SkyStef's aviation page
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SkyStef's aviation page |
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04/1993 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: Jan Possemiers Description: the first Fokker F50 for VLM, wearing a color scheme based on previous Norwegian operator Busy Bee, was delivered at Antwerp airport on April 5 1993 as "LN-BBD" and is here depicted such. |
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29/04/1993 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: on April 15 it came in the Belgian register being applied on the aircraft nine days later. Here it's depicted when on a test flight with sistership OO-VLN (which arrived as "LN-BBE" on the same day) seen in the back. |
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29/04/1993 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: closer inspection of this airframe, it became operational a few days later on May 1 making a charter flight to Belfast. |
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05/06/1993 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: for an advertising clip for Flanders fly-in held at Ostend airport seen for a couple of days with a "VTM" sticker which is a commercial TV channel in Belgium. |
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16/05/1993 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: baptized "Royal Antwerp F.C.". |
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28/12/1993 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: later that year seen without its baptise name. |
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22/07/1995 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: Skystef Description: on April 16 1994 it was baptized "City of Rotterdam". |
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14/09/1996 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: Skystef Description: with additional "Wings of Flanders" titles below the cheatline. |
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- Location: - Photo: collection Skystef Description: between December 8 1997 - April 9 2002 in the Dutch register as "PH-VLM" and in May 1999 it changed to the updated livery. |
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03/05/2003 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: Guido Ceulemans Description: between May 7 2003 and January 9 2006, it was used as advertising plane for Belgian newspaper "De Financieel Economische Tijd". |
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10/2003 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: Charles Bargibant Description: other side which was an exact copy. |
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12/03/2007 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: Skystef Description: since January 16 2006 in their last colors, since September of the same year baptized "Ingrid Wondolleck-Peters". A small ceremony was held at Antwerp on March 26 2010 as being the last airframe in the distinct blue livery. However the next couple days still some flights were conducted before entering the paint shop on March 29. |
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06/2010 Location: JER/EGJJ Photo: collection Skystef Description: since April 26 2010 in the new corporate identity. Since April 2 2015 back in the (white) VLM outfit. Final flight was made on June 22 2016, as the airline went into liquidation the same day. After a period of storage, it was cancelled as "PH-VLM" on September 8 2016. |