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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

    Monday 1 April 2013

    Germany - Luftfahrt und Technik Museum Merseburg - 30/03/13 & 31/05/16

    Two visits by StuC.

    31/05/16

    As earlier visit with these additions:

    13-05 Letov KT-04 towed target (unknown)
    13-05

    13-17 Letov KT-04 towed target (unknown)
    13-17

    D-EWRH PZL-Okecie PZL-104 Wilga 35AD (96331)
    D-EWRH

    OK-3805 LET L-13 Blanik (172607)
    OK-3805

    In the restoration section were:

    D-MWDA WD Flugzeugbau Sunwheel R (001)
    D-MWDA
    Unknown fuselage

    Unknown glider frame
    Glider frame

    30/03/13

    17 Fokker D.VI Replica (Unknown)
    Fokker D.VI

    390 Mil Mi-8T (0223)
    390

    670 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF (966206)
    670

    673 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF (966207)
    673

    725 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21SPS (94A4212)
    725

    779 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21SPS (94A4502)
    779

    829 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21SPS (94A4705)
    829

    (3065) VEB VEB-14P (14803065)
    3065

    21+56 Lockheed F-104G Starfighter (683-7025)
    21+56

    24+54 Lockheed F-104G Starfighter (683-8202)
    24+54

    31+78 Fiat G-91R/3 (446)
    31+78

    32+11 Fiat G-91R/3 (479) ..forward fuselage only
    32+11

    5290/18 Fokker D.VII Replica (Unknown)
    Fokker D.VII

    75+28 Sud Aviation SE.3130 Alouette II (1310)
    75+28

    75+86 Sud Aviation SE.3130 Alouette II (1511)
    75+86

    D-1552 Scheibe Bergfalke II/55 (279)
    D-1552

    D-(4)662 Schleicher Ka-4 Rhönlerche (05/Liz.03) ..uncovered, first digit of reg cut out
    D-?662

    D-2257 PZL-Bielsko SZD-32A Foka 5 (W-513)
    D-2257

    (D-4019 ?)/"DM-1634" Schneider DFS 108-49III (34) ..real identity assumed
    D-4019

    D-5480/B1 Eichelsdorfer SB-5B Sperber (5013A)
    D-5480

    (D-5926)/"D-5526" Fauvel AV.36 (Unknown)
    D-5926

    D-8231 PZL-Bielsko SZD-9bis Bocian (P.513)
    D-8231

    D-8380 Scheibe Bergfalke II/55 (324)
    D-8380

    D-CLOUTH-IX Ballonfabrik Augsburg K-1260/3-Ri Gas Balloon (8763) ..basket and envelope framework

    (DDR-SCZ)/DM-SCZ Tupolev Tu-134 (9350913)
    DDR-SCZ

    (DDR-SEC)/DM-SEC Ilyushin IL62 (10903)
    DDR-SEC

    (D-EFHO) Dornier Do.27B-1 (177)
    D-EFHO

    D-EGEA Dornier Do.27A-4 (377)
    D-EGEA

    (D-EPSON) Fire Balloons G30/24 (35) ..basket and assumed bagged envelope

    D-ESRF LET Z-37A Cmelak (16-03)
    D-ESRF

    D-HGYR Schuftenhauer SG-3 (SG-3)
    D-HGYR

    (D-HMBB) MBB Bo.105C (S-4)
    D-HMBB

    D-KALR Ruppert Rhonlerche II (3026)
    D-KALR

    D-KNPF Knetchel KN-1 (V-1)
    D-KNPF

    D-MBNN Ultraleicht Wildente 2 (Unknown)
    D-MBNN

    D-MSGF Ikarus Comco C-22 (Unknown)
    D-MSGF

    D-MXOB Aerodyne Vector 600 (Unknown)
    D-MXOB

    D-NGFT Granneman HG-1 Tölpel (unknown)
    D-NGFT

    (EB+319)/EB+368 Republic RF-84F Thunderflash (51-1869)
    EB+319

    F-BSEI Zlin Z.526 Trener Master (1051)
    F-BSEI

    (G-DEVN)/WB533/DA de Havilland DH-104 Devon C.2/2 (4269)
    G-DEVN

    HA-MHL WSK-PZL An-2R (1G123-02)
    HA-MHL

    (LY-AKD) Yakovlev Yak-52 (821908) ..wreckage
    LY-AKD

    (LY-ODA)/D-RHEINGAS Cameron Balloon O-105 (1459)
    LY-ODA

    OE-5 Pilatus B4 (modified)
    OE-5

    VD+ER Messerschmitt Me.163B-1a FSM (Unknown)
    VD+ER

    Unmarked Balloon envelope (Unknown) .."Lark"
    Lark Balloon

    Unmarked Curtiss D Pusher Replica (Unknown)
    Curtiss

    Unmarked Fischer Airfisch 2 (V-2)
    Airfish

    Unmarked Fokker Dr.1 Replica (Unknown)
    Fokker Dr.1

    Unmarked Glasflugel Mosquito (Unknown) ..fuselage converted to simulator
    Mosquito

    Unmarked H.135 Motor Pingouin (Unknown)
    Pinguin

    Unmarked H.323 Pony (Unknown)
    Pony

    Unmarked Raduga KS-1 Komet (Unknown) ..Air-to-surface missile, false canopy
    KS-1

    Unmarked Let LF-109 Pionyr (Unknown)
    Glider

    Unmarked Unknown Ultralight (Unknown)
    Ultralght

    Atlas Hang Glider
    Hang Glider

    Easy Riser Hang Glider
    Easy Riser

    Lilienthal ? Hang Glider
    Lilienthal ?

    05 Windspiel 2 Hang Glider
    Windspiel 2

    Finsterwalder Superfex Hang Glider
    Hang Glider

    Hang Glider
    Hang Glider

    Hang Glider
    Hang Glider