Derk Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 (edited) With 250 collegues I have been taken on as a volunteer guide & museum teacher in our new National Military Museum, which will be opened by (AFAIK) His Majesty King Willem Alexander on december 11th. The former Soesterberg Airbase (and home of the 32 th Wolfhounds USAFE) has been turned into a huge landscape park with much of the base being left intact , including the main rwy, taxiways and lots of dispersals and shelter areas. It is a very historic place dating back to 1913 that was extended to a huge complex by the Germans in WW II (lots of traces to be found)......The secondary runway has been turned into a gras strip and is used for gliding. Combining the former Army Museum and the Air Force Museum (including Naval Aviation), a huge 3.760.000 sq ft building topped off by an 150ft tower -overlooking the whole base - and a depot have been constructed on the site where the hangars used to be. There is an outdoor tank - and vehicle area as well as a quite area around the Airforce Monument. An original building dating back to 1913 as well as a hangar from 1929 are still there..... .There will be lots of reënactment activities as well as demonstrations of equipment including AFV's The former 32Sq area has been taken into use by the Ministry of Defence. and is still named Camp New Amsterdam (so you'll still feel at home Veltro !!) Though quite some stuff from the former musea is not permanently displayed, the overall result is absolutely awesome..... If you visit the Netherlands I'll be more than happy to give you guys a Royal Tour ....... https://www.nmm.nl/en/ Edited November 10, 2014 by Derk 2 Quote
Muesli Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 I'll definetely go there in 2015. ;) 1 Quote
+Dave Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 I need to add it to my list of European Air museums I need to visits. 1 Quote
+streakeagle Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 Looks like a really cool museum! Quote
JediMaster Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 Looks nice! Now if you could do something about shrinking the Atlantic so it's not so far away, I'm not keen on airplane trips over 3 hours... Quote
JediMaster Posted November 13, 2014 Posted November 13, 2014 I'm not keen on that either! Concorde was like "do you find most jets too small? Well here's Concorde, it's smaller!" 1 Quote
B52STRATO Posted November 13, 2014 Posted November 13, 2014 So, what about a lil' trip aboard the Tu-144 instead ? You got many choices : like Business Politbyuro class Economy... ...or crew retractil one And smurfs-scale emergency exit as a bonus 1 Quote
Derk Posted November 13, 2014 Author Posted November 13, 2014 Like a '60's vintage holiday home,,, Quote
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