Hans van Herk wrote:and was happy to see one of the two newer Y-8's leave (5819 Y.8F-200E)
Then you are ready as the other new Y8F crashed on 7 June 2017.
Ok Hans, I am complete now
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. And uhhhh, CJ, ok, we fly jan 2nd to BKK?
After Yangon we flew to the new Myanmar capital of Naypyidaw. Since 6th november 2005 it is operational
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. It is situated 320 kilometers north of Yangon and it is a bizar region (not town because its area is huge). I stole a short story from internet and made it a bit more compact:
"There are a few things that immediately strike you when entering the capital. Firstly, Naypyitaw seems a wholly manufactured city without a soul. It is a bit like Vegas for politicians, soldiers, police, bureaucrats and all their associated hangers-on. It is a monster of a place - the 'planned zones' are spread over some 400 square miles. Using any mode of transport it is a real challenge getting here and working out where you are.
The other thing that strikes you is the scale of the road building. It beggars belief. Some of the distributor roads and particularly the road running alongside the Parliament are nine lanes wide. So you are looking down eighteen lanes of 'runway' with not a single vehicle to be seen. The final initial thing to strike you - there seem to be no 'ordinary' people living here. The city of Naypyitaw is like a window on this contradictory nation. Inexplicable. The scale of the infrastructure investment is a huge draw on the limited wealth of the nation.
Anyway, when we woke up in our very luxurious, huge, empty, in the middle of nowhere hotel our taxidriver of the day was already waiting for us. After breakfast he took us to the museum. It was a 45 minute drive from region number 1 where we stayed.....
In an article (in this messageboard) last year someone mentioned "Andy Davey finally got chance to visit the Defence Services Museum in Naypyidaw, Myanmar February 2 2016. Through various contacts he managed to get permission to take photos; The first westerner to do so as far as I'm aware!". EvD visited the museum later and so did we. Acces is easy and you do not (and never needed according to our driver) photo permission. here is an impression of the museum (ow, forgot to mention, the heat is killing....):
In 2000 I visited the museum when it was still located in Yangon. The advantage is much more planes now, the disadvantage is the fact that almost everything is parked outside now (besides a DH.82, 3 gliders, a Vampire and a S2R).