IBELGIAN
AF CELEBRATES 70 YEARS EXISTANCE I
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The written article is to be found on the bottom of this page ===== |
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Peter
'Pe' DeWael (L), for many years our guide at the airfields an exercises.
Guide and friend ! Peter thank you for all you did for us ! |
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Two
magnificient
jewels of books were published: 'The past 70 Years' and 'Present and
Future'. |
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Some
real historical images below. |
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Our
overview of almost all types of Belgian Military Aircraft and some
entertainment as well |
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De
Havilland Mosquito |
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Gloster
Meteor |
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Lockheed
Starfighter |
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De
Havilland Mosquito |
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Supermarine
Spitfire |
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Bristol
Sycamore |
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Douglas
DC-3 Dakota or C-47 Skytrain |
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Fairchild
Boxcar |
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Percival
Pembroke |
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Douglas
DC-3 Dakota or C-47 Skytrain |
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Dassault
Mirage 5 |
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Aerospatiale
Alouette-II |
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Though
Navy, the Aerospatiale Alouette-III may be seen as well |
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Auster
- Auster Aircraft Limited Auster Aircraft
Limited |
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Republic
Thunderflash |
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Lockheed
T-33 |
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Gloster
Meteor |
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Siai
Marchetti |
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Republic
Thunderchief |
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Piper
Super Cub |
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Britten
Norman Islander - Belgian North Sea Aeria Survey |
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Britten
Norman Islander - Not Airforce but Army (Just as extra image ;-) |
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Piper
Super Cub |
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Embraer
ERJ-145LR (Belgian AF VIP plane) |
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Embraer
ERJ-145LR Cockpit |
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Belgian
Airforce shared their material with civilians many times. (Open Days,
Bierset helidays, Sanicole, Kee-Bee and so on) |
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spactators always enjoyed these kind of demonstrations. Westland
Seaking (SAR) |
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Of
course Belgian AF showed their F-16(s) on shows..... |
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.....and
their trainer the Dassault Breguet Alpha Jet as well |
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Once
again the Sea King demonstrating |
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EAnother
'golden oldie' trainer: The Fouga Magister |
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Shown
on Kee Bee: Special flight of the CE-03 accompanied by two F-16 fighters |
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Siai
Marchetti |
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Privilege:
Flying the Alouette-II |
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Super
view from out of the Alouette-II |
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A
modest cockpit |
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Flying
over 'Bierset helidays' |
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EA
windy, rainy open day, but still the die-hards kept on coming ! |
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For
kids and adults the usual 'patattekes'are a true reward on such a day ! |
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Back
to types: The A-109 'Hirondo' used for many purposes such as transport of
special forces |
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Another
few pictures of 'Airforce meets civilians' |
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Bierset
helidays hosted many visitors seldom seen around such as this Irish
Alouette-III |
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Staff
and pilots enjoyed the demonstrations and static helicopters as much as
anyone else |
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Beautiful
painted A-109 |
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The
workhorses: Lockheed C-130 Hercules |
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It's
not just planes and helicopters on an open day that attrack your eyes.... |
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and for the many hard working people it creates many moments of taking it
easy on such a sunny day. |
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Hi
guy, in some years ahead you can wear a real uniform like these
specialists and pilots |
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Another
few images of the A-109, also used for Medevac |
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This
as far as it goes with the 'Open Days Impressions'. Back to business... |
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Some
impressions of the Fouga Magister |
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......followed
by the Siai Marchetti trainers |
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Another
bunch of Alpha Jets |
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Dassault
Falcon 900B (VIP) |
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Dassault
Falcon 20 / Mystere |
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A
variety of F-16's |
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And
of course the F-16's were present at Kleine Brogel. Some more of KeeBee
and Florennes |
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A
part of future history will be the NH-90. After a long period of
implementation now the major helicopter in Belgium |
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In
the run up to purchase and commissioning these two designs were once seen
at Bierset helidays |
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More
about the NH-90 is coming up. |
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First...
a session of nightphotography of several types made by Koos Heemskerk |
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Finally
a serie of the NH-90, a training by Dutch pilots to the Belgian collegues
to land on a deck of a ship at full sea |
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Well...
that was almost it. But ... We close this page with the written article
below and some fine pictures of evening- and Nightflying. |
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We
hope you enjoyed this extended photographic view of many of the Belgian
airplanes in 70 years of history. |
Thanks
for being with us here ! |
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Article only in Englishh |
Belgian Airforce NH-90 special |
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