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Post by ebauer »

This is getting better every day! Those TJ F-4Ds and TF-100F make me sick... with envy.(quote)

Yes! When I started with 'serious' aircraft spotting, october 1981, the Danish Airforce was still flying their F-100F's but I never saw them. :(
Once even a threeship made a low approach at Eelde on their way to Leeuwarden, could you imagine?! :shock:

I do have a lot of Soesterberg-related pics too, but it is not possible for me to post them due to technical reasons, unfortunally...

Therefore, continue this topic, please! :D
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Post by DJMikey »

Eventhough the quality of the pics I show below is poor due to the way I kept them in the early days, I couldn't resist to contribute to this awesome topic. Pics are taken from the spottershill.

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Here some pictures from me

will add some more tommorow

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Some more
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Post by Flyingdutchman »

Wonderful topic guys!!! Keep posting :lol:

@ Pieter; great picture of that Danish F-100! Great plane 8)


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Post by P.Terlouw »

and some more (this will turn out to be the biggest topic ever :)

A civil Gulfstream II on a vist. On Airliners.net I see this jet N80J is now a Gulfstream III ?!

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A very frequent visitor were the Orions

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Less frequent were the Mirage 5BA's

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And even less :) the Norwegian Falcon 20

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Post by Key »

What a feast, thanks all for those great additions. I can't stop either.
Anticipating the September 81 Open Day I bought my first telelens, a Tokina 70-150...

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'Sorry', more Phantoms :wink: F-4F 38+03 with nice big serial taking off on 04aug81.

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Another VC-140B Jetstar visited on 19aug81. With its appearance like a mini airliner and all-moving tail surface I think this is one of the coolest bizjets ever built.

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The Eagles had the 32TFS badge on the left intake and the 17th AF emblem on the right one (79-0028/CR on 18aug81).

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G-91T-1 34+44 has just pulled the chute on 26aug81.

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One day later FX51 in its fabulous c/s and with some extra titles (including 'TIR' like on a truck) joined the Fiat on the X-service platform.

And while the main runway at Valkenburg was being resurfaced, some of the Dutch Neptunes operated out of Soesterberg:
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Both taken on 28aug81.
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P.Terlouw wrote:A civil Gulfstream II on a vist. On Airliners.net I see this jet N80J is now a Gulfstream III ?!
US civil regis (like those in Germany and a few other countries) may be re-used. Your pic is G-II 160, and from mar85 till mar05 N80J was G-III 441. Your N80J became N801 in jul84, had four more regis since and was converted to a G-IISP apr98. 8) The regi is currently assigned to a BAe125-800XP.

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Post by warthog64 »

Hope that you are not bored with all those phantoms :D ,

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test flight of an CR F-15,

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F-15 in lovely light conditions,

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tomorrow some more,
keep the photos coming!,

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Post by Arjan »

We sure are never getting bored of those Phantoms.....keep them coming!!

Thanks for the pics guys, wish somebody would open such a topic on Spangdahlem or Volkel!

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Post by P.Terlouw »

Okay, some more ................... PHANTOMS :D

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two black & whites (both photo's by Henk de Ridder)
digial copies by me,

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Post by Iwan Bogels »

Hi guys,

It's great to see so many old photos from local grounds. It may be clear that the F-4 Phantom was high on almost everybodíes list.

Personally I really enjoyed the gear-up shot of MLD SP-2H 203/V. I wish I had shot that myself....

Keep it up guys !

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PS: As topics on this messageboard disappear after a while, would it be a good idea to set up a special page with loads of photos from Soesterberg (or any other airbase) ? Ik know that Valkenburg already has one...
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Post by warthog64 »

what else to do on an rainy sunday.....

here are some more,

one of 4 'SP' F-4's that came that day,

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on the platform,
with a german alpha,

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Post by Key »

Iwan Bogels wrote:PS: As topics on this messageboard disappear after a while, would it be a good idea to set up a special page with loads of photos from Soesterberg (or any other airbase) ? Ik know that Valkenburg already has one...
Yep, absolutely a good idea. I won't be the one doing this on short notice though, but my pics are available for it should anyone set this up!


Some more 50mm & converter stuff...
23jul81 brought a Wildenrath Phantom and Bierset Mirage 5. Brake chutes are go.
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When leaving, the FGR2 showed those Spey engines may not smoke like they should, but they do flame.
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Jumping to 31aug81 again we got a nice 314TAW desert C-130E.
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Pair of Eagles returning from a Scramble on 01sep81.
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Sidewinders and Sparrows on 79-0029/CR. With both fighters carrying eight AA missiles and a gun they had enough ordnance to bring down a whole squadron of adversaries.

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Oh well, let's add another Phantom... Torrejon F-4D showing how it's done on a Friday afternoon (04sep81):
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