Roger

I have a whole tailhook…..can we have our ‘Baby Bea’ back please 🙂

Dave

Fine with me Dave, but why don’t you want them all, that tailhook is at least worth 3 Spitfires, and when it is still in the original paint I include the plastic ones aswell. I am the promotor of a Spitfire free Holland (although I must admit that I might make an exception for that one that flew in that nice looking two green and yellow Luftwaffe markings during the war). So, make me president and you can all have them back. BW Roger

Thanks Dennis, I knew I saw it somewhere. But now the question is why these machines are not listed as survivors (anymore). I know the Dutch Navy burned a TBM in 1975 ! to practise their firebrigade, but I don’t think that all 3 Japanese ones were also scrapped/burned/who knows, but why weren’t they mentioned in 1978 anymore? Are they still “alive”?

BW Roger

As the route is SF, Hawaii, Guam the chanches are zero. It was here (in Holland) not so long ago, in the summer of 99 I think. Based at Twenthe for the time. BW Roger

Thanks Willy, that’s a very interesting site. Always loved the Koksijde S58’s and I still must have slides somewhere of the last flight during the open door somewhere in 1984 or 1986. I am getting old. The movie is called Die Sturmflut, and is made on behalf of RTL for the German television. It won’t be out for a full year, in early 2006. the same producer however is also making a movie on the Berlin Airlift, whih means that at least some Dakota’s and Skymasters are needed. He also makes a movie on Dresden, don’t know what that will bring to germany. BW Roger

We hope that the Sikorsky will attend due to it’s historic connection to Belgium and because it is so rare

Apart from that , the sound is awesome, and it is so big , heavy and slow. Do you know who in Belgium bought one of the Flugwerk FW190ties? Is it our mutual “friend” :diablo: who so seldom shows up?

BW Roger