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Foto da semana: Bom ano!

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A última foto da semana do blog vai dedicada não aos aviões, até porque este mês poucas ou nenhumas vezes fui ao aeroporto mas, às coisas boas da vida em geral... Aproveitem, que passa bem depressa... Feliz Ano Novo a todos!

Photo of the Week: From Brussels, with wind

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Well...still hadn't published this week's photo so, went for the archives to search previously unpublished pics... Back from October, this year, on a windy day, the landing of Brussels Airlines on runway 23, with a bit of wind... A320 OO-TCQ... check the wind indicator....wind made some damage :)

Sunclass Airlines

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On the day of TAP Express debut at Madeira (check HERE ), got just in time to get the departure of A321 OY-TCF ... It was the first time I got them after the change from Thomas Cook Scandinavia into Sunclass Airlines...for now the only visible change is the removal of Thomas Cook Scandinavia titles and a small Sunclass sticker, near the front door... taxiing to runway 05

The lone ranger :)

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Got today, for the first time, CS-TVG, the first (and only, until now) TAP A320NEO wearing the cockpit mask (bandit, racoon, Zorro...whatever you call it...)...and it looks really great! Got lucky with the weather as before and after the arrival, there was some light rain and foggy weather but the sun came out shinning for the arrival... :) landing on runway 05 Also...the first time I noticed these green A320NEO titles on the engines...

Saturday later afternoon

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Back from the beginning of November, an overview of Madeira apron, with a cargo ship departing from Caniçal... British Airways A320 G-GATP and Easyjet A319 G-EZFY from London Gatwick, Transavia France B738 F-HTVI from Lyon and Condor A320 D-AICD from Frankfurt.

Estreia da TAP Express na Madeira

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Hoje, finalmente tivemos a estreia da TAP Express e dos seus Embraer 190/195 Totalmente inesperada (pelo menos para mim e muitos dos spotters), valeu pelo "head's up" :) Obrigado! O aparelho que ficará para a história como tendo sido o  primeiro Embraer da TAP Express por cá foi o "Porto", CS-TTX, um 195, que efetuou o voo TP1689 Lisboa - Madeira e TP1684, Madeira - Lisboa, pela hora de almoço. Aterragem na 05....  Taxi, até ao stand Alpha 05 Detalhe ao HUD A descolagem terá de ficar para outro dia/horas...

A330 TOP

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Mais uma vez o vento fez das suas por cá, na passada quinta-feira, com o cancelamento dos voos ao longo do dia a motivarem na sexta-feira 2 voos extra, por parte da TAP, em A330. Infelizmente ainda não foi desta que tivemos a estreia do A330NEO, tendo cabido ao A332 CS-TOP e suas tripulações a tarefa de efetuar estes 2 voos... Ficam uns registos da saída do primeiro voo (o segundo foi à noite): A meteo instável, com chuva, nuvens e algum sol a espreitar, acabaram por ser favoráveis, com o CS-TOP a descolar com o sol a espreitar, embora um nadinha mais tarde do que eu estava à espera...

Foto da semana: TAP Star Alliance NEO

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A estrela do dia de ontem era o A330 CS-TOP, que fez 2 voos para normalizar o fluxo de passageiros após 1 dia de aeroporto fechado, devido ao vento mas, para mim, o ponto alto acabou por ser mesmo o facto de ter tido oportunidade de fazer as primeiras fotos ao mais recente Star Alliance da TAP, o A320NEO CS-TVF, ainda por cima, numa tarde em que forrava, vinha chuva e dava algumas abertas, consegui apanhá-lo com uma bela luz de final de tarde, por entre nuvens de escuridão...  Parqueando junto ao G-UZLF, outro A320NEO, neste caso, da Easyjet, de Bristol

Travel Service from Warsaw

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On a day with no planes at Madeira (all cancelled due to the wind), a couple of shots from last Tuesday: Travel Service B738 OK-TSE, arriving from Warsaw... getting a bit of wind on final already over runway 05 treshold

Photo of the Week: Sunny Approach for the TAP

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Still hadn't chosen any pic of the week because none had "rang the bell"... Today went to Santa Cruz and so, made a stop at the airport for a few shots before heading my way. Wasn't expecting nothing really special, with no different traffic and dark weather...but ended up getting TAP's A319 CS-TTE on its final to runway 05 with a great morning light, while the backgrounds were real dark...just love that kind of general light.... arriving from Lisbon....

Transavia France from 23

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From November, 2nd, a couple of shots of Transavia France B738 F-HTVI departing late afternoon from runway 23, back to Lyon (LYS/LFLL)

321NEO Take off from 23

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Back from September, a couple of shots on the take-off of TAP's A321NEO CS-TJI, from runway 23

Apache

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Back to 2005, the only time I had the oportunity to photograph an Apache helicopter.... Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow, registration 00-5209 at Paris Air Show 2005, at Le Bourget

Tyrol Air Ambulance

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From this morning, a few shots on the departure of OE-GPS, a funny registration Cessna 550 Citation of Tyrol Air Ambulance. Arrived yesterday, from Valladolid and departed this morning to Santiago de Compostela, after receiving a passenger on ambulance. Despite the dull weather, here's some shots (at least it wasn't raining) refueling (on the right, another bizjet, from NetJets was also refueling and getting ready for departure) taxi to runway 05

Binter na 23

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From the begining of the month... Binter ATR-72 EC-JQL arriving from Tenerife North, on final to runway 23 With Ponta de S.Lourenço and its lighthouse on the back...

New Photo of the Week: Finnair from 23

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Don't get many Finnair's so, last monday, as I was going to Santa Cruz, took the oportunity for a stop at the airport to get the departure of this bird, back to Helsinki. Runway 23 was in use and the sun was coming and going though the clouds... The Transavia France departing in front of the Finnair requested runway 05....oh crap, I tought...but, the Finnair departed from the "right" runway...runway 23 and even the sun that was treatening to go behind the clouds, stayed just for the take-off...quite lucky... With calm wind, a long trip ahead, Finnair's A321 OH-LZH made a long take-off, passing right in front of me... With Binter ATR-72 on the apron, getting ready for the flight to Porto Santo and a rainbow on the horizont ..and some nice reflections on the fuselage, against the dark clouds on the sky...