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STAMPE & VERTONGEN Museum   Antwerp Airport Box 3 2100 Deurne   www.stampe.be                 The FOKKER D.VII Project The museum initiated this project in 2004 when the aircraft arrived at Antwerp Airport. The aircraft will be restored to flying condition and painted in the colours of Jean Stampe's "Ecole d'Aviation Anvers" or Antwerp Flying School. The original aircraft was part of the war spoils acquired by the Belgian Government as compensation for the losses during World War I. Jean Stampe bought one of these aircraft and used it in his Flying School which he founded in 1923 at Antwerp Airport. He knew out of his own experience during the war that there was need for a good pilot training. The aircraft did not the job as it should and in the end Jean Stampe and his friend Maurice Vertongen started building their own aircraft resulting in the by now World famous Stampe-Vertongen SV.4   December 2004 : The Project is now in the stage where the wings will be painted in the German camouflage colours of 1918 and the fuselage will be covered. The painting of the registration and bottom wing has started on 15/12/2004. April 2007 : Both top and bottom wing were mounted on 20/04/2007 and an engine test was performed with success. May 2007 : The O-BOBE was presented to the public during the 17th Stampe Fly In. The day before we took some nostalgic shots...   Photo's : Carl Gootzen, Paul Soons, Dirk Buytaert & Bob Rongé All loaded and ready for transport at Midden Zeeland (NL) Arrival at Antwerp airport The aircraft arrived by lorry from Midden Zeeland, The Netherlands The aircraft just after unloading the truck The 'recovery' crew: (left-to-right) Willem Rongé;Bob Rongé, Frans Truyens, Willy the driver and Carl Gootzen The engine being lifted out of the fuselage Partly dismantled fuselage Carl and Bob inspecting the dismantling of the aircraft An empty shell Removing the paint form the engine bay The resprayed fuselage The wheels added General view of the workshop. In the front the D.VII's wings with the old colourscheme. The underside of the bottom wing being prepared to receive the O-BOBE registration (10/12/04) The German cross on the tail completely removed (10/12/04) Walter removing the German cross with a hairdryer (10/12/04) Marking out the registration O-BOBE with tape on the underside of the lower wing Preparing the registration The first letters ready painted The other three letters painted in black The template used to mark out the checkered colours on the wing and fuselage Fernand colouring the first patches... it's inder way now Painting the engine covers The result of the paint job Looks good, doesn't it? 27/12/2004: painting on the wheel base has started 27/12/2004 : Willem Rongé removing the previous lettering from the engine covers with a hairdryer 27/12/2004 : Hugo doing his part of the painting 27/12/2004 : 27/12/2004 : some green spots put in place 27/12/2004 : Bob having a go at the green paint 27/12/2004 : Dirk working with the 'sticky' tape 27/12/2004 : A large part already done 27/12/2004 : Bob at work 27/12/2004 : Fernand marking out the colour patches 27/12/2004 : 27/12/2004 : The wheelbase 27/12/2004 : 27/12/2004 : 27/12/2004 : Fernand and the finishing touch 27/12/2004 : Looks great doesn't it 27/12/2004 : 28/12/2004 : Willem and Dirk wrestling with the colour pattern. 28/12/2004 : and Bob giving his point of view on the matter 28/12/2004 : Bob painting ... 28/12/2004 : ... and painting 28/12/2004 : One side of the bottom wing nearly finished 28/12/2004 : a last shot before the end of the year. 04/01/05 : The finishing touch applied by Dirk 22/01/2005 : The nearly finished bottom wing 22/01/2005 : The nearly finished bottom wing 25/01/2005 : Walter disconnecting the tailplane 25/01/2005 : Two for one and one for all.... 25/01/2005 : Seems to be a heavy job 01/02/2005 : Raymond inspecting the tailplane: we heard a strange noise.... 01/02/2005 : we had to cut open the canvas and found some more butterfly nests. 8/2/2005 : The bottom wing now in complete new livery with Stampe's O-BOBE registration 12/02/2005 : one side of the taiplane completed 12/02/2005 12/02/2005 12/02/2005 19/02/2005 : The tailplane got its 'civilian' look 03/03/2005 : removing the old paint from the top wing is a time consuming job. 06/04/2005 : Carl and Raymond preparing the fuselage for covering 06/04/2005 06/04/2005 06/04/2005: applying the cloth 06/04/2005 06/04/2005 : one side of the fuselage now covered 06/04/2005 06/04/2005 : Paul Soons and Willem Rongé marking out 06/04/2005 06/04/2005 06/04/2005 : meanwhile the others are painting the top wing in its new livery 06/04/2005 06/04/2005 : looking for forgotten spots 06/04/2005 : the now completed tailplane 06/04/2005 09/04/2005 : Raymond working on the fuselage 09/04/2005 : the fuselage now nearly completely covered except for the underside. 09/04/2005 :Raymond restoring some patches on the underside of the top wing. 09/04/2005 : the underside of the top wing still has to be painted 17/04/2005 : the bottom wing is being painted. A litlle 'battle damage' (inset with different pattern) is also added. 17/04/2005 : the now covered fuselage has been doped. The camouflage pattern has been set out and the first green spots have been applied. 20/04/2005 : the fuselage gets its coloured spots... 20/04/2005 : 1 colour to go on the top wings underside 27/04/2005 : underside of the fuselage now completed 27/04/2005 : so is one of the sides 27/04/2005 : 27/04/2005 : 27/04/2005 : The fake registration has been applied to the fuselage 27/04/2005 : finishing the top wing's underside 27/04/2005 : looks great doesn't it? 8/05/2005 : the top wing is now completed 8/05/2005 : O-BOBE's wing in full glory 8/05/2005 25/06/2005 : Engine being prepared for mounting onto the DVII 25/06/2005 : engine brought into position 25/06/2005 : 25/06/2005 : start to look like an aircraft... 25/06/2005 : 25/06/2005 : the engine in full glory 25/06/2005 : 25/06/2005 : 25/06/2005 : with the aircraft in position t will only take some minutes (or that's what we thought...) 25/06/2005 : yes, nearly 25/06/2005 : finishing the job 20/04/2007 : re-assembling the pieces 19/05/2007 : this is a big aeroplane 19/05/2007 : view from above 19/05/2007 : it takes a lot of pushing and pulling to move this plane 19/05/2007 : is this why the Germans lost the war in the end? 19/05/2007 : just like it was in the thirties 19/05/2007 : Fokker meets Fokker... an age difference of some 90 years 19/05/2007 : a nest of Fokkers 19/05/2007 : posing in front of the museum 19/05/2007 : rear view 19/05/2007 : the gang that worked on the restoration, although some are missing 20/05/2007 : a proud owner (Karel Bos) and a happy technician (Hans Van Egmont) posing with the nearly completed Fokker

 

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