Location: ANR/EBAW

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: this factory fresh Cessna (build by Reims) was on April 13 1966 registered to Sotramat and arrived at Brussels Airport two weeks later on April 25. Sotramat itself stood for Société de Transports Aériens Maritimes et Terrestres and was established on May 7 1958 based at Brussels Airport & 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. This aircraft was thus imporated by Sotramat migrating on the same day (April 13 1966) to Sabena and was to be based at Grimbergen airfield, here seen on a visit to Antwerp airport in a livery without titles.

Location: ANR/EBAW

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: in fact it was on loan to Grimbergen airfield based Section Sportive et de Tourisme Aérien (S.S.T.A.) established on September 11 1946 which became a non profit association on April 17 1954 and changing in 1985 to its present name Sabena Aéro Club, in that year also adopting their livery, here seen such in its full (old) livery with their titles. On October 2 1992 it went to a private user (F. De Clerck), moving to another one (E. Pauwels) on July 11 1995 and to a third one (L. Van Audenhaege) on December 4 1997, all basing the aircraft at Antwerp airport. On September 24 2009 it went to J.M.B. sprl based at Amougies airfield but left Antwerp airport for its new home base already six months before, namely on March 27. It was cancelled from the register on March 14 2011 ending up in the Romanian one as "YR-NHS" for a private user Sergiu Habago.