Portuguese Air Force - Força Aérea Portuguesa
Ota Base Aérea 2
Looking Back (to my pre-digital camera days)
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. |
| de Havilland DHC.1 Chipmunk T.10 (1306) Força Aérea Portuguesa. |
| Left to right: de Havilland DHC.1 Chipmunk T.10s (1302 to F-AZNE, 1305 to Museo do Ar and 1323 to CS-AZQ) Força Aérea Portuguesa. FAP Chipmunks were in service from 1952 to 1987. |
| Left to right: DHC.1 Chipmunk T.10s (1312 w/o 1998, 1370 and 1334 to CS-AZX) Força Aérea Portuguesa. |
| Left to right: DHC.1 Chipmunk T.10s (1372 to OO-NPO, 1365 to CS-AZS, 1375 and 1360 to G-BYYU) Força Aérea Portuguesa. |
| Left to right: de Havilland DHC.1 Chipmunk T.10s (1323 to CS-AZQ, 1315 and 1305 to Museo do Ar) Força Aérea Portuguesa.. |
| Left to right: de Havilland DHC.1 Chipmunk T.10s (1315, 1305 and 1312) Força Aérea Portuguesa. |
| Cessna FTB.337G Super Skymaster (3704) Força Aérea Portuguesa. |
| Left to right: Cessna FTB.337G Super Skymasters (3704, 3705, 3729 and 3702) Força Aérea Portuguesa. |
| Left to right: Cessna FTB.337G Super Skymasters (3709, 3707? and 3730) Força Aérea Portuguesa. |
| Extinguished former West German Air Force Dornier G-91R-3 (30+30) on the fire dump. |
| Left to right: Former West German Air Force Dornier G-91R-3 (32+85, and 30+38). |
Left to right: Fiat G-91T-1s (34+?? and 34+??).
Dornier G-91R-3s (32+07 and 3?+??). |
Left to right: Fiat G-91T-1 (34+?? and 34+??) 'Não mexer' (Don't touch).
Wingless Dornier G-91R-3 (32+39) with Fiat G-91T-1 (34+42). |
| Left to right: Dornier G-91R-3s (30+38, 32+20, 30+78 and 32+07). |
Left to right: Dornier G-91R-3s (30+38, 3?+??).
Fiat G-91T-1 (34+??) 'Não mexer' (Don't touch).
Dumped G-91R-3 (30+30). |
| Republic F-84G Thunderjet (5201) Força Aérea Portuguesa. |
| Left to right: Beech C-45G Expeditor (2516) Força Aérea Portuguesa. |
Left to right: North American F-86F Sabre (5319) Força Aérea Portuguesa. It is now with the Museo Do Ar at Sintra.
North American T-6J Texan (1766 previously 52-8543) Força Aérea Portuguesa. Later registered G-BUKY and moved to Duxford in 1992. |
