Dink's day in the aeroplanemuseum
Discussion
A day's out with the kiddo's. What better way to spent it than drive off to the Aviodrome: Neherlands biggest plane museum. An impression:
The first Fokker kit 'Spin3' to fly around the Haarlem St. Bavo church: augustus 31th 1911.
Love those big radial plane-engines. There's so much to see. Here's an early one.
It's really amazing only a few years after the Wright bros had their first take-off WW1 gave us such wonderfull planes, with guns shooting through the blades and all that. A Fokker invention BTW.
Wonderfull nice wooden prop.
Dunno what this one is but it looks nice. Just a box with an engine in, a bit of canvas and some rope . . .
Famous Wright R-1820 Cyclone engine as in the Dakota planes. Some phat 890 horses from 1823 cubic inch.
Wiki says: "The R-1820 was at the heart of many famous aircraft including the early Douglas airliners (prototype DC-1, the DC-2, earliest civilian versions of the DC-3, and the limited-production DC-5), B-17 Flying Fortress and SBD Dauntless bombers. The R-1820 also found limited use in armored vehicles in two forms. The G-200 was a 9-cylinder gas-burning radial that developed 900 hp @ 2,300 rpm and powered the M6 Heavy Tank. The Wright RD-1820 was converted to a diesel by Caterpillar Inc. as the D-200 and produced 450 hp @ 2,000 rpm in the M4A6 Sherman."
Cool stuff.
Look at this nice Fokker freighterplane engine. Jets are so . . . dull compared to this
There's more for next time.
The first Fokker kit 'Spin3' to fly around the Haarlem St. Bavo church: augustus 31th 1911.
Love those big radial plane-engines. There's so much to see. Here's an early one.
It's really amazing only a few years after the Wright bros had their first take-off WW1 gave us such wonderfull planes, with guns shooting through the blades and all that. A Fokker invention BTW.
Wonderfull nice wooden prop.
Dunno what this one is but it looks nice. Just a box with an engine in, a bit of canvas and some rope . . .
Famous Wright R-1820 Cyclone engine as in the Dakota planes. Some phat 890 horses from 1823 cubic inch.
Wiki says: "The R-1820 was at the heart of many famous aircraft including the early Douglas airliners (prototype DC-1, the DC-2, earliest civilian versions of the DC-3, and the limited-production DC-5), B-17 Flying Fortress and SBD Dauntless bombers. The R-1820 also found limited use in armored vehicles in two forms. The G-200 was a 9-cylinder gas-burning radial that developed 900 hp @ 2,300 rpm and powered the M6 Heavy Tank. The Wright RD-1820 was converted to a diesel by Caterpillar Inc. as the D-200 and produced 450 hp @ 2,000 rpm in the M4A6 Sherman."
Cool stuff.
Look at this nice Fokker freighterplane engine. Jets are so . . . dull compared to this
There's more for next time.
So you are a plane-buff as well Graeme? That's even more to talk about when at SpaF then.
Oh yes, more planeporn.
Very nice cut-up. While the girls were playing - running around and playing hide 'n seek between the big planes - dad could admire craftmenship and shoot some.
There's your turbo-prop, Fokker 27 friendship if I'm correct. First glued together metalplated plane.
Dakota's are famous over here. They dropped all the goodies back in spring '45 you know.
A famous name in dutch aviation history on the side of this trainer: Fokkers last pres.
Love those box-letters. They make great micro-livery.
Next: there's way more. Some outside stuff as well
Wallpapers:
Antonov An-2
Catalina
Connie and Uiver DC3
Uiver
Oh yes, more planeporn.
Very nice cut-up. While the girls were playing - running around and playing hide 'n seek between the big planes - dad could admire craftmenship and shoot some.
There's your turbo-prop, Fokker 27 friendship if I'm correct. First glued together metalplated plane.
Dakota's are famous over here. They dropped all the goodies back in spring '45 you know.
A famous name in dutch aviation history on the side of this trainer: Fokkers last pres.
Love those box-letters. They make great micro-livery.
Next: there's way more. Some outside stuff as well
Wallpapers:
Antonov An-2
Catalina
Connie and Uiver DC3
Uiver
Edited by dinkel on Monday 6th August 21:53
I've been to Hendon-London a few years ago. Great RAF and Luftwaffe stuff. Seeing the Tempest 'n Typhoon and their 24 cilinder mills was a real treat. Those are my WW2 favs along with the FW190.
Nice view on the Friendship and turboprop.
You gotta love Howard Hughes' Constellation. This is the famous Flying Dutchman recreation.
Amazing development started as early as 1939. The military C69-version saw service in '43.
KLM started the Amsterdam-New York flights in 1946. Still 5 Connie's are airborn today.
This Dutch Constellation is a VC-121A (46-0612) and originally a military L-749A
It was operational from '49 to '67 and bought from a Canadian company in 1993. The cockpit is not yet original.
Beautifull tailwing with nice livery as in the 50's.
Luverly small Kolibri chopper. The prop has a jet to propel it
Next: more outside stuff and WW2.
Nice view on the Friendship and turboprop.
You gotta love Howard Hughes' Constellation. This is the famous Flying Dutchman recreation.
Amazing development started as early as 1939. The military C69-version saw service in '43.
KLM started the Amsterdam-New York flights in 1946. Still 5 Connie's are airborn today.
This Dutch Constellation is a VC-121A (46-0612) and originally a military L-749A
It was operational from '49 to '67 and bought from a Canadian company in 1993. The cockpit is not yet original.Beautifull tailwing with nice livery as in the 50's.
Luverly small Kolibri chopper. The prop has a jet to propel it
Next: more outside stuff and WW2.
Did you check my Merlin-engined Bentley-topic a few months ago Graeme?
I'm drinking a perfect mild '86 Malt at the moment BTW. Will you smuggle some straight casks to Spa? Small samples will do No pubs around the track you know 
Big Antonov:
This Antonov An-2 is the biggest single engined plane. From 1947 to 1991 18.000 were built. Take-off run: 170 m, landing run: 215 m (these may vary depending on weight).
This big bi-plane is powered by a 1000-horsepower 9-cylinder Shvetsov ASh-62 radial engine, which was developed from the Wright R-1820. Nice orange Dakota in the background BTW.
Some exhaust! A 30 mins flight in this 12-seater costs 75 euro's. Next time I'll bring friends and have some airtime
I'm drinking a perfect mild '86 Malt at the moment BTW. Will you smuggle some straight casks to Spa? Small samples will do
No pubs around the track you know Big Antonov:
This Antonov An-2 is the biggest single engined plane. From 1947 to 1991 18.000 were built. Take-off run: 170 m, landing run: 215 m (these may vary depending on weight).
This big bi-plane is powered by a 1000-horsepower 9-cylinder Shvetsov ASh-62 radial engine, which was developed from the Wright R-1820. Nice orange Dakota in the background BTW.
Some exhaust! A 30 mins flight in this 12-seater costs 75 euro's. Next time I'll bring friends and have some airtime
Edited by dinkel on Thursday 9th August 20:44
There's the nice orange Dakota again.
Petite Cessna was young Dinks dreamflight . . .
. . . untill the Spit came along. Cannons!
Big alu Alied transporter . . .
. . . can't match the presence of . . .
. . . big Dzjerman transporter
Kids playing all the time. Dad snapping . . .
There's more . . . Saab Viggen and Jumbo to come.
The Spit a rep? How can you tell?
Another Annie-2, nice pic by Klassie. We should threat ourselves with a flight in this biggie.
Inside it's huge: packed with kids playing fighterpilots here.
The sky said: come fly into me! Next time for sure.
Saab Viggen at close range.
It's a gorgeous jet, in great livery and dazzle painting this one. Canard wings and all that.
I always preferred the mighty Phantom but the Saab is climbing on my fav-list here.
What's this then? Other than a Roller powered stuntplane . . .
I'm not a huge fan using wide-angle but the Jumbo is so effing huge . . .
. . . you got to use it! The blue is a so well chosen corporate identity colour. Also I don't pay that much attention to a plane when travelling. It's a good thing one can at this aeroplane-museum.
Next: last piccies . . .
Another Annie-2, nice pic by Klassie. We should threat ourselves with a flight in this biggie.
Inside it's huge: packed with kids playing fighterpilots here.
The sky said: come fly into me! Next time for sure.
Saab Viggen at close range.
It's a gorgeous jet, in great livery and dazzle painting this one. Canard wings and all that.
I always preferred the mighty Phantom but the Saab is climbing on my fav-list here.
What's this then? Other than a Roller powered stuntplane . . .
I'm not a huge fan using wide-angle but the Jumbo is so effing huge . . .
. . . you got to use it! The blue is a so well chosen corporate identity colour. Also I don't pay that much attention to a plane when travelling. It's a good thing one can at this aeroplane-museum.
Next: last piccies . . .
The last bit:
This was the kind of plane you flew last weekend Wim, right?
A pity I couldn't come close to the Neptune . . .
Love those girls.
KLM promo pic.
I always think Martin Parr when I shoot a pic like this.
Excellent P5 . . .
. . . one of the first imports, a 1968 beauty.
After a good day's out, you gotta eat: BBQ at DutchBert's. Wim Klassiekerrally in the background.
At this time we had nuff beers and way nuff meat 'n fish 'n french frites.
Cheers all.
This was the kind of plane you flew last weekend Wim, right?
A pity I couldn't come close to the Neptune . . .
Love those girls.
KLM promo pic.
I always think Martin Parr when I shoot a pic like this.
Excellent P5 . . .
. . . one of the first imports, a 1968 beauty.
After a good day's out, you gotta eat: BBQ at DutchBert's. Wim Klassiekerrally in the background.
At this time we had nuff beers and way nuff meat 'n fish 'n french frites.
Cheers all.
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