10th October 2000 - Ostend.

[billsamuels]

Morning guys,

Tad late on this one... Think this was a trip (driving) that me and Mrs S did to Bruges... As with most of these trips if there was something (airfield) interesting en route we’d (meaning me) would normally find a reason for a slight detour... This time it was Ostend Airport which, at the time, attracted quite a variety of Eastern Block aircraft... Anyway, here goes.

RA76490 IL-76 ACS
UR82029 AN-124 Antonov Airlines
RA26044 AN-26B Bykovo Avia/ACS
LZ-RAA AN-12 Rila Airlines
EW76737 IL-76 Trans Avia Export
SU-GAC A300F Egyptair
UR76704 IL-76
ER-IBV IL-76
UR-UCT IL-76 Azov Avia
LZ-SFN AN-12 Air Sofia
YA-GAF B707 Uganda Airlines

There were a few that I couldn’t ID, so if anyone has any details of these I’d be very grateful...

IL-76 (no idea of airline)
AN-26 (ditto)
DC-3 (ditto)
DC-8 (ditto)

So what should have been a spotting free mini break, turned into quite a nice little Pot-fest...

Cheers guys.

Bill

[cornwall01]

Hi Bill

The DC3 could have been LX-DKT. There are a few pictures of it at Ostend on the internet in a basic grey colour with various parts missing. It is also reported as being there for about 15 years.

Hope that helps.

[billsamuels]

Oct 11, 2020 15:00:04 GMT cornwall01 said:

Hi Bill

The DC3 could have been LX-DKT. There are a few pictures of it at Ostend on the internet in a basic grey colour with various parts missing. It is also reported as being there for about 15 years.

Hope that helps.

Cheers Cornwall01,

Can’t really remember the colour scheme but I’ll take a look to see if it rings any bells...

Thanks very much.

Bill