Preserved

Nowadays the variety is somewhat limited, but in the past aircraft-spotters had the opportunity to see far more different (military) aircraft types flying by and in greater numbers. Especially lucky for us ,however, belonging to the older generation, many of these still can be seen namely in aircraft museums, as gate-guards at airbases, as eyecatchers, static displays, wrecks, etc. etc.
In this album we try to bring together images of the preserved past.

Fliegermuseum Altenrhein (Switzerland ), May, 2011

This museum (situated in the north-eastern corner of Switzerland on the civil airport of Altenrhein) is a private enterprise…

Technik Museum Speyer (Germany), May, 2011

In May Frank visited the Technik Museum in the German city of Speyer (near Frankfurt). Next to other technical…

PS Aero, Baarlo (NL), May, 2011

This is not really a museum, more a storage depot: Piet Smedts (the PS from the museum title) buys…

Israel Air Force Museum, November, 2010

Israel has a very interesting aircraft museum, located in a corner of Hatserim Air Base. Hatserim is in the…

Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York (U.S.A.), September, 2010

The USS Intrepid has a weight of over 40.000 tons, is over 300 metres long and served as an…

Turkish Air Force Museum Istanbul, April, 2010

The museum of the Turkish Air Force is in Yesilkoy, one of the suburbs of Istanbul; it houses a…

Planes of Fame Museum, Arizona USA, May, 2009

The Planes of Fame Museum sits in two locations: one in California (Chino) and one in Valle, Arizona. Frank…

Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona (U.S.A.), May, 2009

In May 2009 Frank visited the Pima A&S Museum in Tucson, Arizona (near Davis Monthan AFB).

Depots of the Dutch Militaire Luchtvaart Museum (MLM), Soesterberg (NL), 1994 – present

In the vicinity of the village of Soesterberg the Royal Netherlands Air Force has its museum; until 2011 they…

Royal Museum of the Armed Forces, Brussels (Belgium), 1988 – 1998

On May 13th , 1988 Hans and Frank paid a visit to the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces…