SkyStef's aviation page
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1968 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: this factory fresh Cessna (build by Reims) was on January 31 1968 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 a red livery with some titles in the tail (see also upper left inset). |
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1968 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: later that year "SFS" titles of Sotramat Flying School in the tail were added. |
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1971 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: from late 1969 onwards this tail was repainted into a golden one but still with the same titles as the first picture above. On April 3 1979 it moved on to a couple private users (P. Duron & P. Goosens) based at Antwerp airport. On January 3 1982 it was damaged at Zoersel airfield when after landing hit a tree with its right wing, but luckely no casualties of the two on board. It was never repaired and on September 7 of the same year cancelled from the register. Instead it found new life when used as instructional airframe at the T.I.B. school of Borgerhout (Belgium) till at least 2003. In that year it was seen laid up at Cerfontaine airfield and since 2006 its fuselage is withdrawn from use at Sint-Truiden air base. |