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Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) with some 5 meters waves right behind and hitting the cliffs below the Merlin. I was onboard this SAREX and after we simulated a rescue with a navy ship we headed for this Cape and they dropped me here... after another hoisting operation they landed back in the cliff and picked me up for some high sea operation... an awesome flight!
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Hunting down the beaches of West Portugal with the first ever built Shark, a 4th generation ultralight. Picture taken at the end of Santa Cruz Air Race.
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Surfing the clouds with this beauty at the end of Santa Cruz Air Race, an aircraft that hours before I had flown. Picture taken from a Pipistrel Sinus... not bad, two new planes for me in one day!
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Flying low over the Ria de Aveiro in a ferry flight from Montijo AB to Ovar AB during Real Thaw 11 Exercise. A few hours after landing we took off in another C-130 for an extraction mission to Bragança where we picked up a team from the Navy's Detachment of Special Operations (DAE) that were in the field since 1 week ago and returned to Ovar. After delivering the PoAF's Unit of Protection of the Force that assisted the mission we departed again heading back to Montijo with the DAE... what a day!!
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One of the two QRA fighters in Monte Real, armed with two live sidewinder missiles and ready to intercept 24/7. Just another calm night at the portuguese F-16 wonderland...
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Coming in low & fast over the beach and heading towards me, this Merlin is starting a SAR display in the Tagus River during the official tribute cerimony to the PoAF Rescue Swimmers that everyday risk their life "So that others may live"!
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The Meca of Aviation!... how many aircrafts can you count down there? Crazy to think that this is just a portion of the entire KOSH area! Picture taken from a Bell 47.
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The sun passing through the Husky's cabin gives the perfect touch to one of the last photos of this awesome air-to-air flight around Santarém and the Tagus River.
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The Australian BBJ is getting prepared for departure while the IL-96 RA-96016 with part of the Russian delegation is already taxiing for the runway. This was the stampede night with all participants leaving after the end of the NATO Summit in Lisbon.
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Flying low over the Tagus River with the only Husky in Portugal and keeping it perfect for the photos with a little crab manouver. Notice that in the back there's a.net photographer Jorge Ruivo checking his pictures of the DHC-1 Chipmunk that I was flying with open canopy! What a great way to end the day!
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Portuguese national aerobatic team pilot Lino Gonçalves poses for the photos while the other national team's Extra 300L EC-KJX with Jorge Fachadas and Santiago Sampietro are preparing to join formation during the team's training camp in Santa Cruz (LPSC)... N80LA belonged to Nigel Lamb before being bought by Lima Alpha Aerobatics. Both of these aircrafts have awesome paintschemes! Can you spot the GoPro camera?
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Helitech 2010... the amount of firefighters in the background was due to a firefighting demo that was going to happen with two helicopters, so no, they were not expecting something to happen to this Ecureuil! ;)
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The nice and comfy little cabin of this Piaggio, a few minutes before our test flight during the official presentation of the Avanti II in Portugal
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My first ever glimpse of Azores, passing Praia da Vitória Bay on final approach to Lajes after a 4h flight from Lisbon. Photo taken from the observation window... the best seat in the house after the cockpit!
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Fitted with passenger interior, this 4 hour flight between Lisbon Airport and Lajes Air Base was way more comfortable than some other flights that i've done in comercial aviation... the only downside was the engine sound in the cabin, but nothing that a pair of ear plugs couldn't fix!
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What a feeling to have an AWACS taxiing right next to you! This aircraft was based in Lisbon during the entire week of Swordfish 2010 Exercise
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Official presentation of the first cargo aircraft for EuroAtlantic! This is the first B767-300 to be converted to cargo... Notice the station for the Load Master!
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Official presentation of the first cargo aircraft for EuroAtlantic! This is the first B767-300 to be converted to cargo... what a shiny new cargo hold!
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Awesome Spotters Day at Montijo Air Base... This Merlin was the star of the day!... one of several great low passes!
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Paul Bonhomme going for the victory at Red Bull Air Race Porto!
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