Due to the length of this report, it’s divided in 4 parts. Click on the part you’d like to read:
Part 1 September 7 – 8, 1996
Part 2 September 9 – 11, 1996
Part 3 September 12 – 14, 1996
Part 4 September 15 – 21, 1996

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, POLTAVA, KHARKOV

We started this day with the observation that there are no more planes at Pyriatin, that Mirgorod could not be found and that we had therefore not seen a plane at 11:30 am. Poltava managed to lift our moods (especially Hans’s) with 14 Tu.22M3s.

Poltava-West 12 september 1996

REGI	TYPE	CN	OPERATOR	REMARKS
UR-67195	L.410UVP	790301	Avialiniï Ukraïniï
UR-02234	An.2	1G235-05 ?	Avialiniï Ukraïniï
UR-07577	An.2R	1G155-32	Avialiniï Ukraïniï
UR-16054	An.2R	1G164-07	Avialiniï Ukraïniï
UR-33057	An.2R	1G218-44	Avialiniï Ukraïniï
UR-56463	An.2R	1G182-20	Avialiniï Ukraïniï
UR-20125	Mi.2	543026063
UR-67176	L.410UVP	790212	Avialiniï Ukraïniï
UR-40882	An.2R	1G215-17	Avialiniï Ukraïniï
UR-67198	L.410UVP	790304	Avialiniï Ukraïniï
UR-67519	L.410UVP	851423	Avialiniï Ukraïniï
UR-67716	L.410UVP-E	912614	Avialiniï Ukraïniï
UR-14309	Mi.2	547938122	Avialiniï Ukraïniï
UR-14319	Mi.2		Avialiniï Ukraïniï	Camo
UR-23353	Mi.2	528725064	Avialiniï Ukraïniï
	An.2			Dump, Camo, No mks.
UR-54886	An.2R	1G185-54		n/t
UR-62569	An.2R	1G176-38	Avialiniï Ukraïniï
UR-54867	An.2R	1G185-27
UR-14311	Mi.2			Stored, Camo; No rot.
UR-54922	An.2R	1G187-15		SU fcs
UR-56469	An.2R	1G182-26 ?		SU fcs
UR-68085	An.2R	1G193-55		SU fcs
UR-81638	An.2R	1G209-32
UR-BOM	An.2			Camo
UR-67114	L.410UVP	790310		Dump, SU c/s
UR-67117	L.410UVP	790313		Dump, SU c/s
UR-67337	L.410UVP	820837		n/t
14343	Mi.2			Stored, no rot.
UR-14147	Mi.2	5210405097		Stored, no rot.
UR-14310	Mi.2			Stored, 03 ye
..-62545	An.2	1G176-08 ?		Stored, SU fcs
UR-54823	An.2R	1G184-30

Poltava 12 september 1996

CODE	TYPE	OPERATOR	REMARKS
14 red	Tu.22M3	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
64 red	Tu.22M3	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
63 red	Tu.22M.	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Subtype nn
59 red	Tu.22M3	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
55 red	Tu.22M3	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
51 red	Tu.22M3	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
40 red	Tu.22M3	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
25 red	Tu.22M3	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
18 red	Tu.22M3	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
15 red	Tu.22M3	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
08 red	Tu.22M3	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
03 red	Tu.22M3	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
86 red	Tu.22M3	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
16 red	Tu.22M3	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni

Kharkov-Lyubotin 12 september 1996

Those humours were in high spirits when we accidentally found the small museum of Kharkov-Lyubotin with 3 MiG.25s. The second main goal had already been achieved, so that was not disappointing.

REGI	CODE	TYPE	CN	OPERATOR	REMARKS
	21 yellow	MiG.21F	N24210313	VVS	Preserved, also “500ATs02” on c/n plate
	89 red	Su.25	25508101013	VVS	Preserved
	77 red	MiG.25RU	N390SA02	VVS	Preserved
	01 yellow	Mi.1			Stored in hangar
	03 blue	MiG.23M	1203	VVS	Preserved
	13 yellow	Mi.1		DOSAAF	Dump
	17 red	MiG.21SMT	500ACh02	VVS	Preserved, c/n implic. MiG 21PF (iz 76)
	38 red	L.29C	390310	VVS	Preserved
	20 red	Mi.8T	0406	FA	Preserved
	04 yellow	Mi.4	0193	FA	Preserved
	14 red	Mi.24 Hind A	100672	FA	Preserved
	44 blue	Mi.2	51155008	FA	Preserved, “Trenarzhni”
	52 red	Ka.25 Hormone A	1303	AVMF	Preserved
UR-BAM		Mi.2	546325099	TSOU
UR-BAE		Mi.2	5410948079		C/n noted as “5410409679”
	41 red	MiG.25RBV	N020SL05	VVS	Preserved, subtype ?
UR-BAL		Mi.2		TSOU
		Mi.2	512203111	FA	Dump
UR-BAP		An.2	1G237-16
UR-BAJ		Mi.2	548630044		n/t
		PZL.104-35A	9630
UR-BAO		An.2T	1G195-52 ?	TSOU
UR-BAQ		An.2T	1G196-09	TSOU
UR-BAF		Mi.2	549550016	TSOU
UR-BAH		Mi.2	546303089	TSOU
UR-BAI		Mi.2		TSOU
UR-BAK		Mi.2	544921106 ?	TSOU	C/n noted as “….21106”
	024 red	MiG.25RB	N020SA01	VVS	Dump, Subtype ?

Kharkov-GAZ 135 12 september 1996

REGI	CODE	TYPE	CN	OPERATOR	REMARKS
		Yak.18			Preserved
UR-06102		An.2	1G63-21
UR-26596		An.26	13402
UR-98104		An.24B	67302310		n/t
UR-46336		An.24T	8910709
UR-06198		An.2	1G85-27
UR-11833		An.12BP	3341008		a/w; UN titles still visible
UR-11819		An.12BP	6344009
	47 rd	Tu.104A	8350704	VVS	Preserved
		MiG.15UTI			Preserved
CCCP-45092		Tu.124	5351807	Aeroflot	Preserved
	5 bk	Tu.134A	0351101	VVS	Preserved, SU fcs

Kharkov-City 12 september 1996

REGI	CODE	TYPE	CN	OPERATOR	REMARKS
	135 red	MiG.21PFM		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Preserved

Kharkov-South 12 september 1996

REGI	TYPE	CN	OPERATOR	REMARKS
UR-65752	Tu.134A-3	61079	Avialiniï Ukraïniï
CCCP-65810	Tu.134A3	3352110	Aeroflot	Stored
UR-26651	An.26	7508	Avialiniï Ukraïniï
UR-26676	An.26B	8602	Avialiniï Ukraïniï
UR-67503	L.410UVP	851407	Avialiniï Ukraïniï
UR-65037	Tu.134A-3	48850	Avialiniï Ukraïniï
UR-65746	Tu.134A-3	2351608	Avialiniï Ukraïniï

Kharkov turned out not to be a bad city, the airports were nice but not really shocking. That evening we drove on to Chuguyev where we first encountered a MiG.21 on a pole and after that we started cooking our own meal ,pea-soup (brought from home) with bread (not from home). At least it isn’t shashlick from the BBQ for a change.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH, CHUGEYEV, KRAMATORSK, KRASNOARMIJS’KOYE, DNEPROPETROVSK

After changing a tire in the morning, we stood and marveled at a Libyan MiG.23 that was waiting here, on Chugeyev, to be destroyed. A visit here was (again) not possible without documentation.

Chugeyev 13 september 1996

REGI	CODE	TYPE	CN	OPERATOR	REMARKS
	55 ye	L.39		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Flying
	02 blue	L.39	934655	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
	08 black	L.39		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
	31 ye	L.39		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
	35 ye	L.39		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Flying
	36 ye	L.39		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Flying
	46 ye	L.39		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Flying
	48 o/l	L.39	633934	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
	11 yellow	MiG.23ML		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	53 ye	L.39		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Flying
		L.39	834413	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	56 ye	L.39		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
	64 bl	L.39	934643	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
	72 o/l	L.39		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
	01 red	MiG.21PFM		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Preserved at gate
		MiG.23ML	19315	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	06 o/l	MiG.23MLD		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
24052		MiG.23MS	24052	AQaJa Libiyya	Stored
	50 ye	L.39		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
	26 ye	Mi.2			Stored
	02 yellow	MiG.23MLD			Stored
	04 o/l	MiG.23M			Derelict
	05 yellow	MiG.23MLD			Stored
	08 red	MiG.23M			Derelict
	19 yellow	MiG.23MLD			Stored
	25 yellow	MiG.23			Stored, subtype nn
	26 o/l	MiG.23			Derelict, subtype nn
	01 blue	L.39		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
	91 red	MiG.23			Derelict, subtype nn
	01 bk	L.39		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
FLA-06098		Yak.18T			Stored, camo c/s
FLA-06099		Yak.18T			Stored
		L.39	.30640	VVS	Stored
	48 ye	L.39		VVS	Stored
	49 rd	L.39		VVS	Stored
	121 yellow	MiG.21MF		VVS	Stored
		L.39	332648	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored, no mks.
	11 yellow	MiG.23MLD		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	71 blue	MiG.23UB			Derelict
	7. o/l	MiG.23UB		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	09 o/l	MiG.23MLD	20551	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	93 o/l	MiG.23UB		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Derelict
	52 o/l	MiG.23MLD		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	46 o/l	MiG.23MLD		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	29 o/l	MiG.23MLD		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	26 o/l	MiG.23MLD	19250	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	16 o/l	MiG.23MLD		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	123 o/l	MiG.23MLD		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	12 o/l	MiG.23MLD		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	94 o/l	MiG.23MLD		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored

We wanted to have the tire that had punctured that morning repaired at Iziom, but the tire was so cooked that it had to be replaced, and that is quite expensive even in the Ukraine, 70 hriven. The next destination was Kramatorsk, where we had actually expected to score our first Su.15’s. At the terminal we were met by a gentleman who immediately asked us what we wanted. When asked, he told us that to see planes, we had to drive around the field on the left and that we would automatically arrive at a place where we could. When we did that we came out at the main gate where Alex first went to offer the guard a cigarette and ask if we could arrange something here. When the guard heard that we were coming to watch planes, he opened the gate and motioned for us to drive on. For the sake of effort we only gave him a cigarette, after which we drove onto the field. First we passed a place where 3 wrecks of Su.15s lay, which apparently were destroyed there. A few hundred meters further we suddenly stood on a platform with 6 Su.15s that appeared to be in reasonable condition. A dispersal further there were two more, one with the canopies open and apparently completely airworthy (on the way to Bila Cherkva perhaps). On this platform we were soon approached by a gentleman who made it clear to us that this was not really the intention and that he was going to call his boss to ask what he should do with us. The boss immediately started talking about policing and arresting on arrival, so we thought it wise to fool us and say that the watchman was allowed to do it. The cameras had already been put away by then and the films were hidden between the upholstery of the benches, as were the notes, so what could happen to us? Because he apparently didn’t feel like all the hassle that such an arrest entailed, he gestured that we should drive after him to the gate and then we should go. As we drove away, we just saw behind us that the guard got a terrible blow because he had let us through.

Kramatorsk-City 13 september 1996

REGI	CODE	TYPE	CN	OPERATOR	REMARKS
	73 red	MiG.17P		VVS	Preserved

Kramatorsk 13 september 1996

REGI	CODE	TYPE	OPERATOR	REMARKS
	69 blue	Su.15TM	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	70 blue	Su.15UM	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	92 blue	Su.15TM	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	90 blue	Su.15UM	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni
	81 blue	Su.15TM	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	72 blue	Su.15TM	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	31 blue	Su.15TM	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	28 red	Su.15TM	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Derelict at destruction site
	23 whue	Su.15TM	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Derelict at destruction site
	01 blue	Su.15TM	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Derelict at destruction site
UR-BKT		Yak.52
	66 red	Yak.18T	DOSAAF ?	Stored
	71 blue	Su.15TM	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni

On the way to Dnepropetrovsk we accidentally found the fröbelveld of Krasnoarmyskoye where we could fly in a single delta lawnmower on the lap of the pilot. However, we decided that wasn’t the best plan of this trip so we declined.

Krasnoarmijs’koye 13 september 1996

REGI	CODE	TYPE	CN	OPERATOR	REMARKS
		Yak.18T	1121		Stored
	09 red	Yak.52	23014 ?	DOSAAF	Stored
		Yak.18T			Stored
		Rekord 20
FAARF-06399		Yak.18T	1179		Stored
		Yak.50	800806		Stored

Dnepropetrovsk-Voloskoye 13 september 1996

REGI	TYPE	CN	OPERATOR	REMARKS
UR-42376	Yak.42D	4520424914477	Dnieproavia
OE-GCC	Ce.560	560-0125	Bau Holding
OY-CBP	Be.200	BB.235	Scan-Fly
UR-87574	Yak.40	9220622
UR-87266	Yak.40	9310227	Aktionernoye Obshestvo
UR-26097	An.26B	11902	Dnieproavia	n/t
UR-26578	An.26B	13404	Dnieproavia	n/t
UR-26604	An.26	4606	Dnieproavia	n/t

In the evening in the hotel (50 hriven with the four of us and shower in the room) we drank the worst vodka ever.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, DNEPROPETROVSK, ZAPORASHSHYA, METITOPOL

On Saturday morning at Dnepropetrovsk-Voloskoye we crept through the gate and checked all 13 MiG.25s in the wheel wells for numbers, which was the case with 7 of them. In the meantime, we took 4 MiG.23s and a few Let 39s. We examined the two Su.15s in storage here quite thoroughly, but there was really nothing on them.

Dnepropetrovsk-Voloskoye 14 september 1996

REGI	CODE	TYPE	CN	OPERATOR	REMARKS
	46 blue	MiG.25PD		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
UR-88203		Yak.40	9630549	Dnieproavia	n/t
UR-88237		Yak.40	9640751	Dnieproavia
UR-42376		Yak.42D	4520424914477	Dnieproavia
UR-42419		Yak.42D	4520423201016	Dnieproavia
	07 red	MiG.25PD		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	17 red	MiG.25PD		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	18 red	MiG.25PD	46147	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
UR-87918		Yak.40	9730855	Dnieproavia
	39 red	MiG.25PD		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	55 red	MiG.25PU	21024	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	60 blue	MiG.25PU	30345	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	77 red	MiG.25PD	43205	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored, no nationality mks.
	82 blue	MiG.25PU		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	87 red	MiG.25PD	N84046180	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	99 red	MiG.25PD		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	02 blue	Su.15TM		Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
EP-CPB		Yak.42D	4520421219029	Caspian Airlines
	37 red	MiG.25PD	43008	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
	11 red	L.39	530527	VVS	Derelict
	68 red	MiG.25PD	45211	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
UR-87528		Yak.40	9521041	Dnieproavia	n/t
ER-42409		Yak.42D	4520421216709	Air Moldova
	61 bl	Su.15TM		PVO Strany	Stored
		L.39	430413	VVS	Stored
	108 red	L.39	533228	VVS	Stored
	17 rd	L.39	630704	VVS	Stored
	20 rd	L.39	533237	VVS	Stored
UR-87574		Yak.40	9220622		n/t
UR-26659		An.26	8007	Dnieproavia
	03 rd	L.39	530533	VVS	Derelict
UR-76732		Il.76MD	0073476296	Air Service
	01 red	MiG.19P	65210845	VVS	Preserved
TC-IYI		Yak.42D	4520423304016	Top Air	n/t
	85 blue	MiG.23MLD	17869	VVS	Stored, also “1008” on c/n plate
	71 red	MiG.23MLD	18690	VVS	Stored, also “1518”, “1519” c/n plate
	37 red	MiG.23MLD	17630	VVS	Stored, also “0714”, “0715” c/n plate
	23 red	MiG.23MLD	17099	VVS	Stored, also “0615” on c/n plate

Unfortunately, it was not possible to fly at Zaporazhzhy, which we had actually counted on. We did score 200+ numbers here, so that made up for a lot.

Zaporashshya-Shirokoe, 14 september 1996

Aero L.29’s (88 pcs)

REGI	CODE	TYPE	CN	OPERATOR	REMARKS
	18 wh	L.29C	692253		Stored, noted earlier as “11 wh”
	33 bl	L.29C	692231		Stored
	31	L.29C	892797		Stored
	29	L.29C	993522		Stored
	27	L.29C	395163		Stored
	24 bl	L.29C	395187		Stored
	16 bl	L.29C	194331		Stored
	22 bl	L.29C	394980		Stored
	15 rd	L.29C	094006		Stored
	12 white	L.29C	792494		Stored
	16 rd	L.29C	094048		Stored
	14 red	L.29C	094047		Stored
	35	L.29C	194330		Stored
	15 bl	L.29C	094136		Stored
	47	L.29C			Stored, c/n 194434 or 094044
	23 wh	L.29C	294759		Stored
	52	L.29C	094017		Stored, UR-BDP or UR-BDQ
UR-BCK	41	L.29C	894094		Stored
UR-BCJ	33	L.29C	094045		Stored
UR-BCI		L.29C	892787		Stored
UR-BCH		L.29C	194434		Stored
UR-BCF	50	L.29C	094003		Stored
UR-BCD		L.29C	294756		Stored
UR-BCC	21	L.29C	692220		Stored
UR-BCB	45	L.29C	094019		Stored
	42	L.29C	094015		Stored
	52	L.29C	692236		Stored, UR-BDP or UR-BDQ
	36	L.29C	993622		Stored
	51 wh	L.29C	394984		Stored
	49	L.29C	395144		Stored
	48	L.29C	193334		Stored
		L.29C	094016		Stored
	45 bl	L.29C	294760		Stored
	08 red	L.29C	393979		Stored
	40	L.29C	194533		Stored
	38	L.29C	194438		Stored
	56	L.29C	395185		Stored
	14 white	L.29C	394931	VVS	Stored
	34 white	L.29C	893109	VVS	Stored
	32 white	L.29C	194423	VVS	Stored
	31 white	L.29C	792492	VVS	Stored
	28 white	L.29C	395039	VVS	Stored
	25	L.29C	194437	VVS	Stored
	25	L.29C	395186	VVS	Stored
	23 red	L.29C		VVS	Stored
	01	L.29C	395181		Stored
	15 red	L.29C		VVS	Stored
	37	L.29C	194509	VVS	Stored
	09 red	L.29C	394983	VVS	Stored
	08	L.29C	394979 ?	VVS	Stored
	51	L.29C	294604	DOSAAF	Stored
	49	L.29C	395165	DOSAAF	Stored
	38 blue	L.29C	390416	DOSAAF	Preserved
	34	L.29C	094049	DOSAAF	Stored
	07 red	L.29C	37062. ?	DOSAAF	Preserved
	20	L.29C		VVS	Stored
	50	L.29C	394933	VVS	Stored
	03 white	L.29C	692263		Stored
	02 yellow	L.29C	7924100		Stored
	01 red	L.29C	692222		Stored
	57 wh	L.29C	394932	VVS	Stored
		L.29C	395149		Stored
		L.29C	591550		Stored
UR-BCL	60	L.29C	395166		Stored
	35 white	L.29C	692255	VVS	Stored
	53	L.29C	792744	VVS	Stored
	36	L.29C	194329	VVS	Stored
	50	L.29C	792495	VVS	Stored
	48 white	L.29C	993523	VVS	Stored
	44	L.29C	892799	VVS	Stored
	43 white	L.29C	294757	VVS	Stored
	42 white	L.29C	294804	VVS	Stored
	41	L.29C	394985	VVS	Stored
	39	L.29C	094002	VVS	Stored
	04 blue	L.29C	194433		Stored
UR-BCG	55 wh	L.29C	893023		Stored
UR-BCE	46	L.29C	194441		Stored
UR-BCM	09	L.29C	395184		Stored
UR-BDO	5	L.29C	692246		Stored
UR-BDN	20 wh	L.29C	792420		Stored
UR-BDM	6	L.29C	792482		Stored
UR-BDL	18 wh	L.29C	792490		Stored
UR-BDK		L.29C	.92487		Stored
UR-BCR	39	L.29C	194439		Stored
UR-BCQ	37	L.29C	194440		Stored
UR-BCP	44	L.29C	294758		Stored
UR-BCO	40	L.29C	395085		Stored
UR-BCS	26	L.29C	094012		Stored

Antonov’s (22 An.2’s and 1 An.24)

REGI	CODE	TYPE	CN	OPERATOR	REMARKS
	48 rd	An.2	1G236-23	DOSAAF	Stored
CCCP-35176		An.2	1G113-15	Aeroflot	Preserved
UR-BEQ		An.2	1G236-21		Stored
UR-BBV		An.2T	1G160-29		Stored
	20 bk	An.2	1G235-54		Stored, SU c/s + red star
	69 ye	An.2	1G196-24	DOSAAF	Stored
	53 ye	An.2	1G195-51	DOSAAF	Stored
	82 yellow	An.2	1G196-20	DOSAAF	Stored
	38 rd	An.2	1G236-13	DOSAAF	Stored
	25 rd	An.2	1G235-50	DOSAAF	Stored
	23 ye	An.2	1G160-24	DOSAAF	Stored
	07 yellow	An.2	1G160-25	DOSAAF	Stored
	18 ye	An.2	1G160-51	DOSAAF	Stored
	17 ye	An.2	1G160-44	DOSAAF	Stored
	16 ye	An.2	1G160-36	DOSAAF	Stored
	14 yellow	An.2	1G160-33	DOSAAF	Stored
	12 yellow	An.2	1G160-31	DOSAAF	Stored
UR-BPI		An.2T	1G63-08	TSOU	Stored
	20 ye	An.2	1G160-56	DOSAAF	Stored
	56 ye	An.2	1G195-54	DOSAAF	Stored
	06 yellow	An.2	1G150-57 ?	DOSAAF	Stored, c/n rep. to be 1G15957 ??
UR-BBW		An.2	1G236-22	TSOU	Stored
UR-46715		An.24RT	9911110		Stored, n/t, Ex “06 bl”

Yakovlev’s (55 Yak.52’s, 5 Yak.55’s and 1 Yak.18)

REGI	CODE	TYPE	CN	OPERATOR	REMARKS
44476		Yak.18T	22202044531		Stored
	17 yellow	Yak.52	9010405	DOSAAF	Stored
	01 yellow	Yak.52	9010304		Stored
		Yak.52	9010308		Stored
		Yak.52	811505	DOSAAF	Preserved
	68 blue	Yak.52	855613	DOSAAF	Stored
	15 yellow	Yak.52	9010403	DOSAAF	Stored
	38 yellow	Yak.52	889203	DOSAAF	Stored
	08	Yak.52	9010311		Stored, code ’08 ye’ en ‘UR-BBK’ ?
	04 yellow	Yak.52	9010307	DOSAAF	Stored
UR-BBM	12	Yak.52	9010315
	05 blue	Yak.52	832910		Stored
	49 yellow	Yak.52	888407		Stored
	02 yellow	Yak.52	9010305		Stored
	63 yellow	Yak.52	888706		Stored
	75 yellow	Yak.52	877803		Stored
	78 yellow	Yak.52	877806		Stored
	86 yellow	Yak.52	889204		Stored
UR-BBI		Yak.52	9010310		Stored
	27 yellow	Yak.52	888415		Stored
UR-BBL		Yak.52	9010509		Stored
	40 blue	Yak.52	844210		Stored
UR-BBN		Yak.52	833808
UR-BBO		Yak.52	9010404
UR-BBP	129	Yak.52	9011112
UR-BBQ		Yak.52	9010313
UR-BBR	35	Yak.52	822108
UR-BBS		Yak.52	9010309
UR-BBT		Yak.52	9011110
UR-BBU		Yak.52	9010306
UR-BCV		Yak.52	9010406		Stored
UR-BBJ	7	Yak.52	832912		Stored
	138 yellow	Yak.52	878206		Stored
UR-BCO		Yak.52	877413		Stored, Or UR-BCL 877419 ?
	09 yellow	Yak.52	9010312		Stored
	104 yellow	Yak.52	889307		Stored, noted as ’04 ye’!
	109 yellow	Yak.52	899309		Stored
	11 yellow	Yak.52	9010314		Stored
	124 yellow	Yak.52	8910105		Stored
	61 yellow	Yak.52	888704		Stored
	137 yellow	Yak.52	9010401		Stored
	24 red	Yak.52	877412		Stored
	139 yellow	Yak.52	878207		Stored
	20	Yak.52	9010408		Stored
	23 yellow	Yak.52	8910106		Stored
	134 yellow	Yak.52	822107		Stored
	21 yellow	Yak.52	888409		Stored
	140 yellow	Yak.52	822113		Stored
	19 yellow	Yak.52	9010407		Stored
	179 yellow	Yak.52	877807		Stored
	164 yellow	Yak.52	888707		Stored
	163 yellow	Yak.52	867213		Stored
	162 yellow	Yak.52	888705		Stored
	155 yellow	Yak.52	867214		Stored, noted as ’55 ye’!
	22 yellow	Yak.52	888410		Stored
	72 blue	Yak.55	890809		Stored
	73 blue	Yak.55	890810		Stored
	74 blue	Yak.55	890901		Stored
	75 blue	Yak.55	890902		Stored
	78 blue	Yak.55	870305		Stored

Mil helicopters (34 Mi.s’2 and 1 Mi.8)

REGI	CODE	TYPE	CN	OPERATOR	REMARKS
	37 ye	Mi.2	5410321077		Stored
	16	Mi.2	545134047		Stored, code nn
	20	Mi.2	545626058		Stored, code nn
	21	Mi.2	545627058		Stored, code nn
	22 ye	Mi.2	545628058		Stored
	23	Mi.2	545629058		Stored, code nn
	25 ye	Mi.2	546436129		Stored
	26 ye	Mi.2	546437129		Stored
	30 ye	Mi.2	5410320077		Stored
	14	Mi.2	545132047		Stored, code nn
	34 ye	Mi.2	544144055		Stored
	15 ye	Mi.2	545133047		Stored
	40	Mi.2	5410736108		Stored, code nn
	41	Mi.2	5410737108		Stored, code nn
	42	Mi.2	5410738108		Stored, code nn
UR-BBX	44 ye	Mi.2	5410919049		Stored
UR-BBY	46 ye	Mi.2	5410921059		Stored
UR-BBZ	03 ye	Mi.2	544926086		Stored
UR-BCA	17 ye	Mi.2	5410920059		Stored
UR-BER	45 ye	Mi.2	5410918049		Stored
UR-BVJ	43 ye	Mi.2	5410739108		Stored
	31 ye	Mi.2	547644052		Stored
	09 yellow	Mi.2	544932096	FA	Preserved
	19	Mi.2	545215057		Stored, code nn
	08 yellow	Mi.2	544931096	FA	Stored
	12 yellow	Mi.2	545131037		Stored
		Mi.2	544925096		Stored
		Mi.2	5410327087		Stored
		Mi.2	547204061		Stored
	06	Mi.2	544929096		Stored, code nn
	07 yellow	Mi.2	544930096		Stored
	10	Mi.2	544933096		Stored, code nn
	11	Mi.2	545130037		Stored, code nn
	001 yellow	Mi.2	549131035		Stored
	20 yellow	Mi.8T	9775213	FA	Stored

PZL.104’s (4 pcs.)

CODE	TYPE	CN	OPERATOR	REMARKS
01 blue	PZL.104-35A	21910917	DOSAAF	Stored
02 blue	PZL.104-35A	21910918	DOSAAF	Stored
03 blue	PZL.104-35A	21900909	DOSAAF	Stored
04 blue	PZL.104-35A	21910914	DOSAAF	Stored

Melitopol is a nice field but just a bit too far away. A three-and-a-half-hour walk through the southern Ukrainian sticky dredge yielded 25 stored Il.76s. With every step you take, a small layer of mud sticks to your shoe soles, so that after about 10 meters you have club feet of about 5 kilos each. That is quite tiring, and it wouldn’t be the last sticky dredge walk of this trip.

Melitopol 14 september 1996

REGI	TYPE	CN	OPERATOR	REMARKS
UR-76603	Il.76MD	0043454623	Air Service	Stored
76631	Il.76MD	0053458756	Atlant	Stored
76695	Il.76MD	0063470112	Atlant	Stored
UR-76322	Il.76MD	0053462873	Atlant	Stored
UR-76390	Il.76MD	0043453562	Atlant	Stored
UR-76408	Il.76MD	0053460820	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
UR-76443	Il.76MD	0043452534	Atlant	Stored, UN titles
UR-76624	Il.76MD	0053457710	Atlant	Stored
UR-76595	Il.76MD	0043453571		Stored
UR-78820	Il.76MD	0093496907	Ebrojni Sili Ukraïni	Stored
76596	Il.76MD	0043453583		Stored, SU c/s, n/t
UR-76424	Il.76MD	0063470096	Atlant	Stored
UR-76576	Il.76MD	0043449449		Stored
UR-76431	Il.76MD	0063467020		Stored
UR-76423	Il.76MD	0053457720		Stored
UR-76393	Il.76MD	0043455653		Stored
UR-76392	Il.76MD	0043454602		Stored, UN fcs
76645	Il.76MD	0053461834		Stored, SU c/s, n/t
76391	Il.76MD	0043453568		Stored
86029	Il.76M	083415465	Aeroflot	Stored
76598	Il.76MD	0043453591	Aeroflot	Stored
76597	Il.76MD	0043453585	Aeroflot	Stored
UR-76683	Il.76MD	0063468029	Veteran	Stored
78821	Il.76MD	0093496914		Stored

In the evening we drove into Crimea and camped in the first village we encountered.

Part 4 September 15 – 21, 1996