Hello all,
Time for the third day. The first thing we did today was call our contact at Graz, to see wether our base visit would work out. Unfortunately we got the message that it was "security state Alpha" at Graz, and a visit would not be possible. So a disappointment obviously, which also meant we had to try our luckk from the outside later this week. But first we went back to Salzburg airport, to see if we could get into hangar 8. But again a disappointment, the answer was a very firm "no!". We quickly left, and drove to Bad Ischl, a museum which had been on our wish list for a long time.
Museum Fahrzeug Technik Luftfahrt, Bad Ischl
inside (but visible through front door):
(29446/I rd) J-29F pr
outside on court yard:
0310 MiG-21F-13 pr (Czechoslovak AF)
storage area behind court yard:
4D-BF AB.204B std
(4D-BY) AB.204B std, no tail
2610 L-29R std (Chechoslovak AF)
4405 MiG-21PFM std (Czech AF)
20+14 MiG-23ML std, JG 9 mks
22+32 MiG-21SPS std
23+78 MiG-21UM std
23+86 MiG-21U-400 std
25+23 Su-22M-4 std
25+47 Su-22UM-3K std
28+14 L-39ZO std
93+08/922 Mi-8T std
93+38/962 Mi-8PS std
350 MiG-15bis std (Hungarian AF)
OK-NYA An-2 std, civil only
plus the tailbooms of AB.204Bs 4D-BK and 4D-BM
stored between trucks left of court yard:
(0201) MiG-19S std (Chechoslovak AF)
1002 MiG-21F-13 std, real id 0603 (Chechoslovak AF)
stored left side of main building, against the wall:
(4143) Mi-4 std (Chechoslovak AF), tail separate
The museum is closed after october, but with some effort you can still see most of their aircraft. We almost missed the Mi-4, you have to look carefully for this one, and the same for the AB.204 cabin. This is parked next to the MiG-23. When exiting the museum carpark turn left, and take the first left again. You drive a road up hill until you get to a house, and from here you can take a good look at the storage area. You can walk all along the hill from here for changing views and see all aircraft that way. However hard we tried though, we couldn't discover the fuselages of L-19s 3A-BK and BL that are supposed to be stored here as well, anybody who can tell me more about those? You can also reach the same spot up the hill from the other side by the way, by taking two right turns when exiting the carpark. Advantage is that you don't end up in somebodies backyard....
After this we we ready for some operational stuff again, so we headed for Linz.
Linz-Horsching
3G-EJ PC-6/B2-H2 FlRgt 1, 4 st
8T-CC C-130K FlRgt 3, 4 st
4D-BX AB.204B std, no rotor blades
11 J.35OE pr
(35607)/07 J.35J pr, F16 (?) mks but Austrian roundel
Saab 105Ö (FlRgt 3, 3 st): B ye, D ye, E ye, GF-16 (tiger tail), G ye, D rd
Some flying activity here, although the weather wasn't too brilliant. We tried to find a spot at the runway end to photograph the Saab 105s when they came back from their mission, but failed to do so as the dedicated spot we found on the internet was way below the runway and also far away. Maybe nice for big airliners, but not for little Saabs... When we left there was also a Blackhawk overshooting the airfield. The name is very suitable for the aircraft though; no chance of reading it off.
Very nearby is the village of Wels, which also has a little airfield.
Wels
OE-AKF Bu.133C ex Swiss U-71
OE-AUW CASA 1.131E ex E.3B-510
OE-KHO Saab 91D c/n 91.452, ex 3F-SQ
91+31 FWP.149D (D-EGEC)
D-EAUU Bu.133C ex Swiss U-63
D-EISS Bu.133 ex mil? No info found!
(D-EMAX) FW.44J u. rest, ex SweAF 631
D-EQOA Bu.133C ex Spanish AF (c/n 53)
D-ERGR CASA 1.131E ex E.3B-406
When we asked at the tower here for the Buckers they should have we got a lot of laughter, and I still don't understand the joke. But they were friendly enough to open up all four little hangars and show us all the Buckers they have. Apart from the ones logged here they have one more ex mil, OE-AKK, but that was away for maintenance. Also present are a few Polish built copies of the Bu.131. D-EQOA is in EMOOS as a former Swiss Bu.131, but that is not correct; it is a former Spanish AF Bu.133 (serial unknown unfortunately). I had OE-AKF as living at Spitzerberg by the way, but this is not correct (anymore?).
After this tour we had another rather long drive ahead of us, and this was a little gamble actually as the aircraft we were hoping to find was not actually reported here before. But again things worked out nicely!
Scharding-Suben
3F-SB Saab 91D std
OE-AKA Fi.156C-3 ex SweAF 3814
(OE-DPM) P.149D std, ex 3E-AB
D-EDDI CASA 1.131E ex E.3B-552
D-EEVV CASA 1.131E ex E.3B-618
Both Buckers live here, unlike the Storch which was just present for maintenance. The Piaggio is the only one the Austrian AF ever used, and was our main goal. If you park your car in the car park and walk in the direction of the small seperate helicopter hangar (medical service) you see a large hangar first. On the small side (where you approach) there is a window, and both the Piaggio and the stored Saab are in here, easily visible. The two German registered Buckers live in the hangar on the other side of the tower, and you'll need access to see those.
With a very happy feeling we drove off again, in the direction of Linz. We didn't waste time on the airfield as it was totally dark by now, but drove into town to get the preserved J.29.
Hohere Technische Bundeslehranstalt, Linz
29447/B ye J.29F pr, 1 st mks
This school is located in the Paul Hahn Strasse. Take exit 9 from the highway, turn left (onto the Prinz Eugenstrasse), first right (Garnisonstrasse), then second right (Derfflingerstrasse) and again the first right (Paul Hahn strasse). The school is on your right hand side in this street, but the Tunnan is preserved next to a small carpark on your left. You can't miss it! (See Google Earth at 48 18 22.5 N 14 18 41 E)
We decided to stay in Linz for the night, and start again early tomorrow to include two small airfields nearby.
As always any comments, additions and corrections are very welcome.
That's all folks!
Frank Mink & Patrick Dirksen
Tristar Aviation
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