Planes and stuff

Sata'a A320 CS-TKK made yesterday its last comercial flights, including one to Madeira. In a few days, will be heading to St.Athan for scrap, after 20 years of service (delivered  15/03/2005). Last time I photographed it was back in November 2024, already with the Unique livery... A few more shots of CS-TKK, including the previous livery, HERE

Apesar de ostentar esta pintura já desde Março de 2022, hoje foi a primeira vez que fotografei o CS-TKK com esta nova "roupagem" Sata e os títulos "Unique" Na final curta / treashold da 05, a chegar de Ponta Delgada, esta manhã...

Hoje foi dia de 2 dedinhos de conversa sobre spotting num direto da RDP Madeira - Antena 1 Entretanto, aproveitei a ida àqueles lados para mais uns cliques, até porque há muito que já não apanhava um A320 da Sata e a Edelweiss recomeçava os voos de Zurique, depois do confinamento... Infelizmente, não deu para o Edelweiss, apenas para o Embraer da TAP Express e o Sata... CS-TKK, chegando à 05, num voo com origem indicada em Boston...

The day of the return of SBA (06.Jun.2009) to Madeira was also the first day of daylight operations of CS-TKO, the new A320 from Sata, with the new livery. The day before was the first day of operations for this plane and it came to Madeira in the begining of the evening but I didn't go to the airport. Considering the amount of times it came to Madeira, on the first 3 days of operation, there will be plenty of ocasions for other shots. Beeing the first time I put eyes on it, live, I really enjoyed the new livery. Not so much the tail...but generally speaking, it's a very nice livery. At this time of the day, there were 3 A320 from Sata at the airport... On the back CS-TKK taking off from runway 23. Any future pilot around? Airports and planes have lost some of the mystical of the past as air trips are more and more comon but it still can put the imagination to work.... This reminds me of a pic taken in 1987 here at the balcony from a visitor: You can see it HERE . Taking off to...