Douglas DC.10-30   9Q-CLI   (c/n 47886)

Leased from Air Zaire at different time, the plane is seen here during
 a lease happened between October 18th and December 1st, 1977

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Embraer 121 "Xingu"   PT-MBJ   (c/n 121042)

Delivered to Sabena on 27/02/1981.
Took the Belgian registration OO-SXC some days later

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De Havilland DH-4    O-BATO   (c/n RAF H5929)
Delivered to SNETA on August 21st, 1920 (modified by Handley Page)
The plane was detroyed by hangar fire at Evere airfield on September 27th, 1921

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Lockheed L-1049H "Super Constellation"   N1008C   (c/n 4806)

Leased from Seaboard & Western Airlines between may en october 1958

to reinforce the Sabena fleet during the universal exposition of Brussels

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Savoia Marchetti SM-83   OO-AUJ   (c/n 34023)

Delivered in may 1940 at Marignanne, the plane was rapidely used by the French governement of Vichy. Was transfered to the Italian authorities few month's later

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Boeing B727-29  OO-STC  (c/n 19401) 

The plane was delivered on June 9th, 1967. Seen on brussels airport in the early 1970's. The plane was sold to Hapag Lloyd in February 1974

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Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI N   OO-SRK   (c/n 196)

Delivered to Sabena on 29/04/1965. Flown for Sabena until 25/02/1975
The plane was sold to CATAIR in March 1975.

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Boeing B737-229     OO-SBQ     (c/n 221596)

Delivered to the Sabena charter company Sobelair in 1982
Seen here above Florennes air base in the late 1980's
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Convair CV-440-61    OO-SCQ   (c/n 368) 

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Bell 47 D-1    OO-UBB   (c/n 180)

Awaiting the next flight early 1950's. Became OO-SHY in July 1953

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Junkers JU-52/3m     OO-AGU      (c/n 5510)

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Sabca  Handley-Page HP-18 W8e    OO-AHK   (c/n 2)

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Douglas C-47A-30-DK "Dakota"   OO-AWZ   (c/n 13847/25292)
 

A perfect line up of many Sabena Dakotas probably in Congo in 1960
before the independence events.

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Douglas DC-4-1009   OO-CBE   (c/n 42932)

Bought new from Douglas, the aircraft was delivered on April 17th, 1946. The plane was lost in a crash south of Libenge (Congo) on May 13th, 1948
Seen here at Melsbroek on August 13th, 1947 with Regent Prince Charles
of Belgium returning from an official visit in Belgian Congo.

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Sabca Fokker F.VIIb-3M     OO-AIH     (c/n unknown)

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Douglas DC-6   OO-AWA   (c/n 43062)
Nose close up during taxi. Note the number "51" on nose wheel door
instead of the imatriculation weared later on the nose.

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Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI N   OO-SRI   (c/n 175)

Towed in the Sabena technics hangar in 1971
(Serge Van Heertum)

Airbus A310-222   OO-SCA   (c/n 333)
Take off from Brussels National airport in 1987

(Serge Van Heertum)

Lockheed C-60A-1-LO   OO-CAV  (c/n 2421)
Former USAF aircraft, the plane was delivered to SABENA and
based in Congo in July 1943. Sold to east African Airways in April 1949
(Coll SBAP)

Convair CV-240-12    OO-AWS   (c/n 156) 

At Paris - Orly airport in the mid 1950's.
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Cessna 310    OO-SEI    (c/n 35636)

Some advertising for a well known Belgian newspaper in the 1960's.

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Bristol 170 Mk32 Freighter  G-APAV c/n 13263

Leased by Sabena between june 1962 and July 1964.
The plane was leased back between September 1964 and June 1966.

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Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI N   OO-SRE   (c/n 67)

Delivered to Sabena on 24/03/1961.
The plane was sold to Europe aero Service in May 1976.

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Douglas DC-6   OO-SDC   (c/n 43064)

Departing from a British airport in the early 1960's

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Boeing B737-229     OO-SDA     (c/n 20907)

First Sabena B-737 in the seatle mounting hall  
(Boeing Press)

Boeing B737-229     OO-SDO     (c/n 21177)

Escorted by two F-16's in 1998

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Airbus A340-211   OO-SCW   (c/n : 014)

Formation flight with Belgian F-16's in Charleroi area in the mid 1990's

 (Photographer Olivier "Papy" Van Gorp / Coll Guy Liesse)

Boeing Vertol V-44-A   N74058   (c/n 43095)

Leased during the universal exposition of Brussels between
April 17th, 1958 and October 25th, 1958

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Savoia-Marchetti S-73   OO-AGP   (c/n 30003)

Transportation by road to be assembled. The plane was seized by the German force at Haren on May 16th, 1940. Desapeard and registration canceled on May 1st, 1946.

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Boeing B707-373C   OO-SBU   (c/n 19442)
Sold to Florida West Airlines in January 1990 and registered N760FW.

 (Serge Van Heertum)

Boeing B737-229C     OO-SDJ     (c/n 20915)

Ready for departure a sunny day of 1987.

(Serge Van Heertum)

Boeing B707-329C   OO-SJM   (c/n 20198)
Sabena colour scheme and Air Zaire titles in 1980.

 (Serge Van Heertum)

Boeing B737-229C     OO-SDJ     (c/n 20915)

Front view of the "Delta Juliet" in 1987

(Serge Van Heertum)

Douglas C-47A-25-DK "Dakota"   OO-SBC   (c/n 13457)

Above African landscape in 1957

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Sikorsky S-58C  OO-SHG (c/n 58-324) & Sikorsky S-55  OO-SHF (c/n 55-842)

The golden years of Sabena helicopters fleet.
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Farman F-60 Goliath    O-BLAN   (c/n 7248/17)
Registered in Belgium and used by SNETA on July 5th, 1920.
The plane was lost on August 26th, 1921.; the plane crashed into the North Sea after an engine explosion.
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Bleriot-Spad 33      O-BAHE     (c/n 3065)
Delivered to SNETA on August 1st, 1921.
The plane was destroyed in a hangar fire on Evere airfield
on September 27th, 1921.
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Boeing B737-229     OO-SDN     (c/n 21176)

This Sabena aircraft was leased to Malaysian Airline System between May 1989 and March 1990. The plane was registered 9M-MBP.

(Serge Van Heertum)

Boeing B707-344   OO-SBW   (c/n 17930)
Leased by Sobelair from Luxair between March 1979 and February 1981.
Sold to Inter Fret Kinshasa, the plane was destroyed at Kisangani in 1987.

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Convair CV-240-12    OO-AWS   (c/n 156) 

At Melsbroek (Brussels) airport in the mid 1950's.
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Airbus A310-222   OO-SCA   (c/n 333)
during assembly phase in Toulouse in the early 1980's.
The plane was delivered to Sabena in February 1984.

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Douglas C-47A    OO-SB?     (c/n )

The early years of Sobelair, charter company of Sabena begin 1950's

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Douglas DC-4 - 1009   OO-ADN   (c/n 43099)

On Elisabethville (Congo) tarmac in July 1960 during the belgian people evacuation in company of Belgian Air Force transport aircraft (DC-3 & DC-4)

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De Havilland DH-9    O-BIEN   (c/n RAF F1293)
Used by SNETA between March 1920 and July 1931
Became OO-IEN in 1929 and was dismantled after its Belgian commercial career.

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Boeing B727-29QC  OO-STE  (c/n 19987) 

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Convair CV-440-61    OO-SCV   (c/n 382) 

 (Coll Jean Dries)

Fokker F-28-3000   OO-DJA   (c/n 11163)
Owned by DAT, the plane was operating for Sabena in the early 1990’s.
Sabena style DAT markings

  (Coll Willy Henderickx)

Scheibe L. Spatz B   OO-SZA   (c/n 515)

Bought in 1954 by Sabena, the glider was transferred to the
"Centre National de Vol à Voile" at Temploux in November 1965.

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Saab S91B "Safir"   OO-SOV   c/n 91245

Bought in 1953 by Sabena for pilot training,

the plane was sold to the Ethiopian Air Force in September 1957

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Boeing B707-329C   OO-SJN   (c/n 20199)

Taxiing at Brussels National Airport in April 1980. Withdrawn from service and stored in March 1985, the plane was sold to NATO as LX-N20199 in July 1988

 (Serge Van Heertum)

Boeing B747-128   F-BPVP   (c/n : 20954)

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Savoia Marchetti S-73   OO-AGP   (c/n 30003)
Crash incident in the late 1930's,
the plane was seized by German forces in May 1940

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De Havilland DH.104 Dove 1    OO-CFC   (c/n 04054)

Picture taken  just before delivery to the Force Publique du Congo in June 1950.
The plane sports a civil registration but no more Sabena titles

(Coll Jean-Luc Deval)

British Aerospace Bae 146-200    OO-DJD    (c/n E2077)

Flying in Sabena colours and DAT title in December 1989.
 (Serge Van Heertum)

Swearingen SA-226 Metro   OO-JPI   (c/n TC-221)
Owned by European Air Transport (EAT), the plane flew
for Sabena between February 1976 and 1989.

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Beechcraft B.65 Queen Air B.80    OO-VDD    (c/n LD-333)
Initially delivered to Delta Air Transport (DAT), the OO-VDD flew
for Sabena between August 1968 and May 1970.

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Boeing B707-373C   OO-SBU   (c/n 19442)
Purchased in 1979, the plane sported the Air Algerie colours with Sobelair titles before being painted in the traditional Sobelair livery.

 (Coll Willy Henderickx)

Boeing B737-3B3  F-GFUF  (c/n 24388)

Owned by Aeromaritime, later Aeropostale, the F-GFUF was leased to Sobelair in 1991and 1998; the picture is dated March 1998.
 (Serge Van Heertum)

Douglas DC-4 - 1009   OO-ABS   (c/n 43095)

Leased to Air Congo in August 1963, the plane was definitively sold to Air Congo in December 1963 and registered 9Q-CBH

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Douglas DC-6   OO-SDC   (c/n 43064)

In 1965 Sabena sold this DC-6 to the Spanish company Spantax.
Seen here at roll out in Sabena colours and Spantax titles.

 (Coll SBAP)