Tour of Belgium (microlights) 03-05/06/06

[westwings]

On the 3rd, 4th and 5th of June the 'Tour of Belgium' took place with no less than 46 microlights. During this 3 day long tour some 9 airfields were visited and on saterday afternoon all 46 landed on the beach at De Panne which resulted in a unique photo opportunities. See the results on http://westwings.fotopic.net/c984177.html

Route:
Saterday 03/06: Baisy-Thy > Saint-Ghislain > De Panne beach > Moorsele > Koksijde
Sunday 04/06: Koksijde > Zuienkerke > Hoevenen > Hasselt > Büllingen
Monday 05/06: Büllingen > Bastogne > Baisy-Thy

Participants:
59-MP Rans S-6 II Coyote tailwheel (?)
59-VH Solar Wings Pegasus Quantum (?)
59-CKZ ATEC Zephyr 2000 (?)
59-CMH Air Création Clipper (?) was also marked as OO-F
59-CNS B & F Technik FK9 Mk 3 Utility (255)
59-COR Air Création Tanarg (?)
76-NT Guérin G1 (?)
OO-976 Micronef Cosmos BI 503-2E (051)
OO-990 Dynali Chickinox Kot-Kot (344405)
OO-A90 Air Création GT BI (082)
OO-B68 Solar Wings Pegasus Quantum (6782)
OO-B70 Aviasud Mistral 582 (201)
OO-B75 Air Création GT BI 582S XP (097)
OO-C43 Rans S-6 Coyote II nosewheel (0596994)
OO-C62 Air Création GTE 503S (126)
OO-D08 Air Création Micronef GTE (138)
OO-D16 Dyn’Aero MCR ULC Banbi (51)
OO-D23 Air Création Micronef GTE (142)
OO-D27 Solar Wings Pegasus Quantum (7623)
OO-D35 Dyn’Aero MCR UL Banbi (155)
OO-D37 Aviasud AE209 Albatros (050)
OO-D61 Aeropro Eurofox (10001)
OO-D66 Fly Synthesis Storch (250)
OO-D81 B & F Technik FK9 Mk 3 Funk (189)
OO-D86 Team Minimax 1600R (837)
OO-D87 B & F Technik FK9 Mk 3 Funk (193)
OO-D94 B & F Technik FK9 Mk 3 Funk tailwheel(194)
OO-D97 Air Création/Micronef GTE 582S (145)
OO-E01 Air Création/Micronef GTE 582S Kiss 450 (T02076)
OO-E08 Dyn’Aero MCR UL (230)
OO-E21 Aeropro Eurofox (12402) radio callsign ‘OQ-BKM’ on tail
OO-E26 Jabiru UL-450 (556)
OO-E40 RANS/Confluence S-6 Coyote II (08031512ES)
OO-E61 B & F Technik FK9 Mk 3 Utility (242)
OO-E64 Micronef MCR UL Banbi (282)
OO-E73 Air Création/Micronef GTE 582-S XP15 (117)
OO-E86 Micronef MCR UL (280)
OO-E87 B & F Technik FK9 Mk 3 Funk (263)
OO-F05 B & F Technik FK9 Mk 3 Utility (271)
OO-F06 Rans/Confluence S-6ES Coyote II (06051667)
OO-F08 B & F Technik FK.14B Polaris (056)
OO-F17 Rans/Confluence S-6ES Coyote II (08051682)
OO-F19 Air Création/Tanarg 582 Ixess 15 (T 06016)
OO-F22 B & F Technik FK9 Mk 3 Utility (?)
Air Création Racer (?)
Air Création Clipper (?)

Just as they took off from the beach again, Koksijde based OO-E13 made a low pass


46 microlights on the beach, not a everyday sight in Belgium


A view over the sand runway and apron

[Bruspotter]

Hi

Pretty Cool seeing all those planes on the beach.

Cool pics!

Runway enough it seems to me :P

Best regards: Yannick

[stevie]

wow thats nice
did they stop in amougies too?
see the planes of airport amougies

by

[ElcoB]

Thanks westwings, enjoyed very much your pictures

[AF036]

Very great photos!!
and a lot of new "OO-" regs for me!
I wish I was there too

Thanks to share

[teddybAIR]

If only I had known, at was at Nieuwpoort last week and would have taken a look if I had known of the initiative.

Anyway, thank you for sharing the pictures!

[Stella_Caeli]

Hello,

Those are excellent pictures Westwings! Thanks for uploading them 8) .

The official route according to the document I received was
03/06/06 (180km)
1. BAISY-THY
2. ST.GHISLAIN
3. AMOUGIES
4. MOORSELE
5. KOKSIJDE
04/06/06 (300km)
1. KOKSIJDE
2. ZUIENKERKE
3. HOEVENEN
4. HASSELT
5. BULLINGEN
05/06/06 (180km)
1. BULLINGEN
2. BASTOGNE
3. BAISY-THY

Kind regards,
Sebastian

[westwings]

Thanks for the comments all, the route which was first planned was changed later. sunday and monday stayed the same as far as I know but on saterday they routed: Baisy-Thy > Saint-Ghislain > De Panne beach > Moorsele > Koksijde. So no Amougies.

I hope they will repeat this next year

[OO-E61]

See pilot's pics of the event on http://www.ebby.be/nieuwtjes.htm
Lots of pics from the air, and also the SeaKing Demonstration we got in EBFN on saterday evening.

[westwings]

Welcome on the luchtzak forum OO-E61. I just had a look on the link you gave. There are some nice pics on there, if you wish to use some of mine just let me know

[stevie]

hi all

does anyone know if there is an book like JP white the reg. of all the 'smaller' planes in belgium
like the ULM's and DPM's

[westwings]

does anyone know if there is a book like JP with the reg. of all the 'smaller' planes in belgium
like the ULM's and DPM's

The ULM's at least are in the Belgian Civil Register as published by the Aviation Society of Antwerp. I do believe the DPM's are as well but can't be sure. You may refer to http://www.asa-be.com/publications_asa.htm
and surely these people deserve all our support for the great job they're doing!

Yes, DPM's are included in the Belgian Civil Register book. Also included are balloons, gliders, foreign registered aircraft based in Belgium and a list of the civil aircraft in the Brussels military museum and museum storage at Vissenaken + a list of all airports, airfields and heliports in Belgium. A great guide!

A most remarkable event indeed, I can never imagine how they got allowed to use the beach for a runway. Must have been a hell of a lot of administrative hurdles to take, or then perhaps good contacts high up our civil aviation administration. Was there any ATC? Fire brigade?
With any luck I'll be able to take part in the next edition, if any. And gladly I would!

Fire brigade? No

ATC? Have a look on http://www.westwings.be/artikels/rondev ... b2006.html and scroll down to the photos. As you can see there was a green and red flag