This year marks exactly 50 years since the popular program first appeared on the tube. Back then it was still called ‘Fly out’. At Van Schie we look back with great pleasure on all those years that our company was allowed to take care of the construction of all the ‘wet’ locations.

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Our pontoons, with all the parts that René Stokvis of the TROS devised in 1973, formed the basis of this longest-running program on TV in the Netherlands. It has been discontinued for over thirteen years, but the program is still alive, even among the younger generations. It’s entertainment of all times, because what could be more fun than ‘seeing someone go to his plate’. And as a participant, you don’t have to be strong or smart or train for years. Anyone can participate, to be a star for one minute. ‘One moment of fame’. Who wouldn’t want that!

Jubilee broadcasts

Recently there have again been some special anniversary broadcasts on TV and a special edition was also held in Delft by students ‘racing’ over the pontoon track on soapboxes to brake at the end and then jump to the bell. At Van Schie for 25 years we had a permanent pontoon team led by Theo Kooyman, who advised the TV people and came up with technical solutions for new parts of the program. Think of Snel naar de Bel, Fiets ‘m d’r in, Hoog en Droog and not to forget the soap ramp for the Tobbedansen. In addition, stable pontoons had to be formed at each location for the rolling cameras. The bell and the twelve-meter pole remained in the shed in Mijdrecht for many years, hoping for a relaunch of the weekly TV program. But alas.

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