Brigadeiro Velloso Testing Range Portuguese: Campo de Provas Brigadeiro Velloso | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator |  Brazilian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Novo Progresso, Pará, Brazil | ||||||||||
| Built | 24 January 1954 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1954–present | ||||||||||
| Time zone | BRT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,762 ft / 537 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 9°20′0″S 54°57′53″W / 9.33333°S 54.96472°W | ||||||||||
| Website | fab.mil.br/cpbv | ||||||||||
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Campo de Provas Brigadeiro Velloso – CPBV (English: Brigadeiro Velloso Testing Range) (ICAO: SBCC) is a large complex of the Brazilian Armed Forces located in Serra do Cachimbo (English: Smoking Pipe Mountains), in the southern part of Pará, Brazil. It is named after Haroldo Coimbra Velloso (1920–1969), an Air Force brigadier and politician who was responsible for the complex's creation.[1]
It includes Cachimbo Airport.
- ^ Rocha Luzardo, Antonio José (December 2002). "Nova tecnologia para vigilância patrimonial da Amazônia" (in Portuguese). Revista da Unifa. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2011.