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Joop de Groot's Photo Gallery

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D-8048 @ EHYB - After withdrawl from service in 1984 the remaining Starfighters were stored at Ypenburg. In 1987 a final photocall was held to photograph these. Afterwards many were dispersed all over the Netherland (and abroad).
D-8048 @ EHYB		 D-5806 @ EHVK - one of the many Starfighters flying that day.
D-5806 @ EHVK		 D-5804 @ EHLW - take off 06
D-5804 @ EHLW
D-8282 @ BUDE - This Starfighter is preserved at the Nassau Dietz Kaserne near the main entrance.
D-8282 @ BUDE		 D-5804 @ EHVK - This F-104 shows the badge of the Conversie en All-Weather Vlucht (CAV), which was the Volkel conversion unit on the Starfighter.
D-5804 @ EHVK		 D-5806 @ EHLW - Two Volkel Starfighters preparing for take off from Leeuwarden.
D-5806 @ EHLW
D-8341 @ EHVK - No, not an early UAV. After its crash in 1978 D-8341 became an instructional airframe. It was used to train tractor draivers to handle the Starfighter.
D-8341 @ EHVK		 D-8331 @ EHYB - After three years in storage the Dutch Starfighters were looking remarkably well
D-8331 @ EHYB		 D-8331 @ EHSB - Part of the Soesterberg static park. The Starfighter was in a proces of witdrawl; hence the UFO badge.
D-8331 @ EHSB
D-8331 @ EHVK - ready for departure
D-8331 @ EHVK		 D-8331 @ EHVK - Howling and smoking. The classic landing shot of the good old Starfighter.
D-8331 @ EHVK		 D-8326 @ EHYB - part of the Starfighter storage at Ypenburg.
D-8326 @ EHYB