Plácido Air Cup 2008

Going back to 2008, here is a compilation of photos from Plácido Air Cup 2008 held at Santarém Airfield. All photos were taken with my first digital Camera, a point and shoot 3.2 Megapixels Sony.
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Paulo Antunes

Monte Real Air Base

During the 58th aniversary of the PoAF, Air Base Nº5, located at Monte Real, Leiria, opened it´s doors to receive the public. It´s been a few years since the last big airshow was held in Portugal, but AB5 did it´s best to impress the visitors by sending up a total of 24 Vipers that made a stunning single formation pass over the crowd!

Here are some of the pictures taken by the humble Panasonic Lumix FZ-28.

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Paulo Antunes

Lineup of Vipers including the Dutch "Orange Lion" demo aircraft.

Gate guardian A-7P Corsair II

Gate guardian F-16 Fighting Falcon

F-16 "Orange Lion"

PoAF F-16 MLU Fighting Falcon

Dutch Viper

Special paint scene to comemorate the 50th aniversary of the base. A F-86 was painted in the Vipers dorso in honour of that aircraft that served in the PoAF for several decades.

Viper taking off.

Twin seater waiting for it´s pilots.

Sabre taking off.

Dutch bachup viper.