Clear to Land: Covilhã Aeronautical Journeys

The Beira Interior University is located at Covilhã, roughly 250km northeast of capital city Lisbon, and annually the students of aeronautical engineering organize a series of seminars and workshops in what is called aeronautical journey. At the end, a fly-in or airshow is organized at the local airfield.

Unfortunately, for political reasons, Covilhã airfield has been demolished so students had to move to Castelo Branco airfield. With a total length of 870m, the runway is located in a plateau that has a beautiful field of view all around to the entire region and with Serra da Estrela mountain in the background, it is truly a sight to see!

The students and airfield personnel were wonderful and made every effort in order to provide spotters the best “working places”. I felt very welcome and I have to take my hat to all those folks for a wonderful job in spite of a very restrictive weather conditions witch resulted in the cancellation of several visitors and demonstrations. Without further due I present you a collection of several pictures taken during the airshow.

Thank you for your visit.

Paulo Antunes

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