Photo of the Week: USAF....oh...wait...Braathens :)

Yesterday, the guys at Lajes (Terceira, Azores) got the Air Force One, with President Obama on its way to the south America.

I remembered getting around here an USAF C-40 with a livery somehow similar to the Air Force One back in 2007 so, decided it was going to be the Photo of the Week but then looked at all the little treasures that I had photographed that day (all now gone), including a Braathen's B737 that I still hadn't processed and published...so Photo of the Week goes for the Braathens...

USAF C-40 50730

Another gone pearl...XL Airways (UK) still with the old livery and with a Canadian registration with "Operated by Sunwing" sticker - C-FTAE

Photo of the Week: Braathens B737-700 LN-TUI...another gone airline..

And, yet another golden catch (despite the quality...)
A Finnair B752 OH-LBO

4th of July: US Independence and US Traffic at Madeira

Was reading some online news today, when I remembered that North-Americans celebrate its independence today...

Congrats!
It's a nice reason to share some pics of US Military Planes around here...(not usual visitors...)

USCG C-130J 2005 together with an USAF KC-10 Extender ( 84-0186)

05-0730, a beautifull USAF C-40 (737)

40087, small Learjet from (C-21) from USAFE(urope), with TF-BBE, from Bluebird Cargo entering the apron

and yet another pic of the KC-10 Stratotanker....

As far as I know it was the only time we got one of these around here...

2006, another C-130J from USCG that was here the same time the KC-10 and the 2005

Air Force (not One)

On a weekend that the Portuguese Spotters were on the hunt for the Air Force One, at Lisbon, it's a good time to share a couple of pics of something closer (at least in the livery....lol) to that one....

It looks really nice in this livery and like the Air Force One this Weekend, this one was also here due to a NATO meeting...