• Aircraft:

  Airbus A380-841

• Reg: 9H-MIP full info | 9H-MIP photos
• Serial #:

  006

• Airline: Hifly Malta
• Photo Date: Dec 17, 2020
• Uploaded: Jan 01, 2021
• Beja Air Base - LPBJ, Portugal

[Full HD/1920px] Learning that HiFly would retire the only Airbus A380 ever based in Portugal and since I didn't had any previous opportunity to take some decent shots of it, I made everything I could to drive around 1000 kms in one day just to catch this historic moment. MOONRAKER 380 SUPER is seen performing a spectacular banking to the right after a high speed pass over runway 01L, just before proceeding to the Atlantic Ocean to draw a giant heart abeam the coast between Sines and Ericeira and finally plotting its way towards Toulouse (TLS/LFBO) on return to lessor and having its extraordinary Save The Coral Reefs livery removed.

Photographer

Aircraft

Javier Rodriguez 9H-MIP

10,218 3 0 Airbus A380-841

kuailedeann 9H-MIP

3,799 4 0 Airbus A380-841

Liu Mingxuan 9H-MIP

3,467 4 0 Airbus A380-841

Photo location

During the Beja Air Show - Internacional AirShow 2023

Nuno Filipe Le Freitas 15244

706 0 0 Dassault-Breguet-Dornier Alpha Jet A

JAMart 29707

556 3 0 Agusta-Westland AW-119Ke

JAMart 29706

458 5 0 Agusta-Westland AW-119Ke

Photographer

[Full HD/1920px] Rolling for departure on runway 34

Carlos Miguel Seabra EC-ZLK

201 0 0 TL Ultralight TL-2000 Sting Carbon RG

[Full HD/1920px] Rolling back to the hangar after a quick engine test, just a few seconds before the sunlight was completely gone for the day

Carlos Miguel Seabra EC-ZNF

242 3 0 Avid Flyer STOL

[Full HD/1920px] Resting in its hangar in Cerval

Carlos Miguel Seabra D-EUAM

185 0 0 Piper PA-28-181 Archer III