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RIP John. My condolences to his family.

Do Passengers to Turkey pass as intercontinental to ? Most will land and the Asian part of Turkey.

Dear cousin, The name "Charleroi Brussels South airport" may not sound very enjoyable to by heard by your flemish ears... But it isn't so stupid... it works... More and more pax are coming to Charleroi Airport. Speaking about stupid, what should we think about "Oostende-Brugge" ...

I got a very good deal on a flight to Athens some weeks ago, it was almost have the price of the flight of Brussels Airlines, direct from Brussels, so I didn't mind that much about the extra hours spent. Since I live at only 150 m from the train station in Mechelen, I took the train the Brussels Sou...

Engines idle, you hear and feel this !

Nose up attitude increasing steadily, any pilot can feel and see this !

And still they don't react, I don't understand this.

The chinese army has also a number of Sukhoi's in service. Allthough the J10 looks a bit like the Israeli Lavi there are a lot of differences (air intake for instance). China is now only discovering their huge potential in research. Already a lot of researchers active in universities outside China a...

The 'over-cooked' rice is traditionnally part of a chinese breakfast. In domestic flights in China you get this stuff often. My daughter and wife are very fond of it (my wife is Chinese). September 25th I returned with Hainan from Beijing (HU491). The checkin time was ridicously long. The very late ...

I took the flight from Brussels to Beijing on aug 28th 2008. I tried this direct connection in favour of the Finnair flight over Helsinki I normally take. It will be the last time. The checkin was terribly slow, it took them 10 full minutes to get our boarding cards. Because I was travelling with my...

Road works are over ! It is worth a visit now. Have a nice view of the historic center, later have a meal and a drink at the 'Vismarkt'. The souvenir-shop already existed by the way, it just moved. You mostly have a steady stream of aircraft over Mechelen inbound for Zaventem, probably going to 'Abe...

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This morning I saw a Jetranger sitting in a meadow next to the railway line between Mechelen and Gent, a few kilometers before Wetteren. Because of the fog and the speed of the train, I can not give you more details, except that it was a belgian registration. Anyone knows more details about this hel...

Helsinki is a good place for a hub to east Asia. The shortest route to Beijing is quite north over Russia, so Helsinki is not that far off from the ideal route. This must have something to do with it. Maybe also the relations with the USSR years ago that made it relatively easy for the finnish compa...

I'm Belgian so:

- Dutch
- French

and also

- English
- Mandarin (Chinese)

Another aviation enthousiast from Mechelen, Belgium. I've been a glider pilot for more than 7 years now.

The flight with Finnair from Brussels to Beijing (over Helsinki) was delightfull. We left Brussels in time and arrived in Helsinki a few minutes early. The flight from Helsinki to Beijing arrived 15 minutes early in Beijing. Also on the return flight they managed to fly exactly to shedule. Flight to...