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Afghanistan Trip

Posted by Brad on Fri May 17, 2002 06:36:00 AM

I am home after thirty days into, out of and around Afghanistan. I never did see any of the Hawker Hinds, but I did see the mortal remains of several with rotorblades. If somebody wants to brave the minefields and new management, there is lots of Mig-21's, Hinds, Hips and a couple of L-39s to be had. They aren't exactly oshkosh winners, but I am sure they could be had for a price! There are several "project" planes and helicopters, scattered in little pieces all over the place.

In some of the surrounding Stans, their are lots of Mig 29's,SU-22's, Mig 23's, IL-45's, Hinds, Hips, AN-2's, IL-76's, Yak 24's, along with just about every other Yak and IL airliner and military plane made in the last 30 years . I will see about posting some of the pictures from my adventures on the web when I get a chance.

I also saw the Lufthansa JU-52 arrive and depart Frankfurt several times. Nothing quite like following a JU-52 on takeoff in a 2000 model C-17.
Brad

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