Lots of photos to present myself

[Dysko]

Hi,
I am an aerospace engineering student from Italy. When I was a child, my father used to take me to the nearest airport, Milano Linate, to watch airplane traffic.
It's about a year from now that I'm into "serious" aircraft spotting. Here are some of my photos:

Living few kilometers from it, my usual "hunting ground" is Milano Linate airport, Milan's city airport. Airliner traffic is almost exclusively Alitalia/Air One and Meridiana Fly (Italy's 2nd biggest airline, born from the merging of Meridiana and Eurofly).

Airport queue - Milano Linate di Dysko88, su Flickr

McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Meridiana - Milano Linate di Dysko88, su Flickr

Saluting spotters di Dysko88, su Flickr
The only foreign airlines are European flag carriers:

Airbus A319-131 British Airways - Milano Linate di Dysko88, su Flickr

Landing & takeoff di Dysko88, su Flickr
Being the nearest airport to Milan, there are a lot of business jets, with lot of executive traffic especially during big events such as the Grand Prix of Italy:

Bombardier BD-700 Global Express - Milano Linate di Dysko88, su Flickr

Bombardier CL-600 Challenger - Milano Linate di Dysko88, su Flickr

Cessna 501 Citation - Milano Linate di Dysko88, su Flickr

Gulfstream G550 Bahrain Royal Flight - Milano Linate di Dysko88, su Flickr
During the Grand Prix of Italy there is also heavy helitaxi activity between the airport and the Monza racetrack:

Agusta A109S Grand - Milano Linate di Dysko88, su Flickr
Rarely there are also some military visitors:

Dassault Falcon 900EX Italian Air Force - Milano Linate di Dysko88, su Flickr
And frequent general aviation planes, both on the main airport and the nearby seaplane base:

Lake LA-4 Buccaneer - Milano Linate di Dysko88, su Flickr

Sunset over Linate di Dysko88, su Flickr

When I want to see some wide-bodies, I go to Milano Malpensa, Milan's intercontinental airport:

Airbus A330-243 Livingston - Milano Malpensa di Dysko88, su Flickr

Boeing 747-412F/SCD Air China Cargo - Milano Malpensa di Dysko88, su Flickr

Airbus A340-541 TAM - Milano Malpensa di Dysko88, su Flickr

Ilyushin Il-76TD Volga-Dnepr Airlines - Milano Malpensa di Dysko88, su Flickr

McDonnell Douglas MD-11F Cargoitalia - Milano Malpensa di Dysko88, su Flickr

Malpensa by night di Dysko88, su Flickr
It was the first Italian airport visited by an A380:

First A380 in Italy! di Dysko88, su Flickr

Sometimes I also go to Milano Orio al Serio, Milan's low cost airport:

Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair - Milano Orio al Serio di Dysko88, su Flickr

I also like to go to general aviation airports, like Milano Bresso:

Piper PA-28 Turbo Arrow - Milano Bresso di Dysko88, su Flickr

Agusta-Bell AB-139 SAR - Milano Bresso di Dysko88, su Flickr

Aeroclub Milano's fleet di Dysko88, su Flickr

And Varese Venegono (the same airport where Aermacchi's trainers are built):

Bucker Bu-131 Jungmann - Venegono di Dysko88, su Flickr

Obviously, I can't resist going to airshows, like Frecce Tricolori's 50th Anniversary Airshow:

Patrulla Aguila's solo - Frecce Tricolori's 50th Anniversary di Dysko88, su Flickr

Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon - Frecce Tricolori's 50th Anniversary di Dysko88, su Flickr

Frecce Tricolori - Frecce Tricolori's 50th Anniversary di Dysko88, su Flickr

And Fliegerschiessen Axalp 2010:

Eurocopter TH89 Cougar Swiss Air Force - Fliegerschiessen Axalp 2010 di Dysko88, su Flickr

F/A-18 Hornets dropping flares - Fliegerschiessen Axalp 2010 di Dysko88, su Flickr

Thank you for having the patience of watching so many photos!

[Thermal]

Welcome, very nice and divers pics

Especially this one:

Airbus A340-541 TAM - Milano Malpensa di Dysko88

Wooooooow what an image.

[mipo72]

Hi,

Welcome by the club my friend.
Very nice photos you post here.
The Cargo MD11 is taken out of the tower i presume??....

Grt,
Michel

[Dysko]

Thank you

Especially this one:
[...]
Wooooooow what an image.

Yeah, those rare clear days when you can see the Alps from the airport allow for beautiful shots.

Cargo MD11 is taken out of the tower i presume??....

Yes. I'm part of a community that sometimes organizes trips on control towers and, in rare occasions, even in the apron, like when the A380 landed.