Fellow countryman Nico joined 1000aircraftphotos.com in February 2005. After a few e-mails I met Nico at an aviation fair held at Schiphol Airport. Nico had about the same aviation interest as me: experimental types, prototypes, one-offs or limited produced types.
After retirement Nico assisted as a volunteer at the archive of the aviation museum Aviodrome at Lelystad Airport. That was also the location where Site founder Ron Dupas and his wife Martha met Nico on one of their visits to the Netherlands. Eventually Nico was one of the persons responsible for a small second-hand aviation shop were surplus publications and photos from the archive were sold. In several occasions he tipped me off about available publications on my wanted list, for which I am still grateful.
Nico was an author and co-author of a large number of aviation publications and articles. He was not only one of the largest contributors to our site but also to the site of our contributor Srecko Bradic. Nico was always generous in supplying knowledge, data and photos to others. He will be truly missed.