Bahar Dar, 29.12.02.
Gondar, 31.12.02.
Addis Abeba, 3.1.03.
Addis Abeba, 3.1.03, aircraft leased from Tunis Air.
Dire Dawa, 4.1.03. The Hercules is loaded with khat leaves which are exported to Djibouti and Yemen.
Dire Dawa, 6.1.03. Another rare freighter aircraft used in the khat business.
Salzburg, 12.1.03. Russian charter invasion during the orthodox Christmas holidays.
Salzburg, 12.1.03.
Salzburg, 13.1.03. This picture was taken at -20 degrees!
Berne, 18.1.03.
Samedan, 9.2.03. During the annual horse race White Turf in St. Moritz the airport Samedan becomes very busy.
Samedan, 9.2.03.
Innsbruck, 22.2.03.
Basel, 23.2.03.
Ordzhonikidzeabad, 21.4.03. This was the only airplane we got on our trip to Tajikistan. By chance we passed through this place on a taxi ride back to Duschanbe.
Lviv, 29.5.03. At least an Antonov after hours of waiting.
Dusseldorf, 8.6.03.
Mönchengladbach, 8.6.03. Nice surprise, soon after the aircraft left for South Africa.
Golden, 16.6.03. Crossing the Rockies by car we made several stops at smaller airports.
Salmon Arm, 16.6.03.
Abbotsford, 17.6.03. This beautiful DC-6 once flew in Balair colors. The right wing did not have engines anymore.
Victoria, 17.6.03. Next to the airport there is also a small seaplane base.
Victoria, 17.6.03.
Sproat Lake, 18.6.03. These are the only two Martin Mars still operational in the world. They are used for fire fighting.
Sproat Lake, 18.6.03. We rented a boat to access them.
Sproat Lake, 18.6.03.
Tofino, 19.6.03. The usual weather in Tofino is cloudy and rainy. We were lucky to have sunshine.
Tofino, 19.6.03.
Campbell River, 20.6.03.
Port Hardy, 20.6.03. Never expected to see a Russian aircraft in Canada.
Coal Harbour, 20.6.03.
Port Hardy, 21.6.03. Unfortunately on land as there is an airport in Port Hardy. Only at destinations farther north they land on the sea.
Comox AFB, 21.6.03. At a small museum next to the air force base.
Campbell River, 22.6.03.
Nanaimo, 22.6.03. Quite busy seaplane station.
Nanaimo. 22.6.03.
Wittmund-Harle, 6.7.03. This is the base of LFH which uses Cessnas and Islanders for operations to the near-by East Frisian Islands.
Wittmund-Harle, 6.7.03.
Zurich, 11.7.03.
Katowice-Muchowiec, 20.7.03. LPR (Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe - for those who can pronounce that) is the Polish air ambulance flight service.
Katowice, 21.7.03.
Katowice, 21.7.03. Exin has for Antonov 26 based in Katowice and uses them for parcel service.
Katowice, 21.7.03. One of Exin's four AN26 wears DHL colors.
Budaörs, 9.8.03.
Reinsdorf, 29.8.03. The annual Antonov 2 gathering took place in eastern Germany.
Reinsdorf, 29.8.03. Many Antonov 2 from Lithuania came to the even.
Reinsdorf, 29.8.03.
Berlin Tegel, 31.8.03.
Gatow, 31.8.03. This is one of the better museums for aviation photography. The airplanes are well preserved, good positions and we had great weather but got quite wet.
Gatow, 31.8.03.
Yushno Sakhalinsk, 17.9.03. The first and only Western aircraft we took on our 2-week spotting trip through Russia Far East.
Yushno Sakhalinsk, 17.9.03.
Yushno Sakhalinsk, 17.9.03. And that was the reason to visit Sakhalin.
Timpur, 19.9.03. Small airfield near Vladivostok with a grass runway only.
Khabarovsk, 20.9.03.
Khabarovsk, 22.9.03. Air Koryo's weekly flight to Pyongyang, parked in front of the old terminal.
Khabarovsk, 22.9.03. Tupolev 214, hard to see.
Khabarovsk, 22.9.03.
Khabarovsk, 22.9.03. Apparently active in diamond mining business.
Khabarovsk-Malinke, 22.9.03. Vostok has a large fleet of Mi-8, of which some fly for the oil companies in the region and others for third companies in Asia Far East.
Khabarovsk-Malinke, 22.9.03. First Mi-17 of Vostok, hot new then.
Khabarovsk-Malinke, 23.9.03. Vostok also operates some passenger flights in the region.
Blagoveshensk, 24.9.03. Local airline at a depressing place next to Chinese border. The building in the background used to be the tower - the whole airport was in a very bad condition.
Irkutsk, 26.9.03.
Irkutsk, 26.9.03. This was our plane back to Moscow two days later.
Moscow-Domodedovo, 28.9.03.
Zurich, 19.10.03.
Hong Kong Central, 24.11.03
Zurich, 7.12.03
Zurich, 20.12.03
Zurich, 23.12.03
Zurich, 27.12.03
