Recent Flight in Europe

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Postby FlyingKiwi » Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:20 pm

I was recently visiting Europe (specifically, Italy and Greece) as part of my school classical studies course. I took a few aviation themed photos while I was there. These are from the flight we did from Rome Fiumicino airport to Athens Eleftherios Venizelos Int'l. I also took some photos of aircraft at a military museum in Athens; those I'll post later. This flight was on 9A-CBC, a McDonnell-Douglas MD-82 owned by Croatian airline Air Adriatic, and named "My Dream". Here's a recent photo of it at London Luton airport, from Airliners.net. This was my first time flying on an MD-80, so I was quite happy to have the experience.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1074266/L/

Now for my photos. I didn't have my 350D with me, only a Canon Powershot, so the quailty isn't that wonderful. Also excuse the dots on some pictures; the window I was shooting through wasn't totally clean.

The safety card.
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The cabin, before departure. Notice that the cockpit doors are open; quite unusual nowadays.
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Baggage being loaded while an Itali Air MD-80 taxis past.
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Just after takeoff.
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There is an aircraft on approach to that runway, but unfortunately you can't see it in this photo. (this is where I wished I had my other camera! :angry: ) Quite unusual now that I think about it to have an aircraft approaching a runway on an intersection with the departure runway.
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Over the Mediterranean, note the cargo ship.
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Over the Italian coast, having made a 180 degree turn over the Mediterranean west of Italy.
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Quite menacing looking clouds to the south.
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The rest of the shots are of the arrival over Greece and approach to the airport. It was quite windy, which some people found rather uncomfortable; personally I enjoy it. :) The actual touchdown was commendably smooth though, given how much we were rocking back and forth on the approach.
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Hope you enjoyed! Comments are welcome. :)
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Postby Charl » Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:54 pm

Ladies and gentlemen, at this point we would ask you to switch off all electronic devices... :o
Thanks for the pics Leo.
Just before I decided to rebuild my sim installation, I had Rome Fiumicino installed and enjoyed it immensely.
(So much so that I then got all the payware stuff around the Med and went on holiday - still unfinished but not forgotten)
I'd recommend it to anyone who needs a break from the southern winter. (isdproject-lirf2005.zip at AVSIM)
My AI did exactly what your shot shows - approach on potential conflict, so they must be doing it right in real life!
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Postby AlisterC » Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:02 pm

Always great to see places I'll probably never go. Thanks so much!
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Postby FlyingKiwi » Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:48 pm

I've got the Simflyers Fiumicino scenery; I won it in the monthly competition on Flightsim.com. :D
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Postby ardypilot » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:26 pm

great shots FlyingKiwi, particually the last one!
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Postby FlyingKiwi » Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:38 pm

Thanks Trolly. ;)
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