The Air Museum ( pt, Museu do Ar) is an aviation museum of the Portuguese Air Force located at Sintra Air Base and with spaces at

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and Alverca.

History

The museum dates back to the ''Aero Clube de Portugal'' in 1909 and was created in 1968 in a former Military Aviation hangar at Alverca. Opening for the first time to the public on July 1, 1971. In 2009, due to the growth of the collection, a new site at the Sintra Air Base complex was created for the museum and part of the collection was transferred there.

Aircraft on display

Sintra

* 14-bis * Demoiselle XX * de Havilland Hornet Moth (s/n CR-AAC/111) *

Blériot XI The Blériot XI is a French aircraft of the pioneer era of aviation. The first example was used by Louis Blériot to make the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft, on 25 July 1909. This is one of the most fa ...

* de Havilland DH89A Dragon Rapide (s/n 2307) * Sikorsky UH-19 (s/n 9101) * Beech AT-11 Kansan (s/n 2504) * Supermarine Spitfire HF IXc (s/n ML255/MR-Z) * North American F-86F Sabre (s/n 5320) * North American F-86F Sabre (s/n 5361) * Fiat G.91R/3 (s/n 5445) * Fiat G.91R/4 (s/n 5407) * Douglas C-47A Dakota (s/n 6157) * Douglas C-47A Dakota (s/n CS-TDA) *

Dornier Do 27 The Dornier Do 27 is a German single-engine STOL utility aircraft that was designed and manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier and Fairchild-Dornier). It was notable for being the first mass-produced aircraft in Germany following the ...

A4 (s/n 3357) * Dornier Do 27 A4 (s/n 3487) * Jurca MJ2B Tempête *

Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet The Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet is a light attack jet and advanced jet trainer co-manufactured by Dassault Aviation of France and Dornier Flugzeugwerke of Germany. It was developed specifically to perform trainer and light attack missions, a ...

A (s/n 15209) * Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet A (s/n 15224) *

Caudron G.III The Caudron G.3 was a single-engined French sesquiplane built by Caudron, widely used in World War I as a reconnaissance aircraft and trainer. Development The Caudron G.3 was designed by René and Gaston Caudron as a development of their earlie ...

* de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (s/n 102) * de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (s/n 111) * de Havilland Chipmunk Mk.20 (s/n 1305) *

CASA C-212 The CASA C-212 Aviocar is a turboprop-powered STOL medium cargo aircraft designed and built by the Spanish aircraft manufacturer Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA). It is designed for use by both civil and military operators. The C-212 w ...

-100 (s/n 16508) * CASA C-212-100 (s/n 16524) *

Cessna T-37 The Cessna T-37 Tweet (designated Model 318 by Cessna) is a small, economical twin-engined jet trainer type which flew for decades as a primary trainer for the United States Air Force (USAF) and in the air forces of several other nations. The ...

C (s/n 2420) * Cessna T-37C (gate guard) (s/n 2424) * Cessna T-37C (s/n 2430) * Lockheed P-2V-5 Neptune (s/n 4711) * Lockheed RT-33A T-Bird (s/n 1916) * Lockheed T-33A Silver Star (s/n 1923) * Lockheed T-33A Silver Star (s/n 1926) * Northrop T-38A Talon (s/n 2605) * Sud Aviation SE3130 Alouette II (s/n 9217) * Sud Aviation SE3160 Alouette III (s/n 19384) * Avro 631 Cadet * North American AT-16 Harvard III (s/n 1517) * North American T-6J Texan (s/n 1737) * Aerospatiale SA330S-1 Puma (s/n 19512) * Beechcraft F33A Bonanza (s/n CS-A7L) * Boeing 707-382B (cockpit) (s/n 9T-MSS) * Junkers Ju 52/3m g3e (s/n 6304) * Nord N2502A Noratlas (s/n 6403) * Cessna Skymaster FTB-337G (s/n 13701) * Lockheed P-3P Orion (s/n 14806) * Max Holste M.H.1521 Broussard (s/n 3304) * Piper PA-18 (L-21B) Super Cub (s/n 3218)

Alverca

* Auster D-5/160 (s/n 3564) * De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk (s/n 1376) *

Fairey III The Fairey Aviation Company Fairey III was a family of British reconnaissance biplanes that enjoyed a very long production and service history in both landplane and seaplane variants. First flying on 14 September 1917, examples were still in u ...

D Mk.2 (s/n 17) * Maurice Farman MF-4 *

Grumman G-44 Widgeon The Grumman G-44 Widgeon is a small, five-person, twin-engined, amphibious aircraft. It was designated J4F by the United States Navy and Coast Guard and OA-14 by the United States Army Air Corps and United States Army Air Forces. Design and deve ...

(s/n 129) *

Grunau Baby The Schneider Grunau Baby was a single-seat sailplane first built in Germany in 1931, with some 6,000 examples constructed in some 20 countries. It was relatively easy to build from plans, it flew well, and the aircraft was strong enough to han ...

(s/n CS-PAE) *

Hawker Hurricane The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–40s which was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was overshadowed in the public consciousness b ...

IIIb * Jodel D9 Bébé (s/n CS-AXA) * North American F-86F Sabre (s/n 5319) * North American T-6J Texan (s/n 1769) * Northrop T-38A Talon (s/n 2601) * Piper PA-18 (L-21B) Super Cub (s/n 3212) * Cessna Skymaster FTB-337G (s/n 13709) *

LTV A-7P Corsair II The Portuguese Air Force (PoAF) operated 50 LTV A-7 Corsair II aircraft in the anti-ship, air interdiction and air defense roles between 1981 and 1999. The Portuguese government acquired the Corsair II to replace the PoAF's North American F-86 ...

(s/n 15508) * Nikus Miniplane *

IIc (s/n 591/RV-J) *

C Tweety Bird (s/n 2420) * Nord N2501 Noratlas (s/n 6420) * Douglas C-54A Skymaster (s/n 6606)

Ovar

* Auster D-5/160 (s/n 3208) *

-100 *

C (s/n 2427) * Fiat G.91R/3 (s/n 5452) * Northrop T-38A Talon (s/n 2603) * Piper PA-18 (L-21B) Super Cub * Cessna Skymaster FTB-337G * Republic F-84G Thunderjet (s/n 5201) * LTV TA-7P Corsair II (s/n 15550)

Stored aircraft

* Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21PFM Fishbed (s/n 6614), transferred from the

Polish Aviation Museum The Polish Aviation Museum ( pl, Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego w Krakowie) is a large museum of historic aircraft and aircraft engines in Kraków, Poland. It is located at the site of the no-longer functional Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Ai ...

Dassault Mirage III The Dassault Mirage III () is a family of single/dual-seat, single-engine, fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by French aircraft company Dassault Aviation. It was the first Western European combat aircraft to exceed Mach number, Mach 2 ...

R (s/n 313) *

Canadair CF-104D Starfighter The Canadair CF-104 Starfighter (CF-111, CL-90) is a modified version of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter supersonic fighter aircraft built in Canada by Canadair under licence. It was primarily used as a ground attack aircraft, despite being des ...

(s/n 104750) *Max Holste MH-1521 Broussard (s/n 3301) *Max Holste MH-1521 Broussard (s/n 3303) *

References

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External links

Força Aérea Portuguesa – Museu do Ar
official website
Museu do Ar
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