Articles by Jeroen Vogelaar


Transall C-160

Role: Transport aircraft National origin: France/Germany Manufacturer: Transall* First flight: 25 February 1963 Introduction: 1967 Status: In service Produced: 1965–1985 Number built: 214 * Transall…



Fokker 70

The Fokker 70 is a narrow-body, twin-engined, medium-range, turbofan airliner produced by Fokker as a smaller version of the Fokker 100 jetliner. Role: Narrow-body Regional…


Junkers Ju 52

The Junkers Ju 52 (nicknamed Tante Ju (“Aunt Ju”) and Iron Annie) was a German trimotor transport aircraft manufactured from 1931 to 1952. It saw…


Blériot XI

The Blériot XI is the aircraft that was used by Louis Blériot on 25 July 1909 to make the first flight across the English Channel…


Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil

The Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil (Squirrel) is a single-engine light helicopter originally designed and manufactured in France by Aérospatiale (now Airbus Helicopters). In North America, the…


Junkers Ju 52

The Junkers Ju 52 (nicknamed Tante Ju (“Aunt Ju”) and Iron Annie) was a German trimotor transport aircraft manufactured from 1931 to 1952. It saw…


Airbus A319

Airbus A319 is a minimum change, shortened derivative of the highly successful A320. Role: Medium range airliner National origin: European Multi-national Manufacturer: EADS/Airbus Production line:…


Patrouille de France

Patrouille de France precision aerobatic demonstration team of the French Air Force. Originating in 1931, it is the world’s oldest and one of the most…