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Hi All,

With this message I would like to thank you all personally once again for your care, support, prayers and encouragement which I and my family received from you during the difficult days following the accident in Bronco 99+32 at Kemble, July 10th last year.

I especially would like to thank all the rescue workers, medical staff and anyone else who have been involved in the aftermath of the accident and thanks to whom - no doubt - I have survived the ordeal with good success. Special mentions are to go to:
- Cotswold Airport ATC
- Cotswold Airport Fire Services
- Breitling Jet Team & Wingwalkers
- Great Western Air Ambulance
- Wiltshire Air Ambulance
- Local Ambulance and Police Departments
- Frenchay Hospital Intensive Care & Burns Unit staff
- Queen Astrid Military Hospital Burns Unit staff in Brussels

We feel that the time has now arrived to come and thank everyone in person. To this extent our good friends at Kemble (Cotswold) airport have offered to organise a UK Bronco Fan Weekend on June 15/16th. A fly-in is being organized and anyone who can make it - by air or by road - is most welcome to join us these days!

On Friday June 14th we are planning to make a return visit the Frenchay's hospital and the two air ambulance services who attended the accident. Charitable donations will be made to each of these excellent services.

As a token of our appreciation BDT have produced a commemorative poster, which you are kindly invited to print and display at your convenience.

Many thanks and with very best regards,

Tony De Bruyn

Bronco Demo Team is pleased to advise that we are fast on the way to a full recovery from the terrible events last year. Tony's condition is improved quickly and he is now looking forward to a full rehabilitation, hopefully by the end of this year.

In the meantime we have picked up the restoration of our third Bronco G-ONAA again and are hard at work to have the airplane ready by the beginning of the 2014 airshow season. BDT will participate at selected events this year, albeit without a Bronco but just with our sales stand.

We would like to thank everyone for the incredible support Tony's family and the whole Bronco Demo Team have received over the past 10 months. It certainly kept our spirits high and very motivated for a return to the airshow scene in the very near future!

The Bronco Demo Team
Released on 21th May 2013

May 26th, 2012, Bronco 99+18 took to the skies after being on display at the Menfred Pflum Aviation Museum in Schwenningen, Germany for over 20 years. Under the lead of Tony De Bruyn, together with a dedicated team, countless hours were spend to get her back to flying conditions. This book is a pictorial overview of the restoration process which took over 7 years, getting her back to the skies where she belongs. 120 pages are filled with high-quality full color photographs, paying tribute to the restoration team. The book can be ordered and custom-printed via the following link, enjoy!

Order here

For the last years, Bronco Demo Team has always been welcome at the Abingdon Air & Country show, and so the 2013 edition could not be missed. Although we were not able to come with a Bronco, Thomas and Tony flew in on the Marchetti to take part in the static display. A report of a sunny Sunday can be found here.

The Flanders Aviation Society (FAS) organized a great charity event on April 5th, supporting the Child Cancer Foundation. The evening was organized at the BARCO facilities in Kuurne, and Bronco Demo Team was kindly invited to take part. Check out the report here.

The second edition of the Bronco Fan Day took place on Sunday afternoon March 24, this time not in Moorsele, but in Wevelgem, the homebase of the Bronco. Despite the snowy weather conditions, a large amount of fans made it, which was very well appreciated by Tony and the Team, thank you all! Check out the report here.

The weekend of March 23-24 was again the time for the annual Crew Chief training at our homebase in Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport. Although no airshow operations will be flown this season, it was a great way to come together with almost the whole team, and stay current on Bronco procedures. Check out the report here.

For the occasion of the European Airshow Convention, a new promotion video was produced. The video has some great action shots, including some in-cockpit and Air-to-Air views of Bronco 99+18. It can be viewed on youtube, enjoy it!

We are very happy to announce that Bronco Demo Team was awarded the first price in the marketing competition for participants, at the 2013 edition of the European Airshow Convention. Have a look at the report to read more about the 2013 Convention.

The yearly Belgian Air Force Airshow of 2012 was held at the Florennes Airbase on June 23-24. The largest military show in Belgium attracted again a great variety of Aircraft from all over the world. We were lucky to take part in this show in the static display. Check out the report here.

After the incident which happened this summer, it has been calm on the website as the team was concentrating on the recovery of Tony. With Tony, it is getting better every day, thanks to the enormous support received by everyone. We still had some great memories of the attended airshows this year, which we would like to share with everyone. The first one is the Geilenkirchen Open Day report, written by Tony himself, enjoy.

RAF Odiham is the homebase of the Chinook Helicopter fleet and every year they organise the Friends and Families day to welcome all the families and relatives of the based personnel. This year the event was organised on Friday June 1st and welcomed again a great variety of aircraft and ground entertainment, of which we were honoured to be invited to take part in this excellent air event with the Bronco Demo Team. Check out the report of our visit to the show!

For the third time in a row, and in the second season of the Bronco Demo Team, we had once again the honour to present the OV-10B "Bronco" to the public at the Abingdon Air & Country show. As the 2012 airshow season opener the organisation did again a great job to offer the public a broad variety of aircraft and entertainment for an enjoyable day out. Check out the report of our visit to the show!

Bronco Demo Team are very pleased to announce that our third OV-10 Bronco, the former German 99+18, has successfully completed it’s maiden flight on Saturday 26th of May at Schwenningen-am-Neckar Airfield in Germany. The Bronco had been on static display at the International Aviation Museum - Manfred Pflumm since 1991. Check out the report of the fly-out which include some very nice photographs!

From 11 till 12 August 2012, Diest Aero Club will organise the 29th edition of the international oldtimer fly in at the airfield of Schaffen-Diest in Belgium. The yearly event will again welcome a large variety of oldtimer aircraft from all over Europe as well as a nice collection of oldtimer cars. We are very pleased to anounce the Bronco Demo Team will once again be visiting the event. It's a great honour to be the star of the event poster. We hope to meet many oldtimer & Bronco fans! More info can be found at flyin.dac.be

In preparation for the upcoming airshow season, the yearly Bronco Crew Chief training weekend was held at Wevelgem airfield, Belgium. The whole crew chief team came together and we welcomed two newcomers, Stijn Mennes and Cathy Lenaers, who is our first female Crew Chief. The weekend was well spend with theoretical and practical training. Check out the report!

On 16 and 17 June the NATO E-3A Component celebrate its 30th anniversary with a so called ’30 Years Jubilee event’ at the Geilenkirchen Air Base in Germany. Aircraft from all over the world will visit the event and ofcourse the E-3A AWACS aircraft will be in the spotlight. We are very pleased to be able to take part in this celebration with the Bronco Demo Team, so everyone is welcome to come and have a great day out. More info can be found on the event website: www.e3a.nato.int

On June 23-24 the Belgian Air Force is holding its yearly airshow and this year the Airbase of Florennes will be the host. The airshow organizers are always able to attract a great variety of special aircraft to their show and this year is no exception. We are honored to be able to take part in this great event and the OV-10B Bronco will be in the static park so visitors can see the aircraft from up-close. More info about the airshow can be found on www.florennes-airshow-2012.be, see you all there!

The Royal International Air Tattoo is one of the biggest military airshows in the world and held every July at RAF Fairford, UK. We are very glad to be invited to take part in this unique event for the second year in a row. More info at www.airtattoo.com , we hope to meet many Bronco fans!

Another nice update to the events calendar of the Bronco Demo Team is the RAF Odiham Families Day. The event will take place on Friday June 1st, in order to thank all the families of the serving base personnel for their support. We are very happy to be able to take part in this event, and we welcome all the visitors to come and have a look at the OV-10B Bronco.

On Sunday, May 13th, the Belgian ULM Federation is organizing the yearly Safety Day. The ultralights will be gathering at the airfield of Moorsele and at noontime the Bronco will be performing a flying display.

With great pleasure we can announce that the Bronco Demo Team will be visiting the RAF Waddington International Airshow 2012. For the second year in a row, the public will be able to enjoy the sights of the OV-10 up-close. More info about the event can be found on www.waddingtonairshow.co.uk. We hope to meet many fans during one of the events this year!

The first edition of the Bronco Fan Day was a huge success, despite the less favourite weather predictions, the sun came out during the afternoon and it was a great pleasure to welcome all the fans at Moorsele airfield. The whole Bronco Demo Team crew would like to thank everyone for their attendance and the support we received. The season was opened in a great way, and we hope to see everybody again at one of the events we will be visiting during the upcoming summer. A report with lots of great photographs is online now!

One of the very special airports in Western Europe must be the Texel International Airport. The idyllic Island in front of the Dutch coast is the place to be for the tenth anniversary airshow which will take place on Saturday July 28th. We are very happy to be able to take part in this unique airshow, and we hope to meet a lot of Bronco fans. More info about the Texel Airshow, can be found at www.texelairshow.nl.

During the first weekend of September, Oxford airport (UK) is the place to be for vintage entertainment lovers. A two day event will be organized with the launch of the Oxford Revival on the Saturday and the Oxford Festival of Flight on the Sunday! The Bronco Demo Team is very proud to be part of the show and we hope to meet many fans during the event. More info about the Oxford - Fly to the Past event, can be found at flytothepast2012.homestead.com.

On Tuesday the 13th of March, Bronco Demo Team attended the display pilot seminar organized by the UK CAA (Civil Aviation Authority). The aim of the Seminar is to communicate changes relating to Display Flying, to review the previous display season and improve flight safety through awareness and knowledge. A small report of the seminar can be found here.

The Media section has been updated with a new promotion video shot at various localtions during the 2011 season. The video includes some exclusive in-cockpit and mini-cam footage of Tony flying the Bronco through the skies. Please have a look in the media section!

The European Airshow Convention is the yearly gathering of the airshow community, ranging from airshow organizers, performers to all other aspects that are involved in the scene of airshows. After the success of last year, the Bronco Demo Team was back again in full force. Check out the report of the 2012 convention here.

For the third year in a row, the Bronco Demo Team will attend the Abingdon air & country show, which takes place on May 6th. For most people this is the opening show of the airshow season in the UK, and we are very glad we can participate this excellent event. More info about the airshow can be found on their website: www.abingdonfayre.com

The new year is allready well under way and 2012 is planning to be a great year for all Bronco lovers. We already had contact with multiple airshows around Europe for the coming season which looks very promising. The first event we will be attending is the yearly European Airshow Convention in Brussels, the place to be for everyone in the airshow scene.

Running up to the airshow season, we also plan to organise a Bronco Fan Day. The event is still in an early stage, but keep checking our website for updates! 2012 will also bring some nice surprises, so stay tuned and keep checking the skies!

See you soon!