Madrid - Cuatro Vientos (LECU/MCV) - 2008

[YORKSHIRESI]

Afternoon Gents,
having got the useful info on CV from the website, i looked at Google earth, but can't see anywhere where the stored CASAs could be seen from .... can anyone point me in the right direction please..

had anyone been recently ..and logs etc... Getafe also ...

Am going MON/TUES/WEDS next week.

cheers
Simon Titchmarsh

[Starman]

I assume you refer to the 212s, which I poled off last winter by walking right round the place, starting at the train station, and heading towards the Aero Club, then continuing clockwise past the Metro sidings, from where you get a good view of the entire storage area. If you mean the 127s in the museum, I rather made a mess of those as their compound was already closed, and of the three that should be there, I only positively ID'd 2. Any use?

[Sleegertje]

Hi Simon,
If you go to the Civil side of Cuatro Vientos you can easily see the Casa's.
You MUST go to this side because on the military side you can't see anything. If you follow the road along the civil side you see lot's of places to see the Casa's. '
Don't forget to look at the maintenance facility, which is situated at the civil side, because you have a big chance to see a few FAMET helicopters in overhaul here. We saw 2 Bo-105's and a Bell 212 which is based at Tenerife. These helicopters can be photographed easily.
Hope this helps.

Regards, Rene Sleegers

[Paco Rivas]

Hi All,

I live near Cuatro Vientos and the post put by Rene is the best way to see one part ot the Aviocar std. there. But, since this summer, most of the Aviocar were relocated in front of the 402 and 803 Sqn. hangars, easily spotted from the RACE building.
Howhever, the rest of the Aviocar are in front of the Maestranza and those are very difficult to spot or photo. Right now, there are 5 Aviocar in this zone (and 1 Carobou). I have the ID but not here. Tomorrow, I will post them.
In the close scrapyard there are two ones more and in the headline of the runaway 10, another one more to firemen excercises.

About the Eurocopter zone, tell you that any Militar helo is there now, all are in Albacete yet. Now, the hangars and platform are leased to INTERCOPTERS and you can see there some EC-135 and Robison helos.

I hope I have helped you.

Greetings from Madrid,

Paco Rivas
http://www.pacorivas.net" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (the Cuatro Vientos Website)

[YORKSHIRESI]

Many thanks Gents, for the info ..

thanks Paco, any serials of the stored stuff and exact locations would be brilliant,

many thanks
Simon

[Paco Rivas]

Hi all,

Using Crizz list, I update it with the last saturday info:

TR.12A-4/403-02 C212-100 std. in front of 402/803 Sqns. Hangars.
TR.12A-5/403-03 C212-100 std. in front of 402/803 Sqns. Hangars.
TR.12A-8/403-06 C212-100 std. in front of 402/803 Sqns. Hangars.
T.12B-12/74-82 C212-100 std. in front of 402/803 Sqns. Hangars.
T.12B-14/37-01 C212-100 std. at the headline of 10 Runaway.
T.12B-17/37-02 C212-100 std. in MAM platform.
T.12B-20/72-01 C212-100 std. in MAM platform.
T.12B-24/54-12 C212-100 std. in front of 402/803 Sqns. Hangars.
T.12B-36/37-10 C212-100 std. in MAM platform.
T.12B-68/37-15 C212-100 std. in front of 402/803 Sqns. Hangars.
T.12B-50/74-77 C212-100 std. at scrapyard.
T.12C-43/74-85 C212-100 std. in MAM platform.
...... C212-100 std. -> T.12B-16/74-71 C212-100 std. in front of 402/803 Sqns. Hangars.
...... C212-100 std. -> T.12B-26/72-02 C212-100 std. in front of 402/803 Sqns. Hangars.
T.12B-39/74-75 C212-100 std. in front of 402/803 Sqns. Hangars.
T.12B-35/37-09 C212-100 std. at scrapyard (only visible from N-V road).
T.12B-58/74-86 C212-100 in MAM platform. NEW since first Sept08. I don´t know if is here for maintenance or for store. Last Noted in fly in Salamaca-Matacán (LESA) Jul08!!.

All in grey c/s but the T.12B-50/74-77 in camo.
MAM = Maestranza Aérea de Madrid.

Goog luck,

Paco

[YORKSHIRESI]

cheers Paco, great help.
thanks
Simon

[Paco Rivas]

Enjoy Madrid,

Paco

[Elmar]

Noted here for the flypast were:

S-76C HE24-5/78-05, HE24-6/78-06, HE24-2/78-02, HE24-3/78-03
SH-60B HS23-02/01-1002, HS23-11/01-1011, HS23-10/01-1010 plus one unknown
AS332 HU21-07/ET-505, HU21-20/ET-518 ET-518 was in camo c/s
AS532 HT27-12/ET-660, HT27-15/ET-663
CH-47 HT17-16/ET-416, HT17-18/ET-418
Bo105 4x, one was ET-303 and another ET-302 or 307???

Own ones noted 11-10 and 12-10
AS532 HT27-02/402-25
AS332 HT21A-3/402-22, HT21A-1/402-20, HT21-1/402-10, HD21-2/802-2, HD21-09/803-09

Also noted the stored ones, so if anyone is interested drop me a message..
Additions and corrections are more then welcome!! So igf anyone knowns more about the missing SH-60 or the missing Bo105's.. please let us know!!

Hope it helps a bit..

Grtz
Elmar

[Shirley]

Hi Elmar,

We also did Cuatro Vientos from the outside (friday and Saturday).
Additional SH-60B is HS23-01/01-1001
Do not have the Bo-105´s yet, but I know someone that was on the base on Sunday, so I´m waiting to see his pictures.

Best regards,

Erik

[Paco Rivas]

Hi all,

I was inside both Cuatro Vientos and Torrejón and I will finish my log soon. I have all of the Cuatro Vientos (Tigres included) and a lot of Torrejón. Also, the pictures will be in my website soon.

Question, who was the tall Holland guy who was spoken with a Spanish Spotter at Torrejón Sunday morning and entered inside with the whole spanish group?. I´m the spanish one

Paco

[Shirley]

Hi Paco,

That was me!
Nice to meet you and all the others as well of course. Despite the weather it was really a very good day!

Br Erik

[Paco Rivas]

Please to meet you Erik. I hope to see you again

Paco

[Lex]

Hi all,

Anyone for the 6 Casa 212's that were on the platform last saturday at around 15:00? It were 5 grey ones and one SAR one. They were near the Caribou on the operational(?) part.
Also noted were 2 Puma/Cougar's in the most right hangar at the left side of the hangar?

Hope someone can help.

[Elmar]

Anyone for the 6 Casa 212's that were on the platform last saturday at around 15:00? It were 5 grey ones and one SAR one. They were near the Caribou on the operational(?) part.
Also noted were 2 Puma/Cougar's in the most right hangar at the left side of the hangar?

I can..
Read the C212 as:
T12B20/72-01
T12B17/37-03
D3A2
T12C43/74-85
T12B36/37-10
T12B58/74-86

on the left side of the hangar were:
HD21-9/803-09
HD21-2/802-2

on the right side were:
HT21A-3/402-22
HT21A-1/402-20
HT21-1/402-10

Hope it helps...

Grtz
Elmar