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OO-AED

 

Piper J-3C-90 Cub (12379)

 

 
Date: late 60's

Location: -/EBGB

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: this vintage 1944 build Piper (ex USAAF) came in the Belgian register as "OO-LIL" on February 12 1948 for a private owner (L. Jansen) which based its aircraft at Grimbergen airfield. On November 10 1958 it migrated to Christiane Devleminck as "OO-AED" and this on behalf of Devleminck Air Services (DAS), established in 1953 which was a flight school, also based at Grimbergen airfield. Here it's seen at its home base with, besides "DAS" titles on the fuselage, small "Ecole Devleminck" titles in the tail (see also upper left inset).

Date: early 70's

Location: -/EBGB

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: seen with "DAS" titles in its tail while stored alongside some sisterships in a hangar at Grimbergen airfield.

Date: 80's

Location: -/EBGB

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: seen without titles. It had a non fatal accident at its home base on May 27 1977, later on November 17 1982 its CofA expired as it was stored for quite a while at its home base. Decades later it was cancelled from the register, namely on March 27 2019.

 

Belgian register