Ben Gurion Intl Airport (LLBG) (CIV/MIL) 30 Sep 2016

[Starman]

Noted on deck during the funeral service (elsewhere) for Shimon Peres:

CIVIL AIRCRAFT
FHLTI Falcon 7X
GPEPI EMB-135
HAJGP ?? mispole?
LYLGC B737
LZ00I Falcon MM
N141SN Global
OEGWS C560
OHWIX Falcon 7x
OMBYP A320
OOVRO Falcon MM
PHKBX Fokker 70 ***
RA64058 Tu-204
SU-BNC G-IV
TCLAC C560
TUVAS A319
URABA A319
VHLZP Global
VP-BBI G-280
VP-BMS A345
VQBZB Global
XCMEX/TP01 B787



XCLOJ/TP06 G-450
YRTRC Challenger
YUFSS Falcon MM
Z3MKD LJ-60
9ACRO CL604

GOVERNMENT AIRCRAFT
258 LJ 45
1404 Global
1601 A343
2584 VC-99D
2801 AB319
15003 AB310
90002 C-32
90017 C-32
28000 B744
C-172 CL600
CD01 Falcon 900
CE01 Emb 135
CM02 Mystere 20
FRAFA/68 Falcon 7X



FRAFB/86 Falcon 7X
FRAF-/nn Falcon 900 (004?)
L1-01 Falcon MM
MM(62209) A319
102004 G-IV
T.18-1 F.900
T.22-2 AB310
T-785 FALCON

REAL AIRCRAFT
ZZ336 Voyager




*** And I bet you can't guess who parked right next to the IAI fighter store

Two IAF S-70s were on hand, 822 & 825, and parked near the IAI sheds were F-16A 737, Kfir 979, Mi-8MTV IAI817 (civil) and the 2nd Lavi prototype (no serial - the other extant a/c is at Hatzerim museum).

[Starman]

Two IL76-MDs arrived with some stuff, note that one has the smooth, flowing lines beloved of spotters around the globe whilst the other has no rear gunner position. These were the advance party for the visit of PM Medvedev who arrived in IL-96 RA-96012, with another in support 96020 and a Tu-214 RA-64504. You can imagine how the visit came up: Hello Dmitry, this is Bibi. No, Bibi. Well if you could just turn the music down a bit Dmitry. That's better. Now Dmitry, you know how we've often spoken about the bomb. No Dmitry, not that one, the regular ones you keep giving to our neighbors .....





In other news, the 2nd Italian AF G.550 was rolled out and wears code 14.12 with a big sticker over the MM number. It says 454 (you may remember the 14.11 carries 429). Local G-5 679 has emerged from respray with the tail number carried on the dorsal fin. Exciting stuff.