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Combat Warplanes / Kawasaki KI-78 KEN: the final end

« on: March 13, 2013, 11:41:51 AM »

On the Letletlet website and in the first issue of our digital magazine we have amply discussed the Kawasaki Ki-78 high speed research plane. We only mentioned the program was at some timepoint terminated without giving the final fate of the plane.
From attached photo its final end is very clear. After the capitulation of Japan it was discovered by US troops at Gifu. It was crushed to total destruction by a U.S. tank. A sad end......

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Market / Kits for sale

« on: November 18, 2012, 01:55:56 PM »

From a deceased friend I inherited a large number of unbuilt model kits.
In total I have some 150 although I did not count them yet.
Here is the first box; more to follow.
Anybody out there interested?

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Aircraft Modeling / Euro Scale Modelling 2012

« on: October 30, 2012, 11:54:16 AM »

Last Saturday, 27 October, the large annual Euro Scale Modelling show was held.
It is an event organized by IPMS Dutch branch and one of the biggest in Europe (maybe even in  the world!).
This is a photographic impression of some models shown.
Part 2 to follow!

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Combat Warplanes / Bf 109 G/K book is out!!

« on: September 27, 2012, 04:32:48 PM »

In the Warplane series, Vol. 3 has been just released.
It has the Bf 109 G/K as subject with many rare photographs and LOTS of colour profiles included!
The book also gives a overview of all versions and sub-versions including side view drawings.
A review will follow on the Website.

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Combat Warplanes / Hawker Hunter book is out!!

« on: July 04, 2012, 10:45:30 AM »

Vol. 2 in our Warplane series on the Hawker Hunter was released last Friday.
I can only say it even looks better than our Martin Mariner book but of course the Hunter was a very elegant and beautiful plane while the Mariner was a big ugly thing......
Review on the website will follow.
We hope Vol. 3 on the Bf 109G and K will be released early September.

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Aircraft Modeling / Open Day MVA

« on: June 10, 2012, 02:39:02 PM »

Today our model flying club MVA (Model Vliegclub Almere) had an open day.
Attached just a few shots!

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Combat Warplanes / Martin Mariner book is out!!!

« on: May 12, 2012, 01:23:05 PM »

Number one of the new book series WARPLANES is out!
This 48 page book is on Martin Mariner with LOTS of beautiful and rare photographs and artwork.
Authors: Nico Braas and Srecko Bradic of Letletlet-Warplanes team.
See: http://www.lanasta.eu/Shop/product/146/01-warplane.html.
Second book on Hawker Hunter is in preparation!!

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Combat Warplanes / Me-109 which one????

« on: May 08, 2012, 05:01:42 PM »

This is a much published photo of a Messerschmitt Me-109 captured by US forces and transported to the USA.
Unfortunately it is in various books described as being a Me-109G-6, a Me-109G-14AS and a Me-109K-4.
Can anyone out there shed some light on this?

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Combat Warplanes / German floatplane

« on: March 30, 2012, 10:53:06 AM »

I found this original photo some weeks ago in a box of very interesting photos offered for sale for Euro 0.50 each.
Reverse side just remarks it is a floatflane accompanied by a submarine,
Any guess which type it is? Seems a Friedrichshafen, but I am not certain on this.
If you want to have full-res file, just let me know!!

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Aircraft Modeling / Euro Scale Modelling (ESM) at Nieuwegein

« on: October 23, 2011, 12:13:03 PM »

Yesterday (Saturday 22 October 2011) the big annual EMS event from IPMS the Netherlands was held again.
As usual it was well visited without any empty space left and many model kits changed owner that day.
For a short impression, see
http://www.ipms.nl/
The attached image shows the combined Aviodrome 2nd-hand bookshop/Letletlet table.

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Combat Warplanes / Duxford airshow 3 Sep 2011

« on: September 04, 2011, 09:45:58 PM »

I am just back from a visit to the Duxford airhow of 3 Sep 2011.
I have made quite a lot of images and for those interested here are just a few I made.
I don't know if any other Member of our forum has taken also photos at Duxford with much  better camera equipment. If so I am looking forward to see these on the Forum.
I am just an amateur using an old Nikon D70S with only a relatively short telelens that is unsuitable for making really good in-flight shots.
I can show more if wanted!!!

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Market / Book market

« on: July 05, 2011, 07:29:18 PM »

Interested in the books I have in my shop as reviewed in Letletlet-Magazine 001 and 002???
This Saturday -9th of July- I'll be on a stand at the second-hand book market in the small place of Bredevoort.
It is between Winterswijk and Raalte not very far away from the German border!
I'll sell not only the books reviewed, but I'll also bring along a box filled with other very interesting 2nd-hand aviation books. Stand will be on the small central plain in this place.
Most of these will be on aviation warfare, but I'll also try to bring some other interesting titles with me.
So, if you are interested (and do not live too far away)......be there!!

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Combat Warplanes / Some things never change!

« on: January 30, 2011, 01:21:34 PM »

It seems not only civil but also military aircraft types have now an extreemly long service life!
Boeing B-52 is a good example: flew first in the early fifties and is still operational.
Also Russian types like the Antonov An-2 and An-8 seem to have the eternal life.
And Russian 'Bear' is operational, like the B-52, for more than fifty years.
Another nice example is the Grumman Hawkeye. On the two photos you see it photographed at Le Bourget in 1965 and in 2009. Location where I took the photos is almost identical, only C-141 cargo plane is now replaced by C-17!
Timespan between two pictures is almost 45 years!!

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Market / Large number of aviation magazines for sale!

« on: January 28, 2011, 01:55:57 PM »

At the Aviodrome Museum we have a very large bulk of bound volumes of various aviation magazines.
Greatest bulk is:
The Aeroplane: volumes over 1949-1968
Interavia:        years 1949-1976   
Flight:             volumes over 1945-1979
Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society: years 1949-1967
Shell aviation news: years 1957-1972
Aviation Week & Space Technology: volumes over 1963-1972
R.A.F. Flying review: several years 1955-1965 and 1969
Price is EURO 5 per volume or EURO 50 per metre.
And.....sorry, NO parcel order service! If you are interested you'll have to come to the Aviodrome at Lelystad Airport -The Netherlands and collect them personally!

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Combat Warplanes / Westland Whirlwind

« on: October 08, 2010, 03:31:41 PM »

I recently found a nice book written by Eric Thomas describing his combat experiences while flying the Westland Whirlwind fighter. However, on Internet it was reported this book gives false information and that it was soon withdrawn by the publisher William Kimber when it was introduced in 1988. Surprisingly this book is now quite expensive since it seems to be a collector's item!
Can anyone give more info!
Attached the book cover and a photo of the author in front of 'his Whirlwind' as published in this book.
Attached also same photo without the 'pilot' from other sources!