Planes and stuff

For today, some images of Madeira's natural pools of Porto Moniz...well worth the visit, if you are coming to Madeira...if not...well...maybe it's time to consider that ;)     Helder has a youtube channel with plenty of aerial views of Portugal...check it HERE

Todos os pilotos têm boas histórias mas, alguns sabem contá-las melhor que ninguém... Antigo piloto da Força Aérea Portuguesa, o Ricardo Nunes é um dos que tem, sem qualquer dúvida, um manejo da "pena" tão bom como dos manches, tendo-se decidido finalmente a arranjar um blog pessoal onde partilha algumas das suas histórias e pontos de vista , relacionados com aviação mas, não só... A acompanhar, sem dúvida, em:  http://merlin37.com/ (Adicionado link na barra da direita) 

O ciberespaço lusófono conta, desde há algum tempo, com um novo espaço informativo no âmbito da aviação e indústria relacionada. É o portal NewsAvia . Um espaço que vale bem a visita e que conta igualmente com presença nas redes sociais, nomeadamente no Facebook ( AQUI )

Just added the blog of another spotter from Madeira, André Castro, to the blogs to follow list, on the right. Back to Madeira his posts are becoming more regular and with some really nice pics. Check it HERE

Tornei-me recentemente parceiro de mais um Blog de Aviação, que valerá a pena seguir, sem dúvida, especialmente por nos dar uma visão da aviação do outro lado do Atlântico, no Brasil com companhias e tipos aviões muitas vezes diferentes dos que estamos habituados a ver operar neste nosso cantinho. Ver AQUI um abraço ao Gabriel!

A new photography site has just came online last month. It hightlighs the aviation photography and vídeo on the Azores islands. It's still on the beginning but it looks like it's a really nice project. Check it: http://azoresjetphotos.com/pt/ the best of lucks!

A actividade cibernética da Força Aérea Portuguesa parece estar em alta, depois da apresentação há dois dias atrás da página da Esquadra 751, hoje foi a vez da página Oficial do Real Thaw 2011, um exercício que decorrerá a partir da BA5 , em Monte Real, na zona de Monte Real e Covilhã e que estará igualmente aberto à participação dos spotters, com a organização de um Spotters Day e visitas à BA5. Ver: http://www.emfa.pt/realthaw/index.php

Squadron 751, from Portuguese Air Force operates the EH-101 Merlin helicopter. One of its main missions and the one by which they're most known are the SAR on the wide Portuguese area (and some times on the Spanish and Morocco areas....) With quite an active Facebook page , a web  page is now online and it looks really great! Well worth the regular visit (added to Squadrons Links, on the right): http://www.emfa.pt/www/po/esq751/ Also online is another link regarding this squadron that's well worth the visit. An infography on the Squadron's missions during 2010: http://www.emfa.pt/www/conteudos/destaques/InfograficoEsq751.html Check my EH-101 photos on the Blog, HERE

Planes and Stuff just got a Brazilian partner:  Aviation in Manaus It still has a short life but it sure deserves a visit. (Banner link also available on the right banner column) The best of luck for this project!

Hoje não podia deixa de referir duas iniciativas da Google... A primeira mais nostálgica e da capaz de fazer aflorar um sorriso aos lábios do pessoal da minha geração, é a imagem de hoje da Google, alusiva ao Vitinho.... ;) Outro dos projectos da Google que me chamou à atenção hoje foi Google Art Project . A pouco que já tive oportunidade de mexer, pareceu-me bastante interessante e com potencial para desenvolvimentos, quer em termos de funcionalidades como de locais a integrar...

O Alex Maio , outro dos Madeira Spotters rendeu-se à blogosfera e criou por estes dias o seu blog, onde partilha as suas fotografias de Aviação mas, não só. Embora num estado ainda embrionário, merece certamente ser seguido atentamente: http://mycatches.blogspot.com/

On the last post, I hadded Edelweiss to my whislist of airliners I wanted to see at Madeira. One of the Madeira Spotters has already had the oportunity to make a few shots of these beauties. Check: Edelweiss A330 Edelweiss A330 Edelweiss A320 / 330 Edelweiss A320 You can check some more great pics at Jorge's web page, HERE

Finally Paulo Brito, a spotter from Porto Santo decided to create his blog, regarding the traffic on that island. With the recent Air Force Celebrations, he will have plenty of stuff to share... The first couple of posts are really worth the visit.... Check: http://portosantoplanes.blogspot.com/

Today, António Luís, well known among the Portuguese Air Enthusiasts for its Military Aviation Blog, Pássaro de Ferro ,  is celebrating the first aniversary of its personal blog, Latitude 40 . Like I already said, congratulations on that mark and I hope you can share your thoughts for many more years... That fact made me go and look for how long I've been maintaining this blog and, curiously...it's also celebrating a Year, since I started posting on a regular basis. (The actual first post was just an experience post, made more than 3 years ago and then I let this asleep for about 2 years before the real startup...I guess it really doesn't count...) Anyway, you can find that first regular post HERE . Curiously (and unfortunatelly) one of the planes highlighted on that post has already gone (and one of its crew with it...)...that's aviation, like everything else in life... Aviation has had a primary highlight in this blog and will continue to be so, although I do ...

Just found the (unofficial) blog of Portuguese Air Force Sqd.752 and although with little posts (its startup was on 15th Jan) it looks like it's one to be followed: http://pumas752.blogspot.com/ I'm suspicious, of course, as the Puma which is operated by Sqd.752 has a special place on my aviation favs. as it acomplished many years of good service here at Madeira, with Sqd.751... Let's hope it as a long life...

Sailor News is the unoficial blog for the Portuguese presence to the SNMG1 (Standing Nato Maritime Group 1). This force is currently on the area of the Africa Horn, fighting the Somalian pirates and assuring the security of maritime traffic of the area. It's now under Portuguese command with NRP Álvares Cabral as the Admiral Ship. The mission is near its end, when Portugal will hand over the command to the Denmark and NRP Álvares Cabral will be back home. There's been a lots of diferent and interesting posts but this last post really called my atention as I never had seen so many dolphins around .... Anyway, well worth a visit: http://missaonato09.blogspot.com/ For the foreign, it's writen in Portuguese, but people say an image is worth 1000 words, and there's a lot of interesting ones to see... (NRP Corte Real, the same class of NRP Álvares Cabral on the Navy Celebrations at Funchal)

Well, time for another Eyes on... This time the highlight will be of my own. Just put a slide show on the right for my photos at photobucket. You can see a full window presentation HERE It's the best way to have acess to all the pics I've published here with the tags and search option. Enjoy...

I'll start sharing, everynow and then, some links of my favorites, regarding aviation and other stuff. I'll start with JA's site. He's been making more updates lately and it's definitely a "must" regarding aviation (and ship) photography at Madeira (and other locations). LINK