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Mijn advies: uitproberen voor je investeert! Ik mocht de 2.8/300 eens vasthouden / uitproberen. Ik kreeg hem amper de lucht in met mijn iele polsjes :) Voordat ik de eerste foto nam wist ik het eigenlijk al: niet voor mij! Als je wel eens met Rynair vliegt dan zul je wel eens je handbagage op de wee...

Yeah, wouldn't it be great if aircraft manufacturers gave as much meaning to these construction numbers as we seem to do? :-) If you define construction number as the number the manufacturer sticks on a plane or plate, it is 35xx-42xx for the Gazelles If you define a construction number as a unique ...

Great work ! Some remarks: * As far as I know the Gazelle c/ns are in the 1000-2200 range. The SA342M/L probably received serials starting with 3/4 to avoid confusion with the SA341F. They were partly being build during the same period. So 1544 is a SA341F serialled 1544, but 1546 a SA342M serialled...

The one and only true An-2 meet is indeed at TEUGE. Which can be seen on our Airshow calendar! The venue's site is here: http://www.classicwings.nl/AN2meeting2011.php And for Friday August 12 it says: <quote> Picking-up time tbn from hotel directions Deventer Twello etc. Briefing 0930-1030* 1100 Hoo...

Probably at Zaporizhzhya-Shiroke 47.916746°, 34.968492°
Nearby Zaporizhzhya-East is also a treat: 47.861781°, 35.297125°
Use bing maps instead of GE
Erwin
(wanneer gaan we?)

Thx Marcel!

Great stuff, the Ecuador army Ecueuil is an update to our Scramble database!
Can you send me the larger version for possible inclusion in next month's issue please?

mta
Erwin

Yes, these were quite illusive...

I can offer only one: 926/2 Black Knights jan01

Erwin

Great, have fun over there

Yep, the first AF example is indeed 8510. To make it easier for all of us, the Army uses the designation HM-4 (16x transport), the Air Force uses H-36 (16x csar & transport) & VH-36 (2x VIP) and the Navy UH-15 (8x transport) & UH-15A (8x surface warfare). The absence of any further sightings seems t...

I just discovered that the BRA002 was worn by F-ZKBG (or the other way around) in the 14-16 June 2010 timeframe. By October 2010 it was F-ZWBR. So, I guess I was a bit premature with my previous answer... F-ZWBL is BRA001, also for Brazil. Not sure which serial is/was allocated to that. F-ZWBS is N-...

Some small corrections on Michiel's log: F-WWOG = c/c TWN001 (corr), from photo SSWA01 = BSWA01 (corr), was a misread on my part, it was in the far back of the hangar ;-) The AS350 could also be Ecuador Army as the roundels resemble each other from a distance and Ecuador is a known Ecureuil operator...

The Cobra sub variants are not very well known to most and cause lots of mistakes. I delved into the type some years ago. Mainly based on the book US Army Aircraft since 1947 (Stephen Harding, Airlife, 1990) and an old BAR-overview. There were no less than four main AH-1S variants: AH-1S(modified) 2...

Just to let those interested know: the six Qatari Mirages are still there and parked outside on the south side ramp. East of that are the French M2000D and 2000-5Fs.
The north side is the US area with some E-3s and RCs present.
Go catch 'em !
Erwin

No less than 47 Hueys have surfaced here. Most came from Temple-Daughon or are on DOS charge at Patrick AFB. One area holds 17 whereas the other holds 30. Recent GE imagery clearly shows the lay-out (see 28° 5'49.50"N, 80°37'59.84"W); I have tried to refer to these rows as follows: The uneven rows a...

The white/orange coloured C-12s from Flight Safety Inc operate from here to train pilots for the army.
Before we were sent away by the local sheriff on 26 March, we logged (no fiscals):

76-22551
76-22561
77-22932
77-22935
77-22946
77-22949
82-23784
83-24150

Erwin