Website covering the (R)F-84F Thunderstreak / Thunderflash as well as airshow reports, base visits, aircraft museums and lots of aircraft-spotting pictures taken from the sixties to present days
Frank Klaassen
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Berichten door Frank Klaassen
Update 25/03/2012 BASE VISITS
25 mrt
(1994) Pila Air Base (Poland), September ‘94
Whilst on a business trip to Poland in September 1994 Frank was invited to visit the (now closed) Pila Air Base of the Polish Air Force; the air force officials were so kind as to show him one of their Pila based Suchoi SU-22 fighters. Presented here are a few photos of this memorable visit.
Update 11/03/2012 AIRSHOWS
11 mrt
1981 Colmar (F) Open Day
The Open Day at French Air Force Base Colmar, home of the 13th Wing was not very special but featured one of the first public appearances of the Patrouille de France with its new Alpha Jets; the aircraft still wore their civil registrations.
Update 12/01/2012 AIRSHOWS
12 jan
(1975) Leeuwarden Open Day 27 September 1975
A poor open day, mainly due to the very bad weather (as you can see on the photos). After the presentation of 4 NF-5s, a Starfighter, a Troopship and a Magister of the Belgian Red Devils the rest of the show had to be cancelled because of the strong wind. The static was okay though, featuring a.o. a Danish F-100F and RF-35 Draken.
Update 24/12/2011 RF-84F
24 dec
Thunderflashes in active service
The gallery on the RF-84F active service life shows a number of new pictures: scans of official air force photos that were once supplied to us for publication, as well as pictures from Franks collection of b/w negatives.
Update 12/11/2011 MUSEUMS
12 nov
Spanish Air Force Museum, Madrid November 2011
The Museo del Aire -the museum of the Spanish Air Force- is situated a few kilometers south of Madrid, in a corner of Cuatro Vientos AB. It exhibits an impressive and interesting collection that includes rare birds such as the Heinkel HE-111, the CASA build Junkers JU-52 and one of the three aquired Boeing KC-97L Stratotankers, used to do in-flight refuelling of the Spanish Phantoms. And although especially the outside part of the display could use a bit of maintenance/repainting the place is well worth visiting! Frank was in the Museo early November 2011.
Update 21/10/2011 RF-84F
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RF-84F: Aircraft withdrawn from use
We entirely renewed the Album/Galleries on the RF-84F Thunderflash. In this update we would like to draw your attention to our (re-edited and more complete – as far as both our collections are concerned -) overview of Thunderflashes that are w.f.u. (withdrawn from use): pictured whilst in open storage, in museums or as gate-guards.
Update 02/10/2011 AIRSHOWS
02 okt
This update gives an impression of the 1975 KLu Open Day at Volkel, held on 30 August ‘75.
Update 08/08/2011 VARIOUS
08 aug
SPOTTERS
The lay-out of this gallery underwent a small change; and also, of course, a number of new photos were added.
[Gallery not found]Update 28/07/2011 AIRSHOWS
28 jul
TWENTHE 1996, Open Day Klu
On 6 July 1996 the Vliegbasis Twenthe (now closed) hosted the 1996 Open Day of the Royal Netherlands Air Force. Here are some of the highlights of the event , pictured by Hans and Frank.
Update 16/07/2011 VARIOUS
16 jul
WARBIRDS
The 2011 Koksijde Airshow (Frank visited the event on Thursday 7 July) brought together a great numbers of historic aircraft; you will find them in this gallery on page 5. Next to that we enlarged the collection of warbirds with examples we saw in earlier years.
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