During the Sixties the RLS Beechcraft D-18S was one of the aircraft which gave Eelde a face. The Rijksluchtvaartschool operated a total of 15 Beechcraft D-18S in the period 1946-1969. Beech D-18S c/n A473 was registered PH-UDU by the Rijksluchtvaartdienst, holder RLS, on 12 December 1948. The registration was cancelled on 24 October 1969, after being withdrawn from use with the Rijksluchtvaartschool. Four Beech D-18S, including PH-UDU, were sold to Dutch Air Sprayers on behalf of Agrarflug. These aircraft were parked in front of the German hangar awaiting resale. The PH-UDU was reregistered N9473 and departed to Worms in Germany.

In April 1969, Grumman G.164A Ag Cat's SE-ENW & SE-ENT arrived at Eelde by car. They were brought in flying condition and registered PH-DAP & PH-DAS on 10 June 1969. The 1966-built PH-DAP was photographed on 30 May 1970, when it headed to the runway during the Eelde Airshow. After take off it showed a great dogfight together with and against sistership PH-DAS. On 31 August 1971, the registrations of both Ag Cats were cancelled after the defunct of Dutch Air Sprayers. They were re-registered as N33508 and N33509 on 16 June 1972.

Dutch Air Sprayers was founded with support of Agragflug, Worms, Germany, in December 1968. However it was an Eelde based operator most of their aircraft were hard to see at the airport. They flew all over the world in countries like Sudan, South Africa and Suriname. Next to the PH-DAP & PH-DAS they operated at least the Ag Cats D-FACU, D-FADA & 5Y-AIZ. For crop-spraying a Hughes 300 was leased from Merava, Germany. As the Benelux dealer for Champion they operated the Citabria N7566F. For sightseeing and instruction flights the Cessna F.172H PH-VVV and TU206C PH-EEG were operated. The four ex.RLS Beech D-18S were bought for Agrarflug during an auction for a total of DFL.120.000. Next to the Beech' DAS brought in Piper L-18C Super Cub N8944. Dutch Air Sprayers defunct in 1971.

On 7 March 1967, Douglas DC-7CF G-ATMF of Transmeridian Cargo was photographed on the Eelde tarmac. Trans Meridian Air Cargo operated in 1967 a number of flights with cattle from Groningen to Teheran, Iran. As the titles Trans Meridian London on the aircraft suggest, the company operated out of London at that time. Trans Meridian Flying Services was initially based at Liverpool and started operations with Douglas C-54B Skymaster G-ARXJ on 1 November 1962. Early 1966, Trans Meridian moved to the London airport Luton.

The Royal Air Force and the A.A.C. were regular visitors since 1959. Until 2002 they were welcome guests. In the sixties with their Beavers and Sioux, later with the Puma and Chinook. They came in for fuel for the aircraft and food for the crew when on route UK - Norway. Forced by complaints of a small action group Groningen Airport Eelde decided early 2002 to close the field for military aircraft. October 2002 it was changed into "Prior Permission Required". Sioux XT 245 was photographed when it was in for fuel together with Sioux XT244 and XT246 on 15 April 1968.

British European Airways ordered 20 Ambassador 2s. BEA called its fleet Elizabethans after the succession of Queen Elizabeth 1. Ambassador G-ALZP was built in 1950. It was originally delivered in 1951 to BEA as G-ALZP; in March 1960 it was sold to the Royal Jordanian Air Force as 109. In September 1960, the Ambassador was transfered to Morocco where was used for the King of Morocco as CN-MAK. It was sold in 1964 to Decca Navigator Co. Ltd. where it was used as a test-bed for their navigation equipment. On 23 May 1968, the G-ALZP was photographed when it stayed for some days at Eelde during the Dutch Aero Fair Eelde.

In 1967, Stinson L-5 Sentinel I-AAAZ was based at Eelde. It was operated by a local dentist who had planned to operate sightseeing flights with this plane. Most of the time the Stinson was parked in the hangar where it was photographed in September 1967. The aircraft, owned by Aero Club Capua, never entered the Dutch register and finaly returned to Italy. The c/n of the Stinson is not known: the Veritas register of 1969 gives the ex Italian Air Force markings MM.52.860. The L-5 was the military version of the commercial Stinson 105 Voyager of 1939.

On 24 May 1968, Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard visited the City of Groningen. As usual on these visits the Government Friendship PH-PBF was used and flown by the Prince himself. Fokker F-27 PH-PBF "Gerben Sonderman" entered service with the Dutch Government on 19 May 1960. The Friendship replaced the Douglas DC-47A PH-PBA and was replaced by the Fokker F-28-1000 Fellowship PH-PBX in 1972. The PH-PBF was sold to NV Fokker on 16 March 1972. The registration PH-PBF was cancelled on 20 March 1973. The Friendship was exported to Indonesia as PK-KFR. It was written off at Banjarmasin on 4 November 1976.

KLM Aerocarto was a regular visitor at Eelde. Based at Rotterdam-Zestienhoven, they operated a number of interesting aircraft like the Douglas C-47A PH-DAW. Porter PH-OTB was registered with KLM Aerocarto NV on 25 May 1961, and replaced De Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide PH-OTA. In November 1969, the Porter was photographed when it was based for some weeks at Eelde. After being retired with KLM Aerocarto it was registered by Paraclub Icarus at Hilversum on 11 July 1972. The registration was cancelled on 5 February 1996. The Porter is still active in France with SARL Baulip Sports as F-GMVS.

Mey-Air A/S was a regular visitor at Eelde with their Beech 99, Beech 100 and Cessna 402. In the early morning these planes came in often on a fuel stop during a regular newspaper flight from Paris to Scandinavia. On 18 December 1969, Convair CV-240 LN-KAP came in on a passengers charter and stayed until the 22nd. It was photographed on 20 December. This CV-240 was originally delivered to SABENA as OO-AWP on 27 March 1949. The Convair was noted before at Eelde when operated by Polaris Air Transport A/S.

In June 1967, five Aeroflot helicopters came in for fuel for the planes and food for the crew on their way to Paris-Le Bourget in France. The Mil Mi-8V CCCP-11052 is a 24-seat multi-role transport transport helicopter powered by two Izotov turboshaft engines. In companion of the Mil Mi-8V CCCP-11052 were Mil Mi-6P CCCP-58647; Mil Mi-6V CCCP-06174; Mil Mi-10K CCCP-29115 & Kamov KA-25 CCCP-21110. Due to the coldwar the Soviet participants of the Paris Air Show flew over Scandinavia, Holland and Belgium on route to Paris. On the return flight, afterwards the show, they stopped again at Groningen-Eelde Airfield.

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