SkyStef's aviation page
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SkyStef's aviation page |
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late 60's Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: this factory fresh 1946 build North American Avion was on July 3 1947 registered as "OO-TWY" for Compagnie Commerciale d'Aviation et de l'Automobile (COCA) based at Keerbergen airfield. The next year it moved to a private user (J. Tiriard). On August 3 1948 it was re-registered as "OO-JPR" for another private user (M. Peltzer) based at Grimbergen airfield. Later on July 23 1952 it went to Comagri which stood for Compagnie Generale de Materiel Agricole et Industriela and on July 15 1954 to Riels Agricoles (Agribel), both Grimbergen airfield. Later on May 15 1959 it went to Aubry Houtindustrie NV basing it at Antwerp airport, on the same date being re-registered as "OO-ABY" for this operator. On March 1 1967 it went to a private user (A. Van den Berghe), same homebase and here depicted such when taxiing. |
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07/1967 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: seen with in the back around a dozen small sized aircraft, all based at Antwerp airport with in front the typical ad of the late sixties of Tobacco & chewing gum. |
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early 70's Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: on March 6 1970 it went to another private user (D. Van Oostvelt) basing the airframe at Antwerp airport. It had an accident at Keiheuvel airfield on August 18 1971 but was repaired. On January 14 1974 it went to Air Training and Taxi Center, established on December 24 1970 and basing the aircraft at Charleroi airport, here seen such on a visit to Antwerp airport and baptized "Jan Olieslagers". In August 1974 it went to a couple private owners (G. Dutordoir & R. Thierry), same airport. It crashed at Courchevel airfield (France) on April 5 1978 without further details of the accident but it was apparently a write-off as it never took the sky again being cancelled from the register 35 years (!!!) later, namely on January 24 2013. |