Quite a rare sight - a bizjet taking off from a grass field after a full stop. Texel's grass runway is known to be excellent and can easily handle this old Citation. especially after two months of drought here. The heraldic coat of arms on the tailfin is also of interest - I wonder who the actual operator is of this 1977 jet, which is based at Teuge (EHTE). This Citation was built as Cessna 500 c/n 500-0371, and converted to Cessna 501 c/n 501-0279 in January 1997.

Pictured from the magnificent Future of Flight 'Stratodeck' about to touch down on rw16R

Old a/c but with a long and varied history, still current serving with the State of Georgia DoT.

Sold in the US in 1998 as N171WJ after 17 years in Australia.