Hello,
I've been at Madrid last week for a few days and besides the many Iberia-Air Comet-Pullmantur Air-Spanair-Air Europa-Swiftair etc., seen the following :
may 22nd :
CS-TRA A330-243 Orbest
EC-IGZ DC8-73F Cygnus Air
EI-UPI MD 11SF Alitalia Cargo
HL7598 777-2B5/ER Korean Air
N333EC G4 Flying Falcon
N745AM 777-2Q8/ER Mexicana
SP-KCA ATR 42-300 White Eagle Aviation
YR-BGI 737-38J Tarom
Iberia A340's : EC-HDQ/IDF/JPU
stored aircraft :
EC-IMY 727-225 Swiftair
N19BX G159 Stellair
N19FF G159 ex Air Inter Ivoire
N19TZ G 159 Stellair
EC-DIA 747-256 Iberia
EC-DIB 747-256 Iberia
EC-DNP 747-256 Iberia
EC-HVD 747-256 Iberia
EC-IAF 747-256 Iberia
........ 727-200 Iberia (faded c/s)
........ 727-200 a/w, seen in midfield, no landinggear
EC-GYL F27-500 Seven Air
When you stay at the terminal, the spot to be is at the "Bulevard the Barajas" , an area with restaurants and shops at T2 departurelevel.
Next to a restaurant is a rest area with big windows, wherefrom you can see two parallel runways. When landing is occured, only the planes landing on the nearest runway can be read-off.
Departures are completely out of sight,and not all aircraft taxi alongside this part of the terminal (not Iberia and most short-haul aircraft).
The best way to spot is on the mound, see Scramble airfield guide.
From there you can't miss any peace of aluminium.
Main course of my trip was to log as much Iberia A340's as possible.
They arrive every morning mostly between 7 and 8, departure between 12.00 en 13.00. When you missed one : check the P2 carpark level 6 wherefrom the tails of the A340's can be read of, parked at T4. The best time to do that is before the heatwaves mess it up.
A tip : when you arrive at the airport and decide to spot from T2 departure, don't go straight through customs, but walk airside to the terminal 3. From here the two main runways can be overseen,but also every aircraft parked at T1,2 and 3. When out of customs, it's impossible to see the airplanes parked at T3.
By the way, logged 23 Iberia A340's out of 32 in those 2 days.
May 23rd :
CC-CWG 767-316/ER LAN Chile
CU-T1250 IL96-300 Cubana
CX-PUG 767-319/ER Pluna
EC-HVZ A300B4-203F TNT/PAnair
EI-CUD 737-4Q8 Blue Panorama
EI-DGL 737-46J Air One
EI-DNA 757-231 Blue Panorama
LV-BBU 747-475 Aerolineas Argentinas
LV-BIT A340-313 Aerolineas Argentinas
N133UP A300F4-622R UPS
N776AM 777-2Q8/ER Aeromexico
N836MH 767-432/ER Delta Airlines
N1604R 767-332/ER Delta Airlines
OO-TAD Bae 146-300QT TNT
PT-MVD A330-223 TAM
SU-BPX A320-214 Air Cairo
T.22-2/45-51 A310-304 Spanish AF
Iberia A340's : EC-GHX/GJT/GLE/GQK/HGU/HGV/HGX/HQH/HQN/ICF/IIH/INO/IOB/IZX/IZY/JBA/JCZ/JFX/KOU
Request : Avianca B767 / Fedex A310 / LAN A340
Greetings,
Arnoud
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