From, Luchtvaartkennis 1996/6;
Mr. Van Dijk built a biplane in 1920,also he designed a glider with Carley in 1911;
THE VAN DIJK Biplane
A few years ago came out of a box of glass
gatiefs, which are in the collection of the National
Aviation Museum Aviodome, one
blurred image of a totally unknown
aircraft type emerging. Now each makes
museum sometimes agrees that the most beautiful
s are done in the own collection, but in
this case might be the pictured plane
be anonymous for years to come
gone as in the background of the glass negative
would not be a Dutch-language poster
been. It was primarily this at first
poster that caught the eye
The glass negative consisted of two glass plates
attached together with black paper.
On one of these papers it turned out in detail
study a thin stroke, which after
study the text "Airplane of the Lord
C. van Dijk ”appeared to form. And the plane
may be unknown, the builder C.van Dijk
it certainly was not ...
The aircraft manufacturer Coen van Dijk
Coen van Dijk has become known as "the closest friend in the shadow of Joop Carley."
In 1911 he built a glider together with Carley. This glider was turned in turn
staffed by Carley and Van Dijk, at Duindigt
towed up behind a car. A crash, dic
Coen van Dijk almost cost the life ?, ended
these experiments. In 1913 the two friends took over an (even then) old Blériot from the
Bennebroekse flour merchant Klaas Beers ". This
aircraft, however, turned out not to be flyworthy and na
the Blériot was cracked many attempts. In 1914
the two friends bought an airplane in Belgium4. Shortly afterwards, Coen van Dijk was called up
for military service. At some point in
World War I - we don't know exactly
when - waved off Coen van Dijk and from that
At the moment he probably worked on a new plane in a garage. It
became a biplane, probably around 1920
with a five-cylinder radial engine, further on
little is known. Although the biplane on the
photo seems to be almost completely finished is nothing
known about any flight attempts. Only this
photo confirms that the aircraft has ever
stand!