Royal Netherlands Army open days 2009

Each year, the Royal Netherlands Army opens one of their barracks for their annual open days. This time, the Bernhardkazerne in Amersfoort was the place to be on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th June. Main goal of the open days is to recrute new personnel and secondly to show the tax-payers where their money is used for.more>>

Oostwold Airshow 2009

The fifth edition of the bi-annual Oostwold Airshow took place on the first of May. A Stearman Fly in was organized one day prior to the airshow. more>>

Heldair Show Martiem, Den Helder Aiport/MVK de Kooy

Saturday, 15th September 2007, the airport close to Den Helder is the location for the aviation event ‘Heldair Show Maritiem'. The airport is normally split into two parts; the civil part known as Den Helder Airport, and the military part, which is used by the Royal Netherlands Navy more>>

Open Days Royal Netherlands Air Force 2007, Volkel AB

The annual open days from the Royal Netherlands Air Force were held in June (16th/17th) at Volkel AB. This edition attracted several aircraft that are not that often seen in the Netherlands, including a Su-22M-4 and a pair of USAFE A-10s. On the Saturday, the sun was seen on a more regular more>>

Texel Airshow 2007

After years of absence, the previous edition was held in 2001, the Texel Airshow took place on July 21. Texel is the largest isle of the Netherlands and has a grass runway and is mainly used for private flights. Although beeing organised as a civil airshow, a variety of military aircraft more>>

Open Days 2006, Royal Netherlands Air Force, Leeuwarden AB

The 2006 edition of the annual open days of the Royal Netherlands Air Force took place on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th June. This time, Leeuwarden Airbase opened the gates for two days to show the public what they are all about. One of the more>>

International Airshow, Groningen Airport Eelde

Early in the morning, dark clouds were gathering over Groningen Airport Eelde on Saturday 27th August 2005. Fortunately, only a few raindrops felt down that day and sometimes the sun came behind the clouds. It was the first airshow at Groningen Airport Eelde since 1992 more>>

Open Days 2005, Royal Netherlands Air Force, Gilze-Rijen AB

Gilze-Rijen Airbase hosted this year's annual open days of the Royal Netherlands Air Force on Friday 17th and Saturday 18th June 2005. The gates were opened for two days, to show the public what they are all about. It turned out to be a successful event! Several well known military more>>

Royal Netherlands Army open days 2005

The Royal Netherlands Army open days were held at Deelen during the last week-end of May. The 11th Airmanoeuvre Brigade (an operational partnership between the 11th Airmobile and more>>

Volkel 2004, open days Royal Netherlands Air Force

This year, the annual Open Days of the Royal Netherlands Air Force were held at Volkel AB on friday 18th and saturday 19th of June. The air show attracted more>>

Oostwold Airshow 2002

The third edition of the Oostwold Airshow was held on Easter Monday (21th April). Place to be was the Oostwold-Oldambt airstrip which is located nearby Scheemda in the north-east of Holland. The show was organized by the Dutch Historical Aircraft Company (DHAC) in more >>

Vliehors Shooting Range

On Wednesday 3th May a visit was made to one of the Dutch isles; Vlieland, where the shooting range of the Royal Netherlands Air Force is situated on the west side of the island. Pilots of fast jets, like the F-16, can practice their skills there with the use of their gun, firing a missile or dopping a (practice) bomb on one of the targets. more>>

Just another Saturday

A day in the life of a public minded pilot more>>

Spanish Air Force @ Groningen Airport Eelde

On Saturday 16th of September, three aircraft from the Spanish Air Force arrived at Groningen Airport Eelde, the Netherlands, to pick up Spanish military and their equipment after an exercise wich was held at the Marnewaard more>>

The Moto Grand Prix 2006 in Assen , the Netherlands

The TT Circuit Assen, which is located one mile s-w of Assen, is the home of the annual Dutch Motorcycle Grand Prix, known world-wide as the Dutch TT and is one of the classic events in the World Championship Calendar. The Dutch TT is traditionally staged on the last Saturday in June and this year, the 76th Dutch TT, (A-Styler TT Assen) it was on Saturday 24 th June 2006. The Moto GP is the world's premier motorcycling championship more>>

Queen's day 2004 - Warffum, the Netherlands

The 30th of April is a national day to celebrate the anniversary of the Queen of the Netherlands, Queen Beatrix. Every year, the Royal Family pay a visit to a village and a city. This year, the Queen and her family visited Warffum and Groningen. Several helicopters of the Royal Netherlands Air Force more>>