Log Slovenia and Others 06-2011

[linton]

Hi All
Back yesterday from our latest wanderings this time it was Slovinia, It's been 35 years or so since i was in this part of the world back when it was Yugoslavia. Both base's were visited and everyone out there made us feel very welcome nothing seemed to be a problem at all.



Day 1 21-06-2011



Balderton

Noted at the side of the A1 and not looking any better for been sta outside all these years :

(XN728) Lightning F2



Wittering

Preserved at the gate :

ZD469 Harrier GR7A



Mildenhall

Only visitors noted :

63-8002 KC135R

62-3517 KC135R

84-0190 KC10A

76-1604 E3B



Stansted

A couple of interest were noted :

HZ-132 C130H, Saudi

01 VC11A, US Coast Guard

A6-MMM B747, UAE Gov.

A6-HRS B737, UAE Gov.



Novo Mesto - Precna, Slovenia

The ex military UTVA can be found in a building behind the main hangar at the aero club here, The Sloveinian CAA were to arrive the day after we were there to see if it was fit to fly after it's re-build :

(53122) S5-DCD UTVA75, ex Slovenia



Zagreb-Lucko, Croatia

Five Mi17s were parked out on the field here :

226 Mi17

223 Mi17

220 Mi17

224 Mi17

227 Mi17



Turanj, Croatia

A war museum in the village centre has the pole mounted bis. Also present is the wrecked rear fuselage of Mig21bis 17130.

(126) Mig21bis, ex Croatia.



Day 2 22-06-2011



Cerklje Ob Krki Air Base, Slovenia, Base Tour

Flight School hangar

L9-51 / 51 ‘KOFJA LOKA’ PC9

L9-53 / 53 ‘PIRAN’ PC9

L9-61 / 61 / 634 PC9M

L9-62 / 62 / 635 PC9M

L9-63 / 63 / 636 PC9M

L9-65 / 65 / 638 PC9M

L9-66 / 66 PC9M

L9-67 / 67 / 640 PC9M

L9-68 / 68 / 641 PC9M

L6-02 / 02 PC6B

S5-HPK ‘PETER KLEPEC’ B206B

S5-HKM ‘KRALJ MATJAZ’ B206B

S5-DGF Zlin242

Flight School – Ramp

L9-64 / 64 / 637 PC9M

L9-69 / 69 / 642 PC9M

S5-DGE Zlin242

S5-DGG Zlin242

S5-ABR Falcon2000

hangar

S5-DEJ Zlin242

S5-DEK Zlin242

S5-DEL Zlin242

S5-DGC Zlin242

S5-DGD Zlin242

S5-DGI Zlin143

S5-DGH Zlin143

15th Helicopter Battalion hangar

H2-38 / 38 B412 KFOR Mks

H2-33 / 33 B412

15th Helicopter Battalion – Ramp

H3-73 / 73 AS532

Maintenance hangar

H2-35 / 35 B412

H2-31 / 31 B412

H1-21 / 21 B206

S5-HZJ ‘ZELENI JURIJ’ B206B

H3-72 / 72 AS532

The former Ljubljana-Brnik gate guard has undergone restoration here and is now in its full former military colours. This Gazelle was the very first aircraft of the Slovenian Armed Forces when Major Joze Kalan and Senior Master Sergeant Bogomir Stupar defected to Slovenia in it on June 28th 1991. It is currently stored deep in a building but there are plans to having it on public display in the future at the base.

(12660) / 001 c/n 028 SA341H



Ljubljana-Brnik, Slovenia

S5-HPB B212, Slovenian Police



Zagorje, Slovenia

Inside the aero club hangar here were, The based UTVA-75 was w/o a while ago and there was nothing left of it after it's accident so we were told later that day :

(R-37) S5-MBL L18C, ex Klu



Celje, Slovenia

Noted at the aero club here :

(53188) S5-DCJ UTVA75, ex Slovenia



Konjice Zice, Slovenia

Four ex military UTVAs were found with the aero club here :

53210 S5-DCH UTVA75, ex Slovenia dismantled in compound at side of hangar

53216 S5-DPM UTVA75, ex Yugoslav

(53190) S5-DCK UTVA75, ex Slovenia Blue c/s

(53117) S5-DCB UTVA75, ex Slovenia



Maribor, Slovenia

Preserved outside the airport terminal :

(10660) F84G, ex JRV

noted with the aeroclub :

(53171) S5-DCI UTVA75, ex Slovenia

51114 S5-DCP UTVA66, ex JRV

40199 (S5-MBB) Aero3, ex JRV



Dobje, Slovenia

Displayed outside a restaurant here :

(0678) UTVA60, ex JRV



Day 3 23-06-2011



Ljubljana-Brnik Air Base, Slovenia

hangared here were :

H3-74 / 74 AS532

L6-03 / 03 PC6B

H2-34 / 34 B412

H2-36 / 36 B412

H2-37 / 37 B412 (SAR standby – moved to ramp) KFOR Mks

Preserved here are :

(14307) 147 IF86D, ex JRV

(14325) 146 IF86D, ex JRV

(60162) 162 Soko522, ex JRV

the preserved F84G is being restored somewhere in the city with a private company. The plan is for the F84, the two IF86s and the Soko 522 to move to Cerklje Ob Krki and join Gazelle 12660 in an on base museum.

Police hangar

S5-HPE B206, Slovenian Police

S5-HPG A109E, Slovenian Police

S5-HPH EC135, Slovenian Police



Back into Austrian for a look at Zeltweg, When we arrived there was no acitvity on the base at all so we stayed 30 min's or so and left after a visit to the museum to see the MiG-21

Zeltweg Museum, Austria

The Mig21R that defected to Austria in October 1991 has now arrived at the museum from storage at the army depot at Felixdorf

Displayed Inside :

26112 Mig21R, ex JRV

14 J35, ex Austria

08 J35, ex Austria

29449 / YELLOW F J29F, ex Austria

‘4D-YL’ (really 217) CM170, ex Ireland

5C-VF Vampire T55, ex Austria

21 J35, ex Austria

3F-SO Saab91D, ex Austria

5S-TA SC73M, ex Austria

(12) J35, ex Austria, sectioned

4D-BW AB204B, ex Austria

3C-JD AB206A, ex Austria

‘3D-XJ’ (really 76+91), ex Germany

2A-AM Zlin126, ex Austria

4C-TE LT6G, ex Austria

3A-BB G46-4B, ex Austria

3A-BH L19E, ex Austria

4C-AF Yak11, ex Austria

3A-AA Yak18, ex Austria

3B-HD OH13, ex Austria

outside

09 J35, ex Austria

3F-SW Saab91D, ex Austria



Zeltweg Base, Austria

8T-CC C130K

‘25’ (35339) J35, ex Sweden, preserved

3A-CO L19A, ex Austria, preserved

(2A-AO) OE-AFC PA18, ex Austria



Graz Town, Austria

A Draken can be found at The Fachhochschule Joanneum

06 J35, ex Austria



Graz-Thalerhof, Austria

The J29 can be seen easily from the outside – directions from EMOOS 2011.

(29588) RED D J29F, ex Austria



Graz Museum, Austria

Only the two new arrivals were noted, nothing else was logged.

29565 (YELLOW J) J29F, ex Austria

(475) N162TP MB326M, ex South Africa



During the two visits we had logged all but three aircraft of the Slovenian military.

B412 H2-32 was away on duties in Kosovo
AS532 H3-71 was with Eurocopter on maintenance
Let410 L4-01 was away on maintenance at Kunovice.

This just left me with the AS-532 "71" to see

Thanks as always to Phil A and Kev M for their company during the days out.



Cheers



Ade (York - UK)