This is 4448 painted up to represent 4439. Confusingly, the real 4439 is at Canoas too, guarding the gate to the base while this one is in town.

The registration could just be seen on the tail under a thick layer of silver paint.

The Museu Asas de um Sonho (Wings of a Dream Museum) or better known as TAM Museum existed from 2006 to 2016. One of the exhibits was this former Brazilian air force F-8 4440.

Brazil ordered 60 Meteor F.8s and 10 two seat Meteor T.7s in 1952, the first entering service the following year. Operating with 1°/1°GAvCa and 2°/1°GAvCa at Santa Cruz and 1°/14° GAV at Canaos, most were withdrawn by 1968 but the type finally bowed out in 1971. 4452 has been displayed outside CINDACTA 11, Air Traffic Control Centre at Bacacheri since the late 1980s.

Brazil operated some 70 Meteors and this was the last, assembled at Parque de Aeronáutica de São Paulo with a middle fuselage that had been delivered with the original aircraft and parts from others, serialled 4399 and posted to 1st/1st GAvCa on February 1971. Later that year it was re-serialled 4460 and was delivered to Musal for preservation on 22nd April 1974, marking the last flight of a Brazilian Meteor. It was the only one to be operated in camouflage.