Transport: car
Distance: about 600 km's
Amount of aircraft seen: 179
>> only the highlights are mentioned in this report, not all serials ! << After picking up Rene "Morpheus" we drove to the south to pick up Alex.
Autobedrijf Piet Smedts Baarlo (NL)
84+07 CH-53G a/w (fuselage only)
After picking up Alex we went to our first destignation, Maastricht Aachen Airport.
Maastricht-Aachen Airport (NL)
PH-RAQ ATR.42-320 Rossair Europe
N711NK Ce560XL Spartan
N983J BD.700-1A10
OM-SKY Emb.120ER ex Sky Europe
After this we drove to Liege. Usualy spotting is not easy at this cargo-airport, but because of the construction of a new terminal there are some great photo oportunities at the right site of the old terminal.
Liege-Bierset (B)
SP-FDT AN-26B Exin Air
9G-MKG DC-8-62F MK
RA-06021 Mi-26 Congo Air Force mks (stored)
LY-AGT Tu-204C ATu Cargo
SU-EAG Tu-204-120C Air Cairo Cargo
TF-ELS A.310-304(F) Islandsflug Cargo
TF-ELU A.300B4-622R a/w
OE-ILA L-188A(F) Amerer Air
G-LOFC L-188A(F) Atlantic Airlines
and the following TNT aircraft: 4x Boeing 737, 1x A.300, 1x Tu-204-120C, 7x BAe 146.
After this we drove to Saffraanberg. At this location there is an Technical School of the Belgian Air Force. All aircraft are ex Belgian Forces and used for ground instruction (except the gate guard and glider). Because of an open day the complex was open to the public. By the way, it was bad open day
with allmost no active aircraft ....Saffraanberg (B)
FX53 F-104G (gate guard)
FX39 F-104G
BA03 Mirage 5BA
BA17 Mirgae 5BA
FA03 F-16A
FB03 F-16B
AT08 Alpha Jet (tail only)
ST09 SF.260M
MT03 CM.170R (is this the right serial ??)
A27 SE.3130
H14 A.109BA (EU flag mks.)
PL72 Grob 102 Luchtcadetten
Next destignation was the former airbase of Sint Truiden. Recently they re-opened the runway so that fixed wing aircraft can land there as well. All helicopters where noted in the Crown Helicopters hangar.
Sint-Truiden (B)
OO-EYP EC.120B Crown
OO-COP AB.206A Fly2Fly
OO-VBA AB.206B3 Van Hessen
OO-PDP Schw.330 Crown
OO-DLM Schw.269C Crown
OO-LEV Hughes 269C Crown
OO-VIC Schw.269C Crown
OO-LKV AS.350B Jamar
OO-WBF R.22B Beauville Group
OO-JDA R.22B Crown
PH-CHC R.44 Coolen-Huibregts
After this we went to the former airbase of Goetsenhoven where an aeroclub is based.
Goetsenhoven-Tienen (B)
PH-EAL AA-5B Vliegclub De Wouw
OO-MMR R.22B Paramount
OO-OLE AA-5A Vliegclub De Wouw
OO-ZNT Bergflacke IV DHL c/s
The R.22 decided to land next to a parked glider what results in an very angry
member of the aeroclub. Because of the "short" distance to Brussels (45 km's) we dicided to go to this nice airport. We found a very nice place in the aproach near a "Scouting" clubhouse. Because of an camera error I lost a lot of photo's
. Brussel-Zaventem/Melsbroek (B)
S5-ACO DC-10-30 Biman
HL7467 Boeing 747-4B5F Korean
UN-42323 Yak-42D Khozu Avia
EC-JBX ATR.42-300 Swift Air
EC-JAB A.320-214 Vueling
G-BEOL SC-7 Skyvan (at military tarmac)
UR-82073 AN-124-100 ADB (at military tarmac)
HZ-ANC MD-11(F) Saudi Arabian
B-HVZ Boeing 747-267F/SCD Cathay Pacific
CA01 A.310-222 Belgian Air Force
CA02 A.310-222 Belgian Air Force
RM7/OT-ZAG Pembroke C.51 Belgian Air Force (gate guard)
CP10/OT-CAJ C.119 Belgian Air Force (gate guard)
And several other airliners. Also seen 18 DHL airliners (Boeing 757's A.300's).
After this we drove in the direction of Antwerp. From the motorway you can see the heliport of Mechelen.
Mechelen-Walem Heliport (B)
OO-MMR R.22B Paramount
After this we went to the hospital UZ Antwerpen. Here where rumours that MD.900 OO-EMS was based here. We didn't find the heliport or any helicopter at all.
Next destignation was Antwerp-Hoboken Heliport. Here the firm Helimo is based but nog helicopters where seen. The roads here a of a very very bad quality what results in several "Emergency Toilet Stops".
Next place of interest was the airport of Antwerp. To get there we had to pass a large oveflowed peace of road.
Antwerpen-Deurne (B)
OO-VLO Fokker 50 VLM
OO-VLR Fokker 50 VLM
OO-IBL HP.137-200 IBIS (stored)
9Q-CDY HS.780 (stored)
And about 10 other light aircraft. We also visited the Stampe en Vertongen Museum at Antwerpen airport:
N986RS Albatros DVa German c/s
N2262G NIeuport 24
SK-7 Sopwoth Camel Belgian c/s
17 Fokker D-VIII
PH-EBF Fokker DR.1 replica German c/s
N128CX/14 Nieuport 28
"D-BOBE" Fokker D-VIII German c/s under restauration
"RN201" Spitfire RAF c/s
N4109C T-6G USAF c/s
OO-GWD SV-4
OO-BPL SV-4B Belgian c/s
OO-GWA/V66 SV-4 Belgian c/s
OO-KAT SV-4
Because of the short time left in daylight we diceded to visit the army base of Brasschaat with the following result ...
Brasschaat (B)
"A16" Auster AOP.6 Belgian Army (gate guard)
B03/LC BN-2B-21 Belgian Army (stored)
B07/LG BN-2B-21 Belgian Army (Stored)
OO-TUG PA-25-26 Aeroclub Brasschaat
OO-RTN Varga 2150A Aeroclub
And several other light aircraft.
Via Gilze-Rijen and Eindhoven (Ryanair Boeing 737 seen while landing) we drove back to our homes ....
Morpheus will add some photo's.
Greetz
Copter
