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Documentary (1958)
English: Belgium in the Sky
Realisation:
Albert Dumortier(Narrator)
Lyrical presentation of numerous aspect of the airport, Sabena and aviation trades and professions. The film shows Melsbroek airport and the various public airport in Belgium, air ferries over the channel, air taxi, aerial photography, aero-club activities, and pilot training in Sabena's school center.
Auster J/1 Autocrat (Model)
Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas
Registration OO-SFA, c/n 45157/737. Built in 1956. Seen landing at Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek / Brussels-Melsbroek airport few month before her crash in Casablanca on the 18th May 1958.
Several SABENA's Douglas DC-3in the background.
Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas
Registration OO-CFF, c/n 45162. Delivered to SABENA in 1957 and sold to Spantax in 1964. Seen here at Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek / Brussels-Melsbroek airport taxiing beside a SABENA's Douglas DC-3.
Vickers 806 Viscount
At Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek / Brussels-Melsbroek airport.
Lockheed L-049D Constellation
At Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport with a Convair 440 Metropolitan of SABENA in the background.
Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas
Registration N750PA, c/n 45094/769. Delivered to PAA on February 1957,sold to Panair do Brasil in January 1964. Picture at Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport.
Douglas DC-6B
Registration OO-CTM, c/n 44175. Bought new in 1954. Sold to the German Luftwaffe in 1965.
Refuelling at Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport.
Convair 440 Metropolitan
At Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport. On the right in the background is another SABENA's Douglas DC-6.
SABENA's Douglas DC-3 in her older livery on the left.
With three other Convair 440 Metropolitan and a Douglas DC-6 or DC-7 on the left, all from SABENA.
Convair 440-12 Metropolitan
At Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport.
Registration OO-SCL, c/n 336. Wing of OO-AUV listed below seen on the left.
Douglas DC-3C
Registration OO-AUV, c/n 43087. Ex USAAF C-47A refurbished as real DC-3 in 1947. SABENA's OO-SCL Metropolitan on the right.
Convair T-29
On the left in the background at Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport.
On the far background left, Douglas DC-6 or DC-7 from SABENA.
Bristol 170 Superfreighter Mk32
Registration G-AOUV, c/n 13258. Leased from Bristol Aeroplane Company to SABENA for Channel link between Ostende and Southend on Sea in a partnership with Channel Air Bridge , from December 1957 to December 1958. The airplane was sold to Air Charter Ltd, then to British United Air Ferries in 1965 and operated till 1968.
Location is Luchthaven Oostende-Aéroport d'Ostende (OST/EBOS).
Bristol 170 Superfreighter Mk 32
Taking off from Luchthaven Oostende-Aéroport d'Ostende (OST/EBOS). Douglas Dakota listed below in the foreground
Douglas Dakota
At Luchthaven Oostende-Aéroport d'Ostende (OST/EBOS). One of the last Douglas Dakota wearing Air Kruise colours, this small company being merged into Silver City Airways at the end of 1957.
The Silver City Airways Superfreighter listed above is taking off in the background.
De Havilland Canada DHC-1A Chipmunk T.10 (Model)
Model of ex Force Aérienne Belge/Belgische Luchtmacht bought in 2 samples for evaluation in 1948. The aircraft was sold to Royal Antwerp Aviation Club in 1956 as OO-MER, c/n CFF.20. Written off after an accident in 1965.
Various Aircraft (Models)
1 - Auster J/1 Autocrat (Model) already listed above.
2 - Convair 440 Metropolitan in SABENA's livery.
3 - Unidentified.
4 - Unidentified.
5 - Unidentified.
6 - Unidentified.
7 - Unidentified.
8 - Unidentified.
9 - Vought OS2U Kingfisher.
10 - De Havilland Canada DHC-1A Chipmunk T.10 already listed above.
Unidentified Aircraft
Fictionnous Aircraft (Models)
Fictionnous Aircraft (Models)
MRSz Z-03A Ifjúság
Hungarian Glider designed by Ferenc Zsebö for military training. 3 of them were bought by Centre National de Vol à Voile for the national soaring centre at Saint-Hubert in 1955. This one has registration OO-ZPL.
Towing airplane De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth in the background seen below.
Unidentified Aircraft
Unknown glider on the right at Saint-Hubert airfield. De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth in the background listed below.
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See also
- Unidentified Aircraft
- Auster J family
- Bristol 170 Freighter
- Convair 240/340/440
- De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth
- De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain
- Douglas DC-3
- Douglas DC-6
- Douglas DC-7
- Lockheed Constellation
- British European Airways
- El Al Israel Airlines
- Pan American World Airways
- SABENA
- Silver City Airways