Saunders Roe SR.53 and 177
In the mid-fifties the British aircraft industry produced a number of operational jet fighters with trans-sonic capabilities like the Hawker...
Nico
Born: 21.05.1946
Nationality: Dutch
Flying experience: gliders only; more than 1100 starts or 215 hours since 1991 on the following types:
two-seaters: Schleicher ASK-13, Schleicher ASK-21, Grob Twin Astir Single seaters: Schleicher K-8c, PZL-Bielsko SZD-51-1 Junior, Rolladen-Schneider LS-4b, Pilatus B4-PC-11, Schleicher ASK-23 Interest: aircraft built as prototype or in small numbers only Photos: more than 10,000 world-wide covering the period 1930 up to now Archive: technical info and 3-view drawings on most types; more than 850 books on aviation.
French flying boats and amphibians
This article gives an overview of the most important and significant flying boats and amphibians developed and built by the...
S.N.C.A.S.O SO-9000 Trident and SO-9050 Trident II
The period 1950-1960 was an extremely interesting period for French jet fighter development. With jet fighters in production that could...
Fokker S-14 Machtrainer
When Germany capitulated in May 1945 and German troops left the Netherlands, there was not much left of the national...
The Fairey Rotodyne
The idea of a convertiplane is not new. A combination of a helicopter and a fixed-wing aircraft has been tried...
The Schneider Cup racers
At a time floatplanes and flying boats were barely capable of leaving the water, the Frenchman Jacques Schneider introduced in...
F-104G Lelystad
Set of walk around images of the Locheed F-104G Starfighter preserved at Lelystad. The F-104G version sold well amongst NATO...
Fokker D-VII used in the Netherlands
The Dutchman Anthony Fokker played an important role in equipping the German air force during the First World War. His...
