PS Aero, Baarlo and Kessel, 20-04-2013

[frank kramer]

Last Saturday, EWAS went to visit the famous enterprise of Piet Smedts in Baarlo. It must be said, Piet is tidying up his business considerably. Most aircraft in Baarlo are arranged in a neat fashion, allowing for reasonable to good photo-conditions. A lot of the fuselages that used to be laying around have moved to Kessel or elsewhere. Fortunately, we were given the opportunity to deviate from the "standard tour" and visited the storage area in nearby Kessel as well. Below is a log of what was seen where. It is not complete, as I didn't manage to succesfully photograph AND log everything in the two hours of our visit (giving the priority to photo's). Also, I did not check up on any other reports/records yet. However, I am sure that some of the other participants could easily fill in some of the blanks here!

Baarlo:
outside:
61+18 Atlantic (tail only)
593 MiG23
"D-8212" F-104G
XZ357/FK Jaguar GR.3
98+06 Tornado IDS
1914 MiG21
2423 MiG23
XX974/FE Jaguar GR.3
23+94 F-104G (sold, due to leave for the USA very soon)
..+.. Su22
0219 Mi24
(XN784) Lightning F.2A
F-BHRA Caravelle 1
94+50 Mi2
94+21/910 Mi8
50+98 C-160D Transall
FU-10 F-84F
99+05 Fiat G.91R
25+41 Su22
98+16 SU22UM
64-*745 GF-4C
61+11 Atlantic
40+23 A Jet A
PH-FCX F27-200

Inside shed 1:
R-2107 Mirage IIIRS
2422 MiG23
40+** A Jet A

Inside shed 2:
21+71 F-104G
D-1553 glider
D-6201 glider
24+11 Mig21U

Inside showrooms:
KG+101 F-104G
26+72 F-104G
PH-491 Pilatus B.4
16520/HC T-33A

Kessel:
OK-ADQ Let 410
P-263 F-84F
*23 MiG23
2007 MiG21
*** main fuselage section of a Fokker 50
1809 MiG21
1909 MiG21
8909 MiG21
2008 MiG21
PH-RLH Saab S91D Safir
B-05/OT-ALE bits and pieces, packed in sea container
21+** F-104G
FX-** F-104G
2*+*0 F-104G
FX-58 F-104G (tail section, attached to a German fuselage)
2*+** F-104G
2*+** F-104G
21+** F-104G
40+95 A Jet A
K-**** NF-5A

That's it; any help much appreciated!

Edit: I just noticed that a topic already existed... As there is no Obvious moderator I can contact per PM: dear moderator, feel free to move this into the correct topic featured a few lines below this one...

[patrick dirksen]

Hi Frank,
My additions:

Baarlo:
outside:
..+.. Su22 => 25+13/641
64-*745 GF-4C => 64-0745

Inside shed 1:
40+** A Jet A => 40+65

Kessel:
*23 MiG23 => really 20+56
*** main fuselage section of a Fokker 50 => sorry, civil...
21+** F-104G => 21+60
FX-** F-104G => FX70 (no cockpit!)
2*+*0 F-104G => 26+30
FX-58 F-104G (tail section, attached to a German fuselage) => 25+61
2*+** F-104G => 23+01 (no cockpit!)
2*+** F-104G => 24+89 (no cockpit!)
21+** F-104G => one too many I think, I have 6 Starfighters in my book
K-**** NF-5A => K-3063 (no cockpit!)

The missing cockpits all went to private collectors.

[erik_kamphuis]

I might visit Baarlo/Kessel this weekend from the outside and have a question is the following aircraft can be seen from the outside?
Alpha Jet 40+23 stored outside
C-160D GAF (I guess it's tail should be visible for sure)
the T-33 in a showroom (?)
Jaguar XZ357 visible from outside, now pres along road N274?

I have not been there for years and don't know about a showroom!
If so, are those only visible from the "gardencenter" (tuincentrum)??

TIA,
Erik

[Wijgert IJlst]

I have not been there for years and don't know about a showroom!
If so, are those only visible from the "gardencenter" (tuincentrum)??

That must been quite some years, I myself havend been there for years, but the garden center (tuincentrum) must have been closed down for a decade orso... Nowadays a Aldi supermarked is located on former "tuincentrum" ground.

Why not contact Piet Smedts? He now runs tours on saterdays for €10 euro's per person.

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[Polleke_NL]

I have not been there for years and don't know about a showroom!
If so, are those only visible from the "gardencenter" (tuincentrum)??

That must been quite some years, I myself havend been there for years, but the garden center (tuincentrum) must have been closed down for a decade orso... Nowadays a Aldi supermarked is located on former "tuincentrum" ground.

Why not contact Piet Smedts? He now runs tours on saterdays for €10 euro's per person.

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Last time I wanted to "book" a visit he came up with a date over 6 months later so make sure you plan way in advance !!

[erik_kamphuis]

I forgot, indeed it's now an Aldi ! But no aircraft can bee seen from the Aldi grounds?
I have booked twice a tour in Baarlo+Kessel, but that is years ago and this saturday I don't have time for a tour, so might Piet (Volkel show).
Just curious if the mentioned planes were visible from outside?
And the showroom is at the streetside N273?

Erik

[frank kramer]

I might visit Baarlo/Kessel this weekend from the outside and have a question is the following aircraft can be seen from the outside?
Alpha Jet 40+23 stored outside
C-160D GAF (I guess it's tail should be visible for sure)
the T-33 in a showroom (?)
Jaguar XZ357 visible from outside, now pres along road N274?

I have not been there for years and don't know about a showroom!
If so, are those only visible from the "gardencenter" (tuincentrum)??

TIA,
Erik

Erik,

sorry I did not see your reply earlier than today... I happened to be at Volkel on Thursday and Friday and did not check this site till now...
Alpha Jet is invisible from outside, being parked in the main area
Transall tail might just be visible from the side of the location (gate behind the lone Atla tail), being in the main area
T-33 is in the former car-showroom immediately behind the 3 aircraft parked next to the N274, with the 2 F-104's in the part to the left of that when seen from the road.
Jaguar XZ357 is indeed one of the 3 aircraft parked next to the main road

Hope this still helps...