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N° 26 – September 2008

Index Football Charter from Moscow

Russian football charter 1 On 12th July 2008, Tulpar Air Service operated the flight TL2261 from Moscow Last 747-400F for Cargolux 1 Vnukovo to Luxembourg for a football game. The Yakovlev Yak-42, RA-42330, arrived around 11:40 at Luxembourg Airport. HHI special anniversary livery 1 New Falcon 2000 for Global Jet 1 Lockheed L-118 Electra 2

Pronair & Dubrovnik Air 2 Southern Air & Air Forces 3

Florennes Defence Days 4 Holiday: Athens Airport 5

Holiday: Mauritius 6

Luxembourg Movements 7 © MORO Mike

Last Boeing 747-400F (LX-YCV) for Cargolux arrived in Luxembourg

On 22nd July 2008, at 9:05 (local), LX-YCV (sn: 35805 ln: 1407), the last Boeing 747-4R7F/SCD arrived at Luxembourg Airport. On 18th July, Cargolux accepted their last 747-400F at a ceremony in Seattle. The 16th Boeing is called “City of Contern”. This last 747-400F delivery marks the transition to the next generation Jumbo, the 747-8F. LX-YCV comes with a modified livery, with the traditional red, white and blue stripes fading away instead of reaching all the way to the tail. This might be a hint to a new design that will be introduced on the Boeing 747-8F.

First delivery of the 747-8F is planned for 2009. © BRAUN Serge

Hamburg International in special livery New Global Jet Falcon 2000

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© BAKEMA Pete © BAKEMA Pete © BAKEMA th Hamburg International is celebrating their 10 years and On 24 August, this Falcon 2000 arrived in Luxembourg painted one of their Airbus A319-100 in this special on a delivery flight. LX-SAM, formerly OY-ICE (Air Alsie), th livery. D-AHIK visited Luxembourg Airport on 15 August was delivered to Global Jet Luxembourg with a new and 2008. good looking paintscheme.

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Atlantic Airlines Lockheed L-188 Electra A rare Beech TT-ABB at LUX

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(Geneva) www.dpts.org © DPTS – © BAKEMA Pete © BAKEMA

On 28th July DHL sent us, instead of the usual ATP, a 47 A quite rare aircraft was present on 9th August at year old Lockheed L-188 Electra. This old bird, G-LOFE, Luxembourg airport. This Beech 1900, TT-ABB, with which made its first flight on 06.06.1961, operated the “République du Tchad” titles, operated a flight from daily flight Luxembourg-Leipzig. Luxembourg to Geneva.

Pronair Cargo & Dubrovnik Air

The highlights of the month July visited Luxembourg on 31st. First, the Pronair Cargo, a Boeing 747-200, EC-KRP, operating a flight to Abuja and Brazzaville. The 747, which st carries its registration since 1 June 2008 (before it was e EC-KMR, also for Pronair) brought some different colors to g Luxembourg Airport (photo below). The second one was a Dubrovnik Air McDonnell Douglas MD-82, 9A-CDE, in a special livery, operating a charter flight to Luxembourg. © BRAUN Ser

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New MK Airlines Boeing 747 Euroair McDonnell Douglas MD-83

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Pete © BAKEMA Claude SIBENALER © An interesting aircraft visited us on 24th August as A rare visitor arrived on 9th August at LUX. Operating a “MKA811”. The all white Boeing 747-200, F-GCBD (ex. charter flight to Luxembourg, the Euroair McDonnell Air France), is now flying for MK Airlines. After all the Douglas MD-83, SX-BEU (ex. N814PG), departed again trouble MK went through in the last months this could be the next day. a good sign for the Cargo Airlines and show that it is back on track.

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Southern Air at ELLX White Eagle Aviation ATR

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© BRAUN Serge Pete © BAKEMA th During the last weeks we saw a lot of Southern Air here On 16 July a White Eagle/Globus ATR 42-300, SP-KTR, in Luxembourg. A peak in the traffic was achieved in arrived in Luxembourg as “WEA734”. July/August, with 3 different aircrafts doing several flights. N760SA is now operating for Ethiopian Airlines. On 22nd July N753SA operated a flight to Dubai as th “ETH3717”, and on 13 August N751SA (photo with N753SA) departed as “MKA803”.

Hercules & Transall at Luxembourg Airport

Here in Luxembourg we are quite used to a great number of Hercules and Transall doing short midday stops at the airport, but during the last two months, especially in July a lot of military traffic was seen at ELLX. As usual they were from Turkey and Greece.

01.07.2008 69-032 Turkey Transall C-160D 02.07.2008 63-13186 Turkey Lockheed C-130H Hercules 69-019 Turkey Transall C-160D 69-024 Turkey Transall C-160D 746 Greece Lockheed C-130H Hercules 03.07.2008 61-0960 Turkey Lockheed C-130B Hercules 17.07.2008 752 Greece Lockheed C-130H Hercules 22.07.2008 69-026 Turkey Transall C-160D 19.08.2008 749 Greece Lockheed C-130H Hercules 20.08.2008 69-038 Turkey Transall C-160D

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above left : 69-032 (Turkey) above right : 63-13186 (Turkey) below : 746 (Greece) © BAKEMA Pete © BAKEMA

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Luxembourg Air Rescue - 20 years celebration (Text & Photos by Kevin MORO)

On 6th June 2008 Luxembourg Air Rescue (LAR) celebrated, on P5, it’s 20 years. LAR was founded on 18th April 1988 and operated the first rescue mission in 1989. This flight was operated with a leased Bell B206 Long Ranger.

At 16:00 the tent opened for the invited guests and the celebration started. The whole LAR fleet, consisting of MD-900/902 Helicopters and Learjets, was on display. Even the new Ambulance car was present. Drinks were served and 2 Bands were entertaining the guests. René Closter, President of Luxembourg Air Rescue, made an introductory speech and a feedback of the last 20 years of operations. During the speech, one of the helicopters (LX-HMS) had to depart for a rescue mission and came back late in the afternoon. Around 19:00 the Buffet was opened and the party began.

When I talked to a LAR pilot, he told me that LAR is considering buying a 5th and 6th MD-902 helicopter for the fleet (to be confirmed).

This map is drawn on the inside of the fuel tank on the tip of the wing of LX-TWO, showing Luxembourg and Western Europe.

Florennes: Defence Days - Arrivals (Text & Photos by Mike MORO)

This year’s edition of the Belgian Defence Days took place at the Florennes Air Force Base on 5th and 6th July 2008. Florennes is well known for being the home base of the 2nd Tactical Wing, the Tactical Leadership Programme (TLP). A lot of international teams and aircrafts were present during the weekend, including a lot of special paintings such as the Alphajet 1’000’000 hours of flight livery. On 4th July the Belgian Air Force organised a Spotter’s Day during the arrival of the aircrafts and team rehearsal. The organisation of the Spotter’s day was great. After our arrival we were transported by bus to a place close to the runway and taxiway. The price of 40€ was quite expensive but it was worth it. After most of the aircrafts arrived, the rehearsal of the flying teams began (Turkish Stars & F-16 Demo). Therefore we had to leave our spotting place, due to security regulations, and moved further away from the runway.

The Defence Days itself were impressive as well, with the F-16 demonstration and a simulated invasion and hostage rescue including F-16’s, C-130 Hercules, and ground forces. Unfortunately the announced B-52 did not attend and due to the heavy rainfalls the Patrouille de France display was cancelled.

Recent forum rumours indicated that these Defence Days might have been the last edition and that each of the Belgian Defence components will have their own event in the future. We’ll see...

On the following page are some impressions of the Spotter’s Day and Defence Days 2008.

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Alphajets 1'000'000 hours of flight & F-16 with special 20 years OCU painting

AT-32 F-TETJ FB-18

Special Paintings on some Belgian F-16’s

FA-121 FA-121 FA-72

Greek Corsairs & Polish Sukhoi Su-22

158825 160616 707

Belgian Hercules 60 years (15th Wing), Sea King (30 years 40SQN) & German 50 years “Heeresflieger”

CH-07 RS-03 87-38

...and some more...

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An afternoon at Athens International Airport (Text & Photos by Mike MORO)

After our holiday in Greece, I convinced my girlfriend to go a bit earlier to the airport in the hope to catch some aircrafts. Unfortunately the heat outside was too much for us so we decided to stay inside at our departing gate. Due to the windows there is some reflection in the photos but nevertheless the Athens International Airport (Eleftherios Venizelos) has some interesting traffic.

Olympic Airlines & Aegean Airlines...

SX-BKX, Boeing 737-400 SX-BKF, Boei ng 737-400 SX-BKG, Boeing 737-400

SX-DFB, Airbus A340-300 SX-DVP, Airbus A321-200 SX-DVC, BAe Avro RJ100

... and many more...

D-AIRB, Airbus A321-100 EC-HDS, Boeing 757-200 EC-IGK, Airbus A321-200

EC-GRH, Airbus A320-200 F-GTAR, Airbus A321-200 HA-LOA, Boeing 737-700

SX-DFB, Airbus A340-300

I-DATA, McDonnell Douglas MD-82 TS-IOH, Boeing 737-500 OK-FGS, Boeing 737-400

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Mauritius – Spotting at the Beach (Text & Photos by Mike MORO)

During our stay at Mauritius, I had one of the most interesting spotting sessions ever. When we booked I knew that the Hotel was only 4 miles away from the airport, but I didn’t imagine that the planes would depart directly over of the lobby of the hotel (photo; departing British Airways). The traffic wasn’t very dense, but quite interesting. Unfortunately the sun was a bit of a problem, a lot of backlight, but changing the side of the beach was helpful. I leave the rest to the photos below, but one thing is sure, I didn’t need to get up from the chair to take a photo ☺

Air Mauritius (of course) & Coast Guard

3B-NAY, Airbus A340-300 3B-NBH, Airbus A319-100 3B-NBM, Airbus A330-200

3B-NBK, ATR 72-200 3B-NZF, Bell 206B JetRanger III MP-CG-1, Fairchild Dornier 228

Air Austral & Air Seychelles

F-ODZY, Boeing 737-300 F-OZSE, ATR 72-200 S7-EXL, Boeing 767-200

Virgin Atlantic, Eurofly & South African Airways

G-VBUG, Airbus A340-600 I-EEZL, Airbus A330-200 ZS-SJM, Boeing 737-800

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Luxembourg's Logbook: Passenger and Cargo Visitors

01.07.2008 69-032 Air Force - Turkey Transall C-160D N753SA Southern Air Boeing 747-200

TC-ARB Arkas Air Bombardier BD-100 Challenger 300 02.07.2008 63-13186 Air Force – Turkey Lockheed C-130H Hercules 69-019 Air Force – Turkey Transall C-160D 69-024 Air Force – Turkey Transall C-160D 746 Air Force – Greece Lockheed C-130H Hercules 03.07.2008 61-0960 Air Force – Turkey Lockheed C-130B Hercules 04.07.2008 D-AHIH Hamburg International Airbus A319-100 HA-YFJ Private Beechcraft 400A Beechjet 05.07.2008 G-CMLS Private Cirrus SR20 SE-RAC City Airline Embraer ERJ-145 SE-RBX Nextjet Cessna 560XL Citation Excel 06.07.2008 N480RS Private Enstrom 480 07.07.2008 HA-TCT BASe - Budapest Aircraft Services Antonov An-26 08.07.2008 UR-CAH Meridian Aviation Antonov An-12 10.07.2008 I-BNTN Private Dassault Falcon 2000 11.07.2008 EC-JJU Soko Aviation Cessna 525A CitationJet 2 ST-42 Air Force – Belgium SIAI-Marchetti SF260D 12.07.2008 RA-42330 Tulpar Air Service Yakovlev Yak-42 13.07.2008 G-PEYO Private Gefa-Flug AS 105 GD 15.07.2008 N760SA Southern Air Boeing 747-200 16.07.2008 I-TOPB Topjet Beechcraft 400A Beechjet SP-KTR White Eagle Aviation ATR 42-300 17.07.2008 752 Air Force – Greece Lockheed C-130H Hercules 18.07.2008 N416BD Private Bombardier BD-700 Global Express RA-76751 Volga-Dnepr Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD TF-ARN MASkargo Boeing 747-200 19.07.2008 UR-DWG Aero-Charter Airlines Antonov An-12 21.07.208 EI-XLS Airlink Airways Cesna 560XL Citation Excel XLS YU-BSM Prince Aviation Cessna 550B Citation Bravo 22.07.2008 69-026 Air Force – Turkey Transall C-160D LX-YCV Cargolux Boeing 747-400 N753SA Southern Air Boeing 747-200 23.07.2008 N418MC Atlas Air Boeing 747-400 25.07.2008 CS-TJE TAP Air Portugal Airbus A321-200 HB-JRP Comlux Aviation Bombardier CL-600 Challenger 605 LX-INT Private AASI Jetcruzer LX-OKC Private Piper PA-28-160 Cherokee TC-NUB Private Raytheon Hawker 850XP TR-AAG Air Affaires Gabon Canadair CL-600 Challenger 601 26.07.2008 M-STCO Private Dassault Falcon 2000EX 28.07.2008 B-2439 Jade Cargo International Boeing 747-400 G-LOFE Atlantic Airlines Lockheed L-188C Electra 29.07.2008 5N-BJF Aero Contractors Aérospatiale 365N-2 Dauphin G-BTTO Atlantic Airlines British Aerospace ATP N914SP Olympia Investments Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign 30.07.2008 EW-275TI RubyStar Antonov An-12 G-CMBL TAG Aviation Bombardier CRJ-200 31.07.2008 9A-CDE Dubrovnik Airline McDonnell Douglas MD-82 EC-KRP Pronair Airlines Boeing 747-200 06.08.2008 N809MC Atlas Air Boeing 747-200 08.08.2008 HB-IPV Swiss International Airlines Airbus A319-100 OE-LTF Austrian Arrows Bombardier Dash 8-311 PH-KZR KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 09.08.2008 SX-BEU EuroAir McDonnell Douglas MD-83 TT-ABB République du Tchad Beechcraft Beech 1900 11.08.2008 N751SA Southern Air Boeing 747-200 P4-ALE Flash Jet Aviation Hawker Siddeley HS-125-700B 15.08.2008 D-AHIK Hamburg International Airbus A319-100 UR-KVI Kroonk Air Antonov An-26 18.08.2008 OY-EDP Private Cessna 650 Citation III

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19.08.2008 749 Air Force – Greece Lockheed C-130H Hercules D-HARD Rotorflug Bell 206B JetRanger II

20.08.2008 69-038 Air Force – Turkey Transall C-160D G-BUUP Atlantic Airlines British Aerospace ATP 21.08.2008 UR-CAI Ukraine Air Alliance (UAA) Antonov An-26 24.08.2008 LX-SAM Global Jet Luxembourg Dassault Falcon 2000 F-GCBD MK Airlines Boeing 747-200 OK-MAG Private Beechcraft B200 Super King Air 26.08.2008 S5-BBD Private Cessna 560XL Citation Excel 28.08.2008 LX-VIP Global Jet Luxembourg Bombardier BD-700 Global Express M-FSRE Private Beechcraft 200 Super King Air 30.08.2008 EW-259TG Genex Antonov An-26 D-AOLT Ostfriesische Lufttransport (OLT) Saab 2000 N612GC Centurion Air Cargo McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30(F) 31.08.2008 TF-AMI Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747-400

Editor: Mike MORO Luxembourg Aviation Photography

E-mail: [email protected] www.aviation-photography.lu

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