On Wednesday 2 October, our honorary member Martin Schröder passed away.His significance for DDA, particularly in the period 1990 – 2010, was of great value in the restoration of the PH-DDZ, which eventually took to the skies in MartinAir livery. With his insights and experiences, he made a great contribution in flying the Dakota, his…
October 11, PH-PBA was parked at Schiphol East, spot K71, waiting for passengers for one of her last flights for DDA Classic Airlines. Today, the passengers are all active DDA volunteers. As a farewell to their Royal DC-3 Dakota, they will fly this special aircraft to Maastricht one last time. After a short city visit,…
The weekend of 5 and 6 October saw the last round-trip flights for paying passengers. For Raymond Boere, journalist at the Algemeen Dagblad, a reason to interview some passengers and our pilots Fabian Schouten and Marco Boevé. Read his article (dutch) on the most beloved aircraft in aviation history here.
Saturday 6 April kicked off the 2024 flying season with the famous ‘Flower bulb flights’ over the colourful flower fields now in full bloom. Pictured by Paul van den Berg are the passengers and crew of the first 2024 roundtrip flight.
The 2024 flying season is approaching and our pilots are again in full swing with their annual ‘refresh’ training programme for the DC-3 Dakota. Part of that took place this Monday at Lelystad with a whole series of circuits. Next week, training will be completed and all our pilots will be ‘current’ and ready for…
Every weekend from April to September, you can take a sightseeing flight with the only airworthy DC- 3 Dakota in the Netherlands, ‘the Princess Amalia’. A unique experience to enjoy the variety of the Dutch landscape at a height of about 300 metres. Especially since 2024 is the last season you can take a sightseeing…
On Oct. 28 and 29, our royal DC-3 Dakota, the PH-PBA, made the final round-trip flights of the 2023 season. Now comes the traditional hibernation. From November through March, the Dakota does not fly because the probability of bad weather conditions is higher on average then than in the other 7 months of the year.…
Saturday, Sept. 23, DDA Classic Airlines at Lelystad Airport welcomed over 150 Friends to Aviodrome. Through a nice gesture by Aviodrome, admission to the Museum was free for DDA Friends that day. Our royal PBA came to Lelystad for the occasion and the planned sightseeing flight attracted much interest from the museum audience. Program In…
Sept. 21 was finally here: the winning class of the Veterans Day Kids Contest 2023 got to take a sightseeing flight in the historic DC-3 Dakota. Group 6B of the Good Shepherd was lucky with the weather. The view from the plane was stunning. In two rounds, the children flew from Schiphol Airport a circuit…
August 19 and 20, our DC-3 Dakota was a guest at Ostend Airport for sightseeing flights over Eernegem, Veldegem, Oostkamp, Bruges, Zeebrugge and Blankenberge. There were also longer routes. One via Aalter, Eeklo, Maldegem, Moerkerke, and Knokke to Zeebrugge and Blankenberge. The other route went via Drongen, Ghent, Terneuzen, Breskens and Zeebrugge back to Ostend.…
