Any thing worth seeing (aviation wise) in these places??????

[Brad]

Marrakesh,Morroco
India (Uttar Pradesh area)
Bangladesh
Nepal (Kathmandu)
Sri Lanka
Myanamar
Algeria
Egypt (Cairo)

I'm going to about 8 or 10 other countries also, but I just can't remember where at the moment!

[Tulio]

In Sri Lanka, if you can manage, there are Argentinean-built Pucara attack aircraft in service with the AF.

Trincomalee used to be a British Navy base.

Myanmar should have interesting stuff, French and Russian, but since it is a military dictatorship, you should be very careful there.

Egypt? Cairo West, I would imagine, but again, be careful there.

Remember that in Egypt you have to pay to get off the camel, not to get on, so if someone offers a photo op atop a camel, you will have to pay!

Saludos,

Tulio

[Scott Rose]

In Sri Lanka, if you can manage, there are Argentinean-built Pucara attack aircraft in service with the AF.

Cool, I didn't know the Pucara was serving outside Argentina. Got to find pictures of the Sri Lankan ones.

[Jagan]

Hello Brad,

Sorry I did not see this posting earlier.

List of warbirds in the Uttar Pradesh Area.

Publicly viewable warbirds
Dassault Ouragan IC-567 Sainik School Sarojininagar Lucknow
HAL Gnat II IE-1241 Doon School , Dehradun Dehradun
HAL HF-24 Marut D-1277 Airforce School, Agra AFS Agra
Hawker Hunter F56 -NA- Town Park, Faridabad Faridabad
Hawker Hunter T66 S-580 St Joseph Academy, Dehradun
Piper Super Cub VT-DTP IIT Kanpur Kanpur
Tupolev-124 V-642 Lucknow State Museum located at zoo 'Rajhans' Lucknow

Prior Permission required - Aircraft might be visible from public throughfares

Central Air Command HQ, Bamrauli(allahabad)
HAL Gnat -NA-
Sukhoi-7 BMK -NA-
MiG-21 M C-1599
Hawker Hunter F56 BA-360

Agra Air Force Station
Mil Mi-4 Agra AFS Agra
Douglas Dakota C-47 HJ-905 Preserved at Agra AFS -

RIMC, Dehradun
Hawker Hunter F56 BA-357

To get a feel of this -

Try visiting the following pages.
http://www.warbirdsofindia.com/wbup.html
http://www.warbirdsofindia.com/wbagra.html
http://www.warbirdsofindia.com/wballahabad.html
http://www.warbirdsofindia.com/wbdoon.html
http://www.warbirdsofindia.com/wblucknow.html

Ofcourse if you are transiting thru Delhi spending about a day, you should visit the IAF Museum in Palam.

[Jagan]

In Sri Lanka, if you can manage, there are Argentinean-built Pucara attack aircraft in service with the AF.

Cool, I didn't know the Pucara was serving outside Argentina. Got to find pictures of the Sri Lankan ones.

Scott.

No sweat Check your PM

I have seen the aircraft - they have a great collection of aircraft there, though the WW2 stuff is limited to a Tigermoth and couple of Dakotas. People however have been interested in the Balliols.


Brad,

If you are going to Sri Lanka, you will need to call in advance and take permission with the CO of the Aircraft Preservation Unit. It would help if its a 'group visit' rather than an individual visit from what i have been told.

[DaveM2]

Brad

Myanmar has an interesting museum 'Defense Services Museum' at Schwedagan Pagoda Street , Yangon. Northern suburbs of the city.
Opening hours Sat-Thurs 1000-1600
Spits , Seafires , Sea Fury , several D.H. types . Info from Bob Ogdens' Museums of the World series.
I have been to both Marrakesh and Cairo and don't think there is anything aviation related there [ 10 years ago anyway ! ]

Dave