Just been in contact with the KLu about the spottershill near beginning 06 (Marssum side). At this moment the Hill will NOT be closed on the 19e, so when runway 06 is in use everyone who can't go to the spottersday can go here. Let's hope they will not change this decission :D They knew nothing abou...
Foreign (and also local) visitors who wander in the fields on the arrival day WITHOUT the permission of the farmer(s) will have a visit by the police very quickly.
I will try to find out soon what will be the policy by the police and farmers on that particular day.
The whole setup of this spottersday has changed, first plan was only static and no possibility to photograph flying aircraft. New setup is NO static on base (it is possible to photograph some of the aircraft on the civil platform), but photographing aircraft on taxiway and runway from a position nea...
E-611 was replacement for the E-601, because this one went home again.
You can forget the limited flying message concerning the first 3 weeks.
Today two waves with each 12 aircraft were flown, not by the students who are now looking at books, but the instructors will fly this week.
Latest news is that there will be every day 2 waves of 12 F16's. FWIT air to air phase starts 13 May and ends 25 July. First 3 weeks are theoretical weeks with limited flying. And luckely also some opponents were found: 9 - 18 june: 6 F15C LN 11 - 25 july : 4 Hawks and Eurofighters (i presume this w...
The last thing i heard was that FWIT starts 13 May, but first 2 weeks are acadamic weeks with limited flying.
There should be about 12 F16's participating from Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal and NL.
Nothing known yet about opponents.
Als je je maar aan de bovenstaande regeltjes houd.
En het is niet helemaal als vroeger, want het hek is natuurlijk een flink eind verplaatst en voor het hek loopt nu ook nog een slotgracht.
Vandaag even met de boer van het weiland bij baankop 24 gebabbeld, want er is weer iets gewijzigd. Hij heeft de bovenkant van het hek voorzien van prikkeldraad, gelukkig niet met het idee om ons uit het weiland te houden, maar om te voorkomen dat er mensen over het hek heen klimmen en het hek daardo...