Location: -/EBGB

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: this factory fresh Marchetti was on September 30 1968 registered to Sabena and arrived at Brussels Airport a few weeks later, namely on October 11. It was delivered in the colors of the former Belgian flag carrier with on the right hand side "Burgerlijke Luchtvaart School" titles (depicted such) and left hand side "Ecole d'Aviation Civile" titles. On December 23 1971 ownership changed to the Belgian State, department Ministry of Communications, for Ecole d’Aviation Civile / Burgerlijke Luchtvaartschool (founded in May 1952) but Sabena continued the operations and it was based at Grimbergen airfield. After the Belgian State ended its financial support on December 31 1989, Sabena was on January 12 1990 authorized to continue these kind of operations by creating a few weeks later on January 26 a 100% subsidiary of Sabena called the Belgian Aviation School (B.A.S.), based at Grimbergen airfield. It was officially transferred to B.A.S. on January 15 1991 but the Marchetti was never used for these training flights and instead put for sale.

Location: -/EBGB

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: on September 3 1991 it was cancelled from the register and later that month on the 19th sold to a couple private owners of the States (L. Hale & J. Magoffin Jr) as "N260ME", here seen such in an unchanged outfit and it left Grimbergen airfield on June 10 1992. In 2012 it returned in a container to Belgium and is since laid up at Wevelgem airport.