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2012-04-14
New display paint-scheme for the Belgian Air Force Agusta A109BA Hirundo.
On 11 april 2012, the new display paint for the Belgian Air Force Agusta A109BA left the Koksijde airbase paintshop for Beauvechain. The Koksijde painters did a great job:
Follow this link to the Belgian Wings website page:
http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages/Navigator/Photos/MilltaryPics/post_ww2/Agusta%20A109BA/Agusta%20A109BA%20H24.html
or the Scramble Forum for pictures taken by Wim Houquet:
http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=84117
Follow this link to the Belgian Wings website page:
http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages/Navigator/Photos/MilltaryPics/post_ww2/Agusta%20A109BA/Agusta%20A109BA%20H24.html
or the Scramble Forum for pictures taken by Wim Houquet:
http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=84117
2012-04-13
Brussels Airlines starts summer with lots of novelties
A new scheduled service to New York JFK, a daily flight to Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg and frequency increases to numerous destinations. Brussels Airlines foresees lots of novelties for the summer season.
Long Haul
In the course of the summer season a new long haul cabin, equipped with comfortable flat bed seats in Business Class, ergonomic Economy Class seats and a revolutionary in-flight entertainment system, will gradually be introduced on the Brussels Airlines intercontinental flights.
United States
1 June 2012 will be a historic date for Brussels Airlines : from that date onwards the airline will fly daily to New York JFK. The return of Belgian aviation to the USA after an absence of 10 years was warmly welcomed by the travel trade and by Brussels Airlines' customers. In the past weeks over 25.000 passengers have booked a ticket to the Big Apple. Numerous European destinations of Brussels Airlines will be smoothly connected with the new New York service through an easy transit in Brussels Airport.
Africa
This summer Brussels Airlines increases its frequencies to many African destinations. This substantially enhances the flight offer and the flexibility for the passengers.
From April onwards Brussels Airlines will fly daily (instead of 4 times a week) to Abidjan (Ivory Coast). To Douala and Yaounde (Cameroon) 5 weekly flights (instead of respectively 3 and 2 flights) are offered. Also Nairobi (Kenya, 4 weekly flights) and Bujumbura (Burundi, 3 weekly flights) get an additional frequency per week. From 1 June till 28 September an additional weekly flight will be operated to Kigali (Rwanda, 5 times a week) and Entebbe (Uganda, 4 times a week).
There’s also good news for those travelling with Brussels Airlines to Kinshasa (D.R Congo) this summer. The airline increases its direct flights between Brussels Airport and the Congolese capital : 5 of the 7 weekly flights will then be non-stop with an arrival in the late afternoon. All return flights are direct. Thanks to Korongo Airlines, a new Congolese airline that works closely together with Brussels Airlines and operates according to European safety standards, the Brussels Airlines passengers will be able to combine an intercontinental Brussels-Kinshasa flight with a connecting domestic flight to Lubumbashi. These connections are possible as from 1st of May.
Short & Medium Haul
The European fleet renewal will continue throughout the summer. A couple of comfortable Airbus A 319/320 aircraft will enter the fleet to replace the older aircraft, equipped with seats that allow more legspace. In view of its care for the environment, Brussels Airlines uses on some destinations the efficient and economical Dash8 Q400 regional aircraft, allowing the airline to offer high frequencies to some regional destinations.
Europe
From 21 May onwards Brussels Airlines will offer 11 weekly flights between Brussels Airport and the regional airport Europort Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg. On weekdays a morning and evening flight is planned. In weekends Brussels Airlines will operate a flight on Sunday evening. The Europort Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, located in the border area of Switzerland/France/Germany, is the gateway to a strong economic region. The new flight offer allows same-day returns and is adapted to the demand of business travellers.
The Hungarian capital Budapest gets a third daily frequency enabling passengers to fly in the morning, afternoon (new) and evening. Flights to many holiday destinations are being increased (Florence, Malaga, Faro, Nice, Barcelona, Lisbon, ...). For instance, in July and August Brussels Airlines will fly 3 times a day to Malaga. Athens will be served once a day during the entire summer and even twice a day in July and August. Also Catania (Sicily) returns to the Brussels Airlines summer offer.
Moscow
Thanks to a capacity and frequency increase on the Brussels – Moscow Domodedovo route Brussels Airlines offers this summer 13 weekly flights between Brussels Airport and the Russian capital.
Tel Aviv
Due to the increased demand Brussels Airlines offers an 8th weekly flight to Tel Aviv during the entire summer. On top of the 7 existing evening and night flights Tel Aviv will now also be served every Sunday thanks to a new day flight.
Good to know
During the summer season 98.723 flight hours are planned, an increase compared to the previous summer when 95.836 hours were flown.
This summer season Brussels Airlines will perform many holiday flights on behalf of tour operators, not only out of Brussels Airport but also out of many other European airports, a total of more than 2.500 flight hours.
Source: Brussels Airlines Press Release
Jet Airways plans to land its global operations in Munich
In a move that would give Jet Airways a cutting edge advantage over its rivals, the country's largest private carrier is likely to move a large part of its international operations to Munich in Germany by the year end, said two people familiar with the development.
Those in the know of the matter also said the development is a precursor to the Naresh Goyal promoted airline joining Star Alliance, one of the biggest airline alliances in the world that flies over 600 million passengers around the globe annually.
Jet already has a European hub in Brussels, in Belgium which it established in 2007 and it might reduce operations considerably to the European city or slowly shift base to Munich, the exact strategy of the airline for its scissor operations at Brussels could not be ascertained immediately.
Jet Airways spokesperson said the in a reply to The Economic Times query that the story is speculative while Jet's CEO, Nikos Kardsis declined any such move being contemplated by the Indian carrier. Another Jet senior official Sudheer Raghavan also said that the query is speculative.
But the 35 new flights to Munich requested by Jet Airways from the ministry of civil aviation for its winter schedule tell a different story. The move comes at a time when the ministry has allowed private carriers to have equal rights with Air India for international operations.
Jet's shift in favour of Munich can also be gauged from its recent application when it applied for an additional flight from its current hub at Brussels that came with some great sops in airport charges and an interline agreement with Brussels airlines.
Jet currently operates 200 international flights daily with a fleet of 101 aircraft and is said to be looking to add some more wide-body aircraft to its fleet as and when the market conditions stabilise.
In terms of revenues, Jet Airways earns almost 60% of its revenues from international operation, second to Air India that has about 70% of revenues from international flights.
Jet's preference for Munich over Brussels clearly springs from the fact that Munich fits well with Jet's scheme of expansion within Europe with flights to Milan, Paris and other routes.
Source: The Economic Times
2012-04-12
B-25 Flyer : Joseph Marie Phillipe Bongaerts DFC, FC, OHK1
Interesting story of a Dutch airman who flow B-25 with 320 Squadron RAF
Joseph Marie Phillipe Bongaerts DFC, FC, OHK1
War hero and developer of the Groningen gas field
Joseph Marie Phillipe Bongaerts DFC, FC, OHK1
War hero and developer of the Groningen gas field
...
Jo Bongaerts enlisted in the Marine Luchtvaart Dienst
(MLD), the air force of the Royal Netherland Navy,
and trained as a pilot in the Dutch East Indies. On returning to
Britain he was retrained by the RAF as a navigator and served in
Mitchell B25 bombers with 320 Squadron. He was severely injured when
his plane crash landed on the 25 October 1943 returning from a raid on
a German airfield near Brest and was awarded the DFC. He told his son
that “I couldn’t let my friends go to war, alone!”
and after eight months in hospital and rehabilitation he retrained as
second pilot and returned to active service with 320 Squadron.
2012-04-11
The replica of a Donnet Leveque seaplane in France will be presented to the public
The replica of a Donnet Leveque seaplane in France will be presented to the public
See more on http://retroplanes.free.fr/
See more on http://retroplanes.free.fr/
22 B-25 Mitchell bombers plan to take part in tribute to Doolittle Tokyo Raiders
• Twenty-two B-25 Mitchell bombers plan to take part in tribute to Doolittle Tokyo Raiders
• Aircraft will land on the runway behind the museum on April 17 and be placed on static display from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
• On April 18 the aircraft will fly in formation over the museum at 1 p.m. -- just prior to the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Memorial Service
• These outdoor reunion events are weather contingent and subject to change
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123294748
www.anciens-aerodromes.com Magazine 2A n°28 avril 2012
Forwarded message From: Laurent Bailleul
Bonjour,
Voici le magazine de notre association pour ce mois de d'avril 2012.
Disponible en consultation directe sur notre site ou en version téléchargeable.
Disponible également à l'envoi sous forme de fichier pdf ( 1.94 Mo). Nous contacter.
Au sommaire :
L'Aérodrome du mois
Hangars à dirigeables de Marquise-Rinxent (suite et fin)
Jean-Luc Charles avec la contribution de Robert Feuilloy
Des terrains, des avions et des hommes
Porte du Loiret Sud
Jean-Claude Carpentier
Mémoire d'aérodromes
Une base aérienne BA 106 - Capitaine Michel Croci
Pierre Pécastaingts de Aérostéles
Rapport d'activité
Synthése de mars 2012
Identification photos
Des questions ... des réponses !
Et nos autres rubriques
Livres, liens sur le web, nos publications, agenda ...
Bonne lecture
Le comité de rédaction 2A
PS: le magazine mensuel de l'association Anciens Aérodromes est diffusé chaque mois vers nos membres mais également vers les abonnés.Si vous ne souhaitez plus en être averti, merci de nous le préciser pour vous enlever de la liste de diffusion.
Trip : SHUTTLEWORTH Old Warden
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From: lucien wagner <wagner@airshowtrips.com>
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SHUTTLEWORTH Old Warden
Chers amis,
Un voyage est programmé pour SHUTLEWORTH Old Warden (GB) le dimanche 03juin. En annexe, vous trouvez le programme. Ce voyage n'aura toutefois lieu que si 35 candidats se seront présentés avant le 25 avril. Si vous êtres intéressés envoyez dès que possible un mail à wagner@airshowtrips.com
amitiés,
Lucien
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From: lucien wagner <wagner@airshowtrips.com>
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SHUTTLEWORTH Old Warden
Chers amis,
Un voyage est programmé pour SHUTLEWORTH Old Warden (GB) le dimanche 03juin. En annexe, vous trouvez le programme. Ce voyage n'aura toutefois lieu que si 35 candidats se seront présentés avant le 25 avril. Si vous êtres intéressés envoyez dès que possible un mail à wagner@airshowtrips.com
amitiés,
Lucien
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2012-04-10
New book : Pierre Sparaco raconte ses 50 ans de journalisme aéronautique
Pierre Sparaco raconte ses 50 ans de journalisme aéronautique
Pierre Sparaco n'était « entré » que depuis un an dans le journalisme aéronautique quand le programme Concorde fut lancé. Il avait 28 ans quand il assista au roll out du Boeing 747. Celui qui est considéré comme l'un des plus grands journalistes spécialisés au monde nous propose un retour sur sa riche carrière à travers l'évocation de grandes dates et de personnalités marquantes. plus en http://www.aerobuzz.fr/spip.php?article2596
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