Planes and stuff

It's been quite a while since I last caught these colors... Now, SAS only makes 1 weekly flight to Madeira and only with the A319 , wich means that we only get the OY-KBP or the OY-KBO retro. This year, almost didn't get SAS and the very few times I got it, they brought the "retro" so, like I said...it's been a long time since I last saw these colors... This one landed on runway 05. The last pic I had from this plane on Jetphotos was in runway 23. Check it HERE

Last Monday (29th, June) was one of those great afternoons of spotting. In less than one hour and a half, there was some real nice traffic, great light and the least usual runway in use (23). It was one of those days I was really happy with the results and considered it a well worth trip to the airport. The pics could be probably better (they allways can) but still took some of the best pics I've taken lately (in my opinion, of course) Runway 23, in the afternoon provides the light from the right direction and some great backrgound in landings and take-offs. My daughter wasn't beeing very "cooperative" in the landings, so ended up staying in a place not so good, with a lot of photos out of focus or with light poles and other stuff in front of the planes... Anyway, for the take-offs I went to usual place, behind the airport, which provides some nice backgrounds in runway 23 take-offs. Couldn't manage any good pic of the landing of this Travel Service with Oman colo...

It's time for a new Photo of the Week . Haven't seen today's shots in much detail but this one instantly called my atention. Even thought of not going to the airport today but the fact of the Travel Service got delayed for around 17:30h and the fact of runway 23 being in use made my decision to go. Later afternoon light is always the best at LPMA (in my opinion) and runway 23 is a lot less comon than runway 05 so it was the oportunity for getting some diferent shots. Plus, the take-offs from runway 23 allways offer some great background (unless the planes make a really early take-off...) In this case, the background was made by the sea with SAS's OY-KBP restarting its taxi, after holding off runway, on taxiway "Bravo".