As I approached the outskirts of the city I was over-passed by a C130 Hercules closely followed by a quartet of F-16's in box formation close to the small municipal airfield. Finding it strange as it was a Saturday, I continued to the hotel to check in, to be greeted by another pair of F-16's ripping towards the airport. Catching a cab into the city the driver explained it was a celebration of 66 years of the air force and on this occasion it was being held in Evora. Bingo!, except I had no camera gear as I was there to work :grr:
A small display was set up in the city, followed by a small airshow on Sunday at the airport.
Below is a brief log and some snaps from my iphone as there really was no point in trying to photograph the active flying display.
Evora City:
Portuguese Air Force . Dassault/Dornier Alpha-Jet. Reg.: 15247
Portuguese Air Force · General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon (401). Reg.: 15100
Portuguese Air Force . Sud-Est SE.3160 Alouette III. Reg: 9379
Portuguese Air Force . Let L-23 Super Blanik. Reg.: 10201
Evora Airport:
Static.
Portuguese Air Force . Socata TB-30 Epsilon. Reg.: 11411
Portuguese Air Force . CASA C-295M. reg.: 16704
Portuguese Air Force . Agusta-Westland EH-101 Merlin. Reg.: 19602
Portuguese Air Force . Sud-Est SE.3160 Alouette III. Reg: 9401
INAER Portugal - AgustaWestland AW109E Power. Reg.: CS-HHH
Flying.
Portuguese Air Force . Falcon 50 with 2 x F16 escorts - Twice through. Reg's.: 15103, 15101, 1740 (Did not land).
Portuguese Air Force . CASA C-295M. Twice through reg.: 16702 (Did not land).
Portuguese Air Force . Agusta-Westland EH-101 Merlin. Reg.: 19601 (Did not land. New 40 year anniversary sticker applied).
Portuguese Air Force . 4 x F16's - Twice through. Reg's.: 15103, 15101, 15108, 15107 (Did not land).
Portuguese Air Force . C130 Hercules Reg'.: 16806 (Special Tail - Fly through and landed but I was changing location).
Portuguese Air Force . 4 x Socata TB-30 Epsilon Reg,: 11406, 11418, 11404, 11415 (Took off, fly through and did not land).
Spanish Air Force . EF2000 Typhoon - Full Display. Reg.: C.16-32 (11-11) (Did not land).
Spanish Air Force . Patrilla Aspa - Full display - Reg's,: HE.25-2, HE.25-15, HE.25-10, HE.25-13, HE.25-1.
Belgian Air Force . F-16 Fighting Falcon - Dark Falcon. Reg.: FA-101 - Full display (Special Portugal flag on tail plane).
Moroccan Air Force . Mudry CAP-232 display team Reg's.: CN-ABQ, R, S, T, U, V & X - (Took off, full display and landed)
YAK Stars - YAK 52's - Reg.: SP-YAH SP-YEL, - SP-YCP
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apologies for the lack of quality in the images, no idea about the event meant no camera gear.
Admin if you feel this should be in another section, please feel free to move.
Cheers,
Kelvin
