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Friday, October 14, 2011

Sabadell Holding

On one of my last flights as first officer on the Fokker F100, from Lisbon (LPPT) to Barcelona (LEBL), we were given the CASPE4T arrival for runway 25R. During the descent on the STAR, ATC told us to hold at Sabadell VOR (SLL). Here is the capture of the the Navigation Display with part of the STAR displayed, the holding inserted and the ILS for runway 25R. We performed an entire holding and when inbound SLL VOR on the second holding were instructed to leave SLL VOR on heading 090º for radar vectors for the ILS approach.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Africa in Europe

Airlinair's ATR42-500 at Lyon (LFLL) ramp while the sun sets creating this fantastic image with nice colors and contrasts. Airlinair was the first European operator of the ATR42/72 turboprop, and counts with 25 of these variants today for it's regional routes.
The combination of the sunset colors, that cumulus clouds formation and the blue sky remind me of Africa...

Barcelona @ FL350

A great shot of the city of Barcelona (Spain) and it's surroundings. Clearly visible are the Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes (or simply Gran Via) and the Avinguda Diagonal. These two major avenues of Barcelona cross at the Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes (often shortened to Glòries).
At the left side you can see the huge port of Barcelona and right above it the El Prat airport (LEBL).
Picture captured at FL350 on our flight from Nice (LFMN) to Lisbon (LPPT).

A330-200

As we were at holding point runway 03 at Lisbon (LPPT) airport, I captured one of TAP's 12 Airbus A330-200 crossing runway 03 threshold about to land in this mangificent sunny day. Tail and winglet detail.


Detail of the Pratt & Whitney engine, that powers 7 of 12 A330-200 that TAP operates. The other 5 are powerd by General Electric engines.


Close-up of the left main gear of one A330-200 parked at Lisbon.