Planes and stuff

 Just for the record, on a quick stop at the airport, Gulfstream G550 N973MN parked at Madeira, late afternoon

Today we got a Qatar Executive Gulfstream G650ER at Madeira. Pretty sure it was the first time we got Qatar "colors" here... A7-CGC made a technical stop for refueling. Despite the sunny day at Funchal, the weather at Santa Cruz (the airport) was quite wintery with rain, wind and cold... Due to out of limits wind it had to abort the first approach and went by Porto Santo, for some sighseeing, before returning for landing, with the winds already in limits (but still with a nice banking on short final...) With that kind of weather, didn't wait for the departure...

 A couple of shots of a not so usual visitor...OE-GBD, a Gulfstream G100 of Tyrol Air Ambulance, on a medical flight to Bergen (Arrived previously from Innsbruck) Lining up on runway 05

From last week, the departure of Easyjet's A320 OE-IZC from runway 23, back to Berlin... Taxiing to runway 23, passing by Brazilian Gulfstream G550 PR-NOC Another shot of the departure, passing by stored TAP A321 CS-TJQ and CS-TXD

From last Saturday, a couple of shots on the arrival of a royal visitor... Falcon Aviation Gulfstream G450 A6-FLH...

On a quick stop today, a couple of Bizjets at the far positions of the apron. Cristiano Ronaldo's (CR7) Gulfstream G200 (he arrived yesterday for a couple of days at his home town of Funchal) and a beaultiful brazilian Cessna 750 Citation X Despite this livery is nothing too special, these Citation X are definitely my favourite bizjets! PP-JMJ, arrived today from Cascais and will depart tomorrow for Fortaleza EC-KBC, Cristiano Ronaldo's Gulfstream G200 is really an ugly bizjet... I know...it's a personal opinion...but...never managed to like this model...specialy lying next to a Citation X... 

It's been quite a while since I last made some night-shots, also, these kind of birds don't usually stay in front of the balcony so, took the oportunity Too bad there wasn't any other traffic at the time, it would have been interesting to get some more lights on the back... Gulfstream G550 N770MK Arrived earlier yesterday, from ZAD/LDZA (Zagreb Airport) A bit earlier, with another white balance setting? Which one do you prefer? A detail on the engine...it had been rotating with the wind, that was a bit strong but at this time it had stopped, allowing me some detail on the blades...

Not the greatest Gulfstream fan but it's allways nice to have the oportunity to snap some shots at one... Falcon Aviation Gulfstream A6-FLH landing with the last light of the day... Has been a regular visitor these last days

TAP Air Portugal made one of its retro marketing flights to Madeira today. More on that later... For now, a shot of Brazilian private bizjet Gulstream G650 ER PR-GVI at the apron with TAP's retro A333 CS-TOV departing back to Lisbon...

Back to August, Gulfstream V N85JM. Taken on the same day we got WindRose for the first time. Check HERE

The joys of football... :) Last month we got at Madeira, for the first time, the Ukranian airline WindRose, on a charter flight with FC Dynamo Kyev, which came to play with local CS Marítimo for the UEFA Competitions. After one season they had planned a charter operation that was canceled this was finaly a first :) windy approach for the Ukranian A321 After leaving the team, the departure was made positioned Taxiing to runway 05 with Portuguese Air Force Falcon 50 17402 that had brought the Portuguese President The departure...a litle bit later than we expected with another bizjet on the back: N85JM, a Gulfstream G550

Por hoje fica um par de registos do aparelho que transportou o Cristiano Ronaldo para Madrid, após a cerimónia de mudança de nome do aeroporto da Madeira...(sim, aquela que foi apadrinhada pelo Batman e que levou a Madeira ...ou pelo menos o busto dele às bocas do mundo...) EC-KBC, Gulfstream Aerospace G200 operado pela TAG Aviation Espanha, com o A320 da British Airways G-GATP a entrar na placa pelo "Charlie" Partida G200 pela 23

I guess the Wells Fargo is one of those names that makes the imagination of all the western fans out there to really take-off... Well..in this case the reality, was a little more current, and it was landing. The Wells Fargo Bank "coach" had wings and it was arriving from Caracas (CCS) for a technical stop, before proceding to Lisbon (LPPT/LIS) On final to runway 05 (and...opposite to the old days...the only thing shotting at them was me, with me camera, and I was only trying to "steal" some pics... :P ) N813PD

This week we had, at Madeira, what is probably the traffic of the Year: A B727 (XT-BFA) from the Burkina Faso Goverment, that brought the country's President in a personal business visit to our island. Didn't manage to get the arrival so, a still shot just in case I don't get tomorow's departure.... Curiously, this plane belonged to TAP Air Portugal as CS-TBY, back in the 80's Also on the apron there was this private bizjet, belonging to Europ-Star Ltd. Maltese registrations aren't usual around here... 9H-JET, a IAI - Gulfstream G150

Apesar de ultimamente estar a dedicar-me mais ao spotting naval (e a gostar cada vez mais...), o dia de hoje trazia um movimento que não podia deixar passar em branco: o primeiro A330 da Air Berlin da temporada de Inverno... Infelizmente, a meteo não tem estado nada famosa por cá nos últimos dias e, a exemplo de ontem, muita volta os aviões deram no ABUSU e arredores antes de conseguirem aterrar por cá (para nem mencionar os que ainda foram fazer "turismo" ao Porto Santo ou Canárias...) De qualquer forma, com maior ou menos visibilidade, os aviões lá vieram e de impermeável e agarrado ao guarda-chuva e máquina, fiz as fotos possíveis... D-ALPG, o primeiro A330 da Air Berlin, nesta temporada de Inverno CS-TJG, A321 da TAP também foi obrigado a uma dose extra de holdings, enquanto aguarda melhoria da visibilidade... G-EZUN da Easyjet, que ontem foi obrigado a divergir para Tenerife Sul, veio daquela ilha tentar a sorte hoje mas, ainda foi obrigado a imensas órbita...