Airshows 1965-1980

Royal Air Force Wildenrath (Germany) Open Day, July 5th, 1970

Wildenrath was one of the airbases of the RAF in Germany, and in July 1970 it was mainly accomodating…

Beauvechain Airshow (Belgium), June 27 – 28, 1970

In the seventies the Belgian Air Force organized great annual airshows (they still do, by the way). The 1970…

Volkel Open Day (NL), June 20th, 1970

During this KLu-Open Day , held at Volkel AB on June 20th, 1970 , a long flight-line of nearly…

Gilze-Rijen Open Day (NL), August 15 – 16, 1969

Gilze Rijen AB was open to the public on August 15th and 16th , 1969 ; these are the…

Leeuwarden Open Day (NL), August 15th, 1969

In 1969 the KLu held two small Open Days : one at Leeuwarden AB and the other at Gilze…

Rhein-Main (Frankfurt, Germany) Armed Forces Day, May 17th, 1969

For a long time Rhein-Main AB near Frankfurt, Germany acted as the main USAFE operating base for air transport…

Brustem-St .Truiden (Belgium) Airshow, June 22 – 23, 1968

The Airshow at Brustem AB in 1968 , attended by the three of us ,was a very special event:…

Eindhoven (NL), Open Day, September 8th, 1967

Only a few non-resident K.Lu. aircraft participated in the Static Show during the 1967 Open Day at Eindhoven AB…

Brussels-Melsbroek Open Days (Belgium), June 24 – 25, 1967

On June 24th / 25th , 1967 the annual International Air Show in Belgium took place at Melsbroek near…

Florennes AB (Belgium) , Open Day , June 21st, 1975

In 1975 the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon  , at the time a brand new jet aircraft design from…