AEROTRANSTORNADOS Nº39 – Planespotting notes

 

BELAS

Continued presence here, as an instructional airframe of the Portuguese police special operations (Unidade Especial de Polícia – PSP), Douglas DC-6B no.6707 (c/n 43533/264; exN6533C);
Video: https://youtu.be/vhr8SP47y0A

SINTRA - Base Aérea nº1

Noted at the road leading to the base, Cessna T-37C FAP No. 2424 [c/n 40749; s/n 62-5949].

Other aircraft noted were, Esquadra 101 Epsilon’s nos. 11401, 11404, 11407, and 11410;

SINTRA - Museu do Ar

Main Hall

Blériot XI replica; Junkers Ju52 6304; SantosDumond 14bis replica; Caudron G.III replica, Farman MF40 replica; Santos Dumond XX Demoiselle replica; DH89 Dragon Rapide no.2307; Avro 631 Cadet no.501; Beechcraft AT-11 no.2504, DH84A Tiger Moth no.’111’; Sikorsky H-19 no.’9101’; Cessna T-37C no.2420, DHC1 Chipmunk no.1305; Supermarine Spitfire HF.IXC no.ML255 (nose job to look like a Mk.V); NA F-86F no.’5320’; Douglas C-47A/DC-3 reg.CS-DGA (restored half as CS-TDE); FIAT G.91R/3 no.5445; LTV TA-7P no.15550; Nord Noratlas no.’6403’; Boeing 707 reg.9T-MSS (nose section); Alphajet A no.15224; Schulgleiter Grunnau 38 reg.PE-1; Super Constellation reg.CS-TLA (nose section);

Civil and Sports Aviation Hall

Piper Cub no.3218; DH87 Hornet Moth reg.CR-AAC; Piper Cub reg.CS-AAP (no markings); Beech F.33 reg.CS-AZI; Jurca Tempête reg. CS-AXB; FTB-337G no.13701; Alouette III instructional airframe;

Military Campaigns in Africa Hall

Alouette III no.19384; SA-330 Puma no.19512; Alouette II no.9217; NA T-6G no.1737; Auster D5/160 reg.CS-AMX (no markings); FIAT G.91R/4 no.’5407’; MH1521M Broussard no.3304;

Training and Transport Hall

Falcon 20DC no.17103; Northrop T-38A no.2605; Lockheed T-33A no.1923; Dornier Do27 no.3487 (fuselage);

Displayed outside

Lokheed T-33A no.1926; NA F-86 no.5361; Lockheed P-3P no.14806; Lockheed P-2V-5 no.4711;

Noted stored on the far end of the base: C-47A no. 6157 (fuselage), C-212 nos. 16508, and 16524;

ALVERCA (town)

Monuments still current, the horizontal tail plane of a A-7P, and the Piper Chieftain reg.CS-AVM;

n/n the Cessna T-37C no.02412.

ALVERCA – Museu do Ar

Hangar

DH-82A Tiger Moth reg.CS-AEL (being dismantled, to be taken to a exhibition); Piper Cub no.3212; Grumman G.44 no’129’; Oliveira Nikkus Miniplane; Alphajet A no.15209 (gone to temp.exhibition); Fairey III D no.17 replica; NA T-6G no.1517;  DHC1Chipmunk no.1376 [LAST ONE EVER BUILT!!]; Auster D5/160 no.3564; Schneider GrunauBaby IIA reg.CS-PAE; FTB-337G no.13709; Alouette III instructional airframe (exOGMA); Alouette II no.9216;

Outside

NA F-86F no.5319; LTV A-7P no.15508; Northrop T-38A no.2601; FIAT G.91R/3 no.5441;

ALVERCA – DGMFA

Gate Guard – Cessna T-37C no.2411;

Stored in several locations were noted: FTB-337G nos.13704 and 13706; Cessna T-37C at least two were visible from fence…; Douglas DC-6B no.6706; Douglas DC-4/C-54 no.6706; Nord Noratlas no.6417 (nose); Beech C-45 no.2517; Junkers Ju52 no.6301; FIAT G.91T/3 no.1804; FIAT G.91R/3 nos. 5472 and 5473; Nord Noratlas nos. 6417 and 6420.

Plus the Lockheed P-3P no.14801 near the twr.

CONSTÂNCIA

At the Centro Ciência Viva de Constância - Parque de Astronomia, was confirmed the existence, in very good conditions, of the Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star [FAP no. 1919, s/n 56-1602, c/n 1189, ex BA11 Beja].   Video: https://youtu.be/y6_CgdyiZMM 

TANCOS (exBase Aérea nº3)

Noted from the road is a FIAT that could be, FIAT G.91R/3 (c/n  91-345 , exWGAF 30+82), l/n here in 2008.

At the gate of the base is CASA C-212A no.16507(s/n028; c/nA2-3-28).

Video: https://youtu.be/7pT7xp0wNx8

Thanks to: Com. of the UEP in Belas; SMOR Manuel Pacheco; Director and personnel of the Centro Ciência Viva de Constância - Parque de Astronomia; 
All videos courtesy of Pedro "Pugachev" Oliveira