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!
what an image.
