Hangar 7 At Schipol In 1963

Thanks to all for their recent updates about the hangars at Schiphol. Some great photos there.

The photos of the line-up of ‘stagnant’ Connies I took from the good old Vickers Viscount en route to London Heathrow. Like a lot of unwanted airliners scattered around the world, it’s a shame.

By the way, does anyone know of any ‘unwanted’ BAC 1-11s around Europe as we at Brooklands Museum in the UK need some parts. (co-pilot side window for a start)

= Joe90

A few additions to the Schiphol Hangar names:

Hangar 10 – Albert Plesman
Hangar 11 – Jan Dellaert
Hangar 12 – Han Luymes
Hangar 14 – Leonardo da Vinci

A few pictures I took in the 60’s of some of the old hangars which have been demolished since.

Hangar 1 – Santos Dumont “The Swedish hangar”

Hangar 1, Hangar 2 – Jan Olieslagers and Hangar 3 – Jan Hilgers
In the background Hangar 1A – Count de Lambert

Hangars 3 and 2

Hangar 5 – Orville and Wilbur Wright

Hangar 3 is also pictured in my avatar, which is a painting by Dutch aviation artist Thijs Postma made for me on the occasion of my retirement from Air Traffic Control The Netherlands in 2002
Note: Thijs Postma also was the designer of the original Martin’s Air Charter livery

Back on topic for Hangar 7: in the 70’s I joined the “Airsport” badminton club and initially we used to play in a part of Hangar 7! Those were the days…….

I recently found some information about, and photos showing the older hangars at Schiphol on a Dutch forum. I thought it would be of interest here as well.

Pre-WWII:
Military shed 1 to 6
Shed A
Temporary Shed B – Bessonneau-hangar
Shed B
Shed C
Shed D
Shed E
Shed F (Fokker)
Military hangar I
Military hangar II

Post-WWII:
Hangar 1 – Bromma, renamed Santos Dumont.
Hangar 1A – Count de Lambert
Hangar 2 – Haeren, renamed Jan Olieslagers.
Hangar 3 – Kastrup, renamed Jan Hilgers.
Hangar 3 – DDA
Hangar 4 – Fornebu (replacing shed F)
Hangar 4 – Ruys (Martinair)
Hangar 5 – Croydon (replacing shed E) renamed Orville & Wilbur Wright.
Hangar 5 – Transavia
Hangar 6 – Le Bourget (replacing shed B) renamed Louis Bleriot.
Hangar 7 – Hebrides, renamed Alcock & Brown
Hangar 8 – Van der Hoop
Hangar 9 – Kingsford Smith
Hangar 10*
Hangar 10 – KLM
Hangar 11 – KLM
Hangar 12 – KLM
Hangar 14 – KLM

*The original hangar 10 was on the North-East side of Hangar 1a, it was designed to cover only the nose and engines of an aircraft.
Double numbers in the list above show the original hangar first, then the later one that used that same number. These were not always in the same location.

The above thanks to ‘Classic’, from: http://www.nederlandseluchtvaart.nl/forums/showthread.php?40166-Cocooned

Schiphol from the air in August 1947, with and without overlay:
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Schiphol from the air in October 1948, with and without overlay:
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The second set is angled towards the South West and shows hangars 7 and 8 (new at that time) on the extreme left.

Images thanks to ‘ruudvanom’, from: http://www.nederlandseluchtvaart.nl/forums/showthread.php?40199-Luchtfoto%92s-van-Schiphol-in-opbouw

Summer 1966 I would say. The L749 (OE-IFE) was broken up for scrap in August that year apparently.

@ Pim Pouw
Very nice picture of hangar 7 which apparently was shot in 1966, with 3 Transavia DC-6’s (PH-TRA, PH-TRB, PH-TRC) parked on the airside of hangar 7. I’ve seen those aircraft arrive at Schiphol end ’66 and they were at the very start of the company’s history. Transavia Holland’s first commercial flight was carried out November 16 1966.
Below a picture take from the control tower at Maastricht Airport in early 1968 of PH-TRB. The (then still unfinished) building of the Eurocontrol UAC is shown in the background.

Thanks for confirming that, Eric. That’s where I must have got my original information from – an original copy of Flight. I never thought to check Flight’s archive!

So was Hangar 7 originally the hangar named ‘Hebrides’? It certainly looks like a wartime T2 with modifications, including large side windows.

It was. See https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1949/1949%20-%200263.PDF (1949) for a picture when it was reerected at Schiphol. It was renamed at the introduction of the numbering of the hangars later on.

So was Hangar 7 originally the hangar named ‘Hebrides’? It certainly looks like a wartime T2 with modifications, including large side windows.

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After a search of my files I found a photo DC-6 PJ-DPB at Amsterdam in Aug.1963,I hope it is of interest.

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2 Photos taken in Schiphol in Aug 1963 with Hanger 5 Orville & Wilbur Wright with DC-4 D-AGUS and Dakota PH-PBA (still in use) and KLM super Constellation in the hanger along with Martins DC4 PH-MAE,great days. I think the DC7Cs were still very much in service but there were some Dc-6s in store and being readied for sale,including PJ-DPB,DPI,DPW and PH-DPT,I also remember the long lines of L749s and L1049s and the DC-4 on poles for training.

So I stand corrected, from left to right Hangar 9,8 and 7

Here a picture of Hangar 7, probably taken from the other side :

At least some hangars at Schphol are named after aviation pioneers, I think. Current examples include Hangar 10 “Albert Plesman” and Hangar 14 “Leonardo da Vinci”.

It was indeed the hangar’s name.

The DC-7s almost all made it out to fly with new owners. Several of them still exist. The L1049s parked outside the hangar had just been cocooned in the hope of selling them later. Most of them however were later broken up for scrap.

Hangar 7 was torn down in – I believe – the very late 1980s to make room for a new KLM superhangar.

I’ve worked at Schiphol from 1965 until 2002 and can confirm that it’s hangar 7 at Schiphol indeed. In later years it was the main hangar for general aviation. For several years I’ve also played badminton with “Airsport” in part of the hangar before we moved to a better suited accommodation on the northern part of the airport.

Are you sure it is Schiphol ?

I wouldn’t have a clue why we Dutch would put a Britsh Aviators on “our” Hangar :rolleyes:

Also in the 1960’s cars in the Netherlands had license plates on both sides.

Hangar 7 and 8 which were build between 1949 and 1953

Many thanks for your responses – I’m now a little wiser!
Part of my reason for posting was related to my interest in the Alcock & Brown statue that once adorned LAP North, moved to Heathrow Central and more recently ended up at the Heathrow Academy. I was on the ground team that cared for the Vickers Vimy replica NX7IMY from 2005 to 2009 – it had recreated the Atlantic flight in 2005 and previously the flights to Australia and South Africa. The aircraft is now on display at Brooklands Museum in Surrey.

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The noseless pole-mounted DC-4 looks interesting – presumably it had (or had had) a training role.

That hangar looks rather like a modified T2. RAF Benbecula in the Hebrides had ten half-length T2s, the size reduction being an attempt to lower wind resistance in the frequent gales in these parts. In 1949, KLM acquired two of them and re-erected them as a single T2 at Schiphol. It was named ‘Hebrides’ and was capable of housing three DC-6s. I doubt if it has survived the airport’s enormous expansion.

At least some hangars at Schphol are named after aviation pioneers, I think. Current examples include Hangar 10 “Albert Plesman” and Hangar 14 “Leonardo da Vinci”.