The Lancer C is a fighter/fighter bomber upgrade of the venerable MiG-21MF. Unlike the Lancer A the C version has an enhanced radar. The sole user is the Romanian Air Force.

The training centre of the Venezulean national guard is based at Porlamar, Isla Margarita. Its aircraft carry a huge E code for Entrenamiento (training).

Put away after use, this Cessna 401, for which no msn is known, was found amidst some thorny bushes at Porlamar, home of the Venezuela National Guard aviation training unit. The serial is made up of the year of manufacture (1967) and a sequence number of the National Guard, in this case the 78th aircraft taken on strength by them.

Former East German PZL-106A Kruk DM-TBP was caught drugrunning by the Venezuelan National Guard, who decided to put the aircraft for their own use, and gave it these stunning jungle colours. The serial is made of the year of manufacture of the aircraft (1987) and a sequence number of the National Guard, the 105th aircraft put into use by them.

Aviation units of the National Guard can be found all over Venezuela. At Porlamar, Isla Margarita, this Bell 412EP was based at the time.

Delivered new to Jetstream International Als in 1983 as N821JS and operated for US Air Express. Later registered as N619JX then returned to BAe Asset Management and parked at Kingman/AZ. By 1999 it had been parted out as shown here. (BAe had so many of these on their hands they approached the engineering company I worked for in Winnipeg to see if we could design a cheap and cheerful express package modification. This fuselage was trucked to Winnipeg to be used as a prototype. The idea proved impractical due to the lack of a location for crew access when the cabin was crammed full of payload.)

Imported new in 1988 for Ontario Express and exported as YV3438 in 2019.

Co-operative Key exercise

"81 FS" commander aircraft

Co-operative Key 2001

The Bulgarian Air Force operates just a few Su-22 in the reconnaissance role. The recce pod is clearly visible underneath this aircraft.