Waking up at stupid o'clock to get to our flight at 0605hrs we made the terminal in good time for a good full English brekkie.
We departed from Stansted for a change, EI-DLJ being our chariot for the almost three hour flight to Sofia on FR9961.
There wasn't much to trouble the log book at STN, a handful of biz and some of the newer Harpjets were noted.
Stansted 25-11-16
A6-HAS Embraer ERJ-135BJ Legacy 650 14501195 Corporate
EI-FIL Boeing 737 8AS 44702 Ryanair
EI-FIL Boeing 737 8AS 44702 Ryanair
EI-FIV Boeing 737 8AS 44705 Ryanair
EI-FIW Boeing 737 8AS 44706 Ryanair
EI-FRK Boeing 737 8AS 44735 Ryanair
EI-FRS Boeing 737 8AS 44745 Ryanair
M-AQUA Bombardier Global 5000 BD-700-1A11 9157 Corporate
SE-RMA Bombardier Challenger 300 20136 Corporate
After a very short delay we made good and arrived at Sofia around midday local time. A hoard of stored aircraft were seen on landing. Exiting terminal 1, we were immediately greeted by a TU-134 and a Yak-40 stored outside the Bulgaria Air building. Nice start!
Sofia 25-11-16
020 Pilatus PC-12 -45 518 Bulgarian Air Force
055 Antonov An-30 0802 Bulgarian Air Force
063 LET L-410 UVP 841226 Bulgarian Air Force
064 LET L-410 UVP-E3 902524 Bulgarian Air Force
065 LET L-410 UVP 841333 Bulgarian Air Force
066 LET L-410 UVP-E 892337 Bulgarian Air Force
067 LET L-410 UVP-E 892338 Bulgarian Air Force
068 LET L-410 UVP-E3 902522 Bulgarian Air Force
069 LET L-410 UVP-E3 902523 Bulgarian Air Force
070 Antonov An-26 137-08 Bulgarian Air Force
073 Aeritalia C-27 J Spartan 4145 Bulgarian Air Force
087 Antonov An-26 142-09 Bulgarian Air Force
503 Mil Mi-2 526007039 Bulgarian Police
504 Mil Mi-2 539009024 Bulgarian Police
505 Mil Mi-2 539010124 Bulgarian Police
D-CNNN Cessna 560 Citation Excel S+ 560-6127 DC Aviation
D-ISKO Raytheon 390 Premier 1 RB-35 Corporate
EC-KAD Aerospatiale ATR 72 102 171 Swiftair
EC-JVM Learjet 60 60-161 Corporate
LZ-BVE Learjet 60 60-329 Corporate
LZ-CAN Mil Mi-8 PS 99357636 Bulgarian Government
LZ-DOB Yakovlev Yak-40 9340432 Hemus Air
LZ-DOE Yakovlev Yak-40 9521441 Hemus Air
LZ-DOF Yakovlev Yak-40 9521541 Hemus Air - outside Bulgaria Air building
LZ-DOM Yakovlev Yak-40 9620447 Hemus Air
LZ-FBB Airbus A319 112 3309 Bulgaria Air
LZ-GMV Cessna 550/551 Citation Bravo 550-1136 Corporate
LZ-HBA British Aerospace 146-200 E2072 Hemus Air
LZ-OOI Dassault Falcon 2000 123 Bulgarian Government
LZ-PLO Embraer Emb-190 100AR 19000584 Bulgaria Air
LZ-TBP Cessna 500/501 Citation I SP 501-0246 Corporate
LZ-TUN Tupolev Tu-134 A-3 4352307 Hemus Air - outside Bulgaria Air building
LZ-TUZ Tupolev Tu-134 A-3 1351503 Hemus Air
LZ-VAR Embraer Emb-190 100IGW 19000496 Bulgaria Air
OE-HPA IAI G280 2013 Avcon Jet
UR-DNT Embraer ERJ-145 LR 145709 Dniproavia
UR-WRO Airbus A321 211 0781 Windrose Air (UR)
Pleased with the haul of stored Let's etc... we headed of to the first museum of the trip. Voenen Muzei in the City centre. Traffic was heavy but we finally managed to find some parking in a nearby mall. The short walk was well rewarded.
Sofia-Museum 25-11-16
(21) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 UM 516999258 Bulgarian Air Force
26 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 UB A1037856 Bulgarian Air Force
29 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 UB A1038318 Bulgarian Air Force
63 Aero Vodochody L-29 Delfin 892941 Bulgarian Air Force
67 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 PFM-SPS 940MK20 Bulgarian Air Force
070 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 MLA 2960324870 Bulgarian Air Force
(72) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 F Unknown Bulgarian Air Force - marked as 28
108 Mil Mi-24 D U5089 Bulgarian Air Force
205 Mil Mi-2 563109093 Bulgarian Air Force
(221) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 UTI 0_64 Bulgarian Air Force - marked as 03
303 Mil Mi-8 T 10303 Bulgarian Air Force
365 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 bis (SAU) N75094365 Bulgarian Air Force
44+13 BAe/Panavia Tornado IDS GS077 German Air Force
501 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 bis N75019901 Bulgarian Air Force
511 Sukhoi Su-22 M-4 36511 Bulgarian Air Force
525 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 bis N75003025 Bulgarian Air Force
867 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 MLA 2960324867 Bulgarian Air Force
939 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 PM 65210939 Bulgarian Air Force
Escaping the traffic we headed off for a few more stops in the City.
Sofia-Town 25-11-16
(31) Lazarov LAZ-7 Unknown Bulgarian Air Force
(41) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 S Unknown Bulgarian Air Force
The Mi-24 at the Museum of History had moved on. The nice lady in the kiosk didn't know where to unfortunately.
Heading out of town the next stops were only a short distance apart in the same town.
Bozhurishste 25-11-16
116 Mikoyan-Gurevich Lim-5 Unknown Bulgarian Air Force
223 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 PF 760813 Bulgarian Air Force
Next up another MiG, this one just a fuselage in a compound.
Dobroslavtzi 25-11-16
07 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 UM 516913016 Bulgarian Air Force
Time was now getting on, darkness had crept in but we still had time to do a few more MiG's before calling it a day. We decided to not bother with Dobroslavtzi AB as it was too dark and foggy to be able to do an effective circuit.
Instead we headed for Novi Iskar but the Let-29 from here seems to have moved on. We moved on towards German for the MiG here. But the place was locked up for the night and we were unable to see the aircraft, even with our full beam shining down the yard! A re-visit in the morning was called for as it wasn't too far away.
Instead we headed for Novi Iskar but the Let-29 from here seems to have moved on. We moved on towards German for the MiG here. But the place was locked up for the night and we were unable to see the aircraft, even with our full beam shining down the yard! A re-visit in the morning was called for as it wasn't too far away.
Buhovo 25-11-16
025 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 S 1015325 Bulgarian Air Force
Novi Han 25-11-16
126 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 F 541505 Bulgarian Air Force
Finding the hotel for the night we quickly checked in before heading off to a local restaurant. A few beers and some food to counter the effects of the Bulgarian (pot holed) roads. That and Dazza was keen to try the local Rakia!
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