Spotted in Belgium
Photography in Belgium near military airfields and outside the gates and fences was…
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In this category we intend to deal with our visits to different airfields in the course of years staying outside the gates and fences , NOT KNOWING BEFOREHAND IF THERE WOULD BE ANY FLYING ACTIVITIES . Also when we did know that there was an exercise or deployment going on , it was still not certain if we would be successful. Sometimes we had to leave without having seen any or very few airplanes taking-off or arriving , which is very disappointing but that is the chance we took.
Photography in Belgium near military airfields and outside the gates and fences was…
After having visited the Armed Forces Day at Rhein-Main Air Base , Germany on May 17th , 1969 (see…
Eindhoven was the city where the authors both grew up and became “real” aircraft-spotters at the nearby air base….
For the first time Hans visited Leeuwarden AB (NL) as an aircraft-spotter in August 1967. In later years he…
Frank only incidentally visited Soesterberg AB , but Hans frequented the former Air Base quite often because he moved…
During the Sixties Volkel (NL) was an airbase where photography was not easy; nevertheless the authors (Hans and Frank)…
Hans visited Twenthe AB (NL) as an aircraft-spotter for the first time in 1968. During more recent years he…
Hans made a number of pictures outside the fences of Gilze Rijen AB (NL) in the course of years…
The pictures in this gallery were taken in Germany by the authors throughout the years often under difficult circumstances…