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http://www.belgian-wings.be/ update

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http://www.belgian-wings.be/ update

Polish Air Force Sukhoi SU-22M-4 3819 one of the highlights of the Florennes
International Airshow 2012.

Ernest Bienfait in Avro 504K A-48
<http://www.belgian-wings.be//Webpages/Navigator/Photos/MilltaryPics/interbellum/Avro%20504K/Avro%20504K%20A-48.html>

Supermarine Spitfire F.14c SG-126/IQ-BBD
<http://www.belgian-wings.be//Webpages/Navigator/Photos/MilltaryPics/post_ww2/Supermarine%20Spitfire%20XIV/Spit%2014%20SG126.html>

Republic RF-84F Thunderflash RF-18
<http://www.belgian-wings.be//Webpages/Navigator/Photos/MilltaryPics/post_ww2/Republic%20RF-84F%20Thunderflash/Republic%20RF-84F%20Thunderflash%20FR-18.html>
<http://www.belgian-wings.be//Webpages/Navigator/Photos/MilltaryPics/post_ww2/Potez-Air%20Fouga%20CM170%20Magister/Fouga%20Magister%20MT10.html>

Cessna F150L OO-CLO
<http://www.belgian-wings.be//Webpages/Navigator/Photos/CivilPics/civil_pics_ooaaa_ooczz/Cessna%20F150L%20OO-CLO/Cessna%20F150L%20OO-CLO.html>

Reims-Cessna F152 OO-SHB
<http://www.belgian-wings.be//Webpages/Navigator/Photos/CivilPics/civil_pics_oodaa_ooszz/Reims-Cessna%20F152%20OO-SHB/Reims-Cessna%20F152%20OO-SHB.html>

Cessna 208B Grand Caravan OO-JMP
<http://www.belgian-wings.be//Webpages/Navigator/Photos/CivilPics/civil_pics_oodaa_ooszz/Cessna%20208B%20Grand%20Caravan%20OO-JMP/Cessna%20208B%20Grand%20Caravan%20OO-JMP.html>

Florennes International Airshow 2012  NEW
<http://www.belgian-wings.be//Webpages/Navigator/Photos/Airshows/Florennes%202012/Florennes%20Airshow%202012.html>

Sud Aviation SA.316B Alouette III (Walkaround)  NEW
<http://www.belgian-wings.be//https://picasaweb.google.com/107238265313281486528/SudAviationSA316BAlouetteIIIM1Walkaround?authkey=Gv1sRgCMbtxZzxycHJ_QE&feat=email>

Last updated 25/06/12 06:37




Belgianaviationnews reached more than 100.000 visits since startup

Hello,

This week end we reached 100.000 visits since we started the Belgianaviationnews.be experience in March 2011.

This results show that a cooperation model is successful  in Belgium.

Thanks to Daniel, all the Philippes, all the Serges, Vincent, Dirk, Eric, André, Frans, Dave, Simon, Jules, all the Luc and so much other who a way or another share with us their information everyday.

I promises, we will have a drink to celebrate the event but not all of you at the same time.

Do not hesitate to share our information with your friends or send us news.

Yves


Collection Philippe Veys updated

3 new documents published, see the full list at http://www.bamf.be/?Collection_Philippe_Veys


 
Aviation populaire France divers, sources diverses, 193_, 6 P, Coll P Veys.pdf
10 MB
Articles from newspapers about the Aviation populaire in France. Published in the years 1930's  6 pages, saved in pdf format, compressed for display, Coll P Veys
 
Avion BX-I Bombyx, Vandevelde et Feldmahn Bruxelles , 193_,  1 p, Coll P Veys.pdf
1 MB
Description of the BX-I, 1 pages, saved in pdf format, compressed for display, Coll P Veys
link 
 
Avion Mulot A M 20, Mulot et Ertag, 193_, 2 P, Coll P Veys.pdf
1 MB
 Description of the Mulot A M 20, 2 pages, saved in pdf format, compressed for display, Coll P Veys

SBAP site update on 24-06-2012

Forwarded message From: Serge VAN HEERTUM



Dear aviation enthusiast,
This week on SBAP web site :
Events :

Geilenkirchen : 30 years NATO AWACS E-3A component
A big open door with many planes and international fair

Comming soon :
Florennes international airshow
Duxford Flying Legend
 
Next aviation events :
Thanks for your support, enjoy your flight and always safe landing...
Don't forget to share our links with all your interested friends...
www.sbap.be


The SBAP team



2012-06-24

Morane Saulnier MS 406 [Full HD] AIRSHOW

One of the star at the Florennes airshow this week end. Thanks to Nico, we had the opportunity to meet the owner and pilot, Daniel Koblet. A great moment of aviation and a great tribute the French aviation



Mehdi In my world : Another one is gone : Guy Lebizay.

Thx Mehdi and André,


Mehdi In my world



Posted: 22 Jun 2012 02:47 PM PDT
 Guy Lebizay.
( 1922 - 2012 )

( collection André Bar )


Chers amis et passionnés de la R.A.F.,

Ce mercredi, j'ai appris le décès d'un autre Ancien, via André Bar. Voici le contenu du dit - message :

Salut mi p'tit.


Encore un qui est parti.
Sa fiche est dans le livre 349 SQ de de Win.


Bonne journée        A+         André

Un autre message suivait celui d'André :

Message received from Léon Rubin, R.A.F. - S.A.A.F. Foundation.

********
Friends,

I have just been adviced of the decease of our member Guy LEBIZAY - R.A.F. 1814815 - Avenue des Grands Prix, 7 - 1150 Brussels - Age 89.
Pilot R.A.F. 40 - 45 - SABENA career 1946 - 1976.

The funerals will take place
Saturday June 23 at 9h00 in Saint - Paul church - Avenue du Hockey - Woluwé - Saint - Pierre

Regards,

Léon.

*******
Jan Vingerhoets,
Secretary B.A.F. Association

En ce qui concerne Guy Lebizay, André m'en avait parlé lorsque nous nous rendions chez Robert " Bobby " Laumans ( mercredi 16 mai 2012 ).

Guy Fernand Lebizay est né le 10 octobre 1922, à Bruxelles. Étudiant en 1ère Candi. Ingénieur à l'Université Catholique de Leuven, il décide de rejoindre le Royaume - Uni. Voici le parcours de son évasion :
  • 25 novembre 1941 : Quitte la Belgique pour la France.
  • 28 novembre 1941 :  Arrêté en France. Emprisonné au Fort de Paillet à Lyon.
  • 20 mai 1942 : Procédure de libération pour Gibraltar. Arrivée à Gibraltar.
  • 15 juillet 1942 : Arrivée en Grande - Bretagne, à Greenock, à bord du S.S. Nakunda.
  • 11 août 1942 : Engagé dans les Forces belges en Grande - Bretagne ( Cie Adm / MDN ).
  • 9 septembre 1942 : Affecté au dépôt de l'Aéronautique Militaire.

93ème Promotion, 17 Initial Training Wing
( avril 1943 ).

( collection André Bar )

Ensuite, comme de nombreux candidats aviateurs, il s'engage dans la R.A.F. et commence l'entraînement :
  • 19 novembre 1942 : Dépôt de la R.A.F. à Regent's Park.
  • 2 janvier 1943 : 17 Initial Training Wing.
  • 16 mars 1943 : 6 Elementary Flying Training School.
  • 26 mars 1943 : Leading Aircraftman ( aviateur de première classe ).
  • 21 mai 1943 : 2 Air Crew Dispatch Centre.
  • 24 juin 1943 : Personnel Dispatch Centre - Ottawa.
  • 12 juillet 1943 : 31 Elementary Flying Training School.
  • 6 septembre 1943 : 34 Service Flying Training School.
  • 28 janvier 1944 : 31 Personnel Dispatch Centre. Sergeant ( sergent ).
  • 26 mars 1944 : 7 Personnel Receiving Centre.
  • 28 août 1944 : 22 Aircrew Holding Unit.
  • 19 septembre 1944 : 5 Pilot Advanced Flying Unit.
  • 24 janvier 1945 : Flight Sergeant ( sergent - chef ).
  • 20 février 1945 : 53 Operational Training Unit.
  • 24 avril 1945 : 84 Group Support Unit.
  • 30 juin 1945 : Pilot Officer ( sous - lieutenant ).
  • 26 septembre 1945 : 349 " Belgian " Squadron.
  • 30 décembre 1945 : Flying Officer ( lieutenant ).
  • 7 avril 1946 : Quitte la R.A.F. En congé sans solde. Dépôt de l'Armée N°1.

P.S. : Merci à André Bar pour l'information et les photos.
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Canada Vintage Wings : The Art of War


Ladies and Gentlemen Aviators

Often puerile, salcious or macabre, "nose art" is a true and much recorded form of folk art that has been around since the dawn of flight. Clarence Simonsen shares with us his passion for the genre and the most recent additions to the culture from a Canadian perspective:
http://www.vintagewings.ca/Home/tabid/40/language/en-CA/Default.aspx

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/360/language/en-CA/Art-of-War.aspx

If you wish to be added to or removed from our lists let us know.
Dave O'Malley, Vintage Wings of Canada





FZ juin 2012

Thx Nadine :-))


L'édition de juin de -  http://www.flying-zone.be/ est parue...


 - 20 juin 2012 : Reportage : Epervier 2012 à Payerne.
                          Cigognes, Faucons et Panthères dans le ciel broyard.
 - 20 juin 2012 : Reportages : La Ferté Alais, le temps des hélices.
                          
 - 20 juin 2012 : Galeries : Des photos en provenance d'Afrique.
                          .
 - 20 juin 2012 : BD : Florennes Air Base …60 ans déjà.
                          Retour sur une BD sur la base de Florennes.
 - 20 juin 2012 : Galeries : Des photos prises à Bruxelles-National.
                          
 - 20 juin 2012 : Reportages : Roma International Airshow.
                          Meeting aérien sur la plage de Rome.
 - 20 juin 2012 : Galeries : 2 heures à Ciampino.
                          
 - 20 juin 2012 : Histoire : VLM.
                          historique de la compagnie flamande.
 - 20 juin 2012 : Galeries : Liège Airport.
                          Des nouvelles de Jean-Marie.
 - 20 juin 2012 : News : Lettre d'info du Cessna Bobcat. (Fichier PDF assez lourd qui s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
                          Le musée régional de l'air de Angers Loire Aéroport nous informe de l'avancement de la restauration d'un
                          Cessna Bobcat.

Bonne lecture :   http://www.flying-zone.be/


2012-06-21

Florennes Airshow Day-2 : Some motion pictures found on the net


 
P-47 Thunderbolt and P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft in flight in Florennes, Belgium.
Activities in Florennes, Belgium in the European Theater Of Operations (ETO). US aircraft P-38 Lightning in flight. Fighter aircraft P-47 Thunderbolt in flight. Fighter aircraft P-47 Thunderbolt in flight. P-38 Lightning taxiing on perimeter at Florennes, Belgium. P-47 Thunderbolt in flight. P-47D Thunderbolt with bubble canopy warming up and taxiing. P-47 Thunderbolt in flight. P-47D Thunderbolt and P-47 Thunderbolt taxiing. P-47D Thunderbolt in flight.
Date: 1945, March 7
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
 
 
United States fighter aircraft P-38 Lightning in flight in Florennes, Belgium.
Florennes, Belgium in the European Theater Of Operations (ETO). A large formation of aircraft in flight. View of a wooded area. Four P-38 Lightning in flight in formation. Remagen Bridge entrance in view. United States anti-aircraft position in the entrance of the bridge. P-38 Lightning in flight.
Date: 1945, March 13
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
 
 
Fighter aircraft P-38 Lightning and L-4 Grasshopper in flight in Florennes, Belgium.
Activities in Florennes, Belgium in the European Theater Of Operations (ETO). Damaged two-story building near the Rhine River. Remagen Bridge in view. A railroad tunnel in a hill. Manned antiaircraft gun position. A man looks through binoculars. An aircraft crashes. A plane in flight. United States aircraft P-38 Lightning in flight. Antiaircraft guns (flak) fired. Several P-38 Lightning aircraft in flight. L-4 Grasshopper aircraft in flight.
Date: 1945, March 13
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
 
 
USAAC P-47 and P-38 fighter planes operating at Florennes airfield, Belgium, during World War II.
A squadron of P-47 aircraft from the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) 365th Fighter Group, landing at Florennes airfield (A-78) in Belgium near the end of World War 2, in Europe. P-47s overhead in formation. P-38 aircraft of the 474th Fighter Group taking off from the airfield.
Date: 1945, March 15
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
 
 
U.S. warplanes, including P61, P-47, and P38 aircraft, operating at Florennes/Juzaine airfield (A-78), Belgium, in World War II
US .Army Air Corps (USAAC) fighter planes operating at Florennes/Juzaine airfield (A-78), Belgium, near the end of World War 2, in Europe. P-61A serial 42-5575 "No Love, No Nothing II" of the 422nd Night fighter Squadron, holding short of the active runway, as several P-47s, of the 365th Fighter Group, land. The P61 takes the active and departs. A P-38 Lightning fighter taking off. It has red diamond on outer sides of its tails identifying it as from the 429th Fighter Squadron, 474th Fighter Group. An olive drab P-47 , without markings, parked across from a junkyard of airplane parts. An airman rummaging through the parts. Army vehicles and ground crews amongst several parked P-47 thunderbolt fighter aircraft.
Date: 1945, April 13
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None 
Various United States fighters and bombers take off and land at an airstrip in Belgium during World War II.
Various United States fighter and bomber aircraft at Florennes/Juzaine Airfield (A-78) in Belgium, during World War 2. Three P-38s and two P-47s land on the runway. One P-61Black Widow, from the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron, takes off and is seen in flight, overhead. P-38 Lightning and A-26 Invader approach for landing. Several P-38s and P-47s take off. A B-17G Flying Fortress takes off. P-47s with bubble canopy take off. (Note:P-38s are from 474th and 428th Fighter Groups, and P-47s are from 365th Fighter Group, 388th Fighter Squadron.)
Date: 1945, February 16
Duration: 2 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
 
 
Various US bombers and fighters land on an airstrip in Belgium.
US bombers and fighters on an airfield in Belgium. An A-26 Invader bomber aircraft approaches for landing. P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft in flight. P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft land. P-47s on a landing roll. One P-38 lands. P-47 makes a landing on the airstrip. (Note: P-47s are from 365th Fighter Group, 387th Fighter Squadron, and airfield is possibly Florennes/Juzaine (A-78) Belgium.)
Date: 1945, February 16
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
 
 
P-47s with bubble canopies taxi in a single file from a flight line along a curved paved strip in Belgium.
Various United States fighter and bomber aircraft at an airfield in Belgium. [Slate states airfield # 78, which would be Florennes/Juzaine Airfield, Belgium. But it may actually be Le Culot Airfield (A-89) where P-47s of the 36th and 373rd Fighter Groups were based.] A large number of P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes parked on a flight line. A B-17G Flying Fortress bomber parked in background. P-47s with bubble canopies taxi in single file from the flight line along a curved taxi strip.
Date: 1945, February 16
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
 
 
World War II. USAAF P-61 'Black Widow' night fighters in Europe. US Navy testing of JATO on several aircraft in the USA
A short US Army feature entitled,"Black Widow" AND "Jato." Introduction is overlayed on map of Europe. Opening sequence features P-61 Black Widows of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron, stationed at Florennes/Juzaine (A-78), Belgium, during World War 2, Some of the aircraft are identifiable: P-61A 42-5577 (later nicknamed "Tactless Texan") and "Wandering Wench" (P-61A 42-5590). Narrator states their mission is to intercept German "flying bombs." Mixed footage of P-61s at various places and times, includes some with D-Day invasion stripes. Separate JATO-related footage features USN personnel fitting jet-assisted takeoff bottles on a Grumman F6F-3, possibly at NAS Patuxent River facility, Maryland. Later sequences show a JATO takeoffs by a Douglas SBD, and an F6F-3; and normal takeoff by a Grumman TBF, and a JATO takeoff by a Grumman F4F.
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
 
 
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