SkyStef's aviation page
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SkyStef's aviation page |
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11/05/1968 Location: LGW/EGGK Photo: collection Skystef Description: this airframe was the first C-47 purchased by Delta Air Transport and arrived at Anwerp airport on December 18 1967 still registered "PH-DAC" of previous operator Schreiner Airways. It came in the Belgian register on January 8 1968 and is seen here wearing the basic colors of its previous operator. |
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09/1968 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: noted with a sticker of KLM on its nose as it was used on the Amsterdam run which began with this airframe on September 3 1968. |
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14/09/1968 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: seen in action in this taxi shot. |
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09/1968 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: with sistership OO-AUX. |
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10/1969 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: by October 1969 the belly, wings and engine cowlings became metallic. |
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10/1969 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: detail of the front side with the KLM sticker. |
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08/1970 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: after a maintenance visit at Prestwick between March - June 1970, it appeared in the new livery. It was probable the very first member receiving it after the ownership of DAT changed hands to CMB on April 1 1970 with the orange colors being the trademark of this Antwerp based maritime group. |
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08/1970 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: summer 1970, a beautifull line-up of three C-47's (alias DC-3's) of DAT in three different liveries with from front to back: OO-VDF in the updated colors of DAT, OO-AVG in basic Martin Air Charter colors and OO-CBU in the old colors of DAT with yellow cheatline. On the extreme left a fourth DC-3 OO-AUX can be recognized wearing the other old colors of DAT with a red cheatline. |
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1970 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: lovely approach for runway 11 at Deurne. |
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07/1971 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: seen parked at the tarmac of Deurne airport with in the back the ill fated and abandoned OO-AUX. |
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09/1971 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: taxiing for departure and wearing near the nose a "51 International Service Club" logo which was first noted in September 1971. In the far back right side an ex Belgian Air Force C-47 "OT-CNB" being prepared as a club house for a local Antwerp soccer team which was used between 1972-1976. |
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09/1971 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: detail of this logo (the same as with OO-EVG). On September 19 1972 it officially made its final commercial flight for DAT and left Antwerp on November 17 of the same year for storage at Brussels. |
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08/1973 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: © Frank Ebeling Description: it was cancelled as "N6907" on December 16 1972 but was still seen as "OO-VDF" while in storage at Brussels on March 23 1973. However in August 1973 it was ferried to Wevelgem for overhaul and is here depicted just before its departure with the DAT titles in the back and the Belgian regi wiped out and a provisional painted American regi. |
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04/1975 Location: KJK/EBKT Photo: collection Skystef Description: after two years of storage & overhaul at Wevelgem, it left for the States on May 26 1975 in basic old style Sabena colors. |