Training aircraft
This galery is devoted to the aircraft types that were used by the K.Lu. as training-aircraft , but only a far as we have seen them flying during – what we refer to- as
“our golden years of spotting“ , from the Sixties to the Eighties . The PC-7 Turbo Trainer is also covered although it came into service in a later period.
KLu : Hawker Hunter T.7
August 19, 2019 | Frank & Gijs & Hans
Twenty Hawker Hunter T.7 side by side two-seat jets of British origin were in service with the Royal Netherlands Air Force, serials being N-301 to N-320. Read More
KLu: Lockheed T-33
May 4, 2019 | Frank & Gijs & Hans
As a two-seat jet trainer the Lockheed T-33 – commonly known as ” T-Bird” – was developed from the F-80 Shooting Star jet fighter during the Fifties. Read More
KLu : Fokker S-11 Instructor
July 5, 2018 | Hans
Besides the successful Fokker F-27 Friendship the post-war Dutch Fokker Aircraft Industry built – amongst other types – an elementary trainer for military use., the Fokker S-11 Instructor .
The S-11 was also sold abroad in small numbers and license … Read More
KLu : Pilatus PC.7 Turbo Trainer
February 16, 2018 | Hans & Frank
The Swiss built Pilatus PC.7 elementary trainer for young pilots has been in service with the Royal Netherlands Air Force (KLu) now for more than two decades and continues to serve well.
