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OldJets.net - internet magazine - The home of first and second generation jetliners
By Herman ‘Skytrucker’ Reede Herman is a man who lives most of his time inside Boeing 747-Freighters. Next to this; he may call the Kazakhstan city Almaty, almost home . His article describes the scene at Almaty’s airliner scrap yard.
"Welcome to the Oldjets website & online magazine, my name is Jan Koppen, and I am the moderator of this site. I'm a keen aviation-enthusiast and photographer since 1974. During those days, these first generation turbojet powered airliners; ruled the skies. I have been working in the Air Cargo industry, at Amsterdam Schiphol International airport since 1974 and have seen many aircraft types and cargo operators; come and go! The days of ear splitting engine noise and trailing black exhaust smoke are sadly long gone. Magnificent airliners such as Boeing 707s, 727s, 737-200s, 747-Classics, Douglas DC8s, DC9s, DC10s, Convair880/990, Lockheed Tristars, Airbus A300s, BAC One-Elevens, Tridents, Vickers VC-10s, Fokker F28/F100s, Sud-Aviation SE210s, Dassault Mercures, VFW614s, Tupolevs 134/154Ms, Anotonov 124s, IL62s, but also first generation Boeing 757/767s etc. have already vanished, or are slowly disappearing from the friendly skies.
For who? This Oldjets internet website/magazine is the place for admirers or keen observers of these elegant swept-wing airliners. This website will be paying tribute to these fine American, British and Russian exotic aircraft designs. I would like to feature my private photo collection and articles, but at the same time, I would like to invite you to submit your articles, trip-reports and pictures, which will be features on this site. You do not have to be a professional journalist, to have your article featured here, I only ask that it is well written and of interest to our worldwide audience. An article can be about: · Flying experience · Accident/incidents · Trip Reports
Submit your article Sounds interesting? Please submit your article and photos to illustrate your article. I will take care of the lay-out and other web related issues. Please send a short mail to info(at)oldjets.net, describing the subject you would like to write about. Once you’ve received a confirmation that the subject is okay, you can start sending the article and pictures. Pictures size should be between 1200 to 1024 pixels and not exceed 400- 500 Kb, preferably 1 or 2 pictures per one email message.
OldJets spotted OldJets is introducing a new chapter called; - “OldJets spotted”. Summer has almost arrived and many aviation spotters/photographers will be travelling to numerous airports around the globe. We would like to invite you to send in your pictures taken during your travels and share it with the OldJets enthusiast.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Best regards, Jan Koppen
This site is dedicated in memory of Ber Beentjes, who died far too young. Ber, who has been working for Fokker and Airbus Industries, has always been a fervid VFW-614 fan.
Photo: Ber (left) and myself in the cockpit of the ATTAS research VFW-614 D-ADAM, during the Hamburg airshow in September, 2007. |
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