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.
Thank you for your visit.
Paulo Antunes
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| Lineup of Vipers including the Dutch "Orange Lion" demo aircraft. |
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| Gate guardian A-7P Corsair II |
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| Gate guardian F-16 Fighting Falcon |
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| F-16 "Orange Lion" |
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| PoAF F-16 MLU Fighting Falcon |
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| Dutch Viper |
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| 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. |
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| Viper taking off. |
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| Twin seater waiting for it´s pilots. |
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| Sabre taking off. |
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| Dutch bachup viper. |
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