Portuguese Air Force - Força Aérea Portuguesa
Museo Do Ar (Air Museum)
Looking Back (to my pre-digital camera days)
Alverca, Portugal June 1984
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| Following a visit to the Força Aérea Portuguesa HQ in Lisbon we were given permission to visit a series of air bases including the Museo Do Ar and its storage area at Alverca. |
| Nord N.2502F Noratlas (6412) Força Aérea Portuguesa. |
Left to right: Nord N.2502 Noratlas (6402) Força Aérea Portuguesa.
Beech C-45G Expeditor (2513) Força Aérea Portuguesa.
Beech C-45G Expeditor (2517 with port side tail of 2514) Força Aérea Portuguesa.
Beech C-45G Expeditor (25?? possibly 2514) Força Aérea Portuguesa. |
| Left to right: North American F-86F Sabres (5361 to Sintra and 5338 to Monte Real displayed as '5320') Força Aérea Portuguesa. |
| Left to right: North American F-86F Sabres (5360, 5337 and 5347) Força Aérea Portuguesa. All relocated to Ota. |
Left to right: Republic F-84G Thunderjet (5176 previously 51-9957 and BAF FZ41) Força Aérea Portuguesa. Reported to be under restoration/storage at the Technical Training Center at Ota.
Republic F-84G Thunderjet (5216 previously 51-10838) Força Aérea Portuguesa. Stored until 1987, moved to Salon-De-Provence (BA 701) Air Base and onto Musee Des Avions de Chasse, Savigny-Les-Beaune in 1994 and displayed as '51-10885'.
de Havilland FB.52 Vampire (248 SAAF marked as '5801') donated by the South African Air Force.
Lockheed RT-33A-1-LO Shooting Star (1916 '16') Força Aérea Portuguesa. To the Museu do Ar at Ota April 2000, and in 2014 put on display at the Museo Do Ar at Sintra. |
Left to right: Junkers Ju 52 3mg7e (6301) Força Aérea Portuguesa.
Junkers Ju 52 3mg7e (6310 with 6311) Força Aérea Portuguesa.
Junkers Ju 52 3mg7e (6309 moved to Brussels Museum) with Junkers Ju 52 Amiot AAC1 (6315 to Brazil in 2009) Força Aérea Portuguesa. 6309 as photographed at Brussels museum in 2015.
Douglas C-54A Skymaster (6606) Força Aérea Portuguesa. Withdrawn from service in 1976. |
Left to right: Dornier Do-27 A4 (3489 and 3487) Força Aérea Portuguesa. 3489 was moved to Ota for display.
North American T-6G Texan (1737) Força Aérea Portuguesa. Restored and moved to Sintra for display.
North American AT-6C Harvard IIa (1527 previously 41-33553 and RAF EX580 and SAAF 7248) Força Aérea Portuguesa. In storage 1979 to 1995 at Alverca. To Musee des Avions de Chasse, Savigny-les-Beaune in June 1995. As photographed at Savigny-les-Beaune in 2015. |
Left to right: Grumman G-44 Widgeon (129 registered CS-AHF) named 'Moçambique in 2002, ex Aviação Naval Portuguesa later Força Aérea Portuguesa after Portuguese Navy Air Arm disbanded in 1952.
Fairey IIID (17 c/n F402) named 'Santa Cruz' to Museu de Marinha, Lisbon.
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth (111 registered CS-AAA) Força Aérea Portuguesa. |
