La Belgique dans le ciel

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La Belgique dans le ciel screen title.

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)

Auster J/1 Autocrat

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.

Reg.OO-SFA Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas of SABENA-Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne.

Several SABENA's Douglas DC-3in the background.

Reg.OO-SFA Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas of SABENA-Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne.

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.

Reg.OO-CFF Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas of SABENA-Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne.

Vickers 806 Viscount

At Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek / Brussels-Melsbroek airport.

Vickers 806 Viscount of BEA-British European Airways.

Lockheed L-049D Constellation

At Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport with a Convair 440 Metropolitan of SABENA in the background.

Lockheed L-049D Constellation of El Al Israel Airlines.

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.

Reg.N750PA Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas Clipper Matchless of PAA-Pan American World Airways.

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.

Reg.OO-CTM Douglas DC-6B of SABENA-Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne.

Convair 440 Metropolitan

At Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport. On the right in the background is another SABENA's Douglas DC-6.

Convair 440 Metropolitan of SABENA-Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne.

SABENA's Douglas DC-3 in her older livery on the left.

Convair 440 Metropolitan of SABENA-Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne.

With three other Convair 440 Metropolitan and a Douglas DC-6 or DC-7 on the left, all from SABENA.

Convair 440 Metropolitan of SABENA-Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne.

Convair 440-12 Metropolitan

At Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport.

Convair 440 Metropolitan of SABENA-Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne.

Registration OO-SCL, c/n 336. Wing of OO-AUV listed below seen on the left.

Reg.OO-SCL Convair 440-12 Metropolitan of SABENA-Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne.

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.

Reg.OO-AUV Douglas DC-3C of SABENA-Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne.

Convair T-29

On the left in the background at Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport.

Convair T-29 of the USAF.

On the far background left, Douglas DC-6 or DC-7 from SABENA.

Convair T-29 of the USAF.

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).

Reg.G-AOUV Bristol 170 Superfreighter Mk32 of SABENA-Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne.

Bristol 170 Superfreighter Mk 32

Bristol 170 Superfreighter Mk 32 of Silver City Airways.

Taking off from Luchthaven Oostende-Aéroport d'Ostende (OST/EBOS). Douglas Dakota listed below in the foreground

Bristol 170 Superfreighter Mk 32 of Silver City Airways.

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.

Douglas Dakota of Air Kruise.

The Silver City Airways Superfreighter listed above is taking off in the background.

Douglas Dakota of Air Kruise.

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.

Reg.OO-MER De Havilland Canada DHC-1A Chipmunk T.10.

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.