Civilian Aviation

I spent part the hottest July day for almost a year at Gatwick waiting to pick up my son and family, plane was 30 minutes later ans took ages to get through passport control so coupled to my early arrival I was there almost 3 hours, decidedly warm and the sun was far too strong for decent photography, heres a few of them though and the remainder are all in my FlickR album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/125470545 ... 5325104281

3947 EW-251PA B737 Belavia LGW 1-7-15 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

3971 4O-AOD Emb 190 Montenegro Airlines LGW 1-7-15 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

tart(an)ed up Easyjet
4009 G-EZBF A319 easyjet special tartan scheme LGW 1-7-15 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

one of several norwegians which arrived
4016 EI-FHF B737 Norwegian (Edward Greig) LGW 1-7-15 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

4083 EC-LZF A320 Vueling LGW 1-7-15 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

4089 D-ASTB A319 Germania LGW 1-7-15 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

4111 G-FDZS B737 Thomson by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

I wonder how many more times I will see one of these?
4122 G-DOCX B737 British Airways LGW 1-7-15 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

4148 9H-JGR CL.600 LGW 1-7-15 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

CRJs are hard to get decent pics of as they look like such a thin tube
4155 S5-AAL CRJ-900 Adria LGW 1-7-15 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

4176 G-VYGK A.330 Thomas Cook LGW 1-7-15 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

4194 CN-RGI B737 Royal Air Maroc LGW 1-7-15 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

4245 LY-SPD A320 Small Planet LGW 1-7-15 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

a bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush.... but what's it worth on the nose?
4318 EC-IDT B737 Air Europa, bird on nose LGW 1-7-15 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

4328 TC-JSI A321 Turkish LGW 1-7-15 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

that should be enough for you but if not there are lots more in my July 2015 flickR album, C&C welcome

thanks for looking

Andy

very nice photos for braving the heat

regards
paul

Nice set of photos, well done. I was out at Manchester during the same afternoon and it was "cracking the flags",, got well frazzled.

Nice set..and varied too

Well done on braving the heat Andy...

Dan

Is the Thomas Cook A330 an AirTanker example? Just looks like an attachment point for a refueling pod on the wing

Nice set

Minion

minion wrote:Is the Thomas Cook A330 an AirTanker example? Just looks like an attachment point for a refueling pod on the wing

Nice set

Minion

It certainly is, well spotted that man !

Nice set Andy, considering the sun and heat - how's the sunburn?

Very nice and varied selection Andy

Paul

Mike wrote:

minion wrote:Is the Thomas Cook A330 an AirTanker example? Just looks like an attachment point for a refueling pod on the wing

Nice set

Minion

It certainly is, well spotted that man !

Nice set Andy, considering the sun and heat - how's the sunburn?

thank you for the kind consideration Mike , I kept out of it between arrivals but it was extremely hot (putting it politely) either in or out of the car, I could have run the engine and AC continuously but would have been pointless with opening the door to get out every few minutes.

thanks Mike and all re the comments re the photos. I've been ballooning this morning in cool morning air, lots of pics in a far more civilised climate so will post a few later when I finish going through them.
Andy