Base Visits

2004 Beauvechain remastered

In 2004 we visited the Beauvechain Trainers Meet where air force trainers from European countries got together for training. One day was designated ‘spottersday’. After 20 years I decided that it would be great to […]

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Hunting Jet Provost

The BAC Jet Provost (originally built by Hunting Percival) was a British jet-powered trainer aircraft used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1955 to 1993. Hunting Percival developed the Jet Provost from the piston-engined […]

CASA 1-131E Jungmann Spanish AF E3B-521
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Bücker Jungmann

The Jungmann was the first product of Bücker Flugzeugbau and flew for the first time in April 1934 as a compact trainer build by classic double decker formula with an open two-persons cockpit in a […]

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KAI T-50 Golden Eagle

The KAI T-50 Golden Eagle is a supersonic advanced jet trainer being developed by KAI for the ROKAF. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, the principal subcontractor to KAI, is providing technical expertise in all aspects of the […]

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Aero L159 ALCA

The Aero L159 ALCA is developed by the Czech Republic as a Light multi-role fighter and lead in fighter trainer. The first L159 (two seater) flew August 4th 1997, and the first single seater on […]

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Boeing T-45A Goshawk

The Boeing (former McDonnell Douglas) T-45A Goshawk is the US Navy’s two-seat advanced jet trainer. The aircraft is jointly manufactured by Boeing and BAE Systems. The T-45A was selected to meet the US Navy requirement […]

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British Aerospace Hawk

The British Aerospace Hawk started life as the Hawker-Siddeley P1182 which won the competition for a new advanced trainer for the RAF in 1971. The prototype flew in 1974. The British Aerospace Hawk is a […]

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CASA C-101 Aviojet

The C101 ” Aviojet ” is the training airplane of the Spanish Air Force. This airplane represents the second generation of basic jet trainers. The initial project of the C-101 goes back to the summer […]

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Pilatus P3

The Pilatus P3 was a trainer plane where 72 was built for the Swiss Air Army and 6 for the Brazil Navy. The two-seater Pilatus P3 trainer aircraft is a cantilever low-wing monoplane, of all […]

Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet E Patroulle de France 60 years French AF
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Dassault Dornier Alpha Jet

The Dassault Dornier Alpha Jet is a French / German jet trainer and strike aircraft. The French version is a trainer, and the German version primarily a strike aircraft. The Alpha Jet is a twin […]

Pilatus NCPC-7 A-914 Swiss Air Force
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Pilatus PC-7

The Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer is based on the piston-powered Pilatus P-3. Since its introduction in 1978, close to 500 aircraft have been sold, with the majority still being in service today. The aircraft’s capability […]

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SOCATA TB30B Epsilon

Designed for initial training of military pilots, the Epsilon is a Two-seat military primary/basic trainer and counter-insurgency aircraft. Capable of flying under high load factors and in inverted flight. Powered by a piston engine, its […]