AEROTRANSTORNADOS Nº48

S. Jacinto 

Noted on 7Sept2016, closer to the gate of the RI10 (Infantry Regiment no.10), in S. Jacinto, is the exFAP FTB-337G no.13715.




Monte Real (BA5) - Open Base Day 18Sept2016 
Gate guards -- A-7P 15524; F-16A ‘15150’; F-86F 5301 (at old base gate);
“Base collection” – A-7P 15521, T-38A 2609, F-86F 5347, G.91R/3 5454, T-33A 1918, F-16A ‘15100’. Also on display was Aero Clube de Leiria’s Piper Cub reg. CS-AQN in FAP c/s (FAP ‘3227’)

Esquadra 201 Falcões/Esquadra 301 Jaguares aircraft
15101 F-16AM  static dspl
15102 F-16AM  in hangar
15103 F-16AM @ QRA Alert a/c
15106 F-16AM Jaguares c/s (static)
15107 F-16AM  in hangar
15108 F-16AM @  QRA Alert a/c
15110 F-16AM @
15112 F-16AM  in hangar
15113 F-16AM @
15114 F-16AM @
15115 F-16AM  in hangar
15116 F-16AM @  QRA Alert a/c
15123 F-16AM (ROAF c/s)
15124 F-16AM (ROAF c/s) @
15126 F-16AM (ROAF c/s) in hangar
15128 F-16AM
15129 F-16AM (ROAF c/s) @
15130 F-16AM @
15133 F-16AM @
15135 F-16AM in hangar
15136 F-16AM Falcões c/s (static)
15138 F-16BM @
15139 F-16BM in hangar
15141 F-16AM @

Belgian Air Force 10th Wing aircraft
FA-94 F-16AM @
FA-102 F-16AM @
FB-15 F-16BM @
FB-18 F-16BM @
FB-24 F-16BM “25 years OCU” c/s (static)

Esquadra 601 Lobos P-3C no.14809 @
Esquadra 302 Elefantes C-295M no.16707 @

Note – all a/c noted as @ participated in the air activity/missions.

The aircraft bound/sold for RomanianAF are: 15121, 15123, 15124, 15125, 15126, 15127, 15128, 15129, 15130, 15137, 15138, 15139.

Thanks to – João Amado,
Aditional material and corrections by Pedro “Pugachev” Oliveira, AMMLuís (aka “15521”), and Floriano de Morgado,

AEROTRANSTORNADOS Nº47

Some planespotting notes...

Lockheed T-33AN no.1952 (c/n T33-278; RCAF 21228) 

@ Chaves airfield (noted 26.08.2016)

FIAT G.91R/3 FAP no.5470 (s/n 91-339, exWGAF 30+77).
@ Vila Real airfield (noted 24.08.2016)



FIAT G.91R/3 (c/n 91-342; exWGAF 30+80)
@  Horta do Numão, V.N. de Foz Côa (noted 24.08.2016)

Lockheed T-33A, FAP no.1922 (USAF s/n 56-1624, c/n 9974)

@ Bragança airfield (26.08/2016) 

Noteworthy at  Bragança airfield, at the base of the T-33, a plaque in memory of the first landing ever to take place in Bragança, on the 29th August 1925, a Vickers Valparaíso II, of  the Arma de Aeronáutica do Exército (Army Air Corps). The aeroplane was piloted 

by Lt. Sérgio da Silva and Capt. Carlos da Cunha Almeida as an Observer.

Continued presence at  BA5 Monte Real (noted 1.9.2016)

Gate guards: A-7P 15524; F-16A ‘15150’

“Base Collection” – A-7P 15521, T-38A 2609, F-86 5347, G.91R/3 5454 

Vila Nova da Rainha

Displayed at Vila Nova da Rainha, in a roundabout between the local primary school and the N3 road, is the Alphajet A nº15231 (exWGAF 40+96; c/n 0096; exBA11).

Following several events commemorating the 100th anniversary of Portuguese Military Aviation, this Alphajet integrates a monument inaugurated on the 17th July, 2016.

Must visit also, at the local train station, thus where was located the former army barracks (Escola Aeronáutica Militar) -- at least one of the buildings still exists -- a set of panels illustrating some of the first steps of military aviation in Portugal. (noted 4.9.2016)

Thanks to: Rui Joaquim.