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2008 MAR 16 | Estreia A330 TAP na Madeira.2
2008.03.15
TP131 journey begins, parked at L03 in Lisbon (LIS/LPPT)...
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TP131 journey begins, parked at L03 in Lisbon (LIS/LPPT)...
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Captain Carlos Rodriguez and First Officer Dany Jardim, myself in the central jumpseat and Teresa Vieira in the right jumpseat, Thank you all :P
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Captain Carlos Rodriguez and First Officer Dany Jardim, myself in the central jumpseat and Teresa Vieira in the right jumpseat, Thank you all :P
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Checking the engine's start, while we are pushing back...
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Checking the engine's start, while we are pushing back...
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Already taxiing, in front of us only A320: 1 Iberia, and 2 Vueling...
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Already taxiing, in front of us only A320: 1 Iberia, and 2 Vueling...
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Checklist...
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Checklist...
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It's another perspective that i'm not used to.
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It's another perspective that i'm not used to.
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Funny to see the exactly same aircraft that made the debut of the TAP's A332 in Madeira, the same flight that brought me to Lisbon 3 hours ago. CS-TOE
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Funny to see the exactly same aircraft that made the debut of the TAP's A332 in Madeira, the same flight that brought me to Lisbon 3 hours ago. CS-TOE
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So we wait...
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So we wait...
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I could expect another kind of traffic, instead an airline (SAS) that goes to Madeira every week...
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I could expect another kind of traffic, instead an airline (SAS) that goes to Madeira every week...
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An smoothly SAS lands in the CS-TOE Airbus A332 from TAP eh eh eh
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An smoothly SAS lands in the CS-TOE Airbus A332 from TAP eh eh eh
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An there she goes again to South America, this time to Brazil. Again the aircraft that debut the TAP's A332 in Madeira, and i was in the first take-off...
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An there she goes again to South America, this time to Brazil. Again the aircraft that debut the TAP's A332 in Madeira, and i was in the first take-off...
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Linning up for departure! Can i expect a powerful take-off as the take-off in Madeira?
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Linning up for departure! Can i expect a powerful take-off as the take-off in Madeira?
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And here we go!
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And here we go!
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Some strange color reflections to watch the landscape, Vasco da Gama bridge!
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Some strange color reflections to watch the landscape, Vasco da Gama bridge!
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Direct NARTA be the left! (sorry for the bad quality)
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Direct NARTA be the left! (sorry for the bad quality)
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Already in our cruise altitude heading Madeira, with the pilots setting up some details of our flight.
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Already in our cruise altitude heading Madeira, with the pilots setting up some details of our flight.
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As you can see the flight is the TP131 with origin in LPPT (Lisbon) and with the destination LPMA (Madeira), the date is 2008 March 16...
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As you can see the flight is the TP131 with origin in LPPT (Lisbon) and with the destination LPMA (Madeira), the date is 2008 March 16...
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A detail to the upper panel
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A detail to the upper panel
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While flying to Madeira, i try a couple of pictures, first with the focus on the registration, putting the foreground out of focus...
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While flying to Madeira, i try a couple of pictures, first with the focus on the registration, putting the foreground out of focus...
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Then trying a mid-term, focusing both foreground and background...
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Then trying a mid-term, focusing both foreground and background...
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Porto Santo Island insight, so we are arriving :P
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Porto Santo Island insight, so we are arriving :P
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Porto Santo Island detail, with the Airport visible (click for enlarge)
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Porto Santo Island detail, with the Airport visible (click for enlarge)
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The current "weather" (cloudy sky) and land (Porto Santo and Madeira)...
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The current "weather" (cloudy sky) and land (Porto Santo and Madeira)...
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Another detail of those monitors...
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Another detail of those monitors...
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After reaching ABUSU we are clear to a VOR/DME approach runway 05, turning to FUN VOR...
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After reaching ABUSU we are clear to a VOR/DME approach runway 05, turning to FUN VOR...
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Straight to FUN VOR, i guess we all are very excited!
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Straight to FUN VOR, i guess we all are very excited!
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Madeira, Air Portugal 131 visual with the field...
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Madeira, Air Portugal 131 visual with the field...
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Vertical to FUN VOR we can see "Caniçal Industrial Zone"
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Vertical to FUN VOR we can see "Caniçal Industrial Zone"
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Just after Caniçal we have Machico City
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Just after Caniçal we have Machico City
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And here it is the beautiful and famous runway 23 from Madeira Airport, at the left (and middle) you can see the trucks from the fire department :P :P
... please go to the 2008/03/16 page to see the next sequence "http://www.photoblog.com/jorgeabreu/2008/03/16"...
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And here it is the beautiful and famous runway 23 from Madeira Airport, at the left (and middle) you can see the trucks from the fire department :P :P
... please go to the 2008/03/16 page to see the next sequence "http://www.photoblog.com/jorgeabreu/2008/03/16"...
In the purpose of being in the first flight from Lisbon to Madeira in the A330 from TAP Portugal.
I had the great pleasure to made that flight in the cockpit.
This was only possible (and my many thanks) with the effort of Teresa Vieira and Captain Carlos Rodriguez.
The cockpit team was Captain Carlos Rodriguez and First Officer Dany Jardim, myself in the central jumpseat and Teresa Vieira in the right jumpseat, Thank you all :P
This is the second set of pictures of this adventure and the first set of the "LISBON-MADEIRA" flight, please keep tracking my photoblog to see more pictures of this journey...
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