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Foto da Semana: Hotel 35

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Nunca mais tinha passado pelo SRPC - Serviço Regional de Proteção Civil, onde está baseado o H35, o Bell 412 de combate a incendios e resgate em montanha na Região. Estava à espera do prometido segundo meio aéreo.... :P Naa.......promessas dessas, acredita quem quer.... (Curiosamente, o EC-MEI está neste momento a passar aqui por cima...) Na verdade estava com um spotter amigo, de fora da Região e é sempe algo diferente, que vale a pena registar, mesmo parado. Acabou por ser também interessante para mim, pois reparei que tinham cortado as árvores em frente ao heliponto, permitindo a saída direta em frente do helicóptero e o próprio helicóptero estava parqueado numa posição lateral que nunca tinha fotografado (com saída direta para o mar, sobre a zona onde as árvores foram cortadas. Normalmente ficava de frente para o spot de onde tirei estas fotos). É uma posição mais efetiva para a partida do meio aéreo e também mais interessante para fotos (no período da manhã)

FTB Wheelie

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Back to Air Invictus 2026, at Vilar da Luz...it's not everyday you get to see a FTB making a wheelie :) EC-MYM, former Portuguese Air Force 3723

2Jet2

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  Pretty sure it's the first Jet2Madeira photo I publish...and it's a double stack... G-DRTF, baptized Jet2Madeira starting the taxi for the return flight to London Stanstead, while G-JZHZ is coming to a stop, after a runway 05 arrival, from Bristol.

Photo of the Week: Windy final for Vistajet

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  Early wake to get 9H-VIM, a Vistajet Bombardier BD-700-2A12 Global 7500, arriving positioned from Las Palmas to grab some passengers for a flight back to Washingon Dulles International Airport (IAD). Today, the wind made some (not much) of its usual damage at Madeira, with some flights diverting during the day. In the morning, no planes diverted but some made had some bumpy approaches... This Vistajet was one, with an hard final to runway 05, quite noticeable in this shot, where it is supposed to come already straight and stabilized on very short final.... Over the runway they had another "twitch" to the other side...but managed to land at first atempt.

Porto Santo at Madeira

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 Back to Frebruary, from the day of RAF A400 (Check HERE ), a late afternoon shot of TAP Express (Portugália) Embraer E195LR CS-TAY, baptized "Porto Santo", arriving at Madeira's runway 05, from Lisbon.

Smartwings...Prague kind of loves you

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Something new for me... Smartwings B738 OK-TVF with the remains of the Prague Loves You special livery Went for the Portugal Air Force C-130 (Check HERE ) and didn't even looked at the remaining traffic so, it was a nice surprise Taxiing for the return to Prague

Photo of the Week: P-51 Frances Dell

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Back to Air Invictus 2026, another shot of the beautifull P-51 Frances Dell (  OO-NZW) at Vila da Luz airfield with a great light...

757 and company

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This month we had, for the first time in a long time, a B757 Icelandair's TF-FIC on one of it world tours...unfortunatelly, completely white....still nice to see a 757 once more. Arrived from Brazil, stayed for a few days and departed to London, before heading to Reykjavik  Didn't get the landing nor the departure but, for the record, a shot of the apron on Aug.21st with a nice light and TAP's A321NEO CS-TJJ and Transavia's A321NEO PH-YHR with the new livery.

RCAF C-17 177703

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Today we got at Madeira, a Royal Canadian Air Force C-17 (177703), coming from Porto, after a night-stop there. The stop at Madeira was quite short, before proceeding to Marrakech Unfortunatelly, didn't manage to get it..bills aren't payed by spotting... A shot, back from 2024 of 177705, the first and only RCAF C-17 I photographed around here (or anywhere else... ) Check the entry HERE