Training aircraft

This galery is devoted to the aircraft types that were used by the K.Lu. and the BAF as training-aircraft , but only a far as we have seen them flying during – what we refer to- as
“our golden years of spotting“ , from the Sixties to the Eighties . The PC-7 Turbo Trainer is also covered although it came into service in a later period.

BAF : Lockheed T-33

The Belgians received in total 38 Lockheed T-33 jet trainers , which were gradually delivered from 1952…

BAF: Siai-Marchetti SF260M/D

The Siai-Marchetti SF-260M training aircraft replaced the Stampe en Vertongen SV-4B with the Belgian Air Force. 36…

KLu : Hawker Hunter T.7

Twenty Hawker Hunter T.7 side by side two-seat jets of British origin were in service with the Royal Netherlands…

KLu: Lockheed T-33

As a two-seat jet trainer the Lockheed T-33 – commonly known as ” T-Bird” – was developed from the…

KLu : Fokker S-11 Instructor

Besides the successful Fokker F-27 Friendship the post-war Dutch Fokker Aircraft Industry built – amongst other types – an …

KLu : Pilatus PC.7 Turbo Trainer

The Swiss built Pilatus PC.7 elementary trainer for young pilots has been in service with the Royal Netherlands Air…