About www.luchtzak.be

www.luchtzak.be is an aviation community with 18728 registered members. Our members have posted a total of 39183 topics and 226396 messages in our aviation forums, these topics have been viewed 42983758 times at an average of 1097 views per topic.

Webmaster and founder Bart Noëth alias Luchtzak has been in the airline industry since 1996 and is assisted by a great and dedicated webteam.

WHO IS ONLINE

In total there are 119 users online :: 17 registered, 3 hidden and 99 guests. Most users ever online was 593 on 11 Jul 2009, 22:29. (based on users active over the past 30 minutes)

Registered users: Baidu [Spider], Crosswind, Didymus, Google [Bot], Google Adsense [Bot], Google Desktop, Google Feedfetcher, Heterodyne, jan_olieslagers, kleineboy, MR_Boeing, MSN [Bot], sergioboeing, SN_fan, tomcat, torchus, Yahoo [Bot]
Legend: Administrators, Global moderators, Latest news team, Planespotting team

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Awards

How the media reports on www.luchtzak.be:

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HISTORY

History of www.luchtzak.be:

2002 | 2003 | 2004 - 2006 | Old Logo

30 November 2001 - 2002 - www.luchtzak.be initially started with only 1 page, filled with links. My very first experiences with html and webdesign. That time we welcomed about 100 visitors each day. Here is an image of the website back in 2002:

www.luchtzak.be 30 November 2001 - 2002

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2003 - In 2003 I learned about phpnuke, a portal website with a phpbb forum.

www.luchtzak.be in 2003

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2004-2006 - As the website was expanding explosively, we had to move to a dedicated server which we found at JaguarPC back in 2004. The website is still running at their premises. In 2006 already more than 15.000 members registered, over 175.000 messages posted in the forums.

www.luchtzak.be in 2006

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November 2006 - With Brussels Airlines presenting its new livery back in 2006 the logo of www.luchtzak.be showed up in the 1 o'clock VRT news and on the website of Flemish newspaper De Morgen.

Logo in vrt nieuws

May 2005 - Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad added our website in their weekend-edition as well as in their online version. This is what they wrote:

Vliegmachine
Er zijn mensen die bezeten zijn van alles wat met vliegtuigen te maken heeft. Wil u de diners zien die ze op Air France serveren? Het kan! Spotterstips? Fotos van de laatste Concorde-vlucht? Het staat allemaal op deze hoogst volledige bladzijden: www.luchtzak.be.

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30 April 2005 - Erwin De Decker wrote a very interesting article in Belgian newspaper De Standaard: 10 tips om goedkoper te vliegen (10 tips to fly cheaper). Read the online article (Paid subscription). This is what the author wrote about www.luchtzak.be in tip 9:

Article published in De Standaard

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June 2004 - Proef de wereld writer Johan Lambrechts mentioned www.luchtzak.be in the section 'Vraag en Antwoord'.

Article published in Genieten

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June 2003 - Dutch magazine Piloot en Vliegtuig dedicated an entire article on www.luchtzak.be, here is a scan of the article:

Article published in Piloot en Vliegtuig

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2002 - Featured in Air Nostalgie by Steven Decraene, Peter Denruyter and Geert Sciot. An exclusive photo-collection of more then 75 years Sabena.

Mentioned in Air Nostalgie

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2002 - Mentioned in De crash van Sabena by Steven Decraene, Peter Denruyter and Geert Sciot.

Mentioned in De Crash van Sabena

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