Heathrow 30/08

[copperbob]

6 hour trip to LHR yesterday (the g/f's idea, so couldn't say no!!)

of note (well to me anyway were the following) I made 14, so was happy. 12 noon till 6pm.

ZS-SAZ B747-400 South African
N282AY A330-200 US Airways
N7375A B767-300 American (my 2nd to last 1)
VH-OQF A380-800 Qantas
B-KPG B777-300 Cathay
C-GITP A319-100 Air Canada
F-HAPI B757-200 Open Skies
G-STBA B777-300 BA (Still parked tech in BA eng area)
LN-TUD
LN-TUI B737-700's SAS
also only 1 new 737-800 of SAS, and 6 different MD-80's in attendance.
CN-ROE B737-800 RAM
B16703 B777-300 EVA
VQ-BOS B737-800 BBJ
B6090 A330-200 China
SU-GCR B737-800 Eygpt Air
JA731A B777-300 ANA
JA731J B777-300 JAL
LZ-FBE A320-200 Hemus (still in plain white)
HL7461 B747-400 KAL
EI-UNZ B777-200 Transaero
ZK-OKE B777-200 ANZ


a couple of quiet moments, but in all a good day, warm and sunny, but quite windy. on 27R before 15.00, 27L afterwards.

Bob

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Some nice frames there Bob, unusual to see an SAA 747 at the 'row nowadays!

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[copperbob]

Thanks Silverback for the reply.
The SAA lump was a surprise, and to be honest, I didn't even notice if for 3 hours till we drove around at 3pm on runway change and I saw it parked outside one of the hangers with 2 340's (as you probably know there are usually 3 x 340's on the routes!) and was a bit of a shock to see it. but a pleasant one
Also present was the THAI retro liveried 747 which looks good and pity I couldn't get a pic of that. I also forgot 9V-SWA B777-300 was in, I missed it Manchester last week, so was chuffed with that

Bob

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Shot of the Thai 74 at LHR last month.



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