Early wake for the Antonov

A couple of days ago, Tuifly's B738 D-ATUH (special livery Mein CEWE) suffered a bird strike on landing which damaged the nose.
The replacement part had to be brought from Hannover by an An-12, which is allways a great (and rare) sight...
Inicially schedulled to arrive in the middle of the night, ended up arriving a little bit  before sunrise which allowed me to make a quick run for some shots before heading to work.

An-12 UR-CGV just after arriving...(long exposure shot...tried some high ISO shots of the landing but it was too dark)

Tuifly's D-ATUH on a night-stop with the damaged nose.
Unfortunately couldn't stay for the nose change...

Foto da Semana: Antonov 12

Hoje tivemos um forte candidato a movimento do ano, mercê da contínua falta do tão prometido voo diário de carga da FlyMii e da greve dos estivadores, no continente...um cargueiro ucraniano Antonov 12BK da Ukraine Air Alliance (UR-CGV).
Infelizmente, de atraso em atraso, acabou por chegar a uma hora impossível para mim e só a muito custo consegui apanhar a saída, embora em contra-luz...paciência...

descolagem da 05

ligando motores

Smoke on!!  cof...cof.....
início da descolagem, que acabou por ser bastante longa....

e por fim, um toque diferente à foto da semana, sugerido pelo Carlos Seabra e que até gostei bastante (além de sempre ajudar a disfarçar a contra-luz...)

An-12 by Vega Air

Talking about cargo planes at Madeira, remembered to share these pics of Vega Air An-12 LZ-VEE at Madeira, back in 2006.
Too bad we don't get to see more of these around here...

Smoke on :)
Taking off from runway 05

New Photo of the Week: Antonov at Madeira

For this week photo, back to 2006, to an Antonov 12, from Vega Air, LZ-VEE, at Madeira airport.

Quite a rare bird, around here.