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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.
    If you can correct or add any information please contact me here.

    To visit our Flickr photo pages click StuC, RichT, IanG, MatthewB

    Header Picture: UP-MI602 Mil Mi-26T (34001212133) Kazakhstan Emercom at Boraldai, Kazakhstan on 08/07/19 (credit StuC)

    Updates 2022:
    26th May - Log and pics added for Private Flyer Show 14/05/22
    24th December - BAPC Register updated and 56 pictures added

    Friday 1 February 2013

    USA Virginia - Military Aviation Museum and Fighter Factory Virginia Beach - 18/01/13

    Visited by RichT.

    Cottbus hangar - named as such because it originated from Cottbus, Germany

    N183FW/"D-2692" Focke Wulf Fw-44J Stieglitz (183) Training Services Inc
    N186FW
    N352JU/"1Z+AR" Junkers CASA 352L (067) Training Services Inc
    N352JU
    N38BU/"LG+01" Bucker Bu.133C Jungmeister (38)
    N38BU
    N42FM/"DL+AW" Morane Saulnier MS.500 Criquet (751) Training Services Inc
    N42FM
    N447FW/550476/11 white Focke Wulf Fw-190A-8 (739447) Training Services Inc
    N447FW
    N623TB/210079/12 black Focke Wulf Fw-190D-9/N Replica (990015)
    N623TB

    Fighter Control Hangar

    N108ZZ/4 yellow Nord N.1002 Pingouin (258) Training Services Inc
    N108ZZ
    N482UT/D5397/17 Albatross D.Va Replica (0034)
    N482UT
    N8105D Fokker D.VIII Replica (2790) Andrew J Parks
    N8105D
    NL3701G/48543 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress (7943-DL) Training Services Inc
    NL3701G

    Main Hangar Lefthand

    N120BH/2892 NAF N3N-3 Yellow Peril (2892) Training Services Inc
    N120BH
    N23827/B-501 Douglas AD-4 Skyraider (7133) Training Services Inc
    N23827
    N315E/30 Grumman FM-2 Wildcat (2183) Training Services Inc
    N315E
    N41EE/743 Boeing Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (75-2743) Training Services Inc
    N41EE
    N43NA/26939 North American SNJ-4 Texan (88-11798) Training Services Inc
    N43NA
    N46RL/92508/31 Vought FG-1D Corsair (3769) Training Services Inc
    N46RL
    N55729/2011 North American SNJ-2 Texan (65-2000) Training Services Inc
    N55729
    N56NT/550221/2P-117 Beech T-34A Mentor (G-778) Training Services Inc
    N56NT
    N6463/T5525/25 de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth (83230)
    N6463
    N89DH/G-ADDD de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide (6709) Training Services Inc
    N89DH
    N9521C Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina (1656) Training Services Inc
    N9521C
    NX99160/46-1634 North American AT-28D Trojan (159-146) Training Services Inc
    NX99160

    Main Hangar Righthand

    270609/17 white Bell P-63C Kingcobra (42-70609)
    270609
    H5991 Avro 504K Replica (H5991)
    H5991
    N153RP/16 red Polikarpov I-153 Chaika (6316) Training Services Inc
    N153RP
    N1639P/28 white Polikarpov I-16 Rata (2421028) Training Services Inc
    N1639P
    N1941P/108 Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk 1A (UKC4004) Training Services Inc
    N1941P
    N26PX/6 Boeing P-26D Peashooter Replica (32-06)
    NX26PX
    N31FY/K1930 Hawker Fury II Replica (WA/6) Training Services Inc
    N31FY
    N3602/01 yellow Polikarpov Po-2 (0717)
    N3602
    N3815R/7 red Polikarpov I-15bis Chaika Replica (3994) Training Services Inc
    N3815R
    N42YK/7 white Yakovlev Yak-3UA (0470103) Training Services Inc
    N42YK
    N51462 Laister-Kauffman LK-10A (TG-4) (126)
    NC51462
    N51EA/463684/SX-B North American P-51D Mustang (122-38942)
    N51EA
    N559WK/WK559 de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 (C1/0576) Military Aviation Museum
    N559WK
    N56081/717 Ryan ST Recruit (1926) Training Services Inc
    N56081
    N57WT/417588 Stinson L-5E Sentinel (76-3786) Training Services Inc
    N57WT
    N730MJ/MJ730/GZ-? Supermarine Spitfire HF.IXe (CBAF-7243) Training Services Inc
    N730MJ
    N7947C/430129 North American TB-25N Mitchell (108-33404) Training Services Inc
    N7947C
    N943HH/V6793/DZ-O Hawker Hurricane XII (56022) Training Services Inc
    N943HH

    WW1 Hangar

    N14TJ/425/17 Fokker Dr.1 Replica (DR1HB) Collings Foundation
    N14TJ
    N1918C/42 Nieuport 17 Replica (1(2)) Training Services Inc
    NX1918C
    N1918P Fokker D.VII Replica (6880) Training Services Inc
    N1918P
    N2346/B6234/A Sopwith Camel Replica (6234) Training Services Inc
    N2346
    N29WR Fokker D.VI Replica (2620) Training Services Inc
    N29WR
    N40116 Waco Classic Aircraft Corp YMF (F5-024)
    N40116
    N4088H Sopwith 1.1/2 Strutter Replica (RA003) Training Services Inc
    N4088H
    N417RB Fokker Dr.1 Replica (42118) Training Services Inc
    N417RB
    N422RC/O Spad XIII Replica (13) Training Services Inc
    N422RC
    N425VT Fokker D.VII Replica (0033) Training Services Inc
    N425VT
    N44VY Ely-Curtiss Pusher Replica (01BC)
    N44VY
    N504K/P1341 Avro 504K Replica (PSA-001) Training Services Inc
    N504K
    N6175J Halberstadt CL.IV Replica (CL-1V) Training Services Inc
    N6175J
    N640DH/72 RAF Se.5A Replica (SE5-AF5031)
    N640DH
    N757FK Fokker Dr.1 Replica (1972) Training Services Inc
    N757FK
    N817BP Fokker C.I Replica (17268) Training Services Inc
    N817BP
    N892 Nieuport 11 Replica (680) Training Services Inc
    N892
    N900TP Fokker Dr.1 Replica (001TP) Training Services Inc
    N900TP
    Unmarked Bleriot XI (unknown)
    BLERIOTXI