REQ: Firefighter Beriev in Portugal???

aerovet · Post by **aerovet** » 28 Sep 2016, 22:52

Does anyone know if there are Beriev Be-200 firefighters operationally used in Portugal?
While visiting Batalha two weeks ago, I thought I saw a Be200 overhead...

Could that have been, or was I hallucinating thanks to the Vino Branco?

Gert Jan Mentink

f4phantom · Post by **f4phantom** » 28 Sep 2016, 22:56

https://sputniknews.com/latam/20160812/ ... ussia.html

ehusmann · Post by **ehusmann** » 29 Sep 2016, 00:15

Sorry, but it was the wine. Yes there were two in Portugal, at Monte Real, together with a Italian CL.215 and two Moroccan CL.415s . But only for a short time in August to battle the worst fires in a long time. With the summer heat gone though, the fires are gone too. I believe they left again on the 25th of August. Certainly no longer here.

Erwin

p_shadow · Post by **p_shadow** » 29 Sep 2016, 01:18

They were still around on September 10 at least.

EDIT: Both aircraft left on September 16 or 17

j.m. · Post by **j.m.** » 29 Sep 2016, 07:49

In the Flugzeugforum are some pictures from the fuelstop at MUC.
http://www.flugzeugforum.de/threads/831 ... 16/page165

aerovet · Post by **aerovet** » 29 Sep 2016, 23:13

Thanks to all of you for the answers:
This is a relief... Fortunately no senile degeneration

Greetz...

Gert Jan

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