Ryan Spirit of St. Louis 1:48 scale
The Ryan NYP ‘Spirit of St. Louis’ is the plane that gave Charles Lindbergh world-wide fame when he crossed the Atlantic ocean in a non-stop flight from New York to Paris on 20 May 1927. With this...
View ArticleExhibition- Gerben Sonderman 1908-1955
Exhibition Gerben Sonderman 1908-1955- a born pilot, resistance man and friend of the Prince On Saturday 13 December 2008, Wouter Sonderman, the son of the famous Dutch test pilot Gerben Sonderman,...
View ArticleFokker D.XXI history, camouflage and markings
This little book, introduced in 2007, is one of a series of monographs (no. 5) released by Dutch Profile of aircraft types used by Dutch forces in the past . Driving person behind this is Mr. Luuk...
View ArticleThe Lonely Sky by Bill Bridgeman & Jaqueline Hazard
This book review is again not for a new book, but for a book printed many years ago. The famous Douglas test pilot Bill Bridgeman put his experiences with the Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket together in a...
View ArticleThe Hawker Hunter – A comprehensive guide
Number sixteen of the SAM monograph publications is on one of the most beautiful aircraft ever built: the Hawker Hunter. Just like the other volumes, this book is fully packed with photos (and a lot of...
View ArticleVickers Supermarine Type 381 Seagull ASR-1
Supermarine Aviation Works Ltd. at Southampton, England was always a company well known for its flying boat and floatplane designs. This started already in 1914 wit a flying boat designed by Noel...
View ArticleFokker S-14 Machtrainer by Nico Braas and Willem Vredeling
Last week, on 22 October 2009 the first batch of the Fokker S-14 book finally arrived at the publisher’s office at Maarssen. First book sales took place on Saturday 24 October during the large IPMS...
View ArticleDornier Do-28 amphibian for the MLD
After the end of the Second World War the Dutch Marineluchtvaartdienst (MLD) had on its inventory the Consolidated Vultee PBY-5 Catalina amphibious flying boat. For a possible replacement for this...
View ArticleFokker T.V “Luchtkruiser’ History, camouflage and markings
Another very interesting new book in the DUTCH PROFILE series was released by the end of 2009. Just like the earlier described Fokker D.XXI volume it is a book on aircraft types used by the Dutch air...
View ArticleILA 2010 report
From 8 to 13 June 2010 the ILA or Internationale Luftfahrtausstellung (International Aviation Exhibition) was held at the airport Berlin-Schönefeld. First ILA was already in 1909 and that means it is...
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