• Aircraft:

  Cessna T-37C Tweety Bird

• Reg: 2423 photos
• Serial #:

  40748

• Airline: Portugal - Air Force
• Photo Date: Aug 08, 2020
• Uploaded: Feb 17, 2021
• Other Location - Alcafozes, Portugal

[Full HD/1920px] In the small and remote Portuguese village of Alcafozes, located in Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco district, 3 hours away by car from Lisbon and roughly 3:30 from Porto, one may find this well-preserved former Portuguese Air Force Cessna T-37C in front of the Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora do Loreto (Our Lady of Loreto), consecrated as the Patroness of Aviation by Pope Benedict XV on March 24, 1920. Each year, on the last Monday of August, Our Lady of Loreto is venerated in an annual popular festival with religious ceremonies which are represented by the Civil and Military Aviation of the country. An aerial procession with a drop of petals over the Sanctuary is also a tradition. After spending an entire afternoon in Castelo Branco (30 minutes away from Alcafozes) on professional duties, I am glad I could rush there, arriving just in time to photograph this bird catching the very last rays of the setting sun. Google Earth coordinates: 39°56'40.1"N 7°07'07.6"W

Photographer

Aircraft

Rui Cardoso 2423

408 1 0 Cessna T-37C Tweety Bird

AviaStar Photography 2423

1,181 0 0 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML Flogger G

Paul Stam 2423

572 0 0 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML Flogger G

Photo location

Rui Cardoso 2423

408 1 0 Cessna T-37C Tweety Bird

[Full HD/1920px] In the small and remote Portuguese village of Alcafozes, located in Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco district, 3 hours away by car from Lisbon and roughly 3:30 from Porto, one may find this well-preserved former Portuguese Air Force Cessna T-37C in front of the Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora do Loreto (Our Lady of Loreto), consecrated as the Patroness of Aviation by Pope Benedict XV on March 24, 1920

Carlos Miguel Seabra 2423

1,736 4 0 Cessna T-37C Tweety Bird

Preserved deep inside Portugal

André Garcez 2423

3,209 0 1 Cessna T-37C Tweety Bird

Photographer

[Full HD/1920px] Wearing a revised livery

Carlos Miguel Seabra CS-UOS

96 1 0 AeroSpool WT9 Dynamic

[Full HD/1920px] Rolling for departure on runway 34

Carlos Miguel Seabra CS-UMT

209 1 0 Evektor EV-97 Eurostar

[Full HD/1920px] Rolling back to its hangar in beautiful evening light

Carlos Miguel Seabra EC-FF8

133 2 0 Tecnam P2002 Sierra