The successful SV4B is a Belgian biplane built by the Stampe & Vertongen Company (Stampe & Renard after the Second World War), designed by Russian designers Ivanow (SV4) and Demidoff (SV4B) in the 1930s as a reflection to the British aerobatic Tiger Moth. The company received orders from both the Belgian and the French Air Force. After the war it succeeded in a competition for elementary and aerobatic trainer of the Belgian Air Force with the Canadian DHC-1 Chipmunk. The first order for 33 aircraft from 1947 was followed by orders from 1952 and 1953 for 12 aircraft each.
The displayed 33th produced aircraft sporting colours of the aerobatic Manchots (Pinguins) team was built in 1952 and withdrawn from service in 1976. In the 1990s it could be seen in the main entrance hall of the Zaventem Airport. Currently it is one of several SV4Bs displayed in the Great Hall of the Royal Army Museum in Brussels.
Delivered to Czech Airlines in April 2007, withdrawn from use and dismantled in 2020. Although you will no longer fly to Brussels with CSA, you can find offers on the internet of tags made from the sheet metal of this airframe in different colours from less than EUR 25.
Delivered to DAT sporting SABENA colours, transferred to SN Brussels Airlines on 15/02/2002, transferred to Brussels Airlines on 25/03/2007, stored in September 2012. Since September 2014 operated by Summit Air in Canada.