On 10th November 2023, the Lockheed-Martin company announced completion of final assembly of the first F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft for Luchtcomponent / Composante air, the air arm of the Belgian Armed Forces (BAF). The […]
Dornier Do 228NXT (c/n 8181, D-CNXT of General Atomics AeroTec Systems), static display during Belgian Air Force Days, Kleine-Brogel, September 2023. In May of 2023, we have presented the story of development of Dornier Do […]
Ernest Oscar Tips, born on 2nd October 1893 in Tielrode, was a Belgian aircraft designer and aviation pioneer. In 1908, together with his brother Maurice, Ernest Tips built his first canard aeroplane, followed by a […]
Stampe-Vertongen SV.4 (c/n 1175, formerly V-33 of the Belgian Air Force), exhibited in the aviation section of the Royal Museum of Armed Forces and Military History, Brusells, September 2023. Stampe et Vertongen aviation manufacturing company […]
At the beginning of September, we again had the opportunity to visit the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History (Musée royal de l’Armée et d’Histoire militaire / Koninklijk Museum van het Leger […]
The first half of 2023 has passed and this is the best moment to take a closer look at aviation events planned for the remaining months of the year. In other words, it is the […]
At the beginning of March, we have issued our first article about the air show news and updates for the 2023 season – so it is time to continue that series with further information about […]
Westland Sea King Mk.48 (c/n WA832, RS-02 of the Belgian Air Component), flying display at Sanicole International Airshow, September 2015. In the mid-1970s, Belgian government decided to purchase five Sea King helicopters to replace Sikorsky […]
Formation of Pilatus aircraft: P-3-05 (c/n 497-46, formerly A-859 of the Swiss Air Force, D-EPCI), PC-12/47E (c/n 1627, OO-NLT) and PC-7-II ´Astra´ (c/n 615, N60LT), performing a flying display over Kleine-Brogel air base during Spotter […]
This year´s air show season is already in full swing, so it is time to provide you even more news and announcements in our fifth article of the series, fully focused on the 43rd edition […]
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