This is a personal homepage, so here's a little about me if you're interested ...
'Me' is living in The Hague, The Netherlands. My interest for aircraft started
with the many plastic models I built as a kid. (Yes, I wanted to
become a pilot too.) Later on I discovered the 'incredible world
of rc models'.
As a young adult I did my best to get over it. Yet, there seem to
be no cure... at the age of 39 I was hooked again because I still
had this strong desire to build flying scale models of historic
civil aircraft.
On the web
Next to my modelling I'm also webmaster for the Koolhoven
Aeroplanes Foundation and the historic aviation portal/webring
Dutch
Historic Aviation Sites.
For real
Off course I had to try the real thing as well.
This is me taking a leap in Sauerland, Germany, where
I took
a one-week course hang gliding. Funny thing is I always was scared stiff
when standing on a pair of skis on the slope of a mountain, but I felt
quite at ease with my feet high above.
I also had a trial lesson in this Tecnam P92 of Skyriders at Lelystad Airport. I loved it, but there's a limit to the amount of hobbies you can have, right? I'd better stick to modeling, which is already quite an investment in both time and money. Besides, my real favorite aircraft can only be realized as models.
Love
My little girl loves "airp'anes" too. Here
she's finishing her first model. She works a lot quicker
than her dad.
Here a drawing of her daddy and his airplane.
Descent
The place where I was born is something special.
My parents' ship was moored right next to the office of the Holland-America
Line when I saw life. It's a historical place. Many, many people have
boarded here to find a new life in America. This photograph dates from
1973, when I was seven years old. The ship is the 'Statendam'.
Today the
building is in use as a hotel. It's called "Hotel New York" and
has a very special atmosphere. The lower floor is a great restaurant.
Who can have dinner with a view on his birthplace?
