Great news 🙂
Are we sure that they are being operated by ETPS? Is it not more strictly correct to say that QinetiQ is the operator?
I would presume that they are writing the UK pilot’s notes for them for use in Afghanistan/Iraq
ZB697 Mi-17 Mk.1V 103M02 Ex BulAF 402
ZB698 Mi-17 Mk.1V 103M03 Ex BulAF 403
The more observant anoraks amongst you will no doubt have noted that these allocated serials compromise actually serials carried by a couple of Chukar D2 target drones written off in April 1981…
ex Bulgarian Mi-17
Do Greece and Turkey still fly them?. I presume all the Portugese ones have long gone.
From the London City Airport Consultative Committee website…
ATR 42
BAe 146/Avro RJ family
Jetstream 41
DHC Dash 7
Bombardier Q Series/DHC Dash 8
Dornier Fairchild 228
Dornier Fairchild Do328
Dornier Fairchild Do328 Jet
Embraer 135
Fokker 50
Fokker 70
Saab 340
Saab 2000
Shorts 360-300Approved business jets…
BE20 Beechcraft 200
Just before Mr/Ms Pedant comes along, please note that the London City Airport Consultative Committee website just refers to business aircraft rather than as our helpful friend mentioned above as obviously the list starts with a prop driven aircraft.
:);)
Have you tried looking in Jane’s AWA?
And is that a Caravelle in the background? How often did we Turnhouse spotters ask – will this be the last year for a Caravelle visit to Edinburgh?
East Midlands and the factr that it never appeared on the UK register as it was only leased to Alidair and continued to carry US markings?
Thinking about it (and your previous pictures) it’s not EMA but is presumably somewhere in Scotland. I don’t recognise the fence and the track so will make a wild guess and say Lossiemouth… :p
Ok, I think I know where you mean now (and it’s the A8 rather than the A1) – this is just before the turn off from the dual carriageway and the roundabout to the ‘new’ terminal?
East Midlands and the factr that it never appeared on the UK register as it was only leased to Alidair and continued to carry US markings?
Looks like the Yak-42 is safe for the moment but both it and the Voskhod rocket don’t appear to have too rosy a future…
http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/15-09-2008/106358-soviet_plane-0
At Edinburgh many years ago.
Where was that taken? I’m racking my brains trying to remember what the roads around the airport looked like in the old days.
Here’s one I found interesting.
http://englishrussia.com/?p=2115#more-2115
Glad to se that the photographer had the presence of mind to shoot the con number plate 🙂