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Like this, not the beer however....... Like this, not the beer however....... ...but base closed.......

Tja.......

Fantastic !!!!!

AND HOW RIGHT YOU ARE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mexico- the Netherlands.... hm...

You should put this on Facebook ...

OK you guys, it MUST be possible to create this baby..... the communiry is DYING for it

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Very happy with it,

Would be GREAT Malibu !!!!

Spain - Netherlands...: hmm..... .

Ahhh, it's the season again.. Looking forward to the KLu Open Days at Gilze Rijen in 10 days.... !!!

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If this had come true, my brother in law would have flown them. Got his jet training at Brustem in Belgium and when he finished it, the Seahawks were WFU. Flew the S2F Tracker instead, got schooled on heli's (S-58) and after that flew the Brequet Atlantique (happily he didn't crash). Retired as the Deputy Commander of RNAS Valkenburg and spend a couple of years after that as the chief crash investigator of the Dutch Civil Aviation Authority... Well, some extra what if's I would say if the Skyhawks would have been acquired....

Ha, the 311/312 squadron Scooters, now we're talking bussiness !!!. Of course they actually got the F-104's but these little jets would have been very effective !!!

Britain, the Greatest Aviation Nation on Earth......

The Skyhawk was offered as a contender for the replacement in the KLu of the F84F in the mid '60's (plan C in the evaluation process) which eventually resulted in the procurement of the NF5. In the Navy it was considered as the replacement for the Seahawk on board of the carrier HrMs Karel Doorman, but on second thought it was decided to skip the attack role of the carrier and it was used in the ASW role with S2F Trackers and helicopters instead before being sold to Argentina .End of the fighter story for the MLD. Nevertheles, if the Naval Staff would have had it's way and the carrier would have been retained, the A4 would have been the no 1 option for the reequipment of no 321 Sq RNNAS !!!. By the way, the guys from 322 Polly Gray Sq. would have been offended being degraded to the mud moving task: "Not a pound for air to ground" was their motto, being pure air defenders in those days .... . The A4's would have been used by the tactical 311 to 316 squadrons of Tactical Air Command of the KLu.... But just the same very nice job Spinners

Oh dear., probably it's time for Fernandel then......

Indeed, it did in "the Final Countdown" ........

Now I understand why Eric Vormezeele, a Belgian , had a Skyraider in the airshow circuit for a long time ....

Stunning job, thank you !!

Great, thanks !!

They're great !!!