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Trip India

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This year we went to India for our Holiday. No spotting was planned, but I knew some planes are preserved in the towns we visited.

We landed at Delhi airport on 15-07-2013 and on our way to the hotel the first planes were seen:
Airport:
K2899 B707
K2900 B707 both were stored
Also an Il-76 was seen, but couldn't read the serial.

Western HQ of the airforce at Subroto Parc:
IA1016 Mystère IV
IE1061 Gnat

16-07-2013
Army Public School:
B707 Su-7

H913 BAe748 took off from the airport when we passed :D!

18-07-2013
Bikaner (Karn Mahal) museum:
?? DH9 RAF unknown s/n

19-07-2013
Jaisalmer. When we arrived at the hotel a Mirage 2000 and two MiG-21's passed the window of our room. Unfortunately I couldn't read the numbers from the photo's.

20-07-2013
Jaisalmer museum:
D1237 HF-24 Marut

22-07-2013
Jodhpur:
Z2908 Mi-17-1V passed our hotel.

29-07-2013
Agra AFS:
HJ905 C-47B preserved on base without wings
?? Mi-4 gateguard camo c/s but still unknown
?? MiG-27 gateguard but still unknown

31-07-2013
Varanasi:
E1964 Ajeet preserved in the neighbourhood of the trainstation

03-08-2013
New Delhi:
Vayu Bhawan:
E1975 Ajeet
IE1205 Gnat
IE1264 Gnat

HQ Officers Mess:
C2284 MiG-21bis
SM287 MiG-23BN

This one is preserved in front of the new terminal at the Airport:
SM234 MiG-23BN
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Re: Trip India

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witje wrote: 29-07-2013
Agra AFS:
HJ905 C-47B preserved on base without wings
?? Mi-4 gateguard camo c/s but still unknown
?? MiG-27 gateguard but still unknown
Marijn,
Can you please confirm that you actually read the serial of the C-47?
There are actually two C-47 fuselages on the north side, about 200 meters apart. To the best of my knowledge neither has been physically read for at least 20 years.
The other one could well be HJ250.
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Hi Andy,
No I didn't read it by myself. As far as I know there is only one preserved C-47 at Agra. I didn't read anything about a second one. The HJ905 is missing his wings according to some websites. The one I saw was also missing his wings, so I concluded it's him. But I have no conformation.
If you stand in front of the Mi-4 it was standing some 200-300 metres to the west.

I hope someone can help us.

EDIT:
Here are some picture from Google Earth
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Red circle is the C-47 and the yellow one is the MiG-27 close to the Mi-4.

Close up:
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