It's once more that time of the year where I review the highlights of the previous year... :)
The first hightlight of 2016 was also the last of 2015 :)
The departure of New Year's charter from/to Bucarest, carried by a Tarom A310 YR-LCB.
Check
HERE
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this plane is now stored.... |
In February got for the first time D-AGER with Germania's 30th aniversary livery and Tuifly's D-ATUZ with the RIU livery...nice liveries!
Check
HERE
In March we had this nice French Civil Protection Dash8-Q400. Check
HERE
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F-ZBMC departing from runway 05 |
In April, got for the first (an only) time, Easyjet's special livery celebrating the airline's 20th Aniversary. Check
HERE
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G-EZOX coming to a stop, after landing on runway 23...this one looked a lot better in the paper than in live colors... |
In May, Corendon made it's first flight to Madeira, beeing received with a salute with the water canons. Check
HERE
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PH-CDF arriving from Amsterdam |
Right in the begining of May, got, for the first time this nice Smartwings / Air Transat hybrid. Check
HERE
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OK-TVU landing on 05 |
May was also the month I finally got Thomson G-FDZG with Family Life special livery :)
Check
HERE
Also in May, portuguese airline
Everjets made it's last flight as a regular airline based at Madeira.
It was a very strange project and never gained the confidence of the people...turned to the charter flights....check
HERE
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OY-RUP (leased from DAT - Danish Air Transport) performing a nice take-off from runway 23 (one of the lasts...) |
In June there were news on the double :)
It was the first time I got Air Horizont (performing Everjets charter flights) and TAG Aviation 757 performing a TCS Expeditions world travel:
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Air Horizont B734 9H-ZAZ and TAG Aviation B752 G-TCSX |
June was also a nice month for the Tuifly special liveries...I got 2 more that were new to me...
TUI BLUE D-ATUD, check
HERE
and TUI Magic Life D-ATUG (with Tui Robinson D-ATUI, another new special livery).
Check
HERE
In July, photographed Portuguese Air Force C-130 16804...a plane that a few days later would crash in Montijo Air Base with full loss of the plane and 3 crew...dark moments it were...
In August we had once more the pleasure of having a
Reims-Cessna FTB337G flying around as
CS-DIT (former Portuguese Air Force 3725 arrived at Madeira. It's based here and operated by local Aeroclub. Check
HERE)
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first arrival |
In September, got for the first time (and only...) an ASL Airlines B737 with its new livery (former Air Contractors), check
HERE
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EI-STA on a great afternoon light (usually came at lunch time with an awfull light) |
In October, we had the return of Lufthansa to Madeira, and it was the retro :)
Still haven't processed my pics from that day....(remembering that now...)
Check my daugher's ones
HERE
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D-AIDV, received with the water canons salute |
Also in October...it's not everyday I get CJ planes around here...and this A319CJ from Mjet arrived with a fantastic light....check
HERE
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OE-LJG landing on runway 23 |
October was also the month that we finally got a Transavia Sunweb...after so many time...
Check
HERE
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PH-HZL departing from runway 23 |
This year, TAP started retrofiting its planes with sharklets, including CS-TNP, with the Star Alliance livery:
In December we got, for the first time, a Transavia with full GOL livery PH-GUU.
Check
HERE
To end the year, another first...a Blue Air B738 performing a charter flight from Bucarest for the Madeira Reveillon...Check
HERE.
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YR-BMB arriving from Bucarest |
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