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The SV\u20114 is a training biplane designed in the 1930s by Stampe and Vertongen at their factory in Antwerp\u2011Deurne, now home to a flying museum. The initial model, the SV\u20114A, was intended for advanced training and aerobatics. It was soon improved into the SV\u20114B, featuring redesigned wings and a 130 hp de Havilland Gipsy Major engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Before the Second World War, only 35 aircraft were built, with production halted due to the conflict. After the war, Stampe and Renard resumed manufacturing between 1948 and 1955, producing 65 additional aircraft used for initial training in the Belgian Air Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The SV\u20114 was highly appreciated for its stability and maneuverability, making it ideal for pilot training. In 1965, it was also used by the \u201cManchots\u201d aerobatic team, known for their mirror formation displays.
It later continued its service as a glider tug for the Air Cadets until its retirement from military service in 1975.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Robust and well\u2011designed, the Stampe SV\u20114 has stood the test of time: about half of all SV\u20114B aircraft built still exist today, many of them still airworthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The OO\u2011MON, a former Belgian Air Force V30, is owned by Guy Van Eeckhoudt and flown by his son, LTC \u201cOli\u201d Van Eeckhoudt. It bears the inscription \u00ab <\/strong>Le P\u2019tit Van \u00bb<\/strong>on its tail, in tribute to Albert Van Eeckhoudt, a Spitfire pilot in the 350th Squadron during the Second World War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Origines Le SV\u20114 est un biplan d\u2019entra\u00eenement con\u00e7u dans les ann\u00e9es 1930 par Stampe et Vertongen, dans leur usine d\u2019Anvers\u2011Deurne, aujourd\u2019hui devenue un mus\u00e9e volant. Le premier mod\u00e8le, le SV\u20114A, \u00e9tait destin\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019entra\u00eenement avanc\u00e9 et aux acrobaties. Il fut rapidement am\u00e9lior\u00e9 en SV\u20114B, dot\u00e9 d\u2019ailes redessin\u00e9es et d\u2019un moteur de Havilland Gipsy Major de […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-2873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sv-4b","tag-baf-days-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belgianairforcedays.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belgianairforcedays.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belgianairforcedays.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belgianairforcedays.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belgianairforcedays.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2873"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.belgianairforcedays.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2876,"href":"https:\/\/www.belgianairforcedays.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2873\/revisions\/2876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belgianairforcedays.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belgianairforcedays.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belgianairforcedays.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belgianairforcedays.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}