F-5

Best Hit Weapons Meet 1972, Larissa, Greece

BEST HIT was a NATO competition in which the air forces of Italy, Greece and Turkey took part (…

KLu: Northrop-Canadair NF-5B

The Royal Netherlands Air Force acquired thirty NF-5B tandem seat fighter-bomber-trainers , license-built in Canada , with serials K-4001…

Spotting at Eindhoven (NL)

Eindhoven was the city where the authors both grew up and became “real” aircraft-spotters at the nearby air base….

Spotting at RAF Fairford , U.K. July 1987 (International Air Tattoo)

In July 1987  Hans boarded the ferry-boat from Hook of Holland to Harwich with his car and…

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…

0. Open Day Program

Eindhoven (NL) Open Day, July 1993

The 80th anniversary of the Koninklijke Luchtmacht was celebrated with an Open Day at Eindhoven on July 3rd, 1993. Amongst…

Best Hit Weapons Meet 1973, Istrana, Italy.

On July 17th, 1973 Hans and Frank visited the NATO-AIRSOUTH Fighter Weapons Meet BEST HIT, which was held at…

Base Visit Eindhoven (NL), March 29th, 1971 (Norwegian F-5’s)

In March 1971 332 SKV of the Royal Norwegian AF from Rygge visited Eindhoven AB with a few Northrop…

Hickory Aviation Museum, North Carolina (U.S.A.), April, 2012

The Hickory Aviation Museum has s a (nicely restored) collection of cold war fighter planes, brought together by a…