Germany

The German Thunderflashes were phased out in the years 1965-1966 in favour of the RF-104G Starfighter. Two squadrons (Geschwader)…

FLUGWERFT Aviation Museum, September 2017

In September 2017 Frank visited the “Flugwerft” in Oberschleissheim: an aviation museum, subsidiary of the famous Deutsches Museum (German…

Rheine-Hopsten Open Day, June 1977

The Rheine Open Day of 11 June 1977 featured a somewhat poor static.

Hermeskeil Museum (Germany), August 1990 & July 2016

In 1990 Hans visited the German Hermeskeil Aviation Museum. His introduction to the gallery he created on this site…

Internationales Luftfahrt Museum, Schwenningen (G), July 2015

The Internationales Luftfahrt Museum (International Aviation Museum) is in Villingen-Schwenningen, a twin-city in the south of Germany,…

Royal Air Force Wildenrath (G) Airshow, June 15th, 1969

On a very hot day in June 1969 the Wildenrath Airshow took place; Wildenrath was at the time one…

Base Visit Hahn Air Base (G), September 1978

For a one-day excursion Hans made a flight in Fokker F-28 PH-MAT from Schiphol to Hahn Air Base in…

Base Visit Rheine-Hopsten (Germany), July 29th, 1971

On July 29th , 1971 Frank and Hans visited the German Fliegerhorst Rheine-Hopsten to make a report for Flash…

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…

Laarbruch Open Day (Royal Air Force Germany), June 13th, 1998

In June 1998 the last Open Day at RAFG Laarbruch took place and Frank went there ; the base…