La Belgique dans le ciel
Documentary (1958)
English: Belgium in the Sky
Realisation:
Albert Dumortier(Narrator)
Lyrical presentation of numerous aspect of the airport, Sabena and aviation trades and professions. The film shows Melsbroek airport and the various public airport in Belgium, air ferries over the channel, air taxi, aerial photography, aero-club activities, and pilot training in Sabena's school center.
Auster J/1 Autocrat (Model)
Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas
Registration OO-SFA, c/n 45157/737. Built in 1956. Seen landing at Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek / Brussels-Melsbroek airport few month before her crash in Casablanca on the 18th May 1958.
Several SABENA's Douglas DC-3in the background.
Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas
Registration OO-CFF, c/n 45162. Delivered to SABENA in 1957 and sold to Spantax in 1964. Seen here at Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek / Brussels-Melsbroek airport taxiing beside a SABENA's Douglas DC-3.
Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Vickers 806 Viscount
At Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek / Brussels-Melsbroek airport.
Lockheed L-049D Constellation
At Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport with a Convair 440 Metropolitan of SABENA in the background.
Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas
Registration N750PA, c/n 45094/769. Delivered to PAA on February 1957,sold to Panair do Brasil in January 1964. Picture at Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport.
Douglas DC-6B
Registration OO-CTM, c/n 44175. Bought new in 1954. Sold to the German Luftwaffe in 1965.
Refuelling at Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport.
Convair 440 Metropolitan
At Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport. On the right in the background is another SABENA's Douglas DC-6.
SABENA's Douglas DC-3 in her older livery on the left.
With three other Convair 440 Metropolitan and a Douglas DC-6 or DC-7 on the left, all from SABENA.
Convair 440-12 Metropolitan
At Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport.
Registration OO-SCL, c/n 336. Wing of OO-AUV listed below seen on the left.
Douglas DC-3C
Registration OO-AUV, c/n 43087. Ex USAAF C-47A refurbished as real DC-3 in 1947. SABENA's OO-SCL Metropolitan on the right.
Convair T-29
On the left in the background at Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport.
On the far background left, Douglas DC-6 or DC-7 from SABENA.
Bristol 170 Superfreighter Mk32
Registration G-AOUV, c/n 13258. Leased from Bristol Aeroplane Company to SABENA for Channel link between Ostende and Southend on Sea in a partnership with Channel Air Bridge , from December 1957 to December 1958. The airplane was sold to Air Charter Ltd, then to British United Air Ferries in 1965 and operated till 1968.
Location is Luchthaven Oostende-Aéroport d'Ostende (OST/EBOS).
Bristol 170 Superfreighter Mk 32
Taking off from Luchthaven Oostende-Aéroport d'Ostende (OST/EBOS). Douglas Dakota listed below in the foreground
Douglas Dakota
At Luchthaven Oostende-Aéroport d'Ostende (OST/EBOS). One of the last Douglas Dakota wearing Air Kruise colours, this small company being merged into Silver City Airways at the end of 1957.
The Silver City Airways Superfreighter listed above is taking off in the background.
De Havilland Canada DHC-1A Chipmunk T.10 (Model)
Model of ex Force Aérienne Belge/Belgische Luchtmacht bought in 2 samples for evaluation in 1948. The aircraft was sold to Royal Antwerp Aviation Club in 1956 as OO-MER, c/n CFF.20. Written off after an accident in 1965.
Various Aircraft (Models)
1 - Auster J/1 Autocrat (Model) already listed above.
2 - Convair 440 Metropolitan in SABENA's livery.
3 - Unidentified.
4 - Unidentified.
5 - Unidentified.
6 - Unidentified.
7 - Unidentified.
8 - Unidentified.
9 - Vought OS2U Kingfisher.
10 - De Havilland Canada DHC-1A Chipmunk T.10 already listed above.
Unidentified Aircraft
Fictionnous Aircraft (Models)
Fictionnous Aircraft (Models)
MRSz Z-03A Ifjúság
Hungarian Glider designed by Ferenc Zsebö for military training. 3 of them were bought by Centre National de Vol à Voile for the national soaring centre at Saint-Hubert in 1955. This one has registration OO-ZPL.
Towing airplane De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth in the background seen below.
Unidentified Aircraft
Unknown glider on the right at Saint-Hubert airfield. De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth in the background listed below.
De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth
Towing the Z-03A Ifjúság listed above.
Seen again later in the film.
Piper J-3 Cub
Unidentified Aircraft
1- The glider with Renault markings on the left.
2- Ryan Navion.
3- ERCO Ercoupe.
4- De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk .
5- Beechcraft F35 Bonanza registered OO-JAC (later D-EARM) c/n D-4526 built in 1955. Listed below.
6- Schneider Grunau Baby. Listed below.
Schneider Grunau Baby
The glider in the foreground.
Schneider Grunau Baby or one of its licenced built : Nord 1300 or English Slingsby T5 or Elliotts Baby EoN, ....
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mark IX
Percival P.28 Proctor I
Bbehind the Spitfire already listed above.
Another view of it on the right.
A SABENA's Douglas DC-3 in the background, and left wing of Miles M.65 Gemini on the left, listed below.
Miles M.65 Gemini 1A
Registration OO-RVE, c/n 6525. Built in 1947.
Unknown airplane far in the background on the left. Same DC-3 listed above.
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A
Registration G-AIDK, c/n 6355. First registered in 1946.
On the right, the same Percival P.28 Proctor I already seen above in pictures with Spitfire .
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A
Unknown airplane on the right.
Various Aircraft
1- Beechcraft Bonanza,maybe OO-JAC seen above and below in the list.
2- Miles M.38 Messenger 2A G-AIDK already seen above.
3- Supermarine Spitfire LF Mark IX seen before .
4- Unknown.
5- Unknown.
6- Unknown.
7- Miles M.65 Gemini 1A OO-RVE already listed above.
8- Unknown.
Piper L-4J Grasshopper
Registration OO-CEK, c/n 12760. Built in 1944. Military designation of Piper J-3C-65D Cub.
Piper PA-23 Apache
On the left in the background.
On the right is OO-JAC already seen above and listed below.
Beechcraft F35 Bonanza
Registration OO-JAC c/n D-4526 seen above twice.
Percival P.28 Proctor I
Saab 91B Safir
Registration OO-SOP, c/n 91242. Delivered to Burgelijke Luchtvaartschool / Ecole d’aviation civile in 1953, wearing SABENA's colours. It could be nicknamed "SAABENA" I think.
In the background we can see two De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth that are listed below. The airfield is Recreatief Vliegveld Grimbergen/Grimbergen Airport (---/EBGB). We can see one of the two remarkable concrete aircraft hangars which were built and designed by Alfred Hardy in November 1947.
Another De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth of the SABENA Aeroclub in the foreground.
De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth
Registration OO-xxx.
De Havilland DH82C Tiger Moth
Cold weather operations version for the RCAF fitted with sliding perspex canopies.
At Recreatief Vliegveld Grimbergen/Grimbergen Airport (---/EBGB).
Unidentified Aircraft
Twin engine aircraft cockpit apparently. Remind Avro Anson, but it doesn't match correctly.
Convair 440 Metropolitan
At Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport.
Convair 440-12 Metropolitan
Registration OO-SCR, c/n 373.
At Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport.
Two others in the background.
Another one in the background.
Convair 440-12 Metropolitan
Registration OO-SCN, c/n 361.
At Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport.
Douglas C-47A Skytrain
Registration OO-AWZ, c/n 13747/25922.
At Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport.
SABENA's Convair 440 Metropolitan and Sikorsky S-58C in the background.
SABENA's Douglas DC-6 in the background.
Two others SABENA's Douglas DC-6 in the far background.
Douglas DC-6
At Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport.
Another SABENA's Douglas DC-6 in the right.
SABENA's Douglas DC-6 in the hangar and Sikorsky S-58C in the background.
Douglas DC-6
Various aircraft
From Control Tower of Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport.
1- Unknown. Seems high wing, maybe an Airspeed Ambassador?
2- Unknown. Convair 440 Metropolitan?
3- Sikorsky S-58C of SABENA-Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne.
Vickers Viscount
Unidentified Viscount landing at Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek / Brussels-Melsbroek airport.
Sikorsky S-58C
Registration OO-SHG, c/n 58-324.
Héliport de Bruxelles-Allée Verte, OO-SHH following in the background left.
Sikorsky S-58C
Registration OO-SHG, c/n 58-333.
Taking off from Héliport de Bruxelles-Allée Verte towards Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport.
Hawker Hunter F.4
Delivered to Forces Aériennes Belges in 1956. 112 aircraft used, half of them built by SABCA and Avions Fairey.
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star
Delivered to Forces Aériennes Belges in 1952 for training and operated till 1979.
Hawker Hunter F.4 flying in the background.
(left foreground) Half of a Republic F-84 Thunderjet.
Douglas DC-6
Registration OO-SDE, c/n 43149/158. Delivered to SABENAin 1950 as OO-AWW. Changed in 1951 to OO-SDE and leased to Aerofina Luxembourg in 1958, Transair Sweden in 1960, returned to SABENA.]] and leased again to Air Congo in 1964, sold to this company in 1965 as 9Q-CLB that became Air Zaire in 1971.
At Aéroport Bruxelles-Melsbroek]/ Brussels-Melsbroek airport.
Another one in the background.
Several others DC-6 in the far background.
Taking off. Another DC-6 in the foreground and Convair 440 Metropolitan on the left.
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See also
- Unidentified Aircraft
- Auster J family
- Beechcraft Bonanza
- Bristol 170 Freighter
- Convair 240/340/440
- De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth
- De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
- ERCO Ercoupe
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain
- Douglas DC-3
- Douglas DC-6
- Douglas DC-7
- Hawker Hunter
- Lockheed Constellation
- Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
- Miles M.38 Messenger
- Miles M.65 Gemini
- Percival Proctor
- Piper J-3 Cub
- Ryan Navion
- Saab 91 Safir
- Schneider Grunau Baby
- Sikorsky H-34
- Supermarine Spitfire
- Vickers Viscount
- British European Airways
- El Al Israel Airlines
- Pan American World Airways
- SABENA
- Silver City Airways