Plovdiv - Krumovo 26-27 October 2022

[slogen51]

Six MiG-29 read off

Fulcrums running - about to set myself

[ridgmeister]

Good hunting, I must get back there myself soon!
Paul R.

[slogen51]

Back at the hotel

Plovdiv museum is basically brilliant and well worth a visit

Logged six Bulgarian MiG-29 Fulcrums
12
14
15
31
37
38

Two L-39
147
203

And numerous Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters

The MiG-29 are operating from an area close to the road opposite the museum , not far from the civil terminal and fairly easy to identify

Anyone know how many MiG-29 are temporarily at Plovdiv while the Graf runway is up ?

Ta

( Edited to fix the date)

[slogen51]

The same six Fulcrums were present Thursday morning

You can eyeball them as you drive past

Left the area Thursday morning to do some W and R plus Sofia military museum prior to RTB Luton

[Kurnass]

Did you see any of the Krumovo locals? Bell 206 / AS532?

[slogen51]

No, funnily enough we didn't. Only choppers noted were Mi-24 and Mi-8 and most of those were stored and readable from a track at the opposite end to the terminal and temporary MiG-29 area

[slogen51]

Non museum choppers identified:-

Active in the maintenance area
421 Mi-17
143 Mi-24V
144 Mi-24V

Stored on the north west side
133 Mi-24D. ( Looks slightly like 132 in my pics?)
134 Mi-24D
135 Mi-24D
136 Mi-24D
137 Mi-24D
140 Mi-24V
141 Mi-24V

431 Mi-17 side radar
432 Mi-17

[slogen51]

In the two and half days we were in the Plovdiv region we logged 70 MiGs including 6 active Fulcrums

Plus 4 unidentified MiG-15 stored in a compound within the Plovdiv museum

Just 4 Su-22 fitters were logged