Planes and stuff

 Três dos Chipmunks da Esquadra 802 - Águias, da Força Aérea Portuguesa, estão este fim de semana pelos lados de Duxford / Imperial War Museum Duxford (EGSU), nas cerimónias alusivas aos 80 anos do Chimunk...sem dúvida uma marca de relevo e ainda mais para os Chips portugueses que, mantêm ainda hoje o serviço operacional, na instrução elementar do curso de pilotagem, mesmo que com a remotorização e algumas alterações à maquina original. Toda a operação de movimentação das 3 aeronaves de Sintra, onde têm a sua base, para o Reino Unido é ela própria digna de registo, no âmbito do planeamento e operacionalização da missão. Os aparelho envolvidos nesta operação foram os 1306, 1315 e 1316. A única aeronave operacional deste tipo que tive oportunidade de fotografar foi o 1335, em exposição estática, na BA11 - Beja, no âmbito dos 70 anos da Força Aérea, em 2022...seria interessante ter sido uma das aeronaves participantes na "operação Duxford" mas, é o que temos....fica na mesma a h...

 Back to last month, Easyjet A321 G-UZMC arriving at Madeira's runway 05, from London Gatwick

 Begining the month with a very nice catch and quite a rare sight at Madeira... Evelop / Iberojet A320 EC-LZD arriving on a flight from PMI - Palma de Maiorca. I guess it's a charter related to Madeira flower festival (or not....) Afterwards would depart to Badajoz Curiously, last time I got an Iberojet at Madeira was back in 2024, on a Privilege flight and it was this same aircraft...(Check HERE ) Back then, the weather as quite more sunny but this "dramatic" shot of today only highlights how changeable is the weather at Madeira..looking like a storm was coming, half an hour later, the sun was shining and the sky was blue...

Tried a diferent spot for the lining up of the Binter ATR-72 EC-NGF on runway 05 but ended up not resulting quite as expected... With TAP A339 CS-TUD, Easyjet A321 G-UZMC, Transavia A321 PH-YHS and Tuifly B7378 D-ATYL on the apron... The main purpose was trying to get a dual shot with Binter and Norwegian Epic cruise ship that had departed from Funchal but I was too low and level with the runway to get them both in a decent framing

 Já nos seus 81 anos, a TAP Air Portugal continua a ostentar os títulos dos 75 anos no seu A339 CS-TUD. Acaba por ser bom pois apenas muito recentemente lhe fiz as primeiras fotos e cai sempre bem a oportunidade de fazer mais umas como estas, de ontem... Chegada, ao final da tarde, de Lisboa, numa aproximação com alguma oscilação e avisos de probabilidade de windshear... Na final para a 05

 Trade Air isn't that regular here and despite not beeing the full livery, on this night I was on the mood for some night-shots... Well, still deserves Photo of the Week...after all, stairs and other stuff is also a part of spotting...sometimes more than expected... 9A-BTK, ater arriving from Tenerife North for a night-stop. Next day destination: Zagreb.

 After last week's Condor special livery, another Condor for the Photo of the Week, this time in blue...` Fits really nice against the blue and green of Madeira. A320 D-AICI, arriving from Munich Just out of curiosity, another shot of D-AICI, more than 10 years ago, with another kind of blue livery, and already with Condor (/Thomas Cook) titles...15.Jan.2015 (and D-AIAD on the back):

Condor A320NEO D-ASGE, with the Eintracht Frankfurt Livery arriving at Madeira, on runway 05, from Dusseldorf. Passing by taxyway Charlie, with Portuguese Air Force Falcon 50 17403, holding short off runway, with a medical transportation for the mainland (check HERE ) A well composed apron: Enter Air B737 MAX8 SP-EXH and SP-EXK, Eurowings A319 D-AGWG, Condor A320NEO D-ANCK, and British Airways A321 G-EUUX, besides the newly arrived Condor D-ASGE