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Picture Manufacturer Model Notes

100_2471
Avro626 PrefectAn Avro 626 from the Wevelgem Flight School. Avro delivered 8 in 1926 and SABCA built 4 more under license. Basically the same as the Avro Tutor. Built from scratch.

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Renard R-31 This was the only indigenous Belgian plane to reach production. It was an observation plane.

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Renard R-38 Belgium managed to build 4 different prototypes with various engines. They should have concentrated on one and gotten it to production. I modified a Yak-7 kit to make this one.

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SABCAS.47Belgian version of the Italian Caproni Ca 335 "Maestrale." Only one was built. Captured by the Germans. Built from scratch.

100_2007
Stampe et VertongenS.V.4BOne of the few home-grown aircraft to be produced in Belgium was this little trainer. With an empty weight of 1,034 lbs., it managed to hit 112 mph. Built from scratch.

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Stampe et VertongenS.V.-4CSmall trainer, very similar to the British Tiger Moth. Only 30 were delivered by May 10, 1940, but a total of 961 were eventually built. Modified kit.

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Stampe et VertongenSV.5 TornadoThe Belgian Air Force took 20 of these trainers and the Latvian Air Force had 10. The Belgian aircraft had 2 machine guns and four 22 lb. bombs.

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