Gloster Meteor
Gloster Meteor WA820 Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire test bed The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter to be used...
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.
The Westland Wyvern, a mighty monster
TS371, the first Wyvern prototype with a Rolls Royce Eagle engine. The photo was taken in December 1946 before its...
Ivan Smirnoff
Iwan Smirnoff was a Russian pilot who fought on the German-Russian front during the First World War. When the Sowjet...
Mitchell Masterpieces
A new book release by the Dutch publisher Lanasta has as title 'Mitchell Masterpieces'. These Masterpieces were the various nose-art...
Malta Spitfire
A recent release of the publisher Grub Street, London U.K. with above title has been released this year. It is...
Van Berkel W-A at Aviodrome
A little known Dutch aircraft manufacturer was 'N.V. Van Berkel's Patent'; simply abbreviated to 'Van Berkel'. Originally active as a...
Le Bourget 1965…… my first airshow!
Handley Page HP.115 XP841 At the age of 18 I made my first passenger flight in an airplane. I went...
The Aviation Historian – Again!!
Some years ago (in 2012) we gave some attention on this website on the introduction of a new aviation magazine....
35mm Colour slides – what to do with….
I assume most of us have boxes full of 35 mm slides taken at airshows, aircraft exhibitions and Open Days....
