Madrid/Bajaras, Cuatro Vientos, Fuenlabrada, Ocana & Ciudad Real – Thursday 31st March 2022 (Mark Paulin)

Evening all,

Today again has been cool and breezy with some sunshine whilst we were at Ciudad Real but also plenty of showers passing through.

Noted at Madrid 0700 – 0930

9H-OWL CL605

EC-LGV Da2000EX

 

First stop was Cuatro Vientos. Noted active on the airfield different than yesterday

EC-MHV AS355*

HD.29-17 NH90 SAR*

We visited the Museum between 1015 – 1130. The Museum has an outside area as well as 6 Display Hangers. 4 and 6 were shut today. Noted amongst the many exhibits were the following. (not a full log)

123-03 KC97*

150516 P3C*

AD.1B-8 HU16*

D.3B-3 C212

DR.1-1 PBY5A*

EC-BYE DC9 IBE

EC-CFG B727 IBE

T.3-36 DC3*

T.4-5 DC4 (nose)*

T.4-10 DC4*

T.2B-254 CASA 352L*

T.9-25 DHC4*

T.10-03 C130*

T.12B-211 CASA 352L*

TR.12A-3 C212*

XT.12-1 C212*

C-6-35 AT6D*

C.6-155 AT6D*

E.16-90 AT6D*

E.17-16 T34A*

E.18-3 Pa31P*

E.19-3 Pa23*

E.20-1 Be55*

E.30-1 Pa24*

E.31-2 Pa39*

F-BMMS MS733*

G-ACYR DH89*

L.12-2 Birddog*

LV-ZBR Fleet 2*

U.9-33 DO27*

U.9-76 DO27*

U.14-1 DO28A*

CCCP-23760 Mil 2*

EC-CBY Sa318*

EC-CVK Sa318*

EC-FNN MBB BO105*

HD.12-3 B206A*

HD.16-1 Sa318*

HD.19-3 Sa330J*

HE.7-13 B47*

HE.7A-51 B47*

HE.7A-62 B47*

HE.10B-39 UH1*

HE.10B-52 UH1*

HE.20-12 H269*

HR.15-21 MBB BO105*

HU.10-58 UH1*

ZD.1B-22 WS55*

On leaving the Museum to the right of the road is a Gate into a Training College. Just down the road in the trees is

HE.7B-30 B47*

Once you leave the Museum and join the main road about 150m on the right visible through the trees are the following two stored aircraft

TM.11-4 Da20ECM*

ZD.1B-19 WS58*

Lastly a bit further along the stored DHC4 adjacent to the runway can be seen.

T.9-29 DHC4*

 

Next stop was Fuenlabrada and two technical schools. Outside the first one in the College

EC-EDC Da20E*

HU.10-19 UH1*

Just a few hundred metres down the road the following was noted outside. No view of the three inmates inside was possible

T.9-10 DHC4*

 

Then we made the drive to our last two ports of call today. First Ocana where the below were noted on a 10 minute stop at 1225

EC-MZA Ce208B

N24VP PBY5A

 

Then it was around 150km to Ciudad Real where we arrived at 1400. Not a full log but these noted:

9H-MTF B733

B-HLE A333 CPA

B-HLF A333 CPA

B-HLG A333 CPA

B-HLH A333 CPA

B-HLI A333 CPA

B-HLK A333 CPA

B-HSG A320 CPA

B-HYB A333 CPA

B-HYF A333 CPA

OE-INZ A319* (full SAA colours)

OE-IOA B73G

OE-IOC A320

OE-IOU A332

OE-ITF A320

OE-IWR B738

OE-IZR A321

OE-IZX A321

V5-ANL A319

 

We then drove back to Madrid. Noted 1600 – 2145

7T-VUJ ATR72 DAH

B-307Y A359 CES*

CC-BGK B789 LAN

CN-RGB B788 RAM* (ott last one)

EI-HEY B738MAX RYR*

HA-LZD A321N WZZ*

LV-GHQ A332 ARG

T.24-1 A332 AME (Torrejon arr)

YL-AAZ A223 BTI*

9H-ILB CRJ850 VJT

CS-LTI C680A NJE

D-CHGN PC24

EC-MHZ G650

F-HRUP Bae125

N550ZB G550

OE-FNP C510 (ott)

Tomorrow we leave the Madrid area. I will report back with a log of what we see.

Mark Paulin

 

Photograph credit: Eric Verplanken