Location: OST/EBOS

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: this factory fresh Cessna was on June 8 1962 registered to Sabena but arrived at Brussels Airport four years earlier on February 18 1958 and was a month later on March 6 leased to Air Congo as "OO-CES", re-registered "9O-CES" on February 10 1961 (so both in the Congolese register). Since June 8 1962 registered back to Sabena and used by Ecole d’Aviation Civile / Burgerlijke Luchtvaartschool (founded in 1952), based at Grimbergen airfield providing training for future Sabena pilots. Here seen such in its second livery without titles on a training flight at Ostend airport.

Location: -/EBGB

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: on October 10 1979 it was damaged when belly landed at Grimbergen airfield and was since laid up there (here depicted such). On February 15 1980 its CofA did expire and was cancelled from the register on February 14 1984. A year later on November 21 it was transported by road to a depot of the Brussels Air Museum at Tielen (Belgium), later moving to Kapellen and Vissenaken (both Belgium). Since 2017 it's laid up in pieces at a military depot in Landen (Belgium).