Gondola of Piccard/Kipfer balloon, used during their record flight dated 27th May 1931, exhibited at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels, September 2023. Auguste Antoine Piccard was a Swiss […]
Poncelet (SABCA) Vivette (c/n 2, O-BAFH), exhibited in the aviation section of the Royal Museum of Armed Forces and Military History, Brussels, September 2023. In 1920, Georges Néils – World War I aviation lieutenant and […]
Avions Fairey Belfair, also known as Tipsy Belfair (c/n: 2, OO-DUN, then G-AFRJ), exhibited at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History, Brussels, September 2023. Ernest Oscar Tips, born on 2nd October […]
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, Brussels, 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 […]
Douglas A-26B Invader (c/n: 28044, formerly 44-34765 USAAF / NL67160), exhibited at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels, September 2016. The A-26 was developed in the early 1940s as […]
Dassault MD 450 Ouragan, formerly ´UQ´ of the French Air Force (c/n 320), exhibited in the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels, Belgium; September 2016. After the World War II, […]
Port-side nacelle from Zeppelin ´L 30´ (factory number LZ 62), exhibited at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History, Brussels (September 2016). Among the many aviation pioneers, Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf […]
Maurice Farman MF.11A-2, exhibited at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels, Belgium (September 2016) The Farman brothers – Maurice, Richard and Henri – played an important role in the […]
The history of the royal Belgian military museum dates back to 1910, when the first historical military exhibition was held in the area of Parc du Cinquantenaire / Jubelpark in Brussels. The Cinquantenaire complex was […]
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