501 Squadron (Portugal)
The 501 Squadron "''Bisontes''" (''Esquadra 501'') is a transport squadron of the Portuguese Air Force. Roles and missions Primary mission: * Execute tactical air transport operations. Secondary missions: * Execute search and rescue operations; * Execute general air transport operations; * Provide support for fire fighting operations. (currently not applicable) History Formed on September 23, 1977, with the initial designation of Transport and Maritime Patrol Squadron ( pt, Esquadra de Transporte e Patrulhamento Marítimo), its origins date back to 1952, when upon the merger of the Army's Aviation and the Naval Aviation these services' transport aircraft — Junkers Ju 52, C-54 Skymaster and C-47 Dakota — were transferred to the Portuguese Air Force (PoAF). With this reorganization of the Portuguese military aviation, the two C-54 Skymaster of the former Army's Aviation, which were based at Lajes Air Base transporting passengers between Lisbon and Azores, were transferr ...
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Portuguese Air Force
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81 Squadron (Portugal)
81 Squadron or 81st Squadron may refer to: * 81st Fighter Squadron, a unit of the United States Air Force * VFA-81 (Fighter Attack Squadron 81), a unit of the United States Navy See also * 81st Division (other) * 81st Brigade (other) * 81st Regiment (other) 81st Regiment may refer to: * 81st Regiment of Foot (Aberdeenshire Highland Regiment), a unit of the British Army, 1777–1783 * 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers), a unit of the British Army * 81st Infantry Regiment (Philippine Com ...

Max Holste Broussard
The Max Holste MH.1521 Broussard is a 1950s French six-seat utility monoplane designed by Max Holste to meet a French Army requirement. Design and development Following the end of the Second World War, Avions Max Holste designed and built a new two-seat trainer and tourer aircraft, the Max Holste MH.52, of which only small numbers were built. Holste then responded to a French Army requirement for an artillery spotter aircraft for a lightweight liaison and observation aircraft. The resulting design, the MH.152, had a fuselage based on that of the MH.52 and a high-mounted wing. It was powered by a Salmson 8 As.04 engine and had an enclosed, fully-glazed cabin seating a pilot and four passengers. A prototype flew on 12 June 1951. While it demonstrated good short-field performance, the French Army's needs had changed, with it now requiring a robust utility aircraft similar to the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver. As a result, the company decided to develop a slightly large ...
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C-45 Expeditor
The Beechcraft Model 18 (or "Twin Beech", as it is also known) is a 6- to 11-seat, twin-engined, low-wing, tailwheel light aircraft manufactured by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. Continuously produced from 1937 to November 1969 (over 32 years, a world record at the time), over 9,000 were built, making it one of the world's most widely used light aircraft. Sold worldwide as a civilian executive, utility, cargo aircraft, and passenger airliner on tailwheels, nosewheels, skis, or floats, it was also used as a military aircraft."Beechcraft D18S Twin Beech."
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82 Squadron (Portugal)
82 Squadron or 82nd Squadron may refer to: * No. 82 Squadron RAF a unit of the Royal Air Force * No. 82 Squadron RAAF, a unit of the Royal Australian Air Force * 82d Aerial Targets Squadron, a unit of the United States Air Force * VFA-82 (Fighter Attack Squadron 82), a unit of the United States Navy See also * 82nd Division (other) * 82nd Regiment (other) 82nd Regiment or 82nd Infantry Regiment may refer to: * 82nd Regiment of Foot (1778) * 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) * 82nd Infantry Regiment (Philippine Commonwealth Army) * 82nd Field Artillery Regiment (United States) ...

102 Squadron (Portugal)
102 Squadron "''Panchos''" () was an elementary flight training squadron of the Portuguese Air Force disbanded in 1992. Formed in 1962, the squadron administered air force training and performed at air shows throughout Portugal. Between 1963 and its disbandment in 1992, the squadron lost nine pilots. History The squadron's heritage began in the early 1960s when Basic Flight Instruction Squadron No. 2 ( pt, Esquadra de Instrução Básica de Pilotagem Nº 2, E.I.B.P. 2), "''Os Panchos''", was constituted at Air Base No. 1 ( pt, Base Aérea Nº 1, BA1), flying the Cessna T-37 Tweet entering service with the Portuguese Air Force (PoAF). Together with Basic Flight Instruction Squadron No. 1 ( pt, Esquadra de Instrução Básica de Pilotagem Nº 1, E.I.B.P. 1), which flew the North American T-6, formed the Basic Flight Training Group ( pt, Grupo de Instrução Básica de Pilotagem, G.I.B.P.). The first twelve T-37C aircraft arrived in December 1962 as kits and were assembled at ...
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Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Africa to the southwest. The sovereign state is separated from the Comoros, Mayotte and Madagascar by the Mozambique Channel to the east. The capital and largest city is Maputo. Notably Northern Mozambique lies within the monsoon trade winds of the Indian Ocean and is frequentely affected by disruptive weather. Between the 7th and 11th centuries, a series of Swahili port towns developed on that area, which contributed to the development of a distinct Swahili culture and language. In the late medieval period, these towns were frequented by traders from Somalia, Ethiopia, Egypt, Arabia, Persia, and India. The voyage of Vasco da Gama in 1498 marked the arrival of t ...
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Luanda
Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport, and also the capital of the Luanda Province. Luanda and its metropolitan area is the most populous Portuguese-speaking capital city in the world and the most populous Lusophone city outside Brazil, with over 8.3 million inhabitants in 2020 (a third of Angola's population). Among the oldest colonial cities of Africa, it was founded in January 1576 as ''São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda'' by Portuguese explorer Paulo Dias de Novais. The city served as the centre of the slave trade to Brazil before its prohibition. At the start of the Angolan Civil War in 1975, most of the white Portuguese left as refugees, principally for Portugal. Luanda's population increased greatly from refugees fleeing the war, but its infrastructure was inadequate ...
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92 Squadron (Portugal)
92 Squadron or 92nd Squadron may refer to: * No. 92 Squadron RAF, a unit of the United Kingdom Royal Air Force * No. 92 Squadron RAAF No. 92 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) ground attack squadron of World War II. It was raised in May 1945 to operate Bristol Beaufighter aircraft, but had not completed its training by the end of the war in August and was disban ...

Union Aéromaritime De Transport
''Union Aéromaritime de Transport'' (UAT) was a French airline. It had its head office in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.Translation of accident report in Rhodesia
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History

The airline was founded in 1949 by a group of technicians and the shipping line Chargeurs Réunis. This was the same company which had founded the original Aéromaritime in 1934 to supplement its shipping operations around West Africa. The new postwar Aéromaritime continued under the wing of UAT until the rise of African nationalism required the creation of a more user-friendly
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Nord Noratlas
The Nord Noratlas was a dedicated military transport aircraft, developed and manufactured by French aircraft manufacturer Nord Aviation. Development commenced during the late 1940s with the aim of producing a suitable aircraft to replace the numerous older types that were in service with the Armée de l'Air (French Air Force) which dated back to the Second World War. In response to a competition organised by the '' Direction Technique Industrielle'' (DTI), Nord produced their ''Nord 2500'' proposal, which was selected as the most promising. Experiences with the first prototype, powered by Gnome-Rhône 14R engines, did not impress, thus the design was revised as the ''Nord 2501'', powered by the SNECMA-built Bristol Hercules 738/9 engines instead, which was found acceptable. Accordingly, the Noratlas was introduced to service by the Armée de l'Air on 6 December 1953. Following its adoption by the Armée de l'Air, a number of other operators in both Europe and Africa chose to ...
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Theater Of Operations
In warfare, a theater or theatre is an area in which important military events occur or are in progress. A theater can include the entirety of the airspace, land and sea area that is or that may potentially become involved in war operations. Theater of war In his book ''On War'', Carl von Clausewitz defines the term ''Kriegstheater'' (translating the older, 17th-century Latin term ''theatrum belli'') as one that: Theater of operations ''Theater of operations'' (TO) is a sub-area within a theater of war. The boundary of a TO is defined by the commander who is orchestrating or providing support for specific combat operations within the TO. Theater of operations is divided into strategic directions or military regions depending on whether it is a war or peacetime. The United States Armed Forces split into Unified Combatant Commands (regions) that are assigned to a particular theater of military operations. A strategic direction is a group of armies also known as a task (fie ...
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