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Wednesday 10/14/1998
Name: Ahmed Mohammed Sha'ban
E-Mail: [email protected]
Location: Circassian living in California
Comments: If only I can express how I feel, brother Omar. I have known you for 13 years now, 3 of which we were fellow cadets and 6 we were room mates in the RJAF. You were kind, cheerfull and honest and most of all, you loved your people and God. That is why my brother, God has taken you away from us and placed you in heaven very early in your life. He was satisfied by your excellence and good faith. In memory you shall always be, and at heart you shall always stay. May you rest in peace and God bless your soul. For those of you who do read this message, please visit the above link too. Thank you. Ahmed
Wednesday 11/18/1998
Name: Amjad Abu Naseer
E-Mail: [email protected]
Location: Jordan
Comments: ra7em allah Omar. He was the pilot, the friend, the human. I have never known him personally but i havealways heared about how nice he was. This is God's well and all we can say * God bless His soul, and the souls of the Muslims deads and alives." Amin". This is indeed very sad and I want to thank youhis friend to keep his memory alive even over the enternet. God bless you, man.
Sunday 11/29/1998
Name: AMELINCKX DIDIER
E-Mail: [email protected]
Location: BELGIUM
Comments: I flew at the BENELUX AEROBATIC CHAMPIONSHIP since 1994 where I won the Belgian title;It's also that year that I saw BILAL for the first time .He was indeed a very good enthousiastic and friendly show pilot.Since the tragedy we all BENELUX pilots miss him and think about him ;especially during our national competitions where we feel since 1997 an emptyness.
Tuesday 12/01/1998
Name: Tom Van Dingenen
E-Mail: [email protected]
Location: Belgium
Comments: Omar Bilal gave a splendid performance before his last flight ended prematurely.The Belgian media used this incident to dish up images of crashes from around the world in the last ten years convincing public opinion of how"dangerous" airshows really are. The Belgian political world saw it as a chance towin some easy votes by imposing stricter, in my eyes useless, rules on airshows and therebye effectively banni-shing most of them. I was more than a little mad at this. I really like to see pages like these. congratulations.
Saturday 02/13/1999
Name: YOUSRI SHAHALTOUGH
E-Mail: [email protected]
Location: JORDAN
Comments: This is from a true friend who had known the champion till the last moment.He was a cheerfull character smartgood looking strong with a lovely sence of humor. Wherever we went everybody was asking about him andwishing to see him. He was loved by people all over the world. His fame never changed his humble character. Best of all he was a true muslem. The very last thing I did with him before hewent to his aeroplane was the prayers then shortely after, he left for the skyies and stayed there. God bless hissoul. A true friend that I loved from the heart.OMMAR SIMPLEY YOU WERE THE BEST!
Friday 03/12/1999
Name: Shereen Beasha
E-Mail: [email protected]
Location: Jordan
Comments: Omar Hani Bilal was and still is one of my heroes, May God rest his Soul in peace for people like him are irreplaceable.
Monday 09/13/1999
Name: Marwan Shmaisani
E-Mail: [email protected]
Location: A Jordanian studying in the United States
Comments: Although it took me a while to sign the guest book but I was checking this site on a regular basis. Omar was ahero and a very dear freind of mine. I was a very close fan and friend to Omar, he is a believer in almighty God andmay god bless his sole. Moreover what really got my attention is this fellow who signed the book and had his own uneducated way with words which would only reflect his premitivness and fixation. I would like him to e-mail me socan solve this little ambiguity. Omar passed away and the people who passed a way with him are all in the handsof almighty God. In addition, I would like to thank you Mohammed for such an outstanding page.
Saturday 12/23/2000
Name: AVDJIAN Louis
E-Mail: [email protected]
Comments: next time when inverted with my Cap10, a special thinking will reach me and I will dedicate this flight to you Omar, like I dedicate all my flights to the pilots who left us because of their passionfor aerobatics
Tuesday 12/26/2000
Name: Rani Hussami
E-Mail: [email protected]
Location: North Carolina
Comments: What can I say....My prayers are with you my friend. I will always remember you and the good times we had together.I visited my family That live in belgium(Brussels) two weeks after the accident, they were devastated when they heard about it. My mother cried for I don't know how long, but I do know she loved you a lot. I'm sure your parents are the most proud parents. God bless you
Saturday 04/14/2001
Name: Robert Curmi
E-Mail: [email protected]
Location: MALTA
Comments: The Royal Jordanian Air Force has lost a great Pilot, so has the World of Aerobatics. I'M a Radio Control Model Aircraft Pilot flying the Sukhoi 26M and CAP 232ex
Thursday 05/31/2001
Name: Lisa O'Malley
E-Mail: [email protected]
Location: Dubai
Comments: I had the honour of meeting Omar at RIAT, Fairford UK in 1997. He made a profound impression on me and is a great loss to this world. God Bless, Omar.
Saturday 06/23/2001
Name: Tess Crebbin
E-Mail: [email protected]
Location: UK
Comments: Very touching story. I didn't know of Omar before and happened upon this site by accident. He died in the same year as US world champion aerobatics pilot Leo Loudenslager. I spent 5 days at an airshow in the US with some of the world's top pilots for a chapter in my book - it was a wonderful experience.Tess Crebbin (author: "Two dogs and a Journalist" - what happened when the world's top aerobatics pilots went to the dogs
Saturday 06/22/2002
Name: Hans Bockstaele
E-Mail: [email protected]
Location: Wetteren( Belgium)
Comments: After doing my military service in the Belgian Air Force my hart remained there.Due to circumstances I only found the time to go back and enjoy the the performances of my weapon only after years.I became a regular visitor of the Belgian displays, and I've always looked forward to see the Falcons.On several occasions I've enjoined the beautifull things cpt Bilan and his team did during the displays in Belgium.The same holds true for my eldest daughter who accompanys me ecah years on the Belgian shows. I only found this webside today,but I was already looking since the accident to,find an occasion to express my sorrow by the passing away of cpt Bilal. He will be missing forever on the displays.Hans BockstaeleAccountant
Sunday 07/28/2002
Name: Omar Sterckx
E-Mail: [email protected]
Location: Belgium
Comments: I was named after Omar Bilal.
Saturday 09/27/2003
Name: Yoke Penninckx
E-Mail: [email protected]
Location: Belgium
Comments: 6 years ago I went with my parents to Ostenda (Oostende in Dutch). We first sat at the tarmac and I fell that there was something strange... So I asked my parents to sit somewhere else and we did that. A little bit later I was so glad to see those beautiful airplanes. I first would like to thank mr. Bilal for his great show and the joy he gave us. But when we saw there was a problem, we fell sorry for him and his family. And we still do... Each year we still light a candle to remind him and his show. I hope mr. Bilal's family isn't too angry at Belgium and Belgian people, we really adored him, but this was to beautiful to be true... That was what I wanted to say...Yoke
Thursday 04/29/2004
Name: Futoon al-Ammar
Location: Jordan
Comments: Omar my dearly cousin� allah yerhamak and hope to meet u in the jannah enshallah .. although I�m writing now after 7 years from that day.. But I feel now the same painful feeling that I felt the moment I knew about the crash actually I admit that I cannot hold my tears whenever I saw your pictures or visit your family home. Whenever any one talks about you. It�s god will and we believe in his will and accept it. But our tears always will be for missing u our lovely Omar and miss all our memories that we had a lot of years I still remember your last visit u and your lovely wife before 3 month of your crash and still remember u inviting us to visit u after u return from your journey. You didn't come back and we never did! But enshallah u went to a better place than ours and enshallh we will meet u all there. I feel I have many to say and sure I will be back. Sometimes u feel that u are some way close when u remember and talk about whom u lost and I feel that now. May god bless ur soul our dear cousin. I�m so proud that I have a great lovely truly Muslim relative like u Omar. You will be always in our hearts and we miss u toooooooo much. And thank u my dear lovely brother Mohammed for this great site..