During our holiday from June 26 till July 10 in Andalucía, Spain I was able to spot some aircraft too. We arranged our own fly drive starting in Malaga.
26-07-2011
Flew Amsterdam – Malaga on board of EC-LLM, an A320 of Vueling
On arrival a number of planes was spotted before picking up our rental car, a nice Mercedes B180 where we booked for a Citroen C4. With this car we drove to Antequera to stay for the night
OY-PSD B737-800wl Primera
EI-ENT B737-800wl Ryanair
EI-EBX B737-800wl Ryanair
EC-HCG ATR72 Air Nostrum
UD.13-25/43-25 CL215T SpAF Cn 1119
Next to these active aircraft some derelict aircraft where seen at this airport as well, except for the cessna, these numbers where looked up
N9890A Dh104 Dumped next to the runway
EC-FPA Ce421 At airport entrance
“EC-ABC” Dc3 Iberia c/s Museum
N8042W CV440 Museum
“EC-ASJ” BeE18 Museum
EC-APH Aero 45 Museum
27-07-2011
From Antequera we drove to Conil de la Frontera via Ronda. Near Ronda several KC135 where seen flying, likely to or from Moron de la Frontera. Unfortunately this base was not close to our routing so no visit was made.
28-07-2011
From our temporary home in Conil de la Frontera we planned to visit the Rock also known as Gibraltar. Made one mistake today. Forgot to take with me, my 70-300mm lens, where just this day, I needed this lens the most…… On the airport of Gibraltar an Easyjet A319 and an British Airways A320 where seen (sorry I did not bother to write these down). In the harbor of Gibraltar the HMS Argus (A135) could be found with 2 Merlins on deck. Although we had a nice unobstructed view from the rock, I did not have the right lens with me, so these two kept unread. I anyone could help me out with these two, your help is welcome.
????? Merlin HM1 FAA On board HMS Argus
????? Merlin HM1 FAA On board HMS Argus
This wasn’t all for today on our way back we decided to get off the highway and follow a nice road along the coastline. Between Zahara de los Atunes and Barbate this road crosses a military zone. From this road we noticed a military ship some miles from the coastline with a helicopter deck on the back. Not less than 4 helicopters could be seen on deck. Back home I found out this ship is the LPD19, the USS Mesa Verde. The 4 helicopters on deck turned out to be 3 US Marines AH1Ws and a US Marines UH1N, there should be a fifth helicopter (another UH1N) but this one was not on board as further on along the road there turned out to be a military camp with next to the camp a helo platform where the missing UH1N was found. Too far from the road to identify, not allowed to get closer to get a picture with my 18-50mm lens, so I only got the code of the UH1N. From photo’s of the exercise these US Marines were involved in I was able to get the code of the second UH1N. Any help on the missing numbers is highly appreciated.
?????/ E-42 UH1N US Marines
?????/??-41 UH1N US Marines On board USS Mesa Verde
????? AH1W US Marines On board USS Mesa Verde
????? AH1W US Marines On board USS Mesa Verde
????? AH1W US Marines On board USS Mesa Verde
After a couple of days we moved from Conil de la Frontera to Sevilla where July 3 the airport was visited when we were heading for Cordoba.
03-07-2011
First a quick stop was made a the main terminal.
EC-IMR Pa28
EI-EKA B737-800wl RYR
EC-KMI A320-200 VLG
EC-GPF Ce337
EC-IHF Ce172
F-BMUZ GY80
EC-IEY Pa28
EC-JNL Ce150
EC-HNN Pa28 Aerotec
EC-CXP Ce172
EC-HSM Ce172 Aerotec
F-GVPT Ce172
EC-FQA Ce337
EC-GPQ Ce337
EC-JKS Ce172
EC-DEE Ce150
EC-JCI Pa28
EI-EPH B737-800wl RYR
N401FT G450
N337SM Ce337
CS-DRE BAe125 NJE
After the terminal a stop was made near the CASA factory on the north (Terminal) side of the airfield.
????? CN235 Coastguard c/s, no engines
CN-AMG CN235 Moroc AF
16702 C295M Port AF
TR.12D-80 C212 Ex SpAF No roundels
TR.12D-76 C212 Ex SpAF No roundels
T.12B-23 C212 Ex SpAF No markings, only cn
T.12B-48 C212 Ex SpAF No markings, only cn
????? C212 Ex Spaf No markings cn unreadable
????? C212 Ex Spaf No markings cn unreadable
The last stop at the airport was made near the Airbus / Casa factory at the south side of the airfield
7203 P3AM Braz AF
????? C295M Cn086, grey c/s
????? C295M Cn084, primer c/s
????? C295M Cn081, primer c/s
????? A400M Cn006, primer c/s
????? CN235 Coastguard c/s, near the factory entry
From Sevilla we moved on to Cordoba. The airport was visited when we arrived from Sevilla
EC-KZP Ce150
EC-FKU AT502
EC-IHJ AT802
EC-GQD Ce150
EC-IBZ Pa25
EC-BGD Pa25
There was also found a derelict Do27 near the terminal. No outside registration can be found. According the well known books this should be EC-CDO.
When parking our car in garage in the city center, we noticed a DC7 nearby. The DC7 wears some titles to promote the Cordoba as candidate city for European capital of culture in 2016. It can be found near the Calle del compositor Rafael Castro next to the River. As it is located on a small hill it cannot be missed. A little search on the internet revealed it should be EC-GGC .
After passing two more days at Cordoba we moved on to Granada, to visit the Alhambra. From Granada we moved on to our final stop Malaga but not before having paid a visit to the International airport of Granada.
07-07-2011
I-ATRQ ATR72 Helitt Lineas Aereas
EC-GLL Ce172
HZ-WBT7 B747-400 Kingdom Holding
In Malaga we spent our last days before heading home. On July 8 we had some time left in our program and headed for the airport where we spent 1,5 hours along the fence. More business jets where seen but these were unreadable due to the heat waves/parking position
08-07-2011
D-ATTT CL604
CN-MBP Emb135BJ Dalia Air
VQ-BSC BD700
EI-DWJ B737-800WL RYR
EI-DYI B737-800WL RYR
EC-LJC Ce510
EC-ICL A320 SPP
UD.13-30/43-30 CL215T SpAF Cn1125
UD.13-25/43-25 CL215T SpAF Cn1119
VP-CSM L1329
EC-KJD A320 VLG
EC-JZQ A320 VLG
EC-LIO Be400
EC-LLJ A320 VLG
EC-HBY ATR72 Air Nostrum
EC-HCG ATR72 Air Nostrum
VP-BEB BD700
EC-JTQ A320 VLG
EC-JBL B737-800WL Air Europa
M-YCUP Emb135BJ
EC-KJT AW139 Inaer
EI-DPY B737-800WL RYR
OO-JAR B737-700WL Jetfly
EC-LAR AS355NP Trafico
N800AK B727-WL
M-FAHD B727-WL
???? B737BBJ
And then came July 10, the day to go home, but not after logging some nice aircraft before boarding the David Getta plane (EC-KDG A320 Vueling)
10-7-2011
EI-DYI B737-800WL RYR
EI-ENA B737-800WL RYR
OY-PSD B737-800WL Primera
EI-EGB B737-800WL RYR
G-DOCE B737-400 BAW
G-DOCF B737-400 BAW
G-ODAG Ce525CJ2 Sloane
UD.13-30/43-30 CL215T SpAF Cn1125
UD.13-25/43-25 CL215T SpAF Cn1119
PR-LTC Emb135BJ
EC-HDK A320 IBE
LY-VEX A320 Avion Express Italia
G-OZBN A321 Monarch
G-MONR A300 Monarch
OH-AFI B757-200WL Air Finland
EC-HCG ATR72 Air Nostrum
130341 KCC130 CAF
188760 CF188A CAF
188763 CF188A CAF
G-LCYO Emb195 BAW
EC-KOX A320 SPP
OK-SLN Emb135BJ
EI-EBO B737-700WL RYR
EC-KEK/101 CN235MPA Salvamento Maritimo
EI-EMD B737-800WL RYR
CS-TMU Be1900D Portugalia
LN-DYO B737-800WL Norwegian
9H-AFK A319CJ Comlux
D-ABFD A320 Air Berlin
G-MONJ B757-200 Monarch
During take-off a second DH104 was seen at the museum. According the books this one is marked as PH-VLA in Martinair Charter c/s and is actually N9888A.
I hope someone can help me with the gaps, although some gaps are a long shot.
Grtz
Arjen
