sabena retro

Crédit photos

• Coll SBAP• Serge Van

Heertum• J.P Vingerhoed• Pascal

Massechlein• Guy Liesse• Pierre Taquet

Bristol 170 MK 32Leased by Sabena between june

’57 and december ‘58

Bristol 170 MK 2 Freighter G-APAUSpotted at Ostend Airport in ‘61

Douglas D C 6B OO-CTMOn taxi at Ostend Airport in ‘61

Douglas DC 6 OO-AWAOn the tarmac in ’49 the

registration becameOO- SDA in ‘51

Douglas C 47 A 30 DK OO-AWZAerial view during the handling

rotation in mid sixties

Sikorsky S 55 OO-SHAOn Melsbroeck tarmac in the mid

1950’s

De Havilland DH 104 OO-CFCBought by Sabena in April ’50 the plane

was sold to« Force publique du Congo » in June ‘50

De Havilland DH 114 Heron 1 B OO-BIA

Owned by BIAS, operathing for Sabena between

August ’67 and August ‘68

Lockeed L- 1049 H Super Constellation N- 1007 C

Leased from Seabord & Western Airliners between may and oktober ’58

during the expo of Brussels

Sikorsky S55 OO-SHBTake off at Melsbroeck. Used

between August ’53 and Oktober ‘56

Sikorsky S62 A N 976Leased from United Aircraft

between may ’60 and february 61

Vertol V 44 N 74057Leased from Boeing Company for the

Universal expositionof Brussels between april and oktober

‘58

Douglas DC 7 OO-SFDDelivered on 11-1-57 to Sabena. The

plane crashed on 4-3-62at Donala under the colors of

Caledonian Airways who leased this plane

Fokker 27 Friendship OO-SBPOwned by BIAS and operated by

Sabena between 25-4-68 till 30-4-73

Convair CV 240 12 OO- AWODuring loading on the tarmac of

Melsbroeck in ’50The plane crashed at Zurich Airport on

December 19th ‘53

Sud Aviation SE 3130 Alouette II OO-SHV

This helicopter was bought in ’57 and operated in Congo as

OO-CWH. In June ’59 the helicopter was back in Belgium.

Cesna 310 OO-SEIUsed for training of the Sabena

pilots between ’57 and ‘81

Douglas DC 6 B OO-CTMDuring handling rotation at Zurich

Airportbegin of the ’60’s

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle OO- SRADelivered to Sabena on 20 01 61 with

drown from useon 08 08 74. The plane was transfered

to the Brussels Museumon 05 10 77

Boeing B 727-29 QC OO-STEOn the Brussels tarmac mid ’70

before leasing to Yemen

Boeing B 727 29QC OO-STBDelivered to Sabena of June 6, ’67. The plane

was sold to theBelgian Air Force on January 14 ‘76

Piper PA 32 Saratoga N 4148 RBased at Scottsdale Aifild (Arizona) and

usedby Sabena Airlines Training Center in

‘99

Piper PA 34 Seneca V 220T N4162KAlso based at Scottsdale Airfild under

the colours ofSabena Airliners Training Center in ‘99

Britten Norman BN- 2A Islander OO-AST

Owned by Publiair,operating for Sabena

between oktober ’71 and May ‘75

Boeing B 707 329 OO-SJOBoarding at Brussels Airport,

destination JFK ‘70

Boeing B707 329 OO-SJBOn Brussels National apron in ’60. The

plane crashedine Berg on February 15th ’61 killing 61

passengers,11 crew memebers and 2 civil people

Boeing B 707 329C OO-SJJOn taxi at Brussels Airport begining of

the year ’80before his transfert to Katale Aéro

Transport

Beechcraft B 99 « Airliner » OO-WAY

Operated by Publiair for Sabena between

August ’76 and november ‘86

British Aerospace BAE 3102 Jet Stream OO-EDA

Leasing to « Euro direct », flying for Sabena

between 09 01 96 and 13 09 96

Aerospatial- Alenia ATR 72-22 PH-SCYLeased to Schreiner Airways in

September ’99 but flying for Sabena

Bac 111-51 OED G-AVMILeased from « European Air

Charter » by Dela Air Transport. The plane was flying for Sabenabetween March ’95 and June ‘96

De Havilland Canada DHC 8 OE-LECLeased from Schreiner Airways and

operating for Sabenafrom April ’96 till end of the year

Avro RJ 85 OO-DWDTaken the day of de delivery the 9

march ’98in ’75 anniversary livery

Boeing B737 229 OO-SDOAugust ’93 wearing the white livery

follow the commercialagrement with Air France

Mc Donell Douglas DC 10-30 OO-SLG

Wearing the logo for the promotion of the

101 dalmatians movie in ‘97

Airbus A 321-211 OO-SUCIn the paint shop for the new

colors in the year 2000It was the only aircraft wearing

the kind of colorschene before the bankroute of

the company

Airbus A 340-21 F-GNICNew aircraft bought by Sabena he

wears the frenchregistration and become later OO-SCX

in ‘93

Boeing B 737 329 OO-SYA & OO- SYF

Wearing the « Marsupilami » to commemorate

100 years of Belgian Cartoons in ‘96

Airbus A 340-211 OO-SCWJust after the accident the 29 of

aug. ’98SN 542 back from NY broked his

landing gear on arrival in Brussels

Airbus A 319 1121 OO-SSDDelivered to Sabena on 22 10 99. Sold

to Permeke AircraftLeasing on 22 10 99 but directly leased

to SabenaThe begin of bankrupcy

Boeing B 737 229C OO-SDJWearing the last Sabena colours. Emergency landing and escape

of the passengers via the slights ‘2000

Boeing B 707 329 OO-SJECrash at Tenerife Airport on February

15th ’78The plane take fire after nose gear

collapseAll passengers and crew members

escape safely

Boeing B737 229C OO-SDRReady for cargo flight to London

Stansted of ‘89

Boeing B 747-129 OO-SGAIn November ’94 the first 747 from

Sabena was sold for the metal…Very sad end of carrer

Boeing B 737 229C OO-SDJThe only one from the Boeing fleet who

weared thewhite and blue colours

DC 10-30 CF OO-SLCNose gear collapse incident at

Bujumbura Airport ‘88

Airbus A 340 211 OO-SCWTouch and go at Charleroi during a

training flight ‘96

Boeing B 737 529 OO-SYKEquipped with a nose of Virgin B737 due to

lack of spares at Sabena and through a technical agreement between both Brussels

based company

Boeing B 737-229 OO-SBTSobelair owned and leased to Air

Belgium betweenApril and September ‘85

Airbus A310 222 OO-SCBLeased to Somali Airliners between

okt.’88 and March ‘89

Boeing B747_129 OO-SGB

Boeing B737-529 OO-SYJDuring landing in ’98 note the 75

years logo.

MD 11 OO-CTSOn Brussels National apron in ’98

Aircraft leased from City Bird

Airbus A 340-211 OO-SCWUnder the giant in ‘96

Airbus A 310-222 OO-SCBArrival at gate early the morning

in ‘95

Aaahhh….quelle belle époque…Puissions excuser les jeunes de leur incompréhension à notre

nostalgie, eux n’ont plus de rêves Roland