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In the distance, you hear the wispy sound of a rotary motor in the early morning hours of 23 Sept 1917. The engine sound starts off very faint, in the distance at first, then gathers with intensity as it nears the airfield. At first you search the skies for where the sound is coming from, [...]

When Germany capitulated in May 1945 and German troops left the Netherlands, there was not much left of the national aircraft industry. The Fokker works at Amsterdam-Noord were practically destroyed and any equipment still left was looted by the retreating German forces. Also the Fokker workshop at Schiphol-Airport was practically non-existing by that time. Much [...]

The Dutchman Anthony Fokker played an important role in equipping the German air force during the First World War. His early Eindecker (monoplane) E-types with the first successful synchronized, forward firing machine guns earned such a fearful reputation on the Western Front, that the reconnaissance and bomber aircraft the allied forces were using in the [...]

Tweedekker fly in attract biplanes in flying condition from all of the world but as a special guest there is also some of monoplanes. This biplane fly-in was held on 15 and 16 July 2006. It is now an annual event organized by the Aviodrome Museum and as we see from the pictures the event is [...]

In the mid of thirties Yugoslav aviation operated with the modern airplane of the period but it’s time were slowly running out. All other foreigner air forces was similarly equipped with biplanes but they looking forward for their replacement in close future with all metal monoplanes with retractable undercarriage. A plan for modernization of VV [...]

In May 1940 German forces invaded the Netherlands in a massive surprise attack that would only last five days. To oppose the German forces, the Dutch air force only had a few dozens of first-line fighters and bombers of the types D-XXI, G-1 and T-V. Quite a number of them were destroyed on the ground [...]

Images of the various combat planes, starting with Albatros WW1 combat plane up to the modern jet age. Most of the images show German airplanes and prototypes. Images bellow present following types:

Seahawk
Albatros D.12, Avro Arrow, B-25 Michell MLD, BAC Lightning and Soviet Tupolev Bear, Fairey Firefly Turget Tug MLD, Fokker C.Vd, Hawker Hunter T.7 KLU, [...]

Manfred von Richthofen was definitely one of the most prominent person in the WW1. He was top ace and his glory was that great that in his honor aviation unit have his name. So this is no wonder that in many cases first association with some airplane is related to this great pilot. For many [...]