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At Andravida we saw two Mirages (215 and 231) , probably for training with the F4s. Three F4s were on the flight line, and far away two RF4 wrecks. The three F-4s on the flight line were 01520, 71750, 71758, all 339M mks. On the far left, 4 other F-4s were visible in the shelter area, also presumab...

Hi Kostas, Joris, I regret to inform you, that one is the ONLY operational Dakota and it is plagued with structural problems. :( Sorry to read that Kostas, I hope it will fly again soon! How about the other one that we saw at Tanagra? Regards, Joris It has been waiting for an I.R.A.N. for years now,...

phantom_phixer wrote:Joris, I regret to inform you, that one is the ONLY operational Dakota and it is plagued with structural problems.

Sorry to read that Kostas, I hope it will fly again soon! How about the other one that we saw at Tanagra?

Regards,
Joris

Hi, A quick dash at Tanagra on Saturday morning (yes, we arrived at Thessaloniki the evening before...) produced the following operational stuff at HAI: KK156 C-47B 303 C-130B 1111, 1123 CL-215 2050 CL-415 01503, 01518 F-4E - did anyone note unit markings? 236 Mirage 2000EG (in hangar) plus another ...

Hi Nathan,

nathan wrote:492622 - C-47
103 - PZL M-18
2044 - CL-415
2053 - CL-415
67-0345 - F-4E
410 - F-5A (38)410 ? 110PM spcl colours

Cool, thanks! You made my day, that's one of the two operational Daks!

Regards,
Joris

Hi, We arrived by plane at Thessaloniki on the 7th around sun set. At the military side we could see a C-47, F-4, F-5, PZL M18, and two CL-415s (2044, 2053). Anyone for the missing numbers? Also a row with a lot of wfu F-5s was visible. Along the fence RF-5A 97167 (spec mks) and F-84F 26866 are pres...

Hi Tim, Elefsis 4117, 4118, 4120, 4121, 4122, 4124, 4125 C-27's 740, 743, 747, 300, 741, 742, 744 C-130's 4082, 4100, 4123 DO-28's 4391 UH-1 2584 Puma 678 Gulfstream 145-209 ERJ-145 2143 2153 YS-11 1041, 1045, 1070, 1110, 1112 CL-215 2039, 2042, 2054 CL-415 60981, 61007, 62327 F-102 When did you vis...

Thanks to EOS, Per, and Hans for the replies. Very useful.

Hans, I did not go into the field but stayed on the concrete road. I couldn't read the missing numbers from the road nor the hill at Corenne.

Regards,
Joris

Hi, Following take-off of the TLP participants last Wednesday (29-10), four aircraft were left on the platform. Besides an EAV-8B+ (presumably VA.1B-35/01-923), an F-16CG (presumably 88-0510/AV), also a (Spanish) F/A-18A and a Tornado F3 of 111sqn (presumably either ZE788/HV or ZE968/-). Could someo...

Hi,

Shortly before the Slovakian An-26 started up, Italian Falcon 900 MM62171 left the Melsbroek side. The P180 was already present at that time. Nose on, so no number unfortunately.

HTH,
Joris

Interesting pics! Makes me wonder what the current tail number is. It used to be I-CFSO, and it looks like they changed it into CFS15SO (a combination of code CFS-15 and serial I-CFSO), but I am curious whether that is the correct serial...

Regards,
Joris

Hi,

Just a wild guess, but maybe these are the first examples of the 81st FS to be modified to A-10C standard. Destination would likely be Hill or Davis-Monthan where also mods are carried out.

HTH,
Joris

Frank, The old ones are SF260D and not SF260M but you are right with the + on the rudder. That is not quite correct... The first series (ST-01 through ST-36) were in fact SF.260MB when delivered new to the BAF. Later on, they bought additional (second hand) Marchetti's of the subtype SF.260D (starti...

OK Hans, thanks for checking!

Hi Hans, here's a few photos from the RSAF Open House 2008, which was not open to the public. Bad weather, but still managed to get a few half decent shots 8) http://xs230.xs.to/xs230/08355/rsaf_f-16c_641_paya_lebar_290808_1024517.jpg Backlight didnt help too much either, here is a short log: FLYING...