GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
While I was in Bulgaria, my Fiancé told me about some "old airplanes" at the airport nearby...well naturally, the word "old airplanes" certainly got my attention, so we went to investigate.
After checking in with the gate guard and parking, we walked over to an over-grown field and there they were..."old airplanes" alright...early Communist Era Bulgarian Airforce aircraft that had been put on display at one time and eventually forgotten.
As it happens, I was in a hurry (we were late for dinner with her parents) so I did a quick run through and so the quality of the shots may not be as good as they should have been. I did try and get some good angles and details for those that may be interested in Warsaw Pact aircraft.
The odd twist to this adventure was, that we finished the "fly-by" photo shoot and hurried back to the car...I stopped to thank the gate guard and gave him an American Marlboro, which he promply lit up. We got out onto the road headed into town and not even 5 minutes later emergency vehicles of all descriptions went tearing past us towards the airport. I looked back and a plume of black smoke was rising up.
It wasn't until a short while later, I found out that a muslim had snuck aboard a bus full of Israeli kids, posing as the driver and blew it up, killing several and wounding many more. It all happened roughly 50 feet away from where I was talking to the gate guard and he had been hit by schrapnel as was the guard house.
I guess timing is everything...
Anyway, here they are, in no particular order!
After checking in with the gate guard and parking, we walked over to an over-grown field and there they were..."old airplanes" alright...early Communist Era Bulgarian Airforce aircraft that had been put on display at one time and eventually forgotten.
As it happens, I was in a hurry (we were late for dinner with her parents) so I did a quick run through and so the quality of the shots may not be as good as they should have been. I did try and get some good angles and details for those that may be interested in Warsaw Pact aircraft.
The odd twist to this adventure was, that we finished the "fly-by" photo shoot and hurried back to the car...I stopped to thank the gate guard and gave him an American Marlboro, which he promply lit up. We got out onto the road headed into town and not even 5 minutes later emergency vehicles of all descriptions went tearing past us towards the airport. I looked back and a plume of black smoke was rising up.
It wasn't until a short while later, I found out that a muslim had snuck aboard a bus full of Israeli kids, posing as the driver and blew it up, killing several and wounding many more. It all happened roughly 50 feet away from where I was talking to the gate guard and he had been hit by schrapnel as was the guard house.
I guess timing is everything...
Anyway, here they are, in no particular order!