Location: -/EBKT

Photo: Frans Dechaene

Description: this factory fresh Cessna (build by Reims) was on March 30 1978 registered to Abelag Aviation, established in 1964 and basing this airframe at Grimbergen airfield. It arrived at Brussels Airport a week later on April 5 1978 and was used by its Flight Training Center (from where its registration is derived from), which later in the early eighties moved to Wevelgem airport. Here seen captured in a brown livery with "Cessna Pilot Center" tail titles (see also upper left inset). On February 7 1984 it went to a private user (M. Meuleman) basing its airframe at Moorsele airfield. On July 29 1985 it left Wevelgem airport for the U.K. where the same year on September 6 it was cancelled to "G-RICH" for Stanton Aircraft Management Ltd.