Hi all,
Although a holiday with the girlfriend, a little bit of spotting was included
Split-Divulje (7-9)
202 Mi-8
A visit around 20:00 h still yielded this Hip, outside at the barracks.
Split-Divulje (8-9)
Nothing....
Around noon everything was flying I guess.
Zadar-Zemunik (8-9)
OH-58 322, 324, 328
Plus 4x CL-415 and an AT-802.
Also seen were all the well known gate guards (Mi-8, UTVA-60 and -75, MiG-21, G-2, J-20 and relatively recent arrival H.369, plus the Dakota that is described as dumped but looks preserved as well).
This was all seen late Friday afternoon, with the three Kiowa's very active still. The AT-802 took off, but I was still looking for a good spot and couldn't read the serial unfortunately, while the Canadairs were all on the ramp and were totally unreadable due to heatwaves. A long shot obviously, but if somebody knows which ones they were....
On Saturday 9-9 we visited the Krka national park, and while inside a big bush fire nearby caused at least one CL-415 to fly over multiple times. Again no luck with the serial however.
Split-Divulje (12-9)
Mi-8 202 (KFOR mks), 213
The 202 landed at the civil side for some reason, while 213 was on the ground at the barracks.
Finally when leaving for home from Dubrovnik airport on Sunday morning (17-9) another Mi-8 was parked at the civil ramp. I only saw this when taxiing out, and of course we headed to the wrong end of the runway to read it off.... I'm sure this is the same helicopter I heard overflying our apartment in Dubrovnik town the evening before. Again a long shot, but stranger things have happened in the past
And that's all folks!