Wings Parade at Beauvechain Airbase

On Wednesday October 12th, 2011 the traditional Wings Parade was organised at the  Competentiecentrum van de Luchtcomponent (CC Air)/Centre de Compétence de la Composante Air (CC Air) at Beauvechain airbase.

For the first time, specialists graduating from the different CC Air courses (Weather forecasters, flight engineers, loadmasters, UAV-operators, air controllers and radar specialists) also received their certificates during this ceremony.

Nine new pilots, four graduates from the ”Jet” instruction, four “helicopter” pilots and a single “transport” pilot had their “Wings” pinned up by Major General Claude Van de Voorde, Commander of the Belgian Air Component assisted by Prince Michel de Ligne representing the family of Commander Antoine Prince de Ligne who gave his name to this new promotion.    

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Belgian firm Barco unveils new Top Gun flight simulator

(Reuters) - A Belgian company has unveiled the ultimate fighter jet training tool, a fully immersive 360-degree flight simulator designed to reproduce reality exactly as a pilot sees it.
The dome is the first flight simulator to give trainee pilots a full unobstructed 360 degree view of the world as they conduct virtual missions, said Barco, a maker of high-definition projectors and displays.
"It's not an improvement, it's a new generation of simulators," Geert Matthys, research and development manager at the company, said.
"If a pilot has a cockpit where he can see 360 degrees, he also needs to be trained in a system which supplies 360 degrees, all deviation from real life can be dangerous," said Matthys.
The simulator can be used in a series, with several pilots working together to play out complex training missions such as mid-air refueling.
"For the first application there will be eight systems positioned next to each other and they will do mission training with each other," said project manager Kathy Verledens.
It can also train up pilots for solo sorties.
The development team has taken since 2009 to get the device just right.
An array of 13 high-definition projectors shine onto the outside of a 3.4 meter diameter acrylic sphere. The trainee pilot sits on the inside looking at the inner surface.
The dome, which can be used to train pilots to use a variety of fast fighter jets, was first sold to Elbit Systems, which is currently installing it with its customer, the Israeli Air Force. The system should be fully operational in 2012.
Barco engineers use lasers to line up the 10 megapixel projectors so that the different projected images are perfectly aligned.
One of the main technical challenges was to replicate the exact contrast that a pilot sees, stopping the brightness of the image throwing too much light onto the darker areas.
"In general use you have 50 percent of your dome filled with white, but in a dome all this white reaches other parts of the dome where you have black, so it's acting as ambient light," said Matthys.
"We take care of the reflections in such a way that the system contrast is kept to a high level and this, in combination with high resolution and high brightness over 360 degrees, is a breakthrough in the industry."

www.anciens-aerodromes.com Magazine 22 – Octobre 2011

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Magazine 22 – Octobre 2011

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Nous célébrerons le 15 octobre prochain notre deuxième anniversaire… Que de chemin parcouru depuis cette réunion de quelques passionnés un, certain 3 octobre 2009, dans les locaux du Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers …

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[vintage-and-warbirds] An Ilyushin IL-2 Shturmovik flew last week !

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From: Erik
Date: Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:04 PM
Subject: [vintage-and-warbirds] An Ilyushin IL-2 Shturmovik flew last week !

 

Who would have thought this possible? Well, wonders still do occur!

Stumbled upon this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jphYnNJQAnw

My Russian is a bit "rusty" to say the least, but this Ilyushin IL-2
Shturmovik must have flown only a few days before October the 7th 2011.

Watch and enjoy!

Regards
Erik Jan

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vidéo : ""The Mighty Eighth" part 1 of 3"

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yduwelz a partagé une vidéo avec vous sur YouTube : "The Mighty Eighth" part 1 of 3 The "Mighty Eighth" began operations in England on Feb. 20, 1942, when Brig. Gen. Ira C. Eaker led a seven-man advance team to scout the country and prepare for the arrival of American combat flying units. For the next four years, England became the USAAF's "unsinkable aircraft carrier" as they fought the Luftwaffe and Hitler's Axis forces. By D-Day on June 6, 1944, the USAAF had two-thirds of its operational forces in England and by the end of the war, almost 350,000 airmen had passed through the 8th Air Force. Weaved into the green patchwork of East Anglia were more than 130 American bases, about 75 of them airfields. East Anglia appears as the bulge on the map north of London, and it's about the size of Vermont. The Eighth flew from bases with names the GIs said sounded like they came from nursery rhymes -- Bury St. Edmunds, Bassingbourn, Eye, Kingscliffe, Podington, Bungay, Martlesham Heath, Little Walden, Molesworth and Duxford,... plus
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Pictures Bangkok Air Museum

Thanks to Jacques,

Some pictures of the Bangkok Air Museum

http://www.flickr.com/photos/schelfaut/sets/72157626524173098/detail/

Greets

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SBAP site update on 09-10-2011 : Brussels Air Museum in the City Lights

From: Serge VAN HEERTUM 
Date: Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 4:49 PM

Dear aviation enthusiast,

This week on SBAP web site :

Events : 

Brussels Air Museum in the City Lights

Some old glories in coloured party coat...

http://www.sbap.be/events/2011/avinight2011/avinight2011.htm

Do not miss the night opening of the museum on October 13th...
more infos via our last page...

Many other reports coming soon...

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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Article Armee Flugpark 17 Grandglisse par Robert Lestrade

Hello,

Thx To Jean-Louis and Mr Lestrade, a interesting article about a German aviation strip near Tournai during WW1.

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=18UlGwdZ-iPCsNX1kyL2OswpNeJkt-UxJ_LfHpgvYThnHlka9V8d3IpiRFPWH&hl=en_US

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flyfan.hostonet.org : EXPOSITION SABENA-Le Progrès venait du Ciel

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EXPOSITION SABENA-Le Progrès venait du Ciel

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Exhibition www.kmkg-mrah.be : Le progrès venait du ciel. details

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Video souvenir de l'époque héroïque du vol à voile à Saint-Hubert

If anyone can help Walter, do not hesitate

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From: Walter Simonson <walter.simonson@skynet.be>
Date: 2011/10/8
Subject: Video souvenir de l'époque héroïque du vol à voile à Saint-Hubert
To: yves duwelz <yduwelz@gmail.com>


Bonjour Yves.

A voir sur Youtube (et à éventuellement diffuser), un extrait de 1min 50 sec du court métrage de 17 minutes tourné en 1958 (l'année de l'Expo universelle de Bruxelles !) par Jan Botermans intitulé "La Belgique dans le ciel"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMMcmECMdD8

Ce court-métrage est un de ceux (une douzaine) qui figurent sur un DVD en vente à la boutique RTBF ( http://boutique.rtbf.be/index.php?module=catalogue%3Earticles&page=viewarticle&cat_id=10&art_id=2612)

On y voit l'aérodrome de Saint-Hubert à l'époque où les remorqueurs étaient encore des Tiger Moth et où il y avait une baraque en bois à la place de l'actuelle tour de contrôle.
A noter aussi l'antique pompe à essence. Je n'ai pas pu identifier les modèles de planeur utilisés à l'époque, ni les personnes qu'on voit dans ce clip, à part l'instructeur,  Jos Vermeiren qu'on reconnaît très bien (il n'a pas tellement changé en un demi-siècle :-) ). J'ai volé avec lui en Cessna à Deurne au début des années 1970 et on le voit encore régulièrement à Saint-Hubert.

Si d'autres personnes parmi les plus anciens pouvaient apporter leur concours à l'identification des autres personnes qu'on voit dans ce clip, cela pourrait être sympa !

Bien amicalement

Walter

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Price from 200 Euro.
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video: "Introduction to Helicopters - 1957 US Army Training Film"

A general introduction to the helicopter technology in 1957

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Introduction to Helicopters - 1957 US Army Training Film "HELICOPTER ORIENTATION" - An introduction to helicopters produced by the US Army. Shows the developement of the helicopter, types used by the military, experimental helicopters, helicopter flight principles, and civili & military uses of helicopters.

video: "Sikorsky H-19 Helicopter Flight Training - 1956 US Army instructional film"

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Sikorsky H-19 Helicopter Flight Training - 1956 US Army instructional film This film covers the H-19's preflight inspection, taxiing, normal takeoff, hovering, autorotations, normal and steep approach, and engine shutdown. Courtesy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_H-19 The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw, (also known by its Sikorsky model number, S-55) was a multi-purpose helicopter used by the United States Army and United States Air Force. The H-19 Chickasaw holds the distinction of being the US Army's first true transport helicopter and, as such, played an important role in the initial formulation of Army doctrine regarding air mobility and the battlefield employment of troop-carrying helicopters. The H-19 underwent live service tests in the hands of the 6th Transportation Company, during the Korean War beginning in 1951 as an unarmed transport helicopter. Undergoing tests such as medical evacuation, tactical control and front-line cargo support, the helicopter succeeded admirably in surpassing the capabilities of the H-5 Dragonfly whi... more

video: "Sikorsky S-55"

A nice video about the S-55. S-55's were used by the Sabena and the Force Publique in Congo

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Sikorsky S-55.mov A few days ago I was given the privilege of flying this big, barking "old school" piece of American aviation technology after not having flown one in 36 years, not since my Bristow Helicopter days in the Persian Gulf in 1974. Even then, the aircraft we were flying were more than 20 years old. This is the first run-up and trip around the patch after the current owner, Hale Gurland, completed the big Sikorsky's 2010 annual inspection.