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Aviation History
1948
1948 - 1945.PDF
NOVEMBER I8TH, 1948 FLIGHT 605 Main hangar and apron at Ypenburg as seen from the control building Activities at Ypenburg Servicing and Charter in Holland : The Work of the Frits Diepen Companies I N this country we are fortunate to have a large choiceof concerns available to undertake' repair and over-haul work for charter companies and private owners. A very large number of charter companies also continue to operate in spite of the difficulties which they experience. For this reason one is liable to overlook the fact that there are other important European countries with few or even no such facilities. The world-wide importance of K.L.M., and the many well-known aircraft built by Dutch manufacturers during the years, have placed Holland high in relation to her size on the list of air-active countries. Since the war, however, a fresh start has had to be made, and, as yet, the aircraft concerns in operation are relatively few. "' One company with a variety of interests is •that of Frits Diepen Vliegtuigen N.V., of Ypenburg. This is, to be exact, the name of the holding company for Aero Holland N.V., charter operators, Avio Diepen N.V., the industrial and trading company, and Aero- drome Ypenburg N.V., the airfield managers. Each of the subsidiaries has its^ieadquarters at Ypenburg airport, where also operates the National Flying School and the Government Flying School. The former is concerned with all private pilot instruction up to A-licence standard, and may shortly undertake also grading work for trie Dutch Air Force. Satis factory results at "the early stages qualify a would-be commercial pilot for entry to the Government school, which is a training unit for K.L.M. and other airline pilots, and members of which wear a uniform. Inci- dentally, Dutch flying school Tigers are simplified ''—if this is possible—by having considerably increased fin area. A personal opinion was expressed that this may be all very well for the club pilot who may graduate B 27 on to a Piper Cub, for instance, and who wants spins to be as gentle as possible, but that it is not so good for a pilot who intends to continue with advanced training and finds the spin of, say, a Harvard something of a shock. Avio Diepen, Ltd., is one of three important organiza- tions dealing with repairs and overhauls in Holland. The others are, of course, Fokker and K.L.M. Fokker are concerned with airframes only, and this class of work is undertaken as a temporary measure. K.L.M. do their own servicing and a great deal of other work for which they have the facilities. Avio Diepen in addition holds an important concession from the Fokker Aircraft Com- pany in the form of sole selling rights for all Fokkcr aircraft up to 1,650 1b payload. This, of course, includes Tiger Moths used by the National Flying School in Holland look rather strange with their greatly increased fin area.
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