SkyStef's aviation page
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SkyStef's aviation page |
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1960 Location: TLS/LFBO Photo: Sabena via collection Skystef Description: Sabena first three Caravelle's are seen in the assemblage plant at St. Martin near Toulouse airport, with on the first row "OO-SRA". |
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1970 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: collection Skystef Description: the first Caravelle was delivered to Sabena on January 20 1961. It remained operational till early August 1974 and is here captured in the first (of two) liveries seconds before touchdown on runway 26L (changing to runway 25L from 1974 onwards). |
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02/1974 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: collection Skystef Description: view taken from the Sky Hall when parked on the northern side of the South Pier. |
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07/1974 Location: ZRH/LSZH Photo: collection Skystef Description: second livery adopted during March 1974. |
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09/1974 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: collection Skystef Description: on August 4 1974 it was withdrawn from use at Brussels having flown 24244 hrs. Here seen inside the maintenance hangar of Sabena being "serviced out". |
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09/1974 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: collection Skystef Description: here seen after been pulled out from the hangar with 2x a pair of wheels missing and the engines removed (except for the cowling). After a period of storage at Brussels Airport, it was on May 5 1975 donated to the Brussels museum for preservation. |
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03/1977 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: collection Skystef Description: it was dismantled in June 1975 for transportation by road to the Brussels Air Museum which did occur during the night of October 5-6 1977. As seen in the picture, for transportation along the road the wings were cut and this resulted that the landing gear couldn't be used for rolling. Thus a bogie was constructed by the Belgian Air Force to drag it to its final rest place in Brussels. |
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10/1977 Location: Brussels city Photo: collection Radoje Jelic Description: here seen such when it arrived in Brussels city. |
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31/07/1993 Location: Brussels Air Museum Photo: collection Skystef Description: after a 9 year period of storage in a palace just in front of the museum, this due to a reorgansiation of the Brussels Air Museum itself, it was rebuild at the Brussels Air Museum and put on poles on June 27 1986. A week later, on July 4, it was displayed to the public and such still current. |