Log Brazil trip 22/09-05/10 Part III

We arrived 2 hours late into Confins airport in Belo Horizonte after our Ocean Air flight was delayed. Belo Horizonte is served by 2 airports, Confins the main one is around 35 km North of the city and is only reached by road transport. The airport is served by all the main airlines such as TAM, GOL, Varig and Ocean Air. It has a crescent shaped terminal with an observation level at the top with good views out. There is only one long runway. GOL have hangers in the far corner visible when you exit the airport by road and between that and the terminal is the cargo terminal. Past the other end of the terminal is the fire station which has an all white B737 parked outside of it (ex Vasp, no markings at all).
 
BH Confins 27/09;

Only logged TAM A320's PR-MBA/MHH

Stayed in the city at the Quality Hotel Alfonso Pena, £60 for a twin, nice hotel, buffet breakfast inc, taxi from CNF cost 84 BRL (abt £24) but between 4 was more bearable. We picked a city hotel as we wanted to go to Pampulha airport first in the following morning.

BH Pampulha 28/09;

Enjoyed our time here. Airport doesn't look much when driving up to it and infact the terminal is quite small. It has an observation deck upstairs which although has a glass window is still great for pictures (there are a few in my gallery ). Total are based here with their ATR's. On reflection it may have been better if we got here first thing and we'd probably got most of the fleet but we had a bit of a lie in and saw only 4. Air Minas (E120) and Trip (ATR) also serve the airport but is is quite quiet for airliner traffic. However, GA and military traffic more than make up for the airliner gaps. Across the other side of the airport are 4 or 5 hangers, 1 of which is Total's, 1 is a Police hanger, the rest are GA hangers. Terminal side to the left is the military area. We saw several transport and trainer movements. There are also another 5/6 hangers to the right of the terminal for GA aircrfat, mainly biz jets. These are not visible from the terminal, we found them after getting a hanger visit to Chamone's on the other side of the field and looked back across.

6100 LJ55 FAB
2281/2285 EM110 FAB
PT-TTL ATR42 Total
PT-LYM BE90
PT-OZK BE200
PR-RHF PA31
PT-LSP BE90
PP-WRV BE400
PT-MAM EM121
PR-TTE/G ATR Total
PT-OSR BE200
PT-MSA EM1211
PT-OIU BE90
PT-LFO EM820
PT-EJY EM820
PT-WLK BE200
PP-EMG EM110 Police
PT-LGW LJ35
PT-OOT BE90
N-5052 BL206 Navy
N-5054 BL206 Navy
PR-MCE BE200
PT-LEA LJ35
PR-CTB Cit Enc
PT-LJQ Cit550
PT-DXB PA31
PT-OTQ Cit
PT-JKT CE310
PT-LDD EM110
PT-LJK LJ35
PT-MEP CE208
PT-ORC Cit560
PR-CAN CitJet
PT-ODC Cit501
PR-WYW FA50
PR-XGT BE90
PP-EJO BE350
PT-WGS BE200
PP-BMG Cit550
6704 EM145 Awacs FAB
PT-HZO AS350
PT-WUM Cit X
PT-SGM EM110
PT-LPN Cit 550
PR-OFT Glxy
PT-LHT LJ35
PT-MFE ATR Total

taxi then back to Confins but can't remember the cost exactly, about 60BRL i think.

BH Confins 28/09;

Was not overly busy, so after logging what we needed, we discovered a bar that had happy hour from 5-7 pm so had a break from number crunching before our flight to Rio.

PR-GIA B738 GOL
PT-MZS A320 TAM
PR-GOD B73G GOL
PP-SMA B737 (Vasp-the all white one with no markings)

Flew to Rio DJ onOcean Air FK100 PR-OAL.

Rio DJ 28/09;

Logged only the 2 while taxi-ing in;

CS-TOE A330 TAP
PT-SSK B733 Web Jet

Stayed at the Guanabara Palace Htl in the city centre, £62 for a twin, nice hotel too, buffet breakfast inc. One of the buses between Santos Dumont and Galeao goes past the hotel en route so transport to the airports is cheap. It is only about 5-10 mins max from SDU and from the hotel roof you can see stuff landing (in fact they fly overhead before banking sharply round and can be read off under the wings!!) You can also see the end of the runway and aircraft taxing out are readable too. We decided to pop down to SDU each moring to see if any new biz jets had arrived and weren't disappointed.

RIO DJ SDU 29/09;

PP-JQM CitX
PR-BZE PC12
PR-IMO L410
PT-WLO LJ31
PT-YSD AS365
PT-SHR EM110
PT-ODL Cit550
N-5038 BL206 Navy
2307/2324/2328/2338 EMM110 FAB
PP-VOZ B733 RG
6052 HS125 FAB
PR-MBI A319 TAM
PR-GID B73G GOL
PT-WYU Cit XL

Rio DJ GIG 29/09;

PR-LGK B757F Varig Log
PT-MEX CE208
PR-LTA HS125
PP-LBF/BLR/BLS B727 Fly (stored)
UN-B6701 B767 Kazakstan Gov
CC-CRG B767 Lan
2525/2550 EM145 FAB
PP-VBF DC3 Varig (at the entrance to the hangers which we tried to get around but refused)
2462/2463 C130 FAB
2471/2472/2477 C130 FAB (stored)
7201 P3 FAB
N659UA B763 UA
CX-PUB B763 Pluna
CS-TOF A330 TAP
PR-GOM B73G GOL
PR-GOK B738 GOL
HP-1528CMP B73G Copa

The Copa is due at 2055 and the last thing we decided to wait for.

Rio DJ SDU 30/09;

PT-GKI EM110 (stored)
PT-CDD RC690 (stored-anybody able to confirm reg??)
PT-WHE BE400
PR-LRJ LJ
PT-WYC FA2000
PT-MPL BE400
PR-GQG Cit

Rio DJ GIG 30/09;

N66056 B764 CO
LV-AZU B735 AR
N359AA B763 AA
PT-MZB A320 TAM
PR-LGG B757 Varig Log
2467 C130 FAB
2006/2011/2016 EM120 FAB
2402/2404 B707 FAB
165093 Gulf4
N657UA B763 UA
CC-CWG B763 Lan
PR-GTP B738 GOL
D2-TEA B743 TAAG (pity it wasn't a 777)
PT-MES CE208
F-GISD B744 AF
PT-WMA 125
CC-CPL A319 Lan (very nice too)
EC-KCL A340 IB
LV-AYI B735 AR
2580 EM145 FAB
CS-TOI A330 TAP

Flew to Sao Paolo GRU on Varig B767 PP-VPV

Sao Paolo GRU 30/09;

D-AIGT A343 LH
N67158 B767 CO
LV-BDV B735 AR
CX-BOO B737 Pluna
PT-MQK F100 TAM
PT-MZW A320 TAM
PT-MVD/G/L A330 TAM
PR-MAZ A320 TAM
PR-OAM F100 Ocean

Back over to Congonhas for 3 nights at the Ibis.

Sao Paolo CGH 30/09;

2116 B737 FAB

Sao Paolo CGH 01/10;

From our room on the 11th floor of the Ibis you get a really good view of most of the airport. Across from the runways are 4/5 hangers and aircraft are easily readable inside (at night too if hanger lights are on).  Almost below the hotel is the military terminal where the visiting transport aircraft park. We did however get a bit frustrated by all the other GA aircraft and helicopters coming out from places we couldn't see so decided to explore later in the day. Going past the terminal there are a lot more hangers, many of which used to belong to Vasp. From my database and online information available there are about 6 B737's and 2 A300's of Vasp stored here. From the terminal it is hard to imagine where but after walking round the perimiter wall it is easy to see how. We saw quiet a few Vasp tails but couldn't get anywhere to get a decent view of the aircraft. Both A300 tails are visible above the wall and you can see enough of 3 B737's to count. Carrying on past Vasp and Tam hangers you come to the end of the road but look out onto to Liders hangers and helipad-one mystery solved. There is a large helipad built on stilts,at the back of the Lider hanger, quiet impressive really. Anyway, still no views of the biz hangers so we kept walking, round the end of the runway to the other side (long walk by the way). Still no views though thanks to the wall all around the airport. However after nearly giving up hope we stumbled on a garden centre (Tatuake or something like that). Anyway, at the very bottom corner of the garden centre is a raised mound which overlooks the airfield and gives great views of the biz hangers. We wouldn't of seen the Interbrasil Em120's from anywhere else and you get a reasonable view of Vasp A300 PP-SNN and 737 PP-SOT. We went there twice, first time no one bothered us, the second time the security guard said we need permission so we were escorted to the main building and spoke to the manageress who let us stay, didn't want us taking pictures but okay spotting. We were supervised throughout then but the guard was very friendly and we gave him a tip.

PT-OGE/F/Q CE208
PT-VAQ EM820
PR-OAC FK50 Ocean
PR-MHJ A320 TAM
PR-GOU B73G GOL
PP-SOT B737 Vasp (stored)
PT-WKF PC12
PT-XFG Cit 650
PR-HAV EC120
PT-OLW BE90
PT-EUX EM820
8735 Puma FAB
PT-WHC BE400
PR-EDF BE350
PR-YBL A109
PR-MHC A320 TAM
PT-YEM A109
PR-DOG PC12
N902AG CL6
PR-MAU CE208
2004 EM120 FAB
PR-OPP 125
PT-LHJ BE90
PR-WRI FA900
PT-WKQ Cit550
PP-EOJ AS350
PT-LOT LJ35
PR-MAE A320 TAM
PT-OJG Cit550
PR-OTA LJ45
PT-LHV RC690
PP-ISB/C EM120 Interbrasil (stored)
PR-BER BE390
PT-LER BE90
PR-MOZ BE350
PT-OIF BE90
PT-OTC 125
PP-MDB Cit XL
PR-ITN Cit 650
PR-SPO CitJet3
PR-ARA CitJet
PT-WJF BE90
PP-SNN A300 Vasp (stored)
PR-MAB A320 Tam
PR-ONE LJ40
PT-YJJ AS350
6545 EM110 FAB
PT-ACC LJ35
2581 EM135 FAB
PT-WST MU2
PT-HYB AS350
PT-WZN CE208
PR-LFT Cit XL

Sao Paolo CGH 02/10;

PT-LHB 125
PT-ODC Cit
PT-HVU BL206
PR-TIN BE90
PR-RMA BE90
PR-TCA BE90
PR-ACT BE200
PT-OOY BE90
PT-FGB BE350
PP-SAM PC12
PT-XFS LJ60
PT-LZP LJ35
N900WK FA900
N906WK FA900
PR-RHH BE90
PT-LSJ LJ35
PT-LKS Cit550
PR-ORE Lgcy
6050 125 FAB
PR-ACK RC690
PR-LFT CiT XL
PR-EBD CitJet3
PR-JRR BE390
PR-AVM LJ31
PT-OCC BE90
PR-MIT BL430
PT-OMZ BE90
PP-SMG/U B737 Vasp (stored)
PR-MZL A320 TAM
PT-MCC EM121
PR-CAM A109
PR-SFA LJ40
PP-EIF CitJet

Sao Paolo GRU 02/10;

N127GG G5
F-GIUC B744F AF
EC-GLE A340 IB
PR-LGD M11F RG
PT-MRA F100 TAM
CS-TOC A340 TAP
N381VP cit
PT-MSI MD11 TAM
PP-VMT DC10 RG
CC-CEB B763 Lan
CP-2484 B737 Aero Sur
HB-JMA A340 LX
PH-BQM B777 KL
N747AE G550
PP-WRJ R44
PR-OAX FK50 Ocean
PR-SKI DC8 Skymaster
PT-WUS B707 Skymaster
PP-VTC B767 RG
LV-BBN B735 AR
ZS-SLE A340 SAA
N471TA A319 Taca Peru
EC-GQK A340IB
A6-EWB B777 EK
D-ABVA B744 LH
LV-BIM B735 AR
D-AIGN A340 LH
CX-BON B737 Pluna
N382AN B763 AA
PP-MTA DC10 MTA
CC-COD A320 Lan
CC-CDM B763 lan
N76156 B767 CO
F-GLZL A340 AF
N76054 B764 CO
XA-JBC B763 AMX

Nice to get the Emirates 777, they only started to GRU on 01/10.

Thats it for part III, final installment in a few days. Cheers

Kev Stokes