400 September 2012 High and hot An-32s The Comet Story ASSP Qualifications DUTCH AVIATION SOCIETY Alpha Jet E135 has lost its prefix code 213 from Tours and is now only coded -RX. It has been seen previously at Mont de Marsan which is believed to be its new homebase. Jeroen Jonkers saw it on 19 July visiting Orange. The Marine National has two EC225s flying with 32F is the SAR role. When sufficient NH90s are delivered these two EC225s will be trans- ferred to the EH01.067 of the air force. EC225 2752 visited Carcassonne Salvaza on 23 July 2012 where Philippe Devos saw it. With Cambrai being closed as operational base and EC01.012 being disbanded a number of the based Mirage 2000 moved on to Orange. EC01.012 former 121/103-KN is now flying from Orange as 115-KN (26 July 2012, Jeroen Jonkers) Editorial Important dates Currently you are holding yet another historic issue of Scram- Scramble 401 ble in your hands – number 400! We have come a long way Deadline copy: 18 September 2012 from printing a handful of A4s with Amsterdam-Schiphol Deadline photos: 25 September 2012 movements to the Scramble as it is nowadays, packed full of Planned publication date: 9 October 2012 civil and military aviation news. And we won’t stop anytime soon, in fact we continue to expand into the digital age. As of Movements this number we are proud to announce that Scramble is avail- Contents able as a digital magazine too! It features everything that you Movements Netherlands..............................................................2 can read right now, but with all the pictures in colour. Go Movements Belgium ...................................................................16 to the App Store or Google Play Store, search for Scramble Civil Movements Elsewhere ......................................................23 Magazine and let us know what you think. Number 400 is free Military Movements Elsewhere ................................................32 of charge, from next month onwards you will be able to sub- Civil News .....................................................................................39 scribe as well! Manufacturers News ..................................................................39 News Number 400 comes with the usual load of movements, civil Airline News .................................................................................39 and military news and Showreports. Left out this month is Jetliners ........................................................................................49 the Triptease, but it will be back in full force next month. We Propliners .....................................................................................52 have a special report on the Texel air show, as it will officially Commuters ...................................................................................53 be the only proper air show we have in the Netherlands this Fokker News .................................................................................54 year. To keep you busy we have articles on the Antonov 32, Bizjets ............................................................................................54 another Picture Writing article, an overview of the Comet, Bizprops ........................................................................................57 how French naval pilots get their carrier qualifications plus Soviet Updates .............................................................................58 an Airfield Guide special on Atlanta and surrounding airports. PH register ...................................................................................63 Look out for two special adverts in this issue: one concern- Wrecks & Relics ...........................................................................64 Shows ing the announcement of the next Aviation Day (mark your Warbirds .......................................................................................68 calendar: 17 November 2012) plus an advert in which we give Dustpan & Brush .........................................................................70 you access to two highly regarded websites. We have agreed Scramble Intelligence Service ...................................................76 a deal in which Scramble members get free access to a wealth Military News & Updates ...........................................................82 of United States Air Force information! Showreports ...............................................................................104 There are no new editors to be announced this month, Miscellaneous however we are still in the market for an editor to cover the Airfield Guides Atlanta Area ....................................................112 civil helicopters in Scramble. If you are interested to take up ASSP qualifications for Aéronavale pilots .............................119 Trips that section, please let us know at [email protected] Aviation Day 2012 - 17 november 2012 ....................................81 Looking forward to next month, we are planning on publish- The Comet Story ........................................................................121 ing a special on the recent ‘100 years of Russian Air Force’ High and hot An-32s .................................................................127 and in order to illustrate this with lots of nice pictures, we Picture-writing JB659 ...............................................................132 encourage everyone who attended to send in your best shots. Texel Airshow 2012 ...................................................................109 This month we give you a little teaser, but as it was such a special event we know there is more out there… Cover Photo Scramble Shop Articles Items from our shop can be ordered by transfering the applicable amount to our bank-account (Postbank) 43.20.790, f.a.o. Dutch Aviation Society, stating your subscription number (or postal code) and the description of the articles you are ordering (e.g. SSB). Delivery time could take up to four weeks! Please check www.scramble.nl/shop.htm for ordering from outside the Netherlands. We offer PayPal and credit card services. The prices mentioned below apply to subscribers. Non-subscribers pay more. Check our website for details. 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Unfortunately the announced Super Constel- Netherlands € 39,75 including postage lation was cancelled, but Breitling sent a worthy replacement in the Europe/Rest of the world € 43,75/ € 51,60 incl. postage, CC fee form of Douglas DC-3 HB-IRJ. The scene of the Dakota bathing in US Military Aircraft Mishaps 1950-2004 496 pages floodlight was even enhanced by the startup of its Pratt & Whitney Netherlands € 22,50 including postage Scramble 400 engines. (Gert Jan Mentink) Europe/Rest of the world € 26,50/€ 34,50 incl. postage, CC fee 3 Movements News Shows Movements Netherlands Trips Dauphin (EC155) PH-EQR has only been flying for eight months registered as PH-EQR for Heli Holland. In the period January 2012 until August 2012 it was operated in Kazakhstan in off-shore operations for five months. In June 2012 PH-EQR visited The Netherlands for the first time. Henk van Beek was lucky to see it at Rotterdam only a month before returning back to Germany to its previous owner Northern HeliCopters. As you can see it was still operating in their colours. (Rotterdam-The Hague, 11 July 2012, Henk van Beek) Rotterdam-The Hague D-COOL Lj55 Air Alliance Express AYY114 EC-JCU SA227AC Aeronova 05 OVA33C/613 July 2012 N680SE Ce680 Flying Group 01. CS-DFU Ce560XL NetJets Europe NJE6ZU N8326Y PA-30-160 Transal Aero Services Articles CS-DXH Ce560XLS NetJets Europe 02 NJE3VN OY-CLP Ce650 Clipper Air Transport NFA063P/033 F-GZHD B737-8K2 Transavia (France) TRA092/6993 OY-CLP Ce650 Clipper Air Transport NFA033/64P N768JJ G550 International Concerts PH-TCN P180 JetNetherlands dep JNL014 PH-OKE H269C N.R.G. Van Der Meer 05. D-CADY Ce560XL Jetline Flug FJE4361/2 02. CS-DXQ Ce560XLS NetJets Europe NJE6MA/113E D-CNMB Lj45 MHS Helicopter-Flugservice 08 2x D-AJOY CL-850 Elytra Charter 03 G-BTPC BAe ATP(F) West Air Europe NPT608/9 D-CCGG Lj60 GAS Air Service N600GK Ce525 Aerospace Trust Management HB-JIX A320-214 Hello 03 FHE841/8411 PH-DRK Ce560XL JetNetherlands dep JNL013 M-NGSN PC-12/47 Niels Stolt-Nielson 03 PH-HRK P180 JetNetherlands 06 JNL220/792 N800CA Beech1900D Air Charters Europe PH-TXA Ce510 JetNetherlands dep JNL964 OY-CYV Ce550 North Flying NFA031P/031 99-ABO TBM700A EAAT FMY8043 OY-CYV Ce550 North Flying 03 NFA031/2 06. CS-DFP Ce560XL NetJets Europe 07 NJE104H/6RM PH-ACI CeT303 AIS Flight Academy * D-CEXP Lj35A Air Alliance Express AYY110 PH-ECR EC120B Heli Holland 2x D-IHAH BeechC90 Eisele Flugdienst EFD999 PH-HRK P180 JetNetherlands 03 JNL843/220