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Schaffen Old Timer Fly In...Always a must!
Text & Pictures : Serge Van Heertum - SBAP
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The 27th edition of the International Schaffen Old Timer
Fly-In took place on
14th and 15th August
2010. As an annual tradition, Diest Aero Club
organised this
event and that since 1979. So during more than 30 years, this event became one
of the most important fly-in at
Europe with an international participation of collector planes from Belgium
naturally, but
also from
France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Holland, Italy, Switzerland, England
and many other countries. This fly-in is a
unique opportunity for old machines (or even
recent ones) owners
and pilots to meet each other
once a year. The International Old Timer Fly-in is not an air show, but a
pleasant meeting of historical airplanes and their pilots. Some pilots are
barely older than their airplanes, while others are young
and passionately about
restoring these planes in their original condition.
Something you cannot
see at the
fly-in is the amount of hours, days, weeks, months
or even years that
these guys
have
spent before the wreck
they found became an airworthy plane. If these airplanes could speak, you
would hear long
stories on how all those old flying machine fans kept on trying to straighten
that wing, looking for the last missing parts, fixing the canopy and so on, just
to get their treasure airborne again. This is not a challenge it's only a
passion, a way of life.
On the first day this year many
participants
landed on EBDT airfield, but less as usual due
to the bad weather prediction.
This was also the case
on Sunday and in the early afternoon
most of the visitors had already left Schaffen.
This fly-in is a must stay
in Belgium and in Europe, so let’s hope that the 2011 edition will be
sunnier and will
attempt the record of 1997 with 449 airplanes on the site !
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| Modern flying machines where also present | After the heavy rain of the friday evening, terrain was "little bit wet" |
Focus on the old timer and unusual airplane
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| Fieseler FI 156 Storch D-EVDB (c/n 2042) | Stinson V.77 Reliant N1943S (c/n77-463) |
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| Miles M38 Messenger G-AJWB (c/n 6699) | Miles M3A Falcon G-AEEG (c/n 216) |
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| Saab 91D Safir PH-RLA (c/n 91367) | Cessna 208 Grand Caravan OO-JEE (c/n 208B079) |
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| Piper PA-22-160 Tripacer D-EDCH (c/n 22-7419) | Luscombe 8F Silvaire N9945C (c/n S-49) |
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| Great-Lakes 2T-1A-2 PH-GLT (c/n 6710J-342) | Boeing B75N1 Stearman N56200 (c/n 75-7813) |
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| Slingsby Firefly T67M G-BXKW / HKG-13 (c/n 2061) | Christen A-1 Husky D-EZAR (c/n 358) |
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| Piper PA-16 Clipper N5360H (c/n 16-167) | Focke Wulf-Piaggio FWP149D OO-VHM (c/n 026) |
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| Mooney M20C D-EDDN (c/n 2595) | Mooney M20D Master D-EHVY (c/n 165) |
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| Tipsy Nipper just after restauration, without any markings... | Tipsy T.66S Nipper Mk III OO-MLD (c/n 73) |
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| Auster AOP.9 G-BKVK / WZ662 (c/n AUS/10/2) | Auster AOP.6 G-ARNO / VX113 (c/n 3722) |
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| Bolcköw Bo 207 I-ARAM (c/n 243) | Bellanca Aeronca 7AC Champion OO-MDM (c/n 3623) |
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| Cessna 185 Skywagon PH-DUK (c/n 185-0046)...unusual ampibian aircraft on the green grass of Schaffen | |
De Havilland Canada DHC-1 "Chipmunk"
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| De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 21 G-AMUF (c/n C1/0832) | De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 G-AOJR (c/n C1/0205) |
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| De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 G-BWTG / WB671 (c/n C1/0119) | |
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| De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 G-BCPU (c/n C1/0839) | De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 D-EPAK / WD388 (c/n C1/0328) |
De Havilland DH-82 "Tiger Moth"
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| De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth D-EKIF / R-5216 (c/n 83091) | De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth N929S but paint as the G-ACDR (c/n T6558) |
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| De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-AJHS (c/n 82121) | Back to the golden years of aviation |
Piper Cub and Super Cub
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| Piper PA-18-95 Super Cub N298SQ (c/n 18-1586) | Piper PA-18-95 Super Cub D-ELQY (c/n 18-3083) |
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| Piper PA-18-95 Super Cub OO-SPJ (c/n 18-1547) | Piper PA-18-95 Super Cub OO-LOT (c/n 18-3218) |
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| Piper J3C-65 Cub OO-CEK (c/n 12760) | Piper L18C-P1 Super Cub ex OL-L72 OO-ACK (c/n 18-3146) |
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| Piper PA-18-95 Super Cub OO-WIV (c/n 18-1544) | Piper PA-18-105 Super Cub OO-ATY (c/n 18-3221) |
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| Piper PA-18-95 Super Cub OO-HBQ (c/n 18-3130) | Piper PA-18-95 Super Cub OO-SPG (c/n 18-2060) |
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| Piper PA-18-95 Super Cub PH-FLG (c/n 18-1445) | Piper PA-18-135 Super Cub PH-GAZ / R-109 (c/n 18-3537) |
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| Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub N158FJ (c/n 18-8312) | Piper PA-18-135 Super Cub PH-KNF (c/n 18-3826) |
Stampe & Vertongen SV4b, SV4c and SV4d
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| Belgian beauty... | Stampe & Vertongen (SNCAN) SV4A OO-GWC (c/n 1) |
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| Stampe & Vertongen (SNCAN) SV4C OO-LYR (c/n 109) | Stampe & Vertongen (SNCAN) SV4E OO-SVT (c/n 9) |
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| Stampe & Vertongen SV4Bis OO-WIL (c/n 1184) | Stampe & Vertongen (SNCAN) SV4E OO-KAT (c/n 416) |
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| Stampe & Vertongen (SNCAN) SV4C OO-SVS (c/n 320) | Stampe & Vertongen (SNCAN) SV4C OO-VSV (c/n 349) |
A
tribute to Stelio Frati (1919-2010)
see our "In
Memoriam" page
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| Siai Marchetti SF.260D OO-EEJ (c/n 2-41) | Aviamilano F.14 Nibbio G-OWYN (c/n 208) |
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| Procaer F.15A Piccio F-BULT (c/n 15) | Aeromere F.8LIII Falco D-ENOB (c/n 206) |
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| Aeromere F.8LIII Falco D-EHHE (c/n 227) | Aeromere F.8LIII Falco D-EKMK (c/n 232) |
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| Sequoia F.8L Falco PH-HGL (c/n 001) | |