Planes and stuff

 This one, despite its age and not beeing nothing too special, seems perfect for this weekend...it Abu Dhabi F1 GP weekend, the last of the season with the Construtors Championship still to decide and a GP that will mark a lot of changes and good-byes among teams and pilots... Taken back in 2015, in Brussels, at distance, through the window...A330 A6-EYQ, now operating as a cargo plane for MAS Air Cargo...

After almost two years without coming to Madeira for the first time (presented in January 2014), now the Air Berlin Etihad "Moving Forward" livery has been a regular presence at Madeira (please, don't forget to send us the #cominghomeforchristmas livery, Air Berlin ...) Yesterday  it came and the saturday before it also came...these are some pics taken last week, with take-off from runway 23 and landing in runway 05... Taking off, back to Berlin - Tegel from runway 23 with a nice light. In the apron, its Swiss "brother" HB-IOZ and Aigle Azur's A320 F-HBIX, with new livery and sharklets an hour earlier, the landing, on runway 05 Another shot of the take off...

For the second week on a row, a shot of Air Berlin / Etihad special livery as Week Photo. These were taken on the second time they brought us the plane, in Nov.21st 2015 (Check the pics from the first time,  HERE ) Photo of the Week: departing back to Germany, from runway 05 Earlier, the landing....despite it looks a rather straight forward landing, check the rudder... Another shot of  the take-off, right after rotation...

During the vacations, got my first Etihad... Taken through the terminal windows it certainly won't be winning any photo awards but well worth sharing as a personal highlight (together with a few other traffic that will be sharing for the next days...all photographed through the terminal windows, while waiting for my flight....) A330-200 A6-EYQ, taxiing to the stand, at BRU/EBBR