Another exotic log from our roving African correspondent.
23/03/14 - Freetown-Lungi, Sierra Leone
9G-AEH Aerospatiale AS.365N Dauphin 2 (6065) IAS Helicopters
(9L-LBN) Let L-410UVP Turbolet (851337) dumped, ex West Coast Airways. Mid-air collision with Mi-8T RA-22248 (6578) UNAMSIL 24/08/00 damaging tail and rudder. During subsequent forced landing at the airport the undercarriage partially collapsed. Abandoned and further damaged during the war.
CS-HHI Aerospatiale AS.365N3 Dauphin 2 (6089) Heliportugal, red scheme
ET-AQC De Havilland Canada DHC-8-402NG (4421) Asky
OO-SFM Airbus A330-301 (030) Brussels Airlines
Z-BAM McDonnell Douglas MD-11ER/F (48746) AV Cargo Airlines
03-04/14 - Monrovia-Spriggs Payne, Liberia
Based
A8-ZXB Piper PA-34 Seneca (unknown) stored/wfu in hangar
EL-GID Piper PA-23-250 Aztec F (27-7654106) stored/wfu in hangar
N146SP Bell 206L-3 LongRanger (51490) Samaritans Purse
N188GV Cessna 208B (208B2038) Liberian CAA ?
N4196V Cessna U.206G (U206-04091) stored/wfu in hangar "Lonestar Airways"
N883SP Cessna 208B (208B0887) Samaritans Purse
RA-22426/UNO-161 Mil Mi-8AMT (8AMT00643083901U) UTair Helicopter Services/United Nations ..badly damaged in heavy landing 22/04/14 after suspected engine failure soon after take-off from Spriggs
RA-22428/UNO-162 Mil Mi-8AMT (8AMT00643083903U) UTair Helicopter Services/United Nations
RA-22483 Mil Mi-8AMT (8AMT00643084007U) UTair Helicopter Services/United Nations ..arrived late April as a replacement for RA-22426
ZS-HHI Aerospatiale 350B3 Ecureuil (4442) Sable Mining Company
Contract helos
CS-HGG Eurocopter AS.350B2 Ecureuil (9085) Heliportugal
CS-HGJ Aerospatiale AS.365N Dauphin 2 (6205) Heliportugal
CS-HHI Aerospatiale AS.365N Dauphin 2 (6089) Heliportugal ..arrived early April from Freetown
OO-NHN Aerospatiale AS.365N3 Dauphin 2 (6783) NHV
OO-NHO Aerospatiale AS.365N3 Dauphin 2 (6809) NHV
Visitors
C-GGXS/UN-159 De Havilland Canada DHC-7-102 (64) Trans Capital Air Ltd/United Nations ..visits daily
ET-AQC De Havilland Canada DHC-8-402NG (4421) Asky ..regular schedule
HS-JAS Boeing 767-336ER (25203) Jet Asia Airways, visited 01/05/14 on UN flight
N106HS Bell 206B (1417) ..visited 17/04/14
N282DB Beech E90 King Air (LW-209) ..visited 10/04/14
ZS-MMJ/UN-157 Beech 1900D (UE-92) Balmoral Central Contracts SA/United Nations ..visits daily
24-25/03/14 - Monrovia-Roberts International, Liberia
N747JX Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream 2SP (33) Atlantic Jet Holdings Inc
N748JX Grumman G-1159A Gulfstream 3 (377) Atlantic Jet Holdings Inc
RA-06277 Mil Mi-26T (34001212410) SKOL/United Nations
RA-87260 Yakovlev Yak-40 (9311126A) dumped, ex Wesua Air Transport
083133AT/UN-171 Mil Mi-8MTV-2 (unknown) 56th Detached Helicopter Unit, Ukraine AF/UNMIL
081772AT/UN-172 Mil Mi-8MTV-2 (unknown) 56th Detached Helicopter Unit, Ukraine AF/UNMIL
081770AT/UN-173 Mil Mi-8MTV-2 (unknown) 56th Detached Helicopter Unit, Ukraine AF/UNMIL
081960AT/UN-175 Mil Mi-8MTV-2 (unknown) 56th Detached Helicopter Unit, Ukraine AF/UNMIL
Pictured at Spriggs-Payne on 04/04/14
082071AT/UN-176 Mil Mi-8MTV-2 (unknown) 56th Detached Helicopter Unit, Ukraine AF/UNMIL
?/UN-177 Mil Mi-8MTV-2 (unknown) 56th Detached Helicopter Unit, Ukraine AF/UNMIL
VQ-BID Boeing 737-45S (28477) UTair/United Nations
ZS-MMJ/UN-157 Beech 1900D (UE-92) Balmoral Central Contracts SA/United Nations