No more 'Kiss and Drive' at Brussels Arrivals!

Starting next week you will no longer be able to park your car for a short moment, while you wait to pick up a friend or relative at the arrivals at Brussels Airport. This was possible until now but the airport authorities insist that too many people were abusing this arrangement.

Brussels Airport's Jan Van der Cruyssen: "We're starting a trial on Monday. All those parking spaces are being removed. You will still be able to drive in to pick up a passenger, but you won't be able to wait at the arrivals. If you want, there is a car park."

People taking a loved-one to the airport will still be able to make use of the Kiss and Drive zone on the departures level.

Source FlandersNews.be



 

SBAP site update on 08-01-2012

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Dear aviation enthusiast,

First of all, thank you for your fidelity and the many feedbacks we received along the year 2011.

In 2012 you will find some changes on your preferred website.

In the main page you will navigate the site your through a Flight Manager Computer…have a nice flight!  www.sbap.be

Also new pages are launched:

Museum: presentation of worldwide museums, with hope that you will spent some visit to them when you are in the area.

Foreign in Belgium: Along the years, Belgian airbases or airports have received the visit of thousands foreign military airplanes. We propose you pictures from the past until today.

Belgian Mini: A page about Belgian aviation models. Some are real jewels and have to be shown. Many of our readers are talented modelers and why not send us some pictures of your realizations with a little explanation…It should be great!

Others categories remains with for some little changes in the presentation. Check them out in the usual pages.

The SBAP team hopes that you will enjoy these evolutions, time now to start 2012 with many reports and pictures.

This week also...

Archivalia : 

Belgian Air Force :

de Havilland DH.114 "Heron" 2 & De Havilland DH.98 "Mosquito" NF.30

http://www.sbap.be/archivalia/pictures/picturesbaf2.htm

Sabena :

Convair 240 & Cessna 310

http://www.sbap.be/archivalia/sabena/picturessab2.htm

Belgian Civil Aircraft :

Cessna 310 & Fokker F.28-100

http://www.sbap.be/archivalia/belgciv/belgciv02.htm

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

SV-4B Nieuwsbrief 2012/1

Thx Dirk

www.sv4b.be

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From: Dirk De Quick <dirk.de.quick@telenet.be> Date: 2012/1/8
To: sv-4b@telenet.be

		SV-4B   Nieuwsbrief         2012/1
		SV-4B V47
						Laatste update : 2012/01/08
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NewsLetter d'AéroBuzz : Les Morane-Saulnier de la Ferté-Alais inscrits aux Monuments Historiques

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06/01

Les Morane-Saulnier de la Ferté-Alais inscrits aux Monuments Historiques par Philippe Chetail publié le 6 janvier 2012 Cinq avions Morane-Saulnier de l'association « Les casques de cuir » viennent d'être inscrits au registre des Monuments Historiques. Ces machines volantes antiques appartiennent désormais au patrimoine national au même titre que certains sites et châteaux… Lire l'article entier * *

Fwd: SBAP site update on 01-01-2012

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Serge VAN HEERTUM 

Dear aviation enthusiast,

Here we go for 2012 !

This week on SBAP web site

www.sbap.be

Archivalia : 

Belgian Air Force :

F-104G * F-84F * Pembroke * Hunter (all in one) & Fouga Magister

http://www.sbap.be/archivalia/pictures/picturesbaf2.htm

Sabena :

Bristol Freighter & Caravelle

http://www.sbap.be/archivalia/sabena/picturessab2.htm

Belgian Civil Aircraft :

Drgon Rapide & Airbus A320

http://www.sbap.be/archivalia/belgciv/belgciv02.htm

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

Les informations du CENTRE DE DOCUMENTATION ET DE RECHERCHES HISTORIQUES de la base aérienne 133 "Commandant Henry Jeandet" de Nancy-Ochey

Chers lecteurs, chères lectrices

Le magazine - e.Book 66 pages - d'informations aéronautiques

vous est offert sur le lien ci-dessous (clic dessus):

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POUR LIRE la collection de 25 parutions:

1- sur votre moteur de recherche : taper: calameo.com

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ou surGoogle : taper: CDRH

Les 24 parutions sont téléchargeables gratuitement.

Aéronautiquement vôtre,

Merci de votre fidélité, J-J Lignier

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ : Spitfire redux: The WWII guns firing after 70 years buried in peat

Thx Phil for sharing

An excavation at the site of a 1941 Spitfire crash in a bog in the Irish Republic
uncovered huge, remarkably preserved chunks of

plane and six Browning machine guns. After 70 years buried in peat could they be made to fire?
They certainly could, writes Dan Snow.

Continue reading the main story

Britain at war January 2012 Issue 57 : article about Paul Leva 350 Squadron

TIPPING THE BALANCE

Hitler's vengeance weapon, the V-1, flew at 400 miles per hour, as quick as the latest RAF fighters. Trying to intercept and shoot down such fast-moving objects was proving difficult for the RAF pilots detailed to defend Britain's skies. Yet, in theory, if the flying-bomb's gyroscopic guidance system could be disturbed the V-1 might crash to the ground. On 20 August 1944, a Belgian pilot put the theory to the test for the very first time.

La Lettre du Bobcat 19

From: Christian RAVEL
Chers amis,


Chers amis,

Vous trouverez ci-joint la toute dernière Lettre du Bobcat.

Avec nos amitiés et tous nos voeux pour la nouvelle année.

Toute l'équipe du
Musée Régional de l'Air
Angers-Loire-Aéroport

Christian RAVEL
Responsable histoire, archives et collections
Musée Régional de l'Air
http://www.musee-aviation-angers.fr/
Angers-Loire-Aéroport
49140 Marcé

La Lettre du Bobcat est ici 

Thx Vincent and Didier

Video: "Operation Lifeline Sudan in 1995"

One of the many humanitarian operations performed by the 15 wing of the Belgian Air Force

Operation Lifeline Sudan in 1995 Impression of humanitarian aid above South Sudan in 1995 delivered by Belgian C-130 out of the airfield of Lokichoggio in North-West Kenia.
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Video: "Flying The P-61 Series Airplane (1944)"

Flying The P-61 Series Airplane (1944) Armed to the teeth with powerful engines, radar, a remotely controlled 50 cal. machine gun turret, and four 20mm canon, the Northrop "Black Widow" Night Fighter was designed to sneak up on unsuspecting prey
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video: ""Night Ballet" EAA AirVenture night air show"

Thx Marc

"Night Ballet" EAA AirVenture night air show Spectacular Saturday night air show at EAA's AirVenture 2011
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Pictures Luc Dujardin

Pure delight : http://www.lucdujardin.net/index?/category/4-aviation

Fwd: Interesting Stuff

Thx Jean-Luc,
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This about a ME 262 that was manufactured NEW from scratch in Everett, WA.  The pilot was in the German Air Force at one time. Here is an update on Me262 "WHITE 3".  After the successful completion of the flight test program and some bureaucratic and weather delays, I ferried the airplane from Paine Field, Washington to Suffolk County Airport in Virginia.  For the last two test flights we had converted it to the two-seat configuration, which allowed our lead mechanic Mike Anderson to come along as crew chief/navigator on this 2,500 mile trip. As our FAA- operating limitations mandated 'Day VFR only', and the max altitude of 18 000ft not exactly optimal for range, it took us four days and six refueling stops across the continent to reach our destination, with "WHITE 3" performing flawlessly.  ATC doesn't have a computer code yet for the Me262, and controllers frequently asked me for the type of airplane. They usually couldn't wait then to pass the information on to 'their' airliners on the same frequency, e.g. "Delta 123, you have a MESSERSCHMITT!! at your ten o'clock, five miles". One of the many funny replies: "Are we being invaded?"... After receiving its new airworthiness certificate and operating limitations (the initial ones were valid only for flight test and repositioning), I'll be flying "WHITE 3" from its maintenance base in Suffolk County to its final destination, a small airport south of Virginia Beach with a 5,000 ft grass runway, where it will join - as the first jet - the world's largest collection of privately owned warbirds in the "Military Aviation Museum." I am sure you'll be able to follow the operation of this airplane in the future on YouTube and in aviation magazines. Cheers, Wolf Czaia Jim Larsen took the picture of "White 3" with Mt. Baker in the background.

video: Republic F-84F Thunderjet

Republic F-84F Thunderjet The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was an American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft. Originating as a 1944 United States Army Air Forces proposal for a "day fighter", the F-84 flew in 1946. Although it entered service in 1947, the Thunderjet was plagued by so many structural and engine problems that a 1948 Air Force review declared it unable to execute any aspect of its intended mission and considered cancelling the program. The aircraft was not considered fully operational until the 1949 F-84D model and the design matured only with the definitive F-84G introduced in 1951. In 1954, the straight-wing Thunderjet was joined by the swept-wing F-84F Thunderstreak fighter and RF-84F Thunderflash photo reconnaissance aircraft. The Thunderjet became the Air Force's primary strike aircraft during the Korean War, flying 86,408 missions and destroying 60% of all ground targets in the war as well as eight Soviet-built MiG fighters. Over half of the 7,524 F-84s produced served w... more
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video: "The Thunders." : the Republic Thunderjet, Thunderstreak and Thunderflash

The Thunders. The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was an American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft. Originating as a 1944 United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) proposal for a "day fighter", the F-84 flew in 1946. Although it entered service in 1947, the Thunderjet was plagued by so many structural and engine problems that a 1948 Air Force review declared it unable to execute any aspect of its intended mission and considered cancelling the program. The aircraft was not considered fully operational until the 1949 F-84D model and the design matured only with the definitive F-84G introduced in 1951. In 1954, the straight-wing Thunderjet was joined by the swept-wing F-84F Thunderstreak fighter and RF-84F Thunderflash photo reconnaissance aircraft. The Thunderjet became the Air Force's primary strike aircraft during the Korean War, flying 86,408 missions and destroying 60% of all ground targets in the war as well as eight Soviet-built MiG fighters. Over half of the 7,524 F-84s produced serve... more
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