After having started this website by the end of 2000, I found it useful to keep track of the changes; the initial start contained 4 pages: on the Douglas DC-3, one each on the DC-4 and DC-6 and one on the Curtiss C-46 Commando. Plus two text pages with general background information on the Curtiss C-46 and the Douglas DC-6.
Soon followed by the Lockheed Constellation plus a page about a visit (my first dedicated propliner visit abroad) to Sharjah (U.A.E.), featuring the Antonov An-8/An-12 and Ilyushin Il-18).
Later the TRAVEL Pages ('Travelogue') were added and indeed, a Blog. In recent years I added my streetphotography and other dedicated non-aviation subjects.
In my About Me one can read how the vintage aviation interest grew and declined.

Since the amount of work on the website is increasingly becoming an issue for me, please consider the following pointers, when sending an email and/or photos: ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS... INCLUDE THE URL (LINK) TO THE WEBPAGE WHEN REFERRING TO SOMETHING ON MY WEBSITE ! State the subject of your email, why is it of interest Where and when was the image taken; make it clear if you do not want to see it used on my website Who is the copyrightholder of the image; did you take the photo? Do not send more than six photos (the size is of no concern) Always sign with your name, I do not reply to emails otherwise

These are the updates:

24Jan26
Scott was the copilot of C-119G N15509 @Tobin Creek,AK - and he described the crash.
Updated the item on the C-119 c/n plate in Vietnam, deemed to be KF-183 (53-8080);C-119 Kaiser-Frazer serial plate

23Jan26
Neville Webb, a trusty contributor to my website, earned a PAGE TWO starting with his images of SBAC 1959 at Farnborough
I received a photo of a C-119 Kaiser-Frazer serial plate, taken at Ho Chi Minh City Airport 1990s.

22Jan26
I recently read about the 2021 passing of Bill Larkins (RIP) and updated my USA 2008 page, for our meeting never came to pass then.

15Jan26
My gallery to identify mysterious plane (wrecks) added a C-45 & a DC-3 USFS training mock-ups. Nil markings inside/out.

08Jan26
'eLaReF' wrote me about the O-or-0 ('obsolete' or zero) on my page Search for..

11Dec25
Derek Lepper shared his 1960s plane spotting days on REMEMBER Brian Stainer's 'Aviation Photo News' & Alan W Hall's 'Aviation News' magazine.

09Dec25
Updated Ken Swartz's gallery with his bio on aviation interest, after we found we shared correspondents.
Updated the Sri Lankan propliners by Hans v.d. Vlist on Guestphotos_#68

08Dec25
Miss Madison, DC-3 N486C restoration in Montana, updated on fine progress in 2025: Guestphotos_#68
Updated Neville Webb's gallery with his 1959 memories of the RAE Gliding School.

05Dec25
An update on Abandoned Plane Wrecks of the North for the DC-3 wreck N95391 in the Yukon

02Dec25
Added another batch (33) of scanned military publicity photos to my Archive Military Aviation

01Dec25
DC-3 N147DC is to be sold to the USA; updated my Drag-ém-Oot page

25Nov25
Updated below item on Neville's gallery with 4 more historic photos.

20Nov25
Added on Neville Webb's Aviation History page photos & memories, reminiscing of his days at the RAE Technical School 1958-1959.

19Nov25
Concluded 3 pages on my SICILY, TRAVELOGUE

13Nov25
Updated my USA 2014 @Greybull Report with details of c/n 10872 out of Simon Beck's C-119 Flying Boxcar book

09Nov25
Peter Hill provided newspaper clippings to add to the Abandoned Plane Wreck of the North item yesterday
Updated my history of the Bakalar Air Museum C-119 on my webpage USA2014 @Greybull by details sent by Skip Taylor.

08Nov25
Peter C. Hill wrote me about another interesting plane @Abandoned Plane Wreck of the North, read about Operation Attaché

07Nov25
Updated John Giambone's contribution of NC-131B N793VS with more photos and information

30Oct25
Clive Turner offered an identiy (N653PB) for the vanished DC-6 YN-BWZ, on SearchFor...
Updated Photos by Friends & Guests #29 on the crash of DHC-2 C-FDPW at Island Lake, Man.

29Oct25
Phil Brooks sent me this summer's pix of a Twin Beech at a minigolf in Ocena City,MD; OFF-AIRPORT N.AMERICA
Keith Simpson shared some anecdotes of his father's aviation career, on USCan 2009 (Mason)
John Giambone shared a recent photo of Convair NC-131H N793VS at the National Museum of the US Air Force (Dayton, OH)
Ken Dudley wrote a nice account on his affiliation w/ C-47 42-24296, WW2-1960s (disappeared 1963), incl. WW2 food droppings @Schiphol

28Oct25
Updated Neville Webb's gallery with his early photos taken at Sandy Lake, Ontario

06Oct25
Updated my 'Harry Holmes, former correspondent' on my Photos by Friends & Guests #68

05Oct25
Updated Frits Klinkhamer's gallery on my website with present status and plans for Ju 52 'D-AQUI'.
Updated my Schiphol, the Old Days with scanned images from a 1983 book when I worked there during '79-'21.

03Oct25
BLOG (non-aviation): finished 2025-Q3 and started 2025-Q4

29Sep25
Updated my FAIRBANKS 2012 Report for planes of Brooks Fuel on auction; did they go?

25Sep25
My Photos by Friends & Guests #68 has a series of recent pix by John Giambone of DC-3s N33VW & NC33644 @Huntington,IN
Nice update for my Q&A page for history on 42-24295, the trail ends in Florida 1963, likely sold abroad and vanished

24Sep25
Updated Neville Webb's gallery on my website, with a 1980s visit of a DH Caribou visit to Sandy Lake, Ontario

22Sep25
Added a report of the Market Garden / Battle of Arnhem 2025 Memorial with para drops over Ginklese Heide

13Sep25
ARCHIVE: added another page of scanned propliner slides: SCANS OF COLOUR SLIDES - PAGE THREE

11Sep25
Posted a status update on ATL.98 Carvair 'Fat Annie' @Gainesville,TX on my TEXAS 2015 REPORT

09Sep25
For the bucketlist: On Freedom's Wings was unveiled in September 2025; Guestphotos_#68

08Sep25
Updated my Photos by Friends & Guests #68 with a fine image of HU-16B N51ZD.
Progress to about twothirds on my Scanned Propliners Archive, Page #3

06Sep25
Miss Madison, a DC-3 restoration in Ennis,MT, getting a primer applied. Guestphotos_#68

02Sep25
Updated my visit to F/O MERVYN WHEATLEY & SPITFIRE PR IB N3069 PROJECT, minor alterations, some added info

28Aug25
Added a report on my visit to F/O MERVYN WHEATLEY & SPITFIRE PR IB N3069 PROJECT, museum @Doetinchem

12Aug25
Updated my USCan2009 page for info on DC-3 C-GYBA of Yellow Bird, provided by Keith Simpson
TRAVEL: added 5 pages on my ENGLAND 2025 TRAVELOGUE (Non-aviation)

06Aug25
Neville Webb added (restoration) details on RCAF Liberator 586 (in St. John's,NFL.)

29Jul25
Added visit to the Yorkshire Air Museum (YAM) near York (04JUL25)

22Jul25
Added visit RAF COSFORD AIR MUSEUM 02JUL25

19Jul25
Added visit to MIDLAND AIR MUSEUM @COVENTRY-BAGINTON 01JUL25

16Jul25
Tim Chaloner added info on 2 of Austin J. Brown's (R.I.P.) images.

15Jul25
A visit y'day to the Aviodrome led to updates on AVIODROME 2025 and Don McDonald's propliner memories on my website
Report on Aero Legend's 'Battle of Britain' air show on Headcorn Aerodrome in Kent, England 28June25
STREETPHOTOGRAPHY: depicted some people in the crowd of Headcorn Aerodrome: COLOUR | B&W

24Jun25
JoeJoe Prince sent a photo of DC-6 N444CE visiting Bethel,AK on 16Jun25. His gallery page #3

13Jun25
Updated my ICELAND 2007 REPORT for the relocation of C-47A TF-ISB to Sólheimasandur

07Jun25
Another batch of publicity photos (20), sent to me upon my request for military photos. Military publicity photos (1970s)

04Jun25
Added another Archive Folder: Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, publicity material from 1970s

01Jun25
Added history to Learstar N5056 on Scanned Archive Images and corrected links (html coding)

30May25
Updated my C-119 Dossier page #4 with 2 photos, dug up from the attic, date from my early years in military aviation interest.

29May25
More stuff from the attic digitized for my Website Archive: military planes, a.o. publicity material sent to me by officials, PAGE 2 (military)

26May25
Updated my C-119 Dossier #4 for the C-119 appearing in the film Jurassic World Dominion

23May25
Neville Webb sent me a 1960s update, planes seen at Nairobi's Wilson Airport. HIS AVIATION HISTORY GALLERY

18May25
Compiled a page of my 17May25 visit to the Aviodrome Aviation Themepark event

15May25
Updated my page DDA Airlines with a few notes from excellent article in 'Vleugels' (2024 #6) titled EINDE DDA

14May25
Updated/finalized my SCANNED PROPLINERS ARCHIVE PAGE #2 (a.o.) for the Russian Propliners (Ilyushin & Antonov transports)

10May25
Updated a more or less forgotten webpage, my preserved aircraft strewn around in The Netherlands: Thereabouts
NON-AVIATION: compiled a list of British CASTLES & ABBEYS we've visited, plus relevant links to my web reports (TRAVEL)

08May25
M. Prophet sent me an image of DC-3 HK-1505W. BOG Nov.'77 by Stephen Piercey (Chris Mak collection); SCANNED PROPLINERS ARCHIVE PAGE #2

07May25
Kenneth Swartz added details to DC-3 C-GYBA of Yellow Bird Air; SCANNED PROPLINERS ARCHIVE PAGE #2

06May25
Progressing nicely on another page SCANNED PROPLINERS ARCHIVE PAGE #2, mostly DC-3s today; rest will follow.
I looked up N33623 at Mason Airfield (FAA identifier NH76) in 2009, received kind updates and now I have a scanned slide to add

05May25
Update on Norseman CF-LZO, long time (stored) resident at Selkirk: donated to The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum @Brandon
Progressing nicely on another page SCANNED PROPLINERS ARCHIVE PAGE #2

04May25
Updated my ARCHIVE: Former Military Correspondents with help from Tony Szulc
TRAVEL: BELGIUM FOMU ANTWERP & BRUGGE (Non-aviation)

01May25
Updated my Transnorthern 2012 report with clarification on current status of Alan Larson and Andrea; nice memories!

19Apr25
Updated my Remembering Soesterberg AB, and my plane spotting days there, with Swedish Air Force visitors

18Apr25
Updated Guestphotos #25 and Frans Truyens' Propliners for update on C-53D c/n 11737, now F-HVED (ex/ N49AG)

15Apr25
Added B&W military scans sent to me by (Adrian?) Evans in the 1970s; my former correspondents

14Apr25
Added B&W scans by Javier Saez Sanz & Lucio Alfieri to my former correspondents and global trading partners

13Apr25
Updated Don McDonald's 'Propliner Days' with 2 more photos of his Tampico deployment, flying a Conair DC-4 on contract

08Apr25
Updated my IN MEMORIAM page dedicated to Austin J. Brown, a pilot / author / photographer; added a series of 1970s B&W photos
Everts finally got rid of C-119 N9027K which was dismantled and transported to Pilots Lodge FLY8MA at Big Lake. AlCan2006 updated

07Apr25
Contributions by Jay Ladell & Ethan Hrabovski led to the location of the Avro York CF-HMV, Abandoned Plane Wrecks

05Apr25
Added Bruce Linwood and MSgt Benjamin Knowles to my page dedicated to my former correspondents and global trading partners

04Apr25
Updated Page #2 Vintage aviation photos by Martin ('JoeJoe') Prince Jr on Noorduyn Norseman N78691 being for sale.

02Apr25
Former correspondents Bruce Linwood and T.Matsuzaki added to my Archive: CORRESPONDENTS. Military B&W scans.

01Apr25
Non-aviation: MyBlog_2025Q1 was closed, an item on Amsterdam Streetlife ca.1900 by G.H.Breitner opens MyBlog_2025Q2

31Mar25
STREETPHOTOGRAPHY: added photos of the visit KEUKENHOF Holland: COLOUR 2025 and B&W

30Mar25
Clive Turner helped on a query for RCAF C-119s by 'John' for my Q&A page

27Mar25
Clive Turner checked my Q&A page and wrote replies on the Roger Sears' question, Elizabeth about DC-3 1943 crash and
the item pertaining Pan American Consolidated Commodore 16, named Porto Rico, registered NC664M.

24Mar25
STREETPHOTOGRAPHY: added photos of the Halfvasten Angerlo 2025 parade: COLOUR 2025 and B&W

20Mar25
Update visit to The Aviodrome today

17Mar25
TRAVEL: editted / updated / expanded my Tunesia 1982 travelogue; now showing 70 images

08Mar25
TRAVEL: updated, and expanded with plenty more pix, my BALI - 1981 travelogue

07Mar25
Lennart Venus shared on FB pix which I copied some on my Mystery DC-3 in the Yukon, as an update
TRAVEL: updated, and expanded with plenty more pix, my INDONESIA 1981 travelogue

28Feb25
Jackson Baumstark shared a 2021 of C-131 N7813B/53-7813 at Yankee Air Museum (Willow Run), in the Cold War hangar, HERE..
Updated my Red Deer visit @Buffalo + Red Deer visit 2007 for a new owner of N856RB, now converted to Basler Turbo BT-67

21Feb25
The Netherlands Transport Museum in Nieuw Vennep was closed a few years ago, now the search for new housing has failed too. Curtains!

19Feb25
Dave Brown of Iowa, with whom I exhanged mil aviation slides for 15 years, added to my page Correspondents
Updated my page with historic aviation images by Jacques Hémet, for information of his passing was (fortunately) erroneous.

18Feb25
Created a new page, CORRESPONDENTS, harking back to the days I exchanged photos, negatives and slides

17Feb25
Updated my Greybull 2014 visit (page #2) for the move of Tanker 97 to the Museum of Aerial Firefighting

16Feb25
Added recent photo of HS.748 CR-833 (preserved) by Hans v.d. Vlist on my Photos by Friends & Guests #68

15Feb25
Updated my QA page on a question ref 2 Inair Panama Sixes HP-523 (scrapped @PTY?) and HP-503 (drugsrunner destroyed Texas 1982)

11Feb25
Martin Mars C-FLYK made it safely down south, at Lake Pleasant,AZ (via Alameda,CA). Photos by Friends & Guests #68.

10Feb25
Finally there's a book on the C-119 Individual Histories, by Simon D. Beck. See my C-119 Dossier (bottom page)

07Feb25
Updated my Abandoned Plane Wrecks of the Arctic North, on Bristol Freighter CF-WAC @Big Trout Lake, details from a crew member!
More updates by Clive Turner on The tangled histories of DC-6s HK-1776 and HK-1776W: did N95BL (cn 45220) change into HK-1776 (2)?

29Jan25
Clive Turner found additional information on the B-25 wreckage (N58HA) in Alaska, see my Searchfor page

28Jan25
Clive Turner corrected my omission for 1980s YN-BWN c/n: see my Searchfor page

23Jan25
Updated my Deep South propliner travelogue (2001) for the relocation of Douglas C-53 N4003

22Jan25
Updated my Langley air museum (Canadian Museum of Flight) page, visits 2006 & 2007, which is preparing a move

19Jan25
Starliner N7316C had a representative roll out in Hamburg 17Jan2025; updated my Auburn Starliner project, visits 2009 & 2011 page

17Jan25
Clive Turner wrote a DC-6 suggestion for the tale of mystery surrounding possible 2 identities DC-6 HK-1776 and HK-1776W

16Jan25
Updated my search for the unidentified C-47 at Craig Mun'l Airport,FL with a 1986 photo; my Searchfor.. page

15Jan25
Updated my LINKS page, removed some dead links and some others were corrected

11Jan25
Photos by Friend & Guests #68 opens with images of North Weald's remaining C-54 being scrapped

10Jan25
FB post showed C-54 N67024 for sale at Houma, LA. See Photos by Friends & Guests #67. Pretty much complete, but can't ferry.

08Jan25
Updated my Search page #141 added 2 1960s pix of KLM DC-7CF, one of PH-DSE. Need locations verified
Added to my Search page #141 a request to identify a derelict DC-3/C-47 @Craig Mun'l AP / Jacksonville Executive Airport,Florida

01Jan25
Added onto my Searchfor.. page an unidentified DC-3, 'sans'wings on 01Nov92 at Craig Mun'l Airport in Florida.
Updated my Search page #141 a 1960s/70s pic of KLM DC-7F, established 1963-1969 a the search bracket

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31Dec24
Added onto my Search page #141 a 1960s/70s pic of KLM DC-7F; need details on where, perhaps also when & which DC7F
Updated my Searchfor page for an update of Li-2 (no c/n) at Kamenny Mlyn, near a local restaurant (now b/u)

28Dec24
From my Propliners slides collection I had a selection (ca.100) scanned, editted them and put them on my ARCHIVE gallery

27Dec24
Updated my page concerning Jacques Hémet's gallery, mainly my concern if he is still among us? EMAIL

18Dec24
Update to my CANADA 2007 @Winnipeg, air museums exchange of aircraft (Winnnipeg to Brandon)

17Dec24
Updated my USA 2008 - Hayward page for an inquiry'what happened to Bud Field Aviation a Hayward'. Result not conclusive.

16Dec24
Roy Blewett confirmed HU-16 at Concepcion, Philippines is 137906. See Don McDonald's gallery.
John Giambone managed to get a tour in the Moto Art facility near Los Angeles: see Photos by Friends & Guests #67
Also added the 4 'Survivors' issues (2002, 2007, 2012, 2017) to my Remembering my Reference Books

14Dec24
Some text (locations) updates on Don McDonald's gallery plus more details of -40C flying ops, on his propliner days