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Joop de Groot's Photo Gallery

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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
D-5805 @ EHVK - landing at Volkel
D-5805 @ EHVK		 D-8318 @ EHLW - target tow
D-8318 @ EHLW		 D-8312 @ EHYB - Last opportunity to see the Dutch Starfighters in the open. After Ypenburg was closed the airframes were scattered all over the Netherlands.
D-8312 @ EHYB
D-5801 @ EHVK - By early train and rental bike to Volkel was quite a common way tot visit air bases in the eighties. Now I get my car...
D-5801 @ EHVK		 D-5805 @ EHVK - This kind of pictures always remember me to the characteristic sound of the good old Starfighter.
D-5805 @ EHVK		 D-8311 @ EHVK - Volkel resident
D-8311 @ EHVK
D-8300 @ EHSB - on static during the 1981 open house.
D-8300 @ EHSB		 D-8293 @ EHVK - return after a recce mission.
D-8293 @ EHVK		 D-8052 @ EHVK - The classic Dutch recce configuration: one Orpheus reconnaissance pod and four fuel tanks.
D-8052 @ EHVK
D-6654 @ EHLW - In the aftermath of the Starfighter era the F-104 was used for target tow duties. Hence the removed canon from this once proud interceptor.
D-6654 @ EHLW		 D-8279 @ EHVK - After the crash of Starfighters D-8279 and D-8341 the remains of both aircraft were rebuilt to one airframe. This was used to train tracktor drivers in the handeling of the F-104.
D-8279 @ EHVK		 D-8273 @ EHVK - Dutch recce Starfighter with the distinct Orpheus recce pod.
D-8273 @ EHVK
D-8268 @ EHYB - Storage of the redundant Dutch Starfighters.
D-8268 @ EHYB		 D-8268 @ EHLW - This pilot was a bit unlucky. After he had landed J-217 crashed onto the runway (see J-217). He was not ablr to take off again and had to stay in Leeuwarden for the weekend.
D-8268 @ EHLW		 D-8059 @ EHLW - visitor to Leeuwarden
D-8059 @ EHLW
D-8266 @ EHVK - In 1981 Volkel was still an all Starfighter base.
D-8266 @ EHVK		 D-8259 @ EHLW - target tow flight for the F-16 pilots of Leeuwarden.
D-8259 @ EHLW		 D-8286 @ EHLW - 1980 was the last year of the Starfighter interceptors in Dutch service. That summer the first were sold to Turkey.
D-8286 @ EHLW
D-8286 @ EHLW - Take off by one of the Quick Reaction Alert aircraft. Scrambles like this took place on a very regular basis during the eighties.
D-8286 @ EHLW		 D-8259 @ EHVK - My first visit to Volkel: lots of Starfighters!
D-8259 @ EHVK		 D-8258 @ EHYB - The last opportunity to photograph the Dutch Starfighters was during the spottersday of 1987. Four years after being wfu the spotters community was invited to visit Ypenburg store before the Starfighterster were dislocated to various spots in the Netherla
D-8258 @ EHYB
D-8258 @ EHVK - Great to see and hear the Starfighters roar!
D-8258 @ EHVK		 D-8342 @ EHLW - landing at the Leeuwarden 06
D-8342 @ EHLW		 D-8257 @ EHLW - landing at Leeuwarden
D-8257 @ EHLW
D-8257 @ EHLW - 306 Sqn was the last KLu squadron to operate the F-104 Starfighter.
D-8257 @ EHLW		 D-8256 @ EHLW - Landing at rwy 06.
D-8256 @ EHLW		 D-8245 @ EHLW - Temp. based at Leeuwarden for target towing.
D-8245 @ EHLW
D-8145 @ EHVK - An unusual configuration: a Orpheus recce pod and no additional fuel tanks. This mission will not have lasted longer than 20 minutes.
D-8145 @ EHVK		 D-8138 @ EHVK - Fully loaded recce Starfighter: four tanks and a recce pod.
D-8138 @ EHVK		 D-8129 @ EHLW - Participant of the 1983 Tacpol exercise.
D-8129 @ EHLW
D-8125 @ EHVK - A very unusual configuration: an Orpheus recce pod with no additional fuel tanks. This flight will not have lasted longer than 30 minutes.
D-8125 @ EHVK		 D-8112 @ EHVK - Four fuel tanks and a recce pod: the standard configuration of the Dutch Starfighter recce fleet.
D-8112 @ EHVK		 D-8110 @ EHLW - The last year of the Starfighter interceptor in Dutch service. The sidewinder rails underneath the fuselage were typical Leeuwarden features.
D-8110 @ EHLW
D-8098 @ EHDL - After its prang in 1978 D-8098 became an instructional air frame. In 1986 it had been promoted to the Deelen gate guard.
D-8098 @ EHDL		 D-8091 @ EHYB - one of the great many Starfighters put in storage on the former air base of Ypenburg.
D-8091 @ EHYB		 D-8091 @ EHVK - A classic view of a Starfighter at holding point.
D-8091 @ EHVK
D-8084 @ EHYB - Three years after withdrawl of the F-104 the spotters community got a final chance to photograph the stored Starfighters at Ypenburg.
D-8084 @ EHYB		 D-8084 @ EHLW - Target tow flight for the F-16 force.
D-8084 @ EHLW		 D-8066 @ EHLW - During the summer of 1982 D-8066 was based at Leeuwarden as target tow aircraft. The large dart was attached to the left pylon, where the winch was at the right.
D-8066 @ EHLW
D-8065 @ EHVK - Classic configuration of a Dutch recce Starfighter: four fuel tanks and an Orpheus recce pod.
D-8065 @ EHVK		 D-8063 @ EHLW - In 1982 this Starfighter arrived at Leeuwarden for target tow duries. The winch equipment can be seen underneath the wing.
D-8063 @ EHLW		 D-8061 @ EHVK - This Starfighter is now preserved in Lelystad.
D-8061 @ EHVK
D-6653 @ EHLW - Normally during a target towing mission the darts were winched out and dropped afterwards. This F-104 had a problem causing the dart to stick underneath the wing. Landing with the dart still attached was a rough ride!
D-6653 @ EHLW		 D-8059 @ EHVK - When we went to Volkel the first F-16 were being introduced there. Fortunately plenty of Starfighters were still around.
D-8059 @ EHVK		 D-8053 @ EHLW - This Starfighter arrived for target tow duties during the summer of 1982.
D-8053 @ EHLW
D-8047 @ EHVK - This picture was taken with my good old Praktica. D-8047 was w/o in december 1981.
D-8047 @ EHVK		 D-8245 @ EHLW - This formation came in very low. Picture taken with 135 mm.
D-8245 @ EHLW		 D-8089 @ EHLW - Those were the days. Imagine the sound of those four roaring J79's! D-8089, D-6667 plus 2 unknown.
D-8089 @ EHLW
D-6695 @ EHVK - Starfighter seen in the aftermath of its service carreer.
D-6695 @ EHVK		 D-6684 @ EHVK - sold to Greece in 1982
D-6684 @ EHVK		 D-8051 @ EHYB - After closure of Ypenburg the base has been transformed to a residential area. And the Starfighter has gone...
D-8051 @ EHYB
D-6668 @ EHVK - This was one of the many Starfighters flying that day.
D-6668 @ EHVK		 D-6652 @ EHLW - After front line service the Starfighter soldiered on as a target tower. You can see the gun has been removed for this task.
D-6652 @ EHLW		 D-5817 @ EHVK - My first trip to anonther airbase than Leeuwarden: Starfighters at Volkel.
D-5817 @ EHVK
D-5813 @ EHLW - In the eighties this close we could get to the aircraft to take pictures.
D-5813 @ EHLW		 D-5810 @ EHYB - After being wfu the Dutch Starfighters were stored at Ypenburg. In 1987 a spottersday was held to take pictures of the aircraft in the storage area.
D-5810 @ EHYB		 D-5810 @ EHVK - In 1983 we went on a tienertour day trip to Volkel: by train to Oss and by rental bike to Volkel. A trip of over three hours and in the afternoon the same way back.
D-5810 @ EHVK
D-8103 @ EHVK - Quite I trip: I went from Arnhem to Volkel by bicycle. I left at 6 and arrived in time for the 9 o'clock wave.
D-8103 @ EHVK		 D-8107 @ EHLW - This Starfighter made an low pass. The Orpheus recce pod can clearly be seen.
D-8107 @ EHLW		 D-6652 @ EHLW - After the F-16 had entered service the F-104 Starfighter got a less glamorous task of target towing. D-6652 comes in for landing fitted with the red target towing pods. This aircraft has also the badge of the target towing flight (TTF) of the tail.
D-6652 @ EHLW
D-8281 @ EHYB - Waiting for a buyer that never came. After being withdrawn from active service in 1984 Dutch F-104's were stored at Ypenburg waiting for sale abroad. This was never materialized. Eventually D-8281 ended up at the NlAF technical school.
D-8281 @ EHYB		 D-8104 @ EHVK - This Starfighter was w/o in 1984. One of the last losses of the Starfighter in Dutch service.
D-8104 @ EHVK		 D-8300 @ EHYB - After its withdrawl in 1984 surplus Starfighters were stored at Ypenburg. Three years later a spottersday was organized to give the fans one last opportunity to see these aircraft. D-8300 went to uithuizen afterwards.
D-8300 @ EHYB
D-5803 @ EHYB - Stored for a long time: since 1984 at Ypenburg; now at Soesterberg.
D-5803 @ EHYB		 D-8060 @ EHLW - Take off of one of the QRA Starfighters. Note the live missiles underneath the fuselage.
D-8060 @ EHLW		 D-8058 @ EHLW - This Starfighter was seen during its acceptance flight by the Turkish AF. The Turkish roundels heve been applied already, but the Dutch serial presentation is still in place.
D-8058 @ EHLW
D-5806 @ EHYB - In 1987 there was a final spottersday to photograph the Dutch Starfighters, which had been in storage for three yaers at the time.
D-5806 @ EHYB		 D-8104 @ EHLW - As can be seen on the dart the pilot Skipper has been flying for 30 years!
D-8104 @ EHLW		  

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