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Air Band Antennas
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Aircraft Photos by Michel van
Klaveren
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This page contains a wide range of test
aircraft photos taken from all over the world. You can
also check out Michel's own F-4 site at: http://www.f-4.nl
All North Spin photographs are Copyright © by the
photographers that took them, and are not to be
re-posted or redistributed.
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Subject:
F-16BM - Netherlands AF Test (KTV) -
J-653 (#80-3653) |
Location: Unknown |
Date: ?/?/1995 |
Notes: J-653
worked as a test aircraft for the
Netherlands test unit based at
Volkel (EHVK) for a number of years.
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Subject:
F-16B - Netherlands AF Test (KTV) -
J-653 (#80-3653) |
Location: Volkel
AFB, Netherlands |
Date: ?/?/1987 |
Notes: J-653 was
originally built by Fokker for
Holland as F-16B Block 15F #80-3653.
The aircraft was eventually sold to
the Jordanian Air Force in 2007.
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Subject:
F-16BM - Netherlands AF Test (KTV) -
J-066 (#87-0066) |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: #066 is
nicknamed the "Orange Jumper" and
has been utilized in the F-16 Mid
Life Update program with KTV at
Leeuwarden. The aircraft was
originally built by Fokker for
Holland as an F-16B Block 15AC OCU.
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Subject:
F-104G -Italian AF Test RSV - Side
#RS05 Serial #MM6589 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: ?/?/1989 |
Notes: This F-104
worked in the Italian test unit RSV.
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Subject:
F-104S -Italian AF Test RSV - Serial
#MM6827 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: ?/?/1999 |
Notes: #6827 is
pictured here in a Reparto
Sperimentale Volo (RSV) 50th
anniversary paint scheme. The
aircraft was eventually put on
static display at the entrance to
RSV. This was the only special
scheme the test unit ever had.
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Subject:
F-104G - German AF WTD 61 - #26+20 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: ?/?/1988 |
Notes: This
German test aircraft wears a LVR1
(Luftwaffe Vresorgungs
Regiment) logo on the tail.
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Subject:
NF-5A - Netherlands AF Test - Serial
#K-3001 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: ?/?/1982 |
Notes: This
aircraft was part of a test group
that was based at Twenthe AB between
1971 and 1984. Once the F-16s
arrived, the unit disbanded. K-3001
eventually went to the Turkish Air
Force.
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Subject:
F-5E - Swiss AF Test (GRD) - Side #001
Serial #J-3001 (#76-1526) |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: #001 is
pictured in a special paint scheme
while it was with the Gruppe für
Rüstungsdienste (GRD) Flugversuche.
J-3001 was first in the lot from
serial 76-1526 to 76-1591, which all
went to Switzerland.
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Subject:
Mirage 3S - Swiss AF Test (GRD) -
J-2302 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: 9/?/1983 |
Notes: Note the
single large test camera target on
the side of the aircraft.
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Subject:
PC-12 - Swiss AF Test (BFWM) - HB-FOG |
Location: Unknown |
Date: 5/?/2007 |
Notes: This PC-12
is assigned to the Swiss AF test
unit; Waffensysteme, Fahrzeuge und
Material (BFWM).
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Subject:
CF-104D - Canadian AETE - Side #652
Serial #104652 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: 9/?/1983 |
Notes: #652 is
pictured here while attached to the
Canadian Aerospace Engineering Test
Establishment (AETE).
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Subject:
CF-116D (CF-5D) - Canadian AETE - Side
#831 Serial #116831 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: The large
red 'X' is the mark of the Canadian
Test Establishment.
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Subject:
Mirage 3B - EPNER - Serial #231 |
Location: Istres
Air Base - Le Tubé, France |
Date: 6/?/1996 |
Notes: Seen in a
then new paint scheme celebrating
the 50th anniversary of the French
Test Pilot School. The opposite side
of the aircraft had "1996".
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Subject:
Canberra Mk20 - Australian FRADU -
Side #240 Serial #A84-240 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: 9/?/1981 |
Notes: Sent to
the RNZAF Museum at Christchurch
after 6515 hours with the RAAF in
1982, in exchange for an RNZAF
Harvard.
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Subject:
RP-3A - USN Naval Research Laboratory
- Side #670 BuNo 149670 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: Originally
built as a P-3A. #670 was sent to
AMARC on 5/19/94
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Subject:
F-4E - USAF 46th TW 40th FLTS - Serial
#72-0144 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: Sent to
AMARC 9/28/92. Sent to BAE Mojave to
be converted into QF-4E (AF-226)
11/30/00, then sent to Tyndall.
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Subject:
F-4G - USAF 4485th TS - Serial
#69-7206 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: Originally
built as an F-4E and loaned to
Australia. It was sent back to the
USAF in 1973 and eventually modified
into an F-4G.
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Subject:
RF-4C - USAF 4485th TS - Serial
#69-0362 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: Sent to
AMARC as FP0636 3/28/91.
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Subject:
RF-4E - German AF WTD 61 - Serial
#35+83 (69-7530 ) |
Location: Unknown |
Date: ?/?/1988 |
Notes: This
Luftwaffe test F-4 is pictured in an
experimental camo scheme. It was
eventually sent to Turkey in 1993.
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Subject:
RF-4E - German AF WTD 61 - Serial
#98+01 (69-7448 ) |
Location: Unknown |
Date: ?/?/1995 |
Notes: 98+01 is
pictured in a special paint scheme
to celebrate the final flight of the
RF-4. This aircraft eventually went
to Turkey in 1995.
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Subject:
F-16A - Netherlands AF Test (KTV) -
Serial #J-646 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: ?/?/1986 |
Notes: J-646 was
the first "Orange Jumper" F-16 used
in the Kantoor Testvliegen test
group. It was the only 'A' model to
ever serve with the test unit. 646
was eventually given the MLU
upgrade.
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Subject:
XF-2A - JSDAF Hiko Kaihatsu (ADTW) -
Side #502 Serial #63-8501 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: 9/?/2005 |
Notes: #502 is
the second XF-2 prototype, assigned
to Japan's Air Development Test
Wing.
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Subject:
F-4EJ - JSDAF Hiko Kaihatsu (ADTW) -
Side #301 Serial #17-8301 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: 9/?/2005 |
Notes: A Phantom
used in Japan's Air Development Test
Wing based at Gifu AB.
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Subject:
T-1B - JSDAF Hiko Kaihatsu (ADTW) -
Side #810 Serial #05-5810 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: 9/?/2005 |
Notes: Wearing a
special JSDAF 50th anniversary paint
scheme.
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Subject:
AB-212AM - Italian AF Test RSV - Side
#RS35 Serial #MM81144 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: This
helicopter worked with the Italian
test unit; Reparto Sperimentale Volo
- 311Gr.
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Subject:
AMX - Italian AF Test RSV - Serial
#MM7093 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: Seen here
while with the Reparto Sperimentale
Volo - 311Gr, but eventually went to
Treviso-Sant'A.
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Subject:
F-104S - Italian AF Test RSV - Side
#RS06 Serial #MM6898 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: Was
eventually sent to the Turkish Air
Force.
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Subject:
G-222TCM - Italian AF Test RSV - Side
#RS51 Serial #MM62130 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: This
aircraft eventually went to Pisa-San
Giust.
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Subject:
Tornado IDS - Italian AF Test RSV -
Side #RS01 Serial #MM7001 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: Eventually
went to Vigna di Valle.
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Subject:
MB-326G - Italian AF Test RSV - Side
#RS19 Serial #MM54289 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: Eventually
sent to Poggio Renatic.
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Subject:
MB-326G - Italian AF Test RSV - Side
#RS20 Serial #MM54290 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: Eventually
sent to Roma-Guidonia.
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Subject:
P-180AM - Italian AF Test RSV - Serial
#MM62164 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: "Aeronautica
Militare" on the side.
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Subject:
PD-808GE1 - Italian AF Test RSV -
Serial #MM61958 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: Eventually
sent to the 14°Stormo at Pratica di
Mare.
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Subject:
Su-22M-4 - German AF WTD 61 - Serial
#98+14 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: Previously
marked as 25+29. The aircraft is
pictured here while painted in a
special "Last Flight 1998" tiger
scheme.
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Subject:
Tornado ECR - German AF WTD 61 -
Serial #98+03 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: Still
working at Manching as of 2007.
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Subject:
F-111A - USAF 337th TS - Serial
#67-0050 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: #050 was
one of the last F-111A models flying
at the time of this photo. The
aircraft was assigned to the 337th
TS at McClellan AFB, CA, which
handled all F-111 depot work. Sent
to AMARC 7/28/94.
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Subject:
Rafale B - French AF Test (CEV) -
Serial (Prototype) B01 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: The B01
was the first two seat Rafale B
model to be tested. It had its first
flight in April of 1993. It's seen
here while testing with the Centre
d'Essais en Vol.
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Subject:
C-212 - French AF Test (CEV) - Serial
#378 (F-ZVMP) |
Location: Unknown |
Date: 9/?/2006 |
Notes: This
aircraft can also be utilized by the
French Test Pilot school.
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Subject:
Alpha Jet E - EPNER - Serial #E80 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: 8/?/2007 |
Notes: Assigned
to the French Test Pilot School.
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Subject:
Mirage 2000B - French AF Test (CEV) -
Serial #501 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: A Rafale
nose is mounted to the front of the
aircraft.
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Subject:
N-262A - EPNER - Serial #55 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: 9/?/2006 |
Notes: Assigned
to the French Test Pilot School.
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Subject:
T-1B - JSDAF APW - Side #857 Serial
#25-5857 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: The Hiko
Kaihatsu replaced the old APW test
unit at Gifu.
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Subject:
XT-2 - JSDAF Hiko Kaihatsu (ADTW) -
Side #102 Serial #29-5102 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: Pictured
in a special 50th anniversary paint
scheme. "ADTW" on the side stands
for the Air Development Test Wing at
Gifu AB, Japan.
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Subject:
Mirage 3E - French AF Test (CEV) -
Serial #605 |
Location: Unknown |
Date: 6/?/1996 |
Notes: This
Mirage is pictured with a IIIR nose
attached, and an E/c 2 badge on its
tail for the 80th anniversary of
Escadron de Chasee 2/4.
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Subject:
T-50 - ROKAF 281st T&E - Serial
#001 |
Location: Dubai,
United Arab Emirates |
Date: 11/21/2005 |
Notes: Korean
Aerospace Industries' first T-50
"Golden Eagle".
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Subject:
F-16CG - USAF 53rd Wing 422nd TES -
Serial #88-0423 |
Location: Nellis
AFB, NV |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: A Block
42B F-16 working with the "Green
Bats".
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Subject:
XP-1 - Kawasaki Test - Side #01 Serial
#5501 |
Location: Gifu AB,
Japan |
Date: Unknown |
Notes: Also known
as the P-X, the XP-1 is Kawasaki's
maritime patrol P-3 replacement
aircraft. It made its first flight
from Gifu on 9/28/07.
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