Varese (LILN) log 06-12-2023

[Zonan]

Hello all,

I spent an afternoon in the landing area at Varese, following was seen:

flying:
T-345A CSX55233 no code
T-345A CSX55248 61-206
T-345A CSX55249 no code
RH-119A CSX82103 (primer) low approach
AW-169 I-LCIA approach and hover training

platform:
MB339CD MM55081 61-151
MB339CD unread
MB339CD MM55077 (61-145)
MB339CD MM55073 (61-141)

Best regards,
Zonan

[Grappa01]

Hi Zonan,

It is always nice to read when people take some effort to visit Venegono. I can provide you with the numbers of the four MB-339CD’s you have seen parked outside awaiting IRAN:

MM55072/61-140
MM55077/61-145
MM55079/61-147
MM55081/61-151

The first three MB’s have been parked there since at least early May this year, the 61-151 had arrived in the morning on the day you were at Venegono. You have read MM55073 but that seems not correct, this MB-339CD came out of heavy maintenance in 2021 and was delivered to Galatina early 2022.

Hopefully this info is helpful to you. Greetings from the Varese province,

Marco

[Chrissly69]

I was trickered by "Awaiting IRAN" What does it mean?

[Lex]

Hi Marco,

Was at Venegono on 10th of july and we saw 4 MB-339's. We could read MM55072 and MM55079.
Can you help me with the other 2 (I suspect MM55077 was one of them)?

Thanks!

[Grappa01]

Hi Chrissly 69,

IRAN means Inspection Repair as Necessary, in other words, a major overhaul. Overhaul on the MB-339 takes usually over a year to complete and is being carried out after a certain amount of flight hours or years.

[Grappa01]

Hi Marco,

Was at Venegono on 10th of july and we saw 4 MB-339's. We could read MM55072 and MM55079.
Can you help me with the other 2 (I suspect MM55077 was one of them)?

Thanks!

Hi Lex,

MB-339CD MM55077 was surely one of them, the fourth one I don’t know. Was it a Frecce Tricolori MB-339 by the way? There are quite a few Frecce MB-339’s in various stages of overhaul at the moment so it is difficult to say which one could have been parked outside, if you have seen a MB-339A/PAN.

I hope this info helps,

Marco

[Lex]

Thanks Marco!

[EvD]

13-12-23
Still the four, also read MM55077/079/081 and they blocked the fourth.
Rgds
Erwin