Here are two shots of the Sea Fury currently in the Military Aviation Museum in Soesterberg, the Netherlands. The aircraft is owned by the Aviodrome but loaned to Soesterberg.

Septic is correct. The Beaver is also operated by the Dutch Royal Airforce Historic Flight and is often used as the Spitfire’s support ship. Shame they had to park her that far away though as I would agree that it would have fitted in quite well with the rest of the flightline (perhaps next to the Connie would have been a proper place??).

Website: http://www.skhv.nl (Dutch language only I’m afraid) 😮

Pretty surprising that it isn’t downloading then Crates! :confused:

I’ve had Emule on for the past hour now and nothing’s happening, should I be connected to a specific server perhaps???

If you haven’t got a suitable program on your system yet, you could start here: http://www.emule-project.net

Otherwise you can copy the string crates posted in the ‘Direct download’ box at top right of the ‘Search’ page.

That’s how far I’ve gotten, right now the file seems available but I’m probably in the que on the other end as nothing is transfering yet. I’m patient though!

Great shots! Wonderful to see the P-39 in the air too, I hadn’t expected them to be flying it already. Looking forward to photos from the show now! (since I cannot be there myself 🙁 🙁 🙁 )

As I drove through the guardroom…

You really should be more careful Ashley, that will seriously scratch the paint on your car! 😉

When starting the DBAF B-25 it is standard practice to have a fire extinguisher standing by. At least on one occasion this has saved some embarassment (and perhaps the aircraft) when a pool of fuel that had been vented overboard after an aborted start ignited during a second starting attempt. Of course this happened on a day when everybody was watching, including the fire brigade. I’ve got a great photo where you can see the firemen scrambling to get the hoses out while the fire is already out, courtesy of the DBAF fire extinguisher! 😀

It could’ve been different though, so I would strongly suggest to anyone who operates large piston engines to keep fire extinguishers nearby when starting!

Sad to hear this. Indeed as Stieglitz pointed out I did once fly in this particular aircraft. I cannot offhand remember exactly when, but it must have been about 7 or 8 years ago. The aircraft spent a few summers around this part of Europe back then, visiting airshows and earning some money through that, which was badly needed to keep the bird in the air. I’ll have to look up the details but there was an airshow at Eindhoven, NL where she flew, and after the show they did a few joyrides for whoever wanted to fly in her. Basically they asked you to join their club for a one time fee which was something like 3 pounds, and then you could always get a flight whenever you encountered them. That evening the joyrides were stopped short because the airfield closed, just before I got my chance (having just borrowed the needed cash from someone, I was stone broke after the show 😉 ) but an offer was made that whoever wanted to could turn up the next morning as they would fly to Texel to stay there for a few days. Fortunately I was a student then with a lot of time on my hands, so I could easily commit to that. It meant finding my own way back from Texel, but I also had free travel on the trains then courtesy of my student status. So with a spare roll of film that was quickly obtained I turned up the next morning to find myself as the only extra passenger. The weather was great and so I enjoyed the views as the Li-2 slowly made its way towards Texel. After the landing on the grass I chatted a bit with one of the crew, and then started to make my way back towards home again, which took a whole lot longer than the trip out! But it was definitively worth the experience!

That leaves the Hungarian example as the only airworthy Li-2 in existence. Judging from the photos and description, it doesn’t look as if the aircraft can be rebuilt.

Sad news… 🙁