DH Fox Moth, Belgium to the Congo

[Dave Hadfield]

My friend Blake recently sent me this link, which mentions a book written by the wife of a man who flew the DH 83 Fox Moth (the same one which I fly for Vintage Wings) from Belgium to Leopoldville in 1934.

http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl ... d%3Dimvnsb

I can't seem to find a copy, even on sites like Abe Books.





Anyone know where I might look?

Thanks,

Dave

[tacoope]

Dave,

I'm sure you've done this but a google of the author's name brings up a few references like the Yale and Australian national libraries, and an antique book shop in Belgium (http://www.congo-1960.be/MersAntiqueBooks.html).

Interesting photo in your post.

Terry

[Dave Hadfield]

Yeah, if that guy doesn't pull a little harder on that halter then his ass is grass.

Thanks, Terry, I'll contact them.

Dave

[Louis Bleriot]

Hello Dave,

I hapen to live in Kapellen, Belgium close to the "Wolvenbos" where Mr and Mss Hansez-Fester used to fly the Fox Moth !

From the pics in your post I see that you've already found the link to an article on the Belgian website hangarflying.be that features the Hansez-Fester flight, http://www.hangarflying.be/nl/content/het-vliegveld-van-kapellen-wolvenbos.
You can download (or view) an article about this flight by our local historical society Hogheschote at the following link http://issuu.com/heemkring-hoghescote/docs/bruggeske-2000-4-december., see pages 126 to 140.

Hope this helps a little,
Kind regards Jan aka Louis Bleriot

[K225]

Interesting that the cowling is shown as chromed in the picture, I know we talked about this before Dave. Wonder if we could get Oscar to perform his magic?
Steve

[Louis Bleriot]

This link shows another picture of OO-ENC, showing the polished cowling http://www.asa-be.com/images/PhotoGallery_BCR2/OO-EAA/OO-ENC.jpg

[Dave Hadfield]

I can't link to that photo, but found a similar one in another site.



There are also some interesting photos of her in the Flight Global Archive, but I can't seem to lift them out of the PDF pages they're embedded in. Such as this one, where Guy-Hansez flew her to Egypt to participate in an air race.

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/ ... 01318.html

Steve, I think I prefer the blue -- it shows engine oil less!

Dave