Keel layed down on Dutch OPVs.

Article translated by myself. Original article here:
http://www1.marine.nl/nieuws/?article=/nieuws/persberichten/2008/081208pb_kiellegging.html

Construction starts on RNLNS Holland

08/DEC/2008

With one swift move defence secretary Jack de Vries welded a coin on the keel of the first OPV of the Holland-class.

The keel was layed by shipswhard Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding in Vlissingen (english: Flushing). Here two of the four ships in this class will be build. The names of the four new ships have also been revealed as Holland, Zeeland, Groningen en Friesland.

The patrol ships will be 108m long, and be equiped with a 76mm Oto-Melara cannon, a rapid fire canon and two Hitrole machineguns.

Large parts of the third and fourth vessel will be constructed in Galatz, Romenia.

… there’s this!

Still fancy that flight to NYC? :diablo:

Just for reference since I never been there. The taxiway behind the CO, is that the same one the KLM lined up from?

Very cool shots BTW!

Not to sure where to post, please feel free to move,

Is there any software available to purchase to allow logging cilil aircraft registrations?

Had a look on the internet but nothing seems to be around, any help would be appreciated.

Rgds

Andy

At first I used MS Excel, but I find MS Access to be easier to work with. In particular its cross-referencing abilities are easier to use then they are in Excel.

or the fact that it was on a training flight with newly Airbus qualified pilots?????? Personaly I have heard of more aircraft losses during flight crew training than post maintenance test flights.
Sad for the familys no mater why
Rgds Cking

Actually, it appears the plane was flown by two highly experienced pilots from XL-Airways Germany.

You can buy any sat-nav you want, and then update it using data from http://www.hgvsolutions.com. They display width, height and weight restrictions. However, this is payware.

Edited to ad: Another option,
http://www.snooperuk.com/snooper_products/gps_truck_navigation/index.html

P.S. I think I can probably expect a slap at around 6pm on Saturday in Madeira for that! 😀

Ooh come on, everyone can accept some criticism, as long as it is constructive like yours. :p

Hybrids are overrated, get a small or mid-size diesel.

The gas price will rise soon enough again. Once the current economic mess gets sorted out again.