Aircraft Photo of OO-UBA | Bell 47D-1 | Sabena | AirHistory.net #294856
Location
City / Area:Libramont / SC Libramontois [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Country:Belgium
 
Photo Date:21 August 1950
Photo from:Peter de Jong Collection
Photo ID: 294856
Photo Comment

'The mail helicopter in Libramont.' Sabena's involvement with helicopters began with an air mail contract and OO-UBA flew the first circuit around eastern Belgium on 21 August 1950. Note the 'mailboxes' fitted. This football pitch in Libramont, a small but central town in the Ardennes, was the first stop from Brussels - Porte de Ninove / Ninoofse Poort. The other stops were: Liège - Orban; Tongeren - De Motten park; Hasselt - St Hubertsplein; Beringen - Vigor football club; Turnhout - road to Kasterlee; Herentals - Oude Vaart; and Antwerp - Wilrijkse Plein.

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