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Dia de Base Aberta - Open Day Base Aérea nº 1
| Well, my expectations has been too high, that’s for sure. The two TB.30s were |
| the only active Portuguese hardware on the static, there wasn’t even a based aircraft |
| there. Luckily the maintenance hangar was open, which held the complete fleet of gliders |
| plus four out of six remaining Chipmunks. 1306 is stored in dismantled condition and will |
| probably not fly again, due to lack of spares. I had (on purpose) arrived at the wrong gate |
| where I asked and got permission to photograph the preserved T-38 and L-23 and then moved on |
| to the gate near the museum for the open day. The static mainly consisted of small civilian |
| stuff, with a few ex-mil included luckily. The flying program was also rather small, with a |
| few of the aircraft from the static doing some flyby’s and the two Vipers doing four fast passes. |
| At the very end of the afternoon the C-130 arrived to do some sky baptisms for people who won a |
| lottery. This was supposed to be a C.295, but that wasn’t available due to operational reasons and |
| was last minute replaced by a Hercules. There are only two of these operational at the moment (with |
| both C-130H-30 being upgraded at OGMA), and the one destined to do the baptism flights broke down. |
| Therefor everybody had to wait for the other one to return from an operational mission and then have |
| the configuration changed so it could take the PAX. Confirmed as still present, but unfortunately in |
| a closed building, is the Chippax simulator (1328). |
| Out of pure boredom I also wrote down all present purely civilian aircraft, to have a full report |
| of the show: |
| Static: | |||
| CS-AFU | Pa.28R-200 | ||
| CS-EAN | Ce.172S |
| D-EAVF | Ce.172N |
| D-EIDT | Columbia 400 |
| G-CDXT | RV.9 |
| G-GOSL | Robin DR.400-180 |
| G-MDAM | FA.200-180 |
| G-NRFK | RV.8 |
| G-TART | Pa.28-236 |
| G-TREB | Ce.182T |
| G-ZZZS | EC.120B |
| N822E | Mooney M.20E |
| N4122N | Ce.140 |
| Flightline: | |||
| CS-HGF | R.44 | ||
| EI-HUM | RV.7 |
| F-JVSG | FK-12 |
| N77SZ | Pa.34-200T |
| N999MH | Ce.195B |
| Elswhere | |||
| 15202 | Alpha Jet A | Asas de Portugal c/s | Preserved |
| 10102 | ASK-21 | Esq 802 | 21395 |
| 10103 | ASK-21 | Esq 802 |
| 10104 | ASK-21 | Esq 802 |
| 16523 | Casa 212-100 | GIA |
| 6157 | C-47A | No wings | GIA |
| 16805 | C-130H | no mks (Esq 501) |
| 1306 | DHC-1-200 | “60 Anos” mks (Esq 802) | Stored |
| 1319 | DHC-1-200 | blue c/s, “70 Aniversário DHC-1 Chipmunk” marks (Esq 802) |
| 1335 | DHC-1-200 | “50 Anos Chipmunk 1951-2001” marks (Esq 802) |
| 1339 | DHC-1-200 | no marks (Esq 802) |
| 15113 | F-16AM | no marks (Esq 201/301) |
| 15119 | F-16BM | no marks (Esq 201/301) |
| 10202 | L-23 | no marks | 958218 Preserved |
| (2604) | T-38A | all blue c/s | Preserved |
| 11402 | TB.30 | “10.000 hrs” marks (Esq 101) | 156 |
| 11417 | TB.30 | no marks (Esq 101) | 174 |
| CS-AIA | Pa.18-125 | (ex 3206) |
| F-AZCM | T-6J | (ex MM53802), at far side |
| (G-BPAL) | Chipmunk T.10 | ex WG350 | RAF Kai Tak marks |
| G-CIJN | PT-13D | 41-61042/317 | (ex 42-17001), as PT-18, Randolph Field mks |
| Well, luckily also the main site of the museum is also based here, so another batch |
| of historic aircraft could be scored. |
| Museu do Ar, Sintra | |||
| 15550 | TA-7P | no marks | |
| 15209 | Alpha Jet A | Asas de Portugal c/s |
| 15224 | Alpha Jet A | Asas de Portugal c/s |
| 2504 | AT-11 | no marks |
| (ex CS-AMX) | Auster D5/160 | civil only |
| (501) | Avro 631 | no marks |
| 16508 | Casa 212-100 | Esq. 502 marks | 29 |
| 13701 | CeFTB.337G | no marks |
| CS-AAA | DH-82A | (111) |
| 2307 | DH-89A | no marks |
| (CS-AZR) | DHC-1-200 | 1309 no marks |
| (EC-EAI) | DHC-1-200 | 1345, call plate G-OACP, no marks |
| "3357" | Do-27A-3 | (ex 3358) | 235 |
| (3487( | Do-27A-4 | Fussulage | 141 all White |
| "5131" | F-84G | ex 5187, no marks |
| "5320" | F-86F | ex 5338, no marks |
| 17103 | Falcon 20 DC | no marks | 217 |
| "5445" | G-91R/3 | spec marks "75.000 Horas 1965-1993" | 0091 |
| "9101" | UH-19D | and former 57-5979 (and ex MM80119) | c/n 55-1237 and former 57-5979 (and ex MM801193) |
| 6304 | Ju-52/3mge | no marks |
| 3218 | L-21B | no marks |
| 3304 | MH-1521C | no marks | 54C1 |
| 6403 | N-2502A | Esq 502 marks, see below |
| 4711 | SP-2E | no marks |
| 14806 | P-3P | no marks |
| 19512 | SA-330S1 | Esq 751 marks |
| 9217 | se-3130 | no marks | 1640 c.n was painted on |
| 9384 | SE-3160 | no marks |
| (-) | SE-3160 | open fuselage | purpose built training rig or A-550? |
| PE-1 | SG.38 | no marks |
| ‘ML255/MR-Z’ | Spitfire HF.Ixc | 186 sq code ? | ex SAAF 5563 |
| 1737 | T-6J | unknown mks (dog) |
| 1923 | T-33A | EICPAC mks, 1191 on some plate |
| 2414 | T-37C | Asas de Portugal c/s |
| 2424 | T-37C | Asas de Portugal c/s |
| 2605 | T-38A | no marks |
| CS-TDE | C-47A | (CS-DGA) | ex 43-15037 |
| A great collection, spread out over two halls plus some aircraft outside. The Noratlas poses |
| a problem, there are three plates inside next to each other, with one showing N.2502 c/n 6, |
| the next one N.2501 c/n 185 (both c/n plates from SNCAN) and a third plate from the Portuguese |
| Oficinas Gerais Material Aeronautico giving the type as 2502A, the No. de FAP as 6403 and the No |
| de Serie as 193. However EMOOS gives it as really 6405 marked as 6403 and c/n 6/183. I am confused….. |
| Former Swiss Do.27 HB-HAC, painted as ‘3422’ was recently reported here as well, but I did not see |
| any sign of that. Where is it, has it gone? |
Credits: Patrick Dirksen
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