Trip Switzerland / Italy October 2023

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Trip Switzerland / Italy October 2023

Post by Zonan »

Hi all,
a small log of my 2 week holiday to Switzerland and Italy.
Spotting was not really planned, but on our way to Rome (to meet my girlfriends parents) we of course stopped at several fields and as my girlfriend actually kinda likes it, we stopped a bit more than planned :lol:

First stop was of course a very much planned hike to axalp:
Axalp 17-10-2023
A-103 PC-21 Pilotenschule
A-917 PC-7 Pilotenschule
J-3082 F-5E Patrouille Suisse
J-3083 F-5E Patrouille Suisse
J-3084 F-5E Patrouille Suisse
J-3087 F-5E Patrouille Suisse
J-3090 F-5E Patrouille Suisse
J-3091 F-5E Patrouille Suisse
J-5002 F/A-18C Fliegerstaffel 11
J-5003 F/A-18C Fliegerstaffel 11
J-5006 F/A-18C Fliegerstaffel 17/18
J-5009 F/A-18C Fliegerstaffel 11
J-5014 F/A-18C Fliegerstaffel 11
J-5018 F/A-18C Fliegerstaffel 18 Solodemo
J-5024 F/A-18C Fliegerstaffel 17/18
T-314 AS332M
T-319 AS332M
T-323 AS332M
T-334 AS532UL
T-354 EC635
T-360 EC635
T-368 EC635 SAR Marks
T-784 Ce560XL
V-612 PC-6
V-622 PC-6 Patrouille Suisse mks
Callsigns PEGI11 for the PC-21, registration for PC-7, helicopters and PC-6, BEAST11 for the live fire demo, others unknown to me
Super pumas used for VIP transport used BIGLIFT11-15

LSMM Meiringen 18/10/2023 (only late evening after axalp was over already)
T-314 AS332M
T-317 AS332M
T-323 AS332M
T-334 AS532UL
T-340 AS532UL
T-360 EC635
T-366 EC635

19/10/2023 on the way towards Ravenna we stopped at 3 fields in Milano and in Bologna.
for LILG Vergiate log see https://scramble.nl/community/messageboard/45/172785

LILN Varese: 1 jet was seen very far in the back, looks like possibly a MB339 but definetely not readable

LIMC: 2 Vigili del Fuoco Helicopters outside, only 1 readable, blocking the other one.
AW139 VF-150
A109 VF-???

LIPE: Nothing outside, 1 Vigili del Fuoco AB412 visible in the hangar

LIPR Rimini 20/10/2023 was a no fly day, a UH-90 and a A129 were outside with families around them, only the A129 was photographed.
A129D MM81413 E.I.943

23/10/2023 the plan was Pratica di Mare and Viterbo, but then for Ciampino 2 Egyptians were planned, so we skipped Pratica and went for Ciampino instead.
LIRA Rome Ciampino 23/10/2023
C-295M 1199/SU-BTL
An74 1297/SU-BPO
Fa50 MM62029
A319 MM62174
A319 MM62243
C130J MM62181
Fa900 MM62210
AW139 MM81811
AW139 VF-156

LIRV Viterbo 23/10/2023
A169 5M-IB Lehrabteilung Hubschraube
D228 (MM62156 / E.I.101)
D228 (MM62157 / E.I.102) one of the 3 outside unreadable, other in hangar unreadable, E.I.103 close to the fence good for photos
D228 MM62158 / E.I.103
UH-90 MM81521 / E.I.204
UH-90 MM81540 / E.I.223
ICH-47F MM81786 / E.I.709
ICH-47F MM81788 / E.I.711
ICH-47F MM81781 / E.I.704
6x unidentied UH-90 outside
13x Chinooks outside (including stored C models with no rotos) all unidentified due to distance and heathaze
1x AB205 + grey NH90 unidentified in hangar

Bracciano 23/10/2023
AB205 (MM80720) / E.I.349 in hangar, fuselage part only, no rotors or tail
AB206 MM80639 / E.I.578 in hangar
AB206 MM80863 / E.I.595 in hangar
AB206 MM80892 / E.I.624 outside
several more AB205s and AB206s were visible in hangars, but not readable. All hangars were open, but equipment blocking most of the view

LIRP Pisa 24/10/2023 quick stop
KC-767A MM62228 / 14-03

LIQW Sarzana 24/10/2023 another quick stop
NH90 QA274, very surprised to see a Qatari NH90 here, brand new

LSZL Locarno 25/10/2023 short morning stop just before lunchbreak
PC-7 A-915
PC-7 A-916
PC-7 A-919
PC-7 A-931
PC-7 A-939
PC-7 A-940

LSMM 26/10/2023 morning only
PC-21 A-105
PC-21 A-107
PC-7 A-941
F-5E J-3091 Patrouille Suisse
F-5E J-3094
F/A-18C J-5002
F/A-18C J-5010

LSMA Alpnach 26/10/2023 short stop on the way to Emmen and another stop on the way back
AS332M T-316
AS332M T-319
AS532UL T-333
AS532UL T-337
EC635 T-357
EC635 T-361
EC635 T-366

LSME Emmen 26/10/2023
PC-21 A-101
PC-21 A-107
PC-7 A-923
PC-7 A-935
PC-6 V-614
PC-6 V-617
PC-6 V-619
PC-6 V-623
PC-12 HB-FXK c/n 2243 testflight from Stans
F-5E J-3080 Patrouille Suisse
EC635 T-359 Douane markings
EC635 T-364

LSZC Stans/Buochs 26/10/2023
see: https://scramble.nl/community/messageboard/45/168076
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Re: Trip Switzerland / Italy October 2023

Post by planefixer »

Zonan wrote: 07 Nov 2023, 14:28 Hi all,
a small log of my 2 week holiday to Switzerland and Italy.
Spotting was not really planned, but on our way to Rome (to meet my girlfriends parents) we of course stopped at several fields and as my girlfriend actually kinda likes it, we stopped a bit more than planned :lol:

Well, your girlfriend is a 'keeper' then :wink:

LIMC: 2 Vigili del Fuoco Helicopters outside, only 1 readable, blocking the other one.
AW139 VF-150
AW169 VF-???

Was the second helicopter definitely an AW169 as I didn't think Vigili del Fuoco had any?

Thanks for the report :thumb:
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Re: Trip Switzerland / Italy October 2023

Post by Zonan »

She is definitely a keeper :)

Regarding the VdF, yea correct, it was not an AW169, it was actually an A109, I'm not the best at recognizing the noses of the different agusta helicopters
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Re: Trip Switzerland / Italy October 2023

Post by Starfighter_F-104G »

Zonan wrote: 07 Nov 2023, 14:28
LIMC: 2 Vigili del Fuoco Helicopters outside, only 1 readable, blocking the other one.
AW139 VF-150
AW169 VF-???
A-109E VF-82
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