When I was a kid in 1978, I flew on a DC4 (I think) from Terciera to Ponta Delgada. The pilots saw me looking into the cockpit while we were boarding and invited me to sit in the jump seat for the entire flight! That really helped spark my love of aviation. Loved the video, nice to see the Azores again!
@Flightradar24DotCom7 ай бұрын
Amazing! Thanks for watching.
@liebnhaider7 ай бұрын
what a great story mate!
@ptsteinbach7 ай бұрын
@@liebnhaider Not only that, but the next day when we flew to Santa Maria, there was..no joke...a Concorde sitting on the tarmac! It was there for a refueling stop from Paris to Caracas. I got to watch it take off from outside the tiny terminal. Quite a trip!
@claycarter35357 ай бұрын
Loved the shots of the beautiful landscape. I know this is an aviation-based journal, but I can never get enough of seeing a bit of the world, especially such beautiful places like the Azores. Fit in as much as you can, when you can. Thanks!
@NicolaW727 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for this very interesting Trip Report!🙂👍 SATA is a nice little Airline and Thunderstorms can happen everywhere - and, yes, bad communication, too!
@Heidi_Bradshaw7 ай бұрын
My ex was stationed on Terceira in the USAF, back in 2000, and I flew out to see him for a week. Had to fly from Denver to Boston on United and then from Boston to Terceira on TAP Portugal. Was a pretty little island.
@gunterheckenhahn82027 ай бұрын
Lajes airport Terceira, I think every avgeek knows the story of Air Transat Flight 236! Island multi-hopping is always risky due to weather and can ruin your day. I strongly recommend flights to Corvo, it kicks your Adrenalin! The terminal is overcrowded if there are more than 10 people inside... Also have a look on Santa Maria, an airport with huge history. Years ago I was on the island when there was a A350 performing testflights, before commercial flights started with that beauty.
@prciktomes7 ай бұрын
Visiting small remote communities like here you need to plan ahead. Coming to an island in the middle of Atlantic with no preparations ahead and then be surprised there are no taxis or rental cars available is very American :-) Nice video overall though!
@miketennent90367 ай бұрын
Sorry you didn’t make it to São Jorge .. although have been stuck at SJZ on many occasion due to a north wind. Have had a few hairy landings there too ! Unfortunately when flying in the Azores you are at the mercy of the weather!
@Banditt427 ай бұрын
what a baby. The Q400 is a work horse aircraft and is the best at what it does.
@sithabelamandlawenkosiwodu62987 ай бұрын
Which aircraft isn't?
@pxtokarev4 ай бұрын
I was born there and worked on 3 of these islands for 4 years.
@liebnhaider7 ай бұрын
oh man, couldnt wait for the next part of your trip! loving the music in that video again! great post production!
@goncalocarvalho6914Ай бұрын
Great video man! If you want to catch the dash Q200 you might catch it to Corvo or from Corvo, because its the only one that lands there. The Q400 is too big for their runway.
@PapaDelta-bn4ot3 ай бұрын
Lack of communication... yeah welcome to Portugal 🇵🇹 😉
@manuelantonio92806 ай бұрын
as someone who has done multiple of tose 2 hours to and from Funchal in the Q400, although the flight is noisy and a bit cramped, it isn’t that bad to be fair. And also, when going to Funchal, there is in fact service. They don’t do service on island hopping flights.
@halina83697 ай бұрын
Wov, very beautiful video. ✈️ Thank you. 🥀
@JelmersAviation7 ай бұрын
Awesome video man!
@FreibertX7 ай бұрын
Think you are rushing to much - you should have stayed a night on Flores // Had a SATA flight once from OPO to PDL via Terceira with good service and no issues at all - the Azores are such a nice place to be, really worth staying a while //
@prof.heinous1917 ай бұрын
Absolutely right - if you're off the beaten track, even in aviation, you need to cut yourself some slack, what did he/we see of Flores?
@atont_23 күн бұрын
I fly to ponta delgada at least 1 time a year I know that airport like the back of my hand
@Loupadron20106 ай бұрын
I would never do this island hopping too much stress and anxiety. Thanks for sharing. How is the airline in general? The hoels? The bars/restaurants at the tiny little airport and in town in those islands visited?
@cotochris7 ай бұрын
Island hoping like that in the Azores is asking for trouble. I know plently who have been stuck at Flores for days due to weather issues. On another note in oder to avoid long flights across the pond I flew OPO-BOS via PDL, makes it more comfortable and always nice to visit the Açores.
@Meechooilka6 ай бұрын
Mariehamn Airport is also served by one taxi apparently. And it doesn't even follow the one daily flight!
@sithabelamandlawenkosiwodu62987 ай бұрын
19:12 interesting to see how thwhatever light that is on the aircraft flashes four times and turns off for about three seconds each sequence.
@teddy_123.7 ай бұрын
NICE
@prof.heinous1917 ай бұрын
Sorry this was so stressful - you need a bit more slack in your schedule to enjoy the wonderful Azores!
@martynbragg22867 ай бұрын
Clearly Gabe was a little fed up to say the least and not impressed, but such a great video again.
@flairx70187 ай бұрын
Great video man, love it. Just noticed i was there at the exact same time and flew on the a321 to frankfurt bro crazy ♥
@Flightradar24DotCom7 ай бұрын
Thanks and wow, what a coincidence!
@kathrynturner38297 ай бұрын
In terms of passenger experience, what is the difference the Dash 8 and the AT76? I had the "pleasure" of the AT76 last year and the interior looks similar to this video.
@ScottishT7 ай бұрын
Sorry too stressful dude lol
@Swiss_aviation7 ай бұрын
best video👍👍👍
@jf840fourtheloveoftransport4 ай бұрын
i would avoid them like the plague
@markusp17887 ай бұрын
There's some limit of how many times you can publish an ETD. I don't know if that's an IATA rule or something related to EU261. Maybe look it up.
@sithabelamandlawenkosiwodu62987 ай бұрын
Still doesn't excuse them from notifying passengers verbally.
@sithabelamandlawenkosiwodu62987 ай бұрын
Why would you say no service is surprising yet its america?
@dontlookhere...whyareyou7 ай бұрын
URGENT RCH544 (C17A Globemaster III) heading for Yemen
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