Belgian National Day
July 21, 2006
Belgian National Day
July 21, 2006
Photopage CM170 R Fouga Magister - 1
Photos from the cockpit : ©Marc ARYS - S.B.A.P.
Other photos courtesy of ©Danny CARELS
Before scrolling down to the photographs I'd like to thank all the members of this last 'Fouga' flypast-team :
- Lead aircraft MT-35 flown by Lt. Gen. Avi. "Pedro" Buyse and Lt. Col. Avi. "Paul" Rorive (and his mascotte 'Franklin')
- Our aircraft MT-40 flown by Col. Avi. "Mike" Minne and yours truly in the backseat
- Fouga MT-26 flown by Col. Avi. "Erwin" De Decker and Col. Avi. "Marc" Anthony
and of course the dedicated crewchiefs : William, Francis and René
 MT-26 flown by Col. Avi. "Erwin" De Decker and Col. Avi. "Marc" Anthony in the backseat |
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Col. Avi.
"Mike" Minne and Marc" Turbo" Arys in the backseat |
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 The lead aircraft MT-35 flown by Lt. Gen. Avi. "Pedro" Buyse with Lt. Col. "Paul" Rorive and 'Franklin' in the backseat |
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Smiling, why ? I too know why birds sing.... |
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| ... on taxi ... | ||
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| Lined up on runway 22 at Beauvechain (EBBE) | ||
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| ... engines spooling up ... | .. and off we go ... | |
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| Isn't she lovely ?? | ||
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| Some nice air to air pictures | ||
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| Here we are being overtaken by the Falcon... | ||
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| ... and being overtaken by the Alpha Jets at Ruiselede. These aircraft are based at Cazaux being part of the AJets (Advanced Jet Training School) | 'Fluid' formation | |
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Overtaking the French Air Force Embraer Xingu from Avords |
'Franklin' doing some navigational exercises | |
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| Closing in on the lead aircraft | In a perfect close formation over Brussels | |
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July 21, 2006 - an historical date - the last time we could see the Fouga Magister over Brussels !!! |
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