Built in 1942. Former USAAF 42-17740. Current on the register in 2025.

Photo by Henry Spiteri.

A visitor from the north at that year's Dayton Air Show. Built in 1988, ex C-GONG.

First flight 1966, this Learjet was a true oldy! It is former an ASSESS airborne telescope aircraft. and served this laboratory from 1973 onwards. The 24A was then delivered NASA Ames (N702NA) where it was registered on 10 Jun'74. It was moved to Dryden on 9 Feb'98 as N805NA. The jet was sadly lost in an accident on 7 Jun'01 during a hard landing at Victorville (CA). The 24A was under control of the co-pilot who disengaged the yaw damper and entered a pilot induced lateral oscillation. The airplane rapidly decelerated and developed a high sink rate. It bounced several times and came to rest.

This lovely helicopter is operating out of Den Helder for the time being. They were doing a flight along the Waddeneilanden and turned South abeam Groningen. Naturally, ATC arranged a fly-by, but unfortunately I made a wrong gamble concerning my position vs the actual flight path of the helicopter. Resulting in a backlit photo... Nevertheless a superb visitor!

In the late 60s and 70s, De Havilland aircraft in the Canadian Air Force used in Search and Rescue had an over all white color scheme (with high visibility additions). This facilitated an aircraft's use in Canada's United Nations missions around the world where the aircraft were over all white marked with UN insignia. SAR markings changed to over all yellow in the late 70s. 13805 is current with 440 Squadron based at Yellowknife, NWT at the time of uploading.

Naval Air Base De Kooy (The Netherlands) hosted for a short period a rarely seen Canadian CH-148 Cyclone (the military version of the Sikorsky S-92). The Cyclone showed up during an R&R of its mother ship, HMCS Halifax. The CH-148 is assigned to the HELAIRDET of the Halifax and belongs to 12 Wing, 423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron that is based at CFB Shearwater, N.S.

Naval Air Base De Kooy (The Netherlands) hosted for a short period a rarely seen Canadian CH-148 Cyclone (the military version of the Sikorsky S-92). The Cyclone showed up during an R&R of its mother ship, HMCS Halifax. The CH-148 is assigned to the HELAIRDET of the Halifax and belongs to 12 Wing, 423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron that is based at CFB Shearwater, N.S.

Naval Air Base De Kooy (The Netherlands) hosted for a short period a rarely seen Canadian CH-148 Cyclone (the military version of the Sikorsky S-92). The Cyclone showed up during an R&R of its mother ship, HMCS Halifax. The CH-148 is assigned to the HELAIRDET of the Halifax and belongs to 12 Wing, 423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron that is based at CFB Shearwater, N.S.

Naval Air Base De Kooy (The Netherlands) hosted for a short period a rarely seen Canadian CH-148 Cyclone (the military version of the Sikorsky S-92). The Cyclone showed up during an R&R of its mother ship, HMCS Halifax. The CH-148 is assigned to the HELAIRDET of the Halifax and belongs to 12 Wing, 423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron that is based at CFB Shearwater, N.S.

Delivered to the Air Force in 1971, this Twin Otter is still current based in Yellowknife, NWT at the time of uploading.