Civilian Aviation

the last part of my trilogy and I finally managed a few photos before it was time to collect my neighbour from T3, these were taken from Hatton cemetery...
much easier light to manage than the previous afternoon, if only I could have stayed longer!

N69063 B.767 United Heathrow 30-01-2018 4441 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

3 for the price of 1! the one with the white wings is SE-GUL, not sure of the type
N174DZ B.767 Delta Heathrow 30-01-2018 4471 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-VWEB A.340 Virgin Atlantic Heathrow 30-01-2018 4477 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

LN-RRS B.737 SAS Heathrow 30-01-2018 4491 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

EI-SIC A.320N SAS Heathrow 30-01-2018 4648 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

rook at that!
N727AN B.777 American Airlines Heathrow 30-01-2018 4534 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

the aircraft I was waiting for - it took my neighbour just 30 minutesfrom touchdown to be waiting with her bags at the T3 car park pick up point! - caught me out
OH-LWD A.350 Finnair (happy holidays) Heathrow 30-01-2018 4569 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Aeroflot special scheme (not my favourite team!)
VP-BTL A.321 Aeroflot (MUFC scheme) Heathrow 30-01-2018 4607 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

some Dreamliners
N28912 B.787 United Heathrow 30-01-2018 4497 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

C-FRSE B.787 Air Canada Heathrow 30-01-2018 4635 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

VT-ANO B.787 Air India Heathrow 30-01-2018 4662 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-VBZZ B.787 Virgin Atlantic Heathrow 30-01-2018 4685 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N175DN B.767 Delta Heathrow 30-01-2018 4673 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

this landed on 27R so it was a distant shot, only saw it late as well so nearly didn't get it at all
ZK-DKP B.777 Air New Zealand Heathrow 30-01-2018 4073 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

SP-LVB B.737 LOT Heathrow 30-01-2018 4519 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
and that's your LOT!
C&C welcome. thanks for looking
Andy

Great shots Andy - i must try the cemetry for 27L shots, but no rush otherwise to go there!

Thanks also for the post about the Premier Inn - frustrating for you but passing on that info will be useful to many others in their planning. I'm thinking of using it Easter time when dropping off my daughter at T4 for a trip to Mexico - just need to book a westerly wind.

Neil

Cessna954 wrote:Great shots Andy - i must try the cemetry for 27L shots, but no rush otherwise to go there!

Thanks also for the post about the Premier Inn - frustrating for you but passing on that info will be useful to many others in their planning. I'm thinking of using it Easter time when dropping off my daughter at T4 for a trip to Mexico - just need to book a westerly wind.

Neil

thanks Neil, I will do a proper write up on it in the Heathrow spotting section soon. The wind really caught me out, didn't look like it would be coming from the east at all the night before. I thought it would change round again but not until later on around midday (I was gone by 10.15). I'd like to say exactly whhich number is ideal but not really certain. I was in 785 and I reckon about 3 rooms further to the east )about 782) would have got round the radar tower and avoided the T7 on the stand in front of me - of course they might park one on the next stand along on another occasion.

I'd not seen that tower mentioned anywhere in reports!
andy