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The airport website says closed until further notice.

It is closed due covid

Read the posts above, they explain the situation and where you need to be

Rough estimation: afternoon.

According to German media, the flyby will consist of an “Israeli Learjet with high-ranking Israeli and German military, accompanied by 2 Typhoon and 2 F-16.” Well, I would make a Gulfstream out of that Learjet... https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/deutsch-israelische-beziehungen-fluegel-an-fluegel-...

Or they arrive before, and there is a welcoming ceremony at that time.

A Notam has been posted for Nörvenich on Monday
A) ETNN
B) 20/08/17 13:00 C) 20/08/17 13:45
E) NO TAKEOFF, NO LANDING, NO PRACT APCH EXCEPT SCHEDULED TRAFFIC.

Maybe this is relevant, maybe it isn’t.

If thats true, it will be interesting to know where to park the car

A Dutch treaty with Morocco has ended, so at the moment no direct flights between Holland and Morocco are possible, until a new treaty is signed. Has nothing to do with corona

It is still possible to visit. However cars and ladders are prohibited close to the fence. And police/MP is actively checking that. So please do not try to put your car or ladders at the fence, as that might have negative consequences for all of us. Also, they put of a second fence behind the perime...

The first crashes mentioned in the topic were a Sabre and a Hawker, which were the drug-jets in the title

Some more crashes came to light:
30th of July N515BA King Air 200
August 1st N17JE Cessna 402
Both crashed in Zulia. Apparently the Air Force shoots them down, because they don’t want the Army to make money with supporting drugs cartels. They want a part of the cake also...

To be continued...

According to German radio news, the first A350 will be delivered to Köln Bonn next week.

Maybe for the flypast over the Olympic village and Dachau?

If there are more participants than the IDF, chance is big they will fly from their homebase. They did so with the last MAGDAYs because of the corona situation.