter, Diepolz.<br />
120B 1286 VH-JAS Australian Aerospace, Milperra (NSW), was de-registered 30 November 2006.<br />
Exported to Poland.<br />
120B 1428 G-GTJM TJ Morris, Liverpool, was registered on 8 December 2006. Was registered with<br />
McAlpine Helicopters, Oxford.<br />
120B 1461 HB-ZIE Europavia (Suisse), Bern, was registered on 7 December 2006 and delivered in<br />
primer at Bern.<br />
130B4 3810 EI-MET Skyheli, Dublin, was de-registered on 19 October 2006. Transferred to F-GXPG.<br />
130B4 3810 F-GXPG SARL Groupe Philippe Ginestet / GPG, Villeneuve Sur Lot, was registered on 21<br />
December 2006. Ex EI-MET.<br />
135T1 0044 D-HJAR ADAC Luftrettung, is offered for sale by Air Almaty.zk, Kazakhstan.<br />
135P1 0112 D-HAIT ADAC Luftrettung, was damaged 10 September 2006 during take-off near<br />
Blickweiler. The helicopter was operated as ‘Christoph 16’ out of Saarbruken. The<br />
D-HAIT was at the end of November still at Bonn-Hangelar for repair of the<br />
tailboom/fenestron.<br />
Eurocopter EC120B Colibri N263CP is operated by Canon Aviation Group. (Lelystad, 28 November 2006, Remco de Wit)<br />
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135T2 0198 G-ETHU Helimand, Denham, was on 6 December 2006 de-registered: transferred to<br />
Kazakhstan.<br />
135T2 0432 G-CDTS McAlpine Helicopters, was de-registered on 22 September 2006: Transferred to<br />
F-HBMA.<br />
135T2 0432 F-HBMA Matrix Air, London, was registered on 19 December 2006. Ex G-CDTS.<br />
135T2+ 0506 D-HECG Eurocopter Deutschland, noted on 16 November 2006 at Donauwörth in<br />
orangered ‘Luftrettung. Bundesministerium des Innern’ colours.<br />
135T2+ 0517 G-DORS Premier Fund Leasing, Staverton. Was registered on 14 December 2006. Is due<br />
for delivery in March 2007 to the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance, based at<br />
Henstridge.<br />
135P2+ 0519 D-HECM Eurocopter Deutschland. Exported to the USA and registered on 5 December 2006<br />
as N<strong>332</strong>PH by Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA, Salt Lake City (UT).<br />
135T2+ 05?? D-HECJ Eurocopter Deutschland. Stayed overnight at Gdansk on 18 December 2006 on<br />
delivery to Vilnius in Lithuania. Designated for the Lithuanian Border Guard. The<br />
registration LY-HCD was taped over.<br />
135T2+ 05?? D-HECN Eurocopter Deutschland. Stayed overnight at Gdansk on 18 December 2006 on<br />
delivery to Vilnius in Lithuania. Designated for the Lithuanian Border Guard. The<br />
registration LY-??? was taped over.<br />
135P2+ 0524 G-EMID McAlpine Helicopters, Oxford, was registered on 20 December 2006. Intended for<br />
the East Midlands Police to replace the 1999-built EC135T1 G-EMAS.<br />
135T2+ 0532 PH-MAA Eurocopter Deutschland, was noted on 14 December 2006 at Donauwörth.<br />
Designated for ANWB Medical Air Assistance. Reservation for the registration<br />
PH-MAA was already done on 25 October 2004 by ANWB / MAA.<br />
145 9102 D-HMBO Eurocopter Deutschland. Exported to the USA and registered on 28 November<br />
2006 as N145SU by Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA, Salt Lake City (UT).<br />
145 9104 D-HMBQ Eurocopter Deutschland. Stayed overnight at Gdansk on 18 December 2006 on<br />
delivery to Lithuania. Designated for the Lithuanian Border Guard. The registration<br />
LY-HCF was taped over.<br />
155B1 6755 G-ISSW Bristow Helicopters, Aberdeen, was registered on 1 December 2006. This<br />
EC155B1 was delivered at Norwich on 1 December and is the first of four to be<br />
registered in the UK with Bristow Helicopters. Two to be based at Norwich and two<br />
at Den Helder.<br />
155B1 6757 G-ISSV Bristow Helicopters, Aberdeen, was registered on 20 December 2006 and was<br />
delivered on 21 December 2006 via Southend.<br />
225LP 2658 G-ZZSD Bristow Helicopters, Aberdeen, was registered on 5 December 2006 and<br />
delivered at Aberdeen on 7 December.<br />
Enstrom 480B 5094 ES-PEG Estonian Environmental Inspectorate accepted the helicopter on 27 November<br />
2006. The temporary Enstrom registration N4924 was used prior to certification in<br />
Estonia.<br />
Hughes 369D 1170220D G-CCUN Helilogistics, Sywell, was registered on 2 November 2006 as the new owner of this<br />
Hughes 500D.<br />
369E 0204E G-OOCS K.S.Williams, Saltash, was registered on 13 December 2006 as the new owner of<br />
this Hughes 500E.<br />
369HS 1140673S G-ORRR 2 Heads Global Design, Checkendon, was de-registered on 12 December 2006<br />
as destroyed. Had an accident on 9 May 2006 near Booker.<br />
MD 520N LN089 G-SIVN Cumbrian Seafoods, Maryport, was registered 15 November 2006 as the new<br />
owner.<br />
902 900-00068 G-EHMS Virgin HEMS (London). This Explorer operated by the London Virgin HEMS service<br />
from the roof of the Royal London Hospital was modified with the installation of the<br />
tailboom thruster extension.<br />
902 900-00086 N902JW Blue Anchor Leisure Inc. Trustee, Wilmington (DL). This Explorer, operated by Kuki<br />
Helicopters for the Skeggnes area millionaire John Woodward, will be used in the<br />
next James Bond film.<br />
Robinson R22HP 0207 OO-LEA Heli Service Belgium, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, was de-registered on 11 September<br />
2006. The CoA was expired on 31 July 2000.<br />
R22 1670 PH-HTA Air Charter Scotland (Holdings), Glasgow, was registered on 14 December 2006.<br />
This Beta was registered before as PH-HTA with Helicon until it was de-registered<br />
on 5 April 2006 after the CoA had expired over a year. On 25 July 2006 the PH-HTA<br />
was noted dismantled in the Air Charter Scotland Hangar at Perth.<br />
R44 0106 C-FMBO BLX Investments Corp., Campbell River (BC), was registered on 21 December<br />
2006. Ex PH-WFW.<br />
R44 10370 OO-GOW Roecuir, Roeselaere, this Raven II will be exported.<br />
R44 10571 OO-... This Raven II is expected early January 2007.<br />
R44 11526 OO-WEX Heli Service Belgium, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw: reservation on 5 October 2006.<br />
Schweizer 269D 0018 SP-SSH This Schweizer 333 was damaged in an accident on 11 April 2006. De-registered<br />
12 September 2006.<br />
269D 0019 SP-SSI Aircom, Katowice, was registered on 15 September 2006. Ex SE-JGS.<br />
269D 0059A D-HSPC S.P. Helicopter Service, Dattenberg, was registered in September 2006. This<br />
Schweizer Model 333 is the first in the German register.<br />
Sikorsky S-76A 760191 D-HOSB Wiking Helikopter Service, Mariensiel, was de-registered 23 May 2006. Transferred<br />
to Australia as VH-LXW.<br />
S-76B 760356 G-BWDO Trustair, Chorley, was registered on 6 December 2006 as owner. Was registered<br />
before with Haughey Air, Newry.<br />
S-76B 760354 G-VONC Von Essen Aviation, Taunton, was registered 29 November 2006. Ex N966PR.<br />
S-76C 760510 OH-HCJ Copterline, Helsinki-Malmin, de-registered 26 September 2006. Transferred to<br />
Sweden as SE-HAJ.<br />
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The Robinson R44 Raven II c/n 10127 was built in 2003. On 18 August 2003, it was registered in Belgium as OO-JFC (with<br />
PH-XFC not taken up). On 30 January 2004, the helicopter was registered in the Netherlands as PH-JFC with Coolen-Huijbregts.<br />
(Lelystad, 28 november 2006, Remco de Wit)<br />
Westland Scout F9740 G-BXRR BN Helicopters, Bembridge, was registered on 19 December 2006 as owner of<br />
this Scout AH1. Came from Military Helicopters, Thruxton.<br />
Wasp F9590 G-CBUI BN Helicopters, Bembridge, was registered on 19 December 2006 as owner of<br />
this Wasp HAS1 in Royal Navy ‘XT420’ colours. Came from Military Helicopters,<br />
Thruxton.<br />
Wasp F9754 G-BYCX BN Helicopters, Bembridge, was registered on 19 December 2006 as owner of<br />
this Wasp Mk.1B in South African Navy ‘92’ colours. Came from Military<br />
Helicopters, Thruxton.<br />
Credits: ANWB Medical Air Assistance, BCARG, EASA, Estrom Helicopter, Jans Bastiaans, John van Boven, Joost de Wit, Oliver<br />
Schmid, Jos Stevens / Rotorspot, Kristof Vandermoere, avia-dejavu.net, Copters-list, Dutch-copters-list, Police Aviation News,<br />
www.christoph-kassel.de, www.dgualdo.it, www.helionline.de, Rotorhub.com, www.swissheli.com, www.vlaanderen.be<br />
Soviet Updates<br />
Lots of news this month, most of which is not too good. Firstly<br />
many previously unknown chopper crashes from 1986.<br />
Secondly a lot of information on aircraft being broken up in<br />
2006, of which Ivanovo airbase alone is accounting for a loss<br />
of another 31 inmates. The dates mentioned for these<br />
Ivanovo aircraft are the last noted dates as reported to us.<br />
Aeroflot Plus will replace its three Tu-134s with Learjets and<br />
Challengers.<br />
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The armed forces of Indonesia will receive four Mi-172s (c/ns<br />
M360M01/04) and five Mi-35Ps within the next three years.<br />
The first Tu-204 for Cuba made its first flight on 19 December<br />
2006.<br />
The Russian flying schools plan to buy 60 modernised<br />
Yak-18T trainers from the Smolensk factory within the next two<br />
years. It is not clear whether this will be new or reworked<br />
aircraft.<br />
An-2T 1G24-20 CCCP-44920 AFL/Far East-PKC dbr 16jun79 when stolen by a drunken 24-year old pilot<br />
An-2. 1G55-01 LZ-1008 Bulair sep06 derelict fuselage at a paintball yard in Sofia<br />
An-2TP 1G96-22 RF-01213 Volosovo Air Club photo green c/s; ex YL-CCF<br />
An-2R 1G185-28 no reg Bavaria 31oct06 at Vrsar, dark blue c/s with large titles<br />
An-2R 1G193-50 ER-AIA canx 18may06<br />
An-2R 1G210-31 ER-AJM Air Sirin canx 24oct06 as to Kyrgyzstan<br />
An-2R 1G218-51 RA-33064 Aeroflot UUD 26nov06 wfu<br />
An-2R 1G220-03 RA-40213 no titles GOJ apr00<br />
An-2T 1G236-26 RF-01202 Aeroklub Tambov TBW 29may06 c/n now known to be ex RF-00847<br />
An-2 1G238-42 RA-02265 AFL c/s, n/t LPK 28jun06<br />
An-2 1G238-49 RA-02272 AFL c/s, n/t LPK 28jun06<br />
An-2 — 211 Libyan Air Force MJI 04dec06 white c/s with yellow cheat line and tail<br />
An-12 2 40 05 02 9L-LFQ Cargo NBO 23sep06 c/n confirmed, ex RA-48970<br />
An-12 2 40 07 03 RA-11965 Russian Air Force Iva 24apr97 b/u at Ivanovo-Severny by 2006<br />
An-12 40 19 03 RA-12103 Russian AF/AFL c/s Iva 15jun99 b/u at Ivanovo-Severny by 2006<br />
An-12 40 25 09 RA-12101 Russian AF/AFL c/s Iva 24apr97 b/u at Ivanovo-Severny by 2006
An-12BP 3 34 13 06 “12” red Russian Air Force Iva 15jun99 b/u at Ivanovo-Severny by 2006<br />
An-12 3 34 15 02 unknown Russian Air Force no reports b/u at Ivanovo-Severny by 2006<br />
An-12B 4 34 19 06 EK-12148(2) Phoenix Avia SHJ 03dec06 c/n now confirmed<br />
An-12B 4 34 21 03 LZ-BRI Bright Avn Service PDV 27oct06 l/n MRS 02dec06; ex UR-CEX<br />
An-12BP 5 34 30 05 XU-U4C PMT Air SIN 16nov06 l/n SIN 26nov06; ex UN-98102<br />
An-12 5 34 30 06 EX-092 red c/l, n/t KBL 03dec05 c/n confirmed; ex EX-086(1)<br />
An-12 5 34 35 03 “42” red Russian Air Force Kiz jun06 Kiz = Kirzhach<br />
An-12BP 5 34 35 10 4K-AZ60 Silk Way LYE 20nov06 l/n DXB 02dec06<br />
An-12BP 6 34 38 05 RA-11265(2) Russian AF/AFL c/s Iva 23apr97 b/u at Ivanovo-Severny by 2006<br />
An-12 6 34 38 09 RA-11286 Russian AF/AFL c/s Iva 15jun99 b/u at Ivanovo-Severny by 2006<br />
An-12 6 34 39 02 CCCP-10228 Soviet Air Force rgd 26jul79 b/u at Ivanovo-Severny by 2006<br />
An-12BP 6 34 41 02 “34” red Russian Air Force Iva 24apr97 b/u at Ivanovo-Severny by 2006<br />
An-12BP 6 34 43 02 “11” red Russian Air Force Iva 26may99 b/u at Ivanovo-Severny by 2006<br />
An-12BP 7 34 51 02 RA-11780 Russian AF/AFL c/s Iva 06aug99 b/u at Ivanovo Severny by 2006<br />
An-12 7 34 52 01 EK-12201 all white n/t FJR 03dec06 l/n DXB 20dec06; ex ER-AXE<br />
An-12BK 8 34 56 04 “87” Soviet Air Force mfd 15may68<br />
An-12BK 9 34 63 02 UR-YMR Veteran RKT 03dec06 c/n checked<br />
An-12TBK 9 34 63 04 “19 red” Russian Air Force Osf 2006 Osf = Ostafeyevo<br />
An-12TBK 9 34 63 08 4K-AZ63 Silk Way AL LUX 21nov06 flight plan BAK-LYE 22dec06 ex UR-CBU<br />
An-12BK 00 34 69 08 EX-165 British Gulf Int. DXB 19aug06 c/n confirmed; list; l/n DXB 20nov06<br />
An-12B 00 34 73 06 ER-ACY Grixona rgd 04aug06 f/n SHJ 12dec06; l/n SHJ 29dec06<br />
An-12AP 00 34 74 08 EX-119 not reported SHJ 16nov06 ex 4L-TAS and to, see next line<br />
ER-ACV not reported rgd 28nov06 f/n SHJ 01dec06; l/n SHJ 29dec06<br />
An-12TB 01 34 79 08 ER-ACQ Aeroflot c/s, n/t rgd 07jul06 f/n SHJ 21dec06; ex RA-11113<br />
An-12BP 02 34 80 07 LZ-SFA Dynami Aviation MRS 03nov06<br />
An-12 — EK-11630 not reported SHJ 03dec06<br />
An-12BK — EK-12104 titles painted out SHJ 15dec06 c/s and www.suncargo.aero and “charter<br />
us” titles like EX-022 but is another aircraft<br />
An-12 — EX-073 grey. np titles SHJ 12dec06 ex military c/s with blue stripe on fuselage<br />
An-12 — EX-166 not reported SHJ 29dec06 same c/s like EX-022<br />
An-24B 5 73 021 04 RA-46803 Aeroflot canx 22jul98 l/n UUD 26nov06 wfu<br />
An-24 6 73 022 01 50954 Chinese Air Force feb04 Changping Museum; c/n now confirmed<br />
An-24B 6 73 029 07 RA-46213 Aeroflot UUD 26nov06 wfu; canx but date unknown<br />
An-24B 7 73 031 01 RA-46222 Aeroflot canx 22jul98 l/n UUD 26nov06 wfu<br />
An-24B 8 73 040 10 RA-46415 Aeroflot GDX 28nov06 wfu<br />
An-24B 8 73 048 04 RA-46570 Aeroflot UUD 26novo6 wfu<br />
An-24B 9 73 049 10 EX-041 (2) Trade Aero Space ADD 30nov06 ex reg EK-46581 from cockpit<br />
An-24B 9 73 051 10 RA-46300 Aeroflot UUD 26nov06 wfu<br />
An-24RV 1 73 068 08 RA-47799 Aeroflot UUD 26nov06 wfu<br />
An-24B 1 73 072 08 RA-47827 UTair GOJ 18dec06 back in service, was stored Surgut<br />
An-24B 1 73 072 09 EK-47828 South Airlines SHJ 16nov06<br />
An-24RV 5 73 102 03 UR-ELK all white, n/t DXB 07sep06 large UN on tail; seen again DXB 17nov06<br />
An-24B 7 99 011 10 ER-AZZ Valan Int’l Cargo canx 11aug06 following an accident<br />
An-24B 8 99 018 07 RA-47174 Aeroflot GDX 28novo6 wfu<br />
An-24B 9 99 021 09 4L-RAS not reported DXB 06dec06 reportedly ex EK-46711 l/n SHJ 29oct06<br />
An-24RV — EK-170 not reported FJR 29dec06<br />
An-26A 09 01 “91” Russian Air Force Iva 27aug04 b/u by ARZ 308 at Ivanovo-Severny 2006<br />
An-26 09 08 “37” red Russian Air Force Iva 04aug01 b/u by ARZ 308 at Ivanovo-Severny 2006<br />
Antonov 26 N8038Y has only seen a short commercial life. It was delivered from the Kiev factory as CCCP-93914 to the MAP<br />
Tashkent Aircraft Production Organisation early 1980 where it served as a so-called ‘industrial flyer’. Over twenty years later it<br />
entered commercial service as UK-26002 in Florida and has been registered in the USA since March 2004. The plane sits at Opa<br />
Locka without props now for at least one and a half year and one can therefore fear it will never fly again.<br />
(Opa Locka (FL), 21 November 2006, Miguel Snoep)<br />
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Be-12s carry their construction number on the floats and on the nose. This “O5” yellow was photographed at Saki mid 2006 by<br />
Willem-Sander Termorshuizen and it is reported as probably being c/n 2602603 (not 100% clear on the photo). This c/n was<br />
converted by TMZ (Taganrog) to Be-12PS and stayed at Kala, Azerbaijan, after the Soviet Union split up. Ukraine is known to<br />
have fourteen Be-12s but only thirteen c/ns are known. It is well possible this former Soviet (Azerbaijan based) amphibian is the<br />
fourteenth Be-12 that entered Ukraine service.<br />
An-26 10 05 unknown Russian Air Force no reports b/u by ARZ 308 at Ivanovo-Severny 2006<br />
An-26 12 04 “06” yellow Russian Air Force Iva 27aug04 b/u by ARZ 308 at Ivanovo-Severny 2006<br />
An-26 12 06 “15” red Russian Air Force Iva 04aug01 b/u by ARZ 308 at Ivanovo-Severny 2006<br />
An-26 16 05 “01” blue Russian Air Force Iva 27aug04 b/u by ARZ 308 at Ivanovo-Severny 2006<br />
An-26 16 09 “52” red Russian Air Force Iva 18aug01 b/u by ARZ 308 at Ivanovo-Severny 2006<br />
An-26 19 07 unknown Russian Air Force no reports b/u by ARZ 308 at Ivanovo-Severny 2006<br />
An-26RTR 22 01 “22” blue Russian Air Force KGD 22apr05 b/u by ARZ 308 at Ivanovo-Severny 2006<br />
An-26 30 09 ER-AZS Tiramavia canx 02aug06 as to Armenia<br />
An-26 33 09 9L-LFL not reported no reports ex RA-26559<br />
An-26 45 07 ER-AZQ Tiramavia rgd 30sep04 cancelled 02aug06 as to Armenia<br />
An-26 53 05 ER-AVC no reports rgd 26jun06 ex “54” yellow; canx 21nov06 as sold<br />
An-26 70 10 ? UR-CAI all white, n/t SZG 19dec06 c/n not confirmed but likely ex RA-26519<br />
An-26 74 09 OB-1828 Aero Condor LIM 15sep06 without T suffix; l/n LIM 19nov06<br />
An-26 88 03 unknown Russian Air Force no reports b/u by ARZ 308 at Ivanovo-Severny 2006<br />
An-26 88 10 “31” black Russian Air Force Iva 04aug01 b/u by ARZ 308 at Ivanovo-Severny 2006<br />
An-26 1 73 098 10 YV1403 Solar Cargo VLN 29sep06 damaged, repaired and seen CUR 12dec06<br />
An-26B 110 08 ST-AQD Alok Air KRT 01dec06<br />
An-26B-100 120 03 RA-26105 IR Aero GDX 29nov06 with titles and tail logo<br />
An-26B 140 06 “55 red” Russian Air Force Uue 25nov06 overall grey c/s; Uue = Ulan Ude East<br />
An-26 — EK-26441 blue cheat line FJR 29dec06 white roundel with winged harp on tail<br />
An-26 — EX-106 not reported SHJ 29dec06<br />
An-28 1AJ 003-12 ER-AJC TepAviaTrans canx 12dec06<br />
An-28 1AJ 004-15 9L-LFS not reported no reports ex 9XR-KG<br />
An-28 1AJ 006-17 9L-LFN not reported no reports ex RA-28707<br />
An-28 1AJ 007-02 ? YV-2157 no titles MMK 01dec06 l/n FRG 08dec06; same c/s as RA-28717<br />
An-28 1AJ 007-08 RA-28723 IKAR GDX 29nov06<br />
An-28 1AJ 007-11 RA-28726 IKAR GDX 28nov06<br />
An-28 — YV-1756 not reported CCS 23nov06 reported damaged this date<br />
An-32 16 04 9L-LFO not reported no reports ex RA-29120<br />
An-32B 21 09 ER-AZW all white canx 14sep06 as sold to Sudan<br />
An-32B 31 06 FAM-3103 Mexican Air Force w/o 17dec06 cr. in sea five miles from Cuenta, Guerrero<br />
An-32B 32 05 ER-AFI Alok Air canx 17nov06 as sold to Sudan<br />
An-32P 35 07 5A-DRE Libyan Air Cargo MJI 05deco6 c/n checked<br />
An-32P 36 02 5A-DRF Libyan Air Cargo MJI 05dec06 c/n checked<br />
An-32 — ST-PAW not reported IEV 12dec06 flight plan IEV-ALP 12dec06 as YRY9174<br />
An-32 — 9L-LFU all white n/t NBO 06dec06<br />
An-72 36572020385 EK-72903 Air South c/s, n/t aug06 for sale with 2.676 hours and 1.650<br />
An-72 36572040548 EK-72101 Astral, a/w, n/t KBL 12dec06 c/n finally known, ex RA-72918<br />
An-74 365470991045 15-2255 Iranian Rev. Guard w/o 27nov06 crashed on t/o THR after engine fire<br />
An-74 471 36 01 3 YL-KSB K.S. Avia, n/t 21nov06 damaged by fire on ground at Ancona<br />
IL-14 — CCCP-04200 Aeroflot w/o 02sep60 on a flight from Mys Shmidta to Moscow<br />
IL-14 — CCCP-61762 AFL/Yakutsk-Koi no reports<br />
IL-14 — CCCP-61786 AFL/Yakutsk-Koi no reports<br />
IL-14 — CCCP-91489 AFL/Privolzhsk-KZN no reports<br />
IL-38 082 0111 06 “79” red Russian Navy Pus 23may01 wfu; b/u by ARZ-20 at Pushkin by 2006<br />
IL-22M-II 187 0103 05 RA-75923(1) Russian AF/AFL c/s Ckl 25aug03 b/u by mil. unit 22737 at Chkalovski 2006<br />
IL-22M-II 29640 10905 CCCP-75921?Soviet AF/AFL c/s 1998/2006 b/u by mil. unit 18374 at Akhtubinsk<br />
IL-62M 13 43 1 2 3 RA-86533 Interavia DME 01oct06 still in basic AFL c/s with titles<br />
IL-62M 10 52 1 2 8 UN-86558 Skyjet UTP 27dec06 ex 4L-86558<br />
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IL-62M 33 57 9 4 7 RA-86586 BGB Airlines, n/t UTP 27dec06<br />
IL-76 0634 05135 “626” black Russian Air Force Iva 27aug04 b/u at Ivanovo-Severny by 2006<br />
IL-76 0634 06160 CCCP-86717 Soviet AF/AFL c/s Iva aug03 b/u at Ivanovo-Severny by 2006<br />
IL-76 0634 07162 CCCP-86745 Soviet AF/AFL c/s Iva 19aug01 b/u at Ivanovo-Severny by 2006<br />
IL-76 0634 07183 CCCP-86815 Soviet AF/AFL c/s Iva 06aug06 b/u at Ivanovo-Severny in autumn 2006<br />
IL-76 0634 07185 “616” black Russian Air Force Iva 06aug06 b/u at Ivanovo-Severny in autumn 2006<br />
IL-76 0634 08222 CCCP-86636 Soviet AF/AFL c/s Iva aug06 b/u at Ivanovo-Severny in autumn 2006<br />
IL-76 0634 09228 CCCP-86637 Soviet AF/AFL c/s Iva aug05 b/u at Ivanovo-Severny by 2006<br />
IL-76 0734 09248 RA-86642 Russian AF/AFL c/s Iva 19aug01 b/u at Ivanovo-Severny by 2006<br />
IL-76T 0734 11331 ER-IBH rgd 18dec06 ex EX-032<br />
IL-76M 0934 16500 ? CCCP-86036 Soviet AF/AFL c/s w/o 25dec79 on approach to Kabul at night<br />
IL-76M 0934 17518 RA-86039 Russian AF/AFL c/s w/o 08jul93 tail pres. as monument at the crash site<br />
IL-76T 0934 21613 YK-ATA Syrianair DME 22nov06 f/n as IL-76T<br />
IL-76T 00034 25746 ER-IAT rgd 12dec06 ex RA-76524<br />
IL-76T 00134 32955 EX-069 all white, n/t RKT 30sep06 ex RA-76462; became, see next line<br />
ER-IAU all white, n/t rgd 16nov06 f/n SHJ 01dec06; ex reg EX-069 visible<br />
IL-76TD 00234 41186 UN-76499 Air Almaty FJR 03dec06 l/n MNL 14dec06<br />
IL-76TD 00434 52546 EX-071 Photros Air DXB 24nov06 l/n DOH 03dec06<br />
IL-76TD 00434 54615 ? D2-FCO white/blue c/s n/t LAD 25oct06 prob ex ER-IBE canx 05jul06 as to Angola<br />
IL-76TD 00534 60832 ER-IBY rgd 19dec06 restored ex EX-065<br />
IL-76MD 00634 67014 ? CCCP-76679 Soviet AF/AFL c/s w/o 02apr87 collided with IL-76MD CCCP-76685<br />
IL-76MD 00634 68037 ? CCCP-76685 Soviet AF/AFL c/s w/o 02apr87 collidedwith IL-76MD CCCP-76679<br />
IL-76TD 00734 79386 ? 3C-LGF no titles VLC 27nov06 identical c/s to 3C-HAV<br />
IL-76TD 00934 95863 EX-036 Kyrgyzstan SHJ 21dec06 Chinese CAA approved Click fleet list oct06<br />
IL-76TD 10134 06204 ER-IAS rgd 04dec06 ex RA-76388<br />
IL-76 — D2-MBJ Angolan Air Force 03dec06 flight plan LXR-KBP; not S9-DAE which<br />
was l/n long term parked FJR 29dec06<br />
IL-76TD — UN-76006 22dec06 flight planned PDV-ABB; l/n FJR 29dec06<br />
IL-76 — RF-76326 FSB 02dec06 flight planned from SVO as AFL9064<br />
IL-76 — ST-WTB all white, n/t KRT 25nov06 rep. opb for Ababeel Avn; l/n KRT 01dec06<br />
IL-96-300 74393201001 RA-96002 blue c/l, n/t DME jun06 white tail<br />
IL-103 03 03 RA-61915 AUTs “Kaluga” dam 24jul06 on forced landing on a field at Novoye Selo<br />
Ka-26 72 024 01 ER-19360 Agroavia canx 15may06 as to Ukraine<br />
Ka-26 72 031 07 CCCP-19318 AFL/Northern w/o 12aug79 on a training flight from Rzhevka<br />
Ka-26 76 058 12 CCCP-24380 AFL/Leningrad w/o 16apr79 shortly after take-off from Rzhevka<br />
Ka-32A11BC 9715 EC-JXG HeliSurESte BIO 09nov06 rgd 15nov06; l/n Cascais 20nov06<br />
Ka-32A — RA-31090 MChS Rossiï GOJ 13dec06<br />
L-200A 17 01 02 OK-OHE Aeroklub CR canx 02jun06 fate unknown<br />
L-200A 17 03 20 OK-OKZ Pastramagiu P.N. canx 20nov06 fate unknown<br />
L-200D 17 10 14 ? RF-00198 Kub 07oct06 same c/s as OK-NXL<br />
L-200D 17 14 14 OK-GOS Josef Beck canx 14sep06 fate unknown<br />
L-200 — RF-00804 Kub 07oct06<br />
L-410MA 73 02 07 OK-DZA Slovacky Aeroklub UHE 16aug06<br />
L-410UVP-E5 86 18 13 OK-RDA Vera Air, n/t canx 07feb06 became HA-YFG<br />
L-410 87 18 30 RF-00964 Aerograd GOJ 28nov06 ‘1830’ in the cockpit; ex RA-1731K<br />
L-410UVP-E 87 20 14 YV1434 no reports ex YV-1062CP<br />
L-410UVP-E10 89 23 17 ? 3D-FTY BTS 31oct06 ex SP-FTY ?<br />
L-410UVP-E16 89 23 19 OK-UBA Manx2 BRQ 18nov06 l/n IOM 26nov06<br />
Lao Aviation is one of the few airlines that bought this horrible Chinese product, called the MA60. Probably it was available at<br />
short notice for less yuans than an ATR72 or similar. Andries Waardenburg took a picture of the RDPL-34168 landing at<br />
Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi on 22 December 2006.<br />
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L-410UVP-E13 89 23 21 OK-UDS Silver Air canx 24mar06 became T9-AAK<br />
L-410UVP-E3 90 24 13 F-ORTE Modèle d’aéronef 09dec06 flight plan UHE-SVQ; ex RA-67668(2)<br />
L-410UVP-E 90 24 22 9Q-CDN FilAir, n/t BTS 01mar06 with blue tail; ex YU-BXX<br />
L-410UVP-E 90 24 34 RP-C728 Tri-MG KCH 14sep06 on delivery<br />
PK-YGS Tri-MG no reports<br />
L-410UVP-E 90 24 37 ER-LID rgd 04jul06 ex RA/RF-67644<br />
Li-2T 184 393 06 HA-LIU MALÉV Bua 03dec06 scrapped, nose section will be preserved<br />
Li-2T 2 34 413 01 301 Hungarian AF transp. oct06 from Budaörs to the Szolnok museum<br />
Li-2 — CCCP-L4437 AFL/Far East w/o 23apr48 when veered off course on take-off<br />
Li-2 — CCCP-L4460 AFL/East Siberia w/o 24apr48 when the crew left the prescribed fligh path<br />
Li-2 — CCCP-L4500 AFL/Georgia w/o 25oct48 when the crew left the prescribed fligh path<br />
Li-2 — CCCP-63907 AFL/Privolzhsk-KZN no reports<br />
Mi-2 52 7428 121 ER-20293 Moldaeroservice w/o 18feb05 finally canx 20dec06<br />
Mi-2 — HL-450 Indonesian Navy oct03 seen stored NAS Juanda, not ML-450<br />
Mi-2 — HL-451 Indonesian Navy oct03 seen stored NAS Juanda, not ML-451<br />
Mi-6 70 50 02 CCCP-21860 AFL/Far East-KHV w/o 06dec86 crashed during take-off Tarko Saley<br />
Mi-6A 72 61 10 CCCP-21148 AFL/Yakutsk-Nurba w/o 07jul86 on approach Lensk<br />
Mi-6A 02 40 CCCP-21007 AFL/Tyumen- w/o 30jun86 crashed during landing near Nizhnevartovsk<br />
Mi-8 15 38 C/P-22537(1) AFL/Tyumen-Kamsnkyw/o 06dec86 CFIT during approach Sabewtta<br />
Mi-8 30 57 RA-25642 Ulan Ude AP Uue 25nov06<br />
Mi-8 44 70 C/P-25770(1) AFL/Komi-UCT w/o 28nov86 rolled over on loading nr Troitsko-Pechorsk<br />
Mi-8 45 39 C/P-25804(1) AFL/East Sib.-UUD w/o 10aug86 hit trees during descent to Taksimo<br />
Mi-8T 51 59 CCCP-25888 AFL/Far East-Oha w/o 13aug86 crashed on approach to a floating oil rig<br />
Mi-8T 55 90 RA-25952 Bural UUD 26nov06<br />
Mi-8T 63 33 RA-22206 Bural UUD 26nov06<br />
Mi-8T 69 05 CCCP-22259 AFL/East Sib.-BTK w/o 08jul86 crashed 14 minutes after take-off from Bratsk<br />
Mi-8T 74 51 UR-22406 AMIS ELF 24oct06 small ‘Skylink’ titles and Canadian flag<br />
Mi-8T 75 30 CCCP-22802 AFL/Komi-VKT w/o 04apr86 crashed when hover over Vorkuta<br />
Mi-8 76 33 CCCP-22833 AFL/Urals-Svu w/o 03oct86 cr. on sling operation nr Verkhnya Pyshma<br />
Mi-8T 76 40 CCCP-22840 AFL/Tyumen-Tsl w/o 16dec86 cr. near Nadym when the cargo caught fire<br />
Mi-8 78 91 CCCP-22596 AFL/Far East-Kor w/o 28jan86 entered a white out landing Kamchatka<br />
Mi-8T 80 26 RA-22641 Kogalymavia 14oct86 at helipad R-101 in incident report<br />
Mi-8T 82 49 RA-24621 Vertikal-T dam 22nov06 force-landed Lozanga (12 km fr. Kargasok)<br />
Mi-8T 82 56 RA-24627 Yamal NMY 17oct06 reported this date in an incident report<br />
Mi-8MTV 9 4907 CCCP-70936 Soviet Air Force rgd 23apr92 for sale on internet sep06 for $2.2m<br />
Mi-8MTV-1 9 4995 UR-CCN Ukrainian Helicopters ADD 29nov06 operating for UN WFP in south of Ethiopia<br />
Mi-8MTV-1 9 5226 UR-CDE Ukrainian Helicopters ADD 29nov06 operating for UN WFP in south of Ethiopia<br />
Mi-8MTV-1 9 5724 9N-ADO Simrik Air dbr 23nov06 after emergency landing nr the Rarali area<br />
Mi-8MTV-1 9 6114 RA-27175 United Nations KBL 14nov06 also wearing UN-207<br />
Mi-8MTV-1 9 6589 RA-25830(2) MChS Rossiï KZN 27jun05 in primer; CofA issued 02nov06<br />
Mi-8 9 81 57 41 CCCP-24681 AFL/Far EastkKHV w/o 16aug86 crashed and burnt out Kenada<br />
Mi-8 9 83 08816 CCCP-22729 AFL/MagadanDYR w/o 18mar86 on lift off Nukligran directional control failed<br />
Mi-8T 9 84 17179 RA-22899 Alrosa KJA 17dec06<br />
Mi-8T 9 84 17678 RA-24735 IKAR GDX 28nov06<br />
Mi-8 9 84 20136 CCCP-06172 MAP Lukhovitskii w/o 23jun86 during a training flight from Tretyakovo<br />
Mi-8 9 85 22791 CCCP-24543 AFL/N. Kavkaz-MCX w/o 13aug86 struck a rock side on lnd Verkhy Chegem<br />
Mi-8 9 85 25030 CCCP-24563 AFL/Yakutsk-IKS w/o 02sep86 crashed on approach in VMC to Tiksi<br />
Mi-8T 9 87 28998 RA-24200 Bural UUD 26nov06<br />
Mi-8T 9 87 34242 RA-24271 Komiavia 14nov06 in incident report at Bugayevo 14nov06<br />
Mi-8T 9 89 41935 RA-24165 AMIS ELF 26oct06 African Union Mission in Sudan, in a/w c/s<br />
Mi-8PS 10734 ER-MGJ Aeroportul rgd 16feb05 canx 07sep06 as to Romania<br />
Mi-8 — RA-25831(2) Vertical T MFG dec06 not c/n 4568<br />
Mi-8AMT — RA-25832(2) all white c/s, n/t GOJ 16nov06 not c/n 4569<br />
Mi-171 — OM-AVN UTair Europe nov06 in register with c/n 171C00066431908U !<br />
Mi-8MT — ST-GFE AMIS ELF 24oct06 African Union Mission in Sudan; in a/w c/s<br />
Mi-8T — ST-VAG AMIS KRT 25oct06 African Union Mission in Sudan; in a/w c/s<br />
Mi-8T — ST-VAM Vega Avia KRT 19jun06 active; l/n KRT 25oct06<br />
Mi-172 — VN-8426 TC TY Bya Bicht UTP 15dec06 full titles are ‘T.C. Ty Bay Bicht Viet Nam<br />
Mi-17-1V 586M40 ? 58640 Pakistan Army photo on internet<br />
Mi-17 — SAF529 Sudan Air Force ELF 26oct06 Mi-17V-5 or Mi-171Sh<br />
Mi-10K 2290 RA-04127 Vzlyot dec06 seen flying again in the Moscow region<br />
Mi-14 — LC1406 Libyan Navy MLJ 04dec06<br />
Mi-24D 110171 ‘5211’ East German AF Gatow dec06 has pylon of Mi-24V c/n 3532423319917 !<br />
Mi-24P — SL-201 Sierra Leone AF 12mar01 at Freetown - Cockerill Barracks Heliport<br />
Mi-26TS 226 210 RA-29112 Vertikal-T w/o 02dec06 on a flight from Kandahar to Tarin Kwot<br />
Kania 90 01 03 OK-MIK Helicopter S.R.O. canx 06feb06 as to Poland<br />
Tu-95MS 24532 “51” red Russian Air Force 21aug05 at Ukrainka<br />
Tu-134A3 23131 RA-65845 Orenburg Airlines DME 29nov06 basic Sibaviatrans c/s<br />
Tu-134A3 63 48565 RA-65034 Aeroflot-Nord ARH 28nov06<br />
Tu-134A3 49400 RA-65043 Aeroflot-Nord SVO 14nov06 mentioned in incident report<br />
Tu-134A3 60297 RA-65103 Aeroflot-Nord LED 15oct06 f/n in new Aeroflot-Nord c/s<br />
Tu-134A3 60637 RA-65131 Kolavia DME 24nov06 white with tail logo and blue Kolavia titles<br />
Tu-134A3 62315 UR-SAL South Airlines KBP 26nov06 c/n finally known, not 62495 !<br />
Tu-134AK3 62495 UR-65773 South Airlines HRK 11jun06 wfu; did not become UR-SAL<br />
Tu-134A3 63165 RA-65564 Aeroflot-Nord LED 15oct06 AFL c/s with Aeroflot-Nord titles<br />
Tu-134AK 63875 “05” orange Russian Navy w/o 10jul06 c/n now known<br />
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During the summer of 2005 at Simferopol-Gvardeiskoye, Ukraine, Tu-134AK with tactical code “05” red was shot by Willem-<br />
Sander Termorshuizen. This particular aircraft crashed on 10 July 2006 on take-off from this airfield when the left engine caught<br />
fire as result of a bird-strike. The take-off was aborted after rotation with the aircraft 1.5 metres above ground. The aircraft overran<br />
the runway, broke apart and burnt out. Three crew members were injured while all 25 other occupants escaped unhurt (among<br />
them Commander in Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Vladimir Masorin). Footage of this crash can be downloaded from the<br />
Internet. The crash report recently revealed the construction number, which was 63875.<br />
Tu-134A3 63900 “101” blue Russian Navy KGD 28jul06 stinger-tail (Balkany)<br />
Tu-134AK 63976 RA-65976(2) Russian Air Force Kub oct06 stinger-tail (Balkany)<br />
Tu-134UBL 64152 “43” blue Ukraine Air Force nov06 State Aviation Museum at Kiev; c/n checked<br />
Tu-134UBL 64615 64615 Russian Air Force GOJ mid2006 c/n on nose gear doors as registration<br />
Tu-154B 73A052 RA-85052 Russian AF/AFL c/s canx 16oct01 b/u at Akhtubinsk by 2006<br />
Tu-154B2 80A440 EY-85440 Tajik Air DYU 13oct06 wfu<br />
Tu-154B2 80A451 RA-85451 Sibir OVB sep06 h/o to Tolmachovo airport for training<br />
Tu-154B2 83A567 RA-85567 Mavial GDX 28nov06 parked, operations ceased 29jun06<br />
Tu-154B2 83A584 RA-85584 Magadan Airlines GDX 28nov06 parked, operations ceased 29jun06<br />
Tu-154M 87A759 RA-85630 Daghestan Airlnes SHJ 22dec06 basic Kolavia c/s<br />
Tu-154M 89A825 RA-85667 Mavial Magadan Al GDX 28nov06 parked, operations ceased 29jun06<br />
Tu-154M 90A839 RA-85677 Magadan Airlines GDX 28nov06 parked, operations ceased 29jun06<br />
Tu-154M 90A840 RA-85013(2) UTair TJM 06dec06 owned by Airlines 400; ex LZ-MIG<br />
Tu-154M 91A868 RA-85695 Pulkovo Avia MUC 26nov06 with additional ‘Rossiya’ titles<br />
Tu-154M 92A908 RA-85832 Pulkovo Avia HAJ 03dec06 with additional ‘Rossiya’ titles<br />
Tu-154M 92A918 RA-85736 Moskoviya DME 22nov06 in fcs<br />
Tu-154M 92A919 RA-85187(2) Pulkovo Avia MXP 29oct06 add “Rossiya” titles<br />
Tu-154M 92A925 RA-85739 Rossiya Russian Al DME 22nov06 Pulkovo c/s, Rossiya Russian Airlines titles<br />
Tu-154M 92A935 RA-85753 Pulkovo Avia DME 24nov06 with additional ‘Rossiya’ titles<br />
Tu-154M 93A948 RA-85767 Pulkovo Avia PRG 08nov06 with additional ‘Rossiya’ titles<br />
Tu-154M 93A951 RA-85769 Pulkovo Avia LED 09dec06 with additional ‘Rossiya’ titles<br />
Tu-154M 93A952 RA-85770 Pulkovo Avia MUC 10dec06 with additional ‘Rossiya’ titles<br />
Tu-154M 93A963 RA-85779 Rossiya Russian Al MUC 10dec06 Pulkovo c/s, Rossiya Russian Airlines titles<br />
Tu-154M 93A971 RA-85787 Taban Air THR 15nov06 additional Taban Air titles over Kolavia c/s<br />
Tu-154M 98A1014 RA-85834 Pulkovo Avia DUS 08nov06 with additional ‘Rossiya’ titles<br />
Tu-154M 98A1018 RA-85836(2) Pulkovo Avia FRA 16nov06 with additional ‘Rossiya’ titles<br />
Tu-204 1450743764027 SU-EAF Cairo Aviation CAI 18dec06 returned from lease this date<br />
Tu-204 145074. . 64036 CU-..... Cubana f/f 19dec06 delivery planned for late 2006<br />
Yak-18T 7 20 01 16 VH-TMK P.Rofe; Casuarina w/o 04dec06 destr. by fire shortly after lnd at Batchelor<br />
Yak-18T 05 40 ZK-SSR Nayland Syndicate rgd 24nov06 LY-ATL<br />
Yak-18T — FLARF02075 Svu 21aug06 prefixed FLAR- !<br />
Yak-18T — FLARF02735 Viktor Popov, n/t w/o 16dec06 on training flight (with a passenger aboard!)<br />
Yak-40 9 42 19 33 RA-87407 Aeroflot BAX jul02 derelict; b/u at Barnaul by 2006<br />
Yak-40 9 53 15 43 RA-87247 Bugulminsk Al DME 25nov06 all white c/s with small Russian titles<br />
Yak-40 — 5A-DKP not reported MJI 05dec06 Air Libya Tibesti according various sources<br />
Yak-40 — 9XR-GY no titles KRT 01dec06 mis report for 9XR-SY or vice-versa ?<br />
Yak-42 4520424606270 RA-42340 UTair VKO 06dec06 in fcs with additional small ‘Alaniya’ titles<br />
Yak-42D 4520423016309 RA-42385 Samara Airlines KRK 08nov06<br />
Yak-42D 4520424216606 RA-42423 Tsentr Avia ARN 25aug06 small titles on nose; l/n STN 31oct06<br />
Yak-42 4520422007018 EP-QFA Fars Air Qeshm SYZ 29nov06 confirmed ex ER-YCE canx 24mar06<br />
Yak-42 4520422003019 EP-QFB Fars Air Qeshm THR 26nov06 confirmed ex ER-YCF canx 24mar06<br />
Y12 — B-3829 CFGAC XIA 02may06 l/n JJN 03nov06<br />
Y12E — B-3832 Ying’an Airlines 02oct05 seen at Guiyang<br />
Y12 — B-3840 Tri Star General.Avn. photo nov06<br />
Credits: Valery Afanasiev, Mornè Booij-Liewes, Dick Gilbert, Bob Holland, Herman de Joode, Vaclav Kudela, Andy Geary Stevens,<br />
Frank Tornow, Christian Waser, Endre Zsaludek, AviaMK, the photographers on Airliners.net, JetPhotos.net and PlanePictures.net,<br />
the Internet mailing lists, Dimitri Komissarov & Yefim Gordon (Polygon Press Publishing Ltd.), the editors of Soviet Transports, all<br />
those who prefer to stay anonymous and anybody I may have forgotten.<br />
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IL-18V CCCP-75722 was just<br />
half a year old when visiting<br />
Tripoli in October 1960, on<br />
the regular Moscow service.<br />
The aircraft later on was sold<br />
to the Aeroflot Letland<br />
directorate and eventually<br />
cancelled in 1976.<br />
An-12 CCCP-75622 without<br />
titles at Tripoli in November<br />
1960. It is said to have been<br />
enroute to Ghana where it<br />
may have become 9G-AAZ .<br />
Unfortunately, no photos are<br />
available to help determine<br />
if this is possible.<br />
Once more all historic<br />
photos on this page have<br />
been made by Allan Offer.<br />
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The stairs have just been<br />
rolled to IL-14P SU-ANE at<br />
Port Sudan in October 1962,<br />
to let the passengers<br />
disembark. This is the first<br />
and also last known report of<br />
this machine.<br />
Mi-4P CCCP-28997 was<br />
seen at Khartoum as early<br />
as December 1962, but<br />
entered the Soviet register at<br />
30 November 1963 after the<br />
African adventure. Presumably,<br />
this has been a reregistration<br />
after an earlier<br />
entry in the same register.
PH Register<br />
Newly registered aircraft:<br />
PH-AOF Airbus A330-203 801 KLM NV Amstelveen 06989 15dec06<br />
PH-BBN UltraMagic N-180 180/62 Ad Ballon Ballonvaarten BV Breda 06991 30nov06<br />
PH-EVY Dornier 328-100 3095 Elas Professional Services Network Valkenswaard 06989 12dec06<br />
PH-GBT Lindstrand LBL-150A 687 Flying Balloon Compagnie BV Oudehaske 06993 05dec06<br />
PH-HTA Robinson R22 Beta 1670 Air Charter Scotland (Holdings) Ltd Glasgow 06997 14dec06<br />
PH-MPP Boeing 747-412SF 24061 Martinair Holland NV Schiphol-Centrum 06985 23nov06<br />
PH-TAK Diamond DA42 Twin Star 42.190 Ned.Centrum voor Interim-Managem. Leidschendam 06994 11dec06<br />
PH-4A9 Air Cr. Mild GTE503S 132 Buitenhuis, A. Almere 20812 30nov06<br />
PH-9L1 Büttner Crazyplane III 8 Waalkens, A. Meppen 20813 07dec06<br />
PH-9U3 FlyCastell SMN 130 M2 2661 Jansen, M.L.P. Nieuwegein 20811 20nov06<br />
PH-193 Slingsby T30A Prefect 736 Stalpers, N. Alkmaar 06996 13dec06<br />
PH-356 Schleicher K-8B 8553 Roon, E. van Westmaas 06990 30nov06<br />
PH-1376 Schleicher Ka-6E 4272 Hatton, J.P. Noordwijk ZH 06992 30nov06<br />
Change of ownership:<br />
PH-2L8 Rodaro Storch ST11004304 Wubs, W.A. Musselkanaal 20363 08dec06<br />
PH-2V5 Tecnam P92 Echo 154 Tecnam Benelux BV Bant 20435 22nov06<br />
PH-2X3 TL-232 Condor 96C12 Klijn, M.A. Groningen 20454 21nov06<br />
PH-2Y2 Tecnam P92 Echo 206 Tecnam Benelux BV Bant 20465 23nov06<br />
PH-3M2 Tecnam P92-2000RG 015 Tecnam Benelux BV Bant 20596 23nov06<br />
PH-GRA Cessna F150L 1006 Polder Aviation BV Lelystad 02088 11dec06<br />
PH-LAW Cessna T310R 310R-0096 Holding Y.E.Slagboom BV Teuge 03697 30nov06<br />
PH-MYF Neico Lancair 360 244 Vervaeke, A.M.E. Harelbeke-Hulste 05391 24nov06<br />
PH-USH HOAC DV-20 Katana 20024 ZME VoF Utrecht 04807 01dec06<br />
PH-UWL Cessna 421C 421C-1234 Zurenborgh Beheer BV Heiloo 03608 11dec06<br />
Cancelled from register:<br />
PH-AVJ Fokker 50 20285 Aircraft Financing & Trading BV To Colombia. 04672 01dec06<br />
PH-BZH Boeing 767-306ER 27611 KLM NV To ET-AME. 05293 01dec06<br />
PH-CDJ Cameron N-133 3596 Wahle, T.A.J. C of A expired. 05099 04dec06<br />
PH-LXG Fokker 100 11420 Aircraft Financing & Trading BV To XA0LXG. 06864 10oct06<br />
PH-MXT Fokker 50 20300 Aircraft Financing & Trading BV To Colombia. 04792 21nov06<br />
PH-PRH Fokker 50 20200 Denim Air BV To VH-FNF. 04190 07dec06<br />
PH-RAK ATR42-300 032 Alkmaar Air Holding BV To South Africa. 06169 01dec06<br />
PH-SXB SOCATA TB-20 1857 BV Nationale Luchtvaartschool To Portugal. 05598 11oct06<br />
PH-TEZ Cessna T182T T182-08059 Alibrent BV To Italy. 06601 05dec06<br />
PH-1T9 UPM Funplane 1 870022 Laarakker, P.T. C of A expired. 20201 04dec06<br />
PH-2G5 Sky-Walker II 324 Kasemier, H. C of A expired. 20326 10oct06<br />
PH-9W1 Büttner Crazyplane III 70 ZN 2 Bal, J.B. C of A expired. 20711 04dec06<br />
PH-413 Schleicher K-8B 8808 Venlose Zweefvliegclub To Germany. 01604 23nov06<br />
PH-642 Eiri PIK-20D 20642 Aken, E.P.P.M. van To Germany. 02825 14dec06<br />
PH-768 Glaser-Dirks DG-300 3E110 Kroon, P.A. To UK. 03448 12dec06<br />
PH-850 Schneider LS-7WL 7005 Uvo BV To Germany. 03873 12oct06<br />
PH-949 Bölkow FS24 Phoenix T 403 Disma, J.A. To Austria. 04703 12oct06<br />
PH-1222 Schempp-H Nimbus 3T 92/26 Batenburg, P. To Denmark. 06018 23nov06<br />
Reservations:<br />
PH-4A6 Zenair CH601XL Zodiac 6-9575 Snuverink, J.H. 02oct06<br />
PH-4B1 Air Creation GTE 503S 111 Buitenhuis, A. Ex OO-C40. 24oct06<br />
PH-9J4 Fresh Breez Snap 100 108 Drayer, B.M. 14sep06<br />
PH-AUL Europa XS-trigear 591 Hagen, W.H.M.van & Ramaker, P.H.M 04sep06<br />
PH-ILA Cessna 560 560-0078 Solid-aiR Holding BV Ex D-CSUN. 27sep06<br />
PH-LNO Fokker 100 11351 - Ex 9N-AHN. 20sep06<br />
PH-MPQ Boeing 747-400BCF 24975 Martinair Holland BV Ex VT-AIQ. 05sep02<br />
PH-MPR Boeing 747-400BCF 24226 Martinair Holland BV Ex VT-AIE. 05sep02<br />
PH-MPS Boeing 747-400BCF 24066 Martinair Holland BV Ex VT-AIF. 05sep02<br />
PH-OEV UltraMagic M-160 Ballonvaartcentrum Van Manen BV 19oct06<br />
PH-WBZ Kubicek BB51Z 471 Rob Wiegers Ballonvaart BV 02oct06<br />
PH-1377 Schempp Duo Discus xT Haaff, F.P. van 31aug06<br />
Additions, corrections and news:<br />
PH-AOF Airbus A330-203 801 Ex F-WWYC.<br />
PH-BBN UltraMagic N-180 180/62 “Braun” and “NNS” advertisements.<br />
PH-EVY Dornier 328-100 3095 Ex G-CJAC, N328FA.<br />
PH-GBT Lindstrand LBL-150A 687 Ex PH-GBT.<br />
PH-HTA Robinson R22 Beta 1670 Ex PH-HTA, G-BTDI.<br />
PH-MPP Boeing 747-412SF 24061 Ex N733BA, N5573B, 9V-SMA.<br />
PH-2L9 Albatros AE-209 03 Became LN-YZO.<br />
PH-4A9 Air Cr. Mild GTE503S 132 Ex OO-C73.<br />
PH-193 Slingsby T30A Prefect 736 Ex PH-193.<br />
PH-356 Schleicher K-8B 8553 Ex PH-356.<br />
PH-415 Schleicher K-8B 8810 Became F-CHME.<br />
PH-1316 Schleicher ASW-20L 20415 Correction of type: ASW-20 was changed into ASW-20L (08dec06).<br />
Credits: IVW, Airnieuws, dutchballoonregister.nl.<br />
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Netherlands<br />
Kessel<br />
Last month there was a typo with the unmarked red<br />
MiG-23MF at Kessel, the constructionnumber (which was<br />
read) makes it the 20+09.<br />
Woensdrecht<br />
B-71 Bo105CB4 std, ex Teuge S.271 nov06<br />
The Bo105 is now with Stork/Fokker Services. It arrived on 14<br />
November 2006.<br />
Albania<br />
Sad news from this country. It announced that in 2007 a total<br />
of 36 aircraft will be scrapped. These should be eight<br />
MiG-15UTIs, six FT-5s, thirteen FT-6s, eight Y-5s and the<br />
sole remaining H-5.<br />
France<br />
Massy<br />
238/F-RAEE Falcon 20C i/a 238 jun06<br />
On 19 June the first of two Falcons arrived at the Air France<br />
Technical school at the Rue de Vilgénis, Massy. A third ex Air<br />
Force Falcon will go to the Thales technical school at Bonneuil-en-France.<br />
Saint Victoret<br />
119/ML MS760 pres, ex Istres 119 sep06<br />
1692/CUE SA319A pres, ex Pau 1692 sep06<br />
F-ZBDG SA316B pres, ex Nimes 1749 sep06<br />
F-GATQ SE3130 pres, ex F-ZBAE 1550 sep06<br />
For some two years CL-215 F-ZBBD (nose only) and F-ZBBV<br />
are preserved at Saint Victoret. A number of aircraft are now at<br />
a nearby sportshall and will be the basis of a new museum.<br />
For more information about the Canadair see http://<br />
pelican.46.free.fr<br />
Germany<br />
Hermeskeil<br />
(DD+380) F-84F stored, ex Mengen nov06<br />
The museum has confirmed that the Thunderstreak stored at<br />
the parking lot is the former Mengen aircraft (ex 51-1702).<br />
Ramstein<br />
In December F-16A J-245 (a former instructional airframe at<br />
Leeuwarden) was noted road running in the south of the<br />
Netherlands. It was heading for the NATO area at Ramstein<br />
were it will be preserved on a pole.<br />
Wrecks & Relics<br />
Since a few months the former Wernigerode G91T MM6356/60-56 is on display at the Irrland familypark at Twisteden. The<br />
identities of the An-2, Mi-2 and PZL101 at the same park are still unknown. (23 October 2006, Ron Bijsterboch)<br />
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Wernigerode<br />
“PQ+131” Alouette 2 pres, ex Dessau oct06<br />
The identity of the Alouette (cabin only) is still unknown, it<br />
might be 75+26.<br />
Italy<br />
Cameri<br />
MM53886 G82 pres 3 oct06<br />
The Fiat was noted with the Cameri collection on 6 October.<br />
Some parts were removed and replaced by transparent plastic<br />
covers. It needs urgent maintenance due its poor<br />
condition.<br />
Gallarate<br />
MM54443/61-50 MB339A i/a, ex Lecce 6602 nov06<br />
The MB339 arrived on 28 November at the Istituto Statale<br />
Istruzione Superiore (ISIS, a Technical School).<br />
Gioia del Colle<br />
MM54199/36-40 MB326 pres 6204 sep06<br />
The MB326 is preserved in the middle of a crossroad, just a<br />
few hunderd metres from the main gate of Gioia del Colle. It<br />
was officially inaugurated as a monument on 7 September.<br />
The code 36-40 reflects the 40th Anniversary of the presence<br />
of the 36°Stormo at Gioia del Colle. The MB326 is put on<br />
three concrete plynts over a mock-up runway.<br />
Roma<br />
An unidentified Starfighter coded 9-59 is preserved inside the<br />
Istituto Tecnico Industriale Galileo Galilei in Roma. The<br />
aircraft came from Grazzanise. See for some pictures and<br />
the location; http://www.itisgalilei-roma.it/<br />
Polen<br />
Krakow<br />
037 Yak-40 pres, ex Warszawa 9510238 dec06<br />
The Yak-40 arrived on 6 December 2006. The Muzeum<br />
Lotnictwa Polskiego is also expecting Su-22M-4 3005.<br />
Lapino Kartuskie<br />
6925 Mi-2URGP std, ex Inowroclaw 566925120 nov06<br />
6944 Mi-2URGP std, ex Inowroclaw 566944120 nov06<br />
Both Mi-2s were stored in a compound behind the gate at<br />
Inowroclaw. They are now part of the collection at Lapino<br />
Kartuskie which is some 15km from Pruszcz Gdanski. They<br />
also have a An-2, two TS-11s and a MiG-23.<br />
Credits; including Ronny Jansen, Mateusz Kabatek, Andrea<br />
Tassi and the several internet Forums.
Warbirds<br />
Italian military operating in Afghanistan made a remarkable recovery on a local scrap-yard, as mentioned in <strong>Scramble</strong> 323 -<br />
Page 61. Two relatively intact IMAM Ro-37bis biplanes, sixteen of which were delivered to the Afghan air force in 1937, were found<br />
and salvaged. Both aircraft have been transported to the Italian air force museum at Vigna di Valle, where they will be restored<br />
to static condition. (Kabul, September 2006, Mr. Halesz)<br />
Australia<br />
After an epic delivery flight from Red Deer, Canada, Douglas<br />
A-26C C-FPGP (c/n 29177) arrived at Brisbane Archerfield airport<br />
on 25 October 2006. On their 13,768 km long journey the<br />
crew encountered not only an earthquake but also a tropical<br />
cyclone. But despite its age (it was built in 1945 as USAAF<br />
44-35898) the Invader acted flawless during the 35 hours of<br />
flight. The aircraft that was operated as a fire-fighter (Tanker 2)<br />
in the past 35 years until it was retired in May 2005. The plane<br />
was acquired by Australian collector Randal McFarlane. He<br />
intends to restore the Invader to full military condition before it<br />
will be used in the Australian airshow circuit.<br />
Canada<br />
Vintage Wings of Canada (VWC) in Gatineau, Quebec, has<br />
announced the acquisition of four airframes for their<br />
collection; a Fairey Swordfish, a Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk IV, a<br />
Vought F4U-4 Corsair, and a De Havilland DH-83 Fox Moth.<br />
Swordfish C-GEVS arrived by truck on 31 October 2006, after a<br />
journey from Muirkirk, Ontario. VWC has been able to acquire<br />
the biplane from the Spence family, the previous owners. On 5<br />
September 1970 the aircraft was obtained by Bob Spence and<br />
Ed Sharpe during an auction, and restored to flying condition<br />
in the years that followed. C-GEVS was originally built as an<br />
Swordfish Mk.II but later delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy<br />
as a Mk.IV, HS554. VWC intends to fly this Swordfish from the<br />
summer of 2007.<br />
The Kittyhawk was built as a P-40N and is currently under<br />
restoration with Pioneer Aero in New Zealand. It is RAAF s/n<br />
A29-414, USAAF s/n 42-104827 and construction number<br />
28589. This airframe was operated by 78 Squadron (RNZAF).<br />
A29-414 crashed on landing in poor conditions at Tadji in New<br />
Guinea in 1944 and was abandoned. A29-414 was recovered<br />
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and shipped to Pioneer Aero in 2001 and the restoration<br />
commenced. The project has been acquired by VWC and the<br />
restoration, now well underway, will be completed Pioneer.<br />
VWC estimates the arrival of A29-414 at the hangar in 12 to 16<br />
months. VWC has decided to paint the aircraft in the markings<br />
of 260 squadron to recognize the remarkable exploits of<br />
Stocky Edwards who was a Flight Sergeant at the time and is<br />
now the highest scoring World War II fighter ace among living<br />
Canadians.<br />
The Corsair is a F4U-4 with Bureau Number 97359,<br />
construction number 9513 and is currently registered<br />
N240CA. In civilian life this Corsair was used in the filming of<br />
the television series “Ba Ba Black Sheep”. It was restored by<br />
Pacific Fighters in Idaho Falls, Idaho, from 1998 to 2002 and<br />
won the Grand Champion award at Oshkosh. The aircraft will<br />
spend the winter at Atlanta and Palm Beach and arrival at VWC<br />
is expected in the spring of 2007.<br />
Although not a warbird, we dare to mention the Fox Moth as it is<br />
a genuine historic aircraft. It has been acquired from Sir Tim<br />
Wallis of Wanaka, New Zealand. It is construction number<br />
4033 and is currently registered ZK-AEK. Originally built for the<br />
Prince of Wales (who later became King Edward VIII) in 1932,<br />
4033 was later used in commercial service in New Zealand<br />
and was abandoned in Fiji in 1957. The aircraft was recovered<br />
and restored by Colin Smith from 1993 to 1998 in the authentic<br />
colours it wore as the Prince of Wales’ airplane. It won the<br />
award as Reserve Grand Champion Antique at Oshkosh in<br />
1993. Wallis bought the DH83 soon afterwards and took it<br />
back to New Zealand. The DH83 Fox Moth has special<br />
Canadian interest since many DH83Cs were built in Toronto<br />
after war production came to an end and before the DHC-1<br />
Chipmunk started full production in 1948. The DH-83Cs were<br />
used extensively as bush planes in northern Canada. The
aircraft is currently being shipped from New Zealand and is<br />
expected in the VWC hangar shortly after Christmas. There<br />
are no plans to change the paint scheme.<br />
France<br />
Apache Aviation, well known for its simulations of antishipping<br />
activities against the French fleet, has announced<br />
the arrival of two Hawker Hunters from Northern Lights in Canada.<br />
They will replace the two Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatross<br />
aircraft that were used in the same roll until recently, but are<br />
considered to be too slow. One of the L-39s is destined to<br />
serve as a second spare aircraft for the Breitling Team, while<br />
the other will receive major overhaul in Estonia before<br />
possibly being disposed off. The Hunters, one of them being<br />
C-GZIB, offer favourable performance in relation to their costs.<br />
Apache Aviation presently has a four year contract with the<br />
Marine Nationale, so the Hunters will grace the French skies<br />
for a number of years to come.<br />
On 24 October 2006 well-known French Flying Fortress<br />
F-AZDX “Pink Lady” moved to a new home at Saint-Yan. Untill<br />
that date the B-17, owned by the “Association de la Fortesse<br />
Toujours Volante”, had been based at Paris-Orly airport.<br />
Netherlands<br />
The Dutch “Yakkes Formation” well known for their<br />
demonstrations with three Yak-52s have added another,<br />
privately owned, Yak to their flight. Newcomer is Yak-50<br />
F-AZYO “Sasha”. The Yakkes formation has also announced<br />
that they will start demo-flying together with “Texan Team”<br />
AT-6A-NT N13FY (“16544/FY”) in the coming airshow season.<br />
United Kingdom<br />
A slip of the pen in Sramble 331: in our topic on the move of<br />
Spitfire TE184, a Mk XVIe, an incorrect registration was given: it<br />
should be addressed as G-MXVI instead of G-MKVI. Our<br />
apologies…. Other Spitfire movements around Duxford<br />
include the departure of Mk XIVe G-BSKP (RN201) to<br />
Kissimmee in the USA. In return Tom Blair’s Spitfire Mk IX<br />
PL344 (N644TB) will leave the USA for Duxford.<br />
RLM Aviation director Glenn Lacey has announced that his<br />
rare collection of German aircraft has found a new home with<br />
well known Shuttleworth based collector Peter Holloway.<br />
Focke-Wulf Fw44 Steiglitz G-STIG and Bucker 181 Bestmann<br />
G-GLSU will, at the time of reading, have arrived at Old Warden.<br />
Klemm Kl 35D N5050, whilst also airworthy, will be<br />
transported by road pending UK Registration and issue of<br />
CofA. Fieseler Fi156 Storch G-STCH, a well advanced project,<br />
will reside in the museum initially before entering the workshops<br />
when space becomes available. It will then be<br />
completed on a full time basis as a ‘living exhibit’. The work is<br />
expected to take at least a year. The airworthy machines are<br />
the sole representatives of their type in the UK. They are in<br />
magnificent ‘factory new’ condition and will make a fantastic<br />
addition to the Shuttleworth Collections displays in 2007. No<br />
decisions have been made with regard to the various other<br />
projects acquired, with the exception of G-MESS Nord 1101<br />
(Messerschmitt 208) which has been sold to a UK buyer.<br />
United States of America<br />
If you like P-51 Mustangs (and who doesn’t?) you should visit<br />
the “Gathering of Mustangs and Legends” which will be held<br />
from 27 September to 30 September 2007 in Columbus,<br />
Ohio. More than two-third of the world’s 150 flyable P-51s is<br />
expected at the event, which will also honour 51 legendary<br />
figures involved with the historical fighter… And, in case you<br />
prefer jetfighters, you still should go, as the Thunderbirds will<br />
also perform.<br />
The B-29/B-24 Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force has<br />
begun restoring the CAF’s B-24/LB-30, N24927,c/n AM-927,<br />
“Diamond Lil” to its originally-intended B-24A bomber<br />
configuration. Squadron members have done extensive research<br />
into the airplane’s history and discovered that it was<br />
originally part of an order of B-24As for the United States Army<br />
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Air Corps. However, the British desperately needed a longrange<br />
bomber for use in coastal patrols and defense and<br />
Consolidated received permission to divert 20 planes from<br />
the Army Air Corps order to the British. The CAF’s plane was<br />
one of those. The decision to reconfigure “Diamond Lil” was<br />
made in early October by the elected staff of the B-29/B-24<br />
Squadron. Work began 31 October 2006. The nose has been<br />
removed and sent off for new glass. The wooden cabinets in<br />
the cockpit have been removed to make way for the original<br />
navigation station. All of the floorboards have been removed<br />
from the bomb bay area so that bomb bay doors can be<br />
simulated. The radio operator’s floor has been lowered to its<br />
original position, and the right-hand waist gunner’s position<br />
has been exposed. Work has started on raising the floor on<br />
the waist gunner’s position, and on fabricating the tail gun. An<br />
official unveiling of the B-24 has been scheduled for 12 May<br />
2007 during a Twin Tails Fly-In to be held at CAF Headquarters<br />
in Midland, TX.<br />
On 5 December 2006 The Flying Heritage Collection,<br />
featuring rare World War II and Cold War-era aircraft acquired<br />
and restored to flying condition by investor and philanthropist<br />
Paul G.Allen, announced that it will move its facility from<br />
Seattle to Paine Field. The Collection has signed a lease with<br />
the Snohomish County Airport to locate its aircraft and<br />
artefacts to a 51,000 square-foot hanger on the Southeast<br />
side of the airport. Renovation of the hanger, which, in part, will<br />
allow for more of the Collection to be displayed at once, will<br />
take place over the next six months. The Collection is slated to<br />
open its doors at Paine Field in the summer of 2007.The new<br />
10-year lease with Snohomish County at Paine Field will allow<br />
future growth for the Flying Heritage Collection and meet<br />
increased demands for public viewing. The Collection will<br />
continue its “flying day” program at its new facility at Paine<br />
Field, allowing the public to watch these vintage aircraft in<br />
action. Flying Heritage Collection’s new facility is slated to<br />
open in the summer of 2007. Until that time, public tours will<br />
continue to be offered on Fridays and Saturdays at its current<br />
facility in Arlington.<br />
The Wichita-built Boeing B-29, ”Doc”, which has been under<br />
restoration at Boeing Integrated Defense Systems in Wichita<br />
since 2000, will be moved to the Kansas Aviation Museum<br />
near the end of January 2007. The Superfortress will be put on<br />
display outdoors for museum visitors. Volunteers, many of<br />
them retired Boeing workers who built more than 1644 of the<br />
Wichita B-29s during World War II, have been working for<br />
seven years to restore the plane. Plans are to complete fuel<br />
cell and engine restoration and return the plane to flying<br />
condition. Several locations in Kansas, Texas and Florida,<br />
have been competing to be the home base for “Doc” when it is<br />
fully restored. The United States Aviation Museum in Wickliffe,<br />
Ohio, the actual owner, has chosen the Kansas museum, that<br />
will begin an effort to get an interim shelter built for “Doc”. They<br />
are planning to launch a capital campaign to complete<br />
restoration of the main building and build a 40,000-squarefoot<br />
hangar that could house “Doc” and other vintage aircraft<br />
and provide space for volunteers to do restoration projects.<br />
Updates<br />
A-26C<br />
C-GXGY reg canx. to USA 28987 nov06<br />
A-26C-50-DT<br />
C-FPGP to R.McFarlane 29177 oct06<br />
Brisbane,Archerfield<br />
Beaver AL1<br />
G-DHCB reg canx: to Canada oct06<br />
Bulldog 120/125<br />
G-CCZE regs canx. to USA BH120/417 nov06<br />
G-CCZF regs canx. to USA BH120/433 nov06<br />
Bulldog srs 100<br />
N432BD to William Looke 101/163 nov06<br />
N7507P new in database 101/138 sep06
Bulldog T1<br />
F-AZTV/04 XX664 ex G-CBCT BH120/322 sep06<br />
Chipmunk T10<br />
G-BVWP WP856 to USA C1/0741 dec06<br />
CJ6A<br />
C-FGCJ Victoria Air Maintenance Ltd .4632022 nov06<br />
C-GYMK new in database 4632021 dec06<br />
VH-NNG new in database 4432005 nov06<br />
ZS-ECE to G.P.Dyne 4832003 nov06<br />
DH115<br />
N94019 15621 oct06<br />
DH82A<br />
G-AMTF T7842 ex OO-TMW 84207 nov06<br />
ZS-BTP Floats Aviation 636 nov06<br />
ZS-DNP Marshall Eagle Avn 4695 nov06<br />
DHC-1-200<br />
G-UANO 1367 ex G-BYYW OGMA-57 oct06<br />
F7F-3P<br />
G-RUMT/WT-4 Bu 80425 reg canx. to USA C.167 oct06<br />
Hunter F58<br />
G-HHAD/J-4058 lsd to RAF as ZZ191 41H-697425 oct06<br />
G-HHAE/J-4066 lsd to RAF as ZZ190 41H-697433 oct06<br />
Hurricane Mk.IV<br />
C-FTPM ex KZ321, G-HURY nov06<br />
L-18C<br />
G-BLLO/L25 c/n update 18-3099 sep03<br />
L-29<br />
N6829D to Hamilton Enterprises 893141 oct06<br />
N9196N to Gould Investment Mgmy 591330 oct06<br />
ZS-DNX to Meeca Project 892850 nov06<br />
L-39<br />
N13040 to T Rowe Int.LLC 432903 oct06<br />
N139AF to Gould Investment Mgmt 532526 nov06<br />
N555PT ex N61PA 232423<br />
N656DT ex N39BK 433149 jun06<br />
L-39C<br />
N139TH reg canx. 432820 nov06<br />
The following Albatrosses are registered to a new owner:<br />
N139TS Angel Trading Inc. 934875 nov06<br />
N39MX TFH Aviation 1 931532 nov06<br />
N77HG Soviet War Jet Inc. 931341 jun01<br />
N8124N CSC Enterprises. 330211 oct02<br />
N9019F T Rowe Int.LLC 031620 oct06<br />
L-39ZA<br />
N403ZA to L-39 LLC <strong>332</strong>635 sep06<br />
N7511Q to T28 Inc. 2424 sep06<br />
MH1521<br />
C-GJKG rgd to Ferme Fairview Inc. 21 nov06<br />
C-GRBL rgd to J.A.Troy 5C nov06<br />
Mi-24D<br />
N118NX rgd to 118 LLC 150153 oct06<br />
N120NX rgd to 120 LLC 110155 oct06<br />
MS760<br />
N760JS ex N626TC 88 nov06<br />
N761JS Airborne Turbine Ltd 82 dec06<br />
N761X ex N370AS 30 sep06<br />
N763JS Airborne Turbine Ltd 92 dec06<br />
N764JS Airborne Turbine Ltd 93 dec06<br />
N765JS Airborne Turbine Ltd 94 dec06<br />
N87NY to Earl L. Small 87 oct06<br />
N97PJ reg canx 97 dec06<br />
Nimrod II<br />
G-BURZ/K3661 L7181 ff after restoration nov06<br />
P-51<br />
C-GMUS reg canx: to USA F753 nov06<br />
www.scramble.nl/wiki<br />
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P-51D-20-NA<br />
G-CEBW Classic Underwriters Ltd. 122-38640 jul06<br />
PBY-5A<br />
C-GFFC reg canx. to USA 013 oct06<br />
Proctor I<br />
ZK-DPP ex VH-BCX K305 nov06<br />
RB-26C<br />
C-FTFB reg canx. to USA 28723 nov06<br />
Sea Fire F XV<br />
N9413Z ex Burmese AF UB415 CO 9675 oct06<br />
Sea Harrier FA2<br />
N94422 to Nalls Aviation Inc. 912002/DB2 nov06<br />
Spitfire Mk IX<br />
N94141 ex Burmese AF UB424 CBAF IX3128 oct06<br />
N94147 ex Burmese AF UB425 oct06<br />
N94149 ex Burmese AF UB441 oct06<br />
Spitfire XIV<br />
G-BSKP RN201 reg canx 6S-663417 nov06<br />
Strikemaster Mk84<br />
VH-AKY ex RSAF 315 reg canx. EEP/JP/1935 nov06<br />
T-28B<br />
ZU-RCT/138266 ex HB-RCT 200-337 nov06<br />
T-2C<br />
N59CV new reg 158313<br />
TS-11<br />
N719J Corporate Aircraft PartnersInc 1H0718 sep06<br />
N902BB Corporate Aircraft PartnersInc 2H0902 oct06<br />
Yak-18T<br />
ZK-SSR ex LY-ATL 07-40 nov06<br />
Yak-50<br />
F-AZYO Yakkes Foundation nov06<br />
Yak-52<br />
G-IUII ex RA-1281K 9111604 dec06<br />
ZK-YAQ new reg 844515 nov06<br />
ZS-CWO to M.R.Beresford 800910 nov06<br />
Credits: Aeronews, AMCAR, Apache Aviation, Flypast, Phylis<br />
Jacobs Griekspoor, Mike Henniger<br />
A warbird type that can only be seen on the Australian continent<br />
is this CAC CA-13 Boomerang VH-MHR “Suzy Q” (c/n<br />
945) As mentioned in <strong>Scramble</strong> 329, Page 81, this former<br />
RAAF fighter A46-122, was restored to flying condition by<br />
Matt Denning during a seventeen year period. He recently<br />
donated his Boomerang to the Temora Aviation Museum<br />
which is more than happy to receive a specimen of this<br />
Australian designated fighter type, until this date missing in<br />
their collection. (Temora, 16 September 2006, Darryl Gibbs)
Dustpan & Brush Stoffer & Blik<br />
On 2 December 2006, this huge helicopter crashed into a mountain ridge during its flight from Kandahar to Tarin Kowt (Uruzgan<br />
province). The Mi-26TS RA-29112 was chartered by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) but belonged to Vertikal<br />
T. In March 2006, the helicopter arrived in Afghanistan after a detachment period in Sudan where it flew in support of the African<br />
Union Cease Fire Commission (AUCFC). These titels were still carried on this picture. (Kabul , March 2006, Stephan de Bruijn)<br />
Editorial<br />
Welcome to the first Dustpan & Brush section - formerly<br />
known as Stoffer & Blik - in English. Stoffer & Blik is Dutch (yes,<br />
we know you figured that out) and literally means brush and<br />
dustpan. It has been the name of our aircraft accidents and<br />
incidents, crashes if you like, section for many years. In this<br />
part of <strong>Scramble</strong> you can find a monthly in depth overview of<br />
both recent and old aircraft accidents and incidents, military<br />
and civil, from all over the world. The items are sequenced by<br />
the date of the mishap and include aircraft type, construction<br />
number, operator, location and the fate of the aircraft involved<br />
as well as a brief description of the circumstances of the mishap.<br />
We do not maintain an officially definition of aircraft<br />
accidents and incidents but use the terms rather loosely.<br />
What is included in Dustpan & Brush and what is excluded?<br />
For military accidents and incident the rules are quite simple:<br />
almost everything is included. Almost, because we can’t pretend<br />
to know everything and really minor mishaps with hardly<br />
any damage is in our view not worthwhile reporting. Most<br />
small UAVs are not covered when they don’t pass the criteria<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> maintains. Civil aviation is a different matter. We do<br />
try to cover all General Aviation accidents and incidents in the<br />
Netherlands and Belgium, including micro lights, but simply<br />
can’t cover every single engine aircraft crash worldwide. The<br />
shear volume of General Aviation mishaps worldwide,<br />
especially in the United States, makes it impossible to cover<br />
these completely. However, some small plane crashes are<br />
included because they are worthwhile to mention for various<br />
reasons, like collisions, and high profile crashes to name a<br />
few. Some of the types and categories we do not cover are civil<br />
Robinson R22s/R44s, crop dusters, micro lights, home build<br />
experimental aircraft, gliders, balloons, you get the idea.<br />
Heavier singles like the Piper PA-46 Malibu, Cessna 208 Caravan<br />
and warbirds like the venerable Spitfire and Mustang are<br />
covered. Aircraft with two engines or more are normally always<br />
included. Normally, because minor incidents with hardly any<br />
or minor damage are not covered. For example, a Beech 58<br />
Baron who kisses the runway in Nowhere City after a not so<br />
soft landing, suffers a gear failure and is barely damaged and<br />
definitely will be easily repaired is not included.<br />
Our definition of write-off and damaged is quite liberal. The<br />
simple version is like this: write-off means it will never fly again<br />
(destroyed or damaged beyond repair), damaged means it<br />
will most likely be repaired and fly again some day. If not, we<br />
will mention it.<br />
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Last but not least, we maintain an online database that is<br />
accessible and contains more than 40.000 entries and is<br />
growing continuously. Take a look at www.scramble.nl/sb.htm<br />
Additions & Corrections:<br />
In this part additions and corrections to earlier issues are<br />
listed on a date sequence whereby the new information or<br />
changes are underscored and sometimes explained in text<br />
with reference to the initial and or subsequent <strong>Scramble</strong><br />
publication issue number(s) for reference.<br />
22jul77 XC-GOR Bell 205A-1 PEMEX 30168 rep<br />
See 25 July 1997 a bit further down this column. This one was<br />
not w/o on the above date. See <strong>Scramble</strong> 331.<br />
23dec82 . . . . /ATL Gazelle ALAT/2 RHC w/o<br />
In a very old database we had this one only as crashed at<br />
Mühlheim, Germany with two killed. The full callsign was<br />
F-MATL and the helicopter hit an unmarked power line at<br />
Mühlheim near Tuttlingen. We still don’t know the military<br />
registration though.<br />
02apr87 CCCP-76679 IL-76MD Soviet AF 0063467014 w/o<br />
02apr87 CCCP-76685 IL-76MD Soviet AF 0063468037 w/o<br />
The registrations of these IL-76s have been found out only<br />
recently. Both were operated by military unit 22528 Soviet Air<br />
Force at Dzhankoi Air Base and collided in mid-air over the<br />
Crimea while practicing formation flight at night. The two<br />
aircraft exploded and crashed into Lake Sivash. All eight crew<br />
perished. See <strong>Scramble</strong> 253.<br />
26feb97 JT066 Jaguar IT Indian AF w/o<br />
25jul97 LX-HFZ Bell 205A-1 Heli Europe 30168 rep<br />
The Bell was not w/o on this date. It was repaired and became<br />
C-FBYU with Heli-Excel in the Canadian register.<br />
23mar99163246/TT-23 SH-60B USN/HSL-43 rep<br />
This SH-60B is repaired and back in the air with HSL-51 and<br />
modex TA-710. See <strong>Scramble</strong> 257.<br />
22mar00 NAF914 C-130H Nigerian AF 4649dam<br />
28jul00 RA-24454 Mi-8T Komiaviatrans98628334 w/o<br />
See <strong>Scramble</strong> 291 en 285.<br />
01jan02 9211 F-15S RSAF/92sq1293/SA036w/o<br />
See <strong>Scramble</strong> 273.<br />
30may02 89-26201/PDHH-60G USAF/304th RQS70.1424 rep<br />
Believe it or not, this is the Pave Hawk that crashed and rolled<br />
on the slopes high on Mount Hood (OR) during a rescue
mission gone bad. Even though the aircraft rolled several<br />
times, it was in snow and was not damaged that heavily. It has<br />
been repaired and is now back in service with 55th RQS at<br />
Davis Monthan AFB (AZ). See <strong>Scramble</strong> 277.<br />
25oct03 95-26653 UH-60L US Army/B/3-158th AVN 70-2178 w/o<br />
This Blackhawk with B Company War Eagles was shot down<br />
by an SA-16 near Tikrit, Iraq. See <strong>Scramble</strong> 295.<br />
01nov04 C2084 MiG-21bis Indian AF w/o<br />
See <strong>Scramble</strong> 308.<br />
01jul05 N804JH PA-46-500TP Twin Landfill4697044rep<br />
To our surprise this Malibu Meridian was repaired after the<br />
incident at Fremont County Airport (CO). Have a look however<br />
in this section at 30 November 2006. See <strong>Scramble</strong> 315.<br />
09oct05 86-0264/FM F-16CUSAF/93rd FS ARes5C-370dam<br />
It was not 88-0404/FM that was damaged at Balad Air Base on<br />
the above date. We are now after the date 404 was damaged<br />
at the same base. It was 86-0264/FM and the left main landing<br />
gear (MLG) tire failed during landing and the Fighting Falcon<br />
eventually departed the runway causing the left MLG to<br />
collapse. See a photo of 404 <strong>Scramble</strong> 322 - Page 70.<br />
20oct05 03-4045/FF F-22A USAF/27th FS 4045dam<br />
See <strong>Scramble</strong> 324.<br />
27dec05U720/20 Kiran HJT-16 Mk1 Indian AF/ASTE w/o<br />
See <strong>Scramble</strong> 321.<br />
21jun06 786-210 Bell 412EP Pakistan Army 36347 w/o<br />
See <strong>Scramble</strong> 326.<br />
10jul06 05 red Tu-134A Russian Navy 63875 w/o<br />
Earlier we reported this Tupolev as carring code 05 “orange”<br />
but the code was in fact 05 “red”. See <strong>Scramble</strong> 328.<br />
12aug06 HP- . . . . G-II Ciro World 68 w/o<br />
This Gulfstream crashed at Torcorama, Colombia after being<br />
fired upon by the Colombian Air Force. Former N308EE and<br />
N308EL. See <strong>Scramble</strong> 328.<br />
18aug06 765 Super Lynx Mk120 Oman AF/3sq 450 w/o<br />
See <strong>Scramble</strong> 329 en 328.<br />
14sep06 91-0337/SP F-16CJ USAF/22nd FS CC-35 w/o<br />
The accident investigation board determined 1st Lt. Trevor<br />
Merrell clipped an airfield antenna while trying to make a landing<br />
at homebase Spangdahlem, Germany causing a landing<br />
gear malfunction and forcing the pilot eventually to safely bail<br />
out before the jet crashed. The jet plowed into a grassy field<br />
four miles north of the base. The board concluded that a<br />
“visual illusion” of the southwest end of Spangdahlem’s<br />
runway contributed. Spangdahlem’s airfield has known visual<br />
illusions that are uncommon to most Air Force bases. The<br />
approach at the southwest end has an upslope, making the<br />
pilot think he is approaching the runway too high, the board<br />
said. The antenna will now be removed. See <strong>Scramble</strong> 329.<br />
26sep06 63-8886 KC-135R USAF/376th AEW18734 w/o<br />
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26sep06 EX-85718 Tu-154M Kyrgyzstan Airlines91A900 dam<br />
A Kyrgyz state commission has conviently concluded that the<br />
crew of the 92nd ARW KC-135R were responsible for the<br />
collision with Altyn Air Tu-154M at Bishkek-Manas International<br />
Airport, Kyrgyzstan, as they had landed on the wrong runway.<br />
Hmmm, very strange because the departing Tupolev hit the<br />
Stratotanker after it landed and was vacating the runway.<br />
Bishkek has only one runway, 08-26 and all facilities are on<br />
one side, south of the runway. 19 December 2006 the<br />
Secretary of the Air Force, Office of Public Affairs revenged with<br />
a press release containing the results of its own investigation<br />
into the collision. The accident investigation board determined<br />
that the accident was caused by the Kyrgyzaeronavigation<br />
air traffic controller who cleared the Tupolev for take-off<br />
without verifying that the KC-135R was clear of the runway. In<br />
addition to the air traffic controller, the AIB found evidence of<br />
several contributing factors involving the KC-135R aircrew,<br />
conflicting published airport notices, and a tower liaison<br />
employed by the US Government to facilitate communication<br />
between the tower and US aircrews. Although the AIB found<br />
the air traffic controller primarily at fault, the KC-135R crew and<br />
tower liaison shared responsibility for ensuring the KC-135R<br />
cleared the runway to a safe location following landing. The<br />
accident might have been avoided had any of them exercised<br />
better awareness of their situation. See <strong>Scramble</strong> 330 en 329.<br />
28sep06 HW-335 Hawk Mk51 Finnish AF/HävLv 41312232w/o<br />
The crash of the Finnish Air Force Hawk in late September<br />
was caused by birds sucked into the engine, the accident<br />
investigation board has concluded. The Hawk flew through a<br />
flock of wigeons at a height of about 100 metres after the<br />
engine failed and the pilot ejected. See <strong>Scramble</strong> 330.<br />
29sep06 PR-GTD B737-8EH Gol 34653 w/o<br />
29sep06 N600XL EMB135BJ ExelAire 14500965dam<br />
Brazilian police officially charged two ExelAire Legacy 600<br />
pilots with endangering aircraft safety in the 29 September<br />
2006 midair collision with a Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes<br />
Boeing 737, a serious criminal charge that could land the US<br />
citizens in a Brazilian prison for up to twelve years if they are<br />
convicted. According to a leaked report, the Legacy’s<br />
transponder was turned off for at least fifty minutes before the<br />
crash and turned on two minutes after, but the report does not<br />
determine whether the pilots or the instrument itself failed.<br />
The charges came the same week the pilots, Joseph Lepore<br />
and Jan Paladino, finally were given back their confiscated US<br />
passports and allowed to leave Brazil for the first time since<br />
the accident to return to their families and homes in New York<br />
on 9 December 2006. But they apparently will have to go back<br />
to Brazil for the trial, for which the starting date has not been<br />
determined. Parts of the accident investigation report that<br />
have been released said the Legacy pilots attempted to contact<br />
air traffic control nineteen times in the eight minutes prior<br />
to the crash without success. The mostly military Brazilian ATC<br />
has come under increasing scrutiny. Airlines in Brazil also<br />
This French produced SA330L Puma of the Romanian Air Force crashed during a training flight on 24 October 2006. As we didn’t<br />
know the serial up to now (see <strong>Scramble</strong> 330 - Page 79) we mentioned the type as IAR-330, which is incorrect. Puma 03 of Baza<br />
90 Aeriana Otopeni crashed in the Golesti lake near Pitesti, 140 kilometers north of Bucarest. Sadly the crew of three were killed<br />
during the crash. (Otopeni, 27 July 2006, Thijs van der Laken)
have been affected by controllers staging work slowdowns to<br />
protest poor work hours and low pay. See <strong>Scramble</strong> 330.<br />
29sep06 YV-1403 An-26 Manang Air rep<br />
Although initially we received a report that the aircraft might<br />
have been damaged beyond repair it has been noted flying<br />
again since. See <strong>Scramble</strong> 330.<br />
24oct06 03 SA330L Romanian AF 1322 w/o<br />
This was a French produced Puma and not an IAR example.<br />
19nov06 CH-47 Iran Army w/o<br />
In all the reporting about the Iranian An-74 crash we a picked<br />
up the following item: The crash comes just over a week after<br />
an Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation Meridionali CH-47<br />
Chinook transport helicopter crashed during a training<br />
exercise on 19 November. We reported earlier an unknown<br />
military helicopter type crash 18 November near Najafabad,<br />
Iran. See <strong>Scramble</strong> 331.<br />
Old accidents:<br />
Now and then we discover new information that either has<br />
never been published before or is just new to us. The term<br />
‘old’ means ‘before 1979’, the first year we started publishing.<br />
05aug65 0208 TS-11 1H-0208 w/o<br />
The following old Polish Air Force PZL TS-11 Iskra crashes are<br />
all new data that our databases did not cover yet. They all<br />
belonged to 60 LPSz at Radom airbase an took place in<br />
Poland. The first one had an engine failure after a bird strike<br />
near Radom. The emergency landing went wrong when electricity<br />
lines where struck. Cadet Andrzej Antkiewicz was killed.<br />
23sep65 0207 TS-11 1H-0207 dam<br />
A fuel system failure in Cadet Michal Paniutycz’s Iskra caused<br />
the engine to stop. He landed in an unsettled area seven<br />
kilometres southeast from Ilza. The aircraft from 60 LPSz was<br />
damaged and possibly scrapped.<br />
29mar66 0205 TS-11 1H-0205 dam<br />
During take-off at Radom airbase Lt. Henryk Sienkiewicz was<br />
unable to steer the aircraft due to strong vibrations. He aborted<br />
the take-off and the Iskra stopped outside the airbase. The<br />
aircraft was damaged and possibly scrapped.<br />
02sep66 0320 TS-11 1H-0320 w/o<br />
Cadet Stanislaw Zaba experienced an engine failure. He<br />
managed to land in fields near Jasieniec but he sustained<br />
serious injuries. The aircraft was destroyed.<br />
06jun67 0110 TS-11 1H-0110 w/o<br />
During a night training flight two Iskras collided eight<br />
kilometres south from Radom. Captain Kazimierz Chojnacki<br />
and Cadet Leszek Tyla ejected successfully. Captain<br />
Wladyslaw Koszalka and Cadet Andrzej Szczupak bailed out<br />
manually from their burning aircraft after an ejection seat<br />
failure.<br />
06jun67 0218 TS-11 1H-0218 w/o<br />
see story same date<br />
03aug67 0322 TS-11 1H-0322 dam<br />
Cadet Jacek Zawitowski lost orientation during a solo flight.<br />
When he ran out of fuel he landed his Iskra in fields near<br />
Sulow 139 kilometres from the Radom airbase. The aircraft<br />
was damaged and possibly scrapped.<br />
10oct67 0216 TS-11 1H-0216 w/o<br />
Just before rotation at Radom airbase the engine of this Iskra<br />
caught fire. The aircraft burned on the runway, Cadet Jerzy<br />
Stroba survived.<br />
23apr68 0213 TS-11 1H-0213 w/o<br />
Cadet Henryk Janczewski made a hard right turn exceeding<br />
the maximum Angle of attack. That caused the aircraft to spin<br />
at low altitude into the ground near Wsola. Henryk was killed.<br />
06may69 0215 TS-11 1H-0215 w/o<br />
Misunderstanding the instructions in Russian from the approach<br />
controller Capt. Henryk Skrocki descended too low on<br />
approach. He tried to pull up but the aircraft stalled and struck<br />
the ground 450 meters before the runway at Radom airbase.<br />
05oct69 0405 TS-11 1H-0405 dam<br />
Maj. Albin Kossek’s engine experienced a failure while<br />
performing aerobatics. He made a belly landing at Kielce airfield.<br />
The aircraft was damaged and possibly scrapped.<br />
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20may70 0202 TS-11 1H-0202 w/o<br />
Ice built-up on the air intakes caused fuel to be burnt outside<br />
the engine. The crew, Capt. Stanislaw Cisinski and Cadet<br />
Zenon Ziemkiewicz, recognized the flames incorrectly as an<br />
engine fire and ejected to safety near Czazow.<br />
16oct71 0615 TS-11 1H-0615 w/o<br />
Cadet Andrzej Stachurski ejected successfully after an engine<br />
failure just after take-off. The Iskra crashed about two<br />
kilometres from Radom airbase.<br />
11apr72 0506 TS-11 1H-0506 dam<br />
Captain Idzi Skapski made a belly landing in a field near Nowa<br />
Wies after an engine failure. The Iskra was damaged and<br />
possibly scrapped.<br />
10jun72 0504 TS-11 1H-0504 dam<br />
Cadet Jan Ficerman experienced an engine failure just after<br />
take-off from Radom airbase. He managed a belly landing in a<br />
field just outside the base. His Iskra was damaged and<br />
possibly scrapped.<br />
03sep74 0410 TS-11 1H-0410 w/o<br />
Cadet Andrzej Szelka While was returning to base after his<br />
final check flight. He struck the ground near Pionki at 700<br />
kilometres per hour. He had not reported any problems earlier.<br />
10mar77 CCCP-24380 Ka-26 7605812 w/o<br />
Shortly after take-off from Rzhevka, Soviet Union in adverse<br />
weather, this Aeroflot Kamov was unable to gain enough altitude<br />
to clear an airport building. During an evasive manoeuvre<br />
the co-axial rotors collided. The helicopter crashed not far<br />
from the airport perimeter and burnt out killing the pilot.<br />
New accidents:<br />
The main body of the section. Self-explanatory, however, these<br />
are all mishaps that happened after 1979, the first year we<br />
started publishing. The majority is last month’s mishaps. As a<br />
final note new data from publications like Soviet Transports<br />
and US Military Aircraft Mishaps is not copied into the section<br />
but will find its way into the database. Newly discovered or<br />
researched information, additions and corrections on the<br />
subject is of course shared in Dustpan & Brush.<br />
16jun79 CCCP-44920 An-2T 1G24-20 w/o<br />
This Aeroflot Antonov was stolen by a drunken 24-year old pilot<br />
at night in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in the Soviet Union.<br />
During a low altitude turn the An-2 stalled and crashed. The<br />
aircraft ended nose down almost inverted against a house.<br />
The pilot miraculously survived with only minor injures.<br />
12aug79 CCCP-19318 Ka-26 7203107 w/o<br />
During a training flight from Rzhevka, Soviet Union this Aeroflot<br />
Kamov landed hard. The left main gear collapsed and the<br />
helicopter rolled over to its left side. Debris from the rotor<br />
blades damaged the tank, the helicopter caught fire and burnt<br />
out. The pilot somehow escaped but was unfortunately killed<br />
later in the crash of Tu-154M RA-85185 on 22 August 2006.<br />
07aug81 0607 TS-11 1H-0607 w/o<br />
Cadet Miroslaw Bartkowiak was killed when his PWL aircraft<br />
struck the ground at low altitude ten kilometres from Radom.<br />
29jul82 1717 TS-11 3H-1717 w/o<br />
The pilot exceeded the maximum angle of attack and his PWL<br />
Iskra entered a spin near Jasieniec. Cadet Zbigniew<br />
Szczepanski did not try to eject and was killed.<br />
01aug83 XC-PFQ Bell 206B-3 3559 w/o<br />
The following Mexican Air Force and Policia Federal de<br />
Caminos Jet- and LongRangers have all been destroyed in<br />
accidents of which details except the location are unknown.<br />
This one was lost in Cuernavaca, Mexico.<br />
24sep85 0708 TS-11 1H-0708 w/o<br />
Second Lieutenant Jerzy Trzaszczka and Cadet Miroslaw<br />
Lusiarczyk experienced an engine failure on approach to<br />
Radom airbase. Both ejected successfully.<br />
11feb86 XC-PFJ Bell 206B-3 3436 w/o<br />
Destroyed in accident in Temaxcaleper, Mexico.<br />
26jun86 0212 TS-11 1H-0212 w/o<br />
This Iskra suffered an engine failure near Radom airbase.<br />
Cadet Robert Augustynowicz ejected successfully.
30jan87 I-22 w/o<br />
Lt.Col. Jerzy Bachta was killed in an unknown PZL M-93K Iryda<br />
with 60 LPSz during a test flight near Ilza in Poland. Specially<br />
designed rockets were launched for flutter activation, it ended<br />
with a crash.<br />
15jun87 0105 TS-11 1H-0105 w/o<br />
After an engine failure near Przejazd student Cadet Dariusz<br />
Borowiec was ordered to eject. Pieces from the canopy and<br />
ejection seat struck his instructor Lt.Col. Kazimierz Cisinski.<br />
He was unable to eject and was killed.<br />
01aug87 0724 TS-11 1H-0724 w/o<br />
A hydraulic system failure caused the flaps to extend<br />
asymmetrically. The aircraft made a sudden roll and struck the<br />
ground near Klwatka. Cadet Mieczyslaw Wojtas was killed.<br />
14mar90 AV-8B w/o<br />
Supposedly, VMA-542 at MCAS Iwakuni lost a Harrier in the<br />
ocean 36 kilometers north-northeast of Iheyajima Island,<br />
Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The Jumpjet was flying from<br />
Kadena AB, Okinawa Prefecture, to South Korea. We say<br />
supposedly because we are not “missing” any AV-8s that<br />
might be candidates for the crash. We’ll keep you posted.<br />
25may93 F-GFFN SA341G 1010 w/o<br />
This French civil Gazelle crashed at Udros, France on the<br />
above date. Further information is unknown, even the owner is<br />
not certain, but the registration belonged to financial institute<br />
SA Compagnie Europeenne de Credit. The registration was<br />
cancelled on 1 October 1993.<br />
20may96 EHBR-1161 Bell 206B-2 1001 dam<br />
Substantially damaged in accident in Pie de la Cuesta in the<br />
Guerrero state, Mexico.<br />
21jul96 1608 Bell 206B-3 3979 dam<br />
Substantially damaged in accident in Pie de la Cuesta in the<br />
Guerrero state, Mexico.<br />
27sep96 XC-PFT Bell 206B-3 3998 w/o<br />
Destroyed in accident 27 miles north of Mexico City, Mexico.<br />
02jan98 1610 Bell 206B-3 2404 w/o<br />
Destroyed in accident in Gallina in the Guerrero state, Mexico.<br />
20may01 N3042C PA-44-180 44-7995124 w/o<br />
During the take-off roll from runway 27 at Hernando County<br />
Airport (FL) the pilot of this private Seminole noticed that he<br />
was pulling noticeably to the left. He elected to abort the takeoff,<br />
reduced power and applied the brakes. This is where it all<br />
went wrong as the left main landing gear collapsed. Examination<br />
of the landing gear revealed that the left main landing<br />
gear strut assembly cylinder was broken. The pilot and his<br />
three passengers left the plane without any injuries, the plane<br />
itself received substantial damage. The aircraft was registered<br />
subsequently to Southwest Aviation Specialties in May<br />
2005 at Richard Lloyd Jones Airport, Tulsa (OK) but it seems<br />
they use the plane for spare parts and it was noted as such on<br />
1 October 2006.<br />
28jul01 ZH900 Chinook HC3 M4479 dam<br />
One of the infamous RAF Chinook HC3s was damaged upon<br />
arrival in the United Kingdom at Bristol docks during offloading<br />
from the ship’s ramp. It somehow got loose and its<br />
uncontrollable roll towards the drink over the side was brought<br />
to an abrupt halt by a collision with a dockside vehicle. It turned<br />
out that the brakes were not working due to protective grease<br />
having been applied to the brake discs. It is believed that the<br />
aircraft currently resides at RAF Boscombe Down and is still<br />
awaiting repairs.<br />
18jan02 FAC1157 C212-200 372 dam<br />
In Nuqui, Colombia this Aviocar operated by SATENA did not<br />
leave the runway as planned. The aircraft skidded in the mud<br />
and had to be salvaged at a cost of $20,000. Although this<br />
relatively small amount might indicate only light damage it<br />
was in fact substantially damaged.<br />
30nov02 SX-ABR Ce320E 320E-0004 w/o<br />
This private Cessna Skyknight made a crash landing in an<br />
olive grove under unknown circumstances at or near Tanagra<br />
Air Base, Greece. Nobody was hurt but the arcraft was totally<br />
demolished.<br />
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08jun04 MM55083/RS-30 MB339CD 6952/219 w/o<br />
This 311°Gruppo RSV Aermacchi was damaged and most<br />
likely written-off during an accident on take-off from Aermacchi<br />
Venegono, Italy. Pilot Maggiore Lorenzo de Stefano apparently<br />
used his ejection seat but was not hurt. The jet was on display<br />
at the International Aerospace Exhibition at Dubai in December<br />
2003 as CSX55083.<br />
23jun04 TF-ELH Do228-201 8070 w/o<br />
Somehow we missed the report of the accident with this<br />
Islandsflug Dornier. It was substantionally damaged when it<br />
left the runway while landing at Siglufjördur Airport, Iceland.<br />
The aircraft was recovered by boat to Reykjavik for repairs and<br />
was allocated TF-ADD as a new registration in November<br />
2004. However, the aircraft was ultimately assessed as<br />
damaged beyond repair. The wreck can now be found next to<br />
the Loftleidir Hotel at Reykjavik Airport.<br />
22sep04 721 IAR-99C w/o<br />
During take-off from Ianca AB in Romania the rear cockpit<br />
canopy of this IAR-99 of the Romanian Air Force opened and<br />
separated from the aircraft. Fragments of the canopy entered<br />
the intake and the engine flamed out. The pilot managed a<br />
belly landing in a corn field near the base. The two pilots, both<br />
instructors on this type, escaped unharmed.<br />
15oct05 XB-JIZ L-1329-731 5058 w/o<br />
This Mexican Lockheed JetStar departed the runway of Licenciado<br />
Adolfo Lopez Mateos International near Toluca, Mexico<br />
during an emergency landing caused by a gear malfunction.<br />
After skiding off the runway almost at the end the aircraft was<br />
repaired surprisingly quickly and flew again in a few days.<br />
. . dec05 MiG-29 w/o<br />
193e Escadron de Chasse of the Algerian Air Force lost a<br />
Fulcrum at an unknow date in December 2005 after an engine<br />
fire. It was flying a training mision from Bou Sfer Air Base with<br />
Belgian Air Component F-16s. Further details are unknown.<br />
11apr06 SP-SSH Schweizer 333 0018 w/o<br />
This Polish helicopter was de-registered 12 September 2006<br />
after an accident at the above date. Details of the mishap and<br />
the owner are unknown. In January 2006 the SP-SSH was<br />
upgraded by Heli-Holland near Emmen in the Netherlands to<br />
a Schweizer 269D Model 333.<br />
25apr06 71-1083/AF257 QF-4E 4254 w/o<br />
During an F-15C missile test and evaluation program flight<br />
from Tyndall AFB (FL) this unmanned 82nd ATRS Phantom II<br />
was command destructed after the jet departed controlled<br />
flight. A missile from the Eagle missed the drone completely<br />
and after about three minutes the drone violently pitched up<br />
without input from the controller. The aircraft accident<br />
investigation has found that a malfunction in the Automatic<br />
Flight Control System Electro-Hydraulic Stab was the cause of<br />
the un-commanded full nose up stab. The aircraft lost airspeed<br />
and entered a unrecoverable flat spin. Passing 2000<br />
feet in the descent the Phantom was blown up after which it<br />
crashed in the W-151 Gulf Range Complex approximately 88<br />
miles south of Tyndall AFB (FL).<br />
. . may06 ZA675 Chinook HC2 MA006/M7009 dam<br />
During a night landing in May or June 2006 at an unknown<br />
forward operating location in Afghanistan this RAF Chinook hit<br />
the ground hard. Extensive damage to the forward port main<br />
undercarriage and fuel sponson was the result. The crew did<br />
not realize the extent of the damage in the dark and it was<br />
flown back to Kandahar. A more detailed inspection<br />
determined that it needed to be returned to the UK for intensive<br />
repairs. After being flown to the UK in a RAF C-17A, the<br />
helicopter was road transported to DARA Fleetlands where it<br />
is now being repaired.<br />
09may06 G-ORRR Hughes 369HS 1140673S w/o<br />
This Hughes owned by 2 Heads Global Design was deregistered<br />
on 12 December 2006 as destroyed. It experienced<br />
an accident on the above date near Booker and this was<br />
apparently more serious than we assumed initially.<br />
12may06 9113 SH5 dam<br />
This People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force 3rd Independent<br />
Regiment Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation
Shuishang Hongzhaji 5 seaplane ran into problems during<br />
landing. The port fixed float near the wingtip failed and the<br />
aircraft tilted a good deal left with the wing up to engine one<br />
into the water of the harbour near Qingdao Naval Base, China.<br />
The crew could escape using the hatches in the ceiling so the<br />
waiting for the rescue boats could be done outside on top of<br />
the aircraft. The seaplane was towed to safety and salvaged<br />
for repairs as the navy has only four of these flying boats in the<br />
inventory.<br />
20may06 AB205A w/o<br />
All we known is that an unknown Heli Pilots School Agusta Bell<br />
with the Moroccan Air Force crashed near Oum Driga,<br />
Morocco.<br />
. . jun06 VH-SEY SA227DC DC-800B w/o<br />
Sunshine Express lost this Metro 23 when the roof of a hangar<br />
at Brisbane, Australia collapsed on top of the aircraft. The<br />
damage turned out to be sufficient for an economical write-off.<br />
The exact date is not known.<br />
01jul06 VH-VEH SA227AC AC-663B w/o<br />
Vee H Aviation landed hard with this Metro at Canberra International<br />
Airport, Australia. The damage was such that repairs<br />
were not economical and the decision was made to use the<br />
aircraft for spares.<br />
20jul06 F-GYES AS355F1 5042 w/o<br />
Heli Securité lost this Eurocopter Ecureuil 2 during a flight<br />
from Rapallo, Italy to Nice, France. The helicopter ditched in<br />
the sea off the coast at Savona, Italy and was not recovered.<br />
. . sep06 4007 F-5E R.1089 dam<br />
Shortly after departure from Base Aérea Coronel Héctor<br />
Caracciola Moncada near La Ceiba, Honduras this F-5 lost its<br />
canopy after it shattered. Debris was ingested into engine two,<br />
causing a fire. Pilot Major Gonzalez shut down the engine,<br />
completed the emergency checklist and began dumping fuel,<br />
whilst also lowering his seat as much as possible to get out of<br />
the slipstream. Keeping his head cool, not so difficult we<br />
assume, he joined his leader for a successful arrested<br />
emergency landing back at La Ceiba.<br />
10sep06 D-HAIT EC135P1 0112 dam<br />
Christoph16, this ADAC Luftrettung Eurocopter, hit a tree<br />
during take-off near Blickweiler in Germany. The take-off was<br />
aborted and the helicopter had to be transported to Bonn-<br />
Hangelar for repairs on the tailboom/fenestron. It was still<br />
there late November.<br />
. . nov06 Puma HC1 dam<br />
The exact details and date are still unknown to us but an<br />
unknown 33sq Puma has been severely damaged during<br />
Exercise Jebel Sahara in Morocco. The helicopter struck<br />
some wires in a mountainous area but the crew managed to<br />
land safely although the nose of the aircraft was damaged<br />
substantially. No one was hurt. The exercise supported the<br />
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Royal Gibraltar Regiment on exercise in Morocco. We<br />
assume the Puma has to be, or has been airlifted to the UK for<br />
repairs.<br />
04nov06 Mi-24 dam<br />
Karimojong warriors east of Nakaperimoru, Kotido District in<br />
Uganda managed to hit an Uganda Air Force Hind with small<br />
arms fire. The helicopter was on a routine patrol between the<br />
barracks in Kabong and the eastern border of Uganda. It was<br />
hit in a fuel tank, the undercarriage and a rotor but was able to<br />
return fire and even return to base.<br />
06nov06 N750LC Lancair Propjet LIV-526 w/o<br />
This experimental Carlson Lancair Propjet IV/IV-P from a private<br />
owner crashed during a forced landing on a road in Dalton<br />
(GA). The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and<br />
pilot Scott Carlson was fatally injured. The flight originated<br />
from the De Kalb Taylor Municipal Airport (IL). The pilot<br />
reported to Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center that he was<br />
descending without engine power. He declared an emergency<br />
and requested to be radar vectored to the nearest airport.<br />
While being radar vectored to the Dalton Municipal Airport (GA)<br />
the pilot reported that he would not make it to the airport.<br />
According to witnesses, the airplane made a “hard right bank”<br />
while attempting to land on Georgia highway 52 and the right<br />
wing collided with the road. The airplane cart wheeled several<br />
times before coming to a stop.<br />
10nov06 RF-32765 Be-200ES dam<br />
The landing in heavy rain at Banjarmasin Airport, southern<br />
Kalimantan, Indonesia with this MchS Rossii Beriev ended in<br />
a bummer when the aircraft slipped a good 50 meters in de<br />
undergrowth next to the runway. It was stuck in that position for<br />
a night. The airplane was in Indonesia for fire fighting duties<br />
and did not suffer serious damage and is assumed to have<br />
been repaired by now.<br />
14nov06 RC-12 dam<br />
An unknown US Army Guardrail has been damaged after a<br />
collision with a deer at night on a runway at Libby Army Airfield<br />
near Fort Huachuca (AZ). The crew of two were unhurt but the<br />
RC-12 sustained significant damage to the propeller and its<br />
structure. State wildlife officials were called in and killed the<br />
herd of nearly thirty deer. Meat from the deer was donated to<br />
charity.<br />
19nov06 VP-FBI BN-2B-26 2188 w/o<br />
A hard landing at West Point Island, Falkland Islands by this<br />
Falkland Islands Government Air Service (FIGAS) Islander<br />
caused the port undercarriage to rotate down and rearwards.<br />
The port wing spar was broken in the process resulting in very<br />
difficult and expensive damage. As far as we know no one was<br />
hurt.<br />
19nov06 VH-TMK Yak-18T 7200116 w/o<br />
This private Yak was destroyed by fire shortly after landing at<br />
Batchelor, NT, Australia. No further details are avilable.<br />
A landing at sea could go wrong as well, even when there is usually enough space to manoeuvre. Due to the failure of the port float,<br />
this SH5 9113 of the People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force 3rd Independent Regiment tilted left into the water. The pictures<br />
were made just after the incident, as the crew is escaping the aircraft. Rescue boats are approaching the Harbin, which is one of<br />
four Chinese Navy Harbin H-5s. (Cjoby.net)
The Indonesian Air Force lost one of its Hawks Mk209 during a landing at Pekanbaru Air Base. The TT-0207 skidded off the<br />
runway and turned over. Luckely, the pilots ejected before the aircaft ended in a upside down position.<br />
(Halim, October 2005, Julius AS)<br />
21nov06 TT-0207 Hawk Mk209 w/o<br />
Skadron Udara 12 of the TNI-AU (Indonesian Air Force) lost<br />
this Hawk in a crash landing at Pekanbaru Air Base/Sultan<br />
Sarif Kasim II Airport, Indonesia. The aircraft skidded off the<br />
runway after landing and pilot Mayor Pnb Dadang ejected<br />
safely. The aircraft ended in an upside-down position and the<br />
cockpit area was heavily damaged, so most likely the jet is a<br />
write-off.<br />
21nov06 YL-KSB An-74 36547136013 dam<br />
During routine maintenance inspection at Ancona, Italy a fire<br />
broke out which caused serious damage to this KS Avia<br />
Antonov. The aircraft was loaded with mail and was prepared<br />
for a cargo flight to Rome-Fiumicino. At the time three technicians<br />
were on board and had to run for their lives when the<br />
fire broke out. One suffered minor burn injuries. The date of<br />
the mishap is not 100% confirmed.<br />
23nov06 CC-CAC Beech B55 w/o<br />
Empresa Transporte Aereo San Rafael ended up with this<br />
Beech Baron in a hill at the Lago Atravesado sector, sixteen<br />
kilometers south of Coyhaique, Chile. The pilot en his five<br />
passengers received fatal injuries. The flight departed from<br />
aerodrome Teniente Vidal de Coihaique, Chile and disappeared<br />
without any warning. A search for the airplane was<br />
launched once it was overdue and a emergency locator<br />
transmitter transmission was received. A military helicopter<br />
located the wreckage confirming the airplane had crashed<br />
and that there where no survivors.<br />
24nov06 D-GIGI PA-34-220T 34-8233117 w/o<br />
This Seneca owned by VHM Schul- und Charterflug ended in a<br />
sandwich between a large truck combination and a VW Golf<br />
on the A52 autobahn near Essen-Kettwig, Germany after an<br />
emergency landing. The Piper was en route from Berlin and<br />
ran into trouble just before landing. The plane clipped a traffic<br />
light and a bridge near Regionalflughafen Essen-Mülheim<br />
before crashing into a car on the autobahn in what appeared<br />
to be an emergency landing. The car driver was slightly<br />
injured. The driver of a camper van was slightly hurt when he<br />
swerved into a crash barrier. Two passengers were seriously<br />
hurt, the pilot was slightly injured and two others were treated<br />
for shock. The truck driver used a fire extinguisher to put out<br />
flames in the wreckage of the plane, which had lost both of its<br />
wings in the crash.<br />
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24nov06 OE-KDM PA-46-500TP 4697111 w/o<br />
This private Piper Malibu Meridian crashed immediately after<br />
departure from Ulenurme Airport in Estonia. The aircraft was<br />
on a flight to Dresden, Germany but was destroyed only four<br />
kilometers from the airport. The pilot survived.<br />
25nov06 N4426X Interavia E-3 02-06 w/o<br />
This Experimental Interavia E-3 registered to Yakety Yak<br />
impacted the ocean off the coast of San Pedro (CA). The<br />
airplane sank and is destroyed. Pilot and co-owner, David<br />
Hermance, who was the sole occupant, sustained fatal<br />
injuries and was located in the water with his parachute still<br />
attached and stowed. Hermance departed Long Beach with<br />
the intent of practicing aerobatic maneuvers in the aerobatic<br />
box located off the coast of San Pedro. Witnesses reported<br />
observing the airplane conduct aerobatic maneuvers around<br />
1,000 feet above the ocean. The airplane was seen in rolls,<br />
loops and stalls. One witness observed the airplane flying<br />
toward the east in a wings level attitude before it entered a<br />
nose down pitch attitude. The airplane was described to be<br />
between 50 and 70 degrees nose down when it impacted the<br />
water. All of the witnesses reported that the engine was<br />
running “hard” and “loud” throughout the final descent.<br />
26nov06 N471BW Ce421C 421C-0640 dam<br />
Substantial damage was the result when the gear of this J&J<br />
Air Cessna Golden Eagle collapsed during landing at Quad<br />
City International Airport near Moline (IL). Nobody was hurt.<br />
26nov06 N414AY Ce414A 414A-0488 dam<br />
Things were looking fine for this private-Chancellor until<br />
moments before landing at Las Vegas-North Airport (NV). The<br />
pilot experienced a yaw to the right and noticed a complete<br />
loss of power on the right engine. He was unable to maintain<br />
level flight and entered a right descending turn. An attempted<br />
landing at a residential street was succesfull but the left wing<br />
collided with a fence and erupted in flames. All three<br />
occupants left the airplane uninjured.<br />
26nov06 N805SB Bell 206L-3 51192 dam<br />
In a forced landing following a total loss of engine power<br />
approximately three miles south of the Brownwood Regional<br />
Airport (TX), this Air Evac EMS Incorporated LongRanger was<br />
substantially damaged. The Air Evac Lifeteam pilot, flight<br />
nurse and the paramedic were not injured. The pilot reported<br />
to the FAA and NTSB that the flight was uneventful until he
initiated his descent into the Brownwood Airport and the<br />
helicopter experienced a sudden “explosion” followed by the<br />
helicopter yawing to the left. He noticed that the engine overtemperature<br />
light was illuminated. The pilot immediately<br />
entered an autorotation and continued straight ahead over a<br />
small lake, a tree, and a berm towards a clearing. The pilot<br />
added that he was forced to increase collective pitch in order<br />
to clear the berm, and in doing so, lost main rotor RPM while<br />
the helicopter was approximately ten feet above the ground.<br />
The helicopter landed hard and remained in the upright<br />
position. After the pilot and the two passengers exited the<br />
aircraft, the pilot noted a small fire in the engine compartment<br />
and used the onboard fire extinguisher to extinguish the fire.<br />
27nov06 90-0776/CC F-16CG 1C-384 w/o<br />
Major Troy “Trojan” Gilbert died when his Fighting Falcon<br />
crashed while supporting ground combat operations<br />
approximately twenty miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. The<br />
aircraft was from 524th FS (with CO markings). Major Gilbert<br />
was an instructor pilot with the 309th Fighter Squadron. He<br />
deployed with the <strong>332</strong>nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad Air<br />
Base, Iraq as an attached pilot and standardization and<br />
evaluation chief. Trojan was providing close-air support for<br />
ground troops caught in a combat engagement and was<br />
using his twenty millimetre Vulcan canon in a low level strafing<br />
pass. Al Jazeraa television quoted a joint statement from the<br />
Mujahi-deen Army and the Mujahideen Shura Council in which<br />
they claimed the shoot down of the Fighting Falcon. Although<br />
his body was shown on an AP Television News release near<br />
the wreck it was apparently taken away by insurgents before<br />
US ground forces could reach the area. His status was initially<br />
missing in action but this was later listed as killed in action<br />
following DNA analysis of remains recovered at the crash site.<br />
Posthumously, Trojan has been awarded a Purple Heart and<br />
the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor.<br />
27nov06 15-2255 An-74T-200 365470991045 w/o<br />
Iran’s poor air safety record has not improved after at least 36<br />
men in this Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Air Force<br />
Antonov were killed when the plane burst into flames on takeoff.<br />
Something went horribly wrong during the start from<br />
runway 29R at Tehran Mehrabad International Airport. Reportedly<br />
an engine failure made the aircraft veer of the runway,<br />
strike the runway with a wing, and explode. The Antonov<br />
possibly belonged to 15 squadron. Local news reports listed<br />
the number of personnel killed as 31 or 32. The aircraft was<br />
departing for Shiraz on a military mission.<br />
27nov06 I-AIVO Bell 412 33014 w/o<br />
Air Green lost this Bell helicopter in a crash near Monasterolo<br />
di Cafasse, Italy. Entrepreneur Giuseppe Airaudi, one of the<br />
co-owners of Air Green, and a technician, Alessandro Cresto<br />
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lost their lives. The helicopter was on its way to the Valli di<br />
Lanzo where a mountain rescue training operation was<br />
scheduled to take place.<br />
28nov06 PK-BRC NBo105S w/o<br />
This Nurtanio-Bölkow owned by PT Aviastar Mandiri<br />
disappeared during a flight from Manokwari to Nabire, West<br />
Irian Jaya, Indonesia. A search and rescue team from Biak<br />
using a Twin Otter plane could initially not locate the helicopter.<br />
Pilot Ferdinan Posumah and technician Rustam Hadi are<br />
assumed to have been killed.<br />
28nov06 334/TT-QAL SF260WL 334 w/o<br />
On its very first sortie in a reconnaissance role this Chad Air<br />
Force Siai Machetti was shot down by a UDFF rebel group in<br />
Uganda. The pilot was reportely killed and there might have<br />
been a second crewmember. To be fair Chad's communications<br />
minister admitted initially the plane was missing but<br />
stated he could not yet confirm if it was shot down. The plane<br />
came down west of the town of Am Zoer about eighty kilometers<br />
north of Abeche. Two SF260s were only delivered to the air<br />
force in Abeche from Lybia a couple of days earlier.<br />
28nov06 HL5229 ATR72-202 456 dam<br />
Hansung Airlines pranged this ATR during landing at Jeju<br />
Island Airport, South-Korea. Supposedly a freak windshear<br />
pushed the aircraft nose first on the runway after which the<br />
nose gear collapsed. The crew then lost steering control of the<br />
aircraft which nearly went off the side of the runway. Six persons<br />
of the about 66 on board suffered minor injuries.<br />
28nov06 I-NRDS A109E 11175 w/o<br />
Mario Sepiacci and Alessio Carola died in an accident with<br />
this Radio Dimension Sound Group Agusta helicopter. They<br />
departed from down town Rome, Italy and crashed en route to<br />
Firenze in the Montemelino zone a few kilometers from<br />
Magione.<br />
29nov06 S-70A-9 w/o<br />
An Australian Army Black Hawk with 5th Aviation Regiment B<br />
Squadron, with a crew of four and six passengers, crashed<br />
into the sea while attempting to land on the Australian amphibious<br />
transport ship, the HMAS Kanimbla. The Kanimbla<br />
was patrolling approximately 280 kilometres off Fiji when the<br />
landing helicopter struck the deck hard and subsequently<br />
rolled over the side into the Pacific Ocean. After the crash the<br />
four crewmembers and five of the passengers were pulled<br />
from the wreckage before it sank. One of the pilots, Captain<br />
Mark Bingley, later died of the sustained wounds while<br />
onboard of the Kanimbla. One of the passengers, trooper<br />
Joshua Porter of the Special Air Service Regiment is still<br />
missing, and is believed to have died. The helicopter wreck is<br />
at such a depth that recovery will be nearly impossible.<br />
The USAF lost three F-16s from September to December 2006. One of the Vipers crashed in Iraq. The 90-0776/CC of 524th FS<br />
was busy with a Close Air Support mission using his 20mm canon when it crashed. As usual, the oposing militant forces claimed<br />
they shot down the F-16, but this was not confirmed by the US. (Canon, 15 September 2006, F. Jongerman)
We received a rare picture of the crashed SF260WL of the Chadian Air Force. The aircraft, 334/TT-CAL was shot down by a rebel<br />
group from Uganda. Besides loosing an aircraft by any Air Force is always tragic, this time it was extra sad. The Chadians<br />
received this particular SF260 only two days earlier from the Liybians and it was on its very first sortie.<br />
29nov06 D-CGSP Grob G180 SP n 90002 w/o<br />
Chief test pilot captain Gérard Guillaumaud with Grob<br />
Aerospace was killed during a demonstration flight shortly<br />
after take-off from Tussenhausen-Mattsies, Germany. Prototype<br />
N. 2 of the SPn light jet had just demonstrated a shortfield<br />
take-off for approximately 20 members of the German<br />
Business Aviation Association and was setting up to do a<br />
high-speed pass over the field when the airplane crashed 4.5<br />
miles from the runway. The elevators and left-hand stabilizer<br />
separated from the aircraft before impact and were found<br />
several hundred feet behind the main wreckage. The aircraft<br />
appears to have crashed at a steep angle and was destroyed<br />
by a post-impact fire. D-CGSP first flew on 29 September 2006<br />
and had to date accumulated a total of 40 cycles and 28 flight<br />
hours. Grob changed the design of key control surfaces on<br />
Aircraft No. 2 from those on Aircraft No. 1 to accommodate antiicing<br />
requirements and to provide more roll authority. Aircraft<br />
No. 2 was equipped with larger ailerons and a longer horizontal<br />
stabilizer than on Aircraft No. 1. Grob had also redesigned<br />
the hinge fit on the elevators. Capt Guillaumaud had 25 years<br />
flying experience, 18 of them in the French Air Force and the air<br />
force test centre. He has been involved in experimental flight<br />
tests for nine new aircraft types for manufacturers including<br />
Adam Aircraft, HP Aircraft and Diamond Aircraft. Grob Aerospace<br />
has acknowledged European certification of its SP n business<br />
jet has been pushed back about six months to early<br />
2008 due to the crash.<br />
29nov06 D-HAFZ Bell 47G-3B-1T WA/702 dam<br />
This privately owned Westland-Bell-Soloy received about<br />
100.000 euro worth of damaged during landing practice at<br />
Flugplatz Sachtholm in Germany. The helicopter turned on its<br />
side and the instructor and student suffered light injuries.<br />
29nov06 HB-JMF A340-313X 561 dam<br />
During a pushback to reposition the Swiss International<br />
aircraft at Zurich Kloten International Airport, Switzerland an<br />
open passenger door was nearly ripped off by a nasty airbridge<br />
that was in the way. Substantial damage to the door<br />
and the fuselage was the result.<br />
30nov06 16 . . . . /SH-2.. F/A-18D w/o<br />
VMFAT-101 lost a two seater Hornet after the pilot ejected over<br />
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (CA). His plane crashed into<br />
unpopulated hills and brushy area three miles east of the<br />
Miramar flight line and a half-mile north of homes on the 9900<br />
blocks of Rue Chantemar and Rue Biarretz. A five-acre brush<br />
fire broke out around the wreckage, but was extinguished<br />
within an hour. The pilot was taken to Scripps Memorial<br />
Hospital in nearby La Jolla, where the officer was being<br />
treated for bumps and bruises. Jane’s reported the aircraft<br />
involved to be one of the three remaining USMC F/A-18Bs.<br />
30nov06 N804JH PA-46-500TP 4697044 dam<br />
Somehow the take-off at Bob Adams Field near Steamboat<br />
Springs (CO) went wrong and this Malibu Meridian of Twin<br />
Landfill ended up beyond the end of the runway. The aircraft<br />
suffered substantial damage. This Malibu Meridian was<br />
severely damaged earlier on 1 July 2005 and was apparently<br />
repaired.<br />
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. . dec06 ZS-CJT Ce525B 525B-0116 dam<br />
This recently delivered private Citation CJ3 had a nose gear<br />
collapse during taxiing at Cape Town International Airport,<br />
South Africa sometime early December. It was “fixed” to allow<br />
a flight to the USA for further “fixing”. Cessna will have a good<br />
look at the cause of the uncommanded nosegear retraction.<br />
ZS-CJT is a brand new CJ3, delivered to ZS-CJT Partnership<br />
only the week before the incident.<br />
01dec06 FAC4503 UH-1H 10<strong>332</strong> w/o<br />
On a tactical training flight from its homebase Melgar, a Huey<br />
of the Colombian Air Force’s Escuela de Helicopteros<br />
crashed near the El Cucharo Hacienda. An eyewitness saw<br />
the helicopter flying low over the treetops before it hit the<br />
ground and exploded. The crew of three was killed. This was<br />
the former US Army 68-15402.<br />
01dec06 ZK-BAR DH82A 1123 w/o<br />
This private Tiger Moth was observed by witnesses to spiral<br />
before crashing into the ground and bursting into flames. Both<br />
the pilot owner John Copland and his passenger were killed<br />
when the recently restored DH82A crashed just metres from<br />
houses north of Ashburton, New Zealand.<br />
02dec06 N9797Q TS601P 61P-0432-160 w/o<br />
According to http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N9797Q this Ted<br />
Smith Aerostar owned by SRQ departed Westchester County<br />
Airport near White Plains (NY) enroute to Mount Sno West<br />
Dover Airport (VT). The aircraft never arrived. The wreckage<br />
was located a day later in a wooded area about one and a half<br />
miles east of the approach end of runway 01. The pilot, the<br />
sole occupant, was killed in the crash.<br />
02dec06 RA-29112 Mi-26TS 226210 w/o<br />
An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) statement<br />
on the crash of this NATO-chartered Vertikal-T helicopter in<br />
northern Kandahar province in Afghanistan stated the cause<br />
is still unknown. The civilian helicopter left Kandahar with<br />
supplies for Tarin Kwot and other NATO bases in the Uruzgan<br />
province but later lost contact without any warning. All eight<br />
crew members were killed when the helicopter could not clear<br />
a ridge and smashed into it just under the top above a steep<br />
ravine. A Taliban spokesman said the Islamists had downed<br />
the helicopter using a surface-to-air rocket. They claimed<br />
religious students had “shot down the craft with a single<br />
rocket”. ISAF could not confirm or deny the statement before<br />
examining the wreckage. The helicopter was located but bad<br />
weather conditions and the difficult location prevented<br />
access. According the Afghan interior ministry the helicopter<br />
belonged to US security firm Dyncorp. Some of the Dutch<br />
forces reportedly had to do without their “Sinterklaas” parcels<br />
from the home front.<br />
03dec06 1 . . . . . /YW-.. CH-46E w/o<br />
Marine Major Joseph Trane McCloud and Corporal Joshua<br />
Sticklen, USAF Captain Kermit Evans and Army Specialist<br />
Dustin M. Adkins were killed when the Sea Knight they were<br />
traveling in crashed. A power malfunction forced the HMM-165<br />
Sea Knight helicopter to make an emergency landing on Lake<br />
Qadisiyah, a reservoir behind the hydroelectric dam at<br />
Haditha on the Euphrates River in Anbar province, Iraq. There
was no fighting in the area at the time. All but the pilot and copilot<br />
evacuated from the back of the helicopter, glided across<br />
the water and swam to a boat ramp to get on shore. All these<br />
twelve occupants survived.<br />
04dec06 84-1319/LF F-16D 5D-13 w/o<br />
62nd Fighter squadron lost this F-16D Fighting Falcon during<br />
a mission from Luke AFB (AZ). The jet crashed early Monday<br />
morning just east of Highway 85 on the Barry M. Goldwater<br />
Range, an unpopulated training area southwest of Luke. Both<br />
crew ejected safely. The F-16D was on a training flight with an<br />
instructor and a student pilot.<br />
04dec06 N113KJ YMF-F5C F5C113 dam<br />
This venerable bi-plane owned by Waco Classic Aircraft<br />
ground looped during landing at Kendall-Tamiami Executive<br />
Airport (FL). Substantial damage was the result.<br />
05dec06 N425JP Ce425 4250038 dam<br />
Oops! As long as an airplane stays in the skies everything is<br />
fine, the problems start when you come back to Mother Earth.<br />
The pilot of this APD Development Conquest will fully<br />
subscribe to that as he completed his flight without any<br />
problems but hit the terminal building on parking his<br />
turboprop at Menominee (MI). After having backed up to align<br />
his plane with the one parked next to him, he applied the parking<br />
brake and positioned the throttles back to flight idle, and<br />
brought the propeller levers into the feathered position. As he<br />
did this the airplane started to taxi forward. Putting the propellers<br />
back in the feathered position and even shutting off the<br />
fuel pumps did not prevent the airplane from hitting the side of<br />
the terminal building going about 3-4 mph. According to the<br />
pilot the brakes were functioning properly and the airport manager<br />
reported that the runways and ramp surfaces had thin<br />
patches of loose snow, and that the braking action was good.<br />
There’s only one solution for this: stay airborne!<br />
05dec06 N729M Beech G18S BA-517 dam<br />
On landing at Long Island MacArthur Airport near Islip (NY) the<br />
gear of the Classic Flights Beech collapsed. The pilot was not<br />
hurt and we assume substantial damage was the result.<br />
06dec06 239/30-QP Mirage F1CT w/o<br />
This French Mirage with EC02.030 was part of a flight of three<br />
Mirage jets accompanying a Boeing C-135FR tanker en route<br />
from Chad to France. It crashed in the northeast of Algeria in<br />
an unpopulated area south of the city of Constantine. The pilot<br />
was safe after ejecting from his stricken jet.<br />
06dec06 EC-IOZ Raytheon 390 RB-61 dam<br />
Once again a Raytheon Premier I was involved in a runway<br />
excursion. Gestair Executive Jet was landing this example at<br />
Deauville, France when the aircraft could not be stopped on<br />
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time. There were no injuries to the four occupants, two pilots<br />
and two passengers, and the damage to the airplane was<br />
relatively light. It is still unknown whether or not the spoilers<br />
deployed. Failure of ground spoilers to deploy caused at least<br />
six nonfatal overruns involving early models of the Premier I<br />
between 2002 and 2004.<br />
07dec06 N9525C AT-6C 88-12407 w/o<br />
As stated before we won’t try to cover every minor incident in<br />
General Aviation. This is a typical exception to the rule.<br />
According to the FAA this private Harvard struck a cardboard<br />
target while simulating a bombing run. The near crash<br />
occured at Mojave (CA) and the sole pilot landed safely<br />
afterwards with only minor damage. This is in fact a SNJ-4<br />
with BuNo 27307 and has been painted as a Luftwaffe fighter<br />
including a swastika on the tail.<br />
07dec06 D2-ERL DC-9-32 47788 dam<br />
Air Gemini was unable to keep the aircraft on the runway after<br />
landing on a wet and slippery runway at Luena, Angola. The<br />
aircraft veered off to the right, ran over soft ground for about<br />
200 metres before it came to rest in mud. At the time the<br />
runway at Luena was wet from recent rainshowers. As far as is<br />
known, nobody on board suffered injuries.<br />
07dec06 16 . . . . /GX-. . MV-22B dam<br />
After touchdown on the tarmac of the Marine Corps Air Station<br />
at New River (NC) a still unidentified MV-22B of VMMT-204 saw<br />
its left engine catch fire. The Osprey just returned from a routine<br />
flight. There were no injuries and the fire was<br />
extinguished. The reason for the fire is still under scrutiny.<br />
07dec06 G-VHOT B747-4Q8 nil<br />
The crew of this Virgin Atlantic Airways Jumbo experienced<br />
instrument and stick shaker problems shortly after departure<br />
from London Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom. The flight returned<br />
to land safely at Heathrow after dumping fuel to reduce<br />
the landing weight. Despite replacement of an on board computer,<br />
the stick shaker problem occurred again on the<br />
subsequent take-off. This take-off was also aborted and the<br />
747 was taken out of service for more checks. This obviously<br />
interrupted the trip for the passengers and crew to New York.<br />
07dec06 S-70A w/o<br />
Terrorists of the PKK (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan or Kurdistan<br />
Workers Party) struck again in the eastern Turkish city of<br />
Bingol. The PKK managed to remote-control a landmine<br />
explosion underneath a landing S-70A Black Hawk helicopter,<br />
causing it to crash. During the crash one soldier was killed<br />
and five others were injured. The Black Hawks are used for<br />
counter-insurgency actions by the Turkish Armed Forces. It<br />
could have been a Jandarma or Army example.<br />
When you visited the Royal International Air Tattoo back in nineteen ninity nine you can tick off this Mirage F1CT as you won’t see<br />
it anymore in the future. The 239/30-QP of EC02.030 crashed during a intercontinental flight . The aircraft was part of a formation<br />
of two other F1s and a C-135F that flew from Chad to France. The Mirage came down in an unpopulated area in northern Algeria,<br />
the pilot ejected safely. When it was visiting the RIAT, it was 30-QD coded. (Fairford, 23 July 2006, Hans van Zeel)
08dec06 N779BC SA227BC BC-779B dam<br />
Key Lime Air/EDB Air substantially damaged this Fairchild<br />
(Swearingen) Metro in a hard landing at Campbell County Airport<br />
near Gillette (WO). The pilot and co-pilot on board the<br />
airplane were not injured.<br />
09dec06 N335AK DHC-3 263 w/o<br />
This Wings Airline Services Otter on floats crashed during<br />
take-off from Flamingo Bay at Andros Island, Bahamas.<br />
According to the FAA preliminary report the aircraft was<br />
destroyed in the process. If we believe the online FAA register<br />
Wells Fargo Bank ownes the aircraft.<br />
10dec06 N410MA Bell 412SP 33125 w/o<br />
Mercy Air 2, this Bell from LifeNet/Vesey Air, crashed during a<br />
repositioning flight from Loma Linda University Medical Center<br />
(CA) to the homebase at Southern California Logistics Airport<br />
in Victorville (CA). The three crew members did not survive<br />
the accident near Cakon Pass (CA).<br />
10dec06 N69677 CeT310Q 310Q-0912 w/o<br />
Everything was looking fine for the Southeast Transportation<br />
Cessna 310, its pilot and his two passengers, as they<br />
approached Waco Regional Airport (TX). The pilot got cleared<br />
for the localiser for runway 19 and was instructed to descent to<br />
2,000ft. Once established the pilot was to complete an ILS<br />
approach for this runway. An airplane ahead on the approach<br />
reported breaking out of the cloudlayer at about 800ft, approx<br />
one mile north of the runway. The controller informed the pilot<br />
of the Cessna 310 who acknowledged the report. A transfer to<br />
Waco tower was made and shortly afterwards the pilot got<br />
cleared to land on runway 19. A minute later the controller<br />
reported that the cloudbase had dropped to 200ft and the<br />
visibility to two miles. Again the pilot acknowledged this, and<br />
this was to be the last transmission from (N69)’677'. Not<br />
much later the controller issued a low altitude warning to<br />
which the pilot never responded and soon the controller observed<br />
a fireball one mile north of the runway. Fireservices<br />
were called out but to no avail, the airplane was almost entirely<br />
consumed by the postcrash fire and sadly the three occupants<br />
lost their life. The exact cause(s) for the crash still remain<br />
unknown.<br />
11dec06 CH-53E dam<br />
Eighteen troops were injured and one was killed when a<br />
HMH-464 CH-53E rolled on its side just after landing. In total<br />
21 people were on board of this Super Stallion that was landing<br />
in the Anbar province of Iraq after a routine flight carrying<br />
personnel and cargo. There was no enemy action involved<br />
and the cause of the crash is still under investigation.<br />
11dec06 N9396F Hughes 269B 84-0126 dam<br />
The pilot Gerald Johnson and his student Thomas Harris<br />
remained unhurt after crashing into a field during an emergency<br />
landing practice. They came down in an open cane field<br />
on Hwy 56 near the Houma Airport (LA). While practicing<br />
emergency landings they had an engine failure and the<br />
helicopter fell from 600 feet. The Johnston Flying Service<br />
helicopter received heavy damage due to the crash.<br />
12dec06 FAC1165 Do328-120 3103 dam<br />
SATENA flight 9630 skidded of the runway coming to rest on<br />
soft ground in Quibdo, Colombia. The twenty-six passengers<br />
remained unhurt. This SATENA aircraft, the comercial part of<br />
the Colombian Air Force, was hijacked on 31 January 2001 by<br />
a former FARC rebel in San Vicente del Caguan and on 14<br />
September 2006, a mother gave birth to a son on board of a<br />
flight from San Jose del Guaviare to Bogota.<br />
12dec06 SA365F w/o<br />
A Royal Saudi Naval Forces Dauphin helicopter with a three<br />
man crew crashed into the Red Sea while on a training flight.<br />
This accident occurred shortly after taking-off from a ship. As<br />
far as is known the accident occurred as the result of a still<br />
unspecified technical failure. Of the three man crew the pilot<br />
and the co-pilot were rescued, while the search for the third<br />
crewmember was not immediately successful.<br />
12dec06 ST-ASJ Fokker 50 20246 dam<br />
This Sudan Airways Fokker went off the runway during landing<br />
at Kenana Airport, Sudan following the collapse of the nose<br />
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gear. A propeller came off and further damaged the fuselage.<br />
As far as we know no one was hurt.<br />
13dec06 N20DL PA-31T1 31T-8004045 w/o<br />
A hard landing at Waterloo Municipal Airport (IA) resulted in the<br />
Central Iowa Energy Cooperative Piper coming to a rest on its<br />
belly and sustaining enough damage for it to be a write-off.<br />
The pilot and two passengers remained unscratched.<br />
13dec06 I-DPCD CL-415 2003 dam<br />
Tanker 7, this SOREM/Protezione Civile Canadair, managed<br />
to land gear up at Pratica di Mare Air Base, Italy during a training<br />
flight. The extent of the damage is not clear yet but we<br />
assume the flying boat will be repaired.<br />
14dec06 N407JJ Bell 407 5<strong>332</strong>5 w/o<br />
The pilot of this Full Service Bell that crashed at night near<br />
Dagsboro (DE), Danielle Howell, killing herself and passenger<br />
Joshua M. Freeman, did not have an instrument rating.<br />
Such a rating certifies a pilot to fly when bad weather limits<br />
visibility, using instruments on the aircraft to navigate. A dense<br />
fog rolled in that night in Sussex County which could have<br />
contributed to the accident. The helicopter came down in a<br />
remote area in the vicinity of Townsends Road off of Vines<br />
Creek Road (Delaware 26) near Dagsboro (DE). The aircraft<br />
was based at Dulles International Airport (VA).<br />
14dec06 N8FH Ce310Q 310Q-1035 w/o<br />
After having received maintenance at Montgomery Orange<br />
County Airport (NY) Frank Holland, the private owner of this<br />
Cessan 310, picked up his airplane to fly it back to its normal<br />
homebase of Morristown (NJ). Shortly after take off something<br />
went wrong and the plane made a descending left turn, hit<br />
some trees and crashed in a marshy area on a farm. A postcrash<br />
fire did not leave much of the Cessna and unfortunately<br />
the pilot and sole occupant was fatally injured. To make things<br />
worse this all happened in front of Frank’s son’s eyes as he<br />
had dropped off his father earlier that day and was following<br />
the plane as soon as he noticed something was wrong.<br />
15dec06 LV-WRA SA227AC AC-429 w/o<br />
During departure from runway 17 at Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini<br />
Airport near Buenos Aires, Argentina this Baires Fly Metro III<br />
suddenly banked and a wingtip struck the runway. The aircraft<br />
crashed gear up beyond the end or next to the runway in tall<br />
grass and was severly damaged. The two crew escaped<br />
unhurt.<br />
16dec06 N642CB Ce421B 421B-0010 w/o<br />
Not much to say about this one yet, as the FAA and NTSB are<br />
still busy investigating the circumstances that led to this mishap.<br />
The Pescara Homes-Golden Eagle crashed near<br />
Bracketville (TX), the fate of the pilot and sole occupant is not<br />
yet known.<br />
16dec06 FLARF02735 Yak-18T w/o<br />
During a training flight with a passenger the trainee pilot lost<br />
speed and the private aircraft entered a right spin, crashed<br />
into a stadium at Nizhniye Oselki (Vsevolozhski district of the<br />
Petersburg region) in Russia and burnt out. Both the pilot and<br />
the passenger were killed.<br />
16dec06 5H-TZA Ce310Q w/o<br />
Shortly after departure from Mbeya Airport, Tanzania this<br />
Tanzanair Cessna crashed on a house and was destroyed by<br />
fire. Two passengers were fatally injured and the pilot and<br />
three passengers, including a Tanzanian Cabinet minister,<br />
were seriously injured. The pilot lost an arm. The aircraft was<br />
destroyed. Reportedly, the aircraft was unable to establish a<br />
positive climb after the take-off from the 1500 meters long<br />
grass and dirt runway 31. The passengers were all adults,<br />
and the aircraft load consisted of bags of rice, meat, potatoes,<br />
and beans.<br />
16dec06 N90U PA-46-350P 4622106 w/o<br />
Shortly after departure from Muhlhausen Airport near<br />
Augsburg, Germany this Jetprop DLX conversion of the Piper<br />
Malibu lost engine power and crashed near the airport. The<br />
pilot, who was the only one on board, was not harmed. He was<br />
planning to fly to Thessaloniki, Greece. According to the FAA<br />
online register the Malibu was registered to Aircraft Guaranty<br />
Title & Trust.
17dec06 N760X MS760B 28 dam<br />
The pilot of this private Morane-Saulnier Paris made an<br />
unplanned belly landing at Spokane (WA) after a flight from<br />
Sandpoint (ID). He and his passenger remained unhurt but<br />
the damage is substantial. This aircaft never flew with the AdlA<br />
and is an improved version of the original MS760.<br />
17dec06 3103 An-32B 3106 w/o<br />
At five miles south east of Pie de la Cuesta Air Base near<br />
Acapulco, the Antonov of Escuadron Aereo 302 of the Mexican<br />
Air Force crashed into the sea. The aircraft was performing an<br />
approach at Pie after dropping off parachutists when<br />
something went very wrong. Locals report that the aircraft<br />
suddenly made a steep climb after which it plunged into the<br />
Pacific Ocean. Rescue workers of the airforce and navy<br />
localized the wreckage at a depth of one hundred meters. The<br />
crew of four is reportedly still missing. We published a photo<br />
of this aircraft in <strong>Scramble</strong> 330 on Page 156.<br />
17dec06 N49NS Ce560 560-0116 dam<br />
After failing to get the right main landing gear down the crew of<br />
this Mid-Ohio Aviation Citation had to execute a wheels-up landing.<br />
It all went according to plan, however the Cessna jet<br />
sustained some substantial damage after touch down on<br />
runway 01 at Akron-Canton Regional Airport (OH). The crew<br />
and three passengers were uninjured.<br />
18dec06 N144PG Beech D95A TD-601 w/o<br />
The California IN Nice-Baron crashed under unknown circumstances<br />
in Gilroy (CA). The accident site is a fairly unusual<br />
one, as it is a sewage tank which is part of the Gilroy wastewater<br />
treatment facility. Officials spent the better part of a day<br />
draining the tank in order to recover the wreck of the Beech 95.<br />
The aircraft actually crashed the day before, and was reported<br />
missing by San Jose-based flight school Nice Air. The<br />
instructor and two students on board, all Japanese, never<br />
transmitted a distress call so air traffic controllers were not<br />
aware of any incident, however another pilot reported he saw<br />
an airplane going down near Gilroy. The three occupants were<br />
fatally injured upon impact.<br />
18dec06 B737-200 dam<br />
A 737-200 belonging to Indonesia’s Mandala Airlines skidded<br />
off the slippery runway during a landing at Abdul Rachman<br />
Saleh Airport near the East Java town of Malang. No one was<br />
injured in the incident. The Boeing with 77 passengers<br />
onboard suffered substantial damage hitting a tree and when<br />
the landing gear partly collapsed during heavy rain. The airport’s<br />
runway measures only 1800 meters. Mandala Airlines<br />
is a semi-military controlled company.<br />
18dec06 C-5 dam<br />
An unknown Reach flight, a USAF C-5 Galaxy, ran into serious<br />
trouble over the Mediterranean. The crew declared an<br />
emergency after they experienced an engine fire in engine<br />
two. The fire was extinguished and they initially tried to divert to<br />
Sigonella, Italy but the runway visual range (RVR) was around<br />
150 meters in fog, way below the minimum required (around<br />
1200 meters). Nearby Catania Fontanarossa was experiencing<br />
similiar condtions with RVR RWY26 below 150 meters.<br />
They decided to try a Ground Controlled Approach anyhow at<br />
Sigonella. This resulted in a three engine go-around and an<br />
alternative missed approach due to reduced performance on<br />
climb out and high terrain. A volcanic ash cloud from nearby<br />
Mount Etna further complicated the situation. Eventually they<br />
performed a safe landing at Naples were the Galaxy will be<br />
repaired.<br />
20dec06 Mirage w/o<br />
On the above date a Pakistan Air Force Mirage fighter crashed<br />
in the Manghopir area, fifteen kilometres west of the Karachi<br />
port area in Pakistan. The aircraft was on a routine training<br />
flight when a technical fault caused the aircraft to crash into an<br />
unpopulated area, where no-one was injured. The pilot made<br />
successful use of his ejection seat. Another source reported<br />
that the aircraft had suffered a bird strike, with a large bird<br />
being sucked into the engine, causing the loss of power.<br />
21dec06 N251RM F-51D w/o<br />
John Bagley took his private Cavalier Aircraft Mk2 Mustang for<br />
a test flight from home base Rexburg (ID). After thirty minutes<br />
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in the air, testing out the rebuilt engine, he had to make an<br />
emergency landing on Highway 20. He crash landed in the<br />
center divider, causing traffic in Rexburg to be backed up for<br />
hours. Bagley was able to make his way out of the plane with<br />
only a few minor cuts and bruises. His Mustang was pretty<br />
much in bits and pieces. This was a remanufactured P-51D<br />
airframe for MAP as 67-22579 and sold in the late sixties to<br />
Bolivia as FAB519. The constructionnumber is not known to<br />
us.<br />
21dec06 . . -3 . . . /VN T-6A dam<br />
A 71st Flying Training Wing Texan II piloted by a student on a<br />
solo flight ran off the runway at Vance Air Force Base (OK)<br />
during landing on runway 17L. The student remained unhurt<br />
but his aircraft recieved some damage.<br />
21dec06 N1AM PA-46-350P 4622061 w/o<br />
Four people, including a twelve-year-old boy, were killed when<br />
their private Malibu crashed during the approach on a flight<br />
from San Diego to the airport Buchannan Field at Concord<br />
(CA). A first approach was discontinued. Witnesses say the<br />
aircraft was coming in the second time, in light rain and limited<br />
visibility, too low and crashed onto Highway 4 short of the<br />
runway, clipping a semi-truck. A man and two women in the<br />
airplane were dead at the scene. The boy was pulled from the<br />
wreckage and transported to a local hospital where he was<br />
pronounced dead hours later during emergency surgery.<br />
21dec06 N171AE EC120B 1377 dam<br />
This Colibri, still owned by American Eurocopter and registered<br />
to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, was substantially<br />
damaged in a hard landing following a practice autorotation at<br />
the Grand Prairie Municipal Airport (TX). The flight instructor<br />
and student were not injured.<br />
22dec06 UH-60L w/o<br />
Crew chief Sergeant Thomas L. Clarkston and pilots Chief<br />
Warrant Officer Patrick J. Paige and Chief Warrant Officer<br />
James E. Whitehead, all with D Troop, 4th Squadron, 6th Air<br />
Cavalry Regiment, died when their Black Hawk crashed near<br />
Enumclaw (WA). They departed Fort Lewis (WA) for a<br />
scheduled night vision goggles training mission when the<br />
helicopter crashed on Mount Peak, also known as Pinnacle<br />
Peak, just south of Enumclaw (WA). When the aircraft didn’t<br />
come back from its training mission, a search was were<br />
begun. King County sheriff’s deputies and civilians found the<br />
wreckage on the south side of the 1835 foot mountain near the<br />
King County Fairgrounds, about 30 miles east of Fort Lewis<br />
(WA).<br />
22dec06 N808RA Ce340A 340A-0796 w/o<br />
This private Cessna 340 crashed under unknown circumstances<br />
one mile from Johns Island Executive Airport,<br />
southwest of Charleston (SC). The pilot had already attemped<br />
a landing but was forced to go around and come back for a<br />
second attempt. During the approach for this attempt<br />
something went wrong and the Cessna and its four<br />
occupants (father, mother and their two daughters) crashed in<br />
the Stono River. Unfortunately all four received fatal injuries.<br />
22dec06 N70BC Ce421B 421B-0813 w/o<br />
Quite a string of deadly light twin mishaps in the USA towards<br />
the end of the year. This Island Times Golden Eagle was<br />
destroyed in a crash under unknown circumstances near<br />
Chipley (FL) killing all five persons on board. Inclement<br />
weather may have been a factor. The Cessna was en route<br />
from Destin (FL) to Abaco Island, Bahamas. About twenty<br />
minutes after take-off, the pilot reported severe thunderstorms<br />
to air traffic controllers at Tyndall AFB (FL). The plane<br />
disappeared from Tyndall’s radar a short time later. Pilot John<br />
Johnson, Deborah Irby and her mother, Wanda Irby, Roxanne<br />
Costello and her husband Barry DeLong were flying to the<br />
Bahamas for Christmas.<br />
23dec06 N799CZ Beech 99 U-68 dam<br />
According to the FAA the landing gear of this Freight Runners<br />
Express Beech Airliner collapsed on landing at Mosinnee<br />
(WI). The damage was reported as substantial.<br />
24dec06 PK-LIJ B737-4Y0 24682 dam<br />
Lion Air Flight 792 from Jakarta to Makassar International Air-
port, Indonesia ended about 100 meters beyond the end of the<br />
runway. The entire undercarriage was ripped off causing<br />
substantial damage to both engines and wings. There were<br />
no reported serious injuries among the 162 persons on<br />
board. The aircraft may be a write-off judging the extent of the<br />
damage. The weather was good during the mishap.<br />
24dec06 AF-306 Bell 412 33083 w/o<br />
The Uganda Defence Force lost its last non second-hand<br />
helicopter in a crash at Entebbe Air Base on Christmas Eve. It<br />
came down on the Fisheries Training Institute as it returned to<br />
the base. There were nine officers on board, including the pilot<br />
and flight engineer, and none of them was seriously hurt.<br />
Because the type was indicated and the reference to the last<br />
non second-hand helicopter we are 99% sure the above Bell<br />
was the one involved.<br />
25dec06 various w/o<br />
Around sixty aircraft have been damaged or destroyed when<br />
tornadoes tore through the Daytona Beach (FL) campus of<br />
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University on Christmas Day. Two<br />
tornadoes with winds of about 120 miles per hour tore a 100foot-wide<br />
swath through the center of campus as a line of<br />
violent thunderstorms passed across the region. The<br />
maintenance hangar was destroyed and there was<br />
destructive damage to a high percentage of the fleet of planes.<br />
Multiple aircraft were tossed around and crushed to bits. The<br />
school operates about 85 single engine and twin engine<br />
aircraft. The campus was closed for the holiday, and nobody<br />
was hurt.<br />
25dec06 N62950 Ce414 414-0086 w/o<br />
This Cessna Chancellor en route from Palm Beach County<br />
Glades Airport in Pahokee (FL) to Lawrenceville (GA) crashed<br />
in an industrial park near Gwinnett’s Briscoe Field (GA) in the<br />
northeast Atlanta suburbs at night. The Cessna was<br />
registered to ATA of Broward, a flight school based in<br />
Pembroke Pines. Michael Allen Mucha was the pilot, his wife<br />
Nora Ann and 16-year-old daughter, Samantha Mucha were<br />
also on board. All three were ejected from the plane during the<br />
crash and died at the scene. They were supposed to be<br />
visiting relatives for the holidays.<br />
25dec06 helicopter w/o<br />
Well, no pun intended but after the conflict flared up it was only<br />
a matter of time before the first entry appeared in this section.<br />
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The Islamic Courts Union in Somalia has claimed its fighters<br />
have shot down an Ethiopian helicopter in Bandiredley, about<br />
630 kilometers northeast of the capital Mogadishu. Sheik<br />
Abdiqani Qorane Mohammed, an Islamic Courts officer, said<br />
they downed an Ethiopian gunship helicopter and further<br />
claimed they have also killed numbers of Ethiopian foot<br />
soldiers. We think either a Mi-8, Mi-17 or Mi-24 was involved.<br />
26dec06 N400CS Ce414 414-0613 w/o<br />
Pilot Maureen McGee of this Wharf Place Chancellor reported<br />
ice conditions en route from Morgantown (WV) to Teterboro<br />
(NJ). She tried to divert to John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria<br />
County Airport (PA) but crashed on landing. Both she and<br />
passenger Diane Efaw were killed. Efaw was a nurse and the<br />
two were flying to New Jersey to pick up a patient.<br />
27dec06 G-BLUN SA365N 6114 w/o<br />
This CHC Scotia Dauphin 2 left Blackpool Airport, United<br />
Kingdom enroute to various gas rigs in the waters off<br />
Morecambe Bay in Lancashire to pick up passengers. It had<br />
picked up five passengers at two Energy company Centrica<br />
platforms and was heading for a third. At some stage<br />
something went very wrong quickly and the helicopter ended<br />
up in the water forty kilometers off the coast. There was a<br />
prompt rescue response as people on the drilling platform<br />
waiting to be picked up actually saw the helicopter ditch in the<br />
sea. An emergency standby boat, permanently moored next to<br />
the rig, was immediately launched to try to pick up survivors.<br />
Rescue helicopters from RAF Valley (Rescue 122) and RAF<br />
Leconfield, coastguard crews and RNLI crews joined the SAR<br />
effort but to no avail as only lifeless bodies were recovered.<br />
Initially only six bodies were recovered.<br />
Credits:<br />
Air Britain News, Air Force Times, Airclaims, Aviation Letter,<br />
AirForces Monthly, Aviation Letter, Aviation Safety Network,<br />
Bundesstelle fur Flugenfallensuchung, Cheryl Baumgärtner,<br />
David Eyre, David Jacobson, Derek Malt, Direccion General<br />
de Aeronáutica Civil Chile, Federal Aviation Administration,<br />
Hendrik van der Veen, JACDEC, Jerzy Przybylik, Jon Somerville,<br />
KRO Ontbijt Nieuws, Laurent Tellier, NAMAR, National<br />
Transportation Safety Board, Pieter van ‘t Hof, SG Woensdrecht,<br />
Tanzania Ministry of Infrastructure Development Accident<br />
Investigation Branch, Ton Bukkems, Warbirds of India,<br />
Yucca Palm, Mike Bennett and Zapacitu & Hotnews.ro.<br />
At the very last moment, during the compilation of this first English <strong>Scramble</strong>, we received a picture of the crashed QF-4E. On<br />
25 April 2006, the 71-1083/AF257 of 82nd ATRS was command distructed after it went into an uncontrolled flight.<br />
(Tyndall, 7 April 2006, Frank Crébas)
Photocall<br />
Digitalising slides with your SLR<br />
From the moment I bought my Minolta Scan Dual II slide scanner<br />
in the year 2000, I thought there must be a quicker way to<br />
digitalize slides/negatives. The problem with my scanner was<br />
that it took about 5 minutes to scan a slide/negative and that it<br />
scanned also some dust, no matter how good you cleaned<br />
your slide. So it took some time to clean a slide in Photoshop<br />
after scanning it. At that time I didn’t have any software for the<br />
scanner to reduce dust.<br />
I think everybody has a “Eureka moment”: at least a few times<br />
in his life. I think this was one of mine and I like to share it with<br />
you. I thought why not take my slide light box, put down a slide<br />
on the light box and make a photo of it with my digital camera.<br />
Back than I had a Canon 10D, now I use a Canon 20D. The<br />
light box I use is a MEDALight LP-2000 with cold cathode<br />
lamp, which has a perfect bright white light (5000K daylight).<br />
This is how I do it. Put your camera on a tripod, and if you have<br />
custom settings put it on mirror lockup, so the mirror has minimal<br />
vibrations when it is going up and down. Use a remote<br />
switch so you do not have to touch the camera. The AV (aperture<br />
value) is not so important because the slide is flat. For Tv,<br />
(shutter speed) I mostly get the best results with 0,3 - 0,5<br />
seconds. I tried several lenses, from wide angle to tele, but I<br />
had the best results with a macro lens. In that way you can get<br />
very close to the slide, about 10 to 15 centimetres. I use the<br />
Tamron macro 90mm II. I always put a lens cap over the slide;<br />
this reduces the light from the side, like reflections from<br />
windows, light bulbs or whatsoever.<br />
You do have to edit the photo a little bit in Photoshop. I<br />
sometimes see the slide mount on the photo, so you have to<br />
crop it and do some dust removing (much less than scanned<br />
with a slide scanner). And do some regular editing like<br />
sharpening, levels and contrast. But of course that is up to you.<br />
It is also possible to do the same thing with B/W and colour<br />
negatives. After you take a photo of the negative you have to<br />
open the image in Photoshop, and Do<br />
image>adjustments>invert, (or Ctrl-I), then you will have the<br />
image of the negative in ‘positive’, it is really easy. After that,<br />
you have to do some rework, like levels, contrast and so on,<br />
depending on your taste.<br />
I mostly use JPEG, I do not have much experience copying with<br />
RAW. The few I took in RAW settings do need much more<br />
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Roel Reijne<br />
As you can read in the article below the digital era does not forget your old slides. In a tutorial written by Roel Reijne you can learn<br />
how you can digitalize your forgotten files with a DSLR and bring them back alive on your computer.<br />
(Soesterberg, early ninety's, Roel Reijne)<br />
adjustments with the same or less results as JPEG. I have<br />
made some prints of the digital copies made with the Canon<br />
20D with about the same results as bringing a slide to the<br />
print store, with the advantage that the people of the print store<br />
cannot damage your slide. And the costs are lower.<br />
I know that buying a genuine macro lens is a big investment,
ut a slide scanner is only made for scanning, while a macro<br />
lens is also good for photographing insects, people and so<br />
on. I hope you are satisfied with the results when using this<br />
simple and quick method. None the less, it is a great excuse<br />
to see your old slides again! I had not looked at them since I<br />
Some more examples of digitalized slides:<br />
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switched to digital photography a few years ago. It was very<br />
nice to see the ‘old’ stuff again!<br />
If you have any questions about copying slides with your<br />
digital SLR, please do not hesitate to ask! You can contact me<br />
through my website www.foto-expositie.nl.<br />
(Henk de Ridder)<br />
(Roel Reijne)<br />
(Roel Reijne)
Always been curious about how aviations’ best<br />
photographers shoot their finest pictures in the air or just on<br />
the ground and what kind of equipment they use? In a<br />
quarterly series of interviews the best professional aviation<br />
photographers will unveil their techniques to you.<br />
To make this new section as interactive and informative as<br />
possible we have asked our online message board<br />
members to sent us their questions that they would love to<br />
see answered.<br />
This month we kick off with Jamie Hunter. Jamie is known for<br />
his books and contributions in several world leading magazines.<br />
His latest book, “Testing Top Guns” is a great example of<br />
stunning aviation photography and a great inspiration source<br />
for many.<br />
Is aviation photography your primary job? If not, what else<br />
do you do?<br />
“I run a complete aviation media company. I also write for magazines<br />
and I am currently working on my fifth book.”<br />
Who are you primary clients?<br />
“My primary clients are aviation journals and aviation<br />
manufacturers.”<br />
What are the titles of your books you have published so far?<br />
“Gulf War 2, Sea Harrier - Last all-British fighter, Testing Top<br />
Guns, Smoke Trails - the last F-4 Phantoms (out 2007), Power<br />
of Aviation (out 2007).”<br />
What or who brought you in to aviation photographing?<br />
“I wanted to be an RAF pilot and following the defence cuts of<br />
1990 there were no flying jobs. I wanted to stay in aviation and<br />
so I got into this business.”<br />
How long are you in this business?<br />
“I wrote my first published magazine feature in 1992.”<br />
Who is your role model/ inspiration source in the aviation<br />
photography business or photography in general?<br />
“Without a doubt it is Katsuhiko Tokunaga. His book Super<br />
Blue was one of the main reasons I got into what I do now. He<br />
is truly inspirational and so knowledgeable and imaginative.<br />
He is now a good friend and so willing to give advice. He is the<br />
master.”<br />
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What is your most memorable assignment and why?<br />
“This is a difficult question. Probably my first flight with the<br />
82nd ATRS QF-4Es at Tyndall in 2004. I always wanted to fly in<br />
the F-4.”<br />
What equipment do you use for photographing (body and<br />
lenses)?<br />
“Canon EOS1D Mk2 and Canon EF lenses.”<br />
How much and what gear do you take with you when you are<br />
travelling?<br />
“I always take 2 camera bodies, lenses from 15mm - 300mm<br />
f2.8.”<br />
What do you use for storage while on the road?<br />
“Epson P2000 and laptop.”<br />
How do you prepare a photo shoot?<br />
“It depends on what it is. For an air-to-air shoot I plan the whole<br />
mission in detail. I draw out exactly what I want to do and in<br />
what order. I then brief the pilots. Planning is the key - you<br />
cannot re-brief in flight.”<br />
Do you shoot RAW pictures, why?<br />
“RAW captures the most information.”<br />
Photocall<br />
Q&A with Jamie Hunter<br />
The 82nd ATRS QF-4E is one of the Heritage jets from Tyndall. It was flown by Sal Bonacasa during a big shoot involving all four<br />
of the Tyndall specially-painted QF-4Es. This photo was actually taken in the circuit pattern at Tyndall. This was my second sortie<br />
with the unit and I was flying in the European One lizard QF-4E. (All photos: Jamie Hunter)<br />
Do you shoot with shutter speed or aperture preference?<br />
“I shoot either manual settings or sometimes shutter priority. It<br />
depends on the light.”<br />
What is the trick in selecting the proper shutter speed/<br />
aperture value in certain circumstances or in general?<br />
“Experience is the key for this. Digital appears more prone to<br />
camera shake but it is in reality just the depth of the pixels and<br />
the detail compared to film. If you are doing a dynamic<br />
manoeuvre then a higher shutter speed is needed to<br />
compensate for camera shake but is offset against the depth<br />
of field you need.”<br />
What lenses do you use for a fast jet air-to-air photo<br />
mission?<br />
“I tend to use my EF24-105. But it depends on what I am<br />
shooting. With the Red Arrows I can sometimes use 15mm.”<br />
How many photo’s do you shoot during one air to air<br />
session, and how many are usually good enough for
The Red Arrows break shot was taken in Cyprus in April this<br />
year. I was flying with Red 11 and we had one chance at this<br />
shot following a full practice display. I had chased the whole<br />
display with Red 11 and then we had one chance for this shot.<br />
It was a tough sortie with lots of G but we got the shot thanks to<br />
the incredible skill of the pilots. I am very proud of this<br />
photograph.<br />
publication in that serie?<br />
“As you become more experienced you don’t tend to take as<br />
many photos. The overall number you take depends on the<br />
mission type. Some sorties involve a lot of different set ups<br />
and some give you just a few minutes with the subject aircraft.<br />
I would to say that all are good for publication…but not all set<br />
ups work first time.”<br />
What equipment do you use for photo editing (desktop<br />
computer MAC or windows and software)<br />
“I always used MAC but I had so many problems and<br />
disappointment that I have now switched to PC. I am now a big<br />
fan of my PC.”<br />
How does your workflow look like once your images are<br />
downloaded to your desktop computer?<br />
“I have external hard drives for my photos for storage. I work in<br />
the Canon conversion software to produce TIFFs from RAW<br />
files.”<br />
What kind of adjustments do you usually make to any<br />
image?<br />
“Maybe a little unsharp mask or some contrast adjusting.<br />
Nothing more.”<br />
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How do you archive your digital images? Do you ad<br />
keywords to the pictures and/ or do you rename your<br />
pictures in your archive and how does your folder structure<br />
look like?<br />
“Location and date usually. Folders are ordered by operator<br />
and then by type. I also have external hard drives and also<br />
have DVD back ups for each shoot.”<br />
How large is your (aviation) picture library to date?<br />
“I have a cupboard full of slides and about 200gb of digital -<br />
maybe more now.”<br />
The VX-31 ‘Dust Devils’ Super Hornet was taken during a big<br />
shoot for the squadron from China Lake. We were flying over the<br />
Sierra Nevada to the north of the base.<br />
This break shot of two 494th FS F-15Es from Lakenheath was taken in 2001. It was taken from an F-15E and was shot over the<br />
North Sea.
<strong>Scramble</strong> Intelligence Service<br />
The latest TLP saw participation of Mirage 2000s from France. This Mirage 2000C 36/5-OC is seen here departing Florennes for<br />
the TLP mission of 30 November 2006. (Michael van der Mee)<br />
Upcoming SIS<br />
Red Flag 07/02 consists of two parts. The first period is from<br />
15 January till 26 January, the second period is scheduled for<br />
5 February till 16 February. You can expect the following aircraft<br />
in the skies above Nellis.<br />
Period 1 15jan - 26jan<br />
6x F-15 Nellis AFB Aggressor<br />
4x F-16 Nellis AFB Aggressor<br />
12x F-15 Kadena AFB Offensive Air<br />
6x Tornado F3 United Kingdom Offensive Air<br />
4x B-1 Dyess AFB Interdiction<br />
4x B-2 Whiteman AFB Interdiction<br />
12x F-15E RAF Lakenheath Interdiction<br />
9x Tornado GR4 United Kingdom Interdiction<br />
14x F-16CJ Misawa AB SEAD<br />
4x EA-6B Whidbey Island SEAD<br />
2x E-3 Tinker AFB C&C<br />
1x MQ-1 Creech AFB C&C<br />
1x RC-135V Offutt AFB C&C<br />
1x U-2 Beale AFB C&C<br />
1x Nimrod R1 Waddington C&C<br />
4x HH-60G Moody AFB SAR<br />
2x HC-130 Moody AFB SAR<br />
2x C-130 RAF Lyneham Airlift<br />
4x KC-135 Grand Forks AFB Refuelling<br />
Period 2 5feb - 16feb<br />
6x F-15 Nellis AFB Aggressor<br />
4x F-16 Nellis AFB Aggressor<br />
14x F-22 Langley AFB Offensive Air<br />
8x F-117 Holloman AFB Interdiction<br />
4x B-2 Whiteman AFB Interdiction<br />
?x AV-8B US Marine Corps Interdiction (TBD)<br />
9x Tornado GR4 United Kingdom Interdiction<br />
8x A/OA-10 Boise AP Interdiction<br />
8x Harrier GR7/9 United Kingdom Interdiction<br />
6x F-111 Australia Interdiction<br />
12x F-16CG Cannon AFB SEAD<br />
4x EA-6B Whidbey Island SEAD<br />
2x E-3 Tinker AFB C&C<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> <strong>332</strong> - Page 87<br />
1x MQ-1 Creech AFB C&C<br />
1x RC-135V Offutt AFB C&C<br />
1x U-2 Beale AFB C&C<br />
2x HH-60 Moffett Field Search and Rescue<br />
2x HC-130 Moffett Field Search and Rescue<br />
1x HC-130 Gabreski AP Search and Rescue<br />
1x HH-60 Gabreski AP Search and Rescue<br />
2x C-130 RAF Lyneham Airlift<br />
4x KC-135 Selfridge AFB Refuelling<br />
Credit: http://dreamlandresort.com<br />
RAF Harrier deployment to the United States. On 19 November<br />
six Harrier GR9 and two GR7 departed Cottesmore for Yuma<br />
AFB for live LGB drops. After this exercise they are also<br />
expected to participate at the upcoming Red Flag. The<br />
Harriers will return late January or early February to their home<br />
base.<br />
ZD409/38 Harrier GR9 1 Sq Ascot 9750<br />
ZG510/81 Harrier GR9 1 Sq Ascot 9751<br />
ZD862/94 Harrier GR9 4 Sq Ascot 9752<br />
ZG505/76 Harrier GR9 1 Sq Ascot 9753<br />
ZG857/89 Harrier GR9 4 Sq Ascot 9754<br />
ZD375/23 Harrier GR9 4 Sq Ascot 9755<br />
ZD467/57 Harrier GR7 4 Sq Ascot 9756<br />
ZD321/02 Harrier GR7 1 Sq Ascot 9757<br />
Credit: ELAS newsletter<br />
Maple Flag 2007 is currently scheduled to run from 22 May to<br />
15 June 2007. The 2007 edition will not be three periods of two<br />
weeks but it will contain two periods of two weeks. At this moment<br />
no participants are known. We will keep you informed.<br />
Credit: www.airforce.forces.gc.ca<br />
Geilenkirchen tanker schedule 2007 is now available for the<br />
first part of 2007. During a two weeks period two tankers are<br />
available for the Geilenkirchen based AWACS. Arrival usually<br />
is on early Monday morning and departure to the States is<br />
usually on Friday morning. The last column mentions the<br />
arrival and departure callsign. During the deployment the tankers<br />
use the ESSO callsign.
08jan - 19jan KC-135E 151st ARS Soda<br />
22jan - 02feb KC-135R 136th ARS Fuzzy<br />
05feb - 16feb KC-135R 106th ARS Dixie<br />
19feb - 02mar KC-135R 173rd ARS Husker<br />
05mar - 16mar KC-135R 116th ARS Expo<br />
19mar - 30mar KC-135R 117th ARS Wylie<br />
16apr - 27apr KC-135R 168th ARS Chena<br />
30apr - 11may KC-135R 133rd ARS Pack<br />
14may - 25may KC-135R 136th ARS Fuzzy<br />
28may - 08jun KC-135R 166th ARS Tazz, Sluff<br />
11jun - 22jun KC-135E 191st ARS Utah<br />
25jun - 06jul KC-135E 108th ARS Coder<br />
Garuda III is the name for this years exercise between the<br />
Indian airforce and the French airforce, unfortunately the<br />
exercise will this year be held, again, in India. So no Indian<br />
fighters this year in France, but French Mirage 2000s in India.<br />
Updates<br />
WEF 2007 brings a lot of military and civil bizjets to Zürich<br />
Airport. Just like this year, there will be special platform tours.<br />
Also for this year there are bus tours on several days, more<br />
info can be found on www.buchair.net.<br />
TLP 2007/2 will also see the participation of Greek Mirage<br />
2000CGs.<br />
Nighftlying Volkel will also continue in 2007. From 8 january till<br />
15 March there will be nightflying at Volkel. From Monday till<br />
Thursday there will be no activities before 10.30 After that there<br />
will be minimal flying activities. Early in the evening there will<br />
be more flying activities, landing times are mostly before<br />
22.00. During week one, five and eight there will be no flying<br />
activities, we can expect the normal flying times.<br />
Rotations<br />
Russian Navy Flankers will come to Landiviseau for an<br />
exchange with the local squadrons. This should be happening<br />
within the coming months. This info isn’t confirmed by<br />
officials, it’s a strong rumour.<br />
Airshows<br />
French airforce display teams will be reduced in the 2007<br />
season. There will be no Mirage 2000 and the Rafale Demo<br />
will neither be there in 2007. The only demoteams remaining<br />
within the French airforce are: Patrouille de France, Alpha Jet<br />
solo display and Cartouche Doré.<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> <strong>332</strong> - Page 88<br />
ALAT Meeting Aérien is the name for the French army aviation<br />
opendays. In 2007 we can visit the following two airfields: 23<br />
and 24 June Le Luc and 22 September Rennes. The themes<br />
of the Le Luc openday are the 50th anniversary of the Army<br />
Aviation School and the 100th birthday of the helicopter. Note<br />
that the programme of Saturday is different to Sunday. On<br />
Sunday the flying part of the show is in the morning and<br />
afternoon and Saturday only in the afternoon. For the<br />
photographers, in the afternoon the sun is more in your back<br />
during the flying display. For a report of the 2005 edition of this<br />
airshow see scramble 315 page 125.<br />
Belgian airforce display teams will remain the same as in<br />
2006. The Fouga display is still going strong. The display at<br />
the Belgian Defence days in Koksijde, on July 1 will be the last<br />
one for Paul Rorive and his Fouga. Afterwards, he will only be<br />
seen in static display or fly-by. The F-16 and SAR demo will<br />
remain in 2007, as well as the Agusta display. In 2007 we can<br />
probably see the rebirth of “the Swallows”. There are very<br />
strong rumours that this two ship demoteam, flying with SF-<br />
260 takes the skies again. Currently, the arrangements are<br />
being finalized, and the Minister still has to approve the project,<br />
but it is looking good!<br />
Swiss airforce display teams, Patrouille Suisse and PC-7<br />
Team, have announced some display dates.<br />
Patrouille Suisse 2007 display schedule<br />
12jan - 13jan Wengen, CH<br />
13may Salon de Provence, FR<br />
02jun - 03jun Stavanger, NO<br />
10jun Aalborg, DK<br />
22jun - 24jun Ameland, NL (TBC)<br />
07jul RNAS Yeovilton, UK<br />
25aug - 26aug Dittingen, CH<br />
01sep - 02sep Bex, CH<br />
08sep - 09ep Lugano Lake, CH<br />
08sep - 09sep Dübendorf, CH<br />
08oct - 11oct Axalp, CH<br />
20nov - 25nov Lugano, CH<br />
PC-7 Team 2007 display schedule<br />
03jun Mont de Marsan, FR<br />
15jun - 16jun Volkel, NL<br />
07jul - 08jul Zürich, CH<br />
22jul Sanicole, BE<br />
01sep - 02sep Bex, CH<br />
08sep - 09sep Lugano Lake, CH<br />
Joris van Boven was lucky enough to visit the French Navy Carrier Charles de Gaulle in December. No less than eleven Super<br />
Etendards were seen during this visit. This 24 from 11F is seen here taking of from the ship. Clearly visible is the catapult-cable<br />
flying away from the aircraft. (FNS Charles de Gaulle, 5 december 2006, Joris van Boven)
The Thunderbirds are coming to Europe! The Thunderbirds<br />
have announced their schedule for the 2007 season.<br />
Between 24 June and 15 July they will visit Europe. In the<br />
schedule beneath you can see which airfield will be visited by<br />
the Thunderbirds. On Sunday 24 June they will make their<br />
appearance at the Salthill airshow. They will fly from nearby<br />
Shannon airport.<br />
Their visits at Krzesiny, Bucharest, Ankara and Aviano can be<br />
seen as a gift to those countriess for their support in the War<br />
on Terror and their co-operation the last few years. All events in<br />
Europe are public events.<br />
24Mar - 25 Mar Luke AFB, (AZ)<br />
27mar Greech AFB, (NV)<br />
31mar- 01apr NAS Point Mugu, (CA)<br />
14apr - 15apr Eglin AFB, (FL)<br />
21apr - 22apr Barksdale AFB, (LA)<br />
28apr - 29apr Langley AFB, (VA)<br />
05may- 06may Fort Lauderdale, (FL)<br />
12may- 13may McGuire AFB, (NJ)<br />
18may- 20may Andrews AFB, (MD)<br />
26may- 27may Jones Beach, (NY)<br />
02jun - 03jun Davenport, (IA)<br />
09jun - 10jun Sacramento, (CA)<br />
16jun - 17jun Pittsburgh, (PA)<br />
24jun Shannon, Ireland (Sallthill Airshow)<br />
26jun Krzesiny AB, Poland<br />
28jun Bucharest, Romania<br />
30jun Ankara Esenboga, Turkey<br />
01jul Graf Ignatievo, Bulgaria<br />
04jul Aviano AB, Italy<br />
01jul - 08jul Evreux, France<br />
10jul Kleine Brogel, Belgium (photo shoot)<br />
14jul - 15jul RAF Fairford, United Kingdom<br />
25jul Cheyenne, (WY)<br />
28jul - 29jul Dayton, (OH)<br />
11aug - 12aug Niagara Falls ANGB, (NY)<br />
15aug Atlantic City, (NJ)<br />
18aug - 19aug Chicago, (IL)<br />
25aug - 26aug Otis ANGB, (MA)<br />
01sep - 03sep Cleveland, (OH)<br />
08sep Minot AFB, (ND)<br />
15sep Waikiki Beach, (HI)<br />
22sep - 23sep El Paso, (TX)<br />
29sep - 30sep Columbus, (OH)<br />
06oct - 07oct Pope AFB, (ND)<br />
13oct - 14oct MCAS Miramar, (CA)<br />
20oct - 21oct Moody AFB, (GA)<br />
27oct - 28oct NASJRB New Orleans, (LA)<br />
03nov - 04nov Cape Carnaval, (FL)<br />
10nov - 11nov Nellis AFB, (NV)<br />
The Thunderbirds will be making flypass(es) at Kleine Brogel<br />
airbase on 10 july 2007. The Kleine Brogel Authorities are<br />
considering organizing a special event for the occasion. The<br />
location for Romania has changed into Bucharest.<br />
The Blue Angels are scheduled to perform at the following<br />
events in 2007.<br />
10mar NAF El Centro, (CA)<br />
17mar- 18mar Davis Montham AFB, )AZ)<br />
24mar Tyndall AFB, (FL)<br />
31mar- 01apr MacDill AFB, (FL)<br />
14apr - 15apr NAS Corpus Chrsti, (TX)<br />
21apr - 22apr MCAS Beaurfort, (SC)<br />
28apr - 29apr Viadlia, (GA)<br />
05may- 06may Offut AFB, (NE)<br />
12may Seymour Johnson AFB, (NC)<br />
19may- 20may La Cross, (WI)<br />
23may US Naval Academy (Washington), (MD)<br />
26may- 27may Millville, (NJ)<br />
02jun - 03jun Rockford, (IL)<br />
09jun - 10jun Tinker AFB, (OK)<br />
16jun - 17jun Fargo, (ND)<br />
23jun - 24jun North Kingstown, (RI)<br />
30jun - 01jul Battle Creek, (MI)<br />
07jul - 08jul Ypsilanti, (MI)<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> <strong>332</strong> - Page 89<br />
14jul - 15jul McConnel AFB, (KS)<br />
21jul Pensacola Beach, (FL)<br />
28jul - 29jul Bozeman, (MT)<br />
04aug - 05aug Seattle, (WA)<br />
11aug - 12aug Hillsboro, (OR)<br />
25aug - 26aug Indianapolis, (IN)<br />
01sep - 03sep St. Louis, (MO)<br />
08sep - 09sep NAS Oceana, (VA)<br />
15sep - 16sep NAS Brunswick, (ME)<br />
22sep - 23sep Millington, (TN)<br />
29sep - 30sep Salinas, (CA)<br />
06oct - 07oct San Francisco, (CA)<br />
13oct - 14oct MCAS Kaneohe Bay, (HI)<br />
20oct - 21oct Fort Worth, (TX)<br />
27oct - 28oct Muskogee, (OK)<br />
03nov - 04mov Jacksonville Beach, (FL)<br />
08nov - 10nov NAS Pensacola, (FL)<br />
Canadian CF-118 demonstration team will perform at the<br />
following events. Just like the Thunderbirds the Canadians<br />
will make their appearance at the RIAT.<br />
02jun - 03jun Southport, Man.<br />
09jun - 10jun CFB Bagotville, Que.<br />
16jun - 17jun Ottawa, Ont.<br />
20jun Owen Sound, Ont.<br />
23jun - 24jun St. Thomas, Ont.<br />
30jun - 01jul Evansville, (IN)<br />
07jul CFB Moose Jaw, Sask.<br />
13jul - 15jul RAF Fairford, UK<br />
28jul - 29jul Peace River, Alta.<br />
04aug - 05aug Lethbridge, Alta.<br />
10aug - 12aug Abbotsford, B.C.<br />
18aug - 19aug Saskatoon, Sask.<br />
25aug - 26aug St. Catharines, Ont.<br />
29aug Brantford, Ont.<br />
01sep - 03sep Toronto, Ont.<br />
08sep - 09sep Halifax, N.S.<br />
The Snowbirds, the Canadian demo team, can be seen at the<br />
following events in 2007.<br />
02jun - 03jun Southport, Man.<br />
06jun Kapuskasing, Ont<br />
09jun - 10jun CFB Bagotville, Que.<br />
13jun Dalhousie, N.B.<br />
16jun - 17jun Moncton, N.B.<br />
20jun Owen Sound, Ont.<br />
23jun - 24jun St. Thomas, Ont.<br />
27jun Kingston, Ont.<br />
30jun Cobourg, Ont.<br />
01jul Ottawa, Ont.<br />
04jul Evansville, (IN), U.S.A.<br />
06jul Calgary, Alta<br />
07jul CFB Moose Jaw, Sask.<br />
18jul The Pas, Man.<br />
21jul Fort McMurray, Alta.<br />
22jul Edmonton, Alat.<br />
25jul Fort St. John, B.C.<br />
28jul - 29jul Peace River, Alta.<br />
01aug Prince George, B.C.<br />
04aug - 05aug Lethbridge, Alta.<br />
10aug - 12aug Abbotsford, B.C.<br />
15aug Kelowna, B.C.<br />
18aug - 19aug Saskatoon, Sask.<br />
25aug - 26aug St. Catharines, Ont.<br />
29aug Candiac, Que.<br />
01sep - 03sep Toronto, Ont (Airshow)<br />
04sep Toronto, Ont (Fly past)<br />
08sep - 09sep Halifax, N.S.<br />
14sep - 16sep Reno, (NV) U.S.A.<br />
19sep Tucumcari, (NW) U.S.A.<br />
22sep - 23sep Millington, (TN), U.S.A.<br />
26sep Fayetteville, (AR) U.S.A.<br />
29sep - 30sep Salinas, (CA) U.S.A.<br />
06oct - 07oct Houston, (TX), U.S.A.<br />
12oct CFB Moose Jaw, Sask.<br />
General
Summary<br />
We would like to notice that the information beneath about:<br />
airshows, harbour visits, exercises, rotations and<br />
deployments is subject to change. Conformation is mostly<br />
given at the last moment.<br />
2007<br />
08jan - 19jan 151st ARS/TN ANG d Geilenkirchen<br />
15jan - 02feb WK LtSt 4 e Dübendorf<br />
15jan - 02feb WK LtSt 3 e Mollis<br />
15jan - 02feb WK FlSt 17 e Payerne<br />
15jan - 09feb TLP 07/01 e Florennes<br />
15jan - 26feb Red Flag 07/02 part 1 e Nellis<br />
22jan - 02feb 136th ARS/NY ANG d Geilenkirchen<br />
24jan - 28jan World Economic Forum c Davos (Ch)<br />
05feb - 16feb Red Flag 07/02 part 2 e Nellis<br />
05feb - 16feb 106th ARS/AL ANG d Geilenkirchen<br />
05mar - 30mar TLP 07/02 e Florennes<br />
19feb - 02mar 173rd ARS/NE ANG d Geilenkirchen<br />
05mar - 16mar 116th ARS/WA ANG d Geilenkirchen<br />
12mar - 30mar WK FlSt 8 e Meiringen<br />
12mar - 30mar WK FlSt 11 e Meiringen<br />
19mar - 30mar 117th ARS/KS ANG d Geilenkirchen<br />
02apr - 30sep Main runway closed s Florennes<br />
16apr - 27apr 168th ARS/AK ANG d Geilenkirchen<br />
Airfield directions Evreux<br />
General<br />
With the Thunderbirds coming, a lot of of people will go to<br />
Evreux. For all of you going we have an overview of this airbase.<br />
Base Aerienne 105 Evreux hosts two Escadres with C-<br />
160R Transalls and one composite Escadre flying Twin Otter,<br />
Cougar and Transall helicopters and aircraft. Founded as a<br />
civil aerodrome in the 1920s the base saw extensive<br />
improvements in the 1930s, with French fighters and fighterbombers<br />
being stationed here. During the German<br />
occupation Bf109s, Ju88s and Fw190s were stationed. After<br />
the war, and after the USAF left, the base was returned to the<br />
French Armée de l’Air.<br />
Around the airport<br />
Spot 1 - N13<br />
When runway 04 is in use aircraft fly pretty low over the Route<br />
National numéro 13. In the morning the eastern side is<br />
preferable, in the afternoon (after three-ish) the western side<br />
would be the side of choice. All because of the sun moving<br />
throughout the day.<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> <strong>332</strong> - Page 90<br />
21apr - 05may Neptune Warrior 07/01 e Scotland<br />
23apr - 27apr Falcon Bronze e Norway<br />
23apr - 11may WK LtSt 7 e Emmen<br />
23apr - 11may Wk FlSt 18 e Sion<br />
23apr - 11may Wk FlSt 19 e Sion<br />
26apr - 13may Combined Endavour e Germany<br />
30apr - 11may 133rd ARS/NH ANG d Geilenkirchen<br />
07may - 01jun TLP 07/03 e Karup<br />
14may - 25may 136th ARS/NY ANG d Geilenkirchen<br />
19may - 06jul JG-74 EF-2000 d Decimomannu<br />
22may - 15jun Maple Flag e Cold Lake<br />
28may - 08jun 166th ARS/OH ANG d Geilenkirchen<br />
04jun - 15jun Baltops 2007 e Baltic sea area<br />
11jun - 22jun 191st ARS/UT ANG d Geilenkirchen<br />
14jun - 28jun Elite 2007 e South Germany<br />
25jun - 06jul 108th ARS/IL ANG d Geilenkirchen<br />
03sep - 15sep Bold Avenger e Ørland<br />
15sep - 01oct Neptune Warrior 07/02 e Scotland<br />
24sep - 28sep Arctic Tiger (Tiger Meet) e Ørland<br />
01oct - 19oct WK LtSt 6 e Alpnach<br />
01oct - 19oct WK LtSt 8 e Alpnach<br />
01oct - 26oct TLP 07/05 e Florennes<br />
12nov - 30nov WK LtSt 5 e Payerne<br />
12nov - 30nov WK LtSt 7 e Emmen<br />
19nov - 14dec TLP 07/06 e Florennes<br />
Spot 2 - Aeroclub<br />
At the aeroclub some small aircraft can be found. But it also<br />
gives a nice overview of the runway, and of the dispersals on<br />
the opposite side of the runway.<br />
Spot 3 - Huest<br />
Where the Route de Vernon - leading from Fauville - meets the<br />
eastern parts of Huest, you’ll also find the base fence. From<br />
here a good view can be obtained on all the activities. Be<br />
aware of the fact that ‘they’ can also see you, and may not like<br />
you standing there...<br />
Spot 4 - Sassey-Gauciel<br />
Usually runway 22 is in use, with a good vantage point for<br />
photography ánd numbers, the road between Sassey and<br />
Gauciel, leading past ‘short final’ of runway 22. Again, due to<br />
the sun’s movement you either stand on the eastern side<br />
(mornings) or on the western side (afternoons).<br />
Based units<br />
The following units are based at Evreux. GAM00.056<br />
GAM00.056 DHC-6-300, AS532UL, C-160R (loan)<br />
ET01.064 C-160R<br />
ET02.064 C-160R<br />
Badges<br />
ET01.064 ET02.064 GAM00.056<br />
Serials<br />
In our database we have the following aircraft:<br />
C-160R<br />
R201/64-GA R202/64-GB R203/64-GC R204/64-GD<br />
R205/64-GE R206/64-GF R207/64-GG R208/64-GH<br />
R210/64-GJ R211/64-GK R212/64-GL R213/64-GM<br />
R214/64-GN R215/64-GO R217/64-GQ R218/64-GR<br />
R223/64-GW R224/64-GX R225/64-GY R226/64-GZ<br />
AS532UL<br />
2342/FX 2369/FW<br />
DHC-6-300<br />
292/CC 298/CD 300/CE
Military News<br />
Like many other countries in the southern part of Europe, Spain is a major operator of the CL-215/415. The first aircraft was<br />
delivered in 1973 and since 30 have been delivered of which fourteen remain in service today, with Grupo 43 at Torrejon.<br />
(Torrejon, 30 November 2006, Piet Luijken)<br />
<strong>Intro</strong>duction<br />
Starting with the first English issue, we have also decided to<br />
make some major changes to the sections Military News and<br />
Military Updates. Until now we have included both sections in<br />
the printed magazine. Our survey over a year ago showed that<br />
quite a number of people did not show a particular interest in<br />
the majority on the large number of unit changes and<br />
duplication of aircraft that have been written off.<br />
From this issue, we have therefore split the sections into a<br />
printed section (the Military News) and a digital version (the<br />
Military Updates). The Military News will, from now on, include<br />
all news and newsworthy updates (new aircraft, relevant<br />
serials). These can be presented within the news-items or as<br />
separate updates in this section. Furthermore, we will<br />
increase the number of aircraft rundowns whenever this is<br />
functional. The digital version of the Military Updates will<br />
include the serials as we have presented in the printed magazine<br />
until now. So all unit changes, construction number<br />
updates, etc. will continue to be available. The only change is<br />
that you will have to download this as a PDF-file from our<br />
website. Access to the PDF is limited to subscribers (or the<br />
ones possessing a printed <strong>Scramble</strong>) via the familiar password<br />
option at http://www.scramble.nl/milupdates.htm.<br />
In this we are confident to have created a modus operandi that<br />
suits everyone. If you want to stay up to date on all relevant<br />
changes to the armed forces inventory you are served by the<br />
improved version of our Military News. If you are into all serials<br />
and changes to our databases, you can download the file<br />
whenever you like.<br />
Europe<br />
Netherlands<br />
Koninklijke Luchtmacht (AF)<br />
After a research by the Dutch MoD (see <strong>Scramble</strong> 328 – Page<br />
85) the decision was made to establish a permanent<br />
detachment at Springfield Air National Guard Base (ANGB),<br />
Ohio, starting May 2007. From here 306sq will operate<br />
fourteen F-16s for a period of at least three years.<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> <strong>332</strong> - Page 91<br />
The contract, signed on 8 December 2006, consists of joining<br />
the Formal Training Unit which is part of the 178th FW.<br />
Furthermore the USAF will provide supporting management<br />
while the 178th FW will be responsible for support of flight<br />
operations, maintenance and provide the use of local<br />
facilities. With this new training programme the advanced training<br />
programme which has been hosted by the 148th TFTS at<br />
Tucson International Airport for almost eighteen years will<br />
move to Ohio as well. Although a substantial part of the training<br />
is now situated in the US, the new pilots will also be<br />
trained in the Netherlands by the squadrons at Volkel and<br />
Leeuwarden as part of the European theatre qualification training.<br />
Earlier than expected, the last flight of the Fokker 60UTA-N<br />
took place on 29 November 2006. On this date U-04 flew its<br />
last trip from Eindhoven passing Twenthe, Leeuwarden,<br />
Woensdrecht and Gilze-Rijen. Together with U-02 it will now<br />
await a possible sale to Chile and modification to MPA in the<br />
near future. The two Fokker 60MPA aircraft operating in the<br />
Caribbean will fly until the end of 2007.<br />
Koninklijke Luchtmacht (AF)<br />
F-16A<br />
J-245 i/a ETAR to be pres ETAR 6D-34 dec06<br />
F-16AM<br />
J-879 313sq ex 322sq 6D-96 dec06<br />
Fokker 60 UTA-N<br />
U-02 std EHEH wfu 29nov06 20324 dec06<br />
U-04 std EHEH wfu 29nov06 20329 dec06<br />
Marineluchtvaartdienst (NY)<br />
SH-14D<br />
261 MARHELI ex stored EHKD 007 nov06<br />
Belgium<br />
Luchtcomponent (AF)<br />
The Belgian MoD has found a former USAF C-130 to replace<br />
the CH02, which was destroyed during a hangar fire at Brussels<br />
earlier this year. One of the conditions of the deal was that<br />
the costs should not be higher than the payment the MoD
eceived from the insurance company for the destroyed CH02.<br />
At this time it is still unknown when the Hercules will arrive in<br />
Belgium since its unknown which upgrades the new C-130<br />
has to undergo before entering service within the Belgian Air<br />
Force.<br />
Following the letter of intent Belgium and Jordan signed in<br />
April this year (<strong>Scramble</strong> 324 – Page 103), the sale of fourteen<br />
F-16AM/BMs has been processed. At the end of 2007 the first<br />
F-16s will be delivered to Jordan with the last ones being<br />
delivered in early 2008. Before the delivery the Belgian Air<br />
Force will train Jordanian pilots so they can fly them to their<br />
homeland themselves. All the aircraft, which are currently<br />
stored at Weelde, will undergo maintenance at either<br />
Florennes or Kleine Brogel before being delivered. The<br />
proceeds of the sale are still unknown but will be added to the<br />
budget of the MoD.<br />
40sm at Koksijde celebrated its thirtieth years of operating the<br />
Westland Sea King with a fly-by of three Sea Kings and two<br />
Alouette IIIs on 14 December 2006. For this celebration RS03<br />
received special markings on its tail boom containing the<br />
Belgian flag with “30 years” titles. This event was probably the<br />
last one to see this kind of fly-past with Seakings since the<br />
airframes are almost at the end of their lifetimes. This is one of<br />
the reasons it is very likely that the Belgian government is<br />
ordering the NH90 (6 TTH and 4 Mar/SAR) in the coming<br />
month.<br />
Luchtcomponent (AF)<br />
Alpha Jet 1B<br />
AT18 11sm ex special c/s B18/1067 sep06<br />
F-16AM<br />
FA104/FS 10w ex 2w 6H-104 dec06<br />
FA58 std Weelde sold to RJAF 6H-58 dec06<br />
FA60 std Weelde sold to RJAF 6H-60 dec06<br />
FA61 std Weelde sold to RJAF 6H-61 dec06<br />
FA65 std Weelde sold to RJAF 6H-65 dec06<br />
FA66 std Weelde sold to RJAF 6H-66 dec06<br />
FA73 std Weelde sold to RJAF 6H-73 dec06<br />
FA74 std Weelde sold to RJAF 6H-74 dec06<br />
FA75/FS std Weelde sold to RJAF 6H-75 dec06<br />
FA76 std Weelde sold to RJAF 6H-76 dec06<br />
FA78 std Weelde sold to RJAF 6H-78 dec06<br />
FA88 std Weelde sold to RJAF 6H-88 dec06<br />
FA90 std Weelde sold to RJAF 6H-90 dec06<br />
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F-16BM<br />
FB01/FS std Weelde sold to RJAF 6J-1 jan06<br />
FB08 std Weelde sold to RJAF 6J-8 jan06<br />
Sea King Mk48<br />
RS03 40sm spec mks WA833 dec06<br />
Cyprus<br />
Ethniki Froura, Diikissi Aeroporias (AF)<br />
On 9 November 2006, the Cypriot Ministry of Defence issued a<br />
notice on the European Defence Agency Electronic Bulletin<br />
Board that the Cyprus National Guard is looking for three SAR<br />
medium utility helicopters of a type that is currently in<br />
production. The issue includes an option for a fourth example.<br />
Denmark<br />
Flyvevåbnet (AF)<br />
Unfortunately, six Merlin helicopters in the Tactical Troop<br />
Transport role will be transferred to the United Kingdom as the<br />
Royal Air Force (RAF) urgently needs additional support<br />
helicopters. Several plans were made by the UK Ministry of<br />
Defence (MoD) to tackle this issue and one of the options was<br />
the approach of other Merlin users. Denmark responded in a<br />
positive way and agreed to transfer the six troop transport<br />
helicopters to the RAF. More detailed information can be found<br />
at the UK part of the Military News.<br />
France<br />
Armeé de l’Air (AF)<br />
It has been reported that in March 2007 the Mirage 2000 unit<br />
EC01.005 will disband at Orange.<br />
In <strong>Scramble</strong> 329 – Page 97, we mentioned that EE01.054,<br />
flying with two C-160Gs, was disbanded on 31 August 2006.<br />
What we did not mention was that the unit was re-established<br />
the next day as Escadron Electronique Aéroporté 01.054<br />
(EEA01.054). It still operates from Metz and continued the<br />
nickname Dunkerque.<br />
Armeé de Terre (AR)<br />
MAR reports that 6RHC will disband in June 2007 and that<br />
Compiègne will be closed after that date.<br />
In <strong>Scramble</strong> 324 the planned reduction of the Armeé de l’Air<br />
TBM-700 fleet was mentioned. Four of these Air Force aircraft<br />
(serial 35, 70, 80 and 94) have been transferred to the ALAT<br />
and will be flying with EAAT from Rennes. They will replace the<br />
unit’s two CeF406s with immediate effect. Note that the ALAT<br />
Recently this E-2C with serial 3 belonging to 4F was deployed to FNS Charles de Gaulle. This was the first deployment of a French<br />
E-2C fitted with an eight bladed propellor. (aboard Charles de Gualle, 7 December 2006, Joris van Boven)
uses two type designations for their TBM-700 fleet: TBM-700A<br />
for aircraft with the normal passenger door and TBM-700B<br />
(serials 136 and higher) for aircraft with a large cargo door.<br />
Sécurité Civile (GV)<br />
In December 2006, the Sécurité Civile ordered its fifteenth CL-<br />
415. The aircraft will be delivered in 2007. Of the fifteen aircraft,<br />
three have been lost during service.<br />
Germany<br />
Luftwaffe (AF)<br />
Although a decision has yet to be taken, Germany has<br />
declared it is prepared in principle to provide five or six recce-<br />
Tornados for missions in Afghanistan as requested by NATO.<br />
The decision is also depending on the outcome of the<br />
evaluation whether the operation of these aircraft would<br />
require changing the mandate the German troops are<br />
currently being covered by.<br />
A short note on the awaited Airbus A400M is that Germany is<br />
one of the three countries that has ordered refuelling kits for its<br />
A400s.<br />
Heeresflieger (AR)<br />
On 13 December 2006, the first three NH90-TTH helicopters<br />
were finally handed over to the Heeresflieger during a<br />
ceremony at Donauwörth. This first delivery to a NH90<br />
customer was only possible after passing two major<br />
milestones; completing qualification requirements by<br />
NAHEMA (NATO Helicopter Management Agency) on 31 March<br />
2006 and the granting of the German type certification (on 1<br />
December 2006). Two of the three helicopters were delivered<br />
to the HFWS at Bückeburg on 15 December 2006 while the<br />
third one was handed over for maintenance instruction.<br />
Another fourteen NH90 helicopters are expected to be<br />
delivered to Bückeburg in 2007. Aircraft handed over were as<br />
follows:<br />
NH90-TTH<br />
78+02 HFWS ex 98+92 1006 dec06<br />
78+03 HFWS ex 98+93 1009 dec06<br />
78+.. ... dec06<br />
The status of the third one (TGEA05) is not exactly clear<br />
since this one has still to make its first flight.<br />
Greece<br />
Elliniki Polemiki Aeroporia (AF)<br />
In October 2005, 337 MPK of 110PM at Larissa was<br />
decommissioned and its F-4E (SRA) were withdrawn from<br />
operational use. On 20 October 2006 it was reactivated again<br />
and since then operates Block 52+ F-16’s that are drawn from<br />
the inventory of 115 PM at Souda. The following is the current<br />
337 MPK inventory:<br />
F-16C<br />
501 337 Mira XK-2 nov06<br />
502 337 Mira ex 115 PM XK-3 oct06<br />
507 337 Mira ex 115 PM XK-8 oct06<br />
508 337 Mira ex 115 PM XK-9 oct06<br />
516 337 Mira ex 115 PM XK-17 oct06<br />
524 337 Mira ex 115 PM XK-25 oct06<br />
528 337 Mira ex 115 PM XK-29 oct06<br />
530 337 Mira ex 115 PM XK-31 oct06<br />
532 337 Mira ex 115 PM XK-33 nov06<br />
F-16D<br />
606 337 Mira ex 115 PM XM-7 oct06<br />
609 337 Mira ex 115 PM XM-10 oct06<br />
612 337 Mira ex 115 PM XM-13 oct06<br />
619 337 Mira ex 115 PM XM-20 oct06<br />
Lockheed Martin landed a firm $931,3 million deal to supply<br />
the Hellenic Air Force with twenty single seat F-16C Block 52+<br />
aircraft and ten dual seat F-16D Block 52+ under the Peace<br />
Xenia IV program.<br />
The trainings squadrons at Kalamata changed their<br />
designations recently. The old designations are as follows:<br />
361 MVE (Mystras) with T-6A Texan II, 362 MPE (Nestor) with<br />
T-2E/T-2C, 363 MEE (Danaos) with T-2E where MVE means<br />
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Mira Vasikis Ekpedefsis or Basic (Flight) Training Squadron,<br />
MPE means Mira Prochorimenis Ekpedefsis or Advanced<br />
(Flight) Training Squadron and MEE means Mira<br />
Epichiriasiakis Ekpedefsis or Operational Training Squadron.<br />
The new designation for all units is now MEA which means<br />
Mira Ekpaidefsis Aeros or Air Training Squadron. Besides the<br />
redesignation, a fourth unit, 364 MEA, was added and it<br />
operates the T-6A Texan II. It sounds logical to us that the<br />
Texans are divided across the units based on their<br />
configuration (two are being operated, namely the JPATS<br />
MOD+/T-6A Texan II configuration and the New Trainer Aircraft<br />
(NTA) configuration) but this is however, unconfirmed.<br />
Another change that is due in the trainer field of the HAF is the<br />
acquisition of a new lead-in fighter trainer. At Defedory International<br />
2006, held in Athens during October, the Czech Aero<br />
Vodochody company offered the L-159BAT aircraft as the<br />
replacement of the T-2C/E Buckeyes of 120 PEA at Kalamata.<br />
Aero Vodochody offered co-production options with Hellenic<br />
Aerospace Industries which might increase the chances of<br />
the type entering HAF service.<br />
Elefsis recently saw the birth of a new squadron, 384 MED,<br />
that will operate the SAR AS<strong>332</strong>C1 Cougars. The new unit<br />
operates Cougars that were previously operated by 358 MED,<br />
also at Elefsis. For the unit patch we refer to http://<br />
www.scramble.nl/gr.htm.<br />
AS<strong>332</strong>C1<br />
2464 384 MED ex 358 MED 2464<br />
2509 384 MED ex 358 MED 2509<br />
2519 384 MED ex 358 MED 2519 nov06<br />
2520 384 MED ex 358 MED 2520 jul06<br />
2574 384 MED ex 358 MED 2574 sep06<br />
2575 384 MED ex 358 MED 2575 jul06<br />
2584 384 MED ex 358 MED 2584 jul06<br />
2589 384 MED ex 358 MED 2589<br />
2618 384 MED ex 358 MED 2618<br />
2620 384 MED ex 358 MED 2620<br />
Elliniki Aeroporia Stratou (AR)<br />
From the online FAA-database, the tie-ups for the twelve AH-<br />
64DHA Apache helicopters can be derived. The following<br />
information is currently available:<br />
AH-64DHA<br />
ES1021/N5002L Boeing HA001 feb06<br />
ES1022/N5002N Boeing HA002 aug06<br />
ES1023/N5002Q Boeing HA003 aug06<br />
ES1024/N5014L Boeing HA004<br />
ES1025/N5014L Boeing HA005<br />
ES1026/N50161 Boeing HA006<br />
ES1027/N50165 Boeing HA007<br />
ES1028/N50173 Boeing HA008<br />
ES1029/N5018F Boeing HA009<br />
ES1030/N5018K Boeing HA010<br />
ES1031/N5021T Boeing HA011<br />
ES1032/N50220 Boeing HA012<br />
Hungary<br />
Magyar Légierö (AF)<br />
19 December 2006, saw the delivery of the seventh JAS39<br />
Gripen for the Hungarian air force. On this date JAS39C<br />
number ‘35’ was delivered to its 59.HRE at Kecskemet air<br />
base. The sixth aircraft, number ‘34’, was delivered on 25<br />
October 2006 but has not been mentioned by us so far.<br />
Ireland<br />
Irish Air Corps<br />
On 22 December 2006, it was announced that the Irish Air<br />
Corps has taken up the options for two additional AW139s.<br />
With two already delivered and two on order the total will be six.<br />
The following serials are believed to be correct:<br />
AW139<br />
274 301sq 31048 oct06<br />
275 301sq 31059 oct06<br />
276 to be delivered 27feb07 31073<br />
277 to be delivered 27mar07 31078
The Irish Air Corps is currently taking delivery of a number of AW139s. The first one, being 274 on this picture, was officially<br />
handed over to the IAC at the Agusta facility on 10 August 2006. (Baldonnel, 28 November 2006, Frank Grealish)<br />
AW139 (continued)<br />
278 to be delivered 2007<br />
279 to be delivered 2007<br />
Italy<br />
Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AF)<br />
In October 2006 the Istrana-based 651ªSCC (Squadriglia<br />
Soccorso e Collegamenti) handed over its last AB212<br />
helicopters. Only one NH500E is left in the sqaudron inventory.<br />
In the near future a S208M is expected to be delivered to the<br />
unit.<br />
Guardia di Finanza (PO)<br />
The origins of the Guardia di Finanza date back to 1 October<br />
1772, when the “Legione Truppe Leggere” was established<br />
under Victor Amedeus III, King of Sardinia. This was the first<br />
example in Italy of a special Corps specifically established<br />
and organised for financial surveillance duties along the borders,<br />
as well as for the military defence of the frontiers. By Law<br />
149 of 8 April 1881, the Legione Truppe Leggere assumed the<br />
official name of “Corpo della Regia Guardia di Finanza”,<br />
whose task was to “impede, suppress and report smuggling<br />
activities and any other violation or breach of financial laws<br />
and regulations”, to safeguard the executive offices of the Tax<br />
Administration, as well as to co-participate in enforcing law<br />
and order and public security.<br />
Nowadays, the Guardia di Finanza is a unit reporting directly to<br />
the authority of the Ministero dell´Economia e delle Finanze.<br />
Its mission and institutional tasks are stated in Law 189 of 23<br />
April 1959 and are subdivided into priority ones (preventing,<br />
investigating and reporting financial evasions and violations,<br />
overseeing the compliance with the provisions of politicoeconomic<br />
interest and surveillance at sea for financial police<br />
purposes) and contribution ones (maintaining public order<br />
and safety and politico-military defense of the borders). As a<br />
consequence, the Guardia di Finanza is also entrusted with<br />
the economic and financial surveillance of Italy’s maritime<br />
routes and the repression of all illegal traffic which goes by<br />
sea.<br />
La Guardia di Finanza also has an aviation element. The first<br />
operations were conducted by a C-45 of the Aeronautica<br />
Militare Italiana and continued with other types that became<br />
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available. By 1955 it became apparent that an autonomous<br />
aviation element would better suit the Guardia´s operational<br />
requirements. Thus, on 20 June 1955, the Servizio Aereo della<br />
Guardia di Finanza was formed, and in 1957 the first unit, the<br />
Sezione Elicotteri di Napoli was established. The nimble<br />
AB47 was the backbone of the Servizio until 1973, when the<br />
NH500 was selected as a replacement. During 1982 some<br />
twenty A109A´s were ordered as supplement. Fixed wing<br />
aircraft as the P166 and ATR42 were added for patrolling the<br />
coastline and the surrounding sea. The men and women in<br />
general are known “le fiamme gialle” (yellow burning torch as<br />
emblem) or “i Finanzieri”. The Comando Aeronavale use the<br />
call sign “Volpe” (fox) plus the last two or three digits of the<br />
code.<br />
On 1 August 2006, the Guardia di Finanza initiated a<br />
reorganisation of its maritime air and naval units. The<br />
following is the new structure of the air units (thanks to Frank<br />
McMeiken):<br />
Minstero dell´Economia e delle Finanze<br />
- Comando Generale Guardia di Finanza<br />
- Comando Aeronavale Centrale Roma<br />
- Comando Logistico Aeronavale Pratica di Mare<br />
- Comando Operativo Aeronavale Pratica di Mare<br />
- Centro Logistico Specializzazione Gaeta<br />
- Comandi Regionali<br />
Comando Logistico Aeronavale<br />
- Centro di Aviazione Pratica di Mare<br />
- 1°Gruppo Aereo A109, NH500, AB412<br />
- 2°Gruppo Aereo maintenance<br />
- 3°Gruppo Aereo logistics<br />
Comando Operativo Aeronavale<br />
Gruppo Esplorazione Marittima<br />
ATR42, P166 Pratica di Mare<br />
Sezione Aerea di Manovra<br />
AB412 Taranto-Grottaglie<br />
Sezione Aerea di Manovra<br />
AB412, NH500 Catania-Fontanarossa<br />
Sezione Aerea di Manovra<br />
A109, NH500 Pisa-San Giusto<br />
Sezione Aerea di Manovra<br />
A109, NH500 Cagliari-Elmas
Note: the Sezione Aerea at Catania-Fontanarossa seems<br />
to have been disbanded, but may be connected with the<br />
new structure at Trapani.<br />
Centro Logistico Specializzazione<br />
Reparto Addestramento Ala Fissa<br />
fixed wing training Pratica di Mare<br />
Reparto Addestramento Navale<br />
sea training Gaeta<br />
Reparto Addestramento Elicotteri<br />
helicopter training Pratica di MAre<br />
Comandi Regionali<br />
Sezione Aerea di Venegono<br />
AB412, NH500 Varese-Venegono<br />
Sezione Aerea di Bolzano<br />
AB412, NH500 Bolzano-San Giacomo<br />
Sezione Aerea di Venezia<br />
NH500 Venezia-Tessera<br />
Sezione Aerea di Rimini<br />
NH500 Rimini-Miramare<br />
Sezione Aerea di Pescara<br />
NH500 Pescara-D’Abruzzo<br />
Sezione Aerea di Bari<br />
AB412, NH500 Bari-Palese Macchie<br />
Sezione Aerea di Lamezia Terme<br />
NH500 Lamezia-Terme<br />
Sezione Aerea di Napoli<br />
NH500 Napoli-Capodichino<br />
Sezione Aerea di Pratica di Mare<br />
A109, NH500 Pratica di Mare<br />
Sezione Aerea di Genova<br />
NH500 Genova-Sestri<br />
Lithuania<br />
Karinés Oro Pajégos (AF)<br />
On 27 December 2006, The Lithuanian Air Force received her<br />
first C-27J (serial 06, c/n 4115) out of three ordered. The C-27J<br />
arrived at Siauliai-Zoknia air base. The Lithuanian Republic’s<br />
Armed Force and Alenia Aeronautica had signed an • 75<br />
million contract for the supply of three units of the newgeneration<br />
tactical transport aircraft C-27J on 26 June 2006.<br />
The selection has been made within a bid for the renewal of<br />
the current fleet of Soviet-made twin-engine An-26s in service<br />
with the Lithuanian Air Force. The C-27Js will be used for<br />
troops and cargo transport, at home and abroad, within the<br />
operational scenarios ruled by NATO. The other two C-27Js<br />
will be delivered in 2008 and 2009.<br />
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Valstybes Sienos Apsaugos Tarnyba (Border Guard)<br />
The Lithuanian Border Guard of the Ministry of Interior has now<br />
taken delivery of one EC145 and two EC135 helicopters. The<br />
three routed from Germany via an overnight stop at Gdansk in<br />
Poland on 18 December, journeying onwards to the<br />
Lithuanian capital of Vilnius the day after. All were carrying their<br />
German test registrations, with their eventual Lithuanian<br />
registrations still covered over:<br />
EC135<br />
LY-HCD ex “D-HECJ”<br />
LY-HCE ex “D-HECN”<br />
EC145<br />
LY-HCF ex “D-HMBQ” 9104<br />
The three helicopters will complement the two EC120s that<br />
have been in service since 2003. The EC135s will be<br />
deployed at the country’s eastern frontier with Belarus and<br />
used for overland patrol. The EC145 will be deployed at the<br />
Baltic Sea and used for the Coast Guard as well as for the<br />
guard of the frontier of the Kaliningrad district (Russia).<br />
NATO<br />
NAEWF<br />
The NATO has been incorporating Serbia, Montenegro and<br />
Bosnia as new members. On 14 December 2006, during a<br />
meeting at Brussels, the new members signed the contract<br />
with NATO secretary Jaap De Hoop Scheffer. Not all members<br />
were approving these countries to join NATO, but after some<br />
political pressure by Mr Bush from Washington they finally<br />
approved. The new countries will join the NAEWF operation at<br />
Geilenkirchen in due time.<br />
Norway<br />
Norske Luftvorsvaret (AF)<br />
Norway is expected to delay the decision to participate in the<br />
JSF (Joint Strike Fighter) programme until 2007. It will need<br />
more time to gain approval to sign the Memorandum of<br />
Understanding (MoU). The total amount of cost for buying the<br />
JSF has risen more than 75%. Norway needs to replace 48<br />
F-16 Fighting Falcons and is looking into alternatives. In a<br />
further step the Norwegian Defence department wants to give<br />
Saab Aerosystems budget to develop the Saab JAS39 Gripen<br />
N. This way Saab Aerosystems will be able to compete with<br />
the US made Lockheed JSF under fair conditions as the<br />
Norwegian government already invested NKR 400 million in<br />
the development of the JSF.<br />
On 22 December 2006 Saab Aerosystems made public they<br />
Casarsa della Delizia is a major Italian army base in the north of Italy. MM80554/EI-302 is one of the bases AB205s here and the<br />
Huey was recently painted in a special livery for the 2006 christmas season.<br />
(Casarsa della Delizia, 22 December 2006, Stefano Trevisan)
eceived an invitation from the Norwegian government to<br />
discuss a model for cooperation and development on several<br />
levels regarding the aforementioned issue.<br />
Poland<br />
Sily Powietrzne (AF)<br />
In <strong>Scramble</strong> 331, we reported the delivery of the first four F-16s<br />
to the Polish Air Force. On 14 December 2006, the next batch<br />
of four aircraft arrived at Poznan-Krzesiny. Delivered on this<br />
date were F-16C 4045 and 4046 and F-16D 4078 and 4079.<br />
Last month we were able to present details about the delivery<br />
schedule of the F-16s. Thanks to one of our Polish<br />
correspondents we can now provide you with the aircraft<br />
involved in the respective deliveries:<br />
2006<br />
November 3.elt F-16C: 4042, 4043, 4044<br />
F-16D: 4077<br />
December 3.elt F-16C: 4045, 4046<br />
F-16D: 4078, 4079<br />
2007<br />
January 3.elt F-16C: 4047, 4048<br />
F-16D: 4080<br />
March 3.elt F-16C: 4049, 4050, 4051<br />
F-16D: 4081<br />
May 6.elt F-16C: 4052, 4053<br />
F-16D: 4076, 4082<br />
July 6.elt F-16C: 4054, 4055, 4056<br />
F-16D: 4083<br />
September 6.elt F-16C: 4041, 4057, 4058<br />
F-16D: 4084<br />
November 6.elt F-16C: 4059, 4060, 4061, 4062<br />
2008<br />
February 10.elt F-16C: 4063, 4064, 4065<br />
F-16D: 4085, 4086<br />
April 10.elt F-16C: 4040, 4066, 4067<br />
F-16D: 4087<br />
August 10.elt F-16C: 4068, 4069, 4070, 4071<br />
December 10.elt F-16C: 4072, 4073, 4074, 4075<br />
Note that compared to the overview of last month, the planned<br />
delivery for January 2008 will now be February 2008 while for<br />
February 2008 is now scheduled for April 2008.<br />
By July 2006, 41.elt at Malbork had taken delivery of ten<br />
MiG-29s. We received more details about the deliveries so far.<br />
MiG-29G:<br />
4101 ex Lw 29+07 25115/3504 ..jul06<br />
4111 ex Lw 29+04 25111/3415 31may05<br />
4113 ex Lw 29+12 25132/3509 06jun05<br />
4116 ex Lw 29+01 25106/3412 04apr06<br />
4118 ex Lw 29+05 25113/3502 02jun05<br />
4120 ex Lw 29+18 26310/3710 20jan06<br />
4121 ex Lw 29+20 26315/3712 09jun06<br />
4122 ex Lw 29+21 26319/3713 07mar06<br />
MiG-29GT:<br />
4115 ex Lw 29+23 N50903006526 d/d 06may05<br />
4123 ex Lw 29+25 N50903011408 d/d 05jan06<br />
The first four aircraft only received a minor overhaul after<br />
delivery to Poland and are expected to retire once deliveries of<br />
the completely overhauled Fulcrums have been completed.<br />
On 19 December 2006, the Polish Air Force launched another<br />
tender for a successor for the Yak-40 fleet which is now rapidly<br />
approaching the end of its service life. This is the second<br />
attempt after the first one failed to materialize in 2002. The<br />
Polish air force hopes to acquire six VIP aircraft able to carry<br />
fifteen passengers over a distance of 5,000 kilometres.<br />
Out of a total of eighteen Yak-40s delivered between 1973 and<br />
1980 only five remain in service with 042 9541943 being the<br />
latest aircraft to be omitted from the inventory. The aircraft was<br />
delivered by road from Okecie to the Wojkowa Akademia<br />
Techniczna in ul. Radiowa, Warsaw on 27 October 2006.<br />
Currently the following aircraft remain in service with the<br />
36.SPLT at Warsawa-Okecie:<br />
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Yak-40<br />
041 d/d 14dec75 9541843 nov06<br />
044 d/d 30apr79 9840659 dec06<br />
045 d/d 30apr79 9840759 dec06<br />
047 d/d 21jun80 9021560 oct06<br />
048 d/d 31jul80 9021660 nov06<br />
Between 2002 and 2005, the air force received ten M-28TDs<br />
(0203 AJG002-03 up to 0212 AJG002-12). Recently two<br />
additional M-28s were ordered, reportedly for calibration<br />
duries. The aircraft involved have construction numbers<br />
AJG003-01 and AJG003-02. The first aircraft was noted in full<br />
camouflage wearing serial 0301 at the PZL Mielec facility in<br />
December 2006.<br />
On 16 November 2006, the first two SW-4 “Puszczyk” (“Tawny<br />
owl”) with serials 0201 and 0203 were officially taken on<br />
charge with 1.OSzL at Deblin. Nine additional SW-4s are due<br />
for delivery in 2007 and another thirteen in 2008.<br />
Lotnictwo Wojsk Ladowych (AR)<br />
In a rather unexpected move, the Polish MoD bought seven<br />
second-hand Mi-17V-1/Mi-8MTV-1 from the overhaul facility in<br />
St Petersburg. The helicopters were reportedly originally<br />
acquired by the Polish company Bumar and destined for the<br />
Iraqi army. For some reason the helicopters were never<br />
delivered and remained in storage in St Petersburg. However<br />
to see the helicopters you have to travel to Afghanistan as they<br />
have been especially acquired for the Polish Afghanistan<br />
mission that is due to start in January 2007. The freshly<br />
overhauled helicopters are able to remain in service for six<br />
years or 1,500 flying hours until their next overhaul.<br />
It was recently reported that the Polish army helicopter unit in<br />
Iraq was redesignated from the Samodzielna Grupa<br />
Powietrzno -Szturmowa (SGP-Sz) into the Batalion<br />
Manewrowy. After the original batch of W-3s returned from<br />
Poland in the spring of 2006 we slightly lost track. According to<br />
unconfirmed reports, they were to be replaced by two<br />
additional Mi-8s, two W-3s and two Mi-24Ds. The Batalion<br />
Manewrowy therefore should have the following complement<br />
of helicopters on strength. The serials mentioned are<br />
confirmed to have seen service in Iraq but are not necessarily<br />
still current:<br />
Mi-24D 49.psb : 174 213 271 272 276 277<br />
Mi-8T 37.dlot : 639 641 642 644<br />
W-3WA 66.dlot : 0902 0903 0904 0909 0910 0911<br />
Two Mi-24s however have been lost to date. The first one was<br />
lost on 16 May 2006, the second one was lost on 18 July 2006.<br />
Mi-8T 655 was noted with WZL-1 at Lodz in May 2006 so has<br />
probably returned for attention. W-3WA 0902 was lost in an<br />
accident on 16 December 2004. The other five aircraft were<br />
seen just after return at Nowy Glinnik on 25 April 2006.<br />
Therefore the two replacement W-3s are unknown.<br />
Romania<br />
Fortele Aeriene Romane (AF)<br />
The Romanian Ministry of Defence recently selected the<br />
C-27J Spartan as its preferred successor for its fleet of An-26<br />
Curls. It was hoped that the contract for seven aircraft could be<br />
signed before the end of 2006 with the first aircraft due for<br />
delivery in 2007. The aircraft will be delivered with a package of<br />
self-protection systems.<br />
Russia<br />
Voyenno-Vozdushnyye Sily (AF)<br />
On 27 December 2006, the 121ARZ at Kubinka handed over<br />
six upgraded Su-25SM Frogfoots to Air Force Commander in<br />
Chief Mikhaylov. The six Su-25SMs will be transferred to the<br />
Combat Training Centre for Conversion of Aircrews at Lipetsk<br />
where documentation and training will developed for the new<br />
variant. After this, the aircraft will be transferred to the permanent<br />
readiness regiment in Budennovsk. In 2007, a minimum<br />
of six more Su-25 Frogfoots from line units will undergo series<br />
upgrade, and in 2008 another eight aircraft will follow.<br />
According to the Commander in Chief the coming years will<br />
see two air regiments convert to the Su-25SM. After the
upgrade, the aircraft will see service for another thirty years.<br />
On 15 December 2006, the first two Su-34s (coded 01 and 02<br />
red) were handed over to the Air Force at the Novosibirsk<br />
Aviation Production Association (NAPO). The two new Su-34s<br />
were handed to crews of the Valery Chkalov State Flight Test<br />
and Research Centre. According to the Commander in Chief<br />
of the Air Force the aircraft will be ferried to the Combat Training<br />
Centre for Conversion of Aircrews at Lipetsk. Here the<br />
aircraft will be used in a twelve month programme to develop<br />
Su-34 tactics and for the production of a combat manual for<br />
the aircraft type. The aircraft will eventually join the twosquadron<br />
fleet, which is due to be formed by 2010. NAPO will<br />
produce six Su-34s in 2007 and ten in 2008 and will then<br />
replace some Su-24s.<br />
On 15 December 2006, Sukhoi NAPO also handed over four<br />
Su-24M2 frontline bombers, which were upgraded from Su-24<br />
standard and are able to fire the new-generation guided<br />
weapons, including the TRV Kh-59MK anti-ship and the<br />
Kh-31PMK high-speed anti-radiation missiles. We suspect<br />
that the first Su-24M2 unit will be the Dzhida based regiment.<br />
There are plans to upgrade a second batch of Su-27s to the<br />
Su-27SM variant at Komsomol’sk-on-Amur. The new batch<br />
should comprise 24 Flankers and these will re-equip a<br />
second regiment with the upgraded variant.<br />
KnAAPO at Komsomol’sk-on-Amur is now working on the new<br />
Su-35 Flanker, which will be the most advanced version of the<br />
Flanker family. It will have an upgraded and more powerful<br />
engine, thrust vectoring, new weapon systems, new radar and<br />
a new control system that will simultaneously execute the<br />
functions of once several systems: fly-by-wire control system,<br />
autopilot system, restriction signalling system, air data<br />
system and landing gear braking control system. Specialists<br />
of the Sukhoi company have returned to the aerodynamic<br />
characteristics of the Su-27. In particular, they have<br />
abandoned the canard. It is planned to complete construction<br />
of the first flying Su-35 in the new version and lift it into the air in<br />
the middle of next year, just before the start of the MAKS-2007<br />
Moscow air salon. Previously it had been reported that series<br />
production would start in 2009-2010. The new Su-35 version<br />
is totally not the airplane it had been fifteen years ago, which<br />
was also called the Su-35. Sukhoi hopes to export this new<br />
version to China and Indonesia.<br />
A decision has been made about resumption of joint state<br />
tests (GSI) of the Yak-130 combat training airplane. The tests<br />
were halted after an accident of this type aircraft in the Ryazan’<br />
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Oblast’ on 26 July 2006. Soon after take-off from Zhukovskiy, a<br />
Yak-130 suffered malfunctions in the control system and went<br />
into a spin, the pilots ejected on command from the ground.<br />
The wrecked Yak-130 was insured, and the insurance<br />
company already has fulfilled its obligations. There is now an<br />
agreement about the building, tentatively in September 2007,<br />
of the fourth experimental Yak-130 aircraft. The developer will<br />
pay for the construction of this airplane using insurance funds.<br />
Slovenia<br />
Slovenska Vojska<br />
From 10 to 12 October 2006, the C-27J was inspected by the<br />
Slovenian Air Force, which will replace its current transport<br />
component. During the previous days the competing CASA<br />
C295 was the subject of a similar evaluation. The<br />
demonstration of the C-27J, performed at Lubljana, Cerklje,<br />
Slovenj Gradec and Ptuj air bases, confirmed the superior<br />
performances and capabilities of the Italian aircraft, in<br />
particular related to the capability to carry Hummer and<br />
Mercedes vehicles used by the Slovenian Army, both too large<br />
for the cargo compartment of the competing aircraft.<br />
Switzerland<br />
Schweizer Luftwaffe (AF)<br />
The Schweizer Luftwaffe has withdrawn its second Learjet<br />
35A serialled T-781 (construction number 35A-068). It was<br />
previously registered HB-VEM to REGA - Swiss Air Ambulance<br />
on 2 June 1976. In Augustus 1987 a contract with REGA was<br />
signed by the Kommando der Flieger - und<br />
Fliegerabwehrtruppen for sale to the Air Force. On 22 April<br />
1988 it was taken in as HB-VEM for use as transport- and<br />
ECM/ELINT-missions. It was also modified with a special<br />
window to operate equipment from the Bern University to<br />
measure Ozon. This special equipment was applied once a<br />
year. By the end of 1992 it was given its military serial T-781. In<br />
November 2006 it was withdrawn from use with a total of<br />
17,316 flight hours. It was sold to a private owner in Mexico<br />
and passed Glasgow en route to El Paso (TX) on 6 December<br />
2006. On 15 December 2006 it received its present civil<br />
registration N168TR to Career Aviation Company Inc, Wilminton<br />
(DE). Schweizer Luftwaffe other Learjet 35A (T-782) was<br />
already withdrawn from use on 24 June 1996.<br />
Turkey<br />
Türk Hava Kuvvetleri (AF)<br />
We have a small correction for our TuAF news item in<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> 330 - Page 87. We mentioned that the TuAF would<br />
The sole Falcon 50 in service with the Swiss air force recently received a new colorscheme. The aircraft was, along with many<br />
other VIP aircraft, a recent visitor to Brussels airport. (Brussels, 29 November 2006, Tim Raats)
With the separation of Montenegro from the Republic of<br />
Serbia and Montenegro the Serbian aircraft has adopted a<br />
new roundel for its aircraft and helicopters. The roundel was<br />
used before back in the first decades of the twentieth century.<br />
The new roundel, consisting of a red circle with a blue center<br />
and a white cross, is seen here on 101st Fighter Squadron<br />
MiG-21bis 17163 which was the first aircraft to be seen<br />
wearing the new roundel. In addition to the new roundel the<br />
aircraft also received a new two tone grey colour scheme.<br />
(Batajnica, Zivojin Bankovic)<br />
receive thirty Block 52+ F-16s under Foreign Military Sales<br />
(FMS) but these should be Block 50s of course.<br />
The TuAF placed an order with Lockheed Martin under which<br />
216 modification kits for 76 Block 50, 103 Block 40 and 37<br />
Block 30 F-16C/D aircraft will be supplied. The delivery of the<br />
hardware, worth approximately $635 million, will be<br />
completed by February 2016. The upgrade includes new<br />
cockpit controls, avionics, and electronic warfare<br />
countermeasures, including the AN/APG-69(V)9 radar.<br />
Although not concluded yet, it is most likely that the Turkish<br />
Government will select the Joint Strike Fighter as its new<br />
generation fighter aircraft. Comprising between $10-14<br />
billion, the procurement of one hundred “next generation<br />
fighters” is the largest defence contract in history for Turkey.<br />
The F-35/JSF has been in fierce competition with the<br />
Eurofighter Typhoon since early 2005. The government, by<br />
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan opted for a possible<br />
combination-deal between the Eurofighter and the F-35<br />
Lightning II but that idea was waved away by the military top as<br />
being to complicated. The purchase of the Eurofighter might<br />
promote the position of Turkey in the European Union<br />
membership discussion.<br />
Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri (NY)<br />
On 1 November 2006, Sikorsky finalised a deal, signed by the<br />
Turkish Defence Industry undersecretary Murad Bayar, for the<br />
procurement of an additional batch of twelve S-70B Seahawk<br />
helicopters. The deal valued at nearly $380 million was<br />
previously delayed due to funding difficulties. Under the contract<br />
an option for an additional five helicopters is covered,<br />
raising the program’s costs to about $550 million. First<br />
deliveries of the new helicopters are scheduled for 2009. The<br />
Turkish Navy already received eight S-70B-8 Seahawks under<br />
previous orders of which seven are still operating from Perryclass<br />
frigates (one crashed due to pilot error on 4 November<br />
2002 near Sapanca Golu, killing two aboard).<br />
Türk Kara Ordusu Havaciligi (AR)<br />
It happened countless times before and early in December<br />
2006 it happened again: the Turkish Defense Industries<br />
Undersecretariat suspended the decision on the longrunning<br />
ATAK helicopter program under which the Turkish<br />
Army is to be supplied with thirty new attack helicopters. Still in<br />
the race were the Denel Aviation CSH-2 Rooivalk and the<br />
AgustaWestland A129 Mangusta but now the panel’s military<br />
wing also wants the American alternative investigated, the<br />
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Boeing AH-64A Apache. This long-delayed programme was<br />
originally launched in the mid-1990s. In 2000, Bell Helicopter<br />
Textron was selected to supply the Turkish Army with one<br />
hundred AH-1Z King Cobras but the deal fell through due to<br />
serious differences on price and technology transfer matters.<br />
Ukraine<br />
The plan of the Ministry of Defence is to upgrade 90% of the<br />
MiG-29 inventory. The upgrade variant is being developed by<br />
the L’viv aircraft repair plant with support from Russian<br />
specialists. The Ukraine Air Force commander reported that<br />
74 MiG-29s will remain in the inventory. The other ten percent<br />
will be overhauled for continuation of their service period.<br />
According to announcements made in February 2006, Su-25s<br />
will be upgraded along the MiG-29s.<br />
In 2007 the display team Ukrainian Sokoli will be reestablished<br />
with the L-39. In 2008 or 2009 the team will transfer<br />
to the modernised MiG-29.<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Royal Air Force<br />
On 19 October 2006, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a<br />
contract with British Aerospace (BAe) for the production and<br />
delivery of 28 Hawk Mk128 jet trainers. It was also confirmed<br />
that the aircraft in question are referred to as Hawk T2 in RAF<br />
service.<br />
As expected the Disposal Services Agency (DSA) of the<br />
Ministry of Defence (MoD) offered more Tucano trainers for<br />
sale. Late November 2006, tender 3167 was published for the<br />
sale of four aircraft. All four were stripped for spares at RAF<br />
Shawbury and are no longer airworthy. The closing date for the<br />
tender was 15 December 2006. The aircraft involved are:<br />
Tucano<br />
ZF201 S26/T26 ZF245 S51/T46 ZF284 S78/T55<br />
ZF411 S130/T101<br />
On 13 December 2006, Eurofighter (Typhoon) prototype<br />
ZH590 (DA4) made its last flight. The aircraft was stripped of<br />
its radar and other equipment before flying from BAe Warton to<br />
RAF Coningsby where it arrived at 10:56 hrs local time. The<br />
future of the Typhoon is not known at this moment but most<br />
likely it will initially be used for ground training purposes.<br />
AFM reports that the 1435Flt at RAF Mount Pleasant,<br />
Falklands will convert to Typhoons by the end of 2007. This<br />
unit was previously planned to convert at the end of 2009 but<br />
tensions concerning the Argentinean attitude towards these<br />
British islands have resulted in the adjusted timetable.<br />
The MoD has launched a four-year development programme<br />
under code name Taranis. The goal of this programme is to<br />
develop a pilot-less, stealthy fighter-bomber. It is expected<br />
that, if successful, this UAV will replace the Tornado GR4(A)<br />
fleet in the future. The development and testing phase is<br />
expected to last about fourteen years after which the first<br />
operational UAVs will be taken on charge. In additional to this<br />
the MoD has ordered two MQ-9 Predator B UAVs from General<br />
Atomics. A new special UAV squadron will be established to<br />
operate this pair. By May 2007, training of the air…. euhh<br />
ground crew is to commence and during the second half of<br />
2007 the squadron is expected to deploy to Iraq.<br />
Until recently it looked like “one of those rumours” so we did<br />
not yet report the possible transfer of six Danish Air Force<br />
Merlin helicopters to the RAF. At the end of November however<br />
high sources within the Joint Helicopter Command (JHC)<br />
confirmed that this transfer is seriously being considered. The<br />
British forces already had problems with their ageing fleet of<br />
battlefield support helicopters (Puma, Lynx and Sea King<br />
HC4). The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have taken a further<br />
toll on this fleet and it also showed capability problems with<br />
both the mission equipment aboard these helicopters and<br />
their performance in hot and dry conditions. The other<br />
battlefield support helicopters within the JHC, the Chinooks<br />
(7sq, 18sq and 27sq) and Merlins (28sq), have carried a<br />
disproportionate share of the operations in these regions over
The Fuerza Pública/Servicio de Vigilancia Aérea is the air arm of Costa Rica. One of the few types operated by them is this<br />
Cessna 210 with serial MSP010. The picture was made by Thomas Kuhn.<br />
the last years. Several plans are being considered to improve<br />
the situation. This includes the lease of four Mil Mi-17 Hip and<br />
three Mil Mi-26 Halo helicopters with air and ground crew and<br />
also the upgrade of several stored Sea King HAS5 to HC6CR<br />
standard. The preferred option however was to increase the<br />
Merlin fleet. A study was carried out to see if it was possible to<br />
convert some of the older Royal Navy Merlin HM1 helicopters<br />
to battlefield support standard. The Ministry of Defence (MoD)<br />
however also approached other Merlin users for a more<br />
immediate solution. Portugal refused to transfer their four<br />
Merlin Combat Search and Rescue helicopters but Denmark<br />
showed interest in transferring their six Merlin Tactical Troop<br />
Transport (TTT) helicopters. Apparently Denmark currently<br />
lacks sufficient trained aircrew so a delay in delivery of their<br />
new helicopters should not be a large problem. Conditions<br />
however are that Denmark receives replacement helicopters<br />
as soon as possible. Should this transfer actually materialize,<br />
the RAF plans to activate a new squadron which will operate<br />
the six helicopters. It is not yet confirmed which one but three<br />
candidates are being cited. These are former VC-10 unit 10sq<br />
and two units who will be downgraded to flight status in the<br />
near future (78sq at Mount Pleasant, Falklands and 230sq at<br />
Aldergrove, Northern Ireland). The squadron will be based at<br />
Benson and it will be commanded by a RAF officer. Second in<br />
command will be a Fleet Air Arm officer and it has been<br />
reported that four former Fleet Air Arm Merlin HM1 aircrew have<br />
also volunteered to join this new unit for a four-year tour. Training<br />
will commence in January 2007 and in March 2007 the<br />
unit will start working up to operational status. This status is to<br />
be reached by May 2007. It must also be mentioned that the<br />
helicopters will most likely be designated Merlin HC3A in RAF<br />
service. As this moment it is not known when the final<br />
decisions will be taken in both Denmark and the United<br />
Kingdom but given the above mentioned time planning it will<br />
most likely be early 2007.<br />
The above refers to the following former Royal Danish Air<br />
Force helicopters. So far, four have been delivered and the<br />
remaining two are still at the Agusta-Westland Ltd facility at<br />
Yeovil. Most likely the British MoD registration numbers which<br />
have been allocated for the pre-delivery test flight will become<br />
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their definite RAF registration numbers (again assuming that<br />
the whole deal will actually go through!):<br />
Merlin HC3A<br />
M-501 d/d 20oct06 ex ZJ990 50089/DEN01<br />
M-510 d/d 23aug06 ex ZJ999 50157/DEN10<br />
M-511 d/d 15sep06 ex ZK001 50160/DEN11<br />
M-512 d/d 16nov06 ex ZK002 50161/DEN12<br />
M-513 on order ZK003 50162/DEN13<br />
M-514 on order ZK004 50165/DEN14<br />
Fleet Air Arm (NY)<br />
In their December 2006 edition, MAR reports that 700M OEU<br />
(Merlin HM1) at RNAS Culdrose is expected to be renumbered<br />
into 826sq during 2007. Another unit change took place at the<br />
same base on 13 December 2006. Sea King ASAC7 unit<br />
849sq was split into three squadrons. Until this date 849sq<br />
consisted of three flights: HQ Flt, A Flt and B Flt. This however<br />
changed into: 849sq (ex HQ Flt), 854sq (ex A Flt) and 857sq (ex<br />
B Flt). With thanks to ELAS we can also report the aircraft<br />
assignment:<br />
Sea King ASAC7<br />
XV649/180 854sq<br />
XV656/185 Fleetlands<br />
XV664/190 849sq<br />
XV671/186 Fleetlands<br />
XV672/187 857sq<br />
XV697/181 854sq<br />
XV707/184 849sq<br />
XV714/188 857sq<br />
ZD636/182 857sq<br />
ZE418/186 854sq<br />
ZE420/189 849sq<br />
On 12 December 2006 727sq moved from Plymouth-<br />
Roborough to RNAS Yeovilton. The unit is equipped with six<br />
civil registered Tutor T1 aircraft. One however is undergoing<br />
repairs with the Grob factory in Germany (G-BYXS). The<br />
remaining five aircraft (G-BYVF, G-BYVK, G-BYVN, G-BYWM<br />
and G-BYXK) all arrived at RNAS Yeovilton on the above<br />
mentioned date.
Africa<br />
Algeria<br />
al Quwwat Al Djawia Al Djaza’eria (AF)<br />
Algeria has taken delivery of the first two MiG-29SMTs early<br />
December 2006. Delivery was made through Bratislava using<br />
an old but very welcome An-22 RA-09309. The two MiG-29s<br />
are the first of a deal of 36 (with option on another thirty) which<br />
will be delivered in the forthcoming years.<br />
Angola<br />
Força Aérea Nacional de Angola (AF)<br />
The air force ordered an ERJ135BJ. The serial and<br />
construction number are already known, T500 and 145-<br />
00981.<br />
Ethiopia<br />
Ye Ityopya Ayer Hayl (AF)<br />
Five months ago, DHC-6-300 807 (construction number 816)<br />
was added to 8sq. It used to be ET-AIN and was sold by<br />
Addison Aircraft Europe SARL via an auction on<br />
www.aviatorsale.com.<br />
Libya<br />
al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al Jamahiryan al Libya (AF)<br />
The second Arab-African Aviation Conference and Exhibition<br />
(LAVEX 2006) at Umm Aitiqah revealed some new serials of<br />
Libyan Aircraft. At the small static almost every type in the<br />
Libyan Air Force was present and flypasts were made by MiG-<br />
23s and MiG-21s. Umm Aitiqah, home to several operational<br />
squadrons nowadays also houses many stored MiG-25s<br />
(which apparently stopped flying four years ago) and L-39s.<br />
Mi-8T<br />
8334 dec06<br />
MiG-21bis<br />
704 dec06<br />
MiG-23MLD<br />
6474 1023sq dec06<br />
7202 1023sq dec06<br />
MiG-23UB<br />
8425 1023sq dec06<br />
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MiG-25<br />
7811 std HLLM dec06<br />
Su-22M3<br />
318 1032sq dec06<br />
Asia<br />
China<br />
People’s Liberation Army - Air Force (AF)<br />
A picture has emerged on the internet of the first sighting of the<br />
Mi-17 in Air Force inventory. The camouflaged Mi-171 version<br />
seems to be used for SAR duties and has a serial 3xx72,<br />
indicating use by the 26th Division.<br />
The 34th Regiment of the 12th Division has replaced its J8<br />
aircraft for the modern J7G. It is most likely that the regiment is<br />
still based at Jinan.<br />
India<br />
Bharatiya Vayu Sena (AF)<br />
In February 2005, the United States were showing a lot of<br />
hardware at the Aero India 2005 trade show at Bangalore. One<br />
of the exhibits at that time was the Lockheed C-130J Hercules.<br />
In <strong>Scramble</strong> 310 - Page 70 we wrote that the Hercules<br />
departed Bangalore to Delhi at the end of the show to be<br />
demonstrated and evaluated by the Special Forces. We<br />
mentioned the possible sale of twelve Hercules aircraft. Other<br />
sources mentioned the sale of six aircraft with an option on six<br />
more aircraft. Recently India Defence published information<br />
on the possible purchase of six C-130J Hercules transport<br />
aircraft. The press information did not mention anything<br />
particular about the Special Forces as the sole user of this<br />
aircraft. A Request for Information (RFI) from the Indian<br />
defence ministry was delivered to the US embassy in Delhi in<br />
the second week of December. The possible sale has to be<br />
approved by the US congress.<br />
On 14 December 2006, the first British Hawk AJT (Advanced<br />
Jet Trainer) for the Indian Air Force made her first flight at Warton<br />
(UK). The Hawk, with test registration ZK121 (construction<br />
number HT001), was successfully flown by BAE chief test pilot<br />
Keith Dennison. From the total batch of 66 Hawk AJTs 24 will<br />
be built by BAE. The test registrations reserved for this batch<br />
run from ZK121 to ZK144 (construction number HT001 to<br />
HT024). The other 42 Hawk AJTs will be built under license by<br />
Among the various Libyan air force types that could be seen during the event at Umm Aitiqah was this very rare G2A Galeb which<br />
appeared to be in great shape. Libya received a considerable number of Galebs from 1974 onwards.<br />
(Umm Aitiqah, December 2006, Rene Bremer)
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).<br />
India and Russia have signed a contract worth $850 million<br />
for the upgrade on the engines and the avionics of the older<br />
versions of 66 MiG-29 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force.<br />
The upgrade also involves the possibility to fire the R-77 Adder<br />
BVR (Beyond Visual Range) missile which has been tested<br />
successfully on the latest MiG-29 models.<br />
Indian Naval Aviation (NY)<br />
The Indian Navy is initiating studies on the concept of a rotary<br />
wing UAV and has plans of acquiring twelve in the near future.<br />
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd has started to convert a Chetak<br />
helicopter (Alouette 3) into a rotary UAV platform. Time will tell<br />
if this concept will be successful.<br />
Indonesia<br />
Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Udara (AF)<br />
A change of direction again. On 21 November 2006, the<br />
defence ministries of the Czech Republic and Indonesia<br />
signed a defence co-operation agreement to support the<br />
ongoing talks about the L-159 sale, and to boost other military<br />
equipment supplies. Zdenìk Kubát, director of Penta<br />
investments which is the new owner of Aero Vodochody, said<br />
that if Indonesia indeed orders 24 L-159s it will be a positive<br />
impulse to sustain the production of the combat trainer.<br />
Military co-operation between Russia and Indonesia is<br />
firming up following the $1 billion export credit received in<br />
June. Secretary General of the Department of Defence LtGen.<br />
Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin explained the details on his flight back<br />
from Moscow on 2 December. The following purchases are<br />
planned in the period 2006-2010. The TNI-AU will receive<br />
three Su-27SKMs and three Su-30MK2s with four ammunition<br />
packages and four spare-parts packages. Three Sukhois will<br />
be ordered in 2007. The TNI-AD (AR) will receive ten Mi-17V5s<br />
with one spare-parts package and five Mi-35Ps including a<br />
spare-parts package and an ammunition package. The Navy<br />
will not receive any aircraft. Jakarta has decided against<br />
buying new F-16s and upgrading of its current fleet because it<br />
is afraid for another arms embargo by the US.<br />
On 21 November 2006 PT Dirgantara Indonesia and Korean<br />
Aerospace Industry (KAI)/Daewoo International signed a cooperation<br />
agreement to assemble and maintain the KO-1<br />
armed variant of the KT-1 basic trainer in Bandung, Indonesia.<br />
So far PTDI only manufactured parts for KAI. Indonesia already<br />
operates seven KT-1Bs and has five more aircraft on order for<br />
delivery starting in 2007. The TNI-AU has also shown interest<br />
in the KO-1 and this agreement seems to be the next logical<br />
step. On 23 November 2006 an industrial agreement for the<br />
production and assembly of the EADS CASA C212-400 military<br />
transport aircraft in Indonesia was signed between EADS<br />
CASA and PT Dirgantara Indonesia. PTDI will target the<br />
ASEAN zone with the light transport version but will also<br />
explore the business opportunities for the C212-400 maritime<br />
patrol configuration. Potential customers include Thailand,<br />
Malaysia, Vietnam, South Korea and the Indonesian Navy. The<br />
agreement includes the transfer of production means to PTDI<br />
for an approximate value of $15 million. PT DI will also<br />
manufacture airframe components worth up to $40 million.<br />
Also on 23 November 2006, PT Dirgantara Indonesia and<br />
Eurocopter signed a Team Framework Agreement at the<br />
Indodefence Exhibition in Jakarta, Indonesia. The future cooperation<br />
is planned to comprise the joint marketing of the<br />
whole Eurocopter range to any kind of governmental entities in<br />
Indonesia. These could include the upcoming procurement<br />
programmes such as the Police tender for mid-size<br />
helicopters (the AS365 Dauphin is offered), new Army Aviation<br />
Training (the EC120 is offered) and Transport helicopters,<br />
Navy Anti Submarine Warfare (also the AS365 Dauphin is<br />
offered) as well as Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR)<br />
helicopters.<br />
On 29 November 2006, new CN235-220M A-2307 was<br />
delivered to Skadron Udara 2 at Halim from PT Dirgantara<br />
Indonesia (PTDI) at Husein Sastranegara in Bandung. This<br />
aircraft is a Troop Transport version. The same day a re-<br />
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engined NSA330SM Puma was also handed over to the Air<br />
Force. This should be the third Puma to receive the Makila 1A1<br />
engines.<br />
Japan<br />
Japan Air Self Defense Force (AF)<br />
On 21 December 2006, the first KC-767 destined for the<br />
JASDF was flown for the first time in its ultimate configuration<br />
from the Wichita, Kansas Boeing facility. The aircraft, one of<br />
four aircraft on order under the KC-X program is due for<br />
delivery in February 2007 with a second aircraft also due in<br />
2007. In service the KC-767 will be based at Komatsu air base<br />
with a yet to be confirmed unit.<br />
The Japanese magazine Koku Fan recently published the first<br />
pictures of the Kawasaki Heavy Industries C-X and P-X prototypes.<br />
The aircraft, which are still on the assembly line, were<br />
identified as 88-1201 and 5501 respectively. The registration<br />
of the C-X indicates that the aircraft is due for delivery in 2008.<br />
Kawasaki expects to produce prototypes of P-X aircraft under<br />
contract from the Japanese Defense Agency. The new aircraft<br />
has been in development to replace the P-3 Orion. The P-X<br />
prototype is expected to have its first flight in 2007. The<br />
Japanese Air Self Defense Force also requires C-X to replace<br />
the ageing C-1 transport aircraft. Similar to the P-X program,<br />
Kawasaki intends to have two prototype aircraft ready in 2007.<br />
Malaysia<br />
Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (AF)<br />
Some additional details have come to light regarding the recent<br />
purchase of eight MB339s. On 22 November 2006 the<br />
contract with a total value of $114 million was signed and<br />
includes spares and services for two years. The aircraft will be<br />
designated MB339CM and is based on the MB339CD variant.<br />
They will be used in the Fighter Lead-in Trainer (FLIT) role at<br />
Kuantan. Deliveries are scheduled to start in February 2008<br />
and continue until July 2009.<br />
The TUDM has a VIP A319-115X on order for 2 Skn.<br />
Construction number 2949 still marked D-AVXC was seen on<br />
a test flight from Hamburg-Finkenwerder in late November<br />
2006. ARMS-TASS reported in December 2006 that deliveries<br />
of the Su-30MKM by NPK Irkut will start in 2007. The first<br />
aircraft have passed their test flights, but it has been decided<br />
to postpone their transfer to the TUDM. NPK Irkut will also<br />
open a service centre in Malaysia.<br />
Pakistan<br />
Pakistan Fiza’ya (AF)<br />
From the first contract given to Lockheed Martin we can now<br />
conclude that the order for eighteen new F-16C/D aircraft for<br />
the Pakistan Air Force (signed 30 September 2006) is split<br />
into twelve single seat F-16C Block 52 and six dual seat F-16D<br />
Block 52 aircraft. Conformal fuel tanks are also included in the<br />
order.<br />
Modernisation of the current F-16A/B aircraft will probable be<br />
carried out by TAI (Tusas Aerospace Industries). A Memorandum<br />
of Understanding for this mid-life upgrade was signed at<br />
the IDEAS 2006 exhibition in Karachi. Two or three aircraft are<br />
thought to be going to Turkey for the upgrade while the<br />
remainder will be upgraded in Pakistan. The order is expected<br />
to be finalised in the first quarter of 2007.<br />
During the IDEAS 2006 exhibition it was also announced that<br />
the first two JF-17s are expected to arrive in Pakistan on 23<br />
March 2007. Six more of these types are expected before the<br />
end of 2007 after which local production (at PAC Kamra) will<br />
start at a rate of 20 to 25 each year. Total production will then be<br />
split 50/50 between Pakistan and China.<br />
The only real progress to report on the possible acquisition of<br />
the J10 from China (see <strong>Scramble</strong> 324 – Page 109) is that the<br />
Pakistani designation for the type will be FC-20 (along the line<br />
of the Chinese FC-1 becoming JF-17).<br />
The Ukrainian air-to-air refuelling aircraft mentioned in<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> 329 - Page 102, of which four are on the wish-list,<br />
appear to be IL-78 Midas’.
Some people decided to attend the airshow which was organised a the Libyan air base Umm Aitiqah, better known as the former<br />
USAF Wheelus AFB. Those who did so certainly did not regret it as they were presented with some rarely seen very nice Libyan<br />
air force hardware such as this MiG-21bis 704 which attended the airshow from another unknown base.<br />
(Umm Aitiqah, December 2006, Rene Bremer)<br />
Pakistan Bharia (NY)<br />
The Pakistan Navy may be heading for even more Orions. The<br />
US Congress has been notified about a possible sale of three<br />
excess P-3 aircraft to Pakistan equipped with the E-2C<br />
Hawkeye 2000 AEW suite. This is obviously not a done deal<br />
yet but the notification is remarkable since Pakistan’s Air<br />
Force recently ordered six Saab 2000 with the PS-890 Erieye<br />
system and there are no P-3s with the Hawkeye 2000 AEW<br />
suite yet. The order, if all options are exercised, is worth $855<br />
million.<br />
South Korea<br />
Han Guk Gong Gun (AF)<br />
Starting early November 2006, the 111 FS at Kunsan has<br />
started replacing its F5E/Fs with the KF-16. The F-5s have<br />
been relocated to other bases. As the USAF also operates<br />
F-16s at Kunsan this will hopefully improve the combined<br />
operational capabilities of both forces. In December 2006,<br />
Korean Aerospace Industry announced a follow-on order for<br />
fifty more T/A-50 Golden Eagle jet trainers. The total number<br />
now on order is 75. Some ten aircraft should have been<br />
delivered so far.<br />
On 28 November 2006, the ROKAF held a farewell ceremony<br />
for the T-41B of the 212 FTS at the Air Force Academy at<br />
Seongmu. Local newspapers report that 27 aircraft were<br />
delivered starting in 1972, but we have 29 serials in our database.<br />
In total 160,000 accident-free flight hours were made<br />
training about 6,400 cadets. The T-41s were replaced by the<br />
IL-103/T-103 in 2005.<br />
The 213 FTS of the 3 TW flying KT-1s from Sacheon is aiming<br />
for the Guinness Book of World Records. In January 2006 they<br />
achieved 160,000 accident-free flight hours. The squadron<br />
was formed in 1977 on the T-37C. Their latest accident was in<br />
August 1983. We will try to find out if the application was<br />
successful.<br />
Sri Lanka<br />
Sri Lanka Air Force (AF)<br />
A report in The Sunday Times, dealing with details about<br />
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possible fraudulent activities with the latest MiG-27 Flogger<br />
deal (for four more aircraft and overhaul on the existing fleet),<br />
has revealed a number of details on the SLAF Floggers. The<br />
possible fraud investigation focuses on the specific date of<br />
the order (26 July 2006) which is one day before Lanka<br />
Logistics and Technologies Limited came into being. This<br />
company is to procure all equipment and services, via a bidding-process<br />
(awarding contracts to the lowest bidder) for the<br />
armed forces and the police, hence eliminating the role (and<br />
huge commissions) for possible third parties. Another element<br />
that is being looked at is the contract price (aircraft prices<br />
are a lot higher than six years ago and the overhaul of the<br />
single MiG-23UB is more costly than the acquisition of this<br />
specific aircraft).<br />
The SLAF acquired two batches of Flogger aircraft in 2000.<br />
The first order, signed 25 May 2000, was for four MiG-27M<br />
aircraft. They were delivered in pairs on 25 June 2000 (CF731<br />
and CF732) and 02 July 2000 (CF734 and CF735). A second<br />
order, signed 24 October 2000, included two MiG-27M (CF736<br />
and CF737) and one MiG-23UB (CTF730). All aircraft of the<br />
second batch were delivered 27 December 2000. The new<br />
contract for overhaul deals with three MiG-27M and the<br />
MiG-23UB.<br />
The ones ordered now appear to be aircraft from the same lot,<br />
at the Lviv State Aircraft Repair Unit, the SLAF selected and<br />
purchased their current aircraft from. Two of the four now on<br />
order were declined in the first order (25 May 2000) and a third<br />
one was not acquired in the second order (24 October 2000).<br />
Yet the prices of these aircraft went up from 2000.<br />
A rundown of the SLAF Floggers follows. The four new ones<br />
will arrive soon since SLAF representatives were in the<br />
Ukraine late December to sign and hand over the documents.<br />
MiG-23UB<br />
CTF730 5sq 49065315 jun04<br />
MiG-27M<br />
CF731 5sq 31385 oct00<br />
CF732 5sq w/o 24jul01 34657<br />
CF734 5sq w/o 09jun04 34709
CF735 5sq 38777 oct00<br />
CF736 5sq w/o 18aug01 22013<br />
CF737 5sq 45237 dec02<br />
All MiG-27M construction number are preceded by 837125<br />
(83712731385 etc.).<br />
Thailand<br />
Royal Thai Air Force (AF)<br />
All the remaining nine RFB400 and ten RFB600 Fantrainers<br />
that are currently stored at Tahkli were put up for sale last<br />
October.<br />
Latin America<br />
Bolivia<br />
Fuerza Aérea Boliviana (AF)<br />
The Bolivian Air Force has indeed acquired two second-hand<br />
BAe146s. One was seen in Southend late November being<br />
prepared for delivery and with its serial painted on. The other<br />
one is still in the USA. We reported this intention before<br />
(<strong>Scramble</strong> 328 – Page 90) and luckily it has materialized. No<br />
reported progress on the Chinese MA60 acquisition though.<br />
BAe146-100<br />
FAB098 ex N76HN (ntu) E1076 nov06<br />
... ex N81HN (ntu) E1081 nov06<br />
Brazil<br />
Força Aérea Brasileira (AF)<br />
In a surprise move the FAB is said to be negotiating a $200-<br />
400 million thirty helicopter deal with Russia. Representatives<br />
of Mil’s Ulan Ude facility have been in Brazil to push their Mi-35<br />
and Mi-171 helicopters. The Brazilian ministry of Defence has<br />
confirmed that negotiations are indeed taking place.<br />
The Super Tucano production proceeds apace. The first<br />
Colombians have been delivered, but not all the preceding<br />
airframes have been delivered to FAB yet. About sixty FAB<br />
examples have been built by now which means that the<br />
production of the initial batch of 76 has nearly been<br />
completed. FAB has taken up the option for 33 more though<br />
and that will see production continue throughout 2007.<br />
Brazil is planning to revamp its F-X fighter programme. With<br />
the Mirage 2000s trickling in, FAB has eyed the Rafale and<br />
Su-35 as long-term solutions for the Mirage III replacement.<br />
They will not go through the same charades this time as done<br />
a couple of years ago. Instead, a suitable successor will be<br />
selected and a deal negotiated not the other way around.<br />
Comando da Força Aeronaval (NY)<br />
Brazilian sources state that the Navy has acquired sixty Gespi<br />
GP-135A Guará light training aircraft. The company was<br />
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already a contractor for the Navy in the reconnaissance pod<br />
project for the AF-1 Skyhawks. We were not aware that the<br />
Navy had a requirement for such a substantial number of basic<br />
training aircraft.<br />
Colombia<br />
Fuerza Aérea Colombiana (AF)<br />
EMBRAER started delivery of the first batch of EMB314 Super<br />
Tucanos on 7 December, effectively making Colombia the first<br />
export customer for this much improved version of its<br />
successful Tucano. The Colombian examples are painted in<br />
a standard grey colour scheme and adorned with large shark<br />
mouths. The 3000-serial range suggests the FAC refers to the<br />
aircraft as light fighters rather than light attack aircraft, which<br />
usually carry serials in the 2000-range. A further ten examples<br />
are expected to be delivered in 2007, with the last batch of ten<br />
due in 2008. For now, we refer to them with their EMBRAER<br />
designation, although the FAC may eventually adopt the<br />
Brazilian A-29 designation like they did with the AT-27 Tucano.<br />
The first batch was delivered to CACOM 2 at Apiay, to replace<br />
the venerable OV-10A Bronco.<br />
EMB314<br />
FAC3101 CACOM 2 f/n, ex PP-ZYA 31400061 dec06<br />
FAC3102 CACOM 2 f/n, ex PP-ZYB31400062 dec06<br />
FAC3103 CACOM 2 f/n, ex PP-ZYC31400063 dec06<br />
FAC3104 CACOM 2 f/n, ex PP-ZYD31400064 dec06<br />
FAC3105 CACOM 2 f/n, ex PP-ZYE31400065 dec06<br />
FAC3106? as PP-ZYF 31400068 dec06<br />
FAC3107? as PP-ZYG 31400071 dec06<br />
If this was not enough, EMBRAER also started delivery of<br />
the first ERJ170 to military operated carrier SATENA on 7<br />
December, accompanying the Super Tucanos. The second<br />
example, a former demo ERJ170SL, is expected to follow<br />
shortly. The first ex-LOT ERJ145ER for SATENA was also<br />
first seen in Bogota mid-December 2006. SATENA<br />
documents however, report a different tie-up for this aircraft<br />
as we did before.<br />
ERJ145ER<br />
FAC1176 SATENA f/n, ex SP-LGC 145227 dec06<br />
ERJ170LR<br />
FAC1180 SATENA ex PT-SEP 17000151 dec06<br />
ERJ170SL<br />
FAC1181 as PP-XJD 17000004 dec06<br />
Costa Rica<br />
Servicio de Vigilancia Aérea (PO)<br />
The police aviation unit took delivery of another Cessna 210<br />
Centurion II in 2006, the aircraft MSP010 of SVA was first noted<br />
in October 2006 at San José.<br />
The Defensa Anti-Aérea y Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria or the Cuban air force, once a sizeable air force to be reckoned with now<br />
only has a very limited number of fighters still operational. Eight of these were displayed during a parade over Havana comprising<br />
two MiG-29s, three MiG-23s in one flight and three MiG-21s in another. Only one MiG-29UB remains operational, being 900 which<br />
is shown in this picture. The right picture is showing the aircraft over Havana during the aforementioned parade apparently in a<br />
new colorscheme. The original camouflage scheme can be seen on the picture on the left.
Cuba<br />
Defensa Anti-Aérea y Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria (AF)<br />
Despite the fact that his illness prevented Fidel to attend his<br />
80 th birthday party on 2 December, the air force gave a modest<br />
show de force over Havana, while the troops and labourers<br />
were marching by. Seen over the city were not eighty fighters<br />
as one may have expected, but a formation consisting of one<br />
MiG-29, one MiG-29UB, three MiG-23MLs, three MiG-21bis,<br />
three Mi-35s and three Mi-17s. Interestingly, both MiG-29s<br />
wore a green-brownish camouflage scheme, similar to that of<br />
the MiG-23MLs. The scheme must have been applied fairly<br />
recently as last October, the sole operational MiG-29UB serial<br />
900 was noted at Camaguëy airfield, still sporting its grey<br />
paint scheme. The Fulcrum was visiting the airfield<br />
accompanied by three MiG-21bis painted with Angolan<br />
markings, camouflage and serials, set to go starring in the<br />
movie Cangamba about the Cuban involvement in the<br />
Angolan War in the eighties. In a couple of months we plan to<br />
publish an article about the same subject, which will not<br />
entirely be based on this movie though…<br />
Jamaica<br />
Jamaica Defence Force (AF)<br />
On 7 December, the Jamaica Military Aviation School was<br />
officially inaugurated at Kingston-Norman Manley IAP. The<br />
school is a joint effort between the Canadian and Jamaican<br />
governments and will be equipped with two Diamond<br />
DA40-FP trainers. One of the aircraft (JDF A-8) has already<br />
been delivered and was present at the ceremony in December<br />
2006. The second aircraft will be delivered in January<br />
2007. An additional five aircraft and helicopters, including<br />
possibly a number of Bell 206Bs, will be purchased for training<br />
purposes. Jamaican military pilots received their training<br />
in Canada for the past 35 years, but cost effective measures<br />
included a plan to set up a regional military aviation training<br />
centre. The school is funded by the Canadian Military Training<br />
Assistance Programme (MTAP).<br />
Mexico<br />
Armada de Mexico – Fuerza Aeronaval (NY)<br />
The Navy received of another Mi-8MTV-1 in November 2006,<br />
making this the third helicopter out of an additional batch of<br />
five. The Mi-8MTV is serialled AMHT-200 and is assigned to<br />
the TERESCBUSALV at BAN Campeche, just like the previous<br />
example.<br />
Trinidad and Tobago<br />
Special Anti-Crime Unit of Trinidad & Tobago (PO)<br />
The Ministry of National Security’s special unit in charge of the<br />
battle against crime has taken a second Skyship 600 on<br />
strength last July. The airship replaces a leased Aeros 40B,<br />
which has been returned after becoming defunct in August<br />
2006. The returned airship carried registration N818AC and<br />
construction number A40-19. The two Skyship 600s currently<br />
in use will be augmented by four helicopters bought for the Air<br />
Guard in Israel in 2006, which have yet to be delivered.<br />
Venezuela<br />
Fuerza Aérea Venezolana (AF)<br />
The first two Su-30MKV are there! They were delivered to<br />
Barcelona on board an An-124 transport on 30 November.<br />
This was in time to participate in the 10 December fly-by. The<br />
next two were due on 20 December.<br />
Su-30MKV<br />
0460 Grupo Aéreo de Caza 13 nov06<br />
1259 Grupo Aéreo de Caza 13 nov06<br />
The Venezuelan Air Force is to receive an undisclosed number<br />
of Brazilian built GP-135A Guará basic training aircraft.<br />
Ejército de Venezolana (AR)<br />
In December 2006, a new Beech 200 King Air was noted with<br />
Charallave. We do not know if this is an impounded example<br />
or a true new acquisition. Note that the serial, EV-0688, leaves<br />
a gap of five after the last reported serial. These are<br />
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undoubtedly allocated to some more helicopters delivered<br />
from Russia in the mean time.<br />
Guardia Nacional (PO)<br />
The military police has been operating four Enstrom F280FX<br />
helicopters since early 2002. We now have received the first<br />
serial, GN-01128/E. It was noted at Isla Margeritha’s Porlamar<br />
airfield late November 2006. These are used for training by<br />
Destacamento de Apoyo Aéreo 7 (DAA-7) / Centro de<br />
Adiestramiento Aereo de la Guardia Nacional (CAAGN) along<br />
with three Ce172s. The old Ce152s have been withdrawn<br />
probably.<br />
Middle East<br />
Bahrain<br />
Royal Bahraini Air Force (AF)<br />
The last two of six ordered Hawk Mk129s were delivered to the<br />
RBAF in December 2006. They left Warton and routed for<br />
Sheikh Isa Air Base on 18 December. 505/ZK107 and 506/<br />
ZK106 routed via La Rochelle-Nice, Nice-Brindisi-Iraklion,<br />
Iraklion-Cairo-Luxor, Luxor-Jeddah. 505 went unserviceable<br />
on 21 December and 506 continued on to Riyadh. After<br />
catching up at Riyadh, both arrived at Sheikh Isa on 22 December<br />
2006.<br />
Egypt<br />
al Quwwat Al Jawwiya Il Misriya (AF)<br />
We received interesting information about the Egyptian Air<br />
Force demonstration team “Silver Stars”. The team consists of<br />
eleven aircraft: eight aircraft plus one solo aircraft, and two<br />
spares. The team has fourteen pilots and was founded in the<br />
mid-70s when four L-29s were used for demonstration flight<br />
purposes. In 1984 the team switched to six Alpha Jets and<br />
upgraded to a total of nine aircraft in 1985. In 2004, the team<br />
made the switch to the Nanchang K-8E trainer and is led by<br />
Group Captain Mostafa Fathi since 2005. During the shows,<br />
eight different formations are shown along with several single<br />
aircraft passes. The team consists of the following aircraft. K-<br />
8E 6325/1 carries the name “Mostafa” after the team leader.<br />
K-8E<br />
6325/1 6326/2 …./3<br />
6323/4 6329/5 ..../6<br />
6331/7 6<strong>332</strong>/8 6333/9<br />
633410 6328/11<br />
Iran<br />
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (AF)<br />
After the crash of an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air<br />
Force (IRGCAF) IL-76 on 20 February 2003, the type’s<br />
operational life has virtually come to a complete stand still.<br />
Recently Iran and Russia, however reached an agreement<br />
under which the IL-76 fleet of both the regular IRIAF and<br />
IRGCAF IL-76s will be restored. The Iranian military fleet IL-<br />
76TD/MD transport versions as well as IL-76 Adnan AEW&C<br />
platforms. The restoration will take place in-country at<br />
Mehrabad and Payam. Initially, six aircraft will be returning to<br />
service and another batch of six aircraft will follow later on.<br />
Jordan<br />
al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya Almalakiya al-Urduniya (AF)<br />
On 28 September 2006, the Defence Security Cooperation<br />
Agency notified the US Congress of a possible Foreign Military<br />
Sale to Jordan of two UH-60L VIP Black Hawk helicopters as<br />
well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if<br />
all options are exercised, could be as high as $60 million.<br />
These two helicopters will most probably be operated<br />
alongside the three S-70A-11s already operated by the Royal<br />
Flight from Amman-Marka. In July 2004, the RJAF ordered<br />
eight UH-60L/S-70A which are expected to arrive in Jordan in<br />
2007.<br />
The two CN-235M-100s that were leased from the Turkish Air<br />
Force have recently been returned to TuAF service. The<br />
CN235s, serialled 350 and 351 (construction numbers C-115
Some time ago the Fuerza Aérea Venezolana ordered a batch of 24 Su-30MK2Vs. The first two of this very impressive multi-role<br />
fighters were delivered to El Libertador air base in December 2006. The aircraft are destined for Grupo Aéreo de Caza 13 at Luis<br />
del Valle Garcia AB near Barcelona where they will equip Escuadrón 131 ‘Ases’ and Escuadrón 132 ‘Pumas.<br />
(El Liberator, 10 December 2006, Luis Garcia)<br />
and C-116) were last reported in RJAF-service in late October<br />
2005 and were seen in Turkey as 115 and 116 in early November<br />
2006.<br />
Oman<br />
al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Sultanat Oman (AF)<br />
Through the use of Google Earth and some directions from<br />
locals, we were able to finally locate RAFO Al Musana’a. Its<br />
coordinates are 23°38’48.29"N 57°28’15.32"E. The Super<br />
Lynx helicopters here are being operated by 15 squadron. Two<br />
of the 15sq Super Lynx’ are detached to RAFO Masirah where<br />
they arrived on 12 November 2006. It is unclear when the<br />
AB205 detachment on Masirah will end but rumour has it that<br />
they will remain at Masirah for one year to come. The following<br />
overview of RAFO Super Lynx Mk120 helicopters now applies:<br />
Super Lynx Mk120<br />
757 3sq 440 oct04<br />
758 15sq 441 oct05<br />
759 3sq 442 jun04<br />
760 3sq 443 jun04<br />
761 3sq 444 jun04<br />
762 3sq 446 oct04<br />
763 3sq 448 oct04<br />
764 3sq 449 oct04<br />
765 3sq w/o 18aug06 450<br />
766 3sq 451 jan05<br />
767 3sq 452 jan05<br />
768 15sq 453 nov05<br />
769 15sq det. Masirah 454 nov06<br />
770 15sq 455 jul05<br />
771 15sq det. Masirah 456 nov06<br />
772 3sq 457 nov05<br />
In due course (most probably in January or February 2007), 14<br />
squadron will move from RAFO Seeb to RAFO Al Musana’a.<br />
Around the same time the three AB212 helicopters of 14sq will<br />
end their operational life within the RAFO.<br />
Through www.f-16.net, we learned that the tie-ups we<br />
previously mentioned of the RAFO F-16 fleet contained some<br />
flaws. Number 813 was omitted from the serial range which<br />
results in the following tie-ups:<br />
F-16C<br />
810 18sq ex 02-2115 TP-1 oct05<br />
811 18sq ex 02-2116 TP-2 aug06<br />
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812 for 18sq ex 02-2117 TP-3<br />
814 18sq ex 02-2118 TP-4 jun06<br />
815 18sq ex 02-2119 TP-5 jun06<br />
816 for 18sq ex 02-2120 TP-6<br />
817 for 18sq ex 02-2121 TP-7<br />
818 for 18sq ex 02-2122 TP-8<br />
F-16D<br />
801 Lockheed ex 02-2123 TQ-1 aug05<br />
802 for 18sq ex 02-2124 TQ-2<br />
803 18sq ex 02-2125 TQ-3 mar06<br />
804 Lockheed ex 02-2126 TQ-4 jan06<br />
Saudi-Arabia<br />
al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya as Sa’udiya (AF)<br />
In October 2006, the Canadian firm Vector Aerospace<br />
announced that it won a three-year contract from the Royal<br />
Saudi Air Force to maintain and overhaul the T56 engines<br />
used by the RSAF C-130 and L-100 fleets. The overhaul will be<br />
performed by Sigma Aerospace, Vector’s UK subsidiary. The<br />
estimated aggregate contract revenues are valued at $34<br />
million over its three years. However, revenues could be<br />
substantially higher depending on actual maintenance<br />
requirements.<br />
UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) recently dropped its<br />
investigations focusing on allegations that BAE bribed Saudi<br />
defence procurement officials with millions of pounds-worth<br />
in the 1990s to ensure the Saudis continued to buy from<br />
Britain under an original ‘Al-Yamamah’ defence contract. The<br />
two-year corruption inquiry was allegedly dropped because of<br />
possible “undermined national and international security”.<br />
The reversal however followed warnings by Saudi Arabia that it<br />
might cancel an order for 72 Eurofighter Typhoon jets from<br />
BAE Systems, in favour of the French Rafale. Arms dealt to<br />
Saudi Arabia are among the biggest in British history and<br />
risking the latest deals, worth over £10 billion would threaten<br />
thousands of jobs.<br />
On 15 December 2006, a new batch of three Tornados arrived<br />
at Warton for the TCSP (Tornado Capabilities Sustainment<br />
Programme), making the current BAE Systems “Saudi’<br />
inventory into:<br />
PC-9<br />
2204/ZK119 111 15dec05
Tornado IDS<br />
6606/ZK113 878/CS026/3430 12apr05<br />
6611 895/CS031/3441 15dec06<br />
6612 897/CS032/3442 15dec06<br />
6613 901/CS033/3444 15dec06<br />
Tornado IDS(R)<br />
6631/ZH917 942/CSR037/3483 12apr05<br />
Tornado IDS(T)<br />
7503/ZH907 932/CT017/3473 12apr05<br />
(note: not all RSAF identities are still applied to the aircraft,<br />
the mentioned dates are the arrival dates at Warton)<br />
As early as 2005, 2sq was established with its F-15 Eagles at<br />
the most northerly base of Tabuk (King Faisal Air Base), much<br />
to annoyance of the Israelis of course. Israel repeatedly tried<br />
to persuade the Saudis, also by putting pressure on the USgovernment,<br />
to move these fighters southwards, away from<br />
Israel. These attempts were all in vain though and 2sq is still<br />
live and kicking at Tabuk. The rundown below gives an idea of<br />
the changes that took place in the Eagle environment of the<br />
RSAF over the past years. Besides 2sq, a second Eagle<br />
squadron was established fairly recently, namely 34sq that<br />
operates the C/D-versions from Taif (King Fahd Air Base).<br />
F-15C<br />
201 ex 80-0094, ex 5sq 513, ex 6sq 601 777/033<br />
202 ex 79-0015, ex 42sq 4201, 6sq 602 543/C084<br />
203* ex 80-0095, ex 6sq 603 780/034<br />
204 ex 79-0023, ex 42sq 4202, 6sq 604 555/C092<br />
205 ex 80-0073, ex 6sq 605 726/012<br />
206 ex 79-0045, ex 42sq 4204, 6sq 606 586/C114<br />
207 ex 79-0063, ex 42sq 4205, 6sq 607 610/C132<br />
208* ex 79-0017, ex 42sq 4206, 6sq 608 547/C086<br />
209 ex 79-0024, ex 42sq 4207, 6sq 609 556/C093<br />
210 ex 79-0051, ex 42sq 4209, ex 6sq 610 594/C120<br />
211 ex 79-0055, ex 42sq 4210, ex 6sq 611 599/C124<br />
212 ex 79-0060, ex 42sq 4211, ex 6sq 612 606/C129<br />
213 ex 79-0039, ex 42sq 4212, ex 6sq 613 578/C108<br />
214 ex 79-0043, ex 42sq 4213, ex 6sq 614 584/C112<br />
215 ex 79-0018, ex 42sq 4214, ex 6sq 615 549/C087<br />
216 ex 79-0028, ex 42sq 4216, ex 6sq 616 563/C097<br />
217 ex 79-0032, ex 42sq 4217, ex 6sq 617 567/C101<br />
218 ex 79-0038, ex 42sq 4218, ex 6sq 618 575/C107<br />
219 ex 79-0062, ex 42sq 4220, ex 6sq 619 608/C131<br />
220 ex 80-0097, ex 13sq 1310, ex 6sq 620 784/036<br />
F-15D<br />
231 ex 80-0109, ex 5sq 518, ex 6sq 631 660/003<br />
232 ex 79-0006, ex 42sq 4222, ex 6sq 632 570/D017<br />
233 ex 79-0004, ex 42sq 4223, ex 6sq 633 546/D015<br />
Note: * l/n May 2006, all above F15s belong to 2sq.<br />
North America<br />
Canada<br />
Canadian Forces (CF)<br />
During October 2006, eleven CH-124 Sea King pilots, from 12<br />
Wing at Shearwater, received tactical flight training with 403<br />
Helicopter Operations Training Squadron 1 Wing at CFB<br />
Gagetown. This training took place to prepare the pilots for<br />
their deployment with the Standing Contingency Force<br />
Integrated Tactical Effects Experiment (ITEE). Involved in this<br />
ITEE were a naval task force, a landing force and an air<br />
expeditionary unit. The reason for taking part in this ITEE was<br />
to prepare Canadian forces for participation in rapid reaction<br />
forces and to train and operate in a different environment to<br />
their normal Maritime operations. The tactical flying training<br />
received consisted of: low-level flying, tactical formation flying,<br />
and overland navigation. To participate in the rapid reaction<br />
environment four CH-124 Sea King helicopters have been<br />
converted for troop and cargo carrying.<br />
On 11 December 2006, the Canadian Department of National<br />
Defence signed an agreement with the United States Defence<br />
Department to take part in the third stage of the Joint Strike<br />
Fighter program, and thereby continuing the Canadian<br />
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participation in the programme. Though taking part in this<br />
stage of the JSF development, this does not imply that Canada<br />
will commit to the purchase of this fighter as a<br />
replacement of the current CF-188 aircraft. By signing this<br />
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) the Canadian<br />
aerospace and aviation industry will be able to generate up to<br />
$8 billion on earnings in the production of aircraft parts and the<br />
development of aviation technology.<br />
United States of America<br />
Joint Forces<br />
Lockheed Martin received a $256 million contract to build four<br />
C-130Js of which one example will be delivered as KC-130J<br />
tanker to the US Marine Corps. The other three C-130J-30s<br />
were ordered by the Air Force on 8 December 2006. They were<br />
funded by the FY06 Global war on Terror supplemental<br />
authorization and all should be delivered by April 2010.<br />
United States Air Force news<br />
A contract for ten more C-17As was signed mid December<br />
and announced on 18 December 2006. These ten Block 18<br />
Globemasters come on top of the 180 aircraft already on order<br />
for the USAF and will be delivered by October 2009.<br />
The Air Force has leased a Gulfstream GV for the Battlefield<br />
Airborne Communications Node (BACN) programme. The<br />
Northrop Grumman equipment onboard acts as a link between<br />
unmanned aerial systems and ground forces. The programme<br />
has recently been expanded to include<br />
communicating with the F-22A as well. The F-22A is a highly<br />
sophisticated aircraft but can only communicate intelligence<br />
information with other F-22As…. The BACN will act as a relay.<br />
If the system is acquired it will be built in Gulfstream 550<br />
aircraft making it also a good candidate for the Army Aerial<br />
Common sensor programme and Navy EP-3 replacement.<br />
An order for 23 Boeing F-22 and one F-22 replacement test<br />
aircraft was placed on 21 November 2006. This order makes<br />
up Lot six of the Raptor production and brings the total aircraft<br />
ordered to 131. The price tag for this is a mere $1 billion and<br />
all should have been delivered by February 2010.<br />
It has taken a bit more time than expected, but the first<br />
Lockheed Martin F-35A taxi-tests were performed on 7 December<br />
2006. It was also the first time the aircraft moved<br />
under its own power when it went along the runway. The test<br />
lasted until 12 December 2006 when the aircraft sped along<br />
the runway at 127 miles per hour. The aircraft was operated<br />
during al these tests by Chief Pilot Jon Beesley. The first flight<br />
took place on 15 December 2006, for more details about that<br />
see the 2-page article elsewhere in this issue.<br />
Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky are contending the Air Force<br />
decision on awarding the CSAR-X contract to Boeing. The<br />
Government Accountability Office (GAO) now has one hundred<br />
days to review the evaluation process, contracts and<br />
complaints by both companies and give their<br />
recommendation. According to Lockheed different<br />
instructions were provided to the various competitors so the<br />
criteria could not be evaluated properly. Many experts thought<br />
the US101 held the best cards and were surprised by the HH-<br />
47 win.<br />
A picture found on the internet showed QF-4G 69-7303 with<br />
large ‘Pharewell F-4G’ markings on the fuselage. This might<br />
suggest that all QF-4Gs have been shot down and this<br />
example was the last to survive.<br />
The F-15 Eagle East Coast demonstration Team ceased to<br />
exist on 1 December 2006. The Langley AFB (VA) based 1st<br />
FW has shown off their skills at air shows for 27 years. As the<br />
wing now consists of one F-15 squadron and two F-22A<br />
squadrons it is time to pass the torch. For the coming season<br />
the Raptor will give small shows, but in 2008 a full<br />
demonstration will be revealed. The Eglin based 33rd FW will<br />
continue to demonstrate the skills of the F-15 with their West<br />
Coast Demonstration Team.<br />
We have not mentioned another helicopter acquisition programme<br />
before; it is called Common Vertical Lift Support Plat-
form (CVLSP) programme and will replace the UH-1Ns with<br />
the Air Force Space Command. Running for this programme<br />
were the same three as were for CSAR-X. It was hoped that<br />
the winner of the CSAR-X programme would also be selected<br />
for CVLSP, but the Chinook is way too large. Until 2005 there<br />
was a programme called Personnel Recovery Vehicle (PRV)<br />
which ran for the HH-60 as well as the UH-1N replacement.<br />
But in 2005 it was split into the CSAR-X and CVLSP for a better<br />
meet to both requirements. Currently there is not enough<br />
funding for the latter and development funding will become<br />
available in 2008.<br />
At the end of June the first RQ-4 mission was flown from Beale<br />
AFB (CA). The type has already been operating for years over<br />
Southeast Asia. By 2009 seven aircraft should call the<br />
northern Californian base home.<br />
United States Air Force unit news<br />
The 41st AS 43rd AW will move from Pope AFB (NC) to Little<br />
Rock AFB (AR) this spring and become a C-130J unit. Crews<br />
are already being trained as we speak.<br />
Quite unexpectedly the 1st FS 325th FW Griffins at Tyndall AFB<br />
(FL) was inactivated on 15 December 2006. Due to the<br />
introduction of the F-22A there is less need for F-15 pilots.<br />
Sister squadrons 2nd FS and 95th FS will take over the training<br />
duties. According to the press release the majority of the<br />
aircraft will go to Air National Guard units.<br />
The 7th FS 49th FW Screamin’ Demons at Holloman AFB (NM)<br />
was officially disbanded on 31 December 2006. Currently it<br />
operates six F-117As which will be the first of the type to retire.<br />
The units T-38As will go to the co-located 8th FS.<br />
The 12th RS 9th RW at Beale AFB (CA) temporarily stopped<br />
operating the recently arrived RQ-4As after a pilot briefly lost<br />
contact with the aircraft during a mission on 21 November<br />
2006. Operations will continue after the fault has been<br />
discovered.<br />
Misawa AB (Japan) 14th FS is preparing for a deployment to<br />
Iraq. At the end of December 2006 or early January 2007 the<br />
unit will deploy for four months.<br />
Between 6 and 17 November 2007 twelve 22nd FS F-16s from<br />
Spangdahlem AB (Germany) participated in the Turkish<br />
exercise Anatolian Eagle. The aircraft were deployed to Konya<br />
Air Base.<br />
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The first A-10C for Davis Monthan AFB (AZ) was rolled out on<br />
29 November 2006. 79-0209 used to operate with the 354th<br />
FS but carried no unit markings during the roll-out ceremony. It<br />
is the first one for a regular Air Force unit. Several have already<br />
been delivered to National Guard units. There seems to be no<br />
obvious external difference between the O/A-10A and A-10C.<br />
But a give away might be the carrying of a targeting pod, only<br />
carried by the A-10C. So please report to us if you note this<br />
A-10 variant.<br />
The 8th SOS received its first CV-22A on 16 November 2006. It<br />
needs confirmation if this is really the first aircraft for the 8th<br />
SOS as it had only recently been delivered to the 71st SOS at<br />
Kirtland AFB (NM). The serial is 02-0025.<br />
A new unit was activated at Edwards AFB (CA) on 27 October<br />
2006. The 461st Flight Test Squadron will support the testing<br />
of the F-35 Lightning II.<br />
The 3rd AF was reactivated at Ramstein AB (Germany) on 1<br />
December 2006. On the same day the 16th AF was deactivated.<br />
United States Air Force Air National Guard unit news<br />
The Dutch will move in at Springfield (OH) with fourteen F-16s<br />
for training their pilots. The first jet should arrive in May 2007<br />
and at that time the local 162nd FS 178th FW OH ANG will<br />
move out six of their Block 30 F-16s to free up ramp space<br />
immediately.<br />
The first of ten C-5As for the 167th AS 167th AW WV ANG was<br />
unveiled in Martinsburg on 10 December 2006. 70-0459 was<br />
christened ‘Spirit of Erma’ in honour Senator Robert C. Byrd’s<br />
late wife Erma Ora James Byrd. The Senator made the<br />
change from C-130 to C-5 possible. He also announced that<br />
the 167th AW will be responsible for Isochronal Inspection for<br />
all National Guard C-5s. This is a thorough inspection of the<br />
complete aircraft and means that several visiting C-5s will be<br />
on the base on any given time. Dover AFB (DE) is the location<br />
for the regular Air Force C-5s while Westover ARB (MA) is the<br />
one for the AFRC.<br />
The first aircraft for the unit arrived in West Virginia on 2 December<br />
2006. It came from Altus AFB (OK) who is slowly<br />
getting rid of these beast as the training is being passed on to<br />
the 433rd AW at Lackland AFB (TX). This Galaxy will be used to<br />
train maintenance personnel first and will not fly for some<br />
VMGR-352 is one of three US Marines units operating the KC-130 and the second to convert to the new KC-130J. This picture from<br />
166765/QB-765 is taken at March JARB, CA but the unit is based at MCAS Miramar, CA where VMGR-352 is operating this version<br />
along older versions of the Hercules tanker. (March JARB, 7 September 2006, Niels Hoogenboom)
Even though the delivery was halted for hundred days, due to protest by Agusta-Westland and MDHI, Eurocopter continued to<br />
work on their UH-145 and delivered the first example on time to the US Army. In the US military the type will be known as UH-72A<br />
Lakota. (Eurocopter, Christina Gotzheim)<br />
time. In the second week of January a second C-5A is<br />
expected.<br />
Six F-16s and about 400 personnel of the 138th FS 174th FW<br />
NY ANG deployed to the Middle East 1 December 2006. The<br />
deployment is shared with three other Guard units and each<br />
will serve 40-45 days.<br />
The last F-16 will leave the 178th FS 119th FW ND ANG for<br />
AMARC on 16 January 2007. Two of the unit’s aircraft did not<br />
go to the storage yard. One will be used as a gate guard in<br />
Fargo and the other was flown by LtCol Brad Derrig on 26<br />
December 2006 to McChord AFB (WA) for the local museum.<br />
Both Vipers were the first aircraft to fly over Washington after<br />
the attacks on 11 September 2001, Derrig was one of those<br />
pilots. The only known serial is 82-0926.<br />
Over half of the 184th FS 188th FW AR ANG F-16s have been<br />
handed over to other units by the end of December 2006. The<br />
last Arkansas F-16 sortie will be flown on 14 April 2007. During<br />
this sortie the plane will escort the first four A-10s to the Fort<br />
Smith base. These will be used by maintenance personnel<br />
during the first couple of months. By early October 2007<br />
seventeen of the assigned twenty A-10s should have arrived.<br />
Within two years from now the unit will have upgraded its<br />
entire fleet to A-10C.<br />
On 28 November 2006, the 196th Air Refuelling Squadron<br />
163rd Air Refuelling Wing CA ANG was renamed 196th<br />
Reconnaissance Squadron 196th Reconnaissance Wing.<br />
The California National Guard unit has received two MQ-1<br />
Predators and will own a total of twelve operational when all<br />
have been delivered to March ARB (CA). Besides that a couple<br />
of additional Predators will be delivered for maintenance training.<br />
The 198th AS 156th AW RI ANG returned from their Afghanistan<br />
deployment on 16 December 2006. One of the participating<br />
aircraft was the C-130E 64-0515.<br />
On 19 December 2006, it was announced that the 184th ARW<br />
KS ANG will transit from tanker operations into intelligence<br />
operations, handling top-secret information and relay this to<br />
the troops around the world. The unit was named in BRAC and<br />
was suppose to loose its tankers. In <strong>Scramble</strong> 322 – Page 89<br />
Government officials announced the transition to a training<br />
mission where about 30 T-38Cs would move from Moody AFB<br />
(GA) to Kansas. We do not know if this latest development has<br />
any influence on the intended T-38 move.<br />
United States Army news<br />
On 11 December 2006, EADS North America handed over the<br />
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first UH-72A, serial 07-2001, to the US Army. The ceremony<br />
took place in Columbus (MS) where the majority of the aircraft<br />
will be manufactured. On this day the US Army unveiled the<br />
official name: Lakota, which is a Native American Indian tribe<br />
of the Great Sioux Nation. A second UH-72A should have been<br />
delivered before year-end of 2006. The other forty on order will<br />
be delivered in 2007 and 2008. A couple of these will go to the<br />
EAATS at Fort Indiantown GAP (PA) which will take care of the<br />
training for the ARNG.<br />
Boeing received two contracts for Chinooks on 19 December<br />
2006. The first one was for over $650 million covering the<br />
remanufacture of CH-47Ds to CH-47Fs. The second contract<br />
was for over $406 million and involved new built CH-47F<br />
Chinook helicopters. Unfortunately no exact numbers were<br />
mentioned in the released contracts.<br />
The Amy has ordered another eleven AH-64Ds from Boeing.<br />
These form part of Lot 11 and will be in Block II configuration.<br />
US Army Europe unit news<br />
A lot of changes have taken place recently within the US Army<br />
Europe. Some reflagging has already been mentioned but it is<br />
time to give a complete overview of the current situation.<br />
Ansback Katterbach AHP (Germany)<br />
3-158th AVN Co A (ASLT) UH-60L<br />
Co B (ASLT) UH-60L<br />
5-158th AVN Co A (CMD) UH-60A<br />
Co B (HH) CH-47D<br />
Co C (AA) UH-60A<br />
5-158th AVN reflagged from 2-1st AVN. Company came<br />
from Giebelstadt and used to be called F/159th AVN.<br />
Company C is the former 45th MedCo.<br />
Aviano AB (Italy)<br />
6-52nd AVN Co F Det (TA) C-12U<br />
Co G (CMD) UH-60A, UH-60A(C)<br />
Company G reflagged from B/5-158th AVN.<br />
Chievres (Belgium)<br />
SHAPE Flight Det C-12J, C-12U,<br />
UH-60A, UH-60A(C)<br />
Hohenfels AAF (Germany)<br />
CMTC Avndet UH-1H<br />
We have not heard from this unit for a long time and would<br />
like confirmation of its existence.<br />
Illesheim AAF (Germany)<br />
2-159th AVN Co A (ATK) AH-64D<br />
Co B (ATK) AH-64D
Co C (ATK) AH-64D<br />
3-159th AVN Co A (ATK) AH-64D<br />
Co B (ATK) AH-64D<br />
Co C (ATK) AH-64D<br />
2-159th AVN used to be 6/6th CAV and 3-159th AVN<br />
reflagged from 2/6th CAV.<br />
Izmir (Turkey)<br />
LANDSOUTHEASTFlight Det C-12F<br />
Landstuhl AHP (Germany)<br />
1-214th AVN Co C (AA) UH-60A<br />
Reflagged from 236th MedCo on 16 October 2006.<br />
Stuttgart (Germany)<br />
6-52nd AVN Co G Det (CMD) UH-60A<br />
Wiesbaden (Germany)<br />
1st MI Bn Co B (AE) RC-12K<br />
6-52nd AVN Co E (TA) UC-35A<br />
Co F (TA) C-12U<br />
1-214th AVN Co A (CMD) UH-60A, UH-60A(C)<br />
Co G Det (CMD) UH-60A<br />
The 1st MI Bn is about the only which stayed the same, so<br />
far… E/6-52nd AVN reflagged from A/1-214th AVN. Company F<br />
used to be B/1-214th AVN. The current company A 1-214th AVN<br />
used to be Company C.<br />
United States Army National Guard unit news<br />
At the end of November 2006, six C/1-104th AVN PA ARNG<br />
Apaches and eleven Det.1 24th MedCo KS ARNG Black<br />
Hawks were noted at Aviano AB (Italy) for a fuel stop. All carried<br />
KFOR-markings and were on their way from Kosovo to<br />
Germany for onward shipment to CONUS. After serving in<br />
Kosovo for a year, in KFOR-7, the units have been relieved by<br />
elements of the 29th Infantry Division. Helicopter units in<br />
deployment KFOR-8 are 1-147th AVN WI ARNG with five<br />
UH-60As and the USAREUR 3-159th AVN with AH-64Ds.<br />
Black Hawks of the C/1-207th AVN will deploy to Iraq shortly.<br />
The Hawaii National guard unit is based at Schofield<br />
Barracks. Their MeDeVac task in Hawaii will be taken over by<br />
an Alaskan unit during their stay abroad.<br />
Guards units known to be currently in Iraq are 1-108th AVN KS<br />
ARNG, A/1-111th AVN PR ARNG and 2-224th AVN VA ARNG all<br />
operating the UH-60.<br />
About 450 personnel of the 1-285th AVN AZ ARNG will set for<br />
Afghanistan on 2 January 2006. The unit is equipped with AH-<br />
64D attack helicopters.<br />
United States Navy<br />
On 1 December 2006, Boeing delivered the sixteenth and final<br />
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upgraded E-6B to the US Navy under a $180 million contract.<br />
The E-6B Mercury was handed over during a ceremony at<br />
Cecil Field (FL). The upgraded E-6B is equipped with a glass<br />
cockpit and an advanced communication system for faster<br />
data processing, communications capabilities and better<br />
situational awareness for the crew. Delivered from 1989 to<br />
1992, the US Navy operates sixteen E-6Bs (a derivative of the<br />
Boeing 707).<br />
The US Navy is selling six SH-3H Sea King helicopters to the<br />
Indian Navy. The $39 million deal was signed on 15 November<br />
2006. The six Sea Kings are currently stored at the<br />
Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center, AMARC<br />
(AZ). According to the press release, these helicopters have<br />
only been stored for one year and will be refurbished before<br />
delivery. The functional check flights will take place from NAS<br />
Norfolk (VA). It is not known when the helicopters will undergo<br />
those check flights, nor when they will be delivered.<br />
United States Navy Unit News<br />
The Commander Operational Test and Evaluation Force<br />
(COMOPTEVFOR) which commands VX-9 Vampires (‘XE’) at<br />
NAS China Lake (CA) suffered some small changes in their<br />
modex ranges.<br />
F/A-18E XE-1xx<br />
F/A-18F XE-2xx<br />
UH-1Y XE-3x<br />
AH-1Z XE-4x<br />
EA-6B XE-53x<br />
AV-8B/B+ XE-74x/75x<br />
The modex’ used by the UH-1Ys and AH-1Zs were used by the<br />
F/A-18A/C/Ds which were not seen for a while within the Test<br />
and Evaluation squadron. In May 2006 the last sighting of a<br />
F/A-18C was processed in our database, this aircraft (BuNo<br />
164678) was seen without markings at China Lake after it<br />
came out of storage at NAS North Island (CA). It also appears<br />
that the AH-1W left the squadron.<br />
As reported in <strong>Scramble</strong> 331 – Page 102, the Commander<br />
Naval Air Systems Command (NASC) took delivery of the<br />
second EA-18G Growler. On 29 November 2006, EA-18G<br />
(BuNo 166642, F135/EA-2) was delivered by Boeing from St.<br />
Louis (MS) to the Naval Air Warfare Center – Aircraft Division<br />
(NAWC-AD) at NAS Patuxent River (MD). The second Growler<br />
will be used for flight tests while the first delivered EA-18G<br />
(166614, F…/EA-1) currently is undergoing electromagnetic<br />
testing in an anechoic chamber at Pax River.<br />
On 25 November 2006, the Executive Transport Detachment<br />
(ETD) of the Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet (CINC PAC)<br />
received a new transport aircraft. The old-fashioned VP-3A<br />
The EP-3Es of VQ-2 were previously based at Rota, Spain. Nowadays the unit is based at NAS Whidbey Island, WA. In addition<br />
to five EP-3Es the unit is also operating some P-3Cs, one of which was seen at Everett-Paine Field were this picture was taken by<br />
Matt Cawby on 6 December 2006.
The second CASA/EADS HC-235A 2302 of the US Coast Guard made a pre-delivery test flight and was seen landing at San<br />
Pablo Airport, Seville (Spain). Clearly visible are the modifications below the nose section.<br />
(San Pablo, Seville, 12 December 2006, Antonio Muñiz Zaragüeta)<br />
(BuNo 149676) was replaced by a C-37A. At the same time,<br />
the Navy’s ETD was permanently moved from Marine Corps<br />
Base Hawaii (MCBH) Kaneohe Bay (HI) to nearby Hickam<br />
AFB. The flying mission of the aircraft is now integrated into the<br />
mission of the US Air Force at Hickam so the 65th Airlift<br />
Squadron/15th Airlift Wing now supports joint services. The<br />
65th already operated the C-37A. Because of the new<br />
situation, the Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing<br />
2 ETD was disestablished on 12 December 2006. The<br />
detachment’s roots began with composite squadron VC-1 at<br />
NAS Barbers Point (HI), which received its first P-3V-1 aircraft<br />
in March 1977 to start transporting the U.S. Pacific Fleet<br />
commander. In February 1981, the aircraft was modified to the<br />
VP-3A configuration. In 1985, the detachment was officially<br />
established at Barbers Point, and the VP-3A was transferred<br />
from VC-1 to the detachment. In June 1999, the detachment<br />
moved from Barbers Point because of the base’s closure<br />
across the island to MCBH Kaneohe Bay, and was<br />
reassigned to Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance<br />
Forces, Pacific. The VP-3A made its last flight on 12 December<br />
2006, its destination is not known yet. The aircraft was<br />
accepted by the US Navy on 28 September 1962. What will<br />
happen to UP-3A 160605 (also ETD CinCPAC, last noted<br />
August 2005) is likewise not known to us.<br />
Commander Naval Air Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet<br />
(ComNavAirLant)<br />
Carrier Air Wing 7, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), AG<br />
On 11 December 2006, the ‘Ike’ entered the Persian Gulf in<br />
support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Maritime<br />
Security Operations (MSO). From 6 November 2006, CVW-7<br />
already flew missions in support of Operation Enduring<br />
Freedom (OEF) over Afghanistan. The wing was very busy<br />
from that moment as during 33 days of operations, over 680<br />
sorties were flown. Most of the sorties were Close Air Support<br />
(CAS) and reconnaissance missions to International Security<br />
Assistance Force (ISAF) troops. The CVN-69 left homeport on<br />
3 October 2006.<br />
Carrier Air Wing 8, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), AJ<br />
During December 2006, VFA-87 Golden Warriors (‘AJ-4xx’)<br />
received an F/A-18A (162902/AJ-403, ex AF-00/VFC-12). The<br />
unit was equipped with the F/A-18C up to then. The change is<br />
a direct result of a decision of the US Navy to swap active and<br />
reserve Hornets so the abrasion of airframes of both forces<br />
will be equally (see <strong>Scramble</strong> 314 – Page 97).<br />
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Atlantic Fleet squadrons<br />
On 3 December 2006, VP-5 Mad Foxes, based at NAS<br />
Jacksonville (FL) deployed their ‘LA’-coded P-3C Orions to<br />
several locations in the European Command (EUCOM),<br />
Central Command (CENTCOM) and Southern Command<br />
(SOUTHCOM). The squadron is expected back at Jacksonville<br />
sometime during June 2007.<br />
Commander Naval Air Force U.S. Pacific Fleet<br />
(ComNavAirPac)<br />
Carrier Air Wing 5, USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), NF<br />
On 10 December 2006, the ‘KH’ Carrier Strike Group arrived<br />
back home in Yokosuka (Japan). The CSG departed its homeport<br />
for a regular fall deployment on 17 October 2006. The ship<br />
and its wing made a port visit in Sasebo (Japan) between 6<br />
and 9 November and took part in a week-long exercise (the<br />
18th ANNUALEX, between 9 and 14 Novemer) with the<br />
Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.<br />
Pacific Fleet squadrons<br />
This month we received an update to our online database of a<br />
HSC-23 Wildcats (‘WC’) MH-60S Seahawk (166298/WC-.., ex<br />
SA-05/HC-3). Up to that moment we didn’t know the tail code<br />
of this new squadron (established 01 October 2006).<br />
According to our information ‘WC’ was never used before<br />
within the US Navy. By the way, the US Navy never accepted the<br />
Sikorsky proposed Knighthawk nickname for the MH-60S and<br />
will continue the Seahawk nickname for all H-60s in their<br />
inventory.<br />
The Mighty Shrikes of VFA-94 at NAS Lemoore (CA) received a<br />
new modex (‘4xx’). It is not known yet which tail code and<br />
CVW-assignment the squadron will receive.<br />
After six months from home, Patrol Squadron (VP) 46 Grey<br />
Knights returned to NAS Whidbey Island (WA) on 4 December<br />
2006. The ‘RC’-coded P-3C Orion squadron supported the<br />
US global war on terrorism campaigns with the 5th (Persian<br />
Gulf area and Afghanistan) and 7th Fleet (Misawa, Kadena<br />
and Clark AB).<br />
Commander US Navy Reserve Force<br />
(ComNavAirResFor)<br />
Carrier Air Wing Reserve 20, AF<br />
On 3 December 2006, a disestablishment ceremony for<br />
Helicopter Combat Support Special Squadron (HCS) 5<br />
Firehawks (‘NW-xxx’) aboard NAS North Island (CA) was held.<br />
On 2 October 1988, HCS-5 was established at North Island
and was tasked with the Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR)<br />
and Special Warfare Support (SPECWAR) missions. The unit<br />
flew the HH-60H Seahawk helicopter. The disestablishment<br />
of the squadron is part of the Naval Air Reserve’s plan to<br />
reshape its aviation forces. Sister squadron, the Norfolk (VA)<br />
based HCS-4 Red Wolves, is also slated to be disestablished<br />
(read more below).<br />
During December 2006, Fleet Composite Squadron (VFC) 12<br />
Saints (‘AF-xx’) at NAS Oceana (VA) received an F/A-18C<br />
(164644/AF-11). This is the first Charlie Hornet for the<br />
squadron. The change is a direct result of a decision by the US<br />
Navy to swap active and reserve aircraft so the abrasion of<br />
airframes of both forces will be equally (see <strong>Scramble</strong> 314 –<br />
Page 97). Most probably the redesignation of VFC-12 into<br />
Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 12 can be expected very soon.<br />
The Commander Reserve Patrol Wing (COMRESPATWING)<br />
will be disestablished on 30 June 2007. The headquarters of<br />
the wing is based at NAS Willow Grove JRB (PA) and<br />
commands the P-3C squadrons VP-62 Broadarrows, VP-69<br />
Totems and VP-92 Minutemen. The three patrol squadrons<br />
will be integrated into active wings at their home bases. VP-62<br />
will move to Commander Patrol Reconnaissance Wing<br />
(CPRW) 11 at NAS Jacksonville (FL), VP-69 to CPRW-10 at<br />
NAS Whidbey Island (WA) and VP-92 to CPRW-5 at NAS<br />
Brunswick (ME). The disestablishment of the wing is part of<br />
the Active-Reserve Integration (ARI) plan of the US Navy.<br />
Another victim of the ARI is the Commander Helicopter Wing<br />
Reserve (COMHELWINGRES). This wing will be<br />
disestablished on 31 May 2007. The following will happen<br />
with the squadrons: HCS-4 Red Wolves (‘NW-xx’) at NAS<br />
Norfolk (VA) is slated for disestablishment during FY07. The<br />
HH-60H squadron will be re-established during FY09 as<br />
HSC-84 equipped with the MH-60S at Norfolk. HSL-60 Jaguars<br />
(‘NW-xx’) at NAS Mayport (FL) will be redesignated to<br />
HSM-60 in March 2014 and will be part of ARI. HS-75 Emerald<br />
Knights (‘NW-xxx’) at NAS Jacksonville (FL) will be<br />
disestablished in FY07. HS-85 Golden Gators was<br />
redesignated to HSC-85 (‘NW-0x’) at NAS North Island (CA).<br />
The Golden Gators are still equipped with the UH-3H.<br />
Boeing delivered a modified C-40A to VR-57 Conquistadors<br />
(‘RX’) at NAS North Island. On 7 December 2006, the unit saw<br />
one of its aircraft returned with winglets. The winglets have the<br />
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potential to decrease fuel burn, improve payload capacity, give<br />
more stability during flight and increase the range with 150<br />
nautical miles. In the near future, all US Navy C-40As will be<br />
modified.<br />
Commander Naval Air Systems Command (NASC)<br />
Northrop Grumman Corp., San Diego (CA) received a $16,2<br />
million contract for delivery of two RQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical<br />
Takeoff Unmanned Vehicles (VTUAV). The two UAVs must be<br />
completed by October 2008 and delivered to the NASC at<br />
Patuxent River (MD). On 20 December 2006, the first series of<br />
flights of the enhanced and more capable version of the Fire<br />
Scout were completed. The exterior of the RQ-8B differs from<br />
the basic RQ-8A with the addition of an additional (fourth) rotor<br />
blade. The current fleet of RQ-8s unmanned helicopters can<br />
be spotted at Webster Field at NAS Patuxent River (MD). The<br />
production of the RQ-8B will enter a low-rate initial production<br />
phase during 2008. Operational Evaluation on a ship and<br />
Initial Operational Capability are both expected during 2008.<br />
United States Marine Corps Unit News<br />
Marine Force Atlantic (MARFORLANT)<br />
2d Marine Air Wing (2d MAW)<br />
On 6 December 2006, the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7)<br />
Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) returned to its homeport<br />
Naval Base Norfolk (VA). Exactly six months earlier, on 6 June,<br />
the ship departed Norfolk for a scheduled deployment. The<br />
24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)<br />
took along Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 365<br />
Blue Knights (‘YM’) and Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron<br />
(HSC) 26 Chargers (‘HW-xxx’). Very unusual, during the<br />
deployment the ship transited the Suez Canal four times. On<br />
21 July, just when it passed the narrow canal into the Red Sea,<br />
the ship received the command to turn around to assist forces<br />
in troubled Beirut, Lebanon. After it gave assistance it transited<br />
the Suez again on 20 August and returned on 8 November<br />
during its homeport cruise. The Iwo Jima visited two ports<br />
during its way home, around 12 November it was seen in the<br />
Civitavecchia port in Rome and around 17 November pier side<br />
in Toulon.<br />
Marine Force Pacific (MARFORPAC)<br />
1st Marine Air Wing (1st MAW)<br />
The annual fall patrol of the USS Essex (LHD-2) came to an<br />
end on 30 November 2006. The 31st MEU with HMM-265(R)<br />
(‘EP’) was on board during the two month deployment.<br />
The Ecuadorian Army operates several aircraft from Quito - Mariscal Sucre airport. Amongst those is this DHC-5, AEE-501.<br />
(Quito, 21 September 2006, Erik Krikke)
3d Marine Air Wing (3d MAW)<br />
Late November 2006, the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6)<br />
headed back to homeport NB San Diego (CA) after a few days<br />
at sea. The ship is ready for a new deployment which will start<br />
early 2007. It will take along the 13th MEU(SOC) with a so far<br />
unknown Aviation Combat Element (ACE). Fixed Wing Marine<br />
Attack (VMA) 513 Flying Nightmares (‘WF’) will be part of the<br />
HMM(R), the helo squadrons are not known to us yet.<br />
After it left homeport on 13 September 2006, the USS Boxer<br />
(LHD-4) Strike Group (BOXESG) began security operations<br />
(MSO) in the Persian Gulf from 21 November. The White<br />
Knights of HMM-165(R) (‘YW’) are deployed on board. Part of<br />
the ACE are VMA-311 Tomcats (normally ‘WL’ coded) and<br />
unknown HMLA- and HMH-squadrons.<br />
Carrier News<br />
On 22 December 2006, the USS Saipan (LHA-2) arrived back<br />
home after finishing her very last cruise which started 15<br />
August 2006. The amphibious carrier will be decommissioned<br />
in April 2007 after 29 years of service.<br />
United States Coast Guard<br />
Although Otis ANGB (MA) will be vacated by the Air National<br />
Guard 102nd FW F-15s, it was decided that the US Coast<br />
Guard presence at this base (The USCG station on Otis is<br />
called Cape Cod) will be continued. USCGS Cape Cod is<br />
equipped with the HH-60J and the HU-25A/C+.<br />
DVD Review<br />
Oceania<br />
Credits<br />
Henrico Angerman, Adrian Balch, FAV-Club, Takafumi Hiroe, Malcom Nason, Mike Nelson<br />
The Royal International Air Tattoo 2006<br />
The World’s Biggest Military Airshow!<br />
The official DVD of the RIAT was recently issued. The fine cover of the DVD case features the highlights of the show and immediately<br />
invites you to put the disk at once in your DVD player! The disk starts with an introduction of several display pilots, followed by a preflight<br />
of the apex of the show, the MiG-29OVT. The flight demo of this maximum manoeuvrability aircraft is perfectly shown and is<br />
really a must see! The Dutch F-16AM (wow!), the US F-15C (s-p-e-c-t-a-c-u-l-a-r!), the Swiss F/A-18C (sensational!), the RAF<br />
Typhoon (cool!), Patrouille Suisse (superb!), MV-22 (amazing!), F/A-18F<br />
(impressive!), the pre-flight of the Canberra PR9 (watch the cockpit,<br />
really antique!) as well as the Czech Mi-24 flight demonstrations are the<br />
highlights of the DVD and are absolutely beautifully recorded. Lovers<br />
of spectacular afterburner shots will definitely enjoy the disk. Between<br />
the shootings there are informative talks with the concerning display<br />
pilots. Very nice to see are the recordings of the on-board cameras<br />
from the cockpit. You really get a pilot’s eye view during the displays.<br />
Besides the displays, there are several moments when the authors<br />
take you behind the scenes. Included are shots of the arrival day,<br />
departure day and interviews with crews (you really will enjoy the interview<br />
with the Pakistani C-130 crew!), static and even nice images of the<br />
car parking and audience.<br />
The show is not too bad, but the presentor shows little enthusiam<br />
and speaks in a very monotone voice. Your reviewer thinks it is a pity<br />
that several dramatic effects (slow repeats) are included during<br />
recordings of the demonstration teams, are completely redundant<br />
and have no additive value. The over- all quality of the acoustics is “so so”,<br />
sometimes not that good, but sometimes very good… but you<br />
definitely will enjoy the marvellous sound of the passing Spitfire.<br />
Several times I took the remote control of the DVD player to fast<br />
forward the recordings, especially during shootings of the wing walkers<br />
on the Boeing Stearman, the Slingsby, the Royal Jordanian<br />
Falcons and the interview with the visiting NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin.<br />
In my opinion it is strange to watch an extensive and detailed report<br />
about a RAF C-17 Globemaster III. This type was not even seen on the<br />
show due to operational commitments, but occupies a great<br />
length of the DVD. It was recorded at nearby RAF Brize Norton and during<br />
a flight.<br />
Summarising… of course there will always be criticism, one person will<br />
enjoy fighters, and another one will enjoy the old stuff (that’s why the<br />
button “fast forward” was invented). This DVD has it all and it gives you in 2 two hours and 24 minutes an absolute good impression<br />
of the show. If you want to recap the show, you must buy it! Another very good reason to buy this DVD is that if you are a photographer<br />
you can perfectly analyse each show element in striking future spectacular images on the right moment!<br />
You can order the DVD by www.airtattooshop.com/shop and click the DVD buttons. It will cost you £16.95, which may be well worth it!<br />
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Australia<br />
Royal Australian Air Force (AF)<br />
The Master has arrived! Actually, C-17 Globemaster-III<br />
A41-206 arrived at Canberra on 4 December. The crew was<br />
greeted by Commanding Officer WGCDR Linda Corbould (the<br />
first Australian woman CO) who was at the receiving end<br />
during the hand-over. Only ten months ago, the government<br />
ordered four C-17s for use by 36sq at RAAF Amberley where<br />
A41-206 arrived on 6 December 2006.<br />
The C-130Hs were transferred from 36sq/86wg to 37sq/86wg<br />
at RAAF Richmond.<br />
With the expected first delivery of the F-35 in 2013, the RAAF is<br />
facing the problem that the F-111 has to be phased out by<br />
2012, resulting in gaps for a few years. As a stop gap solution<br />
the government is in discussion with the USA for the delivery of<br />
24 F/A-18F aircraft at about $2.36 billion. As this order was not<br />
included in any budget, the money has to come from other<br />
programmes. Most likely the upgrade of the F/A-18As will be<br />
cut short with 42 aircraft receiving their mid-life upgrade.
<strong>Intro</strong>duction<br />
Just like my fellow editors of <strong>Scramble</strong> magazine I would like<br />
to write a few sentences (in English!) to welcome all new<br />
(foreign) subscribers and to say a renewed “hello” to the loyal<br />
subscribers that have already been with us for some time. To<br />
avoid future disappointments I would like to give a short<br />
outline of the criteria that we use for the Showreports section.<br />
Generally, all aircraft types are published that are included in<br />
the extensive databases that we maintain. Aircraft types that<br />
are not included are in general hot air balloons, mock-ups,<br />
gliders and light (general aviation) single-engine aircraft and<br />
light helicopters. There are a few exceptions: aircraft with a<br />
(suspected) military history are always listed. Also, for the<br />
large trade shows (e.g. Farnborough, Le Bourget) we try to<br />
publish all aircraft that were present (except for hot air<br />
balloons). You can find a database with almost 3000<br />
showreports of the past (going back to the 1940s!) on our<br />
website: http://www.scramble.nl/showreports.htm. I am<br />
looking forward to receiving your air show logs and pictures!<br />
Regards, Michael Gan (showreports@scramble.nl).<br />
Additions and rectifications<br />
Nellis 11 November 2006<br />
Static:<br />
N43286 PT-17 private<br />
N56017 PT-22 ex 41-15693<br />
N68820 PT-17 private<br />
N69013 BT-13A ex 41-23120<br />
Flightline:<br />
00-4013/OT, 00-4015/OT F-22A 422nd TES<br />
N117BR Lim-5R ex Poland 1529<br />
The above serials can be added to the list that was published<br />
in <strong>Scramble</strong> 331. Other aircraft noted during the Aviation<br />
Nation show included many light civil aircraft and helicopters.<br />
Also many aircraft were seen on the operational ramps, but<br />
these did not participate in the event.<br />
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Showreports<br />
The Alextremo air show was held over Acapulco Bay. The best place to spot and take pictures was the central point of the bay, near<br />
the hotels and on the beach. Ivan Pena Nesbit found this spot and made this great picture of the T-28s of the Trojan Phlyers on<br />
4 November.<br />
Ysterplaat (South Africa)<br />
Africa Aerosp. Defense 19-24 September 2006<br />
6700 R-99A 2°/6°Gav/BrazilAF<br />
(104)/2104E, (106)/2106GK-8 2sq/ZimbabweAF<br />
800 C212M-200 3sq/ZimbabweAF<br />
4006 A109 Denel indoor<br />
4013 A109 SAAF flying display<br />
650 Beech B200C 41sq<br />
388 BK117A-3 15sq<br />
6825, 6839, 6840, 6877 C-47TP 35sq<br />
6854, 6884, 6887 C-47TP std<br />
6859 C-47A SAAF mks flying<br />
6864 C-47TP dump<br />
6875 C-47TP wfu 80 yrs mks<br />
8011 C212M-200 44sq<br />
747 Ce185E 44sq<br />
3011 Ce208 41sq<br />
359 Cheetah C 2sq<br />
347 Cheetah C 2sq solo display<br />
3x Cheetah C nn flying Saturday<br />
2x Cheetah C nn flying Sunday<br />
861 Cheetah D 2sq spec mks, Sun<br />
8026 CN235M 44sq<br />
ZS-CAQ Falcon 50 21sq<br />
7231, 7293 Harvard IIA Museum HF<br />
256, 261, 263 Hawk Mk120 85 CFS<br />
01 JAS39D TFDC<br />
460 MB326M Museum HF<br />
1202, 1209, 1229 Oryx 22sq<br />
1224 Oryx 22sq UN mks<br />
1235, 1236, 1237, 1239 Oryx 22sq<br />
896 P166S Museum HF<br />
2018/-, 2023/1, 2024/3 PC-7 MkII CFS/Silver Falcons<br />
2025/4, 2027/4, 2028/2 PC-7 MkII CFS/Silver Falcons<br />
2036/- PC-7 MkII CFS/Silver Falcons<br />
680 Rooivalk 16sq<br />
624 SA316B 22sq<br />
314 SA321L Museum HF
1722 ShackltonMR3 Museum HF<br />
93 Wasp HAS1 Museum HF<br />
A6-ELC BAe125-850XP<br />
D-HMBA EC145 “HIKO”<br />
F-GSMT Falcon 900EX Dassault<br />
N182GX Global 5000 Wilmington Trust<br />
N208AZ Ce208B Cessna<br />
N302CJ Ce525A Cessna<br />
N927LT Ce680 Cessna<br />
PP-XMB ERJ190 Embraer<br />
PT-SFC ERJ135BJ Embraer<br />
ZS-ABG Raytheon 390 Abelengani Avn<br />
ZS-ACT CL-300 Seary<br />
ZS-AVH PC-12/47 nn<br />
ZS-EOS AB139 Fireblade<br />
ZS-GSG Lj60 Skyros Properties<br />
ZS-JAV F28-4000 AirQuarius<br />
ZS-LDV Ce500 Pabair Trust<br />
ZS-OKR MFI-17 Blue Chip Avn<br />
ZS-OUF PA-31-301FT Placo<br />
ZS-PRU GA8 Airvan Airvan Africa<br />
ZS-RLN EC120B Eurocopter<br />
ZS-RXJ EC135P2 Eurocopter<br />
ZS-RZV AS350B3 Polisie<br />
ZS-SNG A340-642 SAA flying Sunday<br />
ZS-SNH A340-642 SAA flying Saturday<br />
ZU-AUI Hunter FGA9 nn<br />
ZU-AUX/55 L-29 Sasol Tigers<br />
ZU-AVI BuccaneerS2B ex RAF XW988<br />
ZU-AYS Harvard III ex SAAF 7475<br />
ZU-BBD Lightning T5 ex RAF XS452<br />
ZU-BEW Lightning F6 ex RAF XR773<br />
ZU-BET AT-6C ex SAAF 7695<br />
ZU-BEU Harvard IIA ex SAAF 7188<br />
ZU-BEX Lightning T5 ex RAF XS451<br />
ZU-BEY Lightning F6 ex RAF XP693<br />
ZU-BMC Harvard III ex SAAF 7609<br />
ZU-BOI Mi-24 Mk3 ATE ex Georgia<br />
ZU-CYH/112 L-29 Sasol Tigers<br />
ZU-CYI/97 L-29 Sasol Tigers, w/o 22<br />
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ZU-DME Mirage 3CZ ex SAAF 800<br />
ZU-TEE L-39C HMT project<br />
ZU-ZPA Spitfire Mk26 private<br />
ZS-… A109 nn indoor static<br />
Z.-… Mirage F1AZ ex SAAF 233<br />
1x UH-1H nn<br />
1x AB205 nn indoor static<br />
The contributor of this airshow log did not separate the static<br />
display aircraft from the aircraft taking part in the flying display,<br />
so all numbers are gathered in one list. This show treated us<br />
with a large number of interesting aircraft (among them are<br />
three aircraft of Zimbabwe, a surprising Embraer of the<br />
Brazilian Air Force and – not to forget – four flying Lightnings),<br />
but unfortunately also a fatal accident. On the 22nd one of the<br />
L-29 Delfins of the Sasol Tiger team (the ZU-CYI) crashed in<br />
the sea, killing the well-known and appreciated pilot Martin<br />
van Straaten (see also <strong>Scramble</strong> 329 - page 93).<br />
Osan (South Korea)<br />
14/15 October 2006<br />
Static:<br />
80-0217/OS OA-10A 25th FS “7AF”<br />
86-0083/OS C-12J 55th AF<br />
05-5151/HH C-17A 15th AW<br />
74-2133/YJ C-130H 36th AS<br />
88-1803 MC-130H 1st SOS<br />
89-2020/OS F-16CG 36thFS “51FW”<br />
01-05251 AH-64D B/4-2nd AVN<br />
158811/NF-503 EA-6B VAQ-136<br />
163140/VE-201 F/A-18A VMFA-115<br />
163175/VE-213 F/A-18A VMFA-115<br />
80-514 F-4E 17FW/156FS<br />
10-613 KF-5F 10FW/101FS<br />
92-044 KF-16D 19FW/155FS<br />
01620 HH-60P 6SRG/233CSRS<br />
04-001 HH-32A 6SRG/235SRS<br />
30-082 CN235-100M 5TAW/256TAS<br />
04-080 KT-1 3TW<br />
05-001 T-50 nn<br />
Since 1981, San Francisco Fleet Week has been an annual opportunity for Northern Californians to honor the men and women<br />
serving in the United States Navy, Coast Guard and Marines. The show is performed over the San Francisco Bay which makes for<br />
a different back-drop on your pictures! The Blue Angels celebrated their 60th anniversary. (8 October, Erik Lenten)
The famous Alcatraz prison creates a nice backdrop for Fat Albert doing his performance.<br />
(San Francisco, 8 October 2006, Erik Lenten)<br />
Flightline/Flying:<br />
90-0802/WW F-16CJ 14th FS<br />
90-0820/WW F-16CJ 14th FS<br />
165894/NF-100 F/A-18F VFA-102<br />
165890/NF-114 F/A-18F VFA-102<br />
02-031 KT-1 3TW<br />
10-794/1, 96-440/2 A-37B Black Eagles<br />
87-961/3, 87-960/4 A-37B Black Eagles<br />
96-341/5, 01-277/6 + “8” A-37B Black Eagles<br />
Flying only:<br />
80-0165/OS A-10A 25th FS<br />
80-0243/OS, 80-0245/OS OA-10A 25th FS<br />
80-0253/OS OA-10A 25th FS<br />
86-0078/OS C-12J 55th AF<br />
88-0538/OS, 89-2139/OS F-16CG 36th FS<br />
89-2136/OS F-16CG 36th FS “36FS”<br />
89-2140/OS F-16CG 36th FS<br />
91-26401/ZZ HH-60G 33rd RQS<br />
Ellington Field (USA, TX)<br />
Wings over Houston 21/22 October 2006<br />
79-0105/BD, 79-0146/BD OA-10A 47th FS AFRC<br />
80-0188/KC A-10A 303rd FS AFRC<br />
61-0029/BD B-52H 93rd BS<br />
68-0221 C-5A 68th AS AFRC<br />
04-4134 C-17A 6th AS<br />
78-0490/EG F-15C 58th FS<br />
78-0549/EG F-15C 60th FS<br />
83-1147/EF “147FW” F-16C 111th FS TX ANG<br />
84-1256/EF F-16C 111th FS TX ANG<br />
79-10784/ED F-117A 410th FLTS<br />
84-0188 KC-10A 305th AMW<br />
59-1469 KC-135R 756th ARS AFRC<br />
74-0665/HD QF-4E 82nd ATRS<br />
92-0359/RA T-1A 100th FTS “100FTS”<br />
01-3631/RA T-6A 559th FTS “12FTW”<br />
68-8001/EN T-37B 89th FTS<br />
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64-13247/BB T-38A 1st RS<br />
65-10442/WM T-38A 394th CTS<br />
67-14831/HO T-38A 7th CTS<br />
97-5303 WC-130J 53rd WRS AFRC<br />
6593 HH-65C CGAS Houston<br />
163697/AJ-602 E-2C VAW-124<br />
165176/AC-312 F/A-18C VFA-37<br />
166775/XE-160 F/A-18E VX-9<br />
165503/MS-49 CH-53E HMH-769<br />
N905NA B747-123 NASA Johnson<br />
N920NA T-38N NASA Johnson<br />
N932NA DC-9-33F NASA Johnson<br />
N945NA G-II (STA) NASA Johnson<br />
NX60DJ “Zero AI-101” Harvard Mk4 ex Canada 20473<br />
NX9097 “Zero AI-112” Harvard Mk4 ex Canada 20367<br />
N7754 “Zero VI-07” Harvard Mk4 ex Canada 20424<br />
N67208 BT-13A as “Val AI-257”<br />
N2047 “Kate 310” Harvard Mk4 ex Canada 20292<br />
N11171 “Zero AI-115” AT-6B ex 41-17422<br />
N4447 “Zero AI-111” Harvard Mk4 ex Canada 20450<br />
NX15799 “Zero AI-113” Harvard Mk4 ex Canada 20326<br />
N3725G “Kate AII-356” SNJ-5 ex Bu84875<br />
N3242G “Kate AI-313” AT-6D ex 41-34527<br />
N15797 “Kate AI-114” Harvard Mk4 ex Canada 20408<br />
N333RW B-25N ex 44-86734<br />
NX4747P P-47D ex 44-90368<br />
NX43RW F4U-5 ex Bu121823<br />
N4998V F6F-5N ex Bu94204<br />
N900RW B-17G ex 44-85718<br />
N93RW A-24B ex 42-54682<br />
N240P A-26B ex 41-39427<br />
N9643C B-25J ex 44-86758<br />
N92879 SB2C-5 ex Bu83589<br />
N27003 BT-13A ex 41-21178<br />
N9790Z Harvard Mk2b ex Canada 3048<br />
N91945 AD-4NA ex Bu126882<br />
N246Z AT-6C ex 41-33556<br />
N991VR SNJ-5 ex Bu90991<br />
N41JH AT-6A nn
N244GR AT-6F ex 44-81920<br />
N728C T-28C ex Bu146261<br />
N666GR T-28C ex Bu140581<br />
NL14HP F8F-1D ex Bu90446<br />
N991R P-51D ex 44-74536<br />
N103YK Yak-52 nn<br />
N79YK Yak-50 nn<br />
N7146Y O-2A ex 69-7601<br />
N86435 Ce337D nn<br />
N3048 Ce337G nn<br />
N6676 C-45C nn<br />
N375VU SNB-5 ex Bu51242<br />
N108GC Yak-52 nn<br />
N7406C SNJ-4 ex Bu51654<br />
N44007 T-34 nn<br />
N7132C T-34 nn<br />
N22490 UH-1V ex 74-22490<br />
N31957 US-2A ex Bu1<strong>332</strong>42<br />
N4306J UH-1H ex 65-09762<br />
N911KK UH-1E ex Bu153762<br />
N41776 OH-6A ex 67-16435<br />
NX2146J Strikemaster84 ex Singapore 310<br />
N614CP GA-8 Civil Air Patrol<br />
N778CP Ce182T Civil Air Patrol<br />
N915WP Chipmuk T10 ex RAF WP915<br />
N50808 PT-19A ex 42-65510<br />
N51173 PT-19A ex 43-31618<br />
N5138B L-5E ex 44-18143<br />
N2278 CJ-6A nn<br />
N49204 O-58B ex 44-31562<br />
NC26923 J3C-65 nn<br />
Acapulco (Mexico)<br />
Alextremo Air Show 2-5 November 2006<br />
80-0168/DM A-10A 355th Wing<br />
80-0173/DM OA-10A 355th Wing<br />
88-0492/HL, 90-0725/HL F-16CG 4th FS<br />
58-0104 KC-135R 136th ARS<br />
165088/A109 T-45C VT-7 spec c/s<br />
AMP-130 RC695A Armada de Mexico<br />
N28NB T-28B Trojan Phlyers<br />
N45AN Beech B45 private<br />
N45RL Beech 90 private<br />
N82MA Ce550 private<br />
N217SH Lim-5 Fighter Jets<br />
N421LM Ce421 stored<br />
N791MH T-6G Henley Aviation<br />
N991GM AT-6C MC Aviation<br />
N3267G SNJ-5 Henley Aivation<br />
N5443U T-28B Trojan Phlyers<br />
N7462C AT-6F 5GUS<br />
N9060F T-28B Trojan Phlyers<br />
XB-DEE Ce310Q private<br />
XC-JBK Bell 206 PGR Acapulco<br />
XC-JBN Bell 212 PGR Acapulco<br />
XC-LJK UH-1H PGR Acapulco<br />
The Alextremo air show was held over the Acapulco Bay. The<br />
best place to spot and take pictures was the central point of<br />
the bay, near the hotels and on the beach. The best option was<br />
probably to take a room on one the highest floors of the hotels<br />
with bay view, although backlight was a factor during parts of<br />
the show. At the airport, access to all aircraft was free of<br />
obstacles, except for the F-16s and A-10s that were at the<br />
other side of the public fence, but with a good chance to take<br />
pictures. Again, at the airport sometimes you found the sun at<br />
the back of the aircraft, but in most of the cases the light on<br />
your side. The access fee for the airport static display was<br />
about 200 pesos and the air show over the bay was free.<br />
Naha (Japan)<br />
10 December 2006<br />
Static:<br />
78-1024 C-1 402 Hikotai<br />
34-3452 E-2C Hiko Keikai Kanshita<br />
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47-8330, 67-8386 F-4EJ Kai 302 Hikotai<br />
87-8413, 97-8425 F-4EJ Kai 302 Hikotai<br />
57-6908 RF-4E Kai 501 Hikotai<br />
27-4487 CH-47JA Naha Herik. Kuyutai<br />
26-5686 T-4 Nansei Sien Hikoh.<br />
36-5708 T-4 302 Hikotai<br />
06-5786 T-4 13 Hiko Kyoikudan<br />
41-5063 T-400 41 Hikotai<br />
95-3254 U-4 Sotai Shireibu Hik.<br />
12-3018 U-125A Naha Kyunantai<br />
49-3043 U-125 Hiko Tenkentai<br />
02-1158 YS-11P 403 Hikotai<br />
22015/IB LR-1 Dan oyobi Hon. Zuk.<br />
5022 P-3C 9 Kokutai<br />
Flightline:<br />
27-8305, 37-8321 F-4EJ Kai 302 Hikotai<br />
47-8345, 57-8355 F-4EJ Kai 302 Hikotai<br />
67-8381, 67-8388 F-4EJ Kai 302 Hikotai<br />
87-8407, 87-8414 F-4EJ Kai 302 Hikotai<br />
97-8424, 17-8437 F-4EJ Kai 302 Hikotai<br />
22-8815 F-15J 304 Hokotai<br />
68-4565, 38-4578 UH-60J Naha Kyunatai<br />
46-5725/1, 46-5726/2 T-4 Blue Impulse<br />
66-5745/3, 46-5729/4 T-4 Blue Impulse<br />
26-5804/5, 26-5805/6 T-4 Blue Impulse<br />
46-5728/- T-4 Blue Impulse<br />
36-5697, 46-5712 T-4 Nansei Sien Hikoh.<br />
82-3008, 12-3016 U-125A Naha Kyunantai<br />
Navy Ramp:<br />
5019, 5020, 5025, 5065 P-3C 5 Kokutai<br />
5006, 5013, 5034, 5053 P-3C 9 Kokutai<br />
5066, 5094 P-3C 9 Kokutai<br />
Orion 5013 arrived about 15.00 hrs and 5019 departed about<br />
14.00 hrs.<br />
Southern area:<br />
37-8320, 47-8351 F-4E Kai 302 Hikotai<br />
67-8391, 97-8420? F-4E Kai 302 Hikotai<br />
96-5618, 06-5635 T-4 302 Hikotai<br />
96-5619 T-4 304 Hikotai<br />
06-5648, 06-5649 T-4 302 Hikotai<br />
16-5657, 16-5664 T-4 302 Hikotai<br />
56-5735, 36-5704 T-4 Nansei Sien Hikoh.<br />
56-5738 T-4 302 Hikotai<br />
Naha Herikoputa Kuyutai hangar:<br />
47-4490 +1 CH-47JA Naha Herikoputatai<br />
Naha Kyunatai hangar:<br />
88-4568? UH-60J Naha Kyunatai<br />
Hangar:<br />
47-8333 F-4EJ Kai 302 Hikotai<br />
Preserved:<br />
76-8688 F-104J<br />
81-5327 T-33A<br />
03-3095 Beech 65<br />
Credits showreports:<br />
Curt Jans and a few anonymous contributors.<br />
Ivan Pena Nesbit
Aviation Nation 2006<br />
This was one of the many commemorative passes made by the ACC Heritage Flight during the press day on Friday. It must be<br />
quite demanding for the pilots to fly such a formation, as the aircraft are quite different.<br />
Advertised as being the premier air show of the U. S. Air Force and one of the largest aviation events in North America, this<br />
event marked the return of the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron ‘Thunderbirds” to its home base after its seasonal tour. Of<br />
course, as ‘noblesse oblige’, the Thunderbirds were the centre piece of the air show with a daily demonstration of their<br />
routine. But the air show, held on 11 and 12 November 2006, was also a salute to the past, present and future of American<br />
airpower and to all the women and men serving in the armed forces. Several single-ship military demonstration teams were<br />
included in the flying schedule as well as some of the top civilian air performers.<br />
This event is held yearly at Nellis AFB (NV), known for its Red<br />
Flag exercises. In 1950, Nellis AFB was named after Lt<br />
William Harrell Nellis who was shot down during the Battle of<br />
the Bulge while strafing a convoy on the road near<br />
Luxembourg. It started out as Las Vegas Army Air Gunnery<br />
School with ten AT-6s and seventeen B-10s, later also B-17s<br />
and B-29s were added.<br />
The Air Base has two north-south orientated runways with the<br />
large apron of the 57th Wing to the west and the apron<br />
belonging to the Red Flag exercises to the east, with shelters<br />
and the Air Traffic tower. The air show was performed over the<br />
runways while the static and flight line were placed on the 57th<br />
Wing ramp. You could position yourself along the fenced taxi<br />
track from north to south. With the sun rising in the east and at<br />
its highest position during the main part of the air show, with<br />
regard to photography, this leads to many backlight situations.<br />
Best spots were as far south as possible while also the taxi<br />
track connecting the runways in the north had a good vantage<br />
point. As with all US air shows, the static was placed in the<br />
open with some aircraft surrounded by a small rope, while the<br />
fully armed aircraft of the resident 57th Wing were fenced off<br />
with barriers. Being the first on the airport or just staying till<br />
closure time at 1630 hours were in most cases the only remedies<br />
to serene pictures of the aircraft at the static.<br />
The static had the usual line up with many USAF and USN<br />
aircraft types. The latest fighter, the F-22A was also on display,<br />
next to the almost obsolete F-117A. Most surprising aircraft on<br />
the static was the Belgium Air Component F-16BM of 31 smaldeel.<br />
Together with some AM models and a Hercules, they<br />
were still at Nellis after their participation in the 2007-1 Red<br />
Flag exercise. A big portion of the static was used for a wide<br />
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text and photos by Piet Luijken<br />
variety of warbirds, including a former RAF Bulldog. Also the<br />
Las Vegas Federal Police units were present next to the<br />
aircraft of the USAF Civil Air Patrol. The warbirds flight line was<br />
in front of the display line of the Thunderbirds and could be<br />
properly seen while the remaining aircraft that participated in<br />
the air show were at the south part of the apron and shielded<br />
off. Luckily all aircraft taxied via the taxi track to and from the<br />
runway enabling some close contacts.<br />
Unfortunately, the weather during the Saturday showed a thick<br />
cloud layer blocking almost all sunlight. If you combine that<br />
with a chilly wind and even some rain at the end of the day,<br />
these are not the conditions you expect in the middle of the<br />
desert. Especially as the press day on Friday and the show on<br />
Sunday were blessed with beautiful sunny weather.<br />
The aerial event started with the 12 AF ‘Viper West’ F-16CG<br />
demonstration. Flown by Dax ‘Mojo’ Cornelius of the 388th FW<br />
based at Hill AFB (UT) who turned his Viper around in the<br />
airspace above the field. High energy turns in all directions<br />
were mixed with several ‘tribute’ passes along the crowd. Next<br />
was noise and smoke with the performance of the Red Bull<br />
MiG-17F flown by Bill Reesman. Luckily, with the darkness<br />
due to the clouds, the pulsing flame of the afterburner was<br />
clearly visible. The Air Combat Command Heritage Flight was<br />
flown as the first of a line up of these formation flybys. This one<br />
consisted of a P-51, F-15C and F-16C making multiple passes<br />
in close formation. It was followed by the Korean War<br />
Airpower Demo. Be aware as this one involves real<br />
explosives. As an reenactment of the Korean War, it starts with<br />
dogfights between the MiG-15 and the F-86. When air<br />
superiority was achieved, the mudmovers took their positions.<br />
The A-1 Skyraider, Fairey Firefly, Hawker Sea Fury and F8F,
lew up the field as big explosives were detonated during their<br />
passes, including the sounds of machineguns over the public<br />
address system. Things settled down during the flybys of<br />
British historic aircraft, with again the Firefly and Sea Fury and<br />
a Spitfire also joining the formation. Finally things started to<br />
heat up with the demonstration of the BAC F-16AM. With typical<br />
European allure, Michael ‘Mickey’ Artiges placed his F-16 in all<br />
its possible attitudes and showed what can be achieved in a<br />
routine void of these ‘tribute’ passes. Lots of applause and<br />
cheers after his performance showed the appreciation of the<br />
crowd. Totally the opposite was the demo of the F-117 of the<br />
8th FS The Black Sheep. It made two high passes, landed and<br />
taxied via the other side to its safe parking spot. With the<br />
cancellation of the Osprey demo, the Red Bull Bo105 was<br />
started up but only after a public reminder call to the pilot to<br />
report ASAP at his booth. He showed what can be done with<br />
VTOL aircraft, next to flying low and level. It flew a high<br />
performance aerobatic routine including loops and barrels, all<br />
with a helicopter. He even included a special developed manoeuvre<br />
called the Chuckcevak, named after the pilot Charles<br />
‘Chuck’ Aaron. More redness was the Oracle Challenger. This<br />
specially designed aircraft is very small, very strong and has a<br />
very powerful engine. No wonder it can perform very<br />
impressive. His signature sky dance routine is the best the<br />
USA has to offer and includes the Centrifuge; a eight end-overend<br />
series of tumbles flown in a giant arc across the sky. The<br />
triple ribbon cut traditionally finished off the show. More flybys<br />
and formation flights continued with the US Navy Heritage<br />
Flight and the Airpower Legends Flight, but not before the TAC<br />
demo of the new F/A-18F Super Hornet of the VFA-122 . Then it<br />
was time for the flight of the F-15C. Its nice performance did<br />
show however that the big flames coming from the<br />
afterburner, seen during a pass the previous day, were really<br />
caused by some problems instead of a new show item, as<br />
seen by routines of the F-111 or SR-71. The Eagle was flown<br />
by the East Coast Demo team part of the 1st FW at Langley<br />
AFB (VA). After the show it quickly moved into formation,<br />
together with a F-22A, F-16C and P-51, for another Air Combat<br />
Command Heritage Flight. After the passes, the F-22A of the<br />
resident 422nd TES left the formation in a vertical way, with full<br />
afterburner to show its might and its high angle of attacks,<br />
Even some sort of a hammerhead was performed. Finally it<br />
was time for choreography. The timed start up sequence of the<br />
Thunderbirds had started. All ground crewmembers moved<br />
around the aircraft like Tarzan, while doing their pre-flight<br />
check. The canopies were closed in the same motion and one<br />
by one the F-16Cs rolled to the runway. ‘Smoke On’ was<br />
pronounced and the team departed after leaving a big white<br />
puff of smoke at the beginning of the runway. With multiple<br />
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knife-edge passes and close encounters the Thunderbirds<br />
showed their excellence, including the mirror passes, even<br />
after a busy season. The missing man formation was<br />
included at the end of the show as a tribute to all fallen<br />
soldiers. This end was also the end of Aviation Nation 2006.<br />
Aviation Nation is an air show with a wide variety of planes, on<br />
the static and in the air, both warbirds and active military<br />
planes. It has one of the best and most hilarious commentators<br />
ever heard at an air show. Many aircraft can be spotted,<br />
especially at the other side and the south side of the apron.<br />
But don’t expect good photographic possibilities in the air or<br />
on the ground. Next year things will be much bigger as in 2007<br />
the Air Force will celebrate and commemorate its 60th<br />
birthday.<br />
Special thanks to the Nellis Public Relations and Paul<br />
Williamson. The serials from this report can be found in<br />
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Turning into a slow roll during a high speed pass, this F-16C<br />
Thunderbird 5 awaits the arrival of its opponent just seconds<br />
away while he will be positioned at a 90 degrees bank attitude.<br />
However this shot had much better lighting.<br />
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This Firefly AS6 NX518WB is in a Royal Navy livery as WB518/K-201. It has won many awards on different Warbird gatherings.
Triptease<br />
Luxair flies each Saturday afternoon tourists to Lanzarote for their holiday. Most of the time they fly this service with a B737-700.<br />
LX-LGR flown the flight on the 26 August 2006. (Arrecife, Eric Raadschelders)<br />
Civil Trips<br />
France<br />
Marseille-Provence 19 November 2006<br />
KAF327 L-100-30 Kuwait Air Force<br />
This one was read upon arrival when it was dark. On this field<br />
you can really expect some exotic planes.<br />
24 November 2006<br />
LZ-SFA An-12BP Air Sofia Dynami-tls<br />
F-ZBFK, F-ZBFJ Beech 200 Sécurité Civile<br />
F-ZBMB Beech 200 Sécurité Civile<br />
F-ZBFY CL415 Sécurité Civile<br />
F-ZBEY Firecat Sécurité Civile<br />
F-ZBMA Firecat Sécurité Civile<br />
F-ZBAP Firecat Sécurité Civile<br />
F-ZBEH Firecat Sécurité Civile<br />
F-ZBET Firecat Sécurité Civile<br />
HZ-AB1 L-1011-500 Al-Awan stored<br />
Out of the departure terminal you can take some pictures Most<br />
Firecats are standing on the tarmac near the departure terminal.<br />
Toulon-Hyères 23 November 2006<br />
143 Falcon 10MER 57S<br />
ZE441 Jetstream T3 750sq<br />
F-GRHQ A319-111 Air France<br />
F-GRHI A319-111 Air France<br />
F-ZBCE CeF406 Douanes Françaises<br />
Local flying activity was low because a lot of helicopters were<br />
embarked on the Charles de Gaulle for a big exercise in the<br />
Mediterranean. The biggest problem is that local choppers<br />
normally don’t use the regular approaches and come in from<br />
directions that are the easiest for them.<br />
Credit: Jan Eenling.<br />
Spain<br />
Lanzarote 20 August 2006<br />
D-AHFG B737-8K5 Hapagfly.com<br />
D-AHIC B737-7BK Hamburg International<br />
EC-GCV MD-83 Spanair<br />
EC-GRO MD-87 Spanair<br />
EC-HGA MD-83 Spanair<br />
EC-HHP MD-82 Spanair<br />
EC-HJP B737-85P Air Europa<br />
EC-HKS B767-3Q8ER Air Europa<br />
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EC-HNY B717-2CM Aebal<br />
EC-HQL A320-214 Iberia<br />
EC-HQZ A321-231 Spanair<br />
EC-IJS CRJ200ER Air Nostrum IB-cs<br />
EC-ITU CRJ200ER Air Nostrum IB-cs<br />
EC-IZO ATR72-500 Binter Canarias<br />
EC-JAH ATR72-500 Binter Canarias<br />
EC-JBT Beech 1900D Binter Canarias<br />
EC-JEH ATR72-500 Binter Canarias<br />
EC-JEV ATR72-500 Binter Canarias<br />
EC-JQL ATR72-500 Binter Canarias<br />
EC-JVV MD-82 Air Plus Comet<br />
EI-DKG A320-214 Eirjet Air Jamaica-cs<br />
G-BYAX B757-204 Thomsonfly.com<br />
G-DHRG A320-214 MyTravel Airways uk<br />
G-FLTD BAe146-RJ85 Flightline<br />
G-OBYJ B767-304ER Thomsonfly.com<br />
G-TTIA A321-231 GB Airways BA-cs<br />
N997RY B737-86N Futura Funjet Vacations<br />
TF-LLZ B757-225 Loftleider ex N907AW<br />
I flew with PH-HZB on flight HV685. After arrival I noted a few<br />
planes.<br />
I stayed in Puerto del Carmen, this town is near the airport and<br />
has some good hotels. Out of the Los Piccolos district it is a<br />
25 minute walk or 7 minutes by bike. There are many places<br />
where you can rent a bike.<br />
The best place to stand in the morning is on the beach, this is<br />
for taking landing pictures. And when they are lining up on<br />
runway 03 you could take pictures through the fence.<br />
Sunday is a rather good day for spotting. Only the afternoon is<br />
a bit bad, only a few airplanes. But the morning and evening<br />
are ok. In the morning two Neos flights and in the afternoon a<br />
lot of British charters. This time Eirjet flew with the new TF-LLZ<br />
of Loftleider Icelandic. Noted these planes over the day.<br />
21 August 2006<br />
P.3B-08 P-3M Grupo 22<br />
T.19B-07 CN-235M Ala 35<br />
EC-COG Beech 95-B55 Salvamento Marítim<br />
EC-DXH Bo105CB-4 Policia<br />
EC-FXA MD-83 Spanair<br />
EC-GRU ATR72-202 Binter Canarias<br />
EC-HEZ ATR72-500 Binter Canarias<br />
EC-HGJ MD-82 Spanair<br />
EC-HPU B767-3Q8ER Air Europa<br />
EI-DKL B757-231 Blue Panorama<br />
Monday is not the best day for spotting. It was nice to see a<br />
B757 of Blue Panorama in the morning. Every day the Air Europa<br />
service to Madrid is flown by a B767 or the new A330.
I was not so lucky that I could spot the A330. When I was eating<br />
dinner I saw the P-3 making a lot of touch and go’s. I don’t<br />
know if it landed after all the touch and go’s or that it left. Noted<br />
these planes between 0930-1215lt and 1845-2045lt.<br />
22 August 2006<br />
T.12D-75 C212-200 403 Esc<br />
EC-INQ B737-4Q8 Binter Canaria special-cs<br />
EC-GTO MD-82 Spanair<br />
EC-GVI MD-83 Spanair<br />
EC-HRG A321-231 Spanair<br />
EC-HZS B737-86Q Air Europa<br />
EC-IDT B737-86Q Air Europa<br />
EC-IOH A320-232 Spanair<br />
EC-IVH CRJ200ER Air Nostrum IB-cs<br />
EC-JMP AS350B Heli Insulares<br />
EC-JOZ B767-219ER Bravo Air Congo<br />
EC-JST A320-214 Iberworld<br />
EI-DNP A320-212 WindJet<br />
HB-IHZ A320-214 Edelweiss<br />
I-EEZC A320-214 Eurofly<br />
SE-DUO B757-236 TUI Fly Nordic<br />
UR-LTG An-12BP Volare Airline<br />
Tuesday is good for spotting in the morning, as Edelweiss,<br />
TUI Nordic and Eurofly arrive. Three great surprises today, the<br />
first one is the B767 of Bravo Air Congo; it was flying for Spanair.<br />
The second surprise was the Volare An-12, I don’t know the<br />
reason why it visited Lanzarote, but the local spotters where<br />
interested in this An-12 as well. Finally the only B737 of Binter<br />
in the special colours arrived. Everything was noted between<br />
0915-1230lt.<br />
23 August 2006<br />
T.12D-75 C212-200 403 Esc<br />
T.17-3 B707-368C 471 Esc<br />
T.18-3 Falcon 900B 451 Esc<br />
T.19B-17 CN235M Ala 35<br />
EC-EMD DC-8-62F Cygnus Air<br />
EC-GHZ Beech 200 Urgemer Canarias<br />
EC-GQG MD-83 Spanair<br />
EC-HBN B737-85P Air Europa<br />
EC-HFP MD-82 Spanair<br />
EC-HJB MD-82 Spanair<br />
EC-III B737-86Q Air Europa<br />
EC-ISN B737-86Q Air Europa<br />
EC-JCR ATR72-212A Binter Canarias<br />
EC-JOI MD-88 Air Plus Comet<br />
EC-JRL B737-86J Futura<br />
EC-JUG MD-82 Swiftair ex N834NK<br />
G-BRIG B767-204ER Thomsonfly<br />
I was told that Wednesday is the worst day for spotting. But I<br />
went to the airport in the morning. Shortly after arrival I saw<br />
smoke on the approach. A few seconds later four engines and<br />
a dark tail. So thats makes it a DC-8F of Cygnus Air. The only<br />
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one that is flying with the old engines. By the time I went back<br />
to the hotel I saw a small plane on the approach, a Falcon 900.<br />
This was the beginning of a military invasion. After the Falcon<br />
900 the C212 arrived, the CN235M and finally the B707. Noted<br />
between 1000-1200lt and 1515-1615lt.<br />
24 August 2006<br />
9H-AEF A320-214 Air Malta XL-com titels<br />
C-FTAE B737-8Q8 Excel Airways<br />
C-FTAH B737-8Q8 Excel Airways<br />
C-GTDG A320-214 First Choice<br />
C-GTDH A320-214 First Choice<br />
EI-DKF A320-214 Eirjet<br />
EC-HHN EMB120RT Flightline<br />
EC-HJQ B737-8P5 Air Europa<br />
EC-HNY B717-2CM AeBal<br />
EC-HPU B767-3Q8ER Air Europa<br />
EC-IJU A321-231 Spanair<br />
EC-IKM Ce208B Lanzarote Aerocargo<br />
EC-IMU A320-214 Iberworld<br />
EC-JBI ATR72-500 Binter Canarias<br />
EC-JBJ B737-85P Air Europa<br />
EC-JDY Beech 1900C Serair<br />
EC-JRC A320-212 LTE ex A4O-EH<br />
EC-JRU A320-214 Arkelfy<br />
G-BXKB A320-214 Thomas Cook Airlines<br />
G-CRPH A320-212 MyTravel Airways uk<br />
G-ERAA A320-232 MyTravel Airways uk<br />
G-FCLD B757-25FET Thomas Cook Airlines<br />
G-JMCE B757-25F Thomas Cook Airlines<br />
G-JMCG B757-2G5 Thomas Cook Airlines<br />
G-MAJS A300B4-605R Monarch Airlines<br />
G-MONS A300B4-605R Monarch Airlines<br />
G-OOAH A321-211 First Choice<br />
G-OOBE B757-256 First Chioce<br />
G-OOOZ B757-236 First Choice<br />
G-OZBG A321-231 Monarch Airlines<br />
G-SJMC B767-31KER MyTravel Airlines uk<br />
G-VKNC B757-225 Excel Airways<br />
G-XLAD B737-81Q Excel Airways<br />
G-XLAG B737-86N Excel Airways<br />
OH-LBO B757-2Q8 Finnair<br />
PH-AHY B767-383ER Arkefly<br />
PH-HZB B737-8K2 Transavia Airlines<br />
PH-HZY B737-8K2 Transavia Airlines<br />
SE-DMT MD-81 Nordic Leisure<br />
I was told that Thursday is the best day for spotting. Lots of<br />
English, German and Spanish companies bring their<br />
passengers to the island. It starts in the early morning, around<br />
0700lt the first Spanish charters arrive, followed by the<br />
Germans and English airplanes. Throughout the day more<br />
airplanes arrive, but between 1500-1600lt it is quiet, because<br />
of the Spanish “siësta”. Log is for the whole day.<br />
The EC-INQ is the only B737-400 that is flying for Binter. He is flying around in special "airline of the year 2005/6" colours. This<br />
offcourse because of winning this title. (Arrecife, 25 August 2006, Eric Raadschelders)
25 August 2006<br />
T.17-3 B707-368C 471 Ecs<br />
EC-GQF ATR72-202 Binter Canarias<br />
EC-GXU MD-83 Spanair<br />
EC-HFS MD-82 Spanair<br />
EC-HUZ B717-23S Aebal Spanair-cs<br />
EC-HZR CRJ200ER Air Nostrum IB-cs<br />
YR-MDM MD-83 Jetran Air ex 3D-ABV<br />
Friday is a quiet day on the airport. Only a few Spanish charters<br />
in the morning, the only one special planned is the Itali around<br />
1030lt. But today no Itali but an all white plane of Jetran Air.<br />
Noted between 1015-1210lt.<br />
26 August 2006<br />
D-ABBQ B737-86J Air Berlin<br />
D-ABOC B757-330 Condor<br />
EC-GRP ATR72-202 Binter Canarias<br />
EC-GBA MD-83 Spanair<br />
EC-GRK MD-87 Spanair IB-cs<br />
EC-GRU ATR72-202 Binter Canarias<br />
EC-HNY B717-2CM AeBal<br />
EC-HKP MD-83 Spanair<br />
EC-IJU A321-232 Spanair<br />
EC-ISY B757-256 Hola Airlines<br />
EC-JOI MD-88 Air Plus Comet<br />
EC-JCO CRJ200ER Air Nostrum<br />
EC-JFB B737-86N Futura<br />
LX-LGR B737-7C9 Luxair<br />
Saturday is a rather good day and there are some interesting<br />
planes during the day. Luxair and Hola were interesting to me.<br />
So I took my time to catch them. The most interesting planes<br />
arrive throughout the day, a few in the morning, a few around<br />
lunchtime and some in the afternoon and evening. Noted<br />
between 1030-1215lt and 1415-1615lt.<br />
27 August 2006<br />
T.17-3 B707-368C 471 Esc<br />
EC-IAZ A320-232 Spanair<br />
I-NEOS B737-86N Neos<br />
I-NEOU B737-86N Neos<br />
EC-HBL B737-85P Air Europa<br />
EC-JKC MD-88 Air Plus Comet<br />
G-BYAS B757-204 Thomsonfly.com<br />
EC-GRL MD-87 Spanair<br />
EC-HPR CRJ200ER Air Nostrum IB-cs<br />
EC-HZU A320-214 Martinair<br />
G-DHJZ A320-214 MyTravel Airways uk<br />
EI-DOZ A320-214 Eirjet a/w<br />
G-OOOX B757-2Y0ET First Choice<br />
G-BXKC A320-214 Thomas Cook Airlines<br />
EC-JVJ BAe146-300 Orionair.es ex VH-EWR<br />
EC-JRR MD-87 Spanair SAS-cs<br />
The first whole Sunday on the airport, so time to catch the<br />
morning peak. A lot of different planes on Sunday. Neos, Air<br />
Plus Comet MD-88s, Eirjet, Spanair, Air Europa, and lots of<br />
English stuff. Nice to see a SAS MD-87 with a Spanish<br />
number. In the last bit of sun I was able to catch the EC-JVJ of<br />
Orionair.es, a new company from Spain. It flew a special charter<br />
for Spanair. Noted all this between 0915-1230lt and 1830-<br />
2115lt.<br />
28 August 2006<br />
T.19B-17 CN235M Ala 35<br />
EC-GVO MD-83 Spanair<br />
EC-HHF MD-82 Spanai<br />
EI-DKD B737-86N Futura<br />
OE-LBQ A320-214 Lauda Air<br />
I didn’t have any plans for spotting today, so I went to the beach<br />
today. But in the afternoon I took a quick look on the airfield,<br />
and I jumped on the bike again . The best one is the Lauda<br />
A320. Noted between 1445-1510lt.<br />
29 August 2006<br />
TM.11-2 Falcon 20D 471 Esc<br />
EC-IMB A320-232 Spanair<br />
D-AHFE B737-8K5 Hapagfly.com<br />
D-ATUH B737-8K5 Hapagfly.com<br />
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EC-GHZ Beech 200 Servico Canario<br />
EC-GRM MD-87 Spanair<br />
EC-GZG Beech 1900C Serair<br />
EC-HSV B767-3Q8ER Air Europa<br />
EC-JSS B737-4K5 Futura doblecero.com-tl<br />
HB-IHY A320-214 Edelweiss<br />
SE-DUP B757-236 TUI Fly Nordic<br />
Today it was “German Day” again, but my interest was in the<br />
TUI Nordic and the Edelweiss. I saw them both; also nice to<br />
see a Serair Beech. It was delayed so I had better light for a<br />
picture. Normally the Serairs fly in the early morning around<br />
0600-0630lt and leave 20 to 30 minutes later. Today a nice<br />
military flight too, this time a Falcon 20 of the Spanish Air Force.<br />
In the afternoon the EC-GHZ flew over the hotel for a very short<br />
approach on runway 03.<br />
30 August 2006<br />
TM.11-2 Falcon 20D 472 Esc<br />
D-ALTD A320-214 LTU RCD Mallorca-cs<br />
EC-JQP A320-214 Iberworld<br />
EC-HKR B737-85P Air Europa<br />
EC-HNZ B717-2CM Aebal<br />
EC-ISI A320-214 LTE<br />
EC-JHJ A320-214 LTE Myair-cs<br />
EC-JRX A320-214 LTE<br />
EC-JQV MD-83 Swiftair<br />
G-BYAP B757-204 Thomsonfly.com<br />
Today the last day for spotting on Lanzarote, tomorrow I will<br />
leave in the early morning. I didn’t want to go this morning<br />
because of the very hot weather today but there were three LTE<br />
flights planned in the morning. LTE is leasing the EC-JHJ in<br />
Myair colours, so this was a nice chance to get him. The Myair/<br />
LTE eventually was seen from the hotel during its approach in<br />
the evening! Noted between 0920-1145lt<br />
31 August 2006<br />
EC-GGV MD-83 Spanair<br />
EC-GHH MD-83 Spanair<br />
EC-JRX A320-214 LTE<br />
PH-HZA B737-8K2 Transavia Airlines<br />
PH-HZB B737-8K2 Transavia Airlines<br />
These were the last planes on Arrecife airport, seen from<br />
behind customs. Behind customs you don’t have a good view<br />
on the tarmac. But on the “smokers deck” on the left and on the<br />
“lounge” on the right parts of the tarmac can be seen. I left in<br />
the early morning so nothing special noted. Noted between<br />
0830 and 1035lt.<br />
Tips:<br />
Take enough water with you. There is no supermarket near the<br />
spottingplaces, so buy it before you go to the airport. Wear a<br />
cap and use tanning oil. It is the best to get out of the sun<br />
between 1200 and 1500lt. Most Spanish people are doing the<br />
“siësta” then, even the pilots.<br />
Please be careful with changing your lenses on the beach.<br />
The sand can get easily into your camera.<br />
Scanners: as far as I know it is NOT legal in Spain, but several<br />
spotters had them and the local police didn’t do anything. Most<br />
of the radiotraffic is in Spanish, usually for Spanair, LTE, Air<br />
Europa and Air Nostrum.<br />
Best place to stay on Lanzarote is Puerto del Carmen, there<br />
are a lot of hotels. The village Los Piccolos is the nearest to<br />
the airport. For the updated Arrecife Airfield Guide, go to<br />
http://www.scramble.nl/airports/ .<br />
United States<br />
Opa Locka (FL) 3 November 2006<br />
N123DZ DC-3 Atlantic Air Cargo<br />
N140JR DC-3 Florida Air Cargo<br />
N153JR Convair 440 Fresh Air<br />
N15MA DC-3 Florida Air Cargo<br />
N323CF Convair 440 Fresh Air<br />
N32TN C-117D TMF Aircraft<br />
N381AA DC-7B Florida Air Transport<br />
N406WA DC-4 Florida Air Transport
There are not a lot of airworthy DC-7s anymore and the few that are flying are based in the United States. Turks Air operates cargo<br />
flights out of Opa Locka (FL) with their sole DC-7BF N381AA which is painted in American Airlines colours scheme, the company<br />
to whom it was delivered in 1956 and flew for until 1965. (Michael Prophet)<br />
N41527 C-131E Miami Air Lease<br />
N437GA DC-3 Atlantic Air Cargo<br />
N587LM C-117D TMF Aircraft<br />
N587MB C-117D TMF Aircraft<br />
N705GB DC-3 Atlantic Air Cargo<br />
N70BF DC-6 Florida Air Transport<br />
N8038Y An-26B Avia Leasing<br />
N836D DC-7B Legendary Airlines<br />
UK-12002 An-12 Avia Leasing<br />
UK-26001 An-26B Avia Leasing<br />
UK-26003 An-26B Avia Leasing<br />
The N123DZ is standing on the field without wings. Further a<br />
lot of maintenance on the airplanes over here.<br />
Air Repair ramp:<br />
N225NW DC-10-30 Northwest Airlines<br />
N233NW DC-10-30 Northwest Airlines<br />
N4188G Ce402B<br />
N705EB CL-600 Air Littoral<br />
N79749 B727-224 Aeropostal<br />
N938GA B747-212 Air Plus Comet ex EC-IPN<br />
N956PT DC-10-30 Air Lib Express<br />
Also seen two Spirit Airlines MD-80s but there was no<br />
registration on both planes.<br />
Parked on the Northern ramp:<br />
N1279E B727-2Q6F Custom Air Transport<br />
N2089 B737-291 ex United Airlines<br />
N315NE B727-223 Benin Golf Air Cargo<br />
N727PL B727-232 Platinum Air<br />
N742RW B727-2M7 Custom Air Transport<br />
N7638U B727-222 ex CF International<br />
N862AT B767-277 ex VH-RMG<br />
N8887Z B727-225 Custom Air Transport<br />
S2-AEK DC-8-62<br />
4 November 2006<br />
Seen near Miami Executive Ramp:<br />
165630 T-45C TW-1/VT-9<br />
N190CS GII SP Air Pip<br />
N244AL CL-604 Private<br />
N381FL Convair 5800 IFL Group<br />
N385MQ Sh360 Skyways<br />
N406LC L-100-30 Lynden Air Cargo<br />
N65FF CL-601-3A Flying Fishawk<br />
N7927 HU-16 Glenn Ballman<br />
Parked elsewhere (non active ramp):<br />
N147JR Convair 240 Tolair<br />
N154JR Convair 340 Coastel Air Transport<br />
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N18R Beech 18 Aircap management<br />
N265ES HU-16 D. W. James<br />
N49115 HU-16 Navy VP14-cs<br />
N581HG Convair 580 World Avn. Serv. Inc.<br />
N583HG Convair 580 World Avn. Serv. Inc.<br />
N590HG L-188C World Avn. Serv. Inc.<br />
N681DG C-123K JP Aviation Invest<br />
N685NA AC685<br />
N6NA Beech 18<br />
N7500A DC-3 Jeff Swain<br />
N83CF UH-1D JP Aviation Invest<br />
N9382 DC-3 Aero Surv.<br />
UR-46838 An-24RV Medair<br />
Miami (FL) 10 November 2006<br />
N64608 DC-3 pres<br />
Preserved at the restaurant on the south side road of the airport<br />
Tamiami Airport (FL) 10 November 2006<br />
N96UC PBY-5A<br />
N99857 C-117D Charlie Clements<br />
YV-1275 An-26B<br />
Parked/stored on the Southside of the airport:<br />
N19718 EMB-120 ex Continental express<br />
N216FN Jetstream 31<br />
N314UE Jetstream 41 ex United express<br />
N315UE Jetstream 41 ex United express<br />
N40717 EMB-120 ex Continental express<br />
N492UE Jetstream 31 ex United express<br />
YV-176T Jetstream 31 Sol America<br />
Credit: Michael Prophet.<br />
Washington-Dulles 26 November 2006<br />
JA732J B777-346ER JAL<br />
N145CX Ce750 Swift Aviation<br />
N170UP A300F4-622R UPS<br />
N198JB EMB-190 JetBleu<br />
N203QS Falcon 2000 Netjets USA<br />
N248FX Learjet 60 FlexJets<br />
N253WN B737-7H4 Southwest<br />
N2QG BAe125-800A Boyd<br />
N34315 B737-3T0 ex Continental<br />
N425CW Beechjet 400A Flight Options<br />
N446CW Beechjet 400A Flight Options<br />
N477QS GIV SP Netjets USA<br />
N5731 Falcon 900 Guild Aviation<br />
N610SM Astra-1125 Sallie Mea<br />
N665FE A300F4-605R Fedex
N715QS Ce650 Netjets USA<br />
N723QS G200 Netjets USA<br />
N733TA Hawker 800XP Flight Options<br />
N795AX B767-281PC Airborne Express<br />
6 December 2006<br />
60-0328 KC-135R 22nd ARW<br />
N229JB EMB-190 JetBleu<br />
N247JB EMB-190 JetBleu<br />
XA-ATL G550 Aerofrisco<br />
XC-GDC Ce525B Private<br />
ZS-SN? A340-642 South African Airlines<br />
Credit: Anton van Ruiten.<br />
Sudan<br />
Khartoum 25 November 2006<br />
A6-EKV A330-243 Emirates Airlines<br />
PH-AOA A330-203 KLM<br />
ST-ASD Fokker 50 Sudan Airways<br />
ST-ASF Fokker 50 Sudan Airways<br />
ST-BDA An-72 a/w no titels<br />
ST-WTB IL-76TD a/w no titels<br />
YU-ANP B737-2K3 Sudan Airways<br />
Unfortunately it was dark on arrival. All this was read from the<br />
plane in one hour time. The whole field is packed with IL-76s,<br />
An-12/24/26/72/74s, Mils and old Boeing planes like the B707<br />
and the B737-200.<br />
Ethiopia<br />
Addis Ababa 25 November 2006<br />
PH-AOA A330-203 KLM +27<br />
D-AIGU A340-313X Lufthansa<br />
F-GSEU A330-243 Star Airlines +27<br />
The Star Airlines Airbus was leased to Ethiopia till the 3rd of<br />
December, in full Star Airlines colours.<br />
26 November 2006<br />
Stored and wfu:<br />
5N-BEC B727-256 (A) Transaharan still IB-cs<br />
5N-KBY B727-225 Kabo Air<br />
5N-LLL B727-224 Kabo Air<br />
C5-SMM B727-251 a/w no titels<br />
N80AZ B707 no titels<br />
Stored but able for repair:<br />
???? L-100-30 a/w ex Ethiopian Airlines<br />
1562 C-130B 15sq/Ethiopian Air Force<br />
5Y-BPI B737-2P6 (A) British Airways-cs<br />
J2-KCC B737-268 no titles ex Saudi-cs<br />
By maintenance Ethiopian Airlines:<br />
1571 L-100-30 a/w no titels<br />
5N-ANY B727-2F9 (A) a/w no titels<br />
5N-BDG B727-225 (A) Chanchangi Airlines<br />
C5-OBJ B737-201 Slok Air<br />
HZ-GAE B727-200 Dallah Albaraka<br />
J2-SRS B737-268 Silver Air<br />
TR-LFH B767-266ER Air Gabon<br />
Hercules 1571 is ex Ethiopian Airlines ET-AKG, but will be<br />
transferred to the Air Force. The HZ-GAE is the ex HZ-DG1 and<br />
will become C5-GAE, but was marked as such on one side,<br />
while the othe side just showed “C5”.<br />
Movements:<br />
9XR-SD DC-8-62F Silverback Cargo Fr.<br />
ET-AIX DHC-6-300 Ethiopian Airlines +03<br />
ET-AKR, AKV, AKT Fokker 50 Ethiopian Airlines +03<br />
ET-ALD Ce208 Ethiopian Airlines<br />
ET-ALF Ce206 Ethiopian Airlines<br />
ET-ALQ, ALU B737-76N Ethiopian Airlines<br />
LZ-SFI An-12BP Air Sofia<br />
UR-ELO An-24RV a/w UN titles +29<br />
27 November 2006<br />
7O-ADL B737-8Q8 Yemenia Airlines<br />
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A6-ERM A340-313X Emirates Airlines<br />
ET-AJB B737-260 (A) Ethiopian Airlines<br />
ET-AKF B757-260 Ethiopian Airlines<br />
ET-AKS Fokker 50 Ethiopian Airlines +29<br />
ET-ALH,ALJ B767-360ER Ethiopian Airlines<br />
ET-ALM B737-76N Ethiopian Airlines +29<br />
N721S GV Starbucks +29<br />
TC-JFP B737-8F2 Turkish Airlines<br />
TC-OGT B757-2G5 Ethiopian Airlines ET-cs<br />
VP-BYY BD-700 Mid East Jet<br />
29 November 2006<br />
ET-AIT DHC-6-300 Ethiopian Airlines<br />
ET-AKC B757-260 Ethiopian Airlines<br />
ET-AKU Fokker 50 Ethiopian Airlines<br />
ET-ALH B767-360ER Ethiopian Airlines<br />
HZ-AIC B747-168B Saudi Arabian Airlines<br />
J2-SHE An-24RV Daallo Airlines<br />
UR-CCN Mi-8MTV-1 Ukranian Helicopters<br />
UR-CDE Mi-8MTV-1 Ukranian Helicopters<br />
ZS-BAX A-109 no titels<br />
ZS-TPG G-IITT Private<br />
Both Mi-8s arrived on the 28rd from Nigeria where they are<br />
stationed. They operate for the UN-World Food Program<br />
(WFP). At the moment they fly in Ethiopian colours because of<br />
the floods in the south of the country.<br />
30 November 2006<br />
10572 SA227AT USAF<br />
5Y-KQA B737-3U8 Kenya Airlines<br />
ET-ALL B767-360ER Ethiopian Airlines<br />
EX-041 An-24B www.trast.aero.com+03<br />
OO-ACT Falcon 900 Flying Group +01<br />
PH-AOD A330-203 KLM<br />
In the cockpit of the EX-041 it became clear that is is the ex<br />
EK-46581 of Djibouti Airlines.<br />
1 December 2006<br />
HZ-MS2 L-100-30 Saudi Arabian Airlines<br />
2 December 2006<br />
807 DHC-6-300 8sq/Ethio. AF ex ET-AIN<br />
A6-ERN A340-313X Emirates Airlines<br />
ET-ALO B767-360ER Ethiopian Airlines<br />
PH-AOC A330-203 KLM<br />
UR-ELT An-24RV United Nations<br />
3 December 2006<br />
02-0042 C-40B 1st AS<br />
66-0224 HC-130P 79th RSQ<br />
A6-ERS A340-313X Emirates Airlines<br />
ET-ALC, ALH B767-360ER Ethiopian Airlines<br />
ET-ALJ, ALP B767-360ER Ethiopian Airlines<br />
ET-ALN, ALQ B737-760 Ethiopian Airlines<br />
ZS-WHG G-II Private<br />
The next planes are also stored, I reported that in <strong>Scramble</strong><br />
314 of July 2005: ex ET-AJC and ex ET-AJD ATR72, 5Y-BBK ex<br />
Kenya Airlines and the planes near the dump. I haven’t seen<br />
the Dash 8s of TNA anymore. Everything was noted from the<br />
tarmac.<br />
Please be careful with spotting overhere. The security is very<br />
alert and around the field there are a lot of military people. This<br />
is all because of the tense situation with the neighbouring<br />
countries. There is a possibility in the slums district for taking<br />
pictures in the landing but I am not sure it is safe nowadays!<br />
For the movements you don’t really need to get here. Some big<br />
companies like Emirates and Lufthansa have a flight to Addis<br />
Ababa, but not every day. In the afternoon there is really nothing<br />
to do.<br />
Addis Ababa is just like Brussels, not to many movements but<br />
sometimes there are some nice planes. The headoffice of the<br />
African Union is in Addis Ababa, so when there is a meeting<br />
you can expect some nice government planes.<br />
Credit: Danny de Kiewit.
Military trips<br />
Austria<br />
Innsbruck October 2006<br />
08. MM62201 P180 71°Gruppo GE I2201<br />
T-783 Falcon 50 LTDB SUI001 +22<br />
09. MM62203 P180 71°Gruppo GE I2203<br />
T-784 Ce560XL LTDB SUI784<br />
30. 78-22971 UH-60A 24th MedCo<br />
78-22975 UH-60A 717th MedCo<br />
79-23300 UH-60A 24th MedCo<br />
79-23347 UH-60A MI ARNG<br />
80-23431 UH-60A 717th Medco<br />
81-23588 UH-60A CCAD<br />
82-23724 UH-60A MI ARNG<br />
83-23899 UH-60A 24th MedCo<br />
86-24485 UH-60A 124th Medco<br />
86-24522 UH-60A 2-224th AVN<br />
87-24588 UH-60A 1-228th AVN<br />
88-00227 AH-64A 1-211th AVN<br />
88-00229 AH-64A 1-104th AVN<br />
89-00211 AH-64A 1-104th AVN<br />
89-00242 AH-64A 1-104th AVN<br />
90-00<strong>332</strong> AH-64A 1-104th AVN<br />
90-00439 AH-64A 1-104th AVN<br />
The 30th was a very busy day for Innsbruck with no less then<br />
eleven Blackhawks and six Apaches from the US Army flying<br />
back from Aviano via Innsbruck to Coleman Barracks.<br />
Credit: Herbert Jende<br />
France<br />
Bordeaux-Merignac September 2006<br />
28. 508 Mir. 2000B-5 at Dassault,for EPA<br />
71 EMB121AN at EADS, 28F<br />
F-ZBQF EC145 Sécurité Civile<br />
0086/F-ZBGA Cessna 406 Douanes<br />
0001/F-ZBFA Cessna 406 Douanes<br />
29. 55.? Mir. 2000-5 at Dassault, for EPA<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> <strong>332</strong> - Page 124<br />
450/LG CE43 CEV<br />
70 N262E at EADS, 28F<br />
106/MN TBM-700 CEV<br />
F-GPCJ CM170 ex 369 AdlA<br />
October 2006<br />
27. ZA708 Chinook HC2 18sq<br />
ZH892/HG Chinook HC2 27sq<br />
144/315-ZI TB30 EPAA00.315<br />
F-ZBQF EC145 Sécurité Civile<br />
At Dassault:<br />
323 Rafale B<br />
F-WWFI Falcon 900<br />
F-WWFV Falcon 900<br />
F-WWGW Falcon 2000<br />
F-WWGX Falcon 2000<br />
At Sogerma:<br />
NAF-913 C-130H Nigerian AF<br />
PJ-TAC C-130H stored<br />
F-BUAD A300 nn<br />
F-WOTE A300 nn<br />
Germany<br />
Hohn November 2006<br />
15. R226/64-GZ C-160R ET00.064 dep17<br />
16. 50+49 C-160D LTG61<br />
17. D-CFMA Be350 Flt Calibration Service<br />
24. 50+33, 50+65 C-160D LTG62<br />
50+49 C-160D LTG61<br />
50+81 C-160D LTG62<br />
51+02 C-160D WTD61<br />
Italy<br />
Aviano November 2006<br />
09. 01530 F-4E (AUP) 339 MPK 13<br />
01534 F-4E (AUP) 339 MPK 13<br />
95-00123 UC-35A1 Co E/6-52ndAVN<br />
57-1471 KC-135E 132nd ARS ME ANG<br />
19. 041 F20ECM FEKS/717 skv<br />
30. 44+97, 45+85 Tornado IDS AG51<br />
Italian A129As are hard to read and to photograph if you don’t have sun on it. This example is covered with full sun. MM81403/<br />
E.I.433 from 49°GrSq AVES was pictured at Casarsa della Delizia during a small local airshow.<br />
(Casarsa della Delizia,10 November 2006,Daniele Dotto)
The USS Eisenhower visited Naples with this E-2C 165814/AG-601 on deck. VAW-125 operates this example since September<br />
2003. (19 October 2006, Lucio Alfieri)<br />
01-05242 AH-64D US Army<br />
75-0125 E-4B 1st ACCS<br />
MM7004/36-46 Tornado IDS 156°Gr in old green c/s!<br />
MM7065/36-43 Tornado IDS 156°Gr<br />
Bracciano October 2006<br />
08. MM81240/E.I.863 A109CM 1°Reg.di Sostegno<br />
MM81010/E.I.851 A109A std<br />
MM81014/E.I.855 A109AT std<br />
MM80446/E.I.256 AB205A std<br />
MM80685/E.I.314 AB205A-1 std?,ex25°gr .sqd.c.A.<br />
Stored, AB206C-1:<br />
MM80607/E.I.546, MM80630/E.I.569, MM80638/E.I.577,<br />
MM80877/E.I.609, MM80889/E.I.621, MM80903/E.I.635,<br />
MM80914/E.I.633, MM80581E.I.520, MM80584/E.I.523,<br />
MM80585/E.I.524, MM80588/E.I.527, MM80594/E.I.533,<br />
MM80599/E.I.538, MM80602/E.I.541, MM80615/E.I.554,<br />
MM80619/E.I.558, MM80621/E.I.560, MM80632/E.I.571,<br />
MM80634/E.I.573, MM80640/E.I.579, MM80859/E.I.591,<br />
MM80868/E.I.600, MM80873/E.I.605, MM80888/E.I.620,<br />
MM80915/E.I.647, MM80607/E.I.546?<br />
During a quick stop a lot of AB206s were seen, also a few<br />
spotted, from both sides of the base.<br />
Napels October 2006<br />
CVW-7/CVN-69 USS Eisenhower was visiting Naplesharbour<br />
on 19th. All aircraft were coded ’AG’.<br />
VFA-83, F/A-18C: 164201/300, 164210/302, 164244/303,<br />
164243/304, 164223/305, 164225/306,<br />
164209/310, 164240/311, 164214/301<br />
VFA-103, F/A-18F: 166620/200, 166621/201, 166622/202,<br />
166613/203, 166619/204, 166615/205,<br />
166616/206, 166617/207, 166618/210,<br />
166611/211, 166612/212, 166614/214<br />
VFA-131, F/A-18C: 165208/400, 152220/401, 165221/402,<br />
165212/403, 165404/405, 165407/406,<br />
165224/410, 165228/411, 165400/412<br />
VFA-143, F/A-18E: 166608/100, 166609/101, 166602/102,<br />
166603/103, 166604/104, 166605/105,<br />
166606/106, 166607/107, 166600/110,<br />
166601/111, 166599/114<br />
VAQ-140, EA-6B: 163046/500, 16 . . . . /501, 163399/502,<br />
160706/503<br />
VAW-125, E-2C: 165813/600, 165814/601, 165824/602,<br />
165825/603<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> <strong>332</strong> - Page 125<br />
HS-5, SH-60F: 164799/610, 164104/611, 164796/612,<br />
164450/614<br />
HH-60H: 164845/616, 165258/617<br />
Torino-Caselle October 2006<br />
Between 18th and 24th the following was noted at the Alenia<br />
factory. It consists of two parts, on the East and the West side<br />
of the airport, separated by the runway.<br />
Hangar-east:<br />
CSX62216 C-27J Alenia, for Lithuanian AF 20<br />
CSX62217 C-27J Alenia 25<br />
CSX62127 C-27J RSV mks 18<br />
4122 C-27J for EPA 18<br />
4125 C-27J for EPA 24<br />
MM7195/51-51?AMX 51°S t 18<br />
CSX281 EF2000 Alenia 24<br />
MM7274/4-10 EF2000 9°Gr 25<br />
MM7235/4-6 EF2000 9°Gr 25<br />
MM62164 P180AM 311°Gr 24<br />
MM7043/6-30 Tornado IDS 154°Gr 24<br />
Hangar-west:<br />
MM . . . . /15 AMX RSV mks 18<br />
MM . . . . AMX photo test mks 18<br />
MM . . 14/14? AMX<br />
1x G222 stored? 18<br />
Viterbo October 2006<br />
11. MM81247/E.I.870? A109CM 27°Gruppo Sqd AVES<br />
MM81251/E.I.874 A109CM 27°Gruppo Sqd AVES<br />
MM81333/E.I.920 A129C 1°Gruppo Sqd AVES<br />
MM81421/E.I.951 A129CBT 1°Gruppo Sqd AVES<br />
MM80449/E.I.259 AB205A wfu,g.i.a.<br />
MM80541/E.I.289 AB205A-1 1°Gruppo Sqd AVES<br />
MM80724/E.I.353 AB205A-1 27°Gruppo Sqd AVES<br />
MM80606/E.I.545 AB206C-1 1°Gruppo Sqd AVES<br />
MM80639/E.I.578 AB206C-1 53°Gruppo Sqd AVES<br />
MM80867/E.I.599 AB206C-1 21°gr .sqd.c.A.<br />
MM80870/E.I.602 AB206C-1 1°Gruppo Sqd AVES<br />
MM80916/E.I.648 AB206C-1 1°gr .sqd.c.A.<br />
I-ZUMA L-18C ex MM52-2393,at aeroclub<br />
Spain<br />
Colmenar Viejo September 2006<br />
25. HU.10-57/ET-227 UH-1H FAMET<br />
HU.10-63/ET-233 UH-1H FAMET
FAMET, CH-47D: HT.17-03/ET-403, HT.17-04/ET-404,<br />
HT.17-07/ET-407, HT.17-08/ET-408,<br />
HT.17-11/ET-411, HT.17-16/ET-416<br />
26. At the military side:<br />
TR.12A-04/403-02 C212-100 403 Esc<br />
TR.12A-6/403-04 C212-100 403 Esc<br />
T.12D-75/403-07 C212-200 403 Esc white c/s<br />
HT.21A-2/402-21 AS<strong>332</strong>M-1 402 Esc<br />
HT.21A-3/402-22 AS<strong>332</strong>M-1 402 Esc<br />
HT.21A-4/402-23 AS<strong>332</strong>M-1 402 Esc<br />
D.3B-3 C212-200 803 Esc/SAR<br />
D.3B-7 C212-200 803 Esc/SAR<br />
T.12B(14)/37-01 C212-100 std,serial removed<br />
T.12B-16 C212-100 std<br />
T.12B-17/37-03 C212-100 std<br />
T.12B-20/72-01 C212-100 std<br />
T.12B-26/72-02 C212-100 std<br />
T.12B-39/74-75 C212-100 std<br />
T.12B-68/37-15 C212-100 std<br />
T.9-5 DHC-4A std<br />
T.9-29 C-7A preserved<br />
At civil side:<br />
HU.21-16/ET-514 AS<strong>332</strong>B1 at Eurocopter<br />
T.9-1 DHC-4A std,as EC-GQL<br />
T.9-3, T.9-9 DHC-4A std<br />
T.9-10 DHC-4A std<br />
T.9-12 DHC-4A std,as EC-GQN<br />
E.20-2/42-61 Beech 95-B55 std<br />
E.20-4/42-62 Beech 95-B55 std<br />
E.20-6/42-63 Beech 95-B55 std<br />
46644 71 PBY-6A std,as EC-EVK<br />
EC-CCQ Beech C90 ex EdA<br />
EC-IBX Alouette 3 bl c/s,ex Gendarmerie?<br />
Fundacion Infante de Orleans:<br />
L.9-60 Do27B1 as EC-CFN<br />
E.3B-408 CASA C1131E as EC-CRO<br />
E.17-20/791-20 T-34A no mks<br />
42-17350609 Boeing N2S<br />
All a/c were seen in the maintenance hangar.<br />
Elsewhere:<br />
E.16-198/793-25 T-6G<br />
E.16-201/793-19 T-6G<br />
Preserved:<br />
HR.12-1/ET-109 B206A-1<br />
HU.8B-10/ET-206 UH-1C<br />
HE.15-6/ET-137 Bo105C<br />
Getafe September 2006<br />
Seen on 26 September:<br />
Ala 35, CN235M-100: T.19A-02/35-61 (white c/s),<br />
T.19B-11/35-29 (camo c/s),<br />
T.19B-20/35-38, T.19B-03/35-21,<br />
T.19B-05/35-23, T.19B-07/35-25,<br />
T.19B-10/35-28, T.19B-17/35-35<br />
C295M: T.21-09/35-47<br />
422 Esc, Beech F33C: E.24A-01/42-01, E.24A-05/42-05,<br />
E.24A-06/42-06, E.24A-07/42-07,<br />
E.24A-09/42-09, E.24A-10/42-10,<br />
E.24A-27/42-20, E.24A-14/42-22,<br />
E.24A-22/42-26, E.24A-29/42-27<br />
Beech C90: E.22-02/42-31, E.22-05/42-34<br />
28. 996 C-130H Grupo 10/Chilean AF<br />
D.2-03 F27-200MPA 802 Esc<br />
At CASA:<br />
T.21-10 C295M nn, for 353 Esc?<br />
C.16-29/11-09 EF2000 Ala 11<br />
P.3B-09/22-32 P-3M Grupo 22<br />
1x C101 preserved?<br />
Granada-Armilla 27 September 2006<br />
27. HE.10B-53/78-55 UH-1H preserved<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> <strong>332</strong> - Page 126<br />
781 Esc, S-76C: HE.24-1/78-01, HE.24-3/78-03,<br />
HE.24-4/78-04, HE.24-5/78-05,<br />
HE.24-6/78-06, HE.24-7/78-07<br />
EC120B: HE.25-1/78-20, HE.25-2/78-21,<br />
HE.25-5/78-24, HE.25-11/78-30,<br />
HE.25-14/78-33, HE.25-15/78-34<br />
Madrid-Torrejon September 2006<br />
25. T.22-1/45-50 A310-304 451 Esc<br />
T.12B-61/47-11 C212-100 472 Esc<br />
T.18-3/45-42 Falcon 900B 451 Esc<br />
TM.11-1/47-21 Falcon 20E 472 Esc white c/s<br />
TM.11-2/47-22 Falcon 20D 472 Esc white c/s<br />
TM.11-3/47-23 Falcon 20D 472 Esc grey c/s<br />
TM.11-4/47-24 Falcon 20E 472 Esc grey c/s<br />
Grupo 43, CL215T: UD.13-1643-16, UD.13-19431-19,<br />
UD.13-26/43-26, UD.13-30/43-30,<br />
UD.13-31/43-31?<br />
November 2006<br />
30. T.12D-74/54-11 C212-200 Grupo 54/CLAEX<br />
UD.13-30/45-30 CL-215T 431 Esc<br />
UD.13T-15/431-15 CL-215T 431 Esc<br />
TM.11-2/47-22 Falcon 20D 472 Esc white c/s<br />
T.18-4/45-43 Falcon 900B Grupo 45<br />
N600AM CL600-2B nn<br />
EC-HYI Falcon 2000 Gestair<br />
EC-IRZ G-V Gestair<br />
OO-EPU Lj45 Abelag aviation<br />
LX-IIH Ce525 CJ-1 Ital Trieste holding<br />
VP-CAD Ce525 CJ-1 nn<br />
VP-BEP G-V nn<br />
CS-DRL Hawker 800XP nn<br />
Preserved:<br />
E.16-201/793-19 T-6G as EC-DUN<br />
E.10B-50/203-50 HA200D as EC-DXR<br />
Madrid-Barajas November 2006<br />
30. P.3-11/22-34 P-3B Grupo 22<br />
December 2006<br />
01. TM.11-1/47-21 Falcon 20E 472 Esc white c/s<br />
Moron de la Frontera September 2006<br />
26. 70-0449 C-5A 155th AS TN ANG<br />
99-0006/GA E-8C 128th ACCS<br />
88-0497/CC F-16CG 524th FS<br />
90-0776/CC F-16CG ‘524FS’<br />
99-0058 C-17A 62nd AW<br />
79-0433 KC-10A 305th AMW<br />
79-1948 KC-10A 60th AMW<br />
86-0033 KC-10A 60th AMW<br />
57-1501 KC-135R 174th ARS IA ANG<br />
57-2593 KC-135R 121st ARW OH ANG<br />
58-0107 KC-135R 116th ARS WA ANG<br />
60-0331 KC-135R 319th ARW<br />
63-8045/D +1 KC-135R 351st ARS<br />
TR.12D-79/37-63 C212-200 Ala 37<br />
TDY:<br />
335th FS ’SJ’, F-15E: 88-1683, 89-0472, 89-0478,<br />
89-0486, 89-0502, 90-0229 +1<br />
336th FS ’SJ’, F-15E: 88-1671, 88-1686, 88-1690,<br />
88-1700, 89-0503<br />
Stationed:<br />
113 Esc, EF2000: C.16-21/11-01, C.16-22/11-02,<br />
C.16-23/11-03, C.16-24/11-04,<br />
C.16-25/11-05, C.16-26/11-06,<br />
C.16-27/11-07, C.16-28/11-08<br />
EF2000T: CE.16-02/11-71, CE.16-03/11-72,<br />
CE.16-06/11-75, CE.16-07/11-76<br />
Grupo 22, P-3A: P.3-01/22-21 (std?)<br />
P-3M: P.3-12/22-35
Murcia-Alcantarilla September 2006<br />
27. T.2B-181/721-10 CASA 352L preserved<br />
721 Esc, C212B: T.12B21/72-03, T.12B-33/72-04,<br />
T.12B-37/72-05, T.12B-47/72-06,<br />
T.12B-55/72-08<br />
Murcia-San Javier September 2006<br />
27. 7 Falcon 50SURMAR 24F<br />
791 Esc, T-35C: E.26-16/79-62, E.26-02/79-68,<br />
E.26-27/79-74, E.26-32/79-79,<br />
E.26-37/79-84<br />
793 Esc, C101EB:E.25-78/79-02, E.25-10/79-10,<br />
E.25-11/79-11, E.25-25/79-15,<br />
E.25.46/79-46, E.25-48/79-48,<br />
E.25-76/79-95, E.25-69/79-97<br />
Taiwan<br />
Because of the Taitung air show on 28 October 2006 a couple<br />
of air bases were visited<br />
from outside this week.<br />
Spotting in Taiwan is<br />
allowed. Sometimes it is<br />
hard to find the right places<br />
but with a lot of help of<br />
‘’Googlemaps’’ a lot of<br />
nice aircraft can be<br />
spotted. Luckily, there were<br />
no problems with the local<br />
police. Once the ID was<br />
checked, explained that<br />
only flying aircraft and no<br />
infrastructure was being<br />
photographed, everything was okay.<br />
Navigating your way through Taiwan is not always the easiest<br />
thing to do. Especially since translating the Chinese language<br />
to English results in some remarkable examples. The shown<br />
sign leads to hell... instead of the county hall.<br />
Hualien 23 October 2006<br />
1906 Beech 1900C-1 VIP sq<br />
2210 S-2T 1st AG<br />
2303 S-70C(M)-1 HSL701<br />
NA-514 UH-1H NASC<br />
B-22716 ATR-72-201 TransAsia Airways<br />
B-12275 Fokker 50 Mandarin airlines<br />
Based:<br />
5408/30134 F-5F 4th TRS/5th TFW<br />
5501/30085 RF-5E 4th TRS/5th TFW<br />
5507/30094 RF-5E 4th TRS/5th TFW<br />
6671 F-16A 17th TFG/5th TFW<br />
6685, 6690 F-16A 27th TFG/5th TFW<br />
6824, 6830 F-16B 27th TFG/5th TFW<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> <strong>332</strong> - Page 127<br />
6717 F-16A 12th TRS/5th TFW<br />
6823 F-16B 5th TFW<br />
Circumstances are not very good. The overview in the approach<br />
is bad, the planes show up very quickly on approach.<br />
There should be quite a number of nice spots here but they<br />
appear not to have been visited by the sender of the report.<br />
Hsinchu 24 October 2006<br />
1908 Beech 1900C-1 VIP sq<br />
2nd FW, Mirage 2000Di: 2052, 2055, 2056, 2057<br />
Mirage 2000Ei: 2005, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2026,<br />
2027, 2030, 2033, 2039<br />
Both approach-sides are good, the airfield is very open, good<br />
spots.<br />
Kangshan 26 October 2006<br />
1906 Beech 1900C-1 VIP sq<br />
AFA, AT-3: 0807/74-6007, 0820/75-6020, 0824/75-6024,<br />
0830/75-6030, 0834/76-6034, 0841/76-6041,<br />
0842/76-6042, 0851/77-6051<br />
T-34C: 3401/84001, 3411/84011, 3416/84016,<br />
3436/84036, 3437/84037, 3438/84038,<br />
3444/84044<br />
The airfield is situated in the outskirts of the city and very hard<br />
to find. Planes flying around can be seen from a distance but<br />
finding the right spots is a challenge and takes a lot of time…<br />
Pingtung North 26 October 2006<br />
2206 S-2T 1st AG<br />
Only one Tracker was spotted. Both approaches are<br />
reachable but, no signs, no approach-lights. Good navigation<br />
is necessary!<br />
Taitung/Chihhang 27 October 2006<br />
On the day before the airshow the following were seen.<br />
1317 C-130H 10th TAG<br />
1622/87-8095 F-CK-1B 3rd TFG/1st TFW<br />
6822 F-16B 5th TFW<br />
2056/Di56 Mir. 2000Di 2nd TFW<br />
7003 S-70C-1 SAR sq<br />
7th TFW, F-5E: 5249/70<strong>332</strong>, 5263/80865, 5268/80879,<br />
5274/91717, 5287/00308<br />
F-5F: 5352/61641, 5372/80879, 5389/30113,<br />
5403/30129, 5407/30133, 5413/30139<br />
‘8th TFW’, F-5E: 5272/80874, 5286/00307, 5285/30987,<br />
5291/00312<br />
F-5F: 5378/91721, 5384/00296, 5397/30123,<br />
5414/30140<br />
46th TFS, F-5F: 5385/00297, 5386/00298, 5392/30118,<br />
5404/30130<br />
The F-5s presented under ‘8th TFW’ were still carrying the<br />
markings of this disbanded unit. All are currently with 7th TFW.<br />
The first two aggressor Tigers (46th TFS) were silver coloured<br />
ones while the other two carried the SEA-camo. Spotting from<br />
the outside is only possible from the south side, the north side<br />
approach is within the military area.<br />
Credit: Ton van Schaik.<br />
During a small trip in Taiwan Kangshan was visited<br />
outside and a few Air Force Academy (AFA) T-34C<br />
were noted and also photographed. This T-34C-1<br />
3444/84044 flies with the local Basic Training Group<br />
from AFA.<br />
(Kangshan, 26 October 2006,Ton van Schaik)
The correspondent who sent in this report was based in the<br />
ISAF HQ in Kabul from 15 November 2005 until March 2006<br />
and prefers to stay anonymous. From there he was able to<br />
visit other places as well and sent in his log. Though the report<br />
is a bit dated we consider the variety of aircraft and helicopters<br />
interesting enough to present the complete listing.<br />
We start with the foreign aircraft that were stationed at Kabul<br />
during this period. The, by now, well known ANA-AC<br />
(AfghanAF) aircraft have been left out.<br />
Belgium<br />
BAC, F-16AM: FA98, FA116, FA121, FA125<br />
None of the a/c carried markings (except FA121, that flew with<br />
1Sm markings) en left for Belgium on 15 January 2006.<br />
Denmark<br />
Esk 722, C-130J-30: B-536 (f/n 04nov, dep 10jan),<br />
B-537 (l/n 29oct, f/n 10jan)<br />
Italy<br />
11°/26°GrSq AvEs, CH-47C: MM80828/EI-806 (olive c/s),<br />
MM80833/EI-811, MM80841/EI-819<br />
Grupelicot 4, AB212ASW: MM80948/7-16, MM80950/7-19,<br />
MM80951/7-20<br />
Netherlands<br />
334sq, C-130H-30: G-273 (f/n 09dec, l/n 25jan),<br />
G-275 (l/n 30nov, f/n 08feb)<br />
KLu, F-16AM: J-015 (313mks dep 23feb),<br />
J-020(313mks arr 21feb),<br />
J-057 (nmks dep 23feb),<br />
J-146 (323mks), J-364 (312mks),<br />
J-636 (312mks arr 21feb)<br />
Norway<br />
FLO, F-16AM: 277 (<strong>332</strong>mks), 667 (FLO), 677 (331mks),<br />
680 (338mks)<br />
All Norwegians arrived during the evening of 08feb.<br />
Further aircraft were deployed in Afghanistan or its<br />
surrounding countries, they’re covered in the movements list.<br />
These include the British at Kandahar, AFG, the French at<br />
Dushanbe, TAK, the Americans at Bagram AB and the<br />
Germans (sometimes with additional Belgian or Swedish<br />
support) at Termez, USB.<br />
Ariana Afghan Airways<br />
F-GEMO A310-304 “Flying for Eagle Aviation”<br />
F-GYYY A310-204 Eagle Aviation c/s<br />
YA-BAB A300B4-203<br />
Triptease Kabul<br />
During the Hadj, a number of additional flights were provided, additional to those made by Ariana Afghan Airlines. A couple of<br />
these flights were made with this IL-18D, UN-75005, that is taxying to the runway on a Thursday afternoon.<br />
(Kabul, 15 December 2005)<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> <strong>332</strong> - Page 128<br />
YA-BAC A300B4-203 stored<br />
YA-BAD A300B4-203<br />
YA-DAL An-24RV stored 10409<br />
YA-DAM An-24RV stored/dumped<br />
YA-FAM B727-223<br />
YA-FAS B727-223<br />
YA-FAY B727-228<br />
Various UN-Organisations<br />
5Y-PTA DHC8-315 UNHAS - UNAMA f/n12/02<br />
ES-NOB An-72-100 UNHAS - UNAMA (UN215)<br />
N405PC Lj35A UNHAS - UNAMA 18/01 651<br />
ZS-MKE Beech 1900D UNHAS - UNAMA<br />
ZS-OLN DC-9-32 UNHAS - UNAMA<br />
ZS-OTS Beech 200 UNHAS - UNAMA BB-1113<br />
ZS-OZX ATR-42-320 UNHAS - UNAMA<br />
ZS-PEA Beech 200 UNHAS - UNAMA BL-29<br />
ZS-PLJ Beech 200 UNHAS - UNAMA BB-1401<br />
ZS-PLK Beech 200 UN Off. Proj. Serv. BB-1463<br />
ZS-ZED Beech 1900D UNHAS - UNAMA UE-260<br />
no title (Naturelink)<br />
ZS-ACS Beech 200 BB-961<br />
ZS-DSL Beech 200<br />
no title (PRT Air)<br />
ZS-MCC Beech 200 BB-1195<br />
ZS-OLU Beech 1900C UC-116<br />
ZS-PKM Beech 200<br />
PACTec Co.<br />
N48A Beech 200 BC-12<br />
N200ET Beech 200 BC-73<br />
N677BC Beech 200 BB-86<br />
YA-PTI Ce210 21064981<br />
Other<br />
3D-JOY B727-200 Kam Air,stored<br />
5N-BFY B727-221 “Freedom Airlines”,std/dump<br />
EX-091 An-26B no title 07309504<br />
P2-PAX Bell 212 n/t (Pacific Helicopt.) 30786<br />
RA-25748 Mi-8AMT no title, stored l/n02/12<br />
RA-25750 Mi-8AMT Komi Avia<br />
“US Emb. Pakistan” sticker<br />
RA-27041 Mi-8MTV-1 Komi Avia<br />
RA-27117/UN-203 Mi-8AMT n/t, std no blades, l/n02/12<br />
UN-25309 Mi-8T Beibaris, f/n17/01<br />
UN-25311 Mi-8T Beibaris, f/n11/12<br />
UN-26087 An-26B GST Aero, f/n10/01 12601<br />
YA-CAG An-24 Pamir Air, std on mil. ramp
YA-GAA B727-51 Kam Air, stored<br />
ZS-PDV An-32B n/t white c/s<br />
(VALAN Int. Cargo Charter)<br />
ZS-RSF L-100-30 SafAir<br />
Kabul Afghanistan Intl Apt October 2005<br />
29. 84008/848 Tp-84 F7(EG Termez)<br />
“EG Termez” (EinsatzGeschwader Termez) is the official title of<br />
the German contingent at Termez, USB. It combines the six<br />
C-160Ds, the five to six CH-53Gs and from time to time further<br />
European support aircraft, at the end of October 2005 it was a<br />
Swedish Hercules.<br />
November 2005<br />
07. 4K-AZ26 IL-76TD Silk Way Airlines<br />
(basic TAPO Avia c/s)<br />
EX-047 B737-242 Kam Air +30<br />
12. 50+36 C-160D LTG62(EG Termez) +23,30<br />
90-1798 C-130H 164th AS OH ANG +25<br />
ZS-PJG Beech 1900D Red Cross<br />
17. 50+40 C-160D LTG61(EG Termez) +18,19,25<br />
50+74 C-160D LTG61(EG Termez) +18<br />
MM62191/46-57C-130J-30 50°Gr +19<br />
MM62195/46-61C-130J-30 50°Gr +19<br />
RA-76718 IL-76MD 708.GvVTAP, Aeroflot c/s<br />
69-024 C-160D 221 Filo<br />
166474 UC-35D MAW-4<br />
EK-26199 An-26B no title, all white c/s<br />
4K-AZ55 IL-76TD Silk Way Airlines<br />
EX-033 IL-76TD no title, all white c/s +18<br />
RA-82046 An-124-100 Volga-Dnepr Airlines<br />
RA-76787 IL-76TD Airl. 400 +30 00934 95854<br />
ZS-NUF Beech 200 Red Cross<br />
A6-AVA B737-277 Kam Air<br />
(basic Aerovista Airlines c/s)<br />
18. 50+17 C-160D LTG63 (EG Termez) +19<br />
RA-76718 IL-76MD 708GvTAP, Aeroflot c/s<br />
XV304/304 Hercules C3A LTW +19,25,30<br />
96-0005 C-17A 437th AW<br />
97-00101 UC-35A B/1-214th AVN<br />
74-1664/AK C-130H 517th AS +25<br />
96-26687 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN<br />
4K-85729 Tu-154M Azerbaidjan Gvmt +25,30<br />
UR-ZYD An-124-100 no title,all white c/s +30<br />
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N168D CN235-300 n/t (Devon<br />
Holding & Leasing Inc.)<br />
EW-78779 IL-76MD Atlant-Soyuz Airlines<br />
19. R94/61-ZL C-160R ET02.061 +30<br />
00-0179 C-17A 62nd AW<br />
01-0192 C-17A 437th AW<br />
96-7322 C-130H 731st AS AFRC<br />
4K-AZ41 IL-76MD Silk Way Airlines +21<br />
RA-76710 IL-76TD Atlant Soyuz Airlines<br />
RA-76768 IL-76MD Atlant Soyuz Airlines<br />
TC-ARC Lj60 Arkas Air<br />
20. MM62182/46-47C-130J 2°Gr<br />
ST-EWC IL-76MD Air West Cargo<br />
21. A97-003 C-130H 36sq/RAAF<br />
ZZ171 C-17A 99sq<br />
97-00102 UC-35A B/1-214th AVN<br />
74-1658/AK C-130H 517th AS +24<br />
96-26655 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN<br />
96-26685 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN<br />
23. 130334 CC-130H 8 Wing<br />
EK-26199 An-26B no title,all white c/s<br />
4K-AZ19 IL-76MD Silk Way +29 00534 60820<br />
EX-084 An-12BP no title (Trans Air)<br />
RA-76472 IL-76TD Airlines 400 +30<br />
24. RA-09342 An-22A 308ARP,61VA/12VTAD<br />
VT-EVT A320-231 Indian Airlines<br />
25. T.10-02/31-02 C-130H Ala 31<br />
ZZ173 C-17A 99sq<br />
96-26686 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN “Longhorn”<br />
RA-82047 An-124-100 Volga-Dnepr Airlines<br />
26. 02-1463 C-130J-30 115th AS CA ANG<br />
28. EX-046 IL-76 no title (Reem Air)<br />
29. RA-78783 IL-76MD no titles<br />
30. 130324 CC-130E 8 Wing<br />
50+88 C-160D LTG61 (EG Termez)<br />
MM62186/46-51C-130J 2°Gr<br />
T-235 KDC-10 334sq<br />
74-2131/AK C-130H 517th AS<br />
74-2133/AK C-130H 517th AS<br />
89-0138 CH-47D F/159th AVN<br />
89-0144 CH-47D F/159th AVN<br />
97-26762 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN “Scarface”<br />
ER-IBF IL-76T Jet Line Int, all white c/s<br />
ZS-RSF L-100-30 Saf Air<br />
One of the Beech 200s, ZS-OTS, of the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service, is leaving Kabul IAP for a flight somewhere in<br />
Afghanistan. (Kabul, 17 November 2005)
A, then, brand new Citation 166474/474 of the United States Marines is visiting Kabul IAP and is waiting for its passengers on the<br />
ISAF ramp. (Kabul, 17 November 2005)<br />
December 2005<br />
01. 50+36 C-160D LTG62 (EG Termez) +07<br />
4K-AZ56 An-12TB Silk Way Airlines +09<br />
4L-AIL IL-76TD nn (Tbil Avia Msheni AL)<br />
AP-BCF B737-340 Pakistan Intern. Airlines<br />
RA-76842 IL-76TD no title (Aviacion Zitotrans?)<br />
02.50+40 C-160D LTG61(EG Termez) +11<br />
T-264 KDC-10 334sq<br />
69-027 C-160D 221 Filo<br />
ZZ171 C-17A 99sq +12,27<br />
XV304/304 Hercules C3A LTW<br />
4L-12003 An-12BP white/blue c/s +23<br />
EX-047 B737-277 Kam Air<br />
EX-092 An-12BK no title<br />
N4557C L-100-30 n/t (Rapid Air Transport Inc.)<br />
03. CH04 C-130H 20sm +12,13,14,23<br />
97-00102 UC-35A B/1-214th AVN<br />
166474 UC-35D MAW-4<br />
4K-AZ26 IL-76TD Silk Way (TAPO Avia c/s)<br />
B-8080 G-VI Deer Jet Aviation +06<br />
UN-75005 IL-18D (Irbis Air Company) +15<br />
RA-82014 An-124-100 Polet Flight<br />
04. EX-029 An-12BP (Expo Airlines),white c/s +07<br />
RDPL-34146 IL-76TD Imtrec Aviation<br />
RA-82042 An-124-100 Volga-Dnepr Airlines +06,17<br />
UR-CAT IL-76TD UAA +07 00534 64922<br />
EW-47808 An-24RV n/t +06,13,28 6910<br />
(Gomelavia)<br />
06. 95-26650 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN “Shoebox”<br />
95-26654 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN<br />
EX-084 An-12BP (Trans Air) +07,09,11,15<br />
07. 4L-12003 An-12BP no title, white/blue c/s<br />
08. 50+74 C-160D LTG61 (EG Termez)<br />
+13,15,17,21<br />
50+88 C-160D LTG61 (EG Termez) +17<br />
94-00322 C-12R+ OSACom Det16 MS NG<br />
A6-AVA B737-277 Kam Air +12,15,18,23<br />
09. 50+83 C-160D LTG62 (EG Termez) +17<br />
G-273 C-130H-30 334sq<br />
ZZ174 C-17A 99sq<br />
00-0178 C-17A 62nd AW<br />
83-23919 UH-60A(Med) 43rd MedCo?<br />
96-26675 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN<br />
96-26691 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN +13,21<br />
D-CHSW Beech 400A n/t (Eurofly Services SPA)<br />
VT-DAV PC-12 Deccan Aviation<br />
LN-TUM B737-705 Braathens<br />
ST-AWR IL-76TD Air West Cargo<br />
N955BW SA227-DC (Aviation Worldwide<br />
Services LLC)<br />
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10. MM62182/46-47C-130J 2°Gr<br />
84-0127 C-21A 458th AS<br />
92-1538 C-130H 187th AS WY ANG<br />
“City of Rock Springs”<br />
RDPL34146 IL-76TD Imtrec Aviation +15,18<br />
11. R157/61-ZW C-160R ET01.061,ET02.064mks<br />
+18,29<br />
5927 C-130B Grupul 90 +18<br />
EX-048 B737-2T5 Kam Air<br />
RA-76472 IL-76TD Airlines 400 + 15<br />
RA-76783 IL-76TD Atlant-Soyuz Airlines<br />
00934 98974<br />
9Q-CGV IL-76TD n/t (Reem Air) 00334 49441<br />
12. T.10-02/31-02 C-130H Ala 31<br />
95-16641 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN “Rooster”<br />
96-26685 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN +21,23<br />
4K-AZ19 IL-76MD Silk Way Airlines +17,28<br />
00534 60820<br />
13. 69-026 C-160D 221 Filo +14,15<br />
ZH876/876 Hercules C4 LTW +15,23,24,27<br />
00-05216 AH-64D B/1-214th AVN<br />
97-00101 UC-35A B/1-214th AVN<br />
VT-EVR A320-231 Indian Airlines<br />
EX-012 B737-219 n/t, blue tail/white fuselage<br />
TC-FBY A320-211 Freebird<br />
N963BW C212-100CC (Aviation Worldwide<br />
Services LLC) +15,28<br />
14. 1003 Ce550 12(VIP)sq/PakistanAF 15<br />
RA-78833 IL-76MD 61VA/12VTAD, Aeroflot c/s 15<br />
88-00095 CH-47D F/159th AVN<br />
ER-IBN IL-76TD no title +15<br />
EW-78792 IL-76TD Trans Avia Export<br />
15. CH10 C-130H 20sm<br />
MM62179/46-44C-130J 2°Gr<br />
MM62191/46-57C-130J-30 50°Gr<br />
ZE701 BAe-146 CC2 32(TR)sq +23<br />
02-1102 C-17A 62nd AW<br />
93-1563 C-130H 156th AS NC ANG<br />
95-26650 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN “Shoebox”<br />
4K-AZ41 IL-76MD Silk Way Airlines<br />
4K-AZ55 IL-76TD Silk Way Airlines<br />
VT-EYF A320-231 Indian Airlines<br />
“50 years of Flying”<br />
EX-26658 An-26B Tajikstan<br />
AP-BCD B737-340 Pakistan Int.Airlines<br />
RA-82047 An-124-100 Volga-Dnepr Airlines<br />
ZS-RSF L-100-30 Saf Air<br />
4R-EXC An-12V Expo Air<br />
ST-AWR IL-76TD Air West Cargo<br />
SE-RDF MD-83 Viking
TC-AAP B737-86N Pegasus Airlines<br />
N368CE B737-33A (Wells Fargo Bank) +18<br />
N168D CN235-300 (Devon Holding &<br />
Leasing Inc.)+28<br />
17. 94-00324 C-12R+ OSACom Det.31 AZ NG +18<br />
89-00142 CH-47D F/159th AVN<br />
“Daffy’s Delight”<br />
4K-AZ41 IL-76MD Silk Way Airlines<br />
18. 130324 CC-130E 8 Wing<br />
R94/61-ZL C-160R ET02.061<br />
50+66 C-160D LTG61 (EG Termez)<br />
MM62185/46-50C-130J 2°Gr<br />
94-6701 C-130H 169th AS IL ANG<br />
96-26676 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN<br />
96-26689 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN<br />
“Battlin’ Bitch”<br />
EX-035 IL-76TD (Kyrgyzstan Airways) a/w c/s<br />
ER-IBG IL-76T (Airline Transport Inc.) a/w c/s<br />
RA-76787 IL-76TD Airlines 400 +28<br />
00934 95854<br />
N128AB G1159A no title (Prime Jet LLC)<br />
20. 4L-TAS An-12A no title<br />
ER-ADK An-12BP no title (Air Wings)<br />
UR-82007 An-124-100M Antonov Airlines<br />
21. A97-009 C-130H 36sq/RAAF<br />
130324 CC-130E 8 Wing<br />
XV188/188 Hercules C3A LTW<br />
89-00142 CH-47D F/159th AVN “Daffy’s Delight”<br />
89-00144 CH-47D F/159th AVN<br />
F-GMLI MD-83 Blue Line<br />
EX-048 B737-2T5 Kam Air +28<br />
UR-76687 IL-76TD Volare Air Company<br />
23. V-11 G-IV 334sq<br />
91-1651 C-130H 189th AS ID ANG +24<br />
94-7320 C-130H 731st AS AFRC<br />
00-05216 AH-64D B/1-214th AVN<br />
9G-OAL B707-324C no title (Johnsons Air)<br />
EX-035 IL-76TD (Kyrgyzstan Airways)<br />
all white c/s<br />
EX 054 IL-76TD Reem Air<br />
RA-82074 An-124-100 Volga-Dnepr Airlines<br />
EW-78792 IL-76TD Trans Avia Transport<br />
24. 50+76 C-160D LTG63 (EG Termez) +28<br />
17401 Falcon 50 504 Esq<br />
90-1791 C-130H 164th AS OH ANG<br />
27. 69-021 C-160D 221 Filo +29<br />
VT-EYD A320-231 Indian Airlines<br />
EX-029 An-12BP (Expo Airlines), white c/s<br />
UR-CBU An-12BP Shovkoviy Shlyah Ltd Airl.<br />
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UR-CAT IL-76TD Ukrainian Air Alliance<br />
00534 64922<br />
28. 130308 CC-130E 8 Wing<br />
MM62195/46-61C-130J-30 50°Gr<br />
4K-85729 Tu-154M Azerbaidjan Government<br />
EX-084 An-12BP no title (Trans Air)<br />
TC-FBF A320-211 Freebird<br />
UR-82072 An-124-100 Antonov Airlines<br />
UR-UDD An-12B Ukraine Cargo Airways<br />
29. 92-1538 C-130H 187th AS WY ANG<br />
“City of Rock Springs”<br />
UN-75002 IL-18D (Irbis Air Company)<br />
EX-012 B737-219 Kam Air<br />
31. 62-1864 C-130E 189th AS ID ANG<br />
UR-UDS An-26B Ukraine Cargo Airways<br />
The Pakistani Citation brought in the Head of Staff and<br />
remained overnight. The Russian Air Force IL-76s (plus An-<br />
124 flights, which remained unidentified as further IL-76s<br />
flights) brought in spare parts and equipment from overhaul<br />
for the Afghan National Army. Normally the aircraft arrived the<br />
one day and departed the next day.<br />
The AH-64Ds were hard to identify. One normally came<br />
together with UH-60s, but while these taxied and stayed a<br />
short time at the ramp, the Apache stayed either (as they were<br />
armed) at a remote place or even stayed airborne and<br />
observed the area.<br />
The flights of Freebird (and also Viking, Braathens or<br />
Pegasus) were flights to exchange military personel.<br />
January 2006<br />
05. 50+74 C-160D LTG61 (EG Termez)<br />
06,08,10,11,17<br />
97-00105 UC-35A B/1-214th AVN +10<br />
87-00072 CH-47D F/159th AVN<br />
96-26676 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN<br />
XV188/188 Hercules C3A LTW +06,10,17,18,19<br />
RA-76472 IL-76TD Airlines 400 +11,17<br />
06. 250 An-26B Fixed Wing Sq/ANA-AC<br />
del after overhaul, 11702<br />
350 An-32B Fixed Wing Sq/ANA-AC<br />
del after overhaul, 2706<br />
R157/61-ZW C-160R ET01.061,ET02.064mks<br />
+10,11,18<br />
50+40 C-160D LTG61 (EG Termez) +08<br />
50+83 C-160D LTG62 (EG Termez) +07,17<br />
MM62181/46-46C-130J 2°Gr<br />
ZZ174 C-17A 99sq<br />
92-3283 C-130H 328th AS AFRC<br />
The Blackhawks from Bagram, like this UH-60L 96-26675, were almost daily visitors, visiting often in the morning and the<br />
afternoon. Most of them had been given names, 26675 was named ‘Devil’s Arcade’ on its engines. (Kabul, 9 December 2005)
89-00144 CH-47D F/159th AVN<br />
96-26686 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN “Longhorn”<br />
97-26762 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN “Scarface”<br />
4K-AZ40 IL-76MD Silk Way Airlines<br />
10434 10632<br />
4K-85728 Tu-154M Azerbaidjan Airlines<br />
4L-12003 An-12BP no title,white/blue c/s<br />
UN-11376 An-12BK Fab Air<br />
EX-047 B737-277 Kam Air +11<br />
UR-82027 An-124-100M Antonov Airlines<br />
YU-AMI IL-76TD Kosmas Air<br />
07. MM62185/46-50C-130J 2°Gr<br />
93-1563 C-130H 156th AS NC ANG<br />
4K-AZ19 IL-76MD Silk Way Airl. 00534 60820<br />
4K-AZ41 IL-76MD Silk Way Airlines<br />
UN-26087 An-26B GST Aero 12601<br />
UN-75003 IL-18V (Irbis Air Company) +08<br />
EX-031 An-12B Bright Aviation c/s 8346006<br />
08. 130335 CC-130H 8 Wing<br />
90-1791 C-130H 164th AS OH ANG +18<br />
EX-084 An-12BP (Trans Air)<br />
UR-82072 An-124-100 Antonov Airlines<br />
UR-CAT IL-76TD Ukrainian Air Alliance<br />
00534 64922<br />
10. 130324 CC-130E 8 Wing 11<br />
B-537 C-130J-30 Esk 721 arr for TDY<br />
MM62182/46-47C-130J 2°Gr<br />
T-264 KDC-10 334sq<br />
5927 C-130B Grupul 90<br />
ZH870/870 Hercules C4 LTW +17,18<br />
03-3122 C-17A 437th AW<br />
99-00101 UC-35A B/1-214th AVN<br />
97-00105 UC-35A B/1-214th AVN<br />
90-1791 C-130H 164th AS OH ANG<br />
96-26686 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN “Longhorn”<br />
01-05273 AH-64D B/1-214th AVN<br />
4K-AZ31 lL-76MD Silk Way Airl. 10134 05184<br />
VT-EYK A320-231 Indina Airlines<br />
EP-ASB B727-228 Iran Aseman Airlines<br />
UN-75005 IL-18D (Irbis Air Company )<br />
EX-029 An-12BP (Expo Airlines),white c/s<br />
EX-048 B737-2T5 Kam Air<br />
RA-76787 IL-76TD Airl. 400 +17 00934 95854<br />
TC-FBF A320-211 Freebird +17<br />
N168D CN235-300 (Devon Holding &<br />
Leasing Inc) 11<br />
EW-47808 An-24RV (Gomelavia) 6910<br />
11. T-235 KDC-10 334sq<br />
ER-ICB IL-18D Pecotox Air<br />
UR-82007 An-124-100M Antonov Airlines<br />
12. RA-82079 An-124-100 Volga-Dnepr Airlines<br />
17. CH10 C-130H 20sm, emergency landing<br />
present until 26<br />
50+66 C-160D LTG61 (EG Termez)<br />
50+76 C-160D LTG63 (EG Termez)<br />
69-040 C-160D 221 Filo<br />
MM62188/46-54C-130J-30 50°Gr<br />
80-0187/DM A-10A 354th FS<br />
80-0201/DM A-10A 354th FS<br />
95-26654 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN<br />
4K-AZ40 IL-76MD Silk Way Airl. 10434 10632<br />
VT-EYK A320-231 Indian Airlines<br />
EP-ASD B727-228 Iran Aseman Airlines<br />
EX-029 An-12BP (Expo Airlines),white c/s<br />
EX-012 B737-219 Kam Air<br />
UR-76687 IL-76TD Volare Air Company<br />
UR-UCA IL-76TD Ukrainian Cargo Airways<br />
UR-UCU IL-76TD Ukrainian Cargo Airways<br />
N405PC Lj35A UNHAS 651<br />
“CHAA513D” on nosewheel<br />
EW-47808 An-24RV no title (Gomelavia) 6910<br />
18. 99-0168 C-17A 62nd AW<br />
4K-85734 Tu-154M Azerbaidjan Airlines<br />
TC-APJ B737-86N Pegasus Airlines +19<br />
UR-82008 An-124-100 Antonov Airlines<br />
YU-AMI IL-76TD Kosmas Air<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> <strong>332</strong> - Page 132<br />
19. ZH872/872 Hercules C4 LTW<br />
LZ-BRP An-12B Bright Aviation<br />
LZ-VEC An-12BP Vega Airlines<br />
VT-EVS A320-231 Indian Airlines<br />
ER-AFZ An-72-100 Aeroportul Intern. Marculesti<br />
N961BW C212-100CC (Aviat. Worldwide Serv. LLC)<br />
N87 CL-600-2B16 FAA<br />
21. 130308 CC-130E 8 Wing<br />
92-1538 C-130H 187th AS WY ANG<br />
“City of Rock Springs”<br />
OD-MIR L-1011-500 (Globe Jet Aviation)<br />
AP-BCD B737-340 Pakistan Int.Airlines<br />
RA-82079 An-124-100 Volga-Dnepr Airlines<br />
RA-82080 An-124-100 Polet Flight<br />
UR-82027 An-124-100M Antonov Airlines<br />
25. CH01 C-130H 20sm<br />
96-26691 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN “Old Crow”<br />
00-05216 AH-64D B/1-214th AVN<br />
4K-85729 Tu-154M Azerbaidjan Gvmt<br />
9A-CBC MD-82 (Air Adriatic)<br />
EC-032 IL-76T no title<br />
RA-82014 An-124-100 Polet Flight<br />
ZS-RSF L100-30 SafAir<br />
30. OD-ZEE L-1011-500 (Globe Jet Aviation)<br />
February 2006<br />
04. CH10 C-130H 20sm +08<br />
130308 CC-130E 8 Wing +22,28<br />
50+66 C-160D LTG61 (EG Termez) +18,28<br />
50+74 C-160D LTG61 (EG Termez)<br />
50+83 C-160D LTG62 (EG Termez) +22,28<br />
MM62188/46-54C-130J-30 50°Gr<br />
XV188/188 Hercules C3A LTW +08,12,18,28<br />
98-1358 C-130J 135th AS MD ANG<br />
95-26650 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN “Shoebox”<br />
YA-GAB B737-277 Kam Air, ex A6-AVA<br />
4K-AZ19 IL-76MD Silk Way Airlines +11,24,27<br />
VT-EVQ A320-231 Indian Airlines<br />
PH-LMT Fokker 50 (Fokker Airservice)<br />
OD-ZEE L-1011-500 (Globe Jet Aviation)<br />
ST-EWC IL-76TD Air West Cargo<br />
08. G-275 C-130H-30 334sq<br />
ZD704 BAe125 CC3 32(TR)sq<br />
277 F-16AM FLO, <strong>332</strong> skv mks arrTDY<br />
667 F-16AM FLO arrTDY<br />
677 F-16AM FLO, 331 skv mks arrTDY<br />
680 F-16AM FLO, 338 skv mks arrTDY<br />
RA-82077 An-124-100 Polet Flight +12<br />
11. 165094/094 C-20G no mks, VR-51 +12<br />
UK-76375 IL-76TD Tashkent Airc. Prod. Corp.<br />
+18,28 10334 14496<br />
12. 50+40 C-160D LTG61(EG Termez)<br />
ZH876/876 Hercules C4 LTW +20,22,24,26,28<br />
92-1538 C-130H 187th AS WY ANG<br />
“City of Rock Springs”<br />
89-00143 CH-47D F/159th AVN<br />
00-05204 AH-64D B/1-214th AVN<br />
4K-AZ26 IL-76TD Silk Way Airlines<br />
(basic TAPO Avia c/s)<br />
UN-76499 IL-76TD (Euro Asia Air ?)<br />
5Y-PTA DHC8-315 UNHAS - UNAMA<br />
EX-022 An-12BP (Sun Light Airl.) 7344705<br />
EX-064 IL-76TD (Reem Air)<br />
ER-IBK IL-76TD (Jet Stream) 00534 60790<br />
UR-82027 An-124-100M Antonov Airlines +18,22<br />
N368CE B737-33A (Wells Fargo Bank<br />
Northwest NA Trustee)<br />
18. CH08 C-130H 20sm<br />
94-00324 C-12R+ OSACom Det.31 AZ NG +27<br />
95-26641 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN +22<br />
YA-GAB B737-277 Kam Air<br />
VT-EVR A320-231 Indian Airlines<br />
AP-BCD B737-340 Pakistan Internat. Airlines<br />
CS-TEB L-1011-385-3 Euro Atlantic Airways<br />
ZS-OMC Beech 1900D Red Cross UE-18<br />
20. 50+55 C-160D LTG62(EG Termez) +26
ZH877/877 Hercules C4 LTW +25,26,28<br />
ZZ174 C-17A 99sq +27<br />
94-00322 C-12R+ OSACom Det.16 MS NG+28<br />
97-00101 UC-35A B/1-214th AVN<br />
EX-048 B737-2T5 Kam Air<br />
RDPL-34146 IL-76TD Imtrec Aviation +22,28<br />
AP-BCC B737-340 Pakistan Int.Airlines<br />
RA-82074 An-124-100 Volga-Dnepr Airlines<br />
22. J-020 F-16AM 313sq arrTDY<br />
J-636 F-16AM 312sq arrTDY<br />
XV209/209 Hercules C3A LTW +28<br />
96-26686 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN “Longhorn”<br />
UN-11376 An-12BK Fab Air<br />
24. MM62183/46-48C-130J 2°Gr +25,26<br />
87-0034 C-5B 60th AMW<br />
RA-76787 IL-76TD Airlines 400 +26,28<br />
25. 86-01649 CH-47D B/3-10th AVN<br />
96-26686 UH-60L A/3-158th AVN “Longhorn”<br />
TC-FLK A300B4-2C no title<br />
26. R94/61-ZL C160R ET02.061<br />
ZE704 Tristar C2 216sq<br />
73-1218 C-12C 1st AS loan to USEmbassy?<br />
01-0191 C-17A 437th AW +28<br />
82-0059 C-130H 144th AS AK ANG<br />
N612SA Beech 200 (Dynamic AvLease) +28<br />
BC-29<br />
27. CH03, CH04 C-130H 20sm +28<br />
86-1394 C-130H 180th AS MO ANG<br />
EK-46741 An-12BP Phoenix Avia<br />
UR-82073 An-124-100 Antonov Airlines<br />
N157A Beech 200C (Aviation Specialities Inc.)<br />
28. MM62187/46-53C-130J-30 2°Gr<br />
XH131 Canb. PR9 39(1PRU)sq<br />
ZE395 BAe125 CC3 32(TR)sq<br />
97-00105 UC-35A B/1-214th AVN<br />
98-1358 C-130J 135th AS MD ANG<br />
85-24182 CH-47D B/3-10th AVN<br />
86-1642 CH-47D B/3-10.AvN<br />
93-26458 UH-60L A/B /2-10th AVN<br />
93-26476 UH-60L A/B /2-10th AVN<br />
93-26482 +1 UH-60L A/B /2-10th AVN<br />
00-05207 AH-64D B/1-214th AVN<br />
4K-AZ15 IL-76TD Azerbaijan Airlines Cargo<br />
VT-EYD A320-231 Indian Airlines<br />
EP-ASA B727-228 Iran Aseman Airlines<br />
UN-76499 IL-76TD Euro Asia Air<br />
EX-022 An-12BP (Sun Light Airl.) 7344705<br />
EX-047 B737-242 Kam Air<br />
ZS-RSF L100-30 SafAir<br />
N4456A Beech 200C (Aviation Specialities Inc.)<br />
N961BW C212-100CC (Aviation Worldwide<br />
<strong>Scramble</strong> <strong>332</strong> - Page 133<br />
Services LLC)<br />
N168D CN235-300 (Devon Holding &<br />
Leasing Inc.)<br />
EW-47808 An-24RV (Gomelavia) 6910<br />
EW-76734 IL-76TD Trans Avia Export<br />
YU-AMI IL-76TD Kosmas Air<br />
March 2006<br />
02. CH03, CH04 C-130H 20sm +03<br />
ZH876/876 Hercules C4 LTW +03<br />
RA-29112 Mi-26TC AUCFC<br />
UR-82027 An-124-100M Antonov Airlines<br />
03. 50+40 C-160D LTG61 (EG Termez)<br />
50+55 C-160D LTG62 (EG Termez)<br />
50+83 C-160D LTG62 (EG Termez)<br />
T.10-03/31-03 C-130H Ala 31<br />
XV188/188 Hercules C3A LTW<br />
ZE705 Tristar C2 216sq<br />
HA-TCG IL-76TD Atlant Airlines Hungary<br />
00234 36048<br />
N168D CN235-300 (Devon Holding &<br />
Leasing Inc.)<br />
N963BW C212-100CC (Aviation Worldwide<br />
Services LLC)<br />
On the journey back home, on 3 March 2006, Termez was<br />
visited with the following result.<br />
Termez, USB<br />
10+24 A310-MRT FBS BMVg<br />
50+40, 50+66 C-160D LTG61 (EG Termez)<br />
50+55, 50+83 C-160D LTG62 (EG Termez)<br />
50+76, 50+77 C-160D LTG63 (EG Termez)<br />
84+45, 84+64 CH-53GS MTHR25 (EG Termez)<br />
84+66, 84+79 CH-53GS MTHR15 (EG Termez)<br />
85+12 CH-53GS MTHR15 (EG Termez)<br />
stored<br />
YA-GAB BAe125 no title<br />
UK-17990 An-2R + UK-40306<br />
UK-40334 An-2R + UK-81624<br />
overig<br />
UK-76353 IL-76TD Uzbekistan Airlines<br />
UK-87396 Yak-40 Uzbekistan Airlines<br />
UK-88194 Yak-40 Uzbekistan Airlines<br />
UK-91102 IL-114-100 Uzbekistan Airlines<br />
The BAe125 was carrying the same registration as the<br />
B737-277 22650/806 that is used by Kam Air. The 737 was<br />
first noted at Kabul on 4 February. Prior to that is was A6-AVA.<br />
This YA-GAB remains unidentified until today. Any<br />
suggestions?<br />
PACTEC (Partners in Technology International) flies supplies and people on behalf of various organisations within Afghanistan.<br />
For that it uses a few American registered Beech 200s and this Cessna 210 YA-PTI (in the Afghani register). Probably this is the<br />
only small aircraft in the Afghani register. (Kabul, 13 December 2005)
Air Force overview - USAFE<br />
There have not been a lot of changes in the United States Air Force Europe recently. Everything<br />
stayed about the same with lots of aircraft being deployed outside Europe regularly. According<br />
to the latest reports this situation will remain for some time to come. The Special Ops guys at<br />
Mildenhall are not part of USAFE and are likely to be withdrawn to Cannon AFB (NM) in the near<br />
future. Instead there will be SOCOM aircraft in Europe on a rotational basis.<br />
31st FW Aviano AB (Italy)<br />
510th FS F-16CG 555th FS F-16CG<br />
87-0355/AV 1C-6 feb06 87-0350/AV 1C-1 oct06<br />
88-0413/AV 1C-15 sep06 87-0351/AV 1C-2 feb06<br />
88-0443/AV 1C-45 feb06 87-0359/AV 1C-10 aug06<br />
88-0444/AV 1C-46 nov06 88-0425/AV 1C-27 oct06<br />
88-0491/AV 1C-93 nov05 88-0435/AV 1C-37 aug06<br />
88-0525/AV 1C-127 aug06 88-0446/AV 1C-48 feb06<br />
88-0529/AV 1C-131 nov06 88-0526/AV 1C-128 nov06<br />
88-0541/AV 1C-143 feb06 88-0532/AV 1C-134 nov06<br />
89-2001/AV 1C-154 oct06 88-0535/AV 1C-137 aug06<br />
89-2009/AV 1C-162 feb06 89-2016/- 1C-169 oct06<br />
89-2011/AV 1C-164 nov06 89-2023/AV 1C-176 oct06<br />
89-2018/AV 1C-171 nov06 89-2024/AV 1C-177 nov06<br />
89-2026/AV 1C-179 nov06 89-2035/AV 1C-188 oct06<br />
89-2029/AV 1C-182 aug04 89-2038/AV 1C-191 nov06<br />
89-2030/AV 1C-183 aug06 89-2039/AV 1C-192 oct06<br />
89-2046/AV 1C-199 nov06 89-2041/AV 1C-194 nov06<br />
89-2047/AV 1C-200 feb05 89-2044/AV 1C-197 aug06<br />
89-2049/AV 1C-202 aug05 89-2068/AV 1C-221 oct06<br />
89-2057/AV 1C-210 aug06 90-0772/AV 1C-380 oct06<br />
89-2102/AV 1C-255 nov06 90-0773/AV 1C-381 nov06<br />
89-2118/AV 1C-271 oct06 F-16DG<br />
89-2137/AV 1C-290 feb06 90-0795/AV 1D-73 oct06<br />
90-0709/AV 1C-317 sep06 90-0800/AV 1D-78 nov06<br />
F-16DG<br />
89-2178/AV 1D-53 oct04<br />
90-0777/AV 1D-55 nov06<br />
90-0796/AV 1D-74 feb06<br />
88-0413 wears ‘510 FS’-markings 89-2035 wears ‘555 FS’-markings<br />
89-2001 wears ‘31 FW’-markings<br />
89-2049 wears ‘USAFE’-markings<br />
89-2137 wears ’31 OG’-markings<br />
48th FW RAF Lakenheath (UK)<br />
492nd FS F-15E 493rd FS F-15C 494th FS F-15E<br />
91-0301/LN 1208/E166 sep06 83-0018/LN 865/C278 jul06 91-0306/LN 1213/E171 oct06<br />
91-0302/LN 1209/E167 apr06 84-0001/LN 908/C304 jun06 91-0310/LN 1217/E175 jul06<br />
91-0303/LN 1210/E168 oct06 84-0004/LN 912/C307 oct06 91-0313/LN 1220/E178 apr06<br />
91-0304/LN 1211/E169 oct06 84-0009/LN 918/C312 sep06 91-0314/LN 1221/E179 jul06<br />
91-0307/LN 1214/E172 oct06 84-0010/LN 919/C313 oct06 91-0315/LN 1222/E180 sep06<br />
91-0308/LN 1215/E173 oct06 84-0014/LN 923/C317 oct06 91-0316/LN 1223/E181 jul06<br />
91-0309/LN 1216/E174 apr06 84-0015/LN 925/C318 oct06 91-0317/LN 1224/E182 apr06<br />
91-0311/LN 1218/E176 sep06 84-0019/LN 929/C322 sep06 91-0318/LN 1225/E183 jul06<br />
91-0312/LN 1219/E177 sep06 84-0027/LN 938/C330 may06 91-0320/LN 1227/E185 feb06<br />
91-0321/LN 1228/E186 apr06 86-0147/LN 993/C375 jul06 91-0324/LN 1231/E189 jul06<br />
91-0329/LN 1236/E194 oct06 86-0154/LN 1001/C382 oct06 91-0326/LN 1233/E191 oct06<br />
91-0<strong>332</strong>/LN 1239/E197 oct06 86-0156/LN 1003/C384 sep06 91-0331/LN 1238/E196 jun06<br />
91-0605/LN 1248/E206 oct06 86-0159/LN 1006/C387 oct06 91-0334/LN 1241/E199 jun06<br />
96-0201/LN 1331/E211 oct06 86-0160/LN 1007/C388 mar06 91-0335/LN 1242/E200 jun06<br />
96-0202/LN 1335/E212 jun06 86-0163/LN 1010/C391 oct06 91-0602/LN 1245/E203 oct06<br />
96-0204/LN 1341/E214 jun06 86-0164/LN 1011/C392 oct06 91-0603/LN 1246/E204 apr06<br />
96-0205/LN 1343/E215 mar06 86-0165/LN 1013/C393 oct06 91-0604/LN 1247/E205 oct06<br />
97-0217/LN 1355/E216 apr06 86-0166/LN 1014/C394 oct06 92-0364/LN 1249/E207 jun06<br />
97-0218/LN 1356/E217 apr06 86-0167/LN 1016/C395 sep06 97-0222/LN 1360/E221 jul06<br />
97-0219/LN 1357/E218 jul06 86-0171/LN 1020/C399 oct06 00-3000/LN 1366/E227 jul06<br />
97-0220/LN 1358/E219 oct06 86-0172/LN 1021/C400 oct06 00-3001/LN 1367/E228 nov05<br />
97-0221/LN 1359/E220 oct06 86-0174/LN 1024/C402 jul06 00-3002/LN 1368/E229 mar06<br />
98-0131/LN 1361/E222 apr06 86-0175/LN 1025/C403 oct06 00-3003/LN 1369/E230 feb06<br />
98-0132/LN 1362/E223 jun06 86-0176/LN 1027/C404 sep06 00-3004/LN 1370/E231 jul06<br />
98-0133/LN 1363/E224 apr06 86-0178/LN 1029/C406 oct06 01-2000/LN 1371/E232 jul06<br />
98-0134/LN 1364/E225 oct06 01-2001/LN 1372/E233 jun06<br />
98-0135/LN 1365/E226 jun06 F-15D 01-2002/LN 1373/E234 jun06<br />
84-0044/LN 924/D052 apr06 01-2003/LN 1374/E235 apr06<br />
86-0182/LN 994/D062 jul06 01-2004/LN 1375/E236 jun06<br />
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97-0218 wears ’48 FW’-markings 84-0027 wears ‘493 FS’-markings 01-2001 wears ’48 OG’-markings<br />
97-0221 wears ‘492 FS’-markings 01-2002 wears ‘494 FS’-markings<br />
01-2004 wears ’48 FW’-markings<br />
56th RQS HH-60G<br />
88-26109 70-1306 nov06 89-26206/- 70-1435 nov06 89-26212 70-1452 nov06<br />
89-26205/IS 70-1434 89-26208/LN 70-1439 sep06<br />
52nd FW Spangdahlem AB (Germany)<br />
22nd FS F-16CJ 23rd FS F-16CJ 81st FS O/A-10A<br />
90-0813/SP CC-13 jun06 91-0402/SP CC-100 aug06 80-0281/SP A10-0631 oct06<br />
90-0818/SP CC-18 may06 91-0403/SP CC-101 oct06 81-0945/SP A10-0640 aug06<br />
90-0827/SP CC-27 oct06 91-0405/SP CC-103 nov06 81-0951/SP A10-0646 aug05<br />
90-0828/SP CC-28 nov06 91-0407/SP CC-105 nov06 81-0952/SP A10-0647 oct06<br />
90-0829/SP CC-29 oct06 91-0409/SP CC-107 oct06 81-0954/SP A10-0649 oct06<br />
90-0831/SP CC-31 jun06 91-0410/SP CC-108 oct06 81-0956/SP A10-0651 oct06<br />
90-0833/SP CC-33 jun06 91-0412/SP CC-110 oct06 81-0962/SP A10-0657 oct06<br />
91-0336/SP CC-34 oct06 91-0414/SP CC-112 nov06 81-0963/SP A10-0658 sep06<br />
91-0337/SP CC-35 jun06 91-0416/SP CC-114 oct06 81-0966/SP A10-0661 nov06<br />
91-0338/SP CC-36 sep06 91-0417/SP CC-115 nov06 81-0976/SP A10-0671 oct06<br />
91-0339/SP CC-37 sep06 91-0418/SP CC-116 nov06 81-0978/SP A10-0673 jan06<br />
91-0340/SP CC-38 oct06 91-0419/SP CC-117 apr06 81-0980/SP A10-0675 may06<br />
91-0341/SP CC-39 oct06 91-0420/SP CC-118 nov06 81-0983/SP A10-0678 oct06<br />
91-0342/SP CC-40 mar06 91-0421/SP CC-119 sep06 81-0984/SP A10-0679 mar06<br />
91-0343/SP CC-41 oct06 92-3915/SP CC-157 nov06 81-0985/SP A10-0680 sep06<br />
91-0344/SP CC-42 sep06 92-3918/SP CC-160 nov06 81-0988/SP A10-0683 oct06<br />
91-0351/SP CC-49 jun06 96-0080/SP CC-202 aug05 81-0991/SP A10-0686 may06<br />
91-0352/SP CC-50 sep06 96-0081/SP CC-203 nov06 81-0992/SP A10-0687 sep06<br />
91-0391/SP CC-89 jun06 96-0082/SP CC-204 oct06 82-0649/SP A10-0697 aug06<br />
91-0406/SP CC-104 oct06 96-0083/SP CC-205 apr06 82-0650/SP A10-0698 feb06<br />
91-0408/SP CC-106 oct06 F-16DJ 82-0654/SP A10-0702 oct06<br />
F-16DJ 91-0472/SP CD-27 oct06 82-0656/SP A10-0704 oct06<br />
90-0843/SP CD-10 oct06 91-0474/SP CD-29 oct06<br />
91-0464/SP CD-19 apr06 91-0481/SP CD-36 sep06<br />
90-0829 wears ’22 FS’-markings 91-0416 wears ’51 OG’-markings<br />
91-0352 wears ’52 FW’-markings 96-0080 wears ’23 FS’-markings<br />
86th AW Ramstein AB (Germany) 100th ARW RAF Mildenhall<br />
37th AS C-130E 76th AS C-20H 351st ARS KC-135R<br />
62-1835/RS 3798 feb06 90-0300 1181 oct06 58-0001/D 17746 oct06<br />
63-7825/RS 3893 feb06 92-0375 1256 sep06 58-0036/D 17781 nov06<br />
63-7840/RS 3910 nov06 C-21A 58-0100/D 17845 oct06<br />
63-7865/RS 3935 aug06 84-0068 35A-514 mar06 60-0350/- 18125 nov06<br />
63-7879/RS 3950 feb06 84-0081 35A-527 nov06 60-0351/D 18126 oct06<br />
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F-35A Lightning II first flight<br />
We had to wait a couple of years, but the first flight was a success. (Johannes Berger)<br />
The largest military aircraft procurement programm in the history of the United States got a big boost when the first prototype<br />
took off from Fort Worth (TX) on Friday 15 December 2006.<br />
Development of the Joint Strike Fighter started in the late<br />
eighties when the United States Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps<br />
and the Royal Air Force were looking for successors to their<br />
current equipment. Several programmes finally culminated in<br />
a single one, Joint Strike Fighter. It started however in 1983<br />
with the Advanced Short take-off/Vertical Landing (ASTOVL)<br />
programme. In 1987 it became apparent that the technology of<br />
that time had not evolved enough to manufacture an aircraft<br />
which could fulfil all the wishes. The Defense Advanced Research<br />
Project Agency (DARPA) approached Lockheed to continue<br />
working on the project and with the help of NASA they had<br />
tested the highly classified STOVL Strike Fighter (SSF) by<br />
1993. They convinced the USAF and Navy of their results and a<br />
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed. This, now<br />
public programme became known as Common Affordable<br />
Lightweight Fighter (CALF). This was also the time it became<br />
obvious that all three services, and the RAF, were interested in<br />
a single airframe, however in different configurations. This<br />
programme was also known as Joint Attack Fighter (JAF). At<br />
that time only Lockheed was working on the programme but<br />
the Government wanted more contractors to participate.<br />
McDonnell Douglas and Boeing paid DARPA a financial<br />
contribution and were in.<br />
As early as 1990, the Air Force had started the Multi-Role<br />
Fighter (MRF) programme to find a successor to the F-16.<br />
Requests for Information (RFI) were issued in late 1991 and<br />
the programme was to begin in 1994. Due to the end of the<br />
Cold war there was no hurry in replacing the F-16s and it was<br />
put on hold in August 1992.<br />
The Navy had been working on a couple of programmes<br />
which all of did not work out. In 1983, it started with the<br />
Advanced Tactical Aircraft (ATA) to replace the A-6E. This long<br />
range, low observable medium attack aircraft was selected on<br />
13 January 1988. McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics<br />
had teamed up to offer the A-12 Avenger II. Due to time and<br />
cost overruns the programme was cancelled on 7 January<br />
1991. Another programme doomed to fail was the Naval<br />
Advanced tactical Fighter (NATF). In 1990, the Congress<br />
forced the Navy to look at a navalised version of the F-22A to<br />
replace the F-14. Early 1991 it was announced that the Navy<br />
had no money for this.<br />
In January 1991, the Secretary of the Navy directed a new programme<br />
for the replacement of the A-6. The Air Force<br />
participated also, because they were also seeking a<br />
replacement for the F-111, and later F-15E and F-117A. The<br />
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programme became known as Advanced attack (A-X). All major<br />
manufacturers became involved and received several<br />
millions of Dollars to design an aircraft and hand in their<br />
proposals. Due to the cancellation of the above NATF, an<br />
increasing Air-to-Air element was required and the programme<br />
name changed to Advanced/Attack-Fighter (A/F-X).<br />
Again cost increases, time overruns and changes in<br />
requirements halted the project on 31 December 1993.<br />
Most of the A/F-X knowledge went to a new programme called<br />
Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST). It was concentrated<br />
on several issues similar to the ASTOVL program and both<br />
were merged in October 1994. Three manufacturers<br />
contested for the contract. McDonnell Douglas was kicked out<br />
early and Boeing and Lockheed Martin were asked to build<br />
prototypes. In the Concept Definition Phase the program<br />
name changed to Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).<br />
Boeing beat the Lockheed Team by getting their X-32A in the<br />
air first, on 18 September 2000. This aircraft was used for the<br />
test of conventional and aircraft carrier operations. The aircraft<br />
made about 50 flights and spent about 100 hours in the air in<br />
the vicinity of Edwards AFB (CA). Their second prototype, the<br />
X-32B, was the Short Take-Off Vertical Landing (STOVL)<br />
aircraft and flew for the first time on 29 March 2001. After a<br />
short stay at Edwards AFB (CA), it flew to Patuxent River (MD)<br />
on 4 May 2001 for further testing. On 24 June 2001 during the<br />
44th flight, it first transitioned from horizontal to vertical flight.<br />
The final flight took place on 28 July 2001.<br />
X-32B hovering over Pax River (Boeing)
Lockheed Martin had teamed up with Northrop Grumman and<br />
British Aerospace and their X-35A went up for the first time on<br />
24 October 2000. The last flight was on 22 November 2000.<br />
Other than Boeing the Lockheed team decided to rebuild the<br />
conventional X-35A to the STOVL X-35B and build a separate<br />
prototype for the carrier capable X-35C. On 16 December<br />
2000 the X-35C took off from Palmdale (CA) and flew to<br />
Edwards AFB (CA). The rebuilt of the X-35A to X-35B was ready<br />
on 12 May 2000 and a BAE test-pilot went up for the first time<br />
on 23 June 2001. Last flight of the X-35B took place on 6<br />
August 2001 at Edwards.<br />
All prototypes are now on display at X-35B several locations<br />
throughout the United States (serials are not known):<br />
X-32A Wright Patterson AFB (OH)<br />
X-32B Patuxent River (MD)<br />
X-35A/B Smithsonian (MD)<br />
X-35C Patuxent River (MD)<br />
On 26 October 2001, the winner was announced and<br />
Lockheed was selected. This was the start of the ten year<br />
System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase. In<br />
this phase 22 airframes will be build, fourteen for flight testing,<br />
seven for ground testing and one for radar work.<br />
At this moment there are several countries seriously<br />
interested in purchasing this aircraft. They have already put<br />
several millions of dollars in the project in the hope their local<br />
industries will get some orders as well.<br />
USAF 1763 Italy 131<br />
USN/USMC 680 Netherlands 85<br />
Australia 100 Norway 48<br />
Canada 88 Turkey 100<br />
Denmark 48 UK 150<br />
Other countries on the prospect list are Israel and Singapore.<br />
On 7 December 2006, the prototype moved under its own<br />
power for the first time during low speed taxi tests. In the<br />
following week these were followed by medium and high<br />
speed tests. The taxi tests were concluded on 12 December<br />
2006. The planned first flight on 14 December 2006 by F-35<br />
Chief Test Pilot Jon Beesley (a grandpa with ten grand<br />
children!) was postponed due to a failure in the air data probe<br />
which had to be replaced. Because of that, some extra taxi<br />
tests were scheduled. On 15 December 2006 it still did not<br />
look good in the morning as it was very foggy. But just after<br />
midday aircraft AA-1 took off and landed again after a<br />
succesfull 35 minute flight. It will make another eight flights<br />
from the Lockheed Martin facility at NAS Fort Worth (TX) before<br />
moving to Edwards AFB. There the 461st Flight Test Squadron<br />
was activated on 27 October 2006 to support the F-35 test<br />
program.<br />
Next up is the STOVL variant (construction number BF-1) of<br />
which four are currently under construction with Lockheed<br />
Martin. First flight is planned for February 2008. After that the<br />
Conventional Take-off and Landing aircraft (AF-1) in the third<br />
quarter of 2008 and finally the Carrier Variant (CF-1) in the first<br />
quarter of 2009. BF-1 to BF-5 will go to Patuxent River in 2008/<br />
2009, followed by CF-1 to CF-4 and finally AF-1 to AF-5 will go<br />
to Edwards.<br />
The first time under own power on 7 December 2006.<br />
(Keith Robinson)<br />
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X-35A<br />
X-35C<br />
All three Lockheed prototypes with the clearly visible<br />
differences from the X-35B (lift engine) and X-35C (larger<br />
wing) (All pictures Lockheed Martin)<br />
In support of the testprogram a Boeing 737 will arrive at Fort<br />
Worth soon. This airframe is known as Cooperative Avionics<br />
Test Bed (CATB) and was modified by BAe Systems at Mojave<br />
(CA). A cockpit and complete electrical system have been built<br />
in the fuselage. Amongst other things all software upgrades<br />
will be tested in here first.<br />
In anticipation of the first flight two 416th FLTS F-16Bs<br />
(92-0455 and 92-0456) arrived on 12 December and one of<br />
them acted as chaseplane. Lockheed’s own F-16D 90-0848<br />
was filming the flight and the third aircraft flying chase was<br />
F/A-18B 161723/SD-324 of VX-23. (Johannes Berger)
438 Squadron: Total force!<br />
The Canadian Armed Forces have operated the CH-146<br />
Griffon for ten years now. Time to have a look at one of the<br />
units equipped with this versatile helicopter, 438 Escadron<br />
tactique d’hélicoptères (ETAH). This squadron is not just<br />
another Tactical Helicopter Squadron, it is a combined unit<br />
consisting of both reservists and regular personnel. Before<br />
we elaborate on this, we will first take you back into the<br />
history of the squadron.<br />
History<br />
The squadron was founded on 1 September 1934 as<br />
18(Bomber) squadron (Auxiliary) at Montréal, named ‘City of<br />
Montréal’. The unit did not start operations immediately since<br />
its cadre had yet to be trained. By 1936, the unit gained<br />
operational status with four DH60 Moths and it was renamed<br />
118 squadron on 15 November 1937. During these early<br />
years it flew the Armstrong-Withworth Atlas Mk.I and the Westland<br />
Lysander Mk.II. Of the Atlas, only sixteen were<br />
incorporated by four units and they were mainly used to support<br />
army operations. RCAF aircraft came from various<br />
sources. Initially, they received five Mk.I and a single dual<br />
control aircraft equipped with a 400hp Jaguar IVB engine. The<br />
RCAF took delivery of ten more Mk.IACs that were previously<br />
used by the RAF. These aircraft were used in Canadian service<br />
by 2(AC)sq and 118sq and were based at Borden,<br />
Petawawa, Trenton, and Rockcliffe were 118sq was relocated<br />
in the late nineteen thirties. The Lysander was much more<br />
successful and was widely used by both the<br />
Canadian armed forces and many other air<br />
arms around the world. The Lysander was<br />
manufactured in Canada at Malton (Toronto)<br />
from March 1938 under auspices of the<br />
National Steel Car Corp. Of the Mk.II model, 75<br />
were made and the first entered service in<br />
September 1939. 118sq was one of three<br />
squadrons receiving this model. Later, 150<br />
Mk.IIIAs were built and a further 103 Mk.IIIAs<br />
were obtained from the RAF.<br />
Not long after arriving at Rockcliffe the unit was<br />
re-tasked as a fighter squadron in August<br />
1940 receiving its first aircraft, the Grumman<br />
G.23 Goblin, from December 1940. These<br />
were license-built by Canadian Car and<br />
Foundry, 57 in total. They were intended for export<br />
with no entry into RCAF service originally<br />
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Fred Hovestad,<br />
Wim Sonneveld,<br />
Erwin van Dijkman<br />
The cloudy and rainy overcast does not hamper flight operations much as one of the scheduled flights takes off.<br />
(Montreal-St.Hubert, July 2006, Erwin van Dijkman)<br />
The 438 squadron crest is of<br />
Walt Disney lineage and is<br />
carried by the unit’s helicopters<br />
as well.<br />
planned. However, by late 1940 the last batch of fifteen aircraft<br />
was delivered to RCAF’s 118sq – A Flight. By May 1942 they<br />
were withdrawn from use because 118(F)sqn had received<br />
the much more capable Kittyhawk the previous year. In July<br />
1941, 118sq was relocated again, this time to Dartmouth,<br />
Nova Scotia to defend the east coast of Canada. The Goblins<br />
were augmented by Kittyhawk 87As, the first of which had<br />
arrived on 9 October 1941. This was a rather successful<br />
aircraft, 134 of various marks were used by the RCAF. A<br />
milestone was reached by 118sq when they deployed to<br />
Annette Island, Alaska. It became the first fighter unit to fly<br />
coast-to-coast.<br />
By August 1943 the whole squadron was transported by sea to<br />
Britain. It was re-designated 438(Fighter-Bomber) squadron<br />
at Digby, Lincolnshire, on 18 November 1943. Equipped with<br />
the Hurricane Mk.IV, later augmented by the Typhoon Mk.IB,<br />
they flew in the fighter-bomber role. They even scored an airto-air<br />
victory although their main task was strafing ground<br />
targets. From that task, the squadron’s nickname ‘Going<br />
Down’ is derived. This term was used in radio traffic when a<br />
flight commenced its dive to a target. The squadron was<br />
relocated several times during the war and it has been based<br />
at Hurn, Hampshire, from March 1944, Lantheuil, France from<br />
27 June 1944, and Eindhoven, Holland where it was stationed<br />
from August 1944 until March 1945. After a couple of weeks in<br />
Britain again, the Typhoon-equipped unit went to Germany, to<br />
Celle at first and later on to Flensburg were it<br />
stood down on 26 August 1945.<br />
After the Second World War, 438 ETAH<br />
reactivated on 15 April 1946 as an auxiliary<br />
fighter squadron receiving Vampire jets in<br />
1947 at Montréal-St.Hubert just like in its<br />
founding years. It was a reserve squadron<br />
tasked with augmenting the frontline<br />
squadrons in the air defence role. The unit’s<br />
title, ‘City of Montréal’, became official on 1<br />
May 1950. After that the unit took Sabres on<br />
strength. This was without a doubt the most<br />
successful jet aircraft ever in the Canadian<br />
forces, 1,184 were used in total. They were<br />
licence-built at first by Canadair Ltd in<br />
Montréal, and the Marks IV, V and VI were<br />
equipped with Canadian Orenda engines and<br />
various other performance-enhancing
modifications.<br />
The transition from fighter squadron to tactical helicopter<br />
squadron was made after the unification of the Canadian<br />
forces in 1968 but before that 438 ETAH was re-equipped with<br />
CC-123 Otter aircraft. Late 1981, the unit received CH-136<br />
Kiowa helicopters. These were replaced in April 1996 with the<br />
first of the CH-146 Griffons, a type that is still current with the<br />
squadron more than ten years later.<br />
1 Wing<br />
Most Canadian CH-146 Griffon squadrons are consolidated<br />
under 1 Wing. Their primary role is supporting land forces by<br />
airlifting troops and equipment anywhere in the world. There<br />
are three front line squadrons. Firstly, 408 THS based at CFB<br />
Edmonton, Alberta. Secondly, 427 SOAS at CFB Petawawa,<br />
Ontario, and thirdly, 430 Escadron tactique d’hélicoptères<br />
(ETAH) at CFB Valcartier, Quebec. Of these, 408 and 430<br />
squadrons are Tactical Helicopter Squadrons (THS) and CFB<br />
Petawawa based 427 squadron has been redesignated Special<br />
Operations Aviation Squadron recently. It supports the<br />
special operations forces. These squadrons deploy on a<br />
regular basis in support of either disaster relief or<br />
peacekeeping operations. Each squadron supports an army<br />
unit. Edmonton’s 408 THS supports the 1st Mechanised Brigade<br />
Group that is also based there. At CFB Petawawa the<br />
2nd Machanised Brigade Group can be found as well as the<br />
special operations units mentioned before and 427 SOA sq<br />
shares their complex. CFB Valcartier is home to the 5th<br />
Mechanized Brigade Group supported by 430 ETAH. The<br />
Griffons of 1 Wing have already been deployed to Honduras<br />
(hurricane Mitch, 1998), Afghanistan (operation Athena 2003-<br />
2004), Haiti (operation Halo, UNMIH 2004), and Bosnia<br />
(SFOR, until 2006) for example. Each of these front line<br />
squadrons has fourteen to eighteen aircraft. The<br />
headquarters of 1 Wing is at CFB Kingston, Ontario, but its<br />
squadrons are spread all over Canada as listed above.<br />
Another unique feature of 1 Wing is its efforts in amalgamating<br />
the reservist and regular personnel into one coherent force<br />
with the same tasks and performance.<br />
The other squadrons that make up 1 Wing are 400 THS at CFB<br />
The unit is heavily involved in disaster relief operations. One<br />
of the unit’s aircraft is seen here visiting a small air show to<br />
underline its ties to local communities.<br />
(Carp, May 2006, Wim Sonneveld)<br />
Borden, Ontario, tasked with augmenting 427 SOA sq upon<br />
mobilization, 403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron<br />
((Hel) OTS) at CFB Gagetown, NB, which is the operational<br />
training unit, and lastly, 438 ETAH, a Total Force Air Reserve<br />
squadron.<br />
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Other units that use the CH-146 do so in the support and<br />
Search and Rescue role. At CFB Bagotville, Quebec, this is<br />
439 Combat Support Squadron of 3 Wing, 417 CSS is based<br />
at CFB Cold Lake with 4 Wing, while CFB Goose Bay houses<br />
5 Wing’s 444 CSS. These units use some distinctive yellow<br />
and red coloured Griffons to enhance visibility. Typically, each<br />
of them operates three CH-146s. Lastly, 424sq at CFB<br />
Trenton still uses three aircraft temporarily as the CH-149<br />
Cormorant faces some serviceability problems in its early<br />
operational years.<br />
438 Escadron tactique d’hélicoptères and the<br />
Total Force concept<br />
As said, 1 Wing has pioneered the concept of using reservist<br />
personnel for regular tasks. CFB St.Hubert based 438 ETAH<br />
has always been at the forefront of this concept. Being a Total<br />
Force Reserve squadron basically entails using both regular<br />
and reservist personnel in one unit without differentiating<br />
between them as it comes to the tasks they have to perform.<br />
These reservists bring a lot of extra experience into the unit.<br />
Most have a lot of experience in both the Canadian forces and<br />
civil jobs. Therefore, they are often even over-qualified for the<br />
job they do as a reservist. If anything, all this experience brings<br />
up the standards of the reserve squadron instead of posing<br />
problems.<br />
The fact that the reserve personnel are not on base all the time<br />
poses the unit with a planning challenge. This necessitates<br />
very efficient use of time, the squadron’s commanding officer<br />
Lieutenant Colonel Luc Martineau explains. “Basically,<br />
everybody that comes in does so because they have a task to<br />
perform. There is a roster of activities to be done that enables<br />
every squadron member to see if there is any work in their<br />
field. So if there is a need for six pilots and twelve mechanics<br />
to be there at a certain day, the regular and reserve personnel<br />
blend to match that number. This means that the tasking is the<br />
central denominator for work division and not the day of the<br />
week or the people that happen to be present. Also, for a pilot<br />
that flies with Air Canada or an engineer that works with Bombardier<br />
Aerospace for example, it makes it much easier to fill<br />
the available days in the schedule of his regular work with the<br />
work for the squadron. Most second line tasks that require a<br />
constant presence are done by the regular personnel of the<br />
unit, for example manning the flight operations office.”<br />
“The same standards apply for reservist personnel as for<br />
regular personnel. In fact, we are sure that this distinction between<br />
‘regular’ and ‘reservist’ will not be felt by the squadron in<br />
the same way as outsiders might think. Obviously, there are<br />
some differences, especially with regard to the curriculum<br />
one has to follow. After finishing their officers training at CFB St.<br />
Jean, regulars go to basic flight training on the Grob for about<br />
32 hours, then onto the Texan II for another hundred hours<br />
before going to Portage la Prairie for another hundred hours of<br />
dedicated helicopter training on the Bell 206 and CH-146. The<br />
reservists will start conversion training at 438 ETAH<br />
immediately after they leave CFB St. Jean. Most of the time, in<br />
95% of the cases, the reservists will be ex-regular force with<br />
experience on various aircraft types, mostly helicopters, and<br />
many flight or engineering hours as well as military training<br />
under their belt already. Therefore, the reservist pilots make<br />
about two hundred conversion hours depending on previous<br />
experience whereas the regular training curriculum<br />
necessitates four hundred, including basic flying. From<br />
Portage, the pilots that will go to fly the Griffon transfer to CFB<br />
Gagetown for the type specific training consisting of eighty to<br />
hundred hours. Some will then go to 438 ETAH, but most will<br />
proceed to one of the larger frontline units at CFB Edmonton,<br />
CFB Petawawa, and CFB Valcartier. The latter unit, 430 ETAH,<br />
has close ties with 438 ETAH because of its relative proximity<br />
and the common Quebecois lineage. The French language<br />
predominantly spoken by both units helps co-operation go<br />
smoother. The posting at a unit for regular force members<br />
lasts for five years and the preference is taken into account<br />
when transferring to another post. St.Hubert is a popular<br />
posting, both for the character of the unit as well as the<br />
proximity of lively Montréal.”
Much of the maintenance is performed by a mix of 438<br />
reservist and regular personnel.<br />
St.Hubert, July 2006, Erwin van Dijkman)<br />
(Montreal-<br />
Although recruitment takes some effort, most regular force<br />
personnel know about the reservist possibilities and after<br />
leaving the force they become reservist to do this job just for<br />
the fun of it. The armed forces are a rather close community<br />
with a particular culture in that respect. Occasionally, recruits<br />
have an all civil curriculum vitae; in that case about five<br />
hundred flight hours are required. The unit keeps a Bell 206<br />
for helicopter training, especially aimed at the reservists. So<br />
the unit basically trains its own pilots in both the flying as well<br />
as the whole total force concept at St.Hubert. Also, the 206, an<br />
ex-Portage CH-139 training helicopter, is used for<br />
continuation flying to maintain the flight hours for pilots with<br />
desk jobs.<br />
Operations<br />
The current unit strength is about 230 people of which 60% is<br />
reserve. There are about 35 pilots in the squadron including<br />
two women and the unit has eight helicopters. During our visit,<br />
two helicopters were at Goose Bay and the squadron<br />
commander was going to ferry these birds back home later<br />
that day. At first glance, the helicopters look rather anonymous<br />
in their three-tone green and grey camouflage paint scheme.<br />
But a closer look reveals that they do wear unit markings on<br />
the tail. However, aircraft are swapped around and borrowed<br />
as needs vary. So, two aircraft with 403 (Hel) OTS were<br />
currently used by 438. Although that is not a constant<br />
procedure, squadrons do have their own helicopters instead<br />
of a pool, helicopter needs of the frontline units and schedules<br />
for heavy maintenance often dictate the distribution.<br />
Being a reservist squadron means that they will not be<br />
deployed as a unit unless homeland defence is needed.<br />
However, both personnel and helicopters do augment the<br />
frontline units, notably 430 ETAH, when they deploy. At any<br />
given time some 438 ETAH personnel is either deployed to<br />
CFB Valcartier to support and train with 430 ETAH or even part<br />
of a Canadian forces deployment overseas. Deploying to a<br />
foreign country is done on voluntary basis for 438 ETAH<br />
reservist members. A typical tour lasts six months for a unit,<br />
and three for the pilots. Although these deployments are<br />
parented by one unit, they always consist of an amalgamation<br />
of personnel and material from all 1 Wing’s squadrons. Most<br />
of the tasking of 438 ETAH consists of army support and transport<br />
missions, either transporting infantry, suppor-ting cadets<br />
on training or transporting VIPs. The squadron has performed<br />
this army co-operation role throughout it’s history. Moreover,<br />
disaster relief and medical evacuation flights are also carried<br />
out. Notably, the unit was involved heavily in the disaster relief<br />
after the Saguenay floods in 1996, putting their Griffons to the<br />
test for the first time. The helicopters are equipped with a hoist<br />
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and although they are not a dedicated SAR unit like the<br />
Cormorant-equipped squadrons, they can and do provide<br />
additional SAR capacity when needed as a secondary task.<br />
Moreover, the unit does not carry out ship borne or overseas<br />
operations.<br />
Flight operations are normally conducted between 08.00 and<br />
16.00 hours. However, the unit’s operations room is manned<br />
24/7. About two or three flights per week are made by each<br />
pilot present, and that is quite good considering the size of the<br />
unit and its mixed composition of personnel. The 1 Canadian<br />
Air Division specifies the missions for 438 ETAH. The nearby<br />
training area at Farham is often used for field training. Here<br />
their helicopters can be seen at close range, performing<br />
various manoeuvres. Lifting objects for example. The content<br />
of training flights and the syllable for the reservist is devised by<br />
438 ETAH itself. Also, the flight line maintenance is done by<br />
438 ETAH in their hangar.<br />
Sources:<br />
438 ETAH, Lt. B.Beheshti, Lieutenant Colonel Luc Martineau<br />
Air Force Public Affairs / Department of National Defence -<br />
website<br />
British aircraft of WWII – website<br />
The history and heritage of the Canada’s air force – website<br />
A single Bell 206 is used for pilot conversion training, a curriculum<br />
made and given by 438 ETAH.<br />
(Montreal-St.Hubert, July 2006, Erwin van Dijkman)
Estonian Air Force<br />
Text and photos: Giorgio Ciarini<br />
History<br />
On 16 December 2006, the Estonian Air Force was reestablished<br />
after the Republic of Estonia regained<br />
independence. The Commander of the Estonian Defence<br />
Forces General Staff established a new position in the<br />
operations department “officer-chief specialist of the Air<br />
Forces. The first Air Force unit, named the “First Radio<br />
Technical Air Defence Battalion” (RTAD Bn), was formed<br />
according to the government’s regulation of 22 May 1992. At<br />
that time the Battalion was armed with 23 mm air defence<br />
cannons and acquired a new computer simulator system to<br />
raise the quality of training. Re-establishment of the Air Force<br />
started in 1994 when the first Commander of Air Force was<br />
assigned by the EFDC order on 7 February of that year.<br />
The highest Air Force command management was formed,<br />
the Air Force Staff, with its own juridical rights, stamp and<br />
symbolism. Following the regulations, the Air Force Staff<br />
resolves problems concerning the re-establishment and<br />
deployment of the air force; develops guidelines, maintains<br />
the combat readiness on a level necessary to perform the<br />
assigned duties, manages the Air Force in peace time,<br />
ensures national security, organizes the logistics, arranges<br />
retention and training of Air Force personnel, also maintaining<br />
the aviation crews qualification level and organizing aviation<br />
personnel licensing. In 1995 a specialist group elaborated<br />
the concept of the Air Force development plan.<br />
At the end of same year the first flight, with a medium category<br />
transport aircraft An-2, was carried out. On 15 May 1997 the<br />
first Air Force Base in Amari was founded. The youngest unit in<br />
the system is an Air Surveillance battalion, created on 1<br />
January 1998, with as its main objective the establishment of<br />
radar control over the entire airspace. In the development of<br />
technical systems the main attention is paid to the BALTNET<br />
project.<br />
Amari Air Base<br />
This airfield, which covers 970 hectares is located 40 km from<br />
Tallinn and 14 km southeast of Paldiski into a embraced<br />
territory. The airfield offers the fastest opportunity to receive<br />
arriving reinforcements when needed. The primary mission of<br />
the Amari Air Base is the development of the necessary<br />
infrastructure to accomplish HNS (Host Nation Support). The<br />
Air base located at Amari airfield is one of the highest priority<br />
units in the Estonian Defence Forces.<br />
An-2 42 is used by the Estonian Defence League from Amari<br />
Air Base in cooperation with the Air Force. It is the only An-2 to<br />
wear the yellow flash on its fuselage.<br />
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Originally the Amari airfield was established in 1945 by the<br />
Soviet powers as a diversion airfield. In 1952, it was taken into<br />
use as a primary airfield. An extended development project<br />
started in 1956, with the most important mile-stone being the<br />
construction of a 2,500 metres long and 60 metres wide<br />
runway. During the seventies and the eighties, Amari was<br />
intensively used as a training base for Soviet Navy bombers.<br />
In 1992, the Republic of Estonia took over the Amari airfield<br />
from the Soviet forces and handed the control of the base to<br />
the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications. In<br />
1996, when the Amari airfield was handed over to the Ministry<br />
of Defence, the maintenance and rebuilding of the airfield<br />
started. This was done in an economical way, calculating the<br />
Estonian Air Force’s needs and taking into account the next<br />
aircraft generation’s needs. By this time many buildings had<br />
been renovated to improve the working conditions of the Air<br />
Base and the Air Surveillance personnel, and the<br />
improvements needed to bring the airfield up to the NATO’s<br />
minimum requirements.<br />
In addition to the development of necessary infrastructure for<br />
Host Nation Support, achieving the readiness to carry on<br />
defence operations in the territory of Estonia to support allied<br />
forces upon arrival and also establishing an airfield that is in<br />
accordance with NATO’s minimum military requirements are<br />
also the present tasks of the Air Base. The base personnel are<br />
being trained by the IALCE (International Airlift Control Element)<br />
supporting element. Also the training of the helicopter<br />
crews is continuing, this to support the training of the operative<br />
structure of the defence forces and The Defence League.<br />
The Estonian Air Force operates four Robinson R44s in two<br />
different configurations. Serial 66 is a law enforcement variant<br />
R44 “Raven I” equipped with a FLIR pod under its nose,<br />
while serial 63 is the float equipped R44<br />
“Clipper I”.<br />
Transporting servicemen by helicopter and aircraft is also<br />
becomes more frequent.<br />
The Air Base is cooperating with the Police and Border Guard<br />
in search and rescue operations, with the Defence League<br />
also taking part in the international training. Additionally the<br />
base is responsible for the training of the parachutists.<br />
NATO integration<br />
The Air Force’s main task during peacetime, according to the<br />
current military defence strategy, is airspace control. This<br />
means to have the ability to see events in the Estonian<br />
airspace and to react adequately, by using legal means to<br />
fend off the intruders. The executive arm of peacetime<br />
airspace control is air policing through which the country’s<br />
sovereignty is being demonstrated and the national<br />
airspace’s immunity is being assured. Airspace control<br />
during wartime is called air defence.<br />
The implementation of a strong air defence is only fully<br />
possible in collective circumstances. As a result of the NATO<br />
membership, the compatibility with the NATO Integrated Air<br />
Defence System (NATINEADS) has become a topmost deve-
lopment priority. This cornerstone of the collective defence is<br />
NATO’s only real-time active system. The aim of the collective<br />
air defence is to retain the sovereignty of the NATO member<br />
states and defending them from possible aerial attack.<br />
NATINEADS consists of inte-grated air surveillance (radars),<br />
air defence (fighter aircraft and ground air defence<br />
complexes), and command and control com-ponents.<br />
Stemming from national interests (war defence strategy etc.) it<br />
is essential to form critical require-ments and search for partners<br />
in the field that need more resources than a single state<br />
can afford. The largest co-operational project for the Estonian<br />
Air Force is the common air surveillance system of the three<br />
Baltic States BALTNET (Baltic Air Surveillance Network), which<br />
covers infrastructure, hardware and software systems and<br />
personnel. The permanent duty crew is located at the<br />
Regional Air Surveillance Coordination Centre in the Republic<br />
of Lithuania where Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian airmen<br />
and women are controlling the Baltic airspace.<br />
At the present time the Air Force is moving ahead broadening<br />
its regional cooperation. The research to develop common air<br />
policing procedures for the three Baltic States will continue. In<br />
addition to this, the Estonian Air Force is also in collaboration<br />
with other partners, such as the United States of America,<br />
Denmark, Norway and Finland. Most of the specialists get at<br />
least one part of their training from the cooperation partners,<br />
which puts a high demands on the level of English language<br />
skills.<br />
Fulfilling the tasks given in defence force’s structure reform,<br />
affirmed by the Estonian Government, also requires doubling<br />
the present personnel by the year 2010.<br />
Amari Air Base (2006)<br />
4x Robinson R44 serials 63, 64, 65, 66<br />
3x An-2 serials 40, 41, 42<br />
2x L-39 Albatros serials ES-RAZ, ES-YLZ *<br />
*Both are property of a civil company but are flying with military<br />
pilots and wear the official Insignia of Estonian Air Force. The<br />
ES-YLZ of Skyline returned back in full markings to Groningen-<br />
Eelde airport (NL) on 16 September 2006.<br />
Two L-39Cs were leased by the Estonian Air Force for jet training. This ES-RAZ is owned by<br />
Aerohooldus/Musket based at Tallinn but sports full Estonian Air Force markings. The second<br />
L-39, the ES-YLZ of Skyline, returned back in full markings to Groningen-Eelde airport (NL)<br />
on 16 September 2006.<br />
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On Saturday 20th January 2007 the Aviation Group Twenthe (Luchtvaart Vereniging Twenthe) will organise her annual aviation fair<br />
for the 18th time.<br />
The largest military aviation fair in Europe, with International Participation, from Belgium, Germany,<br />
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The event will take place at Party Center Luttikhuis, situated on the provincial road between Hengelo (Ov.) and Oldenzaal. (Address:<br />
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