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Old 4th March 2015 | 15:54
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Jan Olieslagers
 
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[[ off topic ]] My pleasure, Fionn! Actually the nick was chosen in deliberate self-mockery: this chap Olieslagers was called "The Antwerp Daredevil" and for good reasons too - whereas myself am as scared as a pilot could be - on my first lessons I screamed my guts out, to the understandable annoyance of the instructor, in turns of more than 30 degrees. Loosing sight of the horizon before me still makes something go "click" between my ears, getting me close to a panic. Which is one reason I am not in a hurry to upgrade beyond my current mid-performance three-axis microlight.

Jan Olieslagers has a statue at the entrance of Antwerp Airport EBAW, he was one of the driving forces of its creation.
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