EBBR 11-05-2011 MIL

[Arjan]

Anyone for the serial of the German Transall that was parked this evening around 18:00h at the Melsbroek ramp?

[mazzel]

Can't help you but I would like to know from where you saw it?

The AML parking was not accessible and even guarded when we tried around the same time. Was this just temporary?

[erik_kamphuis]

Hi,

we were at Abelag/Melsbroek around 20.00h, AML parking was not accessible (guarded). Outside at Melsbroek were the 2 former BAF A.310s (serials and markings removed). One C-130H in front off the hangars, we thought is was CH-03 (read from Abelag side), can anyone confirm? No German C-160 seen.
A MD.900 came in at 20.30h, should have been G-10.
At Abelag only US civil Bizz-jets and one Gulfstream with regi 3B-PGF. Can't find it in the net, maybe a Gvmt plane???? Anyone?

Erik

[Richard from Rotterdam]

3B-PGF is a regular visitor to Brussels. Have a look on Airliners.net, you'll find a photo there. It is registered in Mauritius, nothing to do with any government.

[kvanos]

We were there around 7pm, noted at 15 Wing were: C-130 CH-13, A310 CS-TEI, A330 CS-TFZ and a C-160D. This was parked behind the A330 (hardly visible) and unreadable, but probably 51+12 or maybe 50+45 which were in the vicinity according to SBS (see http://skystef.be/), can anyone confirm? Apparently CS-TMT departed 10/5 with a HiFly callsign, presumably for scheduled maintenance, that might explain the presence from CS-TFZ but what is CS-TEI doing at 15 Wing ? Also on lease ? Also still present were the two ex BAF A310's (CA-01/02) without any markings. Nothing MIL present at Abelag.

[erik_kamphuis]

Ok thanks, so our CH-03 was CH-13 (that I still needed)! The all white A.330 CS-TFZ taxied out at 20.25h and this one is now in use with 15 wing/BAC.
I saw on the site "skystef.be" with SBS logs from Brussel area that CH-13 arrived around 17.00h, A.330 CS-TFZ took-off with c/s BAF630 and the MD.900 was all day (and at 20.31h) G-12.
C-160D 51+12 is 2 times in this list so arr+dep or flight over and back Brussel, the other serial (50+44? see above) is 1x logged so most likely the candidate for the one on the 15wing ramp.

Erik