BAPA Open doors (open to the public) September 12th 10:00-17:00

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Event 23, 24 et 25 mai 2015, à Sart-Bernard

Thanks to Nicolas & Eric from Bapa a Rolls Royce Merlin will be on display

ASSESSE 14-18 & 40-45 — Commune d'Assesse - Site officiel Dans le cadre des commémorations des deux Guerres mondiales, un événement d'envergure vous est proposé durant tout le week-end des 23, 24 et 25 mai 2015, à Sart-Bernard, par l'APEA et un comité de passionnés Assessois, en étroite collaboration avec… http://www.assesse.be/news/expo

BAPA News

December 2014. Classics wings published an article about the BAPA last activities

And we sent the last BAPA News

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	January 2015
	2014 first year of operation in perspective

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BAPA Pictures albums updated

Pictures Albums updated

BAPA North American B-25 J 44-30925 in restoration 2014/12 Pictures taken during the restoration of the North American B-25 J 44-30925 in the workshop of the BAPA in Gembloux See us at www.bapa.be Updated December 21st, 2014 Picture album Diaporama  A B-25 back to Belgium North American B-25 Mitchell "44-30925" undercarriage restoration 12/2014 Pictures of the restoration of the undercarriage of the North American B-25 Mitchell "44-30925" by Laurent.  Updated December 21st, 2014 Picture album Diaporama  BAPA Gembloux Jacobs engine 12/2014 A private project. Vincent is restoring for static display a Jacobs engine. See us at www.bapa.be Updated December 21st, 2014 Picture album Diaporama  Sablier Chanute glider Updated December 21st, 2014 Picture album  USS Hornet scale model Updated December 21st, 2014 Picture album

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BAPA.be - Pictures albums updated

BAPA.be - Pictures albums updated Belgian Aviation Preservation Association asbl/vzw Aviation preservation, Belgium, aircraft, North American B-25, aircraft Preservation, Gembloux, Aviation archives, Flying Flea, Avro Lancaster PD309, Slingsby TX1, Durondeau L-180 OO-BCN The ass… http://www.bapa.be/pictures-album

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BAPA Rien ne sera ni perdu ni détruit / Nothing will be lost or destroyed

Rien ne sera ni perdu ni détruit La BAPA est une jeune asbl qui regroupent des passionnés d'aviation qui ont accumulé des centaines d'années d'expérience dans le sauvetage, la restauration et la préservation du patrimoine aéronautique, principalement belge. Au BAPA, il n'y a pas d'avions, de documents, d'outils ou d'objets aéronautiques qui soient en double, excédentaires, inutiles ou sans histoires. Nous sommes tous bénévoles et n'avons pas besoin de spécialistes rétribués fort cher pour savoir que ces "objets" sont tous des témoignages uniques de NOTRE histoire et de NOTRE patrimoine commun. Nous n'en sommes que les conservateurs temporaires pour les générations futures. Chaque pièce du plus petit rivet jusqu'au bombardier de la Seconde Guerre mondiale en passant par les planeurs l'incroyable histoire méconnue du plus vieux rêve de l'homme : Voler ! Ce qui n'est pas directement utilisé est préservé et trouvera demain une nouvelle jeunesse dans un de nos projets ou dans celui d'une autre équipe dont les buts sont les mêmes que les nôtres. Si vous disposez d'avions, de pièces d'avions, d'instruments, d'outils, de documents, de tout objets aéronautiques dont vous voulez garantir la pérennité, nous pouvons vous assurer de leur sauvegarde, et ainsi éviter que des vandales ou des iconoclastes fassent disparaître toute trace de votre histoire ou de votre passion. Aujourd'hui nous recherchons particulièrement tout équipement pour le B-25 Mitchell ainsi que tout outillage de tollerie. Au BAPA, nous construisons le futur avec notre riche passé commun.             The Mitchell rescue and delivery at BAPA workshop some years later Nothing will be lost or destroyed BAPA is a young non-profit organization created by aviation fans and restorers, who together repersnt more than hundred years of accumulated aircraft restoration experience, mainly in Belgium. Within BAPA, there's no single piece of hardware, document , tool, that is redundant, unused or without its bit of history. We are all volunteers, and do not need highly paid "professionals" to tell us that all we own or guard represents a piece of our Country's history.  We just preserve artifacts for the future generations. Every item, from the smallest rivet to a WW2 medium bomber tell us the unbelievable history of mankind's oldest dream: flying. What we do not immediately use for on-going restorations is and will be preserved for further use. If you own, or happen to know someone who owns, aircraft artifacts (up to and including whole aircrafts), be it tools, instruments, documents, logs, that you want to preserve for future generations, we can guarantee you their preservation,  so avoiding "good willed iconoclasts" actions to scrap or destroy what they do not identify as worthy. Mainly today, we are looking for everything that is North-American B-25 Mitchell related, as well as sheet iron (or light alloy) tooling. BAPA builds the future by preserving the past. The Austria at recovery and after refurbishing If you wish to join BAPA, visit us or learn more about our activities, you are welcome to contact us at contact@bapa.be Any support, financial as well in gift of tools, archive or aircraft is still welcome. See more at http://www.bapa.be/how-to-help-us Many happy landings All pictures available from our picture albums The Mitchells engines acquired thanks to our sponsors and delivered in August 2014 Manuals and a scale model given to BAPA. All manuals are scanned to be easily available and definitively  preserved

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BAPA Newsletter October 2014

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	October 2014
All the pictures of the event here	Successful 2nd Open door afternoon Last Sunday October 5th, the Belgian Aviation Preservation Association organized her 2nd Open Door afternoon. The young nonprofit organization dedicated to save, restore and preserve the aviation heritage in Belgium officially launched in September 2013 wanted to invite friends, sponsors and aviation maniacs to share the results of the first year of operation. It was also the occasion to show the B-25 Michell engines to the sponsors who helped to acquire theses essential parts for the "B25 back to Belgium" project. The results of the year are quite incredible : - Participation to the TV Show 1001 Belges - Croses Airplume saved and preserved - Phoebus glider saved and preserved - Austria Glider restored and put on display - Airfield lighting equipment gift put on display - Lockheed P-38 display completed - Progress on the Flying Flea OO-04 - Start of the restoration of the first Slingsby and manufacturing of a new support for flight simulation. - Digital library of technical manual : volume increase of 20 % - Gifts : Scale models, books, tools, - Visits : Every Saturday and at least 3 groups visits. - Successful experimentation of electrolyze to restore steel parts.   B-25 Mitchell - Front undercarriage  restoration completed - Main undercarriage  restoration started - B-25 front compartment repairs anti corrosion treatment - Engine crowd funding campaign, acquisition and transport The event was also the occasion to remember a friend who just left us a few days before. Georges Pradez was an unique animator on the Belgian national radio but he was also a talented scale modeller and an aviation lover. Since the early time of the BAPA, he was always there when help was needed. He was also a "no way to stop" story teller about aviation as well a permanent source of innovation and new ideas in our activities. We decided to give his name to the workshop of the BAPA and in the presence of members of his family and friends a plate was unveiled wearing his name. Further initiatives remembering the memory of Georges are already running. We hope in the future to honour other great Belgian aviation figures. The end of the official part of the open day was marked by a flypast by 3 flying machines piloted by friends including the most iconic Belgian aircraft : A Stampe SV4 As there was still a lot of things to eat and drink at the buffet, promising discussions continued long in the afternoon. Thanks again to the ones who helped to make this year and this event successful. If you wish to join BAPA, visit us or learn more about our activities, you are welcome to contact us at contact@bapa.be Any support, financial as well in gift of tools, archive or aircraft is still welcome. See more at http://www.bapa.be/how-to-help-us Many happy landings All pictures available from our picture albums
	Visit us on www.bapa.be To join the Bastards : +32 477931671 or +32 48536686 Email : contact@bapa.be Who is the BAPA ? see http://www.bapa.be/about-our-organization We do it because we did not know it is supposed to be impossible

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BAPA.BE : A B-25 back to Belgium : Wright 2600 engines delivered in Gembloux

We did it again, the engines have been delivered to the BAPA Workshop !

Dear Friend,

We succeeded (one more time)!
On Thursday, August 7th, both Wright engines for the project " A B-25 back to Belgium " arrived in the workshop of the Belgian Aviation Preservation Association ( BAPA) at Gembloux.
It was only possible thanks to the wonderful support of generous sponsors, the BAMF and the volunteers of the BAPA. We thank them all.
Small step backward. At the end of May, one of our numerous foreign correspondents indicated us the existence of both engines in Ireland. He went in Eire and negotiated a price far below our craziest expectations. The purchase of these engines should  have been 6 times more expensive in the USA.

Immediately, a small team of the BAMF and the BAPA volunteers started the quest  of the needed money.  A appeal to donations was launched mid June and was echoed by numerous friends and enthusiasts. It was very quickly a success upper to our expectations.

Once the budget reached, it was necessary to organize the payment and the transport. The seller received other offers. It was thus necessary to act fast and with a lot of discretion. This is why we observed a total blackout since in the middle of July. We had some cold sweat but after some " brain and emails  storms " (one of our specialties) but  the engines arrived safe and sound.
Thanks to a mixture to the long experience and  the art  of improvisation of the members of the BAPA and the BAMF.

This success was possible only thanks to our generous donors and to others who helped us to prepare the communication for the collection of funds(collections).  Let us not forget those who widely echoed our appeal.  Last but not least, thanks  to the volunteers of the BAMF and the BAPA who one more time demonstrated their passion and full commitment for the conservation of our aeronautical heritage.

Before the end of September, we shall organize an event for our supporters to show the engines and our other achievements of 2014.

Thank you again and go ahead for new adventures.

Delivery of the engines (2014/08)

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A B-25 Back to Belgium Project

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BAPA Austria OO-ZTL

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Another preservation almost completed with smile, fun and dedication to our Aviation Heritage.

et encore merci à tous :-))))

BAPA Austria OO-ZTL BAPA Austria OO-ZTL Gembloux - 3 août 2014 de yves duwelz contact bapa SCHEMPP-HIRTH STANDARD AUSTRIA SH 1C N 55 OO-ZTL given to BAPA by Willy Marot; Pickup in Temploux 2013 10 12. The small damages were repaired and the fuselage was restored in the colours of the "Austigra the Tiger in the wind" colours in April and May 2014. Moved for display on August 2nd, 2014. Another preservation almost completed with smile, fun and dedication to our Aviation Heritage. Afficher l'album Voir le diaporama

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