Location: ANR/EBAW

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: this second hand Beech Baron was registered on April 22 1976 to Tapijten Herek pvba based at Wevelgem airport. On March 2 1977 it migrated to a private user (De Bery), also based at Wevelgem airport, here seen such visiting Antwerp airport in a livery inhereted from its previous operator wth still the "H" logo in the tail. It was repainted during 1984 and on February 24 1986 it went to Belgian Printing Services, originally established as Aviation Sales Company on February 28 1975 and renamed to its current name on March 19 1980, basing this airframe at Antwerp airport. Four months later on June 9 1986 it moved on to Hawa Air, also based at Antwerp airport. Due to a financial dispute of OO-FKY, it was impounded at Antwerp airport on August 23 1986, cancelled from the register four days later and re-entered it a week later on October 8 for Clingendael Waldorf Hotel, initially based at Antwerp airport. It's CofA did expire on September 12 1986 and remained stored at Antwerp airport making over there a local test flight on October 9 1987 whereby afterwards it flew to its new home base Wevelgem airport. In 1989 it was seen over there with a logo in the tail of Sky-Service and after a period of storage it was in early 1993 sold to England but remained in the Belgian register while in storage at Shoreham (U.K.). On October 29 1998 it was cancelled from the register migrating to the States as "N2046Q" for Satcom Distribution Inc on October 10 2002. However it was seen stored at a maintenance facility at Stockton airfield (U.K.) between 2002 and 2012, since 2007 without visible registration and was for sale. On April 11 2013 it was cancelled from the American register where the trace for this airframe ends.