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Twente 1996

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capercaillie
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Twente 1996

Post by capercaillie » Mon May 12, 2025 3:29 pm

1996 saw the annual Dutch Open Day at Twente. Weather wasn't as good as the previous two, but still some nice items on show. A far side tour of the flightlines presented some good opportunities including stopping to see the new fleet of transports (Fokker 60s) up close. The Slovak MiG29 had a bit of a brown trouser moment entering his opening loop from take off on the perpendicular runway to the display line and vanishing for a few seconds behind the static KDC-10, luckily all was OK!

ImageSu25K 1002 322 Squadron Czech Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Czech Fitters flew as a duo and were really good
ImageSu22UM3 7310/25/NA-2A 321 Squadron Czech Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

ImageSu22M4K 4007/32/NA-2C 321 Squadron Czech Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

ImageW-3W 0419 253 PKF Polish Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Drakens doubled up performing at Twente and Koksidje over the weekend.
ImageJ35J Draken 35545/45 F10 Swedish Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

ImageSk60E 60147 F5 Swedish Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

ImageF-104S ASA Starfighter MM6920/5-35 5 Stormo Italian Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

ImageKDC-10 T-264 334 Squadron Royal Netherlands Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

ImageC-130H-30 Hercules G-275 334 Squadron Royal Netherlands Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

ImageF-60UTA-N U-02 334 Squadron Royal Netherlands Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

ImageTF-104G Starfighter D-5805 ex Royal Netherlands Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

ImageS-14 L-11 ex Royal Netherlands Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Four Hungarian MiG29s were on deployment but only one was on show with the others out of sight!
ImageMiG29B 15 59 Squadron Hungarian Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

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Re: Twente 1996

Post by Mustang531 » Tue May 13, 2025 1:23 pm

Thanks for sharing these with us, I attended this show and it was the only time I got to Twente. Some great shots and memories here.

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Re: Twente 1996

Post by Herkchaser » Sat May 17, 2025 12:21 pm

A fine line up, some quality there.
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Re: Twente 1996

Post by chrissly » Sat May 17, 2025 8:49 pm

Nice photo report!!💪🏻 (Small correction Twente -> Twenthe)

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Re: Twente 1996

Post by Reaper02 » Sun May 18, 2025 10:59 am

Nice pics and memories! Remember those Hungarian 29's very well as the one flying a demo almost crashed... :Oops:

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Re: Twente 1996

Post by capercaillie » Thu May 22, 2025 2:10 pm

chrissly wrote:
Sat May 17, 2025 8:49 pm
Nice photo report!!💪🏻 (Small correction Twente -> Twenthe)
Cheers, I've seen it spelt with an h as well, but even Google Earth and Wiki (both very trustworthy :lol: ) spell it as Twente.

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Re: Twente 1996

Post by chrissly » Sun May 25, 2025 12:10 pm

Yeah, a bit confusion.. :'( Twenthe AB was located in Twente, a district near the German border.

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