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Mickey

mikek1357 wrote: Excellent photos, what lens did you use?

Mostly 70-200 f4/L, incidentally 300 f4/L IS, on a 40D. I like your pic of J-637 by the way!

Ad, too bad we didn't meet, nice shots

Mickey

Yes, it's a flame. It had quite a fire going when it was starting its engine, probable due to a rich mixture. It lasted for a couple of seconds until the engine picked-up. Quite spectacular! Here's another participant, from MVK de Kooy: http://lh5.ggpht.com/michael.c.deboer/SDsM8mafbyI/AAAAAAAAFUc/n...

No, I didn't, I was born in 1970. As indicated, it was scanned from the 312 sqn diaries. I will check the numbers from the original scan tonight.

Nice line-up, I don't mind whether they're covered or not .

Mickey

On base it wasn't too bad either. http://lh5.ggpht.com/michael.c.deboer/SDsNFmafb-I/AAAAAAAAFWA/QkgebLfNTCA/s800/080525_9671FC.jpg http://lh6.ggpht.com/michael.c.deboer/SDsNC2afb6I/AAAAAAAAFVg/7K5Nx1k9qIQ/s800/080525_9706FC.jpg http://lh5.ggpht.com/michael.c.deboer/SDsNKmafcDI/AAAAAAAAFWo/vjDBVo6Tv_...

How about the strange colour scheme of the P-116? I don't think I ever saw a non-camouflaged F-84 in Dutch service? But this one clearly looks like bare metal or so. Nice! Some more bare metal Streaks... From the 312 diaries. http://lh5.ggpht.com/michael.c.deboer/SCtgS9oWNMI/AAAAAAAAE9k/DOCkQ6J1cxo...

Leeuwarden, was it 2001?: http://lh4.ggpht.com/michael.c.deboer/SDcfoWafbgI/AAAAAAAAFRg/3Wj6kjs6WoI/s800/MiG21%2003.jpg http://lh3.ggpht.com/michael.c.deboer/SDcfoGafbeI/AAAAAAAAFRQ/DAI6lw9uJBQ/s800/MiG21%2001.jpg http://lh5.ggpht.com/michael.c.deboer/SDcfomafbhI/AAAAAAAAFRo/R8g8lU4UHz8/s800/MiG21%2...

In my simplicity i thought that towing a Streak was as easy as riding a bicycle , Mickey,although even that can be difficult in today's traffic ! :oops: therefore now a serious tribute to the "towing guys" Hans My comment wasn't meant to be patronizing, just giving some background :fadein: ! Great ...

Towing a Streak was very delicate. It didn't have nose-wheel steering and the guy in the cockpit had to steer with the brakes and brake for the tow-truck, or the nose-gear would get damaged. Another way to damage a Streak (or any other a/c with a retractable LG) was landing with the gear up. This Vo...

Security at Volkel was indeed very tight in the Streak-days and i can remember that i made this photo under rather difficult circumstances in September of 1964 : it proofs also, that 311 squadron Streaks not always flew with only one pylon-tank ! Very true, very interesting. I'll ask my dad about i...

Let's continue with this nice and tidy one : two Streaks , one asleep but the other one alert ! :?: Hans Hans, I don't think it is on alert, as I think Eindhoven's tasks (CAS and conventional bombing) didn't require QRA. I think Pieter 229 has been pre-flighted already and Pieter 259 hasn't. Lovely...

One out of 312's diaries (it's P-298 by the way):



Mickey

OK, as promised, first some I shot myself in August 1988 at the Safaripark, Volkel: http://lh6.ggpht.com/michael.c.deboer/SCS9E8n2BpI/AAAAAAAAEyc/mISAb70XDEI/s800/11253%20op%20park%20RV.JPG http://lh6.ggpht.com/michael.c.deboer/SCS9E8n2BqI/AAAAAAAAEyk/G-ubcVg6sB4/s800/11253%20op%20safaripark.JPG And...

How about the strange colour scheme of the P-116? I don't think I ever saw a non-camouflaged F-84 in Dutch service? But this one clearly looks like bare metal or so. Nice! My dad was an F-84F crew-chief, first with 311 and then with 312 at Volkel, from '63 to '66. When he joined 311, they still had...

This picture certainly qualifies for this topic of "Towers", however I'd like to point out that this is not the ATC control tower. It is in fact an abandoned guard tower of the once heavily guarded northeast HAS-area. But, as I said, it IS a "tower", nonetheless. :wink: Regards, Stephan Yep, you're...