The purpose of this blog is to provide some information about the published photographs and the trips and events that are covered here.
19 June - Brussels Airport
While visiting the DiabolO project (see previous post) I discovered the railway station of Brussels Airport and decided to go back to test my fisheye objective.
9 June - DiabolO
The DiabolO project connects Brussels Airport with a direct railway connection to the cities of Brussels and Antwerp. I subscribed to a special event to discover the tunnel that was built under the airport runways. The event was well organized with a lot of things to see (such as dansers performing on the platforms, a lightshow in the tunnel and many other attractions). Unfortunately our return train, although brand new, had some technical difficulties and our return trip lasted a little longer than expected...
24 February - Cinquantenaire Museum
It has been a while since I visited the Cinquantenaire Museum in Brussels. This time I was keen to visit "The progress came from the sky", a temporary exposition providing a historical overview of our once so glamorous national airline SABENA which went bankrupt in 2001. There was a lot to see, ranging from posters up to engine cross-sections, but most space was taken by clothes both of flying and non-flying personel.
Although I enjoyed my visit I must admit that I was much more surprised by the molding shop. No airplane models this time but a vast collection of well-know statues, all replicas of course, but what a craftmanship is required to build the molds and reproduce the statues. As a matter of fact, the molding shop in Brussels has over 40.000 molds in stock. This makes it unique in Europe; only Berlin has a similar shop and Paris (although much smaller).
After a small lunch on Tervueren Avenue I visited the Air Museum which did not offer much new, but the ongoing works made it clear that big parts of the museum are being renewed.
