most exotic air force aircraft to visit ireland?

[GoneToTheCanner]

hi there
Are you sure it wasn't the French-registered "MiG" microlight that lives in Newcastle???
regards
GttC

[Fouga]

There was a MiG as in the Air Corps 75th Anniversary Edition it has a Pic of Lt Cormac Brennan ( I think thats his name ) and under the Picture it says "Lt ....The First Irish Air Corps Pilot to sit in a MiG...

[P.Doff]

Correct GTTC!!!
It was a MIG microlight, but a MIG none the less! Nobody said it had to be a fighter jet!!!
Sorry Turkey! Ive been on the ramp here for many a year and there isnt many, if any , visiting aircraft that get by me.

[Fouga]

How was it a Mig Microlight when it shows him in a Figther Jet Cockpit with Russian Markings or whatever along the side of it? Maybe the Pic was not taken at Baldonnel?

[Tony Kearns]

P.Doff
A trick question no doubt!
Tony K

[John K]

Hi Tony, I remember that Ju52, and yes it was a right state! didn't it get 'grounded' for quite a while during the filming? I remember some of the 'Donners got bit parts in the programme, Tom Carroll was a steward, wasn't he?
Any idea if I could obtain a cd of the series? I remember it was very well done. Some very funny bits, though not necessarily for the 'spys'!.

[sealion]

The centre engine sprayed oil on the windscreen it seems. An unfortunate member of the crew had to regularly hang out and wipe the oil off so the pilot could see through it.


They put the Junk in Junkers. As good an aircraft as the C47 it seems, if it wasn't for the fact most examples and factories were destroyed by the allies in the later stages of the war, it would have been the main passenger aircraft of the early airline days of the late 40s and 50s. Instead the C47's civilianised brother the DC3 became the workhorse.

[Tony Kearns]

The picture of the Ju52/3m posted is not I believe a Ju52/3m but a CASA 352 the particular aircraft was built in 1950 in Spain and now flies with PW1340 engines in the USA. France also built a version known as the AAC I Toucan, it was one of these that crashed on Djouce Mountain on 12 August 1946. The British used the Ju52/3m after the war for a period as a passenger aircraft with BEA. The aircraft at Baldonnel used for the filming was a CASA built aircraft so really a 352 and yes John it was grounded at Baldonnel for a long period. I couldn't believe the rust around the flying controls.
Tony K

[fto]

What about the Sikorsky S92 that visited Bal and also made a trip to Sligo, that was pretty exotic considering ther were only a few flying at the time.

Also i remember about 4-5 yrs ago 2 ex Israeli A4 Skyhawks landing at Shannon on their way to America. Both did a really cool flypast along the length of the runway before landing.

Jon

[John K]

We had some exotic stuff in when they ran a competition for precision landing. Tony, didn't they actually land on the taxiway beside 29/11?

[Irish251]

I think this is probably the CASA 352 that visited Baldonnel.

http://www.irishairpics.com/database/photo/1002158/

[GoneToTheCanner]

Hi all
The "MiG" microlight is not marketed as a MiG product, but it is built in a MiG factory using fighter-grade materials, including titanium and is built to a far higher standard than many Western microlights. There are at least two more, still in crates, in Ireland. The owner has allowed Air Corps pilots to fly it....No-one stated exactly where Lt. Brennan was sitting in the MiG-29.It wasn't in Baldonnel, at any rate.
regards
GttC

[Frank]

Hi Guys,

Here's some pictures of the CASA 352 / Ju52 at Baldonnel courtesy of Paul Fry:

[Frank]

And the other one...

[pilatus]

wasnt the pic of the pilot in the cockpit taken at either farnbourough or RIAT fairford in england?and the MiG was a MiG23 i believe!