Air-Britain News – July 2019

(Ben Green) #1

C-123K 20014 N123K Everts Air Fuel; registered 05Jun19 (Note: FAA lists c/n as 54-0565, its former military serial).


FOKKER
F-27-300M 10154 5Y-BTD Imaatong South Sudan Airlines; last known owner reportedly Profile Investments, has been derelict at
Wilson Airport since 2007 – the Kenya Airports Authority announced that it will be sold by public
auction if not removed by 30Jun19.
F-27-500CRF 10530 5X-FFD Fly540 Uganda Ltd; stored at Nairobi-Wilson since at least 2012 – the Kenya Airports Authority
announced that it will be sold by public auction if not removed by 30Jun19.


Fokker 50 20107 RP-C9993 Leading Edge Air Services; made test flight at Seletar 17May19 prior to delivery to Philippines, still in
basic Skywest livery – apparently the intended parting-out will be done in the Philippines.
Fokker 50 20112 5Y-SMS Maandeeq Air; ex Skyward Express – noted in full colours at Mogadishu 24Mar19.
Fokker 50 20168 SE-LJG Silverstone Air Services; registered Jun19 as 5Y-IZZ.
Fokker 50 20180 SE-LJI Silverstone Air Services; registered Jun19 as 5Y-SMN.


F.28-3000 11137 5H-CCM Tanzania Government Flight; seen at Dar es Salaam 02Apr19 in full Air Tanzania c/s.


Fokker 100 11340 YR-FKA Carpatair; ferried Glasgow-KEF 13Jun19 as KRP2895.
Fokker 100 11369 YR-FKB Carpatair; ferried Woensdrecht-Arad 09Apr19 as KRP5200 after maintenance by Fokker Technics.
Fokker 100 11466 HB-JVF Helvetic Airways; ferried Zurich-Bratislava 13Jun19 for storage.
Fokker 100 11468 VH-UQC Alliance Airlines Pty Ltd; ferried Bratislava-Trabzon-Al Ain-Hyderabad-Subang-Koroko-Townsville-
Brisbane 22Jun18.
Fokker 100 11478 HB-JVG Helvetic Airways; final Fokker 100 flight and ferried Zurich-Bratislava 14Jun19 for storage.
Fokker 100 11499 VH-UQA Alliance Airlines Pty Ltd; ferried Bratislava-Trabzon-Al Ain-Nagpur-Subang-Koroko-Townsville-Brisbane
30May18.
Fokker 100 11520 OE-LVG Austrian Airlines; cancelled May19, registered to Alliance Airlines Pty Ltd as VH-UQG [5] 17May19, adds
to JUN.1147.
Fokker 70 11529 VH-NUO Alliance Airlines; ferried Norwich-Samsun-Al Ain 18Jun19 on delivery.
Fokker 70 11539 PH-KZP KLM Cityhopper; to Wayra Peru as OB-2156-P, adding to APR.860.
Fokker 70 11560 OE-LFP Austrian Airlines; registered to Alliance Airlines Pty Ltd as VH-NUY 20May19.
Fokker 70 11568 VH-NUZ Alliance Airlines; for spares use, adding to MAY.1073.
Fokker 70 11579 PH-KZI KLM Cityhopper; ferried Norwich-Keflavik-Goose Bay-Halifax-Nassau-Paramaribo 22Jun18 for Fly All
Ways.
Fokker 70 11583 PH-KZH Airline Technical Support; ferried Woensdrecht-Larnaca 12Jun18 for Tus Airways as 5B-DDI.
Fokker 70 11585 2-JACC JetAir Caribbean; ferried Eindhoven-Prestwick-KEF 27Jun19.


ILYUSHIN
Il-76TD 0053460832 UR-CMD Eleron Air Company; last reported at Fujairah 02Jun16; canx between 07Jun19 and 29Jun19.
Il-76MD 1003401024 RF-78837 re-delivered to the Russian Air Force following conversion to Il-76MD-M, named “Marshal Aviatsii
Skripko” and ferried from Zhukovski to Ivanovo-Severny 30May19, the turret and guns having
been removed.
Il-76TD 1023414450 UR-CRQ Yevropa Air; last reported Feb19 at an undisclosed location; canx between 07Jun19 and 29Jun19.
Il-76MD 1043420667 UK-76365 Avialeasing; re-registered UK-76008 and noted flying as such in bare metal at Tashkent 20Apr19.
Il-76MD-90A 0202 RF-78657 Russian Air Force; ff at Ulyanovsk 13Jun19; Aeroflot type colours.


LET
L410UVP-E20 3110 ex OK-VDF; noted unregistered in basic Aeroflot type colours at Aramil-Uktus 23May19.
L410UVP-E20 3111 ex OK-VDG; noted unregistered in basic Aeroflot type colours at Aramil-Uktus 23May19.
L410UVP-E20 183206 OK-JRL became UP-L4110 with Zhetysu – adds to ABN MAY.953.
L410UVP-E20 183207 OK-JTM became UP-L4109 with Zhetysu – adds to ABN MAY.953.
L410UVP-E20 183209 OK-JRN ff 21May19; noted at Voronezh, presumed on delivery, 05Jun19.


LISUNOV
Li-2 18428206 CCCP-L4344 Aeroflot – West Siberia Directorate; mfd 1948; re-registered CCCP-84591; canx 24Aug63 as worn
out; confirmed as preserved in the Gorki Park at Minsk and used as the children’s cinema “Pyaty
okean” (Fifth Ocean) from Oct63; final fate unknown but believed to have been removed in the
1970s.
Li-2 18428504 CCCP-L4513 Aeroflot – East Siberia Directorate; mfd 1948; w/o 09Feb53 on the leg from Kirensk to Irkutsk of
a flight from Bodaibo to Irkutsk when it lifted off at low speed after a take-off run of 800 metres
(due to pilot error), bounced several times, started to climb steeply, lost speed at a height of
some 20-30 metres (probably the crew had inadvertently throttled the right engine) and came
down on the territory of the airport’s fuel depot, 2 passengers were slightly injured while the
other passengers and all crew members escaped unhurt.
Li-2 18428701 CCCP-L4371 Aeroflot – Turkmenistan Directorate; mfd 1948; w/o 04Mar53 on a cargo flight from Ashkhabat to
Darvaza when it did not reach lift-off speed on the soggy unpaved runway due to pilot error,
overran the airfield and veered to the left; the captain (a long-range aviation pilot seconded to
Aeroflot) failed to abort the take-off, the aircraft lifted off at low speed and with a high angle of
attack, but was not able to climb out and collided with an earth wall; both pilots slightly injured
while the rest of the crew escaped unhurt.
Li-2 18430206 CCCP-L4551 Aeroflot – Urals Directorate; w/o 15Dec52 whilst on a training flight from Sverdlovsk to Koltsovo.
Li-2 1843260.? CCCP-L4719 Aeroflot – Uzbekistan Directorate; w/o 25Dec49 on the leg from Kuibyshev to Aktuybinsk
(without passengers on board) of a flight from Moscow to Tashkent when it approached
Aktuybinsk airport in poor weather (low clouds and snowfall) at night; the inexperienced pilots
flew too slow on finals with the result that the aircraft stalled at a height of some 60 metres, but
the pilots managed to recover the aircraft, went around and flew too slow again on the second

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