Muscat-Seeb International, 15 March 2013
B.214ST Preserved A4O-CM Hunter Mk73A Preserved 831These two were seen from the bus that we took to get from Dubai to Muscat (5hrs, 11 EUR). Both are preserved along the main road that passes the airport.
Sultan's Fort Armed Forces Museum, 16 March 2013
AB.205 Preserved 701 (according Scramble a fake composite frame) Beaver AL.1 Preserved '213' (really XP824) Hunter Mk73B Preserved 841 (ex KLu) Provost Mk1 Preserved 'XF868' (really WV494) SC.7 Skyvan Preserved 904 Strikemaster Mk82A Preserved 423Muscat harbour, 16 March 2013
NH.90NFH 860Sqn N227On board the Hr Ms De Ruyter that was moored in the Muscat harbour.
Muscat-Seeb International, 18 March 2013
A320CJ 4Sqn 554, 556 A320CJ Oman Gov. A4O-AA BAC.1-11 Stored 2x C-130H 16Sqn 501, 502 Do.228 Police? 1x (A4O-CQ?) G.IV 4Sqn 557 Hawk Mk.103 6Sqn 103, 111? Hawk Mk.203 6Sqn 123, 125, 132 SC.7 Seavan 2Sqn 910 ATR.42 Oman Air A4O-AS, A4O-AT A330 Oman Air A4O-DB B737-700 Oman Air A4O-BO, A4O-BS B737-800 Oman Air A4O-BB, A4O-BC, A4O-BD, A4O-BJ, A4O-BN, A4O-BR, A4O-BU, OK-TVU, OK-TVV ERJ.175LR Oman Air A4O-EC, A4O-ED A320 Air Arabia A6-ANE A330 Emirates A6-EAS A319LR Etihad A6-EIE B737-800 FlyDubai A6-FDZ A320 Qatar AW A7-ADF B737 PIA 1x G.450 VP-BSQ G.550 VQ-BHPAll was seen during our two hour wait for our flight to Sharjah. The terminal has an excellent airside viewing point at the end of it. The taxiway is very close and the runway right behind it. The Hawks all flew and on the taxiway they can be read without binoculars, on the runway you do need bins though. Also the military ramps are visible, but only some planes can be read due to the way they are parked. Also some helicopters were flying, but into the wrong direction, so no serials.
One Hawk might be a misread, the 111. It was a twin seat example starting and ending with a 1, but the serial (in Arab) didn't look like 101 to me (the only possible 1x1 serial according Scramble database). Anybody know if there might be more Hawks than the ones listed by the Scramble database?
The Do.228 was parked on the far end of the military/government ramps and was in full camo. According Scramble database there is only one (serial mentioned), but I cannot be sure it was that one. By the time I saw it we were already pretty far up....
Erwin
