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    Welcome to our Trip Report Blog.
    Here we will post logs and pictures taken on aircraft spotting trips.
    Any info can be used for personal use, if passing on or publishing please credit SWAG.
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    Header Picture: UP-MI602 Mil Mi-26T (34001212133) Kazakhstan Emercom at Boraldai, Kazakhstan on 08/07/19 (credit StuC)

    Updates 2022:
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    24th December - BAPC Register updated and 56 pictures added

    Wednesday, 27 January 2016

    Suomen Ilmailumuseo (Finnish Aviation Museum), Helsinki

    Visited by RichT.

    13 Kasel 12A (1)
    13

    CA-84 Caudron C.60 (24)
    CA-84

    DK-206 SAAB J35BS Draken (35245)
    DK-206

    G-36/IL Schneider ESG-9 Grunau 9 (22)
    IL/G36

    (GA-58) Gloster Gamecock II (15) ..fuselage remains
    GA-58

    H-5 Harakka I (5/46)
    H-5

    H-56 Harakka II (24)
    H-56

    HK-1 PZL-Swidnik SM-1-600Sz (A07029)
    HK-1

    HR-3 Mil Mi-4 (09114)
    HR-3

    IL-2 Ilmailuvoimien A.22 Hansa (2)
    IL-2

    MG-111 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis (N75064540)
    MG-111

    MG-135 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis (N75084554)
    MG-135

    (MT-208) Messerschmitt Bf.109G-2 (14743) ..forward fuelage remains
    MT-208

    OH-177 PZL-Bielsko SZD-9bis Bocian 1A (P.284)
    OH-177

    OH-201 PIK PIK-3c Kajava (3)

    OH-355/64 Fibera KK-1e Utu (13)
    OH-355

    OH-368 Fibera KK-1e Utu (21/68)
    OH-368

    OH-425X/FN Molino PIK-20 (20001)
    OH-425X

    OH-520X/T6 Tervamaki JT-6 (01)
    OH-520X

    OH-571 PIK PIK-16C Vasama (38)
    OH-571

    OH-BAA Schneider DFS108-49 Grunau Baby IIB (12/43)
    OH-BAA

    OH-BAR Schneider DFS108-49 Grunau Baby IIB (27)
    OH-BAR

    OH-BBA Beech B55 Baron (TC-261)
    OH-BBA

    OH-BFA Mignet HM.14 Pou-du-Ciel (Taivaankirppu) Replica (1)

    OH-FSA Fieseler Fi.156K-1 Storch (4230)
    OH-FSA

    OH-HIA Bell Helicopters 47D-1 (646)
    OH-HIA

    OH-HKA Heinonen HK-1 Keltiainen (1)
    OH-HKA

    (OH-IVA) Cameron Balloon V-56 (780)
    OH-IVA

    (OH-204)/OH-KCC PZL-Bielsko SZD-10bis Czapla (W-51)
    OH-KCC

    OH-KLA Klemm L 25a (137) ..fuselage
    OH-KLA

    OH-KOPI Lippisch Hols Der Teufel (unknown) ..rear fuselage only

    (OH-318)/OH-KYC PIK PIK-12 Gabriel (3)
    OH-KYC

    OH-LCD Douglas C-47A-75-DL (19309)
    OH-LCD

    (D-BAKG)/OH-LKB Fokker F-27-500 (10240) ..cockpit

    OH-LRB Convair 440-40 (73)
    OH-LRB

    OH-MAF Cessna U.206A Super Skywagon (U206-0639)
    OH-MAF

    OH-MVL de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk.1 (141)
    OH-MVL

    (OH-152)/OH-PAR PIK PIK-5b (16)

    OH-PJN Piper PA-28R-180 Cherokee Arrow (28R-30885)
    OH-PJN

    OH-PXA PIK PIK-10 Moottoribaby (1)
    OH-PXA

    OH-SAA WWS WWS.1 Salamandra (147)

    OH-SEA Bucker Bu133 Jungmeister (1050) ..tail only

    OH-TEA Ecklund TE-1b (1)

    OH-U017 Mahe Scout (012)
    OH-U017

    OH-VII Valtion Viima II (VI-21)
    OH-VII

    OH-VKB Douglas DC-3A-214 (1975)
    OH-VKB

    (OH-KUA)/OH-VKL Karhumaki Karhu 48B (6)
    OH-VKL

    OH-VKU Lockheed 18-56 Lodestar (18-2006)
    OH-VKU

    (OH-282)/OH-VLK LET L-13N-10 Blanik (172620)
    OH-VLK

    OH-XQA Quickie Aircraft Corp. Quickie Q-1 (1049)
    OH-XQA

    OH-XTL Valmet Tuuli TL-III (1)

    OH-XYY Kokkola Ko-04 Super Upstart (01)

    OH-YKA PIK PIK-3a Kanttikolmonen (1)

    OH-YMA PIK PIK-11 Tumppu (1)

    PY-27 Valtion Pyry II (26)
    PY-27

    SA-122 Valtion Saaski II (II/5)

    SF-9 SAAB S.91D Safir (91-355)
    SF-9

    SG-1 Schneider DFS108-14 SG-38 Schulgleiter (1)
    SG-1

    SM-153 (OH-SME) Letov S-218 A4 Smolik (26/VL)
    SM-153

    (TU-169) Valtion Tuisku (20) ..fuselage frame
    TU-169

    TU-178 Valtion Tuisku (29)
    TU-178

    UT-1 Polikarpov I-16 UTI-4 (Unknown)
    UT-1

    VA-2 de Havilland DH-100 Vampire FB.52 (V.0692)
    VA-2

    VT-9 de Havilland DH-100 Vampire T.55 (15720)
    VT-9

    unknown Douglas DC-6 (unknown) ..cockpit ex SAS, Kar-Air DC-7 simulator, possibly SE-BDP
    DC6

    unknown Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 cockpit trainer
    MIG21

    unknown Cessna
    CESSNA

    unknown Schleicher KA6d (unknown) unfinished fuselage
    Schleicher KA6

    unknown
    FUSES

    unknown
    TAILS

    unknown
    UNKNOWN