SA-16A 7101 at S.Jacinto in the fifties (EMFA/CAVFA)
 
SA-16A 7101 at S.Jacinto in the fifties. Squadron badge not yet painted under the cockpit (EMFA/CAVFA)

Photo gallery

SA-16A photo gallery
 
Anticipating the SA-16A Albatroos datasheet to be published soon we present below some photos of this interesting amphibian in Portuguese Air Force service
 
The entire fleet at Lajes/BA4 (EMFA/CAVFA)
 
The entire fleet at Lajes/BA4. The badge is already applied. Note the nose radome white.In some photos however it is painted black, like the one below showing the aircraft on the water (EMFA/CAVFA)
 
 
Detail of front fusealge (L.Tavares)
Detail of front fuselage. The badge can clearly be seen under the cockpit. Photo taken in 1960. (L.Tavares)
 
 
7102 in his second element... (EMFA/CAVFA)
7102 in Açores waters, sometime in the fifties...(EMFA/CAVFA)
 
 
Another view of the fleet (EMFA/CAVFA)
Another view of the fleet at Lajes /BA4 during the fifties. Note the SB-17G nose on the right...(EMFA/CAVFA)
 
Rear view of 7103 (EMFA/CAVFA)
Rear view of 7103 showing clearly the matt black walkway on the top of the fuselage (EMFA/CAVFA)