Airframes
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Karl and I traveled over to northern Holland on Friday 2nd June, to meet-up with Marcel at the Oostwold airshow, as well as do some visits to the Arnhem battlefields, which I'll cover in another thread,
Oostwold airfield is a small, private grass strip on the northern tip of Holland, just 26 miles east of the city of Groningen, below the Ems estuary, and hosts a two-day airshow every two years, with the 'warbirds' day being on the second day, Monday.
The line-up was extensive and varied, although due to weather further west, and in the UK, a couple of participants, including the Catalina, couldn't get there. However, the show was a great success, with fine weather and a crowd in excess of 20,000.
The resident P-51D Mustang 'Damn Yankee' opened the show with a fine display, even if the sound of it's engine was drowned by the Glenn Miller music blasting from the PA system, and, unlike at UK airshows, the display line was a lot closer to the crowd line, allowing a great view of this beautiful aircraft as it cavorted around the sky.
I'll open my contribution to the thread with a few 'tasters' showing 'Damn Yankee' doing it's stuff. and I'll post further pics of the show when I've had a chance to sort them, over the weekend. No doubt Karl and Marcel will add their pics as the thread progresses.
Oostwold airfield is a small, private grass strip on the northern tip of Holland, just 26 miles east of the city of Groningen, below the Ems estuary, and hosts a two-day airshow every two years, with the 'warbirds' day being on the second day, Monday.
The line-up was extensive and varied, although due to weather further west, and in the UK, a couple of participants, including the Catalina, couldn't get there. However, the show was a great success, with fine weather and a crowd in excess of 20,000.
The resident P-51D Mustang 'Damn Yankee' opened the show with a fine display, even if the sound of it's engine was drowned by the Glenn Miller music blasting from the PA system, and, unlike at UK airshows, the display line was a lot closer to the crowd line, allowing a great view of this beautiful aircraft as it cavorted around the sky.
I'll open my contribution to the thread with a few 'tasters' showing 'Damn Yankee' doing it's stuff. and I'll post further pics of the show when I've had a chance to sort them, over the weekend. No doubt Karl and Marcel will add their pics as the thread progresses.
