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On 19-10-2022 in the early afternoon we counted eight (8) aircraft and read the following (last three only):
116
008 (not in white)
.92
442
136
058
048 under sun shed near public road

HTH,
Corné & Joris

Hi all, Two visits on 23-8 (afternoon) and 24-8 (morning) resulted in the following: visitors (TDY): 0225 M28B/PT 8.BLTr 24 (failed to see this one the day before) 85-0005 C-5M 436AW 23,24 85-0008 C-5M 436AW 23,24 87-0040 C-5M 436AW 23,24 89-1192 C-17A 437AW 23 01-0193 C-17A 437AW 23,24 02-1098 C-17...

Hi Joris, The AB-212 you have seen is MM81653/PS-94. It is the only AB-212 still in use by the Malpensa based unit. The P-68 is PS-A99. This Observer has been sold on auction a while ago, together with PS-A97 and PS-B01. The latter two have already been delivered to the new owner, PS-A99 is the las...

Hi all, A visit to the excellent Volandia (Parco e Museo del Volo) museum on 21 August 2022 resulted in the following ex-mil (or military related) inmates: Le forme del volo (forms of flight): (MM100002) CVV6 ex Aeronautica Militare => painted to represent MM100006 CPX616 M346 ex Aermacchi I-TURB SF...

Hi all,

A quick look over the fence at the Polizia di Stato on 21 August 2022 resulted in the following:

(MM81978)/PS-116 UH-139E 2° Reparto Volo
PS-B14 P. 68 Observer 2 2° Reparto Volo (hangared)

Plus unknown one (1) AB212 and one (1) more P.68 both hangared. Anyone?

Regards,
Joris

The all-silver Harvard is most likely T-6G F-AZCQ (ex EA E.16-193)

FWIW, A330-243 MRTT 046/F-UJCL that flew on Saturday carried future ERVTS 2/31 Estérel markings on the tail…

Hi Johan, thanks for the reply. It appears that H26 is flying again, judging ADSB activity.

Hi all, The Belgian Air Component reportedly has 10 A109BAi helicopters on strength. It seems that the BAi designation indicates that the helicopters has received modifications to allow IFR operations. In early 2017, reportedly 13 helicopters were still on strength of which 8 were IFR capable (indic...

Seen in down town Kaiserlautern in the morning on finals to Ramstein were the following: 02-1106 C-17A 62AW 08.13h 98-0057 C-17A 137AS/NYANG 08.17h 88-0266 C-17A 437AW 09.07h 98-0053 C-17A 62AW 09.36h 07-8608/RS-W7 C-130J-30 37AS/86AW 10.05h special mks 15-5840/RS-W7 C-130J-30 37AS/86AW 10.07h speci...

Thanks Arnold, much appreciated!

Thanks Ferry!

I was there on August 6th in the afternoon. C-407 was the PC-9 in the far left corner of the hangar. The one in the middle was block too. I saw 3 other F18’s : J-5018, 5020, 5024. So 9 in total for TDY. J-5232, J-5018, J-5025 were in the boxes and don’t fly. The other 6 made a mission that afternoo...

Hi, The following VW&R bits and pieces were seen during a holiday in Tuscany, Italy: Sarzana (SP) 20-7-2019 P166DL3 SEM MM25166/8-08 preserved roundabout Maristaeli Luni 'Bartolomeo Arrigoni' (SP) 20-7-2019 EH101 (MMX605/PP6) preserved on base, seen from Guardia Coastiera base Sarzana-Luni 'Roberto ...

Arjenp wrote:

Joris Heeren wrote:plus many more C-27J's which were unreadable due to the way they are parked on their ramp...

Those include MM62220, MM62214

Thanks Arjenp! Read on the same day I presume? I was there at the end of the afternoon...

Hi, The following was noted on 5-8-2019 around noon: hangar and ramp NE corner: PC-6 V-613, V-618 PC-7 A-923, A-936 PC-9 C-409 plus two more hangared (one S/N 215 or 216 on nose wheel door, clear view on the other was blocked by a PC-6 and a PC-7) PC-21 A-101, A-102, A-103, A-104, A-107, A-108 flyin...