Joop de Groot's Photo Gallery

Total 3,913 photos. 80 in this folder.  Contact Photographer

Aircraft and airport photos are sorted separately. Airport photos always shown after aircraft photos.

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D-8084 @ EHYB - Three years after withdrawl of the F-104 the spotters community got a final chance to photograph the stored Starfighters at Ypenburg. - by Joop de Groot
Joop de Groot
@ EHYB
D-8084 @ EHLW - Target tow flight for the F-16 force. - by Joop de Groot
Joop de Groot
@ EHLW
D-8066 @ EHLW - During the summer of 1982 D-8066 was based at Leeuwarden as target tow aircraft. The large dart was attached to the left pylon, where the winch was at the right. - by Joop de Groot
Joop de Groot
@ EHLW
D-8065 @ EHVK - Classic configuration of a Dutch recce Starfighter: four fuel tanks and an Orpheus recce pod. - by Joop de Groot
Joop de Groot
@ EHVK
D-8063 @ EHLW - In 1982 this Starfighter arrived at Leeuwarden for target tow duries. The winch equipment can be seen underneath the wing. - by Joop de Groot
Joop de Groot
@ EHLW
D-8061 @ EHVK - This Starfighter is now preserved in Lelystad. - by Joop de Groot
Joop de Groot
@ EHVK
D-6653 @ EHLW - Normally during a target towing mission the darts were winched out and dropped afterwards. This F-104 had a problem causing the dart to stick underneath the wing. Landing with the dart still attached was a rough ride! - by Joop de Groot
Joop de Groot
@ EHLW
D-8059 @ EHVK - When we went to Volkel the first F-16 were being introduced there. Fortunately plenty of Starfighters were still around. - by Joop de Groot
Joop de Groot
@ EHVK
D-8053 @ EHLW - This Starfighter arrived for target tow duties during the summer of 1982. - by Joop de Groot
Joop de Groot
@ EHLW
D-8047 @ EHVK - This picture was taken with my good old Praktica. D-8047 was w/o in december 1981. - by Joop de Groot
Joop de Groot
@ EHVK
D-8245 @ EHLW - This formation came in very low. Picture taken with 135 mm. - by Joop de Groot
Joop de Groot
@ EHLW
D-8089 @ EHLW - Those were the days. Imagine the sound of those four roaring J79's! D-8089, D-6667 plus 2 unknown. - by Joop de Groot
Joop de Groot
@ EHLW
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