Livery for the Asobo Savage Cub Belgian Air Force 1954 Camouflage paint
Livery from the single engine observation, communications and training aircraft in use by the Belgian Air Force. The Asobo Savage Cub is the closest aircraft to the Piper L-18C Super Cub. There are many differences, but it is sufficient for this repaint of the fuselage and wings.
157 Piper Super Cubs were delivered to the Belgian Air Force from mid-1952 onwards in the framework of the Mutual Defence Aid Programme (MDAP). After a restructuring of the armed forces on April 1st, 1954 the Super Cubs were assigned to the Belgian Army Light Aviation and exchanged their bright yellow colour scheme for camouflage paint.
From the total number of 157 aircraft delivered to Wevelgem, 25 Pipers were never used operationally by the Belgian Forces and instead were passed on to Denmark and the Netherlands. More aircraft were stored for several years before taken on charge. In 1963 the serial numbers were rationalised and the majority of the aircraft got a new sequential registration number.
During its operational career a demonstration team was formed, named "The Pipettes".
All remaining Pipers were replaced by Sud Aviation Alouette II helicopters by June 1970, although for many of them this by no means meant the end of their flying career as several Pipers started a second life with civilian aero clubs all across Europe.
History:
Piper L-18C Super Cub L-48
C/N 18-3122
Date In: Apr 1954
Date Out: Jun 1968
(Source: https://www.belgian-wings.be)
Installation :
- unzip the "asobe-savagecub-l48-livery.zip" file
- put the folder "livery-savagecub-l48" in your community folder