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Beechcraft B.80-65 Queen Air (LD-333)

 

 
Date: 08/1967

Location: ANR/EBAW

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: this factory fresh airframe was the first commercial aircraft of Delta Air Transport and was delivered in their livery at Antwerp airport on February 25 1967 still registered as "N7820L". Here depicted after been re-registered with tail logo but without titles, it came in the Belgian register on April 10 and went three days later operational.

Date: 01/1968

Location: ANR/EBAW

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: prior the pax service between Antwerp and Amsterdam, which began on September 19 1967, "Delta Air Transport" titles and a KLM sticker were applied.

Date: 1968

Location: ANR/EBAW

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: beautiful take-off shot on another flight to Amsterdam .

Date: -

Location: BRU/EBBR

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: when by the summer of 1968 the link between Antwerp and Amsterdam was upgraded with DC-3's, the Beech flew on behalf of SABENA on their regional network from Brussels. It wore the old markings of SABENA with small "common market commuter" titles and became such operational on September 13 1968 and this lasted till May 12 1970. After this contract, the airframe was cancelled to France as "F-BRNP" for Air Périgord.

 

Belgian register