Funchal city, Madeira Island capital, Portugal, was celebrating it's 501th anniversary.
The Portuguese Air Force Acrobatic team joined the celebration and presented a great display, for amusement of several thousand people.

Here's my small tribute.
Sorry for the poor quality...
(1600mm equivalent shots, with manual focus)

Thank you Asas!

"The spirit never lands!"

Nice smokes...lets see what will they do in Évora... ruisousa · 2009-08-31: 17:59

wow! so cool! kif123 · 2009-08-31: 18:05

wow, what lenses do you have? crisutoma · 2009-11-17: 05:09

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