Madrid Barajas 18.05.17

[jonf45]

Hi
Had a day trip to Madrid on Thursday, threatened with thunderstorms but only saw rain when we got back to the uk(shock!!)
In fact it was so warm, the heat haze made photographing anything over the far side very difficult/completely pointless
A few pics:
B787 N438AM Madrid Barajas 18.05.17 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

B747 EC-MDS Madrid Barajas 18.05.17-1 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

B737 OK-TSP Madrid Barajas 18.05.17 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

ERJ-145 EC-KSS Madrid Barajas 18.05.17 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

B787 EC-MMX Madrid Barajas 18.05.17-6 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

A319 EC-KHM + ATR 72 EC-LSQ Madrid Barajas 18.05.17 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

A321 EC-JZM Madrid Barajas 18.05.17 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

A340 EC-MFB Madrid Barajas 18.05.17 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

A350 PR-XTC Madrid Barajas 18.05.17 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

B787 HZ-ARD Madrid Barajas 18.05.17-2 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

A320 CS-TRO Madrid Barajas 18.05.17 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

Loads more in Flickr site, and a bit of vid here:
https://youtu.be/Wlz_gJxXBmc

Thanks for looking, c+c welcome
Jon

[AirbusA320]

Great shots
you caught OK-TSP which was one of 3 former FlyDubai that graced my home airport Norwich Airport few weeks back
See little was done on the Livery
Have sent you link on TSP at Norwich



https://www.flickr.com/photos/88573897@ ... 453895452/

Cheers
Mark

[james143611]

Wow!

Very nice set there! Always wanted to see a Wamos 747, and you've got two there!
That Air Europa Embraer looks rather striking!

Looks like an amazing place for shots and variety, I'd be tempted to add that to my airports to visit list! Where were some of those taken, are they known spotting points?

[jonf45]

Cheers guys
Mark,
Yeah i only realised OK-TSP was half done when i looked back at the pics!

James,
All of the Wamos 747s were sat on the apron as usual along with one A330, they dont seem to move much
Most of the shots were from the mound, which is easy to get to using the Metro (position 1 on this guide)
http://madridspotting.blogspot.co.uk/p/ ... glish.html
Most things pass by, but a lot of the Iberia A330/340 and other larger airliners land and head straight off the far runway for the far terminal, which if theres any heat haze like there was on my day makes photos pointless/crap!!!
We were the only people there, and got a visit from the Civil Guardia(and their very large assault rifles.....) who took our passports, boarding cards and details and ran various checks to see we who we said we were etc!!!! They left us alone, seemingly happy after about 10 minutes.
The rest were taken from inside the terminal or on the plane taxi-ing in or out!!
i will definitely be going back, but will do an overnight stay, as couldnt get everything i wanted in a day return!!
Cheers
Jon