Planes and stuff

This week Condor said good-bye to its Boeing 757 with a special farewell flight carried by D-ABOM between FRA-VIE-FRA. Condor's B753 were quite an interesting sight around Madeira, for many years...so this deserves a special post with some photos taken over the years... D-ABOB D-ABOM, more HERE D-ABOE, the only 757 cockpit I ever went. 20 years ago, hope everything is running smooth with Capt. Eric Altendorf. Still one of the best welcomes I had. D-ABOI, more HERE D-ABOJ, more HERE Willi, D-ABON, more HERE D-ABOC, more HERE D-ABOA These were really special planes and definitely will be missed around here.

First Condor blue I got and it was also the first B753 I got in the new livery...after quite some time, this was the return of Condor B753 to Madeira...allways nice to see one of these here... D-ABOI departing from runway 23, back to Dusseldorf

Still had no luck in getting Thomas Cook new livery... Last Thursday went for the morning Condor B753. Already knew it wouldn't be one with the new livery but still it was an oportunity to get it with the sunny heart and those "toys" in the Condor name. Glad I did it, the light was great and the pics turned out quite nice (in my opinion...) On final to runway 05 D-ABOI Over runway 05

Yesterday finally got Hello in Airbus A320... Usually comes right after lunch but yesterday, due to the ATC strike, it came later on the afternoon...and so did a few more... The good thing about this strike, for the spotters is that when the planes come, they come a few in a row... Too bad the weather was quite crappy... HB-JIW Unexpected for me was Alice in Wonderland, from Thomas Cook Belgium (OO-TCN) Smoke on for D-ABOI...get them, before they're all (B753) replaced by the Airbus A321... CS-TNV from TAP, the homeland's airline Another unexpected arrival... CS-DDV Good-bye to the Hello...now using runway 23