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The
Stampe
&
Vertongen
Museum,
which
was
inaugurated
on
26
May
2001,
pays
tribute
to
the
Antwerp
aviation
pioneers
Jean
Stampe
(1889-1978)
and
Maurice
Vertongen.
Together,
they
started
a
flying
school
at
the
airport
of
Deurne.
Later
on,
a
factory
was
added,
where
the
legendary
SV4
aircrafts
were
built.
This
SV4
aircraft,
the
only
Belgian
aeroplane
that
is
internationally
known,
was
not
taken
out
of
service
of
the
Belgian
Air
Force
until
1978.
The
Stampe
&
Vertongen
Museum
preserves
various
specimen
of
the
“Stampe”,
in
which
generations
of
pilots
had
their
first
flying
lessons.
Every
year
in
May,
on
the
Saturday
and
Sunday
after
Ascension
Day,
the
“Stampe
Fly
In”
is
organised,
at
which
occasion
the
airport
changes
into
a
historic
meeting
place
of
original
SV4
aircrafts
from
entire
Europe.
In
addition,
the
museum
also
displays
a
number
of
military
aircraft
from
WWI.
This
collection
consists
in
total
of
6
unique
life-size
specimens
of
which
some
are
fitted
with
an
original
rotary
engine.
In
the
work-shop,
the
restoration
of
a
seventh
aircraft,
a
superb
Fokker
DVII,
can
be
observed.
The
notorious
V1
from
WWII,
which
caused
so
much
misery
and
spread
panic
in
the
city
of
Antwerp,
is
exhibited
as
well.
By
means
of
photos,
documents
and
scale
models,
for
example,
the
Blériot
aircraft
of
Jan
Olieslagers,
the
museum
also
illustrates
the
history
of
Antwerp
Airport.
