EDOV Airfield (Stendal-Borstel) C-160 transall

[Vincent]

Took some shots at former Russian Airbase Stendal. Normally a general Aviation airfield, but sometimes with some militairy activity.

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Grtz,

Vincent

[TAZZ]

The BK117 is a bit smaller than yne Mi-6 which were deployed in Stendal during the Cold War!!!

[Paul van der Linden]

The BK117 is a bit smaller than yne Mi-6 which were deployed in Stendal during the Cold War!!!

The BK117 is indeed smaller than an Mi-6 but on the other hand it is much larger than a C-160 with far fewer wheels and both have much better VTOL capabilities. An C-160 however is much smaller than an An-22 which were seen at Stendal quite often contrary to Mi-6' which were not based at Stendal..

Gtz, Paul

[Gietje]

The BK117 is a bit smaller than yne Mi-6 which were deployed in Stendal during the Cold War!!!

The BK117 is indeed smaller than an Mi-6 but on the other hand it is much larger than a C-160 with far fewer wheels and both have much better VTOL capabilities. An C-160 however is much smaller than an An-22 which were seen at Stendal quite often contrary to Mi-6' which were not based at Stendal..

Gtz, Paul

The BK117 larger than a C-160?

Nice pics btw, the angle on the BK117 is very nice!

[Iwan Bogels]

Hi Vincent,

I like your first shot. The tree in the background makes it even more attractive than just a clean C-160.

Funny to see that you were at Stendal. I would expect minimal flying activities there, yet you did go there with your camera. Was there much flying going on, or did you just get lucky. ?

Cheers,
Iwan

[aurora]

On 2 pics the C1-60 has a housing om top, what is that?
On 1 pic the C-160 does not have this fairing

Rgds

[Thermal]

Funny to see that you were at Stendal. I would expect minimal flying activities there, yet you did go there with your camera. Was there much flying going on, or did you just get lucky. ?

The best glider club in Holland had it's summercamp there, that is the reason

Nice pics Vin!

[Stefan]

On 2 pics the C1-60 has a housing om top, what is that?
On 1 pic the C-160 does not have this fairing

Looks like a chaff/flare dispenser to me.

Regards,
Stefan

[Vincent]

Hi Vincent,

I like your first shot. The tree in the background makes it even more attractive than just a clean C-160.

Funny to see that you were at Stendal. I would expect minimal flying activities there, yet you did go there with your camera. Was there much flying going on, or did you just get lucky. ?

Cheers,
Iwan

Thanks Iwan! There where actually two C-160's doing some touch and go's.I was there for two weeks with our gliding club. But we where indeed lucky to see these aircraft that close. There is a lot of VFR/general aviation traffic when the weather is good enough. Trauma helicopters are also common visitors at Stendal.

[Iwan Bogels]

Ah, that makes sense !

Cheers,
Iwan