Victors Team

Here are the members of our team:

PILOTS:

Victor 1 is Emmanuel “MANU” De Craene

- Lieutenant-Colonel Belgian Air Component

- Previously Tactical Director on board  NATO E3A AWACS

- Flight instructor Ostend Air College and flying club Ursel

- Freelance pilot with ASL NV

- Chairman and general coördinator of The Victors

Victor 2 is Luc De Smet

- His daily job is not at all directly related to aviation. He is responsible for the electro-hydraulics of harbour cranes. Although Luc is a very passionate pilot.

- Within the formationteam, Luc is responsible to determine the references to fly within the formation.

Victor 3 is  Rick De Smet

- Rick is the son of LucDe Smet

- Rick is supervisor at Snecma Brussels for the repear and maintenance of CFM56 engines.

- Rick is also a passionate aircraft photographer and if he is not flying, he is responsible for the formation pictures.

Victor 4 is Freek Van Hyfte

- Freek started his flying career at VLM on Fokker 50

- Later he joined EASY JET on Airbus 320

- Then he became Capt on Boeing 737 at TNT Express

- Currently he is an F/O Boeing 747 at Cathay Pacific

- secretary of VZW The Victors

Victor 5 is Matthias Schmid

- Started flying in 2000 on TMG (Touring Motor Glider) and SEP

- Studied Aviation Technology at KHBO Ostend

- Started his aviation career in 2005 as an aircraft technician at Flyinggroup business jets

- Continued at Flyinggroup in 2007 as F/O on the Cessna Citation series CJ1, CJ2, CJ3

- As from 2010 he is F/O on the Dassault Falcon 900

- As from 2011, he is also F/O on the Dassault Falcon 7X

PR Department:

Victors godfather: Lucas van den Eijnde

Bookings: Emmanuel “MANU” De Craene

Victors photographer: Rick De Smet

Victors Webmaster: Jochen Verschoore

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