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Visit us at www.belgian-wings.be http://www.facebook.com/groups/Belgianwings http://www.sv4b.be/ http://www.wingsofmemory.be/Eng.htm www.belgianaviationnews.be Many happy landings
2013-04-11
More about Jean-Luc
2013-04-10
Luchthaven Brussels Airport knoopt opnieuw aan met groei
Luchthaven Brussels Airport heeft tijdens
de maand maart 1,45 miljoen passagiers ontvangen. Dat betekent een
stijging met 1,4 procent tegenover dezelfde maand vorig jaar. De
luchthaven knoopt daarmee voor de eerste keer sinds de maand augustus
vorig jaar opnieuw met een groei aan. De toename was vooral te danken
aan het toerisme, waar een groei met 8 procent werd geregistreerd.
Opgemerkt wordt dat vele Belgen de strenge winter probeerden te
ontvluchten en vakanties boekten naar klassieke topbestemmingen zoals de
Canarische eilanden, Turkije en Marokko. Over het eerste kwartaal van
het jaar diende nog wel een daling met 0,3 procent tot 3,75 miljoen
reizigers gemeld te worden. Bij het vrachtverkeer werd tijdens de maand
maart een daling met 17,4 procent tot 38.314 ton opgetekend. Over het
eerste kwartaal is er sprake van een achteruitgang met 15,3 procent tot
bijna 103.000 ton. De rest van het jaar wordt wel een heropleving
verwacht. (MH) Source: Express.be
Daniel Brackx
2013-04-09
Vintage Wings of Canada : Cloud Dance
Forwarded message From: Vintage Wings
 Ladies and Gentlemen Aviators In 1942, bored with the heat and the drudgery of flying far from the battlefront in Takoradi, Ghana, Harry Boyle, with his friend Bill McRae watching, tries a spin through a 20,000 foot cumulus cloud for no better reason than the simple sport of it. Follow this link to learn more: http://www.vintagewings.ca/Home/tabid/40/language/en-CA/Default.aspx If you wish to be added to or removed from our lists let us know. Dave O'Malley, Vintage Wings of Canada |
SBAP site update on 07-04-2013
Forwarded message From: Serge VAN HEERTUM
Dear aviation enthusiast,
This week on SBAP web site :
Museum:
Yeovilton Fleet Air Arm Treasures
An idea to spent a visit during Easters holidays
a wonderful museum covering the Fleet Air Arm history
presented by Bruno Ghils
a wonderful museum covering the Fleet Air Arm history
presented by Bruno Ghils
Thanks for your support, enjoy your flight and always safe landing...
Don't forget to share our links with all your interested friends...
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Event : 2013 04 17 : Brussel Conference Invitation : Large Aeronautical Testing Infrastructures in Europe
Thx Frank
Forwarded message From: Frank Janssens <
Pour information.
Frank Janssens
En date de : Lun 8.4.13, Thibaut GRIMAL
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2013-04-08
First Flight of the Belgian Air Force NH90 NFH RN-01 at Donauwörth (D.)
NHI is proud to announce the first flight of the first NH90 NFH Nato Frigate Helicopter ordered by
the Belgian armed forces.
For this first 45 minutes flight performed on April 5th at Eurocopter facility Donauwörth in Germany,
the crew successfully tested the basic systems of this new generation aircraft.
After landing, the pilot expressed its satisfaction with the flight qualities of this helicopter. During
the next weeks, this first Belgian NH90 NFH will perform several other test flights in order to check
the aircraft behaviour and its mission system with Industry and Customer crews.
The Belgian armed forces ordered eight NH90s, four TTHs for tactical transport operations and
four NFHs for naval operations.
The Belgian NH90 NFH is delivered in its full operational capability standard, already known as the
“Step B”. This aircraft is very close to the Dutch NH90 NFH Step B currently operationally
deployed with the Royal Netherland’s Navy.
This commonality brings to the Belgian customer all the return of experience collected during the
development of the Dutch NH90 NFH.
“This first flight is an important milestone for NHI because we know that the Belgian Air Component
has an urgent need to replace its ageing “Sea King Helicopters” declared Xavier Poupardin
delegated managing director of NHI. Source EADS
the Belgian armed forces.
For this first 45 minutes flight performed on April 5th at Eurocopter facility Donauwörth in Germany,
the crew successfully tested the basic systems of this new generation aircraft.
After landing, the pilot expressed its satisfaction with the flight qualities of this helicopter. During
the next weeks, this first Belgian NH90 NFH will perform several other test flights in order to check
the aircraft behaviour and its mission system with Industry and Customer crews.
The Belgian armed forces ordered eight NH90s, four TTHs for tactical transport operations and
four NFHs for naval operations.
The Belgian NH90 NFH is delivered in its full operational capability standard, already known as the
“Step B”. This aircraft is very close to the Dutch NH90 NFH Step B currently operationally
deployed with the Royal Netherland’s Navy.
This commonality brings to the Belgian customer all the return of experience collected during the
development of the Dutch NH90 NFH.
“This first flight is an important milestone for NHI because we know that the Belgian Air Component
has an urgent need to replace its ageing “Sea King Helicopters” declared Xavier Poupardin
delegated managing director of NHI. Source EADS
Best regards
2013-04-06
Belgians in RAF and SAAF 1940 1945 News: André Plisnier and the 4th Fighter Group (P-51 Mus...
Un pilote de l'aéro-club de Spa a redécollé depuis l'aérodrome de Spa-Malchamps
SPA L'activité aéronautique sur le site de l'aérodrome de Spa-Malchamps a repris officiellement samedi aux alentours de 19h15. Un pilote de l'aéro-club de Spa a profité d'une météo nettement plus favorable sur l'Est de la Province de Liège pour décoller. Il est le premier pilote à s'offrir un voyage dans les airs depuis la fermeture de l'aérodrome survenue il y a 46 jours.
Video Antwerpen in de oorlog
Thx dirk
Forwarded message From: Dirk De Quick
Date: 2013/4/5
Subject: Antwerpen in de oorlog
To: Yves Duwelz <yduwelz@gmail.com>
Date: 2013/4/5
Subject: Antwerpen in de oorlog
To: Yves Duwelz <yduwelz@gmail.com>
Antwerpen in de oorlog
V-Wapens voor Antwerpen
In september 1944 werd Antwerpen bevrijd. Na de bevrijding kregen de Antwerpenaren nog een verschrikking te verduren, de Duitsers bestookten de stad met hun nieuwste 'vergeldingswapens', de V-bommen, in een poging om Antwerpen met de grond gelijk te maken en de geallieerde aanvoer van oorlogsgoederen te verhinderen. De maandenlange terreur duurde tot 28 maart 1945. De tol voor Antwerpen was zwaar, 4.500 doden, 7.000 gewonden en 50.000 vernielde woningen. Docu door Jean de Meulder in HD https://www.youtube.com/embed/NNKYrmisGls?feature=R
Space : Zonne-instrument vijf jaar in de ruimte
Thx Dirk
Forwarded message From: Dirk De Quick
Het ruimte-instrument SOLAR/SOLSPEC viert dit jaar zijn 5-jarig bestaan sinds zijn lancering. Dit Frans-Belgisch toestel meet de hoeveelheid zonnestraling (de zonneflux) vanuit de ruimte. Het gaat om een vernieuwde versie van een ouder instrument dat eerder al 5 maal deelnam aan ruimtemissies in de voorbije 30 jaar. Deze nieuwe versie is speciaal ontwikkeld voor langdurige ruimtemissies.
http://belgiuminspace.be/nieuws/ruimtevaartprojecten/zonne-instrument-vijf-jaar-in-de-ruimte
http://belgiuminspace.be/nieuws/ruimtevaartprojecten/zonne-instrument-vijf-jaar-in-de-ruimte
L'avenir : La Justice fait rouvrir ce samedi l’aérodrome de Spa!
The war is not yet won but a first the first battle is over.
Let's hope it will boost the morale of the Liernu and Tempoux defenders
L'aérodrome de Spa-Malchamps
EdA
SPA - Le tribunal de première instance de Namur permet à l'aérodromede Spa de recommencer ses activités dès ce samedi.
lire la suite : http://www.lavenir.net/article/detail.aspx?articleid=DMF20130406_00292888
Belgian Wings' Scale Model News - NEW: Morane Saulnier MS230 1/48th Scale
NEW: Morane Saulnier MS230 1/48th Scale
CREATIONS CHAUBET
46160 LARROQUE-TOIRAC - France
(e-mail) jacques.chaubet@wanadoo.fr
website : http://jacques.chaubet.free.fr
' : +33 (0)5 65.40.09.45
RM : 310 250 683 31 Portable : 06 63 37 79 16
Monsieur bonjour,
Très heureux de prendre contact avec vous.
Je suis artisan et je réalise principalement des avions à l'échelle 1/144 ème en white métal,
mais je viens de fabriquer deux modèles à l'échelle 1/48 ème en résine et métal.
Le kit est composé d'une base en résine et quelques pièces en métal ,le kit sera réalisé à 200 pièces destiné principalement aux clubs.
M S 230 : 30 € port 7 € ( sans décals )
J e suis à l'écoute de vos suggestions .
Je vous remercie
Jacques Chaubet
2013-04-05
First Belgian Defence NH Industries NH90NFH has made its maiden flight today.
Mathias Grägel, has just confirmed that Belgian Defence NH Industries NH90NFH has made its maiden flight at Donauwörth (D.) today; April 5th, 2013.A step closer to the replacement of the Seaking at Koksijde.
Best regards,
Daniel
New Belgian Wings website Datafile: RSV 26/180 Mark III
Hello,
I've added a new datafile to the belgian Wings website. This time the spotlight is on the Renard Stampe, Vertongen R.S.V. 26/180 Mark III. Click the pic to discover:
Enjoy,
Daniel Brackx
I've added a new datafile to the belgian Wings website. This time the spotlight is on the Renard Stampe, Vertongen R.S.V. 26/180 Mark III. Click the pic to discover:
Enjoy,
Daniel Brackx
BOOK SIGNING NEWS IWM Duxford Sunday May 26th
Forwarded message From: SIMON WATSON
Book Signing News
Location: The Aviation Bookshop
Venue: IWM Duxford
Date: Sunday May 26th
Authors & Aircrew veterans will be present to sign copies at The Aviation Bookshop stand from 10.30am
Victor Boys
Tony Blackman
The Handley Page Victor was the third of the three V Bombers and the most long lasting, serving in the RAF until 1993, and still doing invaluable service in the first Iraq war. Moreover, in 1982 it was only the Victor tanker fleet based on Ascension Island that made possible the Vulcan Black Buck bombing of Port Stanley airfield and the long-range reconnaissance of Argentina by Nimrods.
Victor Boys tells the story of all the great things that were achieved, recounted first hand by the operators themselves, aircrew and ground crew. Starting with accounts by test pilot Johnny Allam, who undertook the major development of the aircraft, through its work as a nuclear bomber during the cold war, testing Blue Steel in Australia, to its superb work during the Falklands war and later as a first class air-to-air refuelling tanker and vital support tool for fighters and other aircraft.
Published to co-incide with the Victor's 60th anniversary, the gripping text is superbly illustrated with photographs from the operators themselves, never released before.
The stories are collated and set in context by Tony Blackman, ex chief test pilot of Avros who helped develop the Vulcan and initiated the development of the Victor K2 tanker. For him, initially, the Victor seemed a competitor but he now readily admits what a wonderful aircraft the Victor became.
The Bomber Command Memorial – We Will Remember Them
Robin Gibb, Jim Dooley, Gordon Rayner, Steve Darlow and Sean Feast.
55,573 members of Bomber Command lost their lives during the Second World War, yet
no Campaign Medal was awarded and their bravery and sacrifice went largely
unrecognised. At last this was corrected with the erection of the Bomber Command
Memorial in Green Park, London, in 2012. The journey from the initial idea to the
unveiling of the memorial was a long and complex one for those involved and 'The
Bomber Command Memorial - We Will Remember Them' tells the story of the campaign;
locating a site, obtaining permission, raising the funds, designing the memorial, and the
opening ceremony. The book also tells the remarkable story of Bomber Command from
the viewpoint of those who took part, and veterans reflect on the experiences they had
and what the memorial means to them. All the royalties for the book go the Bomber
Command Memorial Fund registered charity.
(The official commemorative book of the Bomber Command Memorial
Bomber Command Operation Hurricane
Marc Hall
On the 14 and 15 October 1944 RAF Bomber Command unleashed one of the Second World War's
most devastating bombardments, targeting the German industrial city of Duisburg. Known as
Operation Hurricane, Bomber Command's maximum effort involved approximately one thousand
four-engine heavy bombers on each attack, delivering a whirlwind assault on the enemy's war
machine as the Allied armies edged eastwards towards the Nazi homeland. Never before had the
city faced such a massive onslaught – the resulting devastation was unprecedented. This is the
story of Operation Hurricane from RAF Bomber Command's perspective, and that of the numerous
crews who flew, fought, and failed to return. Each of the aircraft lost has been investigated in
depth; the lives of the crews, the circumstances of their loss, and the identification of the airmen
and their respective crash sites. The author also details the investigation into the brutal murder of
one particular airman. Marc Hall, a relative of one of those lost on the raid, has pieced together a
comprehensive account of this historic attack, utilising a wealth of eyewitness accounts and
veteran and prisoners-of-war recollections, accompanied by numerous previously unpublished
photographs.Bomber Command Operation Hurricane
Dam Busters Failed to Return
by Robert Owen, Steve Darlow, Sean Feast, Arthur Thorning
On the night of 16/17 May 1943 a select group of young RAF Bomber Command airmen
carried out one of the most audacious and daring low level raids of the Second World
War. Nineteen aircrews of No.617 Squadron, flying modified Avro Lancasters, each armed
with a 'bouncing bomb', were detailed to attack specific dams, viewed as essential to
Germany's war effort. Two were indeed breached in an extraordinary display of skill and
courage, but at a cost of eight Lancasters lost. Of the 56 airmen flying these aircraft, 53
were killed and 3 were captured.
In Dam Busters Failed to Return Fighting High Publishing brings together notable
Bomber Command historians to recount the lives of some of the Dam Busters who were
lost that fateful night. Drawing upon family archives, official documents, wartime
memoirs and letters, flying logbooks, and relative and witness recollections, and
illustrated throughout with colour and black and white photographs and documents, the
authors piece together the extraordinary, gripping, yet ultimately tragic stories of these
select young men.
Simon Watson
The Aviation Bookshop
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Tunbridge Wells
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England
Tel: 01892 539284
Mobile: 07791 279154
www.aviation-bookshop.com
The Aviation Bookshop
31-33 Vale Road
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN1 1BS
England
Tel: 01892 539284
Mobile: 07791 279154
www.aviation-bookshop.com
Aerobuzz : Week-end aéro en Languedoc-Roussillon
My heart and my soul is somewhere in the Languedoc Roussillon
le lundi 1er avril 2013
Dans le cadre des
forums « découverte des métiers de l’aéronautique », le 12 avril 2013
aura lieu la 9ème édition des rencontres « Espace et Aéro » à Narbonne.
Le 13 avril, l’aérodrome du pays de l’Or, à Candillargues, accueillera
le 1er salon de découverte des Métiers de l’Air et de l’Espace.
Lire la suite :
http://jobs.aerobuzz.fr/AGENDA/article/Week-end-aero-en-Languedoc-Roussillon_198_17.html
Lire la suite :
http://jobs.aerobuzz.fr/AGENDA/article/Week-end-aero-en-Languedoc-Roussillon_198_17.html
Book : Australian Eagles
Thx Mehdi for sharing
Bonjour à tous!
Depuis le mois de septembre 2012, je suis en contact avec une écrivaine australienne. Cette dernière tient un Blog et vient d'écrire un livre sur des pilotes australiens ayant pris part à la Bataille de Grande - Bretagne. Il se trouve que l'un d'entre eux est inséré dans mon futur projet de B.D. Pour vous, les Belges, vous serez encore plus intéressés de savoir qu'un autre de ces Australiens a volé en opérations avec Eugène " Strop " Seghers :
En pièce jointe, vous trouverez la publicité au travers de laquelle vous pourrez commander le livre ( si vous le souhaitez, zoals u wilt ). Personnellement, je vais passer ma commande le 15 avril.
Voilà
! Je vous souhaite une bonne journée.
Mehdi.
Depuis le mois de septembre 2012, je suis en contact avec une écrivaine australienne. Cette dernière tient un Blog et vient d'écrire un livre sur des pilotes australiens ayant pris part à la Bataille de Grande - Bretagne. Il se trouve que l'un d'entre eux est inséré dans mon futur projet de B.D. Pour vous, les Belges, vous serez encore plus intéressés de savoir qu'un autre de ces Australiens a volé en opérations avec Eugène " Strop " Seghers :
En pièce jointe, vous trouverez la publicité au travers de laquelle vous pourrez commander le livre ( si vous le souhaitez, zoals u wilt ). Personnellement, je vais passer ma commande le 15 avril.
Voilà
! Je vous souhaite une bonne journée.Mehdi.
FlyPast May 2013 On Sale Now! Articles about Belgium
The last flypast include a fine article about the Brussels Air Museum.
As Flypast is definitively supporting Aviation Heritage do not hesitate to buy your own copy as helping them is helping ourself.
There is also a very interesting article about "Tam" Morrison, pilot of the ill-fated Short Stirling OO-XAC from Air Transport company which crashed at Kumming (China) in December 1947 !
Many happy landings
At the heart of aviation heritage
As Flypast is definitively supporting Aviation Heritage do not hesitate to buy your own copy as helping them is helping ourself.
There is also a very interesting article about "Tam" Morrison, pilot of the ill-fated Short Stirling OO-XAC from Air Transport company which crashed at Kumming (China) in December 1947 !
Many happy landings
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2013-04-04
Video: "Vol en STORCH à la Ferté Alais le 29 septembre 2012."
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