Wrecks & relics of the Lowlands
Join me on a tour in search for the abandoned OldJets & Props in the Netherlands and Belgium by Jan Koppen
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Around the Netherlands and Belgium, many old planes can be found at various locations and in multiple conditions. In Museums, on sticks, in the middle of small villages, in use as bars and nightclubs, dumped by the roadside or quiet victims of all kinds of abuse. In October 2019, I made a tour in search of the abandoned OldJets & Props in the Netherlands and Belgium. This internet page tries to create as accurate an overview as possible of all these planes that no longer fly. This is an ongoing effort as many of these planes still move and find new homes beside the 'new' old planes to appear.
I started the tour on October 26, 2019, with a visit to the old Twente Air Force base where AELS has its headquarters. AELS buys end-of-life aircraft, which their highly skilled engineers carefully disassemble. The removed parts are then placed in inventory and sold. They are the only company that handles the entire supply chain for aircraft disassembly and dismantling. |
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Boeing 747-469 9K-ADE, named “Al-Jabriya”, spent all its life operating for Kuwait Airways. In January 2019 her service life was over and she was withdrawn from use and stored at Kuwait Airport. Four months later, this 25 years old Boeing, finally ended up at Enschede-Twente Airport for part-out & scrap with AELS. |
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Qatar Airways Airbus 340-642 A7-AGB “Ras Dukhan” rolled-off the Toulouse production-line in November 2005. After only 14 years of service she was withdrawn during March 2019 at Doha, Qatar. Two months later she was ferried during May 2019 to Enschede-Twente Airport. AELS started part-out & scrapping in the following months. |
This Airbus 330-223 made its first flight on August 10, 1998, before being delivered new to the Swiss flag carrier as HB-IQA. She was operated by Swissair from September 1998 until transfer to Swiss in March 2002. In 2011 she was sold to Brussels Airlines from Belgium. Sadly she has been withdrawn from service on August 18, 2019. The next day she was ferried to Enschede-Twente Airport for part-out & scrap by AELS.
Airbus 330-223 CS-TOI spent many years of its life, operating for Austrian Airlines, in which she crisscrossed the globe numerous times. In 2007 her service life with Austrian was over and she was sold to TAP – Air Portugal. 12 years later she was sold to AELS and ferried to Enschede-Twente Airport for part-out & scrap.
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Boeing LN-RNN has spent its entire life with SAS, flying passenger's services between Europe and their Scandinavian bases. After 19 years of service she was withdrawn during September 2019 at Oslo, Norway. Two weeks later she was ferried to Enschede-Twente Airport. AELS started part-out & scrapping in the following months.
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On May 01, 2020, I re-visited AELS at Twente Airbase. During the winter months the Kuwait 747, Qatar 340 and the Brussels Airlines 330 were scrapped.
This is high level of ‘jetocide’ - Does that not pull your heart out to see this?
A very high percentage of the aircraft components are being recycled into existing 330's and 737's.
This scrapping process is far more than just attacking the airframe with a hacksaw and gusto.
A wet Friday afternoon in The Netherlands.
"Scandi" LN-RRN, radome-less, engine-less and with a wheel missing, on a cold damp day at Twente Airbase, in May 2020.
Boeing 737-700 LN-RPK has spent its entire life with SAS, flying passenger's services between Europe and their Scandinavian bases. After 19 years of service she was withdrawn during October 2019 at Oslo, Norway. Six weeks later she was ferried to Enschede-Twente Airport. AELS started part-out & scrapping in the following months.
Airbus 330-223 CS-TOK spent many years of its life, operating for Austrian Airlines, in which she crisscrossed the globe numerous times. In 2007 she was sold to TAP – Air Portugal. In October 2019 she was withdrawn from used at Lisbon and three weeks later she was ferried to Enschede-Twente Airport for part-out & scrap with AELS.
Not much time left for this Airbus.
Brand-new Airbus 220-300’s VP-BMQ and VP-BMV were not taken up by Red Wings Airlines of Moscow, Russia. Owner State Transport Leasing ferried both aircraft from Montreal Mirabel to Enschede (Twente Airbase) in the first week of February 2020 and they were placed in stored in a secluded place on this little used Airbase.
What will happen with these white tails in our Corona infested planet.
Nearly half of the passenger airplanes flying today are leased by the airlines from big plane leasing companies. It is easier and cheaper to lease a standard white airplane and then just change its logos than repainting the entire plane.
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Mönchengladbach is a small regional airport located 4.4 km (2.7 mi) northeast of Mönchengladbach and 15.2 km (9.4 mi) west of Düsseldorf. It is co-owned by the company which also runs Düsseldorf Airport and the local utility company NVV AG.
The British Army of the Rhine undertook an exercise in 1955, in accord with the then NATO-Strategy of quick reaction. They built a basic 'field-made' airfield on the grass-covered area for an air-landing-exercise on this site. On finishing this exercise, the British Army of the Rhine handed the area over to the Mayor of Mönchengladbach for use as an airfield. The airfield was taken into service as a small airstrip for gliders. A hangar was built in 1957 and the next year a control tower and passenger terminal were constructed. The construction of the 1,200 m (3,937 ft) runway, that is still used today, began in 1970 and it was completed in 1973. |
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It seems the days of being able to fly on a Fokker F-27 are almost over, with so many operators grounding their fleet in favour of modern types. So the next best thing is to at least visit the one's which are on display as this former WDL D-AELL at Monchengladbach.
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The Rolls-Royce RB.53 Dart is a long-lived British turboprop engine designed, built and manufactured by Rolls-Royce Limited. First run in 1946, it powered the first Vickers Viscount maiden flight in 1948, and in the Viscount was the first turboprop engine to enter airline service, with British European Airways (BEA), in 1950. On 29 July 1948 a flight between Northolt and Paris–Le Bourget Airport with 14 paying passengers in a Dart-powered Viscount was the first scheduled airline flight by any turbine-powered aircraft.
The Dart was still in production when the last Fokker F27 Friendships and Hawker Siddeley HS 748s were produced in 1987. Following the company convention for naming gas turbine engines after rivers, this turboprop design was named after the River Dart. |
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D-AELL left the Amsterdam Fokker plant in September 1969 as a Fokker Friendship F-27-200 and was delivered to Korean Air Lines of South-Korea. After 11 years of faithful service for the KAL, she was exported to Iceland in January 1980. She worked until May 1992 for the Icelandic flag carrier Flugleidir with registration TF-FLO. From May 1992 until February 1993 she was owned by aircraft broker Aircraft Finance and Trading registrated PH-FON. They leased the Fokker to Citylink Airways in India for just two months! During November 1993 she was sold to WDL Aviation in Germany still in Citylink colors. From 1999 she has been a long time resident of Monchengladbach airport and from 2003 she is preserved in front of the German Flight Academy.
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Rheinland Air Service (RAS) provides comprehensive FAA and EASA Part 145-approved aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) for ATR 42/72, Beech 1900, Bombardier DHC-8, Fokker F27 Mk050 and numerous turboprop aircraft.
The company’s US$20m parts warehouse stocks component parts and exchanges, hundreds of leading edges and flight controls, hard to find replacement items, plus overhauled and recertified spare parts. As ATR’s first European maintenance network partner, RAS features ATR aircraft part-out services, certified overhaul of flight controls and components, as well as extensive ATR 42 and ATR 72 capabilities. Services include avionics, composites, leading edges, cockpit seating, cabin or cargo conversions and special mission modifications.
F-WTBP is a ATR-72 and her fomer owners were Aer Arann and Stobart Air, both from Ierland. She was build during the first months of 2007.
The company’s US$20m parts warehouse stocks component parts and exchanges, hundreds of leading edges and flight controls, hard to find replacement items, plus overhauled and recertified spare parts. As ATR’s first European maintenance network partner, RAS features ATR aircraft part-out services, certified overhaul of flight controls and components, as well as extensive ATR 42 and ATR 72 capabilities. Services include avionics, composites, leading edges, cockpit seating, cabin or cargo conversions and special mission modifications.
F-WTBP is a ATR-72 and her fomer owners were Aer Arann and Stobart Air, both from Ierland. She was build during the first months of 2007.
2-MFIG is a ATR-72 and her last operator was FireFly. She is owned by Nordic Aviation Capital and was stored with Rheinland Air Service during December 2018.
S5-ACK is a ATR-72 and her last owner was Aero4M. She was build during 1993 and her first owner was Simmons Airlines from the USA.
G-ISLI is a ATR-72 and her last operator was FlyBE. Her new registration is 2-RASA. Her first owner was American Eagle from the USA.
Other ATR-72 which was parked with Rheinland Air Services was F-GVZU of Heritaviation II. A former American Eagle machine.
Other ATR-72 which was parked with Rheinland Air Services was F-GVZU of Heritaviation II. A former American Eagle machine.
SAMCO Aircraft Maintenance, established in 1988, is an independent third party maintenance provider for a complete range of regional jet and turboprop aircraft. The modern, fully equipped facility is located in the heart of Europe, at Maastricht Airport in the South of The Netherlands. This base supports a wide range of aircraft maintenance activities varying from heavy base-maintenance checks, line-maintenance, CAMO approved Continuing Airworthiness services, logistic support, asset and maintenance management to EASA Part 21 approved design changes.
Adria Airways ceased operations September 30, 2019. Consequenly their CRJ-900LR 5S-AAK was repossed by their dutch owner, reregistrated PH-ADU and ferried to Maastricht-Aachen airport for storage.
Brand new Airbus 220's VP-BJB and VP-BJC were not taken up by Redwings of Russia and thus are currently stored at Maastricht.
Adria Airways ceased operations September 30, 2019. Consequenly their CRJ-900LR was repossed by their dutch owner, re-registrated PH-ADQ and ferried to Maastricht-Aachen airport for storage.
This Fokker 100 started and has ended her career at the same continent. The Fokker made its first flight on April 06, 1995, before being delivered new to Air Inter of France. She was registrated F-GPXC and served two years with Air Inter before being transferred to Air France. Her career with Air France was only brief and two years later she was handed over to Brit Air still with her original. After 12 years operating in the European skies she was purchased by aircraft broker France Aircraft Finance, who flew her to dark Africa. She started employment with flyCAA from Kinshasa, DRC, for the next three years. In 2014 she changed hands again. This time aircraft broker APS Trading Services absorbed her in their fleet. In May 2017 she was sold to SAMCO Aircraft Maintenance at Maastricht airport. Her new owner would be a new Dutch operator Air Hollandia. Sadly this venture went broke before even started. Consequently the Fokker is still stored at Maastricht in the striking colors scheme of Air Hollandia.
You should have seen this! An old Airbus A310 that served as a coctail bar, restaurant and karaoke bar. It is a bit different if you see it the first time, an immense airplane in the middle of the Charleroi city centre... Unfortunately the place looked, during my visit in October 2019, very run-down and deserted. It seems the Airbus is for sale for a mere € 100.000,-.
5N-AUG Airbus 310-222 was build in the last month's of December 1984. She has spent her entire life with Nigerian Airways flying passenger's services between Europe and its Lagos base. Due several technical issues the Airbus was parked at Brussel in 1993. Unfortunately she remained stored at Brussel for several years. During 1998 she was being dismanteled and transported to her present location on September 10, 1999 at Gilly, (a suburb of Charleroi), Belgium. Herer she was used as a cafe but presently she is for sale.
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The Gelateria L'Express and/or the Air US cafe
was a short-lived venture! |
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OO-DHS Boeng 727-223 ex American, Express One, Front Page Tours and European Airlines. Charleroi.
This DC-4 has been manufactured with serial 42-72247 in 1944 as a C-54 for the United States Army Air Force. After the war she served for American Airliens, Eastern AirLines, Aero Leases Inc., Miami Airlines, Trans Atlantic Airlines and Aerovias Panama Airways. This DC-4 was seized at Basel in 1962/1963, and illegally flown to Brussels on June 14, 1963 with fake registration N2894C, where it was seized again. It remained stored there until acquired by Rudy Hannecaert in July 1967 and trucked to Geraardsbergen (Grammont), Belgium, with the intention of using it as a bar. The bar never opened and in May 1971 the aircraft was taken over by Armand Coessens, dismantled again and trucked from Geraardsbergen to the nearby airfield at Overboelare. Here it was used as a clubhouse and bar for the local flying club. By 2001 it was no longer in use as such, but it remained there "preserved" in the appaling condition seen here, still as N2894C and with faded Trans Atlantic Airlines titles still visible.
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Former European Air Transport Boeing 727-200F EC-IDQ is preserved without registration at Ostend Airport
Study Aviation at sea! Studying aeronautics, a lot of Belgian students think they should go abroad. Nothing is less true: For more than thirty years, there is also a college that is present in Flanders as a centre of excellence for Aeronautical Training: VIVES.
Annually, more than 150 students study with VIVES to get acquainted with the flying event, all in an EASA controlled environment. In their Training centre they have simulators, helicopter, engines, wind tunnels... And of course: their own 727!
Annually, more than 150 students study with VIVES to get acquainted with the flying event, all in an EASA controlled environment. In their Training centre they have simulators, helicopter, engines, wind tunnels... And of course: their own 727!
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The Flemish Aviation training Centre Ostend!
Your partner in aviation related training and related services. The VLOC (Flemish Aviation Training Center) is both a training centre and a service centre for various partners from the aviation sector. In addition, you can also visit the VLOC for aviation related events. |
Finally both Airbus 320-200's ended up at Ostend airport, Belgium for part-out & scrap by AeroCircular.
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Aerocircular®. After three years careful planning and preparation Aerocircular® was formally founded in 2016. Aerocircular® is a Belgian company that provides green, service-only, economical end-of-life aircraft recycling/up-cycling services to fleet owners. It is based at the international airport of Ostend – Bruges. Aerocircular® employs approximately and depending on customer demand between 20 and 60 people.
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After 29 years of faithful service with both Lufthansa and German Wings, Airbus 320-200 D-AIPW her service life was over and she was stored at Ostend, Belgium for part-out & scrap by Aero Circular.
During October 2019, thirty years after she rolled-off the Toulouse production line, Lufthansa's Airbus 320-200 D-AIPB, was finally ferried to Ostend for part-out and scrap by Aero Circular.
The history of Viscount G-AZNA reads as follows; - This airframe left the factory at Hurn in December 1958 and was, like many other Viscounts delivered to South African Airways. After her service for the South-African flag-carrier she was 1972 sold to British Midland. During her career with them she was several times leased to Manx Airlines. In 1988 she was bought by aircraft broker Sean T. Hully Sales Ltd., who in their turn leased the Viscount to operators as; Hot air, Ligacoes Aereas Regionais, Gambia Air Shuttle and British Air Ferries. In 1992 she was transported to Belgium and it became an eye catcher outside a dancing in Zomergem, Belgium.
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This Boeing once flew as a private airplane of the leader of the Moon sect. Afterwards it belonged to the President of the Republic of Benin as is still visible in large letters "Republique Popular de Benin". Before that she was active as a passenger plane for Pan American. It even was one of the first commercial flights that flew with jet engines.
Despite his presidential appearance, something went wrong in 1993 when the 707 was chained at Ostend Airport. President Mathieu Kerekou of Benin had come to Belgium on holiday with his family. In Ostend, however, it turned out that one of the engines became unservible. The Boeing remained for repair behind at Ostend and the president when home by a regular line-flight. Since then, no one looked at the 707 anymore. Consequently it has been rotting away at the Ostend ramp for several years.
After Walter Gowalt bought the aircraft at the Benin Embassy in Paris, he used it for his cleaning company-which which was already active at the airport of Ostend. Several years later he wanted to display the 707 at his Expo building in Wetteren, Belgium but dragging a Boeing from Ostend to Wetteren is not easy. Eventually, with the help of Roger Kerremans, the owner of the Kokorico disco (who had already had experience with transporting a Viscount), the aircraft was taken apart carefully, and re-welded on spot at Wetteren. A lot of work!. Also a second plane was added to the site; namely a Lockheed Shooting Star P-80 The little brother of the Boeing is now showing off on the car park.
Despite his presidential appearance, something went wrong in 1993 when the 707 was chained at Ostend Airport. President Mathieu Kerekou of Benin had come to Belgium on holiday with his family. In Ostend, however, it turned out that one of the engines became unservible. The Boeing remained for repair behind at Ostend and the president when home by a regular line-flight. Since then, no one looked at the 707 anymore. Consequently it has been rotting away at the Ostend ramp for several years.
After Walter Gowalt bought the aircraft at the Benin Embassy in Paris, he used it for his cleaning company-which which was already active at the airport of Ostend. Several years later he wanted to display the 707 at his Expo building in Wetteren, Belgium but dragging a Boeing from Ostend to Wetteren is not easy. Eventually, with the help of Roger Kerremans, the owner of the Kokorico disco (who had already had experience with transporting a Viscount), the aircraft was taken apart carefully, and re-welded on spot at Wetteren. A lot of work!. Also a second plane was added to the site; namely a Lockheed Shooting Star P-80 The little brother of the Boeing is now showing off on the car park.
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Walter Govaert is a local politician and he owns two aeroplanes. (I think he has delusions of grandeur madness).
Seen here his 707 on top of the roof of his rather run-down Expo building. The P-80 is located in the parking lot. Local councillors have tried to have it removed as they say its an 'eyesore'. |
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The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Designed and built by Lockheed in 1943 and delivered just 143 days from the start of the design process, production models were flying, and two pre-production models did see very limited service in Italy just before the end of World War II. Designed with straight wings, the type saw extensive combat in Korea with the United States Air Force (USAF) as the F-80.
America's first successful turbojet-powered combat aircraft, it helped usher in the "jet age" in the USAF, but was outclassed with the appearance of the swept-wing transonic MiG-15 and was quickly replaced in the air superiority role by the transonic F-86 Sabre. The F-94 Starfire, an all-weather interceptor on the same airframe, also saw Korean War service. The closely related T-33 Shooting Star trainer would remain in service with the U.S. Air Force and Navy well into the 1980s, with the last NT-33 variant not retired until April 1997. Many T-33s still serve in a military role in foreign air arms or are in private hands, although the F-80 itself has long been retired from active service. |
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During the afternoon on board steps from your own private plane and embark on a dream flight with always a gentle landing... This can be on our premises, a former military complex from WW2. In the park there is a beautifully renovated Fokker F. 27 Waiting for guests. Why have a plane put in our garden? Well, that is a combination of our love for the Fokker F. 27 "Friendship", the beautiful setting called Brabantse Wal and the municipality of Woensdrecht with its airbase and the traditionally present aircraft factory Fokker. In the Triangle Bergen op Zoom, Antwerp and Zeeland lies the Green Village Hoogerheide, since 2017 the home of our airplane. The architect was instructed to design the decoration with a nod to the Sixties, but with the comfort of now. The suite is made for up to 2 adult people.
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On July 13, 1961, she rolled out the factory as number 75 and then made her first flight on July 25, of the same year. On 30 August 1961 her work began in Turkey for Turkish Airlines as TC-TEC. She remained in Turkey until October 1973. In Turkey she had flown the majority of the more than 20,000 hours. After some wanderings, she was bought back to Fokker. Here she was converted a prototype defence aircarft called the maritime F-27M. Her first flight in her new outfit and registation, PH-FCX, was on February 28, 1976. In the same year she flew at the Farnborough Air Show, England. Her last flight was on June 30, 1983, to Ypenburg. After having stood in a hangar for a few years, KLM leased it from August 1985 to May 1988 as a non-flying object for training purposes. When the lease period was over, Fokker donated her to the F. 27 Friendship Association (FFA) and was placed at Schiphol as gatekeeper at the Aviodome Museum. There she stood up to 2002. In June 2003 she was sold to PS Aero at Baarlo. Actually not sold but exchanged for a Starfighter F-104. In 2015 "the Horstinks" started the search for a suitable aircraft and they came across a picture of the F27 on the website of PS Aero. On 30 December 2015 they finally bought her. During August 2016 she was transport to her present location, Hoogerheide, where she was renovated in a Bed & Breakfast plane. On April 12, 2018, Martin Schröder, founder of Martinair, did the official opening of the Friendship B&B.
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About 10 years ago, the Maintenance Valley initiative was established at Woensdrecht Airbase. With his initiative the government aims to cluster aviation-related companies in the south of the Netherlands.
A large part of the civil aviation fleet is owned by lease companies. The ‘conversion’ of equipment for various operators is seeing a growing demand in aviation MRO. The conversion is often completed on behalf of lease companies such as AERCAP and GECAS. During the revision or the maintenance cycle, both the interior and the exterior are adjusted to the color and style of the new operator. One of the capabilities that adds value to Aviolanda’s one stop shop offering, is providing aircrafts with a new layer of paint. Within one week, a 180-seater is stripped of the old paint and refurbished with a primer, two new coats of paint and new lettering/logos etc. A large part of the business derives from the re-delivery activities provided by Fokker Services. |
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The Fokker 100 testbed was this aircraft, PH-MKH, which made her first flight on November 30, 1986.
Fokker Services, daughter of Stork, received a type approval in 2001 from the Dutch aviation service for the Fokker 100 SOSTAR-X. This Fokker 100 was a demonstration aircraft equipped with a large, five-meter-long bump under the hull, which included a radar and weapon conduction systems. Sostar (Stand-Off Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar) was a military project in which the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy and Spain participated. The SOSTAR is a radar that had an aerial view of everything that is on the ground, and during military operations could be used to track enemy movements and provide tactical information. The system is the European counterpart of the American J-STARS, an advanced radar mounted on Boeing 707's. On demo-ship PH-MKH, the Sostar system was extensively tested during 2006. The unit was based on Woensdrecht airbase.
In 2007, Jet Airways new livery was created by Landor Associates which added yellow and gold ribbons; the design
retained the dark blue and gold-accented colour scheme along with the airline's "flying sun" logo.
retained the dark blue and gold-accented colour scheme along with the airline's "flying sun" logo.
Manufactured in 2014, 2-BTTC, came off the line at Boeing and was delivered to Jet Airways as VT-JTB. As we all know, Jet Airways went bankrupt and the leasing company’s repossessed their airplanes. VT-JT was leased from BBAM and in April 2019 she changed hands and became a property of Fly Aircraft Holdings Nineteen Ltd. She has been stored at Woensdrecht since July 2019.
Aigle Azur was a French airline based and headquartered at Paris Orly Airport. The airline operated scheduled flights from France to 21 destinations across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, with a fleet of Airbus A320 family and A330 aircraft. The airline filed for bankruptcy and was placed in receivership on September, 02, 2019. Takeover bids were received, but none proved viable and the airline was liquidated by the court on September 27,2019.
Also sistership F-HAQD, an Airbus 320, was stored at Woendrecht during my visit in October 2019. Other stored aircraft were; Boeing 737-800 VP-BQR in Love Fly colors, who are leasing this jet of the Aviation Capital Group and VQ-BXQ, an Airbus 320 in Avianca colors, but owned by GECAS.
Also sistership F-HAQD, an Airbus 320, was stored at Woendrecht during my visit in October 2019. Other stored aircraft were; Boeing 737-800 VP-BQR in Love Fly colors, who are leasing this jet of the Aviation Capital Group and VQ-BXQ, an Airbus 320 in Avianca colors, but owned by GECAS.
This Dash-7-102 was build for Henson/Piedmont Airlines as N905HA. After four years she returned back to DHC/Bombardier Aerospace Corp. and was parked at North Bay, Ontario, still in basic USAir Express colors (USAir bought Piedmont). In September she was finally sold to Voyageur as C-GGUL and hangered, on overhaul, after her long storage. During September 2007 she was ferried to Eindhoven, Netherlands and started operations in Afghanistan for the Royal Netherlands Air Force. In February 2012 her mission in Kandahar, Afghanistan was ended and she returned to Eindhoven.
The aircraft served for transporting defense personnel. The plane was based in Kandahar, Afghanistan and from this place defense staff were transported by this Dash-7 to their final destination in Uruzgan. The Dash-7 also did a weekly shuttle between Kandahar and Tarin Kowt on behalf of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
In 2012 the plane arrived back at Eindhoven airport. While taxiing at the airport, the Dash-7’s wing tip hit a tree, causing severe damaged. Repair work was posponed and her airworthiness expired. As a result, the plane was no longer allowed into the air and the Dash-7 was abandoned.
In 2012 the plane arrived back at Eindhoven airport. While taxiing at the airport, the Dash-7’s wing tip hit a tree, causing severe damaged. Repair work was posponed and her airworthiness expired. As a result, the plane was no longer allowed into the air and the Dash-7 was abandoned.
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Tonnie Bouwman bought the Dash-7 at an auction, disassembled it and transported her to his firm in Veen, Netherlands. Tonnie will use the Dash-7 as an eye-catcher in front of his shop.
The DHC-7-102 is the production passenger variant with a maximum of 54 passengers (with 44,000 lb or 20,000 kg take-off weight).
Proud owner Tonnie Bouwman in his Dash-7.
Tonnie Bouwman conversing with DC-3 expert, Mr. Micheal S. Prophet.
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