Spotting

An aircraft spotter used to be a very busy person, collecting as many registrations and/or pictures of aircraft as possible. When we were young, we used to spend a lot of our free time waiting outside the fences but close by the runways of Eindhoven Air Base . NL (also) hoping to spot some non/resident aircraft . Sometimes we were lucky, very often not. During holidays we therefore undertook many travels to nearby air force bases such as Volkel and Kleine Brogel (Belgium) or further abroad, where we could satisfy our needs. You can find the results of these activities under the titles “Aircraft-Spotting by lucky chance“ and “Arrival Days Spotting & other certainties“.
IMPORTANT NOTE : until the Seventies of the last century aircraft-spotting near military airfields could be a tricky hobby and even to-day there are countries where the authorities do not appreciate this kind of activities , so let this also be a warning to you !

Eindhoven 1993

A wide variety of aircraft types presented itself during the 1993 Eindhoven Open Days ( see report…

Volkel AB (NL), August 31st ,2000 (Arrivals for Open Days)

August 31st , 2000 was a busy day for all personnel at Volkel AB , the Netherlands…

Naval Air Station Valkenburg , NL , June 6th , 1992(departures Open Day)

The days before and after a military aviation event such as an Open Day always attract…

NATO Tactical Weapons Meet ,RAF Wildenrath , Germany , June 1967 (a/c spotting)

In June 1967 Gijs and Hans went for a biking (!) -trip from Eindhoven to Brussels (Open…

Arriving Aircraft for Belgian Air Shows Bierset 1969 and Beauvechain 1970 & 1992

This gallery shows a selection of pictures of aircraft arriving for three memorable , historic International…

Spotted in Belgium

Photography in Belgium near military airfields and outside the gates and fences was…

Koksijde Air Base , Belgium, July 5th , 1991 (Arrivals for Open Days)

Koksijde Air Base is situated near the Belgian coast and the Westland Sea King helicopter equipped…

Koksijde Air Base, Belgium , July 3rd , 1992 (arrivals for Open Day)

On July 3rd , 1992 Hans travelled all the way by car to and fro Koksijde Air Base ,…

Aircraft-Spotting Frankfurt-Rhein Main AB (G) , May 17th , 1969

After having visited the Armed Forces Day at Rhein-Main Air Base , Germany on May 17th , 1969 (see…

Spotting Elsewhere

We travel a lot and keep on spotting…