BA128 Metz-Frescaty 26th June

[snafu352]

Does anybody have any details or a link for the Portes Ouvertes at Metz on the 26th June?
Thanks!

[AK01]

Hi,
I was looking for the same info, i doubt if there's any airshow at all.
Not a single French team has a display scheduled for this base, googling in French on this subject also only came up with a link to the Scramble site.
So i think you can save yourself a wasted journey.

[Fogg]

You can go to Etain-Rouvres on the same day, which is really close, but that doesn't look like much either, although the Cartouche Doré are scheduled to go there. All other French demos are at Le Bourget

[pipichantal]

No flying display.
just small static (no fighters because of the noise )
Transall C.160G,TBM-700,AS-555AN, PC-6, Police Eurocopter EC-145, Aerospatiale SA-365 N Dauphin 2, SA-342M Gazelle.

[Jaap]

Information about the P.O. was given during a base visit two months ago.
Indeed, no flying display.

Jaap

Hi,
I was looking for the same info, i doubt if there's any airshow at all.
Not a single French team has a display scheduled for this base, googling in French on this subject also only came up with a link to the Scramble site.
So i think you can save yourself a wasted journey.

[Vinny]

this is all I can find.
http://tout-metz.com/base-aerienne-128- ... 11-558.php


Greetings Vincent

[Falco]

Hello

1x Rafale 113 IZ was arrived yesterday 23.06.11
today 2x Mirage 2000D were arrived.

[USAFE]

Just returned. Unfortunately no C-160G...

[Tigerspoon]

Just returned. Unfortunately no C-160G...

It's a joke isn't it?!!?

[Olli J.]

A short log from today, was there 1500-1600lt:

5361 UT AS555AN
5393 VC AS555AN
5399 VG AS555AN spec c/s
119 113-IX Rafale C
654 133-ID M2000D
E48 705-MH Ajet
108 YW EMB121AA
77 XD TBM700
111 62-II C235
F-MJDI JDI EC135 Gendarmerie

[frank kramer]

Just returned. Unfortunately no C-160G...

It's a joke isn't it?!!?

I wouldn't call that a joke . Just two words given as explanation: "Operation Harmattan"..

[AndyMarden]

Some additions:

AS350 c/n 2057 was in the Gendarmerie hangar.
AS555s UU, UZ, WF plus TBM 146/XR were in the CIEH 00.341 hangar

By the way, i was under the impression that the C-160Gs had moved to Evreux.

Andy Marden

[57HEAVY]

one is in big overhaul and the other is busy elsewhere southbound..
not yet in Normandy!

[patrick dirksen]

A small show, but still a few nice photo opportunities!

A short log from today, was there 1500-1600lt:
5361 UT AS555AN
5393 VC AS555AN
5999 VG AS555AN spec c/s
119 113-IX Rafale C
654 133-ID M2000D
E48 705-MH Ajet
108 YW EMB121AA
77 XD TBM700
111 62-II C235
F-MJDI JDI EC135 Gendarmerie

I have AS.555 VG as 5399 instead of 5999, a typo? Furthermore I wrote down the Alpha Jet as coded 705-MI. No picture to confirm though, so could be wrong.
The Gendarmerie EC.135T2+ has c/n 0797. Also noted were:
105/62-SI N.2501F (F-AZVM)
53802 Harvard (F-AZCM)
1125 SV.4A (F-BDHC)
117/XN TBM-700 (visiting in the early afternoon)

Furthermore still preserved on base is F-84F 28879/9-AU, looking splendid. Also seen were preserved F-100 42131/11-MP, N.2501 (41, far side) and stored N.262 (95, also far side). Access to the N.262 was denied, however it is used as a fire training aid together with a Fouga Magister (should be 407). H-34 SA170, that used to be preserved here, has aleady made the move to Orange, where the choppers will be based after the closure of Metz.

*EDIT* I just saw a picture in the Photoforum of the Alpha Jet, and it was coded MH on the right hand side. I wrote down the code on the left hand side, but I would expect those to be the same.... So probably a mistake from my side

[Olli J.]

A small show, but still a few nice photo opportunities!

A short log from today, was there 1500-1600lt:
5361 UT AS555AN
5393 VC AS555AN
5999 VG AS555AN spec c/s
119 113-IX Rafale C
654 133-ID M2000D
E48 705-MH Ajet
108 YW EMB121AA
77 XD TBM700
111 62-II C235
F-MJDI JDI EC135 Gendarmerie

I have AS.555 VG as 5399 instead of 5999, a typo? Furthermore I wrote down the Alpha Jet as coded 705-MI. No picture to confirm though, so could be wrong.
The Gendarmerie EC.135T2+ has c/n 0797. Also noted were:
105/62-SI N.2501F (F-AZVM)
53802 Harvard (F-AZCM)
1125 SV.4A (F-BDHC)
117/XN TBM-700 (visiting in the early afternoon)

Furthermore still preserved on base is F-84F 28879/9-AU, looking splendid. Also seen were preserved F-100 42131/11-MP, N.2501 (41, far side) and stored N.262 (95, also far side). Access to the N.262 was denied, however it is used as a fire training aid together with a Fouga Magister (should be 407). H-34 SA170, that used to be preserved here, has aleady made the move to Orange, where the choppers will be based after the closure of Metz.

*EDIT* I just saw a picture in the Photoforum of the Alpha Jet, and it was coded MH on the right hand side. I wrote down the code on the left hand side, but I would expect those to be the same.... So probably a mistake from my side

Thanks for the addition Patrick. The Fénnec VG was 5399, you are right. I've already corrected it...