I spent a few hours at Gatwick after dropping off family. The morning rush was over so I wasn't expecting too much, but there was still some variety and items of interest:
First time I've seen an Air Arabia aircraft, complete with rather nice livery:
Airbus A320-214, Air Arabia Maroc by Nick Challoner, on Flickr
Not too many 757s to be seen these days, so was rather pleased with this 300 series:
Boeing 757-3CQ, Thomas Cook by Nick Challoner, on Flickr
I've been after "the carrot" for a while now, so pleased to shoot it finally:
Airbus A320-214, easyJet by Nick Challoner, on Flickr
Talking of milestone jets, here's the 6000th 737 built:
Boeing 737-8Q8, Norwegian by Nick Challoner, on Flickr
SmartWings is a new airline for me, and their livery is rather, ahem, smart:
Boeing 737-8Q8, SmartWings by Nick Challoner, on Flickr
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Re: London Gatwick, 16 August 2016
nice ones Nick, Gatwick still has some good variety there.
6000 B.737! I remember seeing my first one (Lufthansa) at Heathrow in 1969
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6000 B.737! I remember seeing my first one (Lufthansa) at Heathrow in 1969
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Re: London Gatwick, 16 August 2016
Presumably a 100 series then? I never did get to see one of those. Plenty of 200s around when I started in the 1980s though.andygolfer wrote:6000 B.737! I remember seeing my first one (Lufthansa) at Heathrow in 1969
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It was Nick, Wasn't my first sighting but there's a pic with one in this topic (D-ABEA): http://www.civilianaviation.co.uk/forum ... 13&t=24388PorkScratching wrote:Presumably a 100 series then? I never did get to see one of those. Plenty of 200s around when I started in the 1980s though.andygolfer wrote:6000 B.737! I remember seeing my first one (Lufthansa) at Heathrow in 1969
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Re: London Gatwick, 16 August 2016
Nick
a good set of pictures and judging by the angle they were taken from the side of Lowfield Heath Road. In which case maybe you were the Gent I said good afternoon to as I walked back to my car at 3:30?
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a good set of pictures and judging by the angle they were taken from the side of Lowfield Heath Road. In which case maybe you were the Gent I said good afternoon to as I walked back to my car at 3:30?
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Hi Neil, yes indeed shot from Lowfield Heath Road, I love it there. I left around 1500 though, so it wasn't me you met. I spent some time with a pleasant chap from Basingstoke, so it may have been him as he said he was planning to stay for a while when I left.
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