SV-Elementaey Flying School ( EVS / EPE )

 

Origin of the 'penguin' emblem

Pilots and student pilots had to 'zig zag' at the landing to see the runway.

                                                                                        This looked like the the left-right shaking step of a penguin.

 

Why the penguin emblem is set on that place on the fuselage

A penguin is a bird that can not fly.

                                                          So the emblem was set at the back seat of the cockpit, the seat of the student who also could not fly.

 

 

Original "Pilotage" book

 

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SV-4B line up Goetsenhoven with acro team 'Les Manchots' on the left (C. Van Eeckhoudt)

 

 

 

Airfield Goetsenhoven, with controltower and ADF antennas.

ADF stands for Automatic Direction Finder. It comprises a navigational instrument used in connection with NDBs (non-directional radio beacons) to determine a relative sounding. The system allows for reliable navigation at low altitudes. Homing or latching onto the NDB is the only means to not get completely lost.

 

SV-4B's as seen ot the AT Goetsenhoven (private collection)

 

 

SV-4B's at Koksijde Airbase in 1951 (Collection Willy Bruyninckx)

 

Military pilot training on SV-4B in the 50ties

see also part 2 - part 3 and part 4 of the military pilot training

 

   

Menu "End of EVS/EPE (Elementary Flying School)

   

 Badge 5th BAF Squadron in the 80 ties

 

  Goetsenhoven in 2018 - lost heritage 

 

 

Collection Koen Vantorre

 

Collection Willy Bruyninckx

Photo Lambert Denerette

    

   

     

     

     

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

Collages Jozef Vandevorst (Goetsenhoven)

 

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