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HansDrost
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Number 6, with:

Henk de Ridder, Porno Kneus (what was his real name; Cor Knuistingh Neven?), Peter ten Berge, Huub Kattevilder, Rick Versteeg, Maico van Dijk and Peter van Hattem.

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Another peaceful moment in 1975: throwing stones with pudding at each other ,as you can see the hit change was very low: Jan Schets (left) and Frans van Zelst(middle) did not worry that much during an "heavy enemy stone attack". I was the only who respond
More about stone throwing here:
http://home.tiscali.nl/sberg.sixties/An ... rhalen.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


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Great pic Henk. I wouldn't have recognized you. I did recognize Jan en Frans.

There are more than 98000 views since Roel started this thread two years ago!
Up to the 100.000!

Here's number 7 of the Spotter Book. This one is with Dick Wels and John Kraaijkamp (he really didn't change much in the last 30 years).

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Number 8.

He's not too hard to recognize. Is he?

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:M-):

he survived with mental scares..... :wink:
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And here's a picture of Dan Brown's competitor, author of the bestseller ' De Spotter ', Mr. Hans Drost. Will he be signing copies of his book at some open house this year?

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Wow! I guess that's me. :oops: I was hoping that there would no pictures around of the author himself.

"Great" camera by the way (Zenith with a lousy 200mm lens).
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HansDrost wrote:Number 8.

He's not too hard to recognize. Is he?
Hans,

What a cute picture of me. I think about 30 years ago ? Do you know a more exact date ?
After 8 months "Beverwijk" it was possible to start walking again :lol:

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the same Hans drost, just slightly older...

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HansDrost wrote:Wow! I guess that's me. :oops: I was hoping that there would no pictures around of the author himself.

"Great" camera by the way (Zenith with a lousy 200mm lens).
They were great, them Zenith's. I always thought I was the only spotter with one of those. I think I still have mine lying around somewhere gathering dust. I used it with a 135 mm lens and converter with a diameter of no more then 5 cm, which made it look very weird. Can't remember what aperture the combination sported, but it can't have been very good ;-)

Very funny to read your stories BTW. Even though they were written in the very beginning of my career in the SSB-scene in 1978/79, I keep checking out the background of the pictures to see if I was there.

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warthog64 wrote:the same Hans drost, just slightly older...
Are you sure Roel? :shock: If I would have passed him, I wouldn't have recognized him! But if I look longer, I guess he looks like his father!
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CR-74050 wrote:
warthog64 wrote:the same Hans drost, just slightly older...
Are you sure Roel? :shock: If I would have passed him, I wouldn't have recognized him! But if I look longer, I guess he looks like his father!
100% positive, Henk de Ridder is behind him pointing his camera to the F-18...
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Come on. Stop it guys. Okay, I gained a few ounces. I color my hair (what's left of it) slighty gray, but ...I still have those handsome looks.
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Time to step back in history again.

Number 9. A visit to the Museum in Soesterberg with Dick Wels.

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looks like the same helmet/mustage as Rick versteegh wearing on page one of this topic, acting as
298sqn commander!
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