Geraardsbergen/Overboelare Aerodrome

50°45'17"N 003°51'45"E

Runway 03/21 - 600x18meters - grass

Geraardsbergen/Overboelare Aerodrome (Dutch: vliegveld Geraardsbergen/Overboelare, ICAO EBGG) is a small general aviation airfield near Kortrijk in East-Flanders (Dutch: Oost-Vlaanderen) in Belgium.
The airfield is a private airfield, and movements are only allowed after permission of the owner is given in advance (PPR). For the past 30years a DC-4/C-54 (constr. nr.10352, ex-USAAF 42-72247, ex-American Airlines N90443 "Flagship Texas") has been standing on the airfield. It never flew into the airfield, but how it got there is a remarkable story.

After its career with AA it served with Miami Airlines for 3 years before ending up with an American registered, Stansted (UK) based, and Frankfurt (Germany) addressed outfit called Trans Atlantic Airlines Inc. It flew around in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, where it was alledgedly used for tourist charters and a lot of shady deals until it was ultimately grounded in Basel (Switzerland). The owner managed to (illegally) fly the aircraft to Brussels under the fake registration N2894C, where it was promptly impounded. After having been grounded for years (and alledgedly having been stripped for spares by the Belgian Air Force) the no longer airworthy airframe was sold and brought to Geraardsbergen by road.


Map of Geraardsbergen/Overboelare along the Dender River.


The DC4 at Geraardsberge is used as a clubhouse to the local glider club Phoenix.