Who's who ?
Serge VAN HEERTUM
Serge was born in April 1961. After mechanics-school, his professional carreer passed on from nuclear powerplants to the aviation world with about 15 years at Sabena. He spent 5 years as a specialised mechanic on Boeing 737 and then stepped over to 'Loadcontrol' for another 10 years.
Due to the bankruptcy of the national airline company, his carreer was directed towards telecommunications.
For more than 17 years now, he's writing and reporting as a freelance journalist for various magazines and other internet sites.
His aim is to share the passion and the joy the world of aviation brings to us.
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Marc ARYS
Marc was born in July 1961.
This police officer has always been interested in aviation in general and
more particularly in the Belgian Air Force. Although he could not fulfill his
dream to become a fighter pilot, he did get his pilot licence (non-IFR) and
totalizes 652 flight hours on different aircraft types.
Becoming acquainted with the Belgian Air Force Alpha Jet display pilots, Danny Payeur and Pat Deschrijver, he fell in love with this aircraft. As he did not find any thorough publication on the subject, he elected to do some research wich led to his book "20 years of Alpha Jet in the Belgian Air Force".
He is now in his fifth year as a freelance aviation reporter/photographer.
Together they published already :
- 2007 : Fouga Magister, Whistling Turtles in Belgian Skies
- 2009 : Siai Marchetti SF.260, Agile Penguins in Belgian Skies
- 2009 : F-16 Fighting Falcon, 30 years in action with the Belgian Air Force
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