Trying to catch the propblur on a bright sunny day. Setting my camera to 1/60sec at F22. Engine testrun of the Aviodrome Constellation, with Mr. Erling Brom at the nosewheel.

Nice turn into the Aviodrome premises. This one is an ambulance for the small communities of the Frisian Islands. Note the upside down Dutch flag, a farmers' protest against goverment measures to reduce nitrogen emissions.

Based here at Lelystad but not a frequent flyer.

Replica completed by Aviodrome volunteers in 2019. KLM's first service was flown by an Aircraft Transport and Travel DH.16 on 17 May 1920. KLM's first own aircraft were Fokker F.IIs but a couple of DH.9s were also acquired.

Delivered to the USAAF as 41-107469 in 1944. To Chicago & Southern Airlines as NC53103 in 1946, Philippine Air Lines as PI-C102 in 1948 and Pacific Overseas Airlines as HS-POE in 1951. To Thai Airways as HS-TSA in 1958 then to the Thai Air Force as L.3-2/03? in 1960. Returned to Thai Airways in 1965 then to Botswana National Airways as VQ-ZEF in 1966. Reregistered as A2-ZEF in 1968. To Suidwes Lugdiens as ZS-IPR in 1972. Renamed to Namib Air in 1978. To The SAAF as 6906 in 1981. Back to ZS-IPR in 1995 then to the Dutch Dakota Association as PH-DDY in 1997. Preserved at Lelystad from 2004.

Ex 44-76634 with the USAAF and KN487 with the RAF. Operated by Air Atlantique between July 1977 and June 1988 as G-AMCA. Cancelled in October 2003 and to the Aviodrome. It is painted in a short-lived pre-war orange livery. In September 1939, a KLM DC-3 operating a flight from Copenhagen to Amsterdam was shot at by a German fighter. After this, KLM put the word 'Holland' on the fuselage in large font, to prevent further misunderstandings (The Netherlands was (still) neutral at the time). At some point, the orange livery was introduced to further lower the threat to KLM's aircraft.

Ex EC-DYU, PH-SSC, LV-APO, PH-SSC and N3610B. Acquired by the Aviodrome in November 2005.

Ex. 19 Yellow with the Lithuanian Air Force. Preserved at the restaurant area of the museum.

Operated by the Royal Navy as XJ350 in a previous life. To the museum in 1980, where the fake registration PH-MAD was applied.

A nice experience to be front row to the nightly engine run of several aircraft, including this Tracker.

Operated by the Royal Netherlands Air force between March 1953 and May 1958. To Soesterberg Air Base for display purposes. By 1981 it had received 'I-147' markings. To Hoogeveen airfield in February 2006. To the Aviodrome in February 2009. The aircraft received its '3W-32' markings after 2010.

This rare flying boat was in storage at the Aviodrome. Only six F.11s were built, and this is the only surviving example. Built in 1930, it was first operated by Air Ferries in San Francisco as NC399N, later by Gorst Air Transport in Seattle. Registered as CF-AUV on 1 Jul 1933 and crashed on take-off from McDame Lake, BC, Canada on 13 July 1935, when it struck trees after a limited take-off run. The wreck was salvaged and later acquired by the Western Canada Aviation Museum in Winnipeg (now the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada). In 1992 it was loaned to the Aviodome, now the Aviodrome.

Previously G-AMCA