luis pacheco Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) The T-33A arrived in Portugal in 1953, at the dawn of the jets era, one year after the creation of the Portuguese Air Force as an independent branch of the military. The first 15 aircraft, from the USA, had the task of flight training for the instruments and adaptation to jet aircraft pilots coming from the conventional and intended for F-84G fighters. In 1957, the T-33A were the "Esquadra de Instrução Complementar de Pilotagem" (EICP) to reach the definitive designation of "Esquadra de Instrução Complementar de Pilotagem de Aviões de Combate" (EICPAC) with the mission to instruct pilots for the squadrons of combat. The T-33 was to finish his career in the service of the Portuguese Air Force in 1990. Portugal received 35 T-33, of which 30 (28 T-33A, 2 RT-33A) T-Bird - photographic reconnaissance version 5 and T-33AN Silver Star of Canadian origin. Flew about 65,000 hours. No jet in the history of the Portuguese Air Force survived so many years and was so revered as the T-33. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vN_gjrdVtUo/UxJmu2rYLHI/AAAAAAAAPWU/YPMLBr-4d5I/s1600/20120729_LPBJ-1228s.jpg Edited December 22, 2014 by luis pacheco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Hi Luis, how is winter in the Azores? A great choice with the T33 - will you be reproducing this commerative scheme in your build? Cheers Cliff (P.S. an admin note: The Mods are sensitive about us posting photographs that are clearly copyright. Could you edit your post please to provide a link to the photo, rather than showing the photo itself. This assumes that you don't have Paulo Mata's permission to use his photo, but for all I know you may have! Thanks C) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis pacheco Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Hi Luis, how is winter in the Azores? Not bad. http://www.spotazores.com/cams/ponta-delgada 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Excellent choice Luis. Are the decals separate or included with this kit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Not bad. http://www.spotazores.com/cams/ponta-delgada How dare you! I want to be there, right now. Cliff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis pacheco Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) Are the decals separate or included with this kit? The decals are from "Santa Cruz Modelismo". Edited December 22, 2014 by luis pacheco 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis pacheco Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 I completed this one last week. A Platz kit with some problems added to some of my errors in the assembly. Now let´s see how the Sword kit behaves. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Looking forward to seeing this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 That's a lovely looking T-33 Luis, and it's really nice to see one in Portuguese markings. I look forward to seeing how your Sword kit compares to the Platz one. Craig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caszerino Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Very nice! I sometimes drink with an old Portuguese chap from Azores who fought in Angola in the 60s (I'm in Florida). Looking forward to seeing this one come together! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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