Berlin to Poland - 23rd - 29th March 2016 Day 4

The first stop for day 4 was to be Seczkowo, but on route we passed through a town called Malechowo. Just on the outskirts we saw a Kruk on the side of the road. This was displayed at a small museum called Fort Marian at these co-ords - 54.298406, 16.503015

Malechowo 26-3-16
SP-WUS PZL-Okecie 106 A Kruk 37016

At Seczkowo it was still early so we decided to not knock on the door. Only two Mi-2's were outside in bare metal. (credit Tony Morris for the ID's)

Seczkowo 26-3-16

4401 Mil Mi-2 T 564401105
5826 Mil Mi-2 R 565826128

The next stop was Darlowo, home to the Polish Navy Mi-14's.

Darlowo AB 26-3-16

0906 PZL-Swidnik W-3 WARM Anakonda 0906 Polish Navy

1001 Mil Mi-14 PL A1001 Polish Navy

1007 Mil Mi-14 PL A1007 Polish Navy

1008 Mil Mi-14 PL A1008 Polish Navy

1011 Mil Mi-14 PL A1011 Polish Navy

1012 Mil Mi-14 PL/R A1012 Polish Navy

Two GA fields in a row were next, Palowo and Slupsk-Crepa, both were deserted and gated. More blanks. Seems this was going to be a frustrating time for the GA dromes.

Back to the preserved bits, Slupsk gate guards beckoned.

Slupsk AB 26-3-16

301 Mikoyan-Gurevich Lim-5 1C-03-01 Polish Air Force - marked 1952

908 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 PM 650908 Polish Air Force - marked 1958

1815 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 PF 761815 Polish Air Force - marked 1973

024004602 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 M 024004602 Russian Air Force - marked 1979

Onwards we passed Siemirowice AB, there was nothing out on the ramps and we failed to find the Lim-6 on the gate. But we did get the Lim in the nearby town.

Siemirowice-Town 26-3-16
523 Mikoyan-Gurevich Lim-6 MR 1D-05-23 Polish Air Force

A petrol staion next, where we found an Antonov and a MiG.

Garczegorza 26-3-16

001 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 MF 0390221001 Polish Air Force

1316 WSK-PZL An-2 T 1G113-16 Polish Air Force

Another GA drome on the list next, we never made it though! The old faithful Tom Tom decided it would be good to cross some farmers fields! To be honest I'd seen worse roads in Poland so didn't really worry too much. However the track suddenly turned a lot worse and we quickly became grounded!

After about twenty minutes of pushing and shoving we got it out and made a tactical withdrawal. 

Donimierz will have to wait for better weather!

The trusty Skoda back on solid ground!

Back on the road we headed for Puck, and a Mi-2.

Puck 26-3-16
(3720) Mil Mi-2 D 513720094 Polish Army


From here it was down to Gdynia.

Gdynia Babie Doly 26-3-16
001 PZL-Mielec TS-8 Bies Unknown Polish Navy

0901 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 PF 760901 Polish Navy - marked as 0716

Just the two preserved noted here, the ramps were empty. On into town for the small collection at the Muzeum Marynarki Wojennej.

Gdynia-Town 26-3-16

2 Yakovlev Yak-9 P Unknown Polish Navy

414 PZL-Mielec TS-11 100bis[A] Iskra 1H04-14 Polish Navy

4017 PZL-Swidnik SM-1 W Hare S1-04017 Polish Navy - marked as 4028

Originally we had planned to end the day here, but we had made up a lot of time from the night before. So we opted to get some more dromes done.

First up was the army base at Pruszcz Gdanski. After reading a few of the Mi-2's we were approached by a civilian who worked on base. He enquired what we were doing and wanted to check with the security guys.

After around twenty minutes an officer came to the gate who spoke English. He told us to promptly vacate the area or he would call the Police. Not wanting to argue we just left. We would take a sneak peek again in the morning from the aeroclub side.

Pruszcz Gdanski AB 26-3-16

2642 Mil Mi-2 URP 562642112 Polish Army

3226 Mil Mi-2 URN 563226123 Polish Army

4543 Mil Mi-2 T 544543016 Polish Army

5823 Mil Mi-2 R 565823128 Polish Army

6004 Mil Mi-2 Ch 516004039 Polish Army

6429 Mil Mi-2 R 566429129 Polish Army

From here we headed over to Malbork for three preserved bits.

Malbork-Barracks 26-3-16

(510)/8 PZL-Mielec TS-11 100bis[B] Iskra 1H05-10 Polish Air Force - Team Iskra colours

Malbork-Tech School 26-3-16

1801 PZL-Mielec TS-11 200SBbisD[F] Iskra 3H18-01 Polish Air Force

The gate was open so we drove in and spied the Iskra through the window.

Malbork AB 26-3-16

(1909) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 M 961909 Polish Air Force - marked as 2001

Nothing on the ramps at the Mig base, so just the GG noted. Time was now getting on so we headed back to Gdansk and our hotel.

Gdansk 26-3-16

D-ELLC Piper PA-28 161 Warrior II 28-8116178

Just the German Cherokee to trouble the log at the main drome, a few Wizz were there but not logged. Heading for our hotel down the road we came across a Robin outside a restaurant.

Miszewo 26-3-16

(SP-KMX) Robin HR.100 210 Safari 189 - marked as SP-AFB (con checked)

Another day done it was time for some food and our hotel. The Villa B&B was a nice small hotel run by a Dutch guy. He recommended some local cuisine and we left to eat. Sadly the locals were closed so we settled for a KFC!