Calender 2025
Where can you see us in 2025:– April 13th Fly-by Commemoration Holten– May 10th Fly-in Historic Hereos (EHHO)– June 14th Airshow Gelnhausen (DE)– Sept. 6th Fly-in Ballenstedt (DE)
Where can you see us in 2025:– April 13th Fly-by Commemoration Holten– May 10th Fly-in Historic Hereos (EHHO)– June 14th Airshow Gelnhausen (DE)– Sept. 6th Fly-in Ballenstedt (DE)
Before the 22-year-old New Zealand pilot William Gibbs Abbott (nickname Bill) is ordered to neutralize enemy transports in the Netherlands on September 9, 1944, he writes a letter to his father. “I want to help tidy things up,” he writes. In other words: “I want to make my contribution here, then I will come home.” …
Flugplatskerb Gelnhausen, a small airfield with biggest events (or as it was said “a small airfield with big balls”). The field has been around for 50 years and that was celebrated! An F4U Corsair, a PBY Catalina, a P51 Mustang, and several demos. After a period of few air shows and events, it was great …
On August 31, 1982, the Fokker Four Foundation was established. The fortieth anniversary of this special foundation was therefore celebrated on August 31, 2022 with a special anniversary fly-in at the aviation museum Aviodrome. The current four Fokker S.11s of Fokker Four have been housed in the T2 hangar at Aviodrome for many years. The …
Fortunately, in 2021 we were able to visit the fantastic fly-in at Gelnhausen organized by Benjamin Schaum with 4 aircraft. Here was also the opportunity to have a photo session with Jay Selman who had come over from the United States.
In February 2021, practice was held from Lelystad. Read here a report on AirOnline.
In 2020 Dutch Thunder Yaks were asked for a recording about formation flying for Klokhuis. Of course we couldn’t pass up working on such a popular television program that can make young people enthusiastic about aviation. Here are a few photos from the recording set.
In 2019 we ware able to give our first performance in Germany during the famous Hahnweide Oldtimer airshow.
During the Air Force days in 2019 at Volkel, despite the bad weather in the morning, a ‘low’ show could still be flown in the morning program.
An absolute highlight is always the Oostwold Airshow where countless historic aircraft can be admired. The 10th Oostwold Airshow, held on 9 and 10 June, was again a resounding success with 25,000 paying visitors spread over two days.