Location: ANR/EBAW

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: this second hand Cessna (build by Reims) of Sotramat was initially registered in the Netherlands as "PH-MIX" on December 27 1965 and operated by J.G. Dijkstra. On January 9 1968 it went to J.J. Luysterburg with the same registration carrying "SFS" titles in the tail (of Sotramat Flying School). On October 5 1971 it came in the Belgian register, here seen such in a livery without titles. Sotramat itself stood for Société de Transports Aériens Maritimes et Terrestres and was established on May 7 1958 based at Brussels Airport and Antwerp airport with at first the core business being importer of propeller drives Cessna airframes for the Benelux, later operating also its own aircraft like for flying school activities.

Location: ANR/EBAW

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: on July 20 1978 it was involved in an accident near Lille (France) resulting in a write-off and being cancelled from the register later that year on December 27. Afterwards it was seen as instructional airframe on a soccer field of a technical school "Vrij Technisch Instituut Borgerhout" at Deurne (near ANR) which specialises in aircraft technics, here depicted such with some ads of the school painted on the wing.