ROC v Amsterdam

[mirage 69]

Last saturday there was an open day at the technical school in Hoofddorp (near Schiphol)

They even did a engine run with this Alouette

Overvieuw of the collection

Some nice birds over there


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Grtz Rene

[Zipper]

Hi...

I love that "collection" picture, all my favorite aircraft are on it!
The T-6, the F-104, the F-84F and the T-33A.
My day is good!!!

Grtz.
Zipper.

[mirage 69]

Yep,
a great part of the historie of the KLu is there:
Harvard, T-33,F-84,F-104,F-5 anf F-16 (ok almost history)

Grtz Rene

[Mad Viper]

Some from me, already got the almost the entire fleet on photo so experimented with some angles.

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4. Also nice as a background on a Windows PC

5. This BO105 is reg. 80+77 according to the writing on the back of the tail.

[kiwi]

Thank god there's a piece of beautiful Dtuch helo history in nice condition! It looks as if it could just fire up and take off (can it??!).
The camo Alouette's where the first contact I ever had with aviation when my dad flew them and the passion that sparked never went away.

[Key]

Well done! Photography in such places is not easy, but these are fine shots.

Erik

[Mad Viper]

Thank god there's a piece of beautiful Dtuch helo history in nice condition! It looks as if it could just fire up and take off (can it??!).
The camo Alouette's where the first contact I ever had with aviation when my dad flew them and the passion that sparked never went away.

if you're talking about the Alouette's, then they have to get some repairs before they can take-off safely. During the enigen runs they encoutered some fuel leaks. And the shafts to drive the rotors are missing, the rotors aren't connected to the engine.

[kiwi]

But are you telling me they want to restore it to flying state? :O

[ssb-spotting]

There are missing a lot of parts, of all planes, incl. the Alouette. So the change to make it flyable is nihil I think. But maybe they will find some parts back....

[Raptor16]

Flying state? That something the teachers never heard. They just threw away €20.000 on a bad Jetstream deal , they wanted to have the Jetstream that parked for years at Rotterdam, we even got some parts of it lying and waiting.

There isn't even money to buy some jetfuel to start-up the T-33 (my class wanted to do that as a project but they simply "forgot" about it)
And in the near future they want to buy a Fokker F27, yes really. When that illusion becomes true, highly doubt it, at least the T-33 and the F-84 are being sold.

So sorry to spoil you're dream, maybe oneday there is somebody with brains who buys it and restores it but it will definatly not happen when in the ROC inventory.

[ssb-spotting]

And in the near future they want to buy a Fokker F27, yes really.

I can confirm that the F-27 will come to Hoofddorp, and that the T-33 and one F-84 will leave the hangar. Last week (Wednesday) the school has decide to buy the F-27. In februari, I will start with removing a lot of parts like fairings, fuel/hydr/pneum. lines and more. In May, the wings and other parts will be removed for transportation to Hoofddorp. I'm the leader of this project. Four students will help me with this job, to get the F-27 in Hoofddorp, in May of this year. Normally I should never help the ROC because I'm not amused about this school, but I like the project so I decide to attend the project.

[Raptor16]

Didn't knew that it was actually that serious already. Wich one is it?

[Polecat]

Very nice pictures indeed!

.... highly doubt it, at least the T-33 and the F-84 are being sold.

..something for the Hunter guys in Lwn??

[Raptor16]

Maybe the T-33. It got a working engine. Too bad the tip tanks are gone.

[ssb-spotting]

Didn't knew that it was actually that serious already. Wich one is it?

It's the C-10, the Fokker F27 Troopship which can be found at the Military Air Force Museum in Soesterberg (see picture below)