Galleries
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Sleeping beauties in the morning sun
In August 2020 some work needed to be done in the depots of the Dutch Nationaal Militair Museum. Because of this, several sleeping beauties (otherwise not visible to the public) were parked outside in the morning sun on the platform of the former Soesterberg Airbase.
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Two’s a company, three’s a crowd
After the arrival of the first two Lufthansa Boeing 747s , a third one arrived for storage at Twente Airport on the 29th of June.
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Two Cranes park in Twente
On the 6th of June two Lufthansa Boeing 747-400s arrived at Twente Airport for long-term storage. More aircraft will follow in the near future.
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Lifeliner 5 stands down
After a period of almost 2 months, Lifeliner 5 made the last operational flight on 20 May 2020. This flight between Hamburg and Venlo ended an intense period during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Pink Skyvan at Twente
From 12 to 14 May 2020 Skyvan OE-FDI of Pink Skyvan Aviation flew from Twente Airport in order to exercise with the Dutch Army.
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Exercise Épervier 2019
From August 23 to 30, 2019, six Mirage 2000-5 of the Groupe de Chasse 1/2 “Cigognes” participated in the exercise “Épervier”, from Payerne air base in Switzerland. This is an air training that allows French air defense pilots, to perform complex missions with the Swiss F/A-18 Hornet.
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75 years Market Garden commemoration
The month of September is traditionally the period when Operation Market Garden is commemorated in the Netherlands. This year was the 75th anniversary of this failed operation. On Friday the 20th of September the Ginkelse Heide area was the scene of the rehearsals for the 75 Years Market Garden commemmorations.Since I had the idea that…
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A short hop to the final destination
After a short flight from Brussels-Zaventem, Brussels Airlines Airbus A330-223 OO-SFY landed at Twente Airport on Monday 19 August 2019.
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The Dutch-Portuguese Connection
Tuesday 30 July 2019 saw the arrival of the 10th aircraft for AELS at Twente Airport.
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Exercise Orange Bull
Between 1 and 5 July 2019 exercise Orange Bull was held at Twente Airport.