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Dornier Do-28 amphibian for the MLD
After the end of the Second World War the Dutch Marineluchtvaartdienst (MLD) had on its inventory the Consolidated Vultee PBY-5 Catalina amphibious flying boat. For a possible replacement for this ageing type, Claudius Dornier was contacted by MLD at his Madrid office. Here he had a small team available for design and consultancy work. The [...]
Fokker S-14 Machtrainer by Nico Braas and Willem Vredeling
Last week, on 22 October 2009 the first batch of the Fokker S-14 book finally arrived at the publisher’s office at Maarssen. First book sales took place on Saturday 24 October during the large IPMS Euro Scaling event at Nieuwegein. The book is the result of almost 3 years of intensive research both by me [...]
Vickers Supermarine Type 381 Seagull ASR-1
Supermarine Aviation Works Ltd. at Southampton, England was always a company well known for its flying boat and floatplane designs. This started already in 1914 wit a flying boat designed by Noel Pemberton Billing. Supermarine became famous with its flying boat and floatplane racers that were built purposely for the Schneider Cup races. In the [...]
The Hawker Hunter – A comprehensive guide
Number sixteen of the SAM monograph publications is on one of the most beautiful aircraft ever built: the Hawker Hunter. Just like the other volumes, this book is fully packed with photos (and a lot of them in colour!), colour profiles and technical drawings from the Hunter manual. In almost 130 pages, the following chapters [...]
SAAB 35 Draken
To defend its neutrality during the second world war, Sweden faced the problem that they could not easily order fighters from other countries. In the U.S.A. they had ordered a number of modern Consolidated Vultee Model 48 fighters. However, the United States placed an export ban on these planes. As a result Sweden had to [...]
Fokker D-VII book by Nico Geldhof
Latest book published by Geromy is a monograph dedicated to the Fokker D-VII fighter. Being the best German fighter, it was transported after the end of the war from Germany by train in large numbers to the Netherlands by Anthony Fokker. It saw service in countries like Switzerland, Denmark and Russia, but most book details [...]
The Lonely Sky by Bill Bridgeman & Jaqueline Hazard
This book review is again not for a new book, but for a book printed many years ago. The famous Douglas test pilot Bill Bridgeman put his experiences with the Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket together in a book that he wrote with the assistance of his wife. Bridgman, born in 1916, was during the second world [...]
Fokker D.XXI history, camouflage and markings
This little book, introduced in 2007, is one of a series of monographs (no. 5) released by Dutch Profile of aircraft types used by Dutch forces in the past . Driving person behind this is Mr. Luuk Boerman.
Author of the book is a specialist on this field: mr. Frits Gerdessen. All research on camouflage colours [...]
Exhibition- Gerben Sonderman 1908-1955
Exhibition Gerben Sonderman 1908-1955- a born pilot, resistance man and friend of the Prince
On Saturday 13 December 2008, Wouter Sonderman, the son of the famous Dutch test pilot Gerben Sonderman, opened an exhibition to commemorate his father.
Wouter Sonderman during his opening speech in a nearby church
Gerben Sonderman was tragically killed in 1955 in a Fokker [...]
