Hello! Welcome back to Lisbon, I say welcome back as a curtesy as I’ve not left but we have been taking some time off after a bust weekend to get to sector 5. We’ve spent the last few days taking in the sights and sounds of Portugal’s capital. Lisbon has a long and rich history spanning way back to 2nd Century BC, from Romans to Alans, Vandals and eventually Muslims of the Umayyad Caliphate. Lisbon has had multiple raids and rebuilds both by man and nature. Lisbon is a place of aviation history with the first transatlantic flights from Lisbon to New York via The Azores, riding the waves and the weather in an old flying boat. Alas though we are preparing to head south to Faro.

Lisbon sits on of the mouth of the Tagus River and is the westernmost Capital City of mainland Europe, with an average temperature in August of a lovely 23c. Two iconic bridges connect the city over The Tagus, the Vasco da Gama and 25 de Abril Bridge.

As we spend time around Humberto Delgado Airport my engineer is going to spend some time with the avionics again after failing to capture the ILS system, as for me I’m going to relax by a pool and drink some lovely Portuguese beer.