London-Heathrow 21-07-2015
So, let us continue with a full day of photography at Heathrow. In total I captured about 182 aircraft. Here's a small selection of the day.
My day started at about 6.00 in the morning with a look out of the window of my hotelroom.
1. American Airlines B777-300ER N724AN arriving in the morning sun. I spotted many American Airlines' birds; 3x A330-300, 5x B777-300ER and 4x B777-200ER.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/271/2...4b1d27ee_b.jpgB773-AAL-N724AN-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
2. Air Canada is also an airline which can be spotted often throughout the day. Here's B777-300ER C-FITU on approach for runway 27R:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/316/1...37ec0628_b.jpgB773-ACA-CFITU-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
3. Heathrow is also an airport with lots of A380-activity. Next to, ofcourse, BA, Emirates, Etihad, Qatar, Thai, Malaysia and Qantas all operate the aircraft into LHR. Here's VH-OQJ:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/403/2...17b6549e_b.jpgA388-QFA-VHOQJ-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
After breakfast, I moved over to the Hatton Cross pedestrian footbridge, where I just missed the Thai A380... Bummer.
4. Definitely one of the best looking aircraft in American Airlines' livery is the A330-300, like this N275AY:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/546/2...7098663f_b.jpgA333-AAL-N275AY-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
5. Another nice A330-300, Virgin Atlantic G-VRAY:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/546/1...0b8bab66_b.jpgA333-VIR-GVRAY-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
6. Catch 'm while you can; the A320's of Virgin are on their way out. Here's EI-EZV on finals for runway 27L:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3687/...ebf381ee_b.jpgA320-VIR-EIEZV-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
7. Not the best shot ever, but still very cool livery on this Etihad A380 A6-APA:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/448/1...4cdfca94_b.jpgA388-ETI-A6APA-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
As the sun was getting in the way, I moved over to Myrtle Avenue to continue spotting. Arriving there, my small lense died. Not good! So some of the widebodies were photographed in a not so good position... :evil: But, I think I managed to make the most of it!
8. Heathrow is also the place to be for Dreamliners. Here's B787-8 N29606 of United arriving:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/323/2...f7123ba5_b.jpgB788-UAL-N26906-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
9. Air India came with this Star Alliance-livery B787-8 VT-ANU:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/346/2...9cbb80bf_b.jpgB788-AIC-VTANU-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
10. The B787-9 is definitely more sexy than the -8. The Virgin-colors help too!
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/535/1...1fb4f704_b.jpgB789-VIR-GVOOH-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
11. Turkish Airlines made sure I catched my first B777-300ER of the airline... :wink:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/428/2...3a2e6981_b.jpgB773-THY-TCJJL-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
12. Rather crappy shot of this overflying AW-139, but I don't have that many Dubai Air Wing-aircraft. This is the DU-142:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3717/...fa1f63d9_b.jpgAW139-DUB-DU142-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
13. Regular liveried B787-8 VT-ANB of Air India:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/355/1...5a51c441_b.jpgB788-AIC-VTANB-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
14. MEA A320 with rather exotic registration T7-MRB:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/286/1...972a0f94_b.jpgA320-MEA-T7MRB-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
15. Also nice to catch Transaero B737-800 EI-RUB:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/490/1...0f69d971_b.jpgB738-TRS-EIRUB-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
16. VQ-BCU is my first photographed A330-300 of Aeroflot:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3743/...acc78275_b.jpgA333-AFL-VQBCU-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
17. I hope Etihad will repaint some of their A340-600s into the new livery, but I think not...
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/408/1...a6f7b560_b.jpgA346-ETI-A6EHK-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
18. Qatar WhaleJet A7-APA:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/284/2...f1d9310e_b.jpgA388-QTR-A7APA-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
19. Only 5 days old was this Air Algerie B737-800 7T-VKK:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/546/2...e92931f2_b.jpgB738-ALG-7TVKK-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
At 15.00 the runway changes and 27R became the main landing runway. So, time to move back to the hotelroom...
20. My first Kuwait B777-200ER arriving:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/437/1...bc865596_b.jpgB772-KUW-9KAOA-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
21. Latin American delight; Avianca A330-200 N969AV:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/321/1...67130d59_b.jpgA332-AVI-N969AV-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
22. More Latin-fun; Aeromexico B787-8 N961AM:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/537/1...aabf22f7_b.jpgB788-AMX-N961AM-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
23. Another Dreamliner; B787-8 JY-BAA of Royal Jordanian:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/359/2...c32441ae_b.jpgB788-RJA-JYBAA-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
24. And yet another! China Southern B-2737:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/473/1...9346d3b0_b.jpgB788-CSZ-B2737-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
25. A Dreamliner was scheduled, but this B777-200LR showed up! ET-ANN of Ethiopian on finals for 27R:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/331/2...48b6cb4b_b.jpgB772-ETH-ETANN-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
26. Two Jet Airways B777-300ERs could also be photographed, like this VT-JEM:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/412/1...43377df2_b.jpgB773-JET-VTJEM-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
27. Just gorgeous!!
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/293/1...d5bf6cc9_b.jpgA346-IBE-ECJCZ-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
28. Very pretty China Eastern A330-200 B-5908 in the Skyteam-livery:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/409/2...abc25346_b.jpgA332-CHE-B5908-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
29. And I end this set with Uzbekistan B767-300ER UK-67005:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3699/...a9e4e31b_b.jpgB763-UZB-UK67005-LHR21jul15 by Anton Homma, on Flickr
Hope you liked it! You can see the whole set at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeli...57656618024005
Cheers!
