Sunday, January 29, 2012

The Portuguese-built Berliet-Tramagal military trucks

The February issue of Motor Clássico presents a four-page article covering the Portuguese-built Berliet-Tramagal military trucks, from their development and production in the region of Tramagal till their combat experience in Africa. It focuses both the three models of the family - GBC 8 KT 4 4x4, GBC 8 KT 6x6 and the GBA MT 6x6 - and the Tramagal TT 13/160 6x6 prototype developed in the 1980s.
This is the fourth work from a series of articles to be published by Motor Clássico each two months that will present to Portuguese readers some of the most icconic military vehicles operated in Portugal over the last decades.

Pedro Monteiro

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Sion Air Show 2011

The most important air show in Switzerland, the Sion Air Show, has presented this year a truthly dreammy program which has comprised, among other more modern aircraft, flights from vintage models like the icconic Lockheed Super Constellation or the former Swiss Air Force fast jets Hawker Hunter, Dassault Mirage III and De Havilland DH-100 Vampire.
During three days the airshow received more than 62.000 visitors, making this event an incredible success. A four-page photographic report has been published in the November issue of the Portuguese aviation magazine Sirius.

Pedro Monteiro