Indeed she’s not on the list at
http://courtesyaircraft.com/inventory%20table.htm
anymore,
but the page at
http://courtesyaircraft.com/Current%20Inventory/G-SABR%20North%20American%20F-86%20Sabre.htm
still exists…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjZdbVZga-E
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C90EN6UVAU

Russian Radial Powerrrrrrrr…. And no, these clips are not that well-known (yet)… 😉

According to http://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nl-NL/Article.cms/Algemeen/Failliet_Aviodrome_vrijdag_voor_het_laatst_open
the Aviodrome museum’s last day of admission will be tomorrow, i.e. Friday. Weekend visitors for the Saturday can forget about it… 🙁

Apparently the “Friends of the Aviodrome”-association has bought the Fokker D-7 replica project. It is still planned to have this aircraft finished to full “airworthiness”.

Apparently also bought were the Cessna AT-17 Bobcat “Bamboo Bomber” and the Stearman Hammond projects, plus various tooling.

It is said the “official receiver” (Dutch: curator) is still in talks with the Libéma group for a takeover.

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lib%C3%A9ma is a Dutch-language Wikipedia page.
This Libéma company now already owns the former automobile museums at Drunen and Rosmalen, but not a single “classic car” now remains at these locations. 🙁
So it remains to be seen what happens with the aeroplane collection when the museum will actually be bought. 🙁

The Aviodrome is now officially bankrupt… 🙁

http://www.omroepflevoland.nl/Nieuws/86272/aviodrome-failliet-verklaard

Er zijn nog steeds gesprekken gaande met verschillende investeerders die het park wellicht willen overnemen.

Zolang daar kans op is, blijven de deuren geopend. (But for how long :confused: )

Adjunct directeur Alwin Niemeijer zegt dat de gesprekken “de goede kant op gaan.”

De Aviodrome laat weten dat het afgelopen weekend erg druk was in het park. Enkele honderden bezoekers extra werden verwelkomd.

Volgens het luchtvaart-themapark komt dit door de publiciteit rondom het faillissement.

So: go visit the Aviodrome museum while you still can! Don’t know how long the theme park will remain open… 🙁

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsY4G-NS0Hc

Who said that Lockheed Super Constellations can only go slow ? :diablo:

Don’t forget the Timewatch documentary at 17.55 hrs (18.55 hrs CET)!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00794pp

Dramatised documentary telling the true story of how the HMS Venturer hunted down and sank the U-Boat U864 in February 1945, the only time two submarines duelled to the death underwater.

Eyewitness accounts, secret and long-forgotten archive material and a dive into the Baltic’s frozen depths bring to life the full amazing story of U864’s last hours.