Just heard things are looking good for Rekkof at last.

sorry its in dutch

http://www.telegraaf.nl/dft/nieuws_dft/8239173/__Steun_voor_vliegtuigbouwer_Rekkof_goedgekeurd__.html?sn=nieuws_dft

Regards Peter

And now in English

PRESS RELEASE
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EUROPEAN COMISSION APPROVES €20M CIVIL AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT CREDIT
FOR NEXT GENERATION FOKKER AIRCRAFT.
APPROVAL BRINGS NG AIRCRAFT CLOSER TO LAUNCHING THE FOKKER NEXT
GENERATION PROGRAM.
SCHIPHOL, NOVEMBER 17, 2010 – The European Commission has approved the Civil
Aircraft Development Credit which was awarded to NG Aircraft in March 2010 by the Dutch
ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation. The Dutch government granted the
€20M credit for the development of the Fokker 100 Next Generation (F-100NG).
“This is an important step forward for the Fokker Next Generation program. The approval
acknowledges the unique innovative “green” characteristics of the new aircraft”, says
Maarten van Eeghen, Managing Director of NG Aircraft. Over the last summer a team,
including several Dutch engineering agencies, such as ADSE, Atkins, Sergem, Fokker
Services and the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) of The Netherlands, successfully
completed the preliminary design review of the F-100NG. Discussions with potential
suppliers and industrial partners are in an advanced stage.
“We are close to starting the development phase in which we will modify an existing Fokker
100 test bed and equip it with the new engines, winglets and systems”, says Van Eeghen.
NG Aircraft has presented the program to several airlines, meeting substantial interest.
The Fokker 100 Next Generation is based on the unique lightweight structure of the current
Fokker 100 aircraft. New engines, avionics hardware, and winglets will result in lasting
superior economic and environmental performance. Fuel consumption and CO2 emission will
be 18% lower relative to its direct competitor. The noise pressure will be 70% lower. The 110
seats F-100NG is the point of design for the Fokker JetLine Next Generation aircraft. Over
time the family will be expanded with a 85 seater and a 130 seater aircraft. Van Eeghen:
“The Fokker Next Generation Program is destined to become the new benchmark for
regional aircraft”.
NG Aircraft is the successor of Rekkof Aircraft N.V. and is a subsidiary of Panta Holdings b.v.
owned by Mr. Jaap Rosen Jacobson. NG Aircraft has the goal to develop and start the
production of the Fokker Next Generation Aircraft.

The memorial was / is at Shotgate which is not too far from Battlesbridge.
This link tells the story

http://ww1talk.co.uk/archive/index.php/t-2268.html

From what I found during a websearch Zeppelin L48 also crashed somehwere in the area and there is also another memorial as well to a Hurricane pilot.

http://airfields.fotopic.net/p55000646.html

I beleve a Zeppelin crashed at Billericay,near Southgreen

Peter

what if

Hi

What if the TRS.2 had not been canceled.
How mant would the RAF have ordered.
Would it have also been sold abroad.
And would it still be flying now .

Peter.

used to?
There still do. Check Airliners.net for up to date photos.

The weight of the paint depends on the livery. I can’t rememeber the exact figures off the top of my head, but I think a typical livery on a 747-400 is about 750 to 1000kg

With AA aircraft, the metal is protected by a clear lacquer. I’m told it protects the metal as much as a coat of paint would.

The AA FOKKER 100s were just Polished,did not have any clear lacquer over them.
I have a photo off the first US Air being polished at FOKKER,can anyone tell me how i can up load it.
Regards Peter

As a Big Fokker enthusiast 😀 I would like to see these built but I saw somewhere with not Rolls Royce engines they could off made the Super Tay 650 and wonder who build the wings has Shorts did it last time with the F28 (which is 60per cent British:eek: ) F70 & F100 , See they have winglets on them now http://www.rekkof.nl/ but the website needs to be updated I think.

Have to wait and see:cool:

regards
James

Hi The website is being updated

Regards Peter

I remember Varsities flying over are house in 1964-68 at Histon,day in day out

SAS had 23 F50’s

Regards Peter

I used to build Airfix, my first cost 1s 9d (8p) Frog,Revell,Monogram,Matchbox and Tamiya.I still have about 25 models to make. What i remember about Matchbox was that the were made of diffrent colourd plastic.

Peter