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 Cessna was on November 8 1965 registered to Sotramat which stood for Société de Transports Aériens Maritimes et Terrestres being established on May 7 1958 and based at Brussels Airport / Antwerp airport with at first the core business being importer of propeller driven Cessna airframes for the Benelux. Later it operated its own aircraft also for flying school activities as the depicted one carrying an orange livery with some titles (SFS of Sotramat Flying School in the tail and furthermore see upper left inset). |
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10/1969 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: at the end of 1969 seen with a golden tail with all titles erased |
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05/1974 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: in the seventies noted with a blue color scheme on its fuselage and still without titles. In 1976 it moved on to Belgian Flyers based at Charleroi airport. On April 22 1982 it went to Aero Kiewit based at Kiewit airfield and on November 21 1985 to G.M. sprl based at St-Ghislain airfield. On February 4 1988 it went to a private user (M. Henry) based at Charleroi airport and on December 19 2011 to Belgian Flight School, same airport. The airframes CofA did expire on June 30 2013, ownership changed on October 15 2014 to Bluetail Flight School but it remained idle at Charleroi airport. BFS itself went out of business on August 29 2023 and the fuselage was still noted at Charleroi airport a few months after their bankruptcy. |