This very small area in between trees and hills, situated at the northern part of Beekhuizerzand, is used by Cougar crews only. The Chinook is to large to fit..
This Viggen last served with Flygflottilj 21 ‘Norbotten’ at Luleå-Kallax in Northern Sweden. Previously 37901 had served F13 at Norrköping and F10 at Ångelholm.
On 19 May 1951, the Rolls-Royce Nene-powered Machtrainer prototype S.14/2 (PH-NDY) made her maiden flight from Amsterdam-Schiphol, in a KLu c/s and marked ‘K-1’. The aircraft transferred to the NLR in August 1961, registered PH-XIV.
Seen here, devoid of her NVA-LSK marks, ‘473’, one of 52 Typ 94K SPS-Ks, with a GP-9 gun pod under the centre line, entered service with JG-1 at Cottbus-Nord in April 1968, before transfer to the Militärtechnische Schule at Bad Düben as GIA in 1971.