2023

The Pinguin Formation Team

The Pinguin Formation Team was created by a passionate group of friends, pilots and SV4B owners. Out of love for flying with their beautiful old-timer aircraft, they started to organize the famous grass-strip tours. A da...

: 13 februari 2023; CONTINUE READING

2022

Luc 'Sleepy' Van der Spiegel

The patronship of Tailwheel Meet 2022 will be in the skilled hands of Luc 'Sleepy' Van der Spiegel. A former military pilot, +10k hours (airplane and helicopter) with a longtime connection with our airfield. Civil flight...

: 28 april 2022; CONTINUE READING

2021

Armand Coesens (RIP 8/8/2020)

The patronship of the 15th Tailwheel Meet will be awarded posthumously to Armand Coesens, founder and former owner of Overboelare airfield. Armand started his aviation adventure in late 1969, the year he took his first f...

: 26 juli 2021; CONTINUE READING

2019

Lady Bush Pilot

Valéry Dereymaeker, better known as Lady Bush Pilot started her fltying career in 2012. After qualifying SEP land, sea and night, she took off for a breathtaking flying adventure in 2017. She circumnavigated the African...

: 12 november 2018; CONTINUE READING

2018

Kurt 'Kukke' Plyson

Kurt 'Kukke' Plyson was bitten by the aviation microbe way back in 1986 when he visited the Koksijde airshow for the first time. From then on things went fast. In the early 90’s he joined the Belgian Airforce...

: 08 juli 2018; CONTINUE READING

2017

Jean-Pierre De Cock

Jean-Pierre De Cock is taking care of the patronship of the 2017 edition of Tailwheel Meet. Jean-Pierre earned his glider pilot license way back in 1958 and became a private pilot in 1970. Very soon he tried to persue a...

: 25 juli 2017; CONTINUE READING

2016

Frank De Meyer

All started in the airplane of Frank De Meyer’s father. While Frank was not yet big enough to touch the rudder pedals with his feet, he learned to play the yoke around with skill. His real aviation adv...

: 01 april 2016; CONTINUE READING

2015

Wings of Memory

Traditionally our Tailwheel Meet fly-in supported by a patron. This ‘task’ is usually given to an individual and / or organization that in one way or another, makes important contributions to our flying heritage b...

: 22 maart 2016; CONTINUE READING

2014

Raymond Cuypers

Raymond Cuypers was born at Turnhout (Belgium) on March 25th, 1959 as the 4th son in a family of 10. When he saw his first Tipsy Nipper at a meeting in 1974 it was love at first sight. At the age of 17 he started to fly...

: 17 maart 2016; CONTINUE READING

2013

Danny Cabooter

The man who assumes the patronship of this year's tailwheelmeet has approximately 24.000 flying hours under his belt of which at least 5.000 on taildraggers. He had the pleasure of flying Spitfires and lots of oth...

: 16 maart 2016; CONTINUE READING

2012

Nic & Gee

Nic & Gee both started their aeronautical experiences by falling through the skies of respectively Hilversum (NL) and Spa. The couple met each other in 1991 at the airfield (where else?) of Spa when Gee h...

: 15 maart 2016; CONTINUE READING

2011

369 sqn

This year’s patronship of the 2011 edition of the Tailwheel Meet is assumed by a whole team of people who are involved in keeping our aviation heritage very much alive and kicking: 369 Sqn – The Belgian Vintage Av...

: 14 maart 2016; CONTINUE READING

2010

Jan Voeten

This year's Tailwheel Meet is an anniversary edition.For many years, even before we baptized this event the Tailwheel Meet, Jan Voeten (1953) and his friends were present at our annual gatherings at Overboelare ai...

: 13 maart 2016; CONTINUE READING

2009

Guy Valvekens

It was back in 1977 that Guy first started thinking of buying a Stampe and consequently fell in love with taildraggers. Guy bought a ‘project’ which was finally finished in 1985 after hard labor and quite some swe...

: 12 maart 2016; CONTINUE READING

2008

Eric Vormezeele

The patronship for the 3th edition of our Tailwheel Meet was assumed by ERIC VORMEZEELE. In his early years, Eric decided to start a military career, mainly determined by the things he whithnessed as a child durin...

: 11 maart 2016; CONTINUE READING