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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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    Monday, 9 September 2013

    UK - NEAM Usworth - 08/09/13

    Usworth North East Aircraft Museum visited by StuC.

    Outside

    (G-ARPO) Hawker-Siddeley Trident 1C (2116) wings/tail separate
    G-ARPO

    (G-AZLP) Vickers Viscount 813 (346) fuselage only
    G-AZLP

    WJ639 English Electric Canberra TT.18 (HP206B)
    WJ639

    XL319 Avro Vulcan B.2 (SET28)
    XL319

    XM833 Westland WS.58 Wessex HAS.3 (WA14)
    XM833

    (ZF594)/"XS933" English Electric Lightning F.53 (95303)
    ZF594

    Restoration/storage Hangar

    42157 North American F-100D Super Sabre (223-37)
    42157

    BGA2383 CARMAM M.100S (12) dismantled
    BGA2383

    G-ARHX de Havilland DH-104 Dove (04513) fuselage only
    G-ARHX

    (WB685) de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 (C1/0133) composite, rear fuselage off WP969, wings off WP833 nearby
    WB685

    XN258/89 Westland WS.55 Whirlwind HAR.9 (WA.270)
    XN258

    XP627 BAC Jet Provost T.4 (PAC/W/16899) fuselage only
    XP627

    (XT148) Agusta-Bell 47 Sioux AH.1 (1560) under restoration, no bubble, using parts from G-ASOL
    others should be here but were not positively seen

    Vehicle shed

    XG680/438 de Havilland DH-112 Sea Venom FAW.22 (121043)
    XG680

    XN696/751 de Havilland DH-110 Sea Vixen FAW.2 (10104) cockpit only
    XN696

    Main Hangar

    146/8-MC Dassault Mystere IVA (146)
    146

    16171 North American F-86D Sabre (173-315)
    16171

    26541 Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (52-6541)
    26541

    54439 Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (580-9883)
    55-4439

    A-522 FMA IA.58A Pucara (022)
    A-522

    (BAPC-96) Brown Helicopter (unknown)
    (BAPC-211)/"G-ADVU" Mignet HM.14 Pou-du-Ciel (KF.1)
    BAPC-211

    (G-9-441)/E-419 Hawker Hunter F.51 (41H/680278)
    G-9-441

    G-APTW Westland WS.51 Dragonfly Mk.2 (WA/H/150)
    G-APTW

    (G-AWRS) Avro Anson C.19 (33785)
    G-AWRS

    (G-BEEX) de Havilland DH-106 Comet (6458) nose only
    G-BEEX

    G-OGIL Short SD-330-200 (SH3068)
    G-OGIL

    (G-SFTA)/"XZ177" Aerospatiale SA.341G Gazelle (1039)
    G-SFTA

    WA577 Bristol B.171 Sycamore Mk.3 (12888)
    WA577

    WD790 Gloster Meteor NF.12 (WD790) cockpit only
    WG724/LM-932 Westland WS.51 Dragonfly (WA/H/055)
    WG724

    WL181/X Gloster Meteor F.8 (WL181)
    WL181

    WZ518/B de Havilland DH-115 Vampire T.11 (15105)
    WZ518

    Unmarked Fiesler Fi-103 V-1 FSM (unknown)
    V-1 FSM

    Unmarked Scottish Aviation C-10A Jetstream EMU (unknown)
    Jetstream EMU