Restauration Projects
B-25J "44-30925"
Years ago, a North American B-25J "Mitchell" has been acquired to be preserved in Belgium. With your help, this airplane will be restored and displayed in Belgium as a memorial to those many Belgians who fought in the B-25 which equipped the 98, 180 and 320 Squadrons during WWII.
Years ago, a North American B-25J "Mitchell" has been acquired to be preserved in Belgium. With your help, this airplane will be restored and displayed in Belgium as a memorial to those many Belgians who fought in the B-25 which equipped the 98, 180 and 320 Squadrons during WWII.
Bendix A-9B upper turret
Most of the B-25 still existing nowadays are equipped with readily available Martin turret of a type never used on the B-25. In order to complete even more our B-25 we did the acquisition of an authentic Bendix gun turret in Australia thanks to a generous donator. As nothing is perfect, this turret was incomplete, but we had a base to start a restoration.
Most of the B-25 still existing nowadays are equipped with readily available Martin turret of a type never used on the B-25. In order to complete even more our B-25 we did the acquisition of an authentic Bendix gun turret in Australia thanks to a generous donator. As nothing is perfect, this turret was incomplete, but we had a base to start a restoration.
VX 950, the last of the Vampire FB5S used by the French air force.
The vampire is an interesting aircraft in more ways than one: one of the first jets, it incorporates both proven and innovative technologies (jet engine). Once restored, it will show how the aircraft was designed taking into account the limitations of the first jet engines. Brilliant design when you consider the number of years the vampire has remained operational! .
The vampire is an interesting aircraft in more ways than one: one of the first jets, it incorporates both proven and innovative technologies (jet engine). Once restored, it will show how the aircraft was designed taking into account the limitations of the first jet engines. Brilliant design when you consider the number of years the vampire has remained operational! .
The École d’aviation civile (EAC), who provided training for the future Sabena airline pilots, used the Cessna 310B from 1958 till 1980 for advanced training. Cessna 310B OO-SEI was donated in August 2020 to BAPA and brought back to the association's premises on 21/1/2021 and restauration work started to put it back to the best complete condition.
A few years ago, BAPA acquired a Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp engine that had previously powered C-47 N49AG (Air Dakota). Partially incomplete, it remained stored until a former flight engineer joined the team and launched a long-term restoration project. The goal: to both restore the engine and train members for future work—particularly on the B-25 engines.