Real Azores's sceneries were made by one person, Pedro Sousa. The team is composed by persons who in some way supported this scenery with logistics, technical advisors, contributions, etc.

Each airport is considered complete after a process which goes from the construction to the betatest and finally the final revisions. This process takes about 30 to 40 hours.

Each beta tester has it's special task. While some are due to reviewing the aeronautical data and crosschecking it with the latest AIP and AIS publications, others will review each line, each building. Others are residents in the Azores and cotribue by advising any problem, any feature that should be modeled.

SATA Group, the Azorean airline, allowed us to access the cockpits during our trip to the Azores, in order to capture pictures of the airports during the approach and for talking with the pilots so that we could get familiar with the procedures in use. Some of these pilots are using today the scenery for training. Also, SATA, as managing enterprise of the aerodromes, gave us free pass to the airport's aprons so that we could take all those airside pictures.

ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, gave us a great support by giving access to the airside of their airports, and Follow-me assistance. Follow-Me assistance was a big part of techinal information. We could drive in the runways, talk to who works in the airport everyday.

NAV, the ATC entity, let us to climb up to the control towers, allowing for an extra view of the airport. By chating with the air traffic controllers we could get familiar with the procedures on the ground and get close to those airport's parts highly relevant.

Below you can find several pictures taken during the trip to the Azores.

Day 1
Our flight departs from Lisboa about 06:30 on its way to Ponta Delgada
After 1 hour stop at Ponta Delgada, we get ourselfs in an ATP and fly to Lajes
Copilot Bruno Jesus is preparing the aircraft for a complete stop
Then we fly to São Jorge. Here is runway 31 final.
After a 20 minutes stop, we get back to Lajes. "Two rear doors, two windows over the wings..."
Captain Leite da Silva is pointing out some turbulent areas by watching the wind efect over the sea
A nice view over the clouds of Pico
Pedro Sousa on the JumpSeat
And we're back in Lajes. Need a follow-me?
We say goodbye to our crew
Officers Medeiros and Pôla, our security escort during airside tour at Lajes
Our next flight is to Graciosa. Captain Cerqueira is checking the runway from a distance
Our final way in to runway 09
And here we are
Our ATP is being prepared for the flight back to Lajes
After takoff we can get a nice view over Santa Cruz
After Lajes we're set to Horta
The copilot is checking the systems

Day 2
Today we'll be flying a Do228 to Corvo and Flores
Corvo, the smallest island in the Azores
After departure from Corvo, the copilot Rego explains us how they fly without a FMC. Old fashion, he says.
After a quick stop at Flores, we're back to Corvo.
Then we fly back to Horta with a nice view over the clouds
And Horta arrives after a 50 minutes flight
We say goodbye to Captain Sousa and Copilot Rego

Day 3
We must get ourselfs again into Lajes. João Vitória picks us up at the airport
Then we're set to Pico
Our way down is arriving
Nice shot of the ATP being prepared
Our ground personel at Pico, lead by Mr. Alfredo
Back to Lajes again, and the passengers to Ponta Delgada are climbing aboard
Captain Ferreira is coodinating with the pilot the approach
Runway in sight at Ponta Delgada
Good shot of the aircraft's reflection in the terminal
Rui Coutinho will be driving us in the Follow-Me
What a ride! Getting up to 150Km/h
And it's time to get back to Lisboa. Captain Ramalho is checking the approach checklist
Our copilot Borges is posing for the camera

Day 4
We are back in Ponta Delgada. The airport operations guys are showing us the new Fire Dept. blueprint
And here are the guys to thank to for our second Follow-Me ride at Ponta Delgada