Sunset departure at Lisbon...

In-flight, April 2026

... on our way yo Brussels...

Planespotting last month

Airport action, April 2026

I can't help myself when I feel a good opportunity to take some aircraft photos.

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Luxembourg

CS-TVR, one of the fleet's newest aircraft

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Amsterdam

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Lisbon

Spotting @ Frankfurt am Main Int'l

Airport action, March 2026

It's always nice to have a few minutes of a turnaround to check the traffic at Frankfurt Airport. This was my first time seeing the new centennial livery of Lufthansa, in this case, painted on a Dreamliner. The old Boeing 747-400 is also an eye candy.

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Frankfurt am Main

What's amazing on this Lufthansa commemorative livery is that the aircraft wings are actually also the wings of the crane painted on the fuselage, since the upper surface of the wings is also painted in white. This feature is easily visible when you are able to see the aircraft from a higher level.

Parked on our side was this conspicuous Condor A321ceo.

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Lisboa/Humberto Delgado

Arriving in Lisboa coming from Frankturt, this vintage Star Air 767-200 was our neighbor on the tarmac. Seen from the A320ceo CS-TNX, Malangatana.

Holiday Season, Christmas lights in Lisbon

Lisbon, December 2025

I don't go often to the city downtown, which I avoid since overtourism took away the city's genuine charm and made it unbearable to a local. But going to see the Christmas lights has been a yearly tradition.

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Armazéns do Chiado

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Avenida da Liberdade &
Christmas tree at Terreiro do Paço

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Lisbon City Hall

F-117 Nighthawk & Emirates 777-300ER

Lisbon Airport, November 2025

If you can't see the F-117 it's because it is stealth.

Holidays in London, back in the day!

London, November 2012

Since 2010, London became my favorite European capital as a tourist. So much that I used to spend some of my holiday periods there. Even during cold weather seasons. This was one of those periods.

Boarding in Non-Schengen area means an opportunity to see all those widebodies. These days I was still dreaming to be promoted to the widebody fleet, which would take two years more... Pictured below is the Airbus A340 CS-TOB. The A340 would become one of my favorite aircraft, second only to the L-1011.

Already in London, one of the first stops the Science Museum in South Kensington, where an L-1011 Rolls-Royce RB211 engine is on display. On the gift shop a saw a "Etch A Sketch" which reminded me of my visit to Canada in 1991 where I saw and tried such a toy for the first time!

Strolling in London...

... Royal Albert Hall...

And of course, the Soho district and its Carnaby Street were already decorated for Christmas!

St. James's Park and its squirrels...

And finally the Millennium wheel (London Eye) and the iconic Big Ben...

I have more pictures of these holidays taken with my ultracompact camera which will be shown later. These were taken with my good old iPhone 4.

A little spotting while at work doesn't hurt...

Airport action, November 2025

First, one of our latest aircraft, the Airbus A321-251NX, registration CS-TJS, named "António Sérgio".

This one, alongside with A320neo CS-TVP, already features the new Airspace cabin which is finally being adopted.

Next aircraft pictured is my favorite one... the retrojet!

I also spotted the A330-200 recently delivered to euroAtlantic, registered CS-TGD, the very first Airbus of this ACMI airline.

And finally these last couple of photos of a turnaround flight to Praia. Two Air Tractors and one MAX were at Praia's airport tarmac and later, already in Lisbon, I temporarily renamed our A320neo "Paulo Rego" with my own name...

Strolling around London in decent weather

London, September 2013

As I am always saying, London is my favorite European capital. So let's start to give it a spotlight in this blog! Back in the day, I would take every opportunity I had to go from the Heathrow airport area (where we stay) to the city center.

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Tottenham Court Road

The Centre Point skyscraper and the Dominion Theatre...

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Regent Street

In Regent Street I stopped to check on the Apple Store. The new iPhones 5s and 5c were just released and the blue 5c was already in my mind to replace my old but yet the most beautiful iPhone ever built, the iPhone 4. I would buy it a couple of months later and that blue 5c would last four years from 2013 to 2017.

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Piccadilly Circus

The iconic, vibrant and colorful road junction in the center of London...

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Trafalgar Square

... and Nelson on the top of the column.

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London Eye & Big Ben

The Thames and the iconic London Eye...

... and always a good opportunity for a time check while admiring the Big Ben!

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Back in Lisbon

So much has changed since this time. The airline got its old name back (TAP Air Portugal) and CS-TNS which was parked side by side (still in the fleet) got a pair of sharklets and changed its name from "D. Afonso Henriques" to "Damião de Góis".