ROBERT HODGSON MEMORIAL COLLECTION
No. 8571. Demonty-Poncelet Vivette (O-BAFH c/n 2)
Photographed at Brussels Air Museum, Belgium, March 4, 2008, by Robert Hodgson

Demonty-Poncelet Vivette

01/31/2009. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "Designed by Mathieu Demonty, technical director of SABCA (Société Anonyme Belge de Construction Aéronautique), this tandem two-seat glider was produced by Paul Poncelet in 1923, it was registered to Jean-Baptiste Richard of Brussels on October 1. At the 1925 Vauville Meeting, near Cherbourg, France, piloted by the Frenchman Albert Massaux, the aircraft established a duration record, staying aloft for 10 hr 19 min 43 sec on July 26. In 1929 the aircraft was reregistered in the new Belgium register to the same owner as OO-AFH."


Created January 31, 2009