Tag: EHTW
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Keep Them Rolling (and Flying)
During the weekend of 9 September 2017, the Keep Them Rolling association celebrated its 45th Anniversary in the region of Twente. During this weekend a WW2 Airfield was set up at Twente Airport. Keep Them Rolling (KTR) is a Dutch association that has the objective to preserve and maintain Military vehicles that were built or…
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AOPA Fly In at Twente Airport
On the 8th of July Twente Airport played host to the annual Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Fly In. During this event, more than 100 aircraft found their way to Twente Airport, where they could enjoy lectures, an aviation market and a nice barbecue. The excellent weather during the day made this a very…
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Large scale drone testing at Twente Airport
During the first week of July the NLR (Netherlands Aerospace Centre) used Twente Airport to perform the first tests with the XCalibur+ Jet Trainer, a certified drone, according to the ASRPAS1 standards. The jet trainer is being used to gain experience on flying jet-powered drones. The XCalibur+ jet trainer is based on a model aircraft,…
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First Airbus A.340 arrives at Twente Airport for disassembly
On the 27th of April 2017 AELS welcomed the first aircraft for disassembly at Twente Airport. On this date former Swiss Airlines A.340-600 HB-JMK arrived from Zürich. Many spectators were present at the Spotters Hill to witness this event. At 10.36h, the A.340 made it’s last-ever landing at Twente. This was a unique moment for…
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The runway is wet
On 21 and 22 March 2017 Twente Airport hosted an Airbus A.400M to perform wet runway tests together with the Netherlands Aerospace Center (NLR). Niek van der Zande Photography was there to witness these tests. The fact that Airbus would send an A.400M to Twente only became known to the outside world on Monday 20…
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NLR tests at Twente Airport
The Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) has chosen Twente Airport as the location of several tests with it’s airplane, a Cessna Citation businessjet. On the 13th of September brake tests were held, whereby the runway was artificially soaked. The tests will continue on 15 and 16 September, but now brake tests will be performed in a…