A cereja no topo....

Normalmente habituamo-nos a que as fotos dos spotters incidam maioritariamente sobre os aviões mas, um aeroporto é todo um mundo à parte, cheio de coisas interessantes e diferentes, que valem a pena registar...

Uma das coisas que normalmente me chama mais à atenção, além dos aviões, são as torres de controlo, pela sua posição, estética (ou falta dela...), arquitectura, etc...

Fica esta, bem interessante e acabadinha de entrar hoje no Jetphotos....

Paris-Orly (ORY / LFPO)

Privilege...at Porto Santo

Today we had a charter flight from Madrid, by Privilege.
It's not an usual airline around here, still, didn't go for the arrival...not really fond on their livery and already caught it a few times at Porto Santo...

Planning on going to the airport during the afternoon, so I will probably be taking some pics of it on the apron...

Anyway, last time I caught a Privilege was in Porto Santo, during the Summer. They were making weekly charter flights from Porto and Lisbon, to that island.

That day, I had the unexpected oportunity for a special visit and spotting place... :))
(Thanks Pedro!)

Joint spotting with a local spotter, early in the morning, EC-HDS on the first flight of the day.
On the left, Sata's CS-TRC.

Spotting from a diferent location,,, 

Taxiing to runway 36

Take-off rotation....the tail didn't seem too far from a tailstrike....

Spotting at Porto Santo

Today (yesterday...Friday),
Made finally some spotting since I arrived to Porto Santo and it was really some nice couple of hours, which included a visit to Porto Santo Tower, together with Paulo Brito. Thanks a lot, Pedro!
The traffic wasn't much, a couple of trips from the Q200 from Sata and one flight from Privilege which wasn't far from a tail strike on the take-off....

Photos on this, soon....

Let's hope that tomorow the weather is better for the beach and all the fires at Madeira can be controlled...

Controladores de Tráfego Aéreo

Reparei apenas hoje num interessante artigo acerca desta profissão e dos profissionais que a exercem, no Público Online.