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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!

Su25K 1002 322 Squadron Czech Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Czech Fitters flew as a duo and were really good
Su22UM3 7310/25/NA-2A 321 Squadron Czech Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Su22M4K 4007/32/NA-2C 321 Squadron Czech Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

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

Drakens doubled up performing at Twente and Koksidje over the weekend.
J35J Draken 35545/45 F10 Swedish Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Sk60E 60147 F5 Swedish Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

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

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

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

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

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

S-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!
MiG29B 15 59 Squadron Hungarian Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

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.

A fine line up, some quality there.

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

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

Best, Edwin
www.final-approach.nl

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 ) spell it as Twente.

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