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Glad you were that lucky!!!! Could we please have a pic of the whole bike ?? Hou doe, Derk

VERY cool !!!! Have fun, Derk

Well, it's nice for sure to have some positive reactions after quite a few insults (including a downright very dirty one in a thread that was withdrawn - thank you for that Dave, a wise decision-) Thanks everyone !! Funny thing is that the Tromp is a modern stealthy GW frigate full of electronics, Standard and Sea Sparrow missiles, Mk 46 torpedo's, 127mm OtoMelara and 30mm Goalkeeper AA gun, Lynx AS heli etc. and the work is done by just 4 .50 machine guns with the Lynx as a troop transporter........... Hou doe, Derk

Thank you Orsin, very nice litlle mod !! Hou doe, Derk

Not only medical care and food but maybe a couple of years in a luxurious prison (NOT in Somalia) , with a lot more medical care, free clothing and free food three times a day. Matter of behaving well, maybe learn the language and - at least in some European countries - a the pirate has a fair chance of getting asylum afterwards..... (because everything that is wrong in Africa is of course our fault, at least in the eyes of some political parties) Hou doe, Derk

Wow, do I feel offended !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Derk

Condoleances to Poland..... Derk

Hou doe, Derk

Next time in the UK I'll give it a try . As a Monty Python / Holy Grail fan I guess it's compulsory.... And for Henrik: it was in our Teletext news.... Hou doe, Derk

Beer being a regular item in this forum, the following news might be interesting: at the Carlsberg breweries in Denmark workers went on strike because they were no longer allowed to drink beer all through the day. At many places in the factory there were refrigerators where the employees could have free beer all day long. The management has now decided that drinking beer is only allowed during the breakes a couple of times during the day... Maybe Henrik could confirm this hot news ?? Conclusion: 1) WHAT a good reason to go on strike and 2) I have been working in the wrong places all my life..... Hou doe Derk

Why don't you just give us rivet counters the exact number ? We can start checking it and it makes it a lot easier to start whining. And after the discussion about the numbers is settled, we can start fighting about the depth of the rivets.... Really looking forward ....... Hou doe, Derk

Amazing, pic's could well be used for illustration of a book !! Hou doe, Derk

What a beauty !!!! Wonder what it would have done with retractable landing gear instead of those elegant but draggy floats.... Hou doe, Derk

Hey Peace Puma, A great leap forward towards the ideal F16 MLU, at last with the bird slicer antennas !!! No problem in making the European aircraft with the available skins. All we are missing now is the MLU/C cockpit..... Thank you very much !!!! Hou doe, Derk

First some excercising with the pilots of the new owners getting them to know the plane and the European weather and then say hello to know the Stinger guys..... better make sure they know who you are...... Very nice new MLU !!!! Hou doe, Derk

Thanks MiGBuster, good looking stuff !! Hou doe, Derk

Twenty nine forever ???? (sorry, make that 49 forever...) Derk

Good luck and take care California and neighbouring states !!! Hou doe, Derk

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Phabulous !!! Diana is delighted (except for the A/G rocketry... .) Hou doe, Derk

Could have been the "Vikings" or the "Slivers" ... Hou doe, Derk

And in lots of cases they don't because quite some the aircraft have 20% to 50% too much fuel (the amount in liters or lbs applied to kilo's). Furthermore it hardly ever happens that the enemy brakes off the fight for lack of fuel and if they go home they do so quite often at supersonic speeds ... Never saw one gliding or crashing for fuel starvation. Sorry for being somewhat OT, this discussion has been on before.... Hou doe, Derk

Alles Gute Volker !!!! Hope you get well soon !!! Derk

Donder en Bliksem !!!!!!!! (Dutch way of saying "holy moly" , or exactly translated "Thunder and Lightning") 322 & 323 Squadron would have been delightninged ........ Hou doe, Derk

Very likeable and dependable trainer Only 20 build, my eldest brother (retired teacher College of Aeronautics) probably has a few spare parts left... Hou doe, Derk