Thursday, November 04, 2004

Plane Spotting in Tenerife

Holiday plane-spotters and other big kids, you're in for a treat!

I'm not allowed to post any copies or thumbnails here, so you'll just have to trust my judgement that it will be really well worth your time to click on the following links to see some really fantastic photos of planes at Tenerife Sur (Reina Sofia) airport.

My selections are based mainly on scenic qualities and something that makes them recognizable as being Tenerife. However good, anonymous bits of airport or unidentified sky didn't cut it!

(All links open in new windows, so you don't get lost.)

  1. Novair Boeing 737 Departing from runway 08 with the mountains and Pico del Teide in the background

  2. Edelweiss Air Airbus A320-214 Departing on runway 08 with Mt. Teide dominating the background

  3. Condor Airbus A320-212 Arriving on runway 08 with Mt. Teide in the background

  4. MyTravel Airways Airbus A320-214 on powerful initial climb in front of Pico de Teide!

  5. Maersk Air Boeing 737 Pico de Teide and cablecar visible in the background

  6. Volar Airlines Airbus A321-211 on final approach to runway 08 from Nantes. The cone of Mount Teide is blurred by jet blast just behind the main gear

  7. Air 2000 Airbus A321-211 with Pico de Teide in the frame

  8. MyTravel Airways Boeing 757 Great scenery with snowy Teide in the background

  9. Air Berlin Boeing 737 on the runway, looking out to sea, with the famous rock at El Medano in the background

  10. Futura International Airways Boeing 737-86N also looking out to El Medano. You can even sea the beach.

  11. From the cockpit just before touchdown on RWY08
    (Got to admit that I've nabbed this one for my desktop wallpaper. Now, I can pretend I'm driving the bus! :-)

  12. Fantastic detail of what's going on on the ground in and around the airport, viewed on final approach to runway 08 The runway looks so short from this angle!

  13. Luxair Boeing 737-5C9 A few seconds before landing on rwy 08 on a cloudy day with resort-style "model village" below.

  14. View down to Reina Sofia airport, during our climbing to cruising altitude Brilliant view with sea, towns, roads, banana plantations and all kinds of intricate detail.

And just in case you're interested, here's Tenerife Sur - Reina Sofia (TFS / GCTS) airport terminal from the outside and the inside. Same as every other airport, distinguished mainly by the sign!

And these are just a tiny sampling from over a thousand photos at Tenerife south at Airliners.net and MyAviation.net. Go play!

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