Civilian Aviation

some more from my long day at Heathrow last Saturday (I've already posted the A.380s in a separate topic here: http://www.civilianaviation.co.uk/forum ... 69&t=31205 ).......

starting with some departures

VN-A868 B.787 Vietnam Airlines, Heathrow 15-09-2018 8850 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

finally caught up with this beauty...
VH-ZND B.787 Qantas, Heathrow 15-09-2018 9734 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

VH-ZND B.787 Qantas, Heathrow 15-09-2018 9767 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

TF-ISO B.767 Icelandair, Heathrow 15-09-2018 9682 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

this Air Belgium A.340 was operating for BA and departed to Abu Dhabi...
OO-ABB A.340 Air Belgium, Heathrow 15-09-2018 9518 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

OO-ABB A.340 Air Belgium, Heathrow 15-09-2018 9558 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

LZ-PLO Emb.190 Air Bulgaria, Heathrow 15-09-2018 8079 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

this Thai T.7 kept it's wheels down for ages, right through it's turn and beyond (an Air India 787 did the same) not sure what the reason was.
HS-TKP B.777 Thai International, Heathrow 15-09-2018 9404 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

a message from rRchard.....
G-VNAP A.340 Virgin, Heathrow 15-09-2018 9115 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

I shall be on one of these soon!
C-FVLQ B.787 Air Canada, Heathrow 15-09-2018 8488 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

both Malaysian A.350s were in the special scheme, very helpful!
9M-MAG A.350 Malaysia Airlines, Heathrow 15-09-2018 8673 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and now some arrivals......
747s are getting very rare these days, apart from the BA ones...
VQ-BWW B.747-400F Air Bridge Cargo, Heathrow 15-09-2018 0455 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

JY-BAF B.787 Royal Jordanian, Heathrow 15-09-2018 0067 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

JA 785A B.777 ANA, Heathrow 15-09-2018 0353 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

another 747! (only 3 non British airways ones all day)..
HL7644 B.747-8i Korean Air, Heathrow 15-09-2018 0953 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

EZ-A778 B.777 Turkmenistan Airlines, Heathrow 15-09-2018 9984 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

B-2732 B.787 China Southern, Heathrow 15-09-2018 0025 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

B-2006 B.777 Air China, Heathrow 15-09-2018 1111 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

A7-ALZ A.350 Qatar, Heathrow 15-09-2018 1012 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

A9C-FB B.787 Gulf Air, Heathrow 15-09-2018 0216c by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

PT-MUG B.777 TAM, Heathrow 15-09-2018 0202 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

there are loads more here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/125470545 ... 746253041/ and I've still got to go through the A.320 series aircraft yet (not sure when that will be, very busy at present), hope these are of interest, thanks for looking.
C&C welcome
Andy

Andy, a great set of images. Thanks for posting.

Good set as always
guess you missed P4-ROT Lol
saw the Air Belgium over fly Gatwick

Mark

Nice set as always Andy, the Thai & Air India would have left their gear down to cool the brakes after a lot of stopping & starting during a long taxi, it's quite normal.

Mike wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:48 am

Nice set as always Andy, the Thai & Air India would have left their gear down to cool the brakes after a lot of stopping & starting during a long taxi, it's quite normal.

thanks Mike, I never knew that before re the brakes so that's my info for the day!

A long day indeed but you managed to bag a good selection there.

The Gulf Air crop photo is particularly nice as are the Vietnam and Qantas B787s. The Air Belgium A340 is a rare catch.

Which locations did you end up using on this visit?

Neil

thanks Neil,
the Air Belgium was a nice catch and I knew BA were using it so was pleased it made an appearance. Was pleased to get the Qantas special scheme at last as well.

Re the locations, as they were departing on 27R I realised that the usual location on Stanwell Moor wouldn't be much good so I went to the village centre and onto the playing field on Horton road right opposite the eastern entrance to Hithermoor road, I parked on Horton Rd (no restrictions) and there's a gate to walk through onto the park / playing field. I stayed towards the eastern edge about half way down so I could see over the trees easily. The biggest problem was the heat haze coming off the T.5 area when they first appeared above the tree/hedge line - that was right in line with T.5 and the haze was a real pain, once they cleared that area it was far better and the banking shots were pretty clear and sharp. Certainly a good spot for bankers and only slightly further away than from the moor itself.
The arrivals were taken at the cemetery until 3pm - loads of spotters there so obviously the sign wasn't being enforced, as you suggested it's probably there so they can legally move people on if ever they have a big event. After that I went to Warwick Rd / Chester Rd park for the 27R arrivals.

I've amended my plan for 27R departures on my Heathrow guide in the appropriate section here: http://www.civilianaviation.co.uk/forum ... 36&t=30594 , there is a postcode and same for the 27R arrivals.

I look forward to seeing some of your's from there soon! (About time I returned the favour re locations )
andy

being editing some more this evening, so here's a few of them....

D-AIZR A.320 Eurowings (Borrusia Dortmund scheme), Heathrow 15-09-2018 9818 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

VQ-BVP B.737 Aeroflot, Heathrow 15-09-2018 7945 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

OO-SNC A.320 Brussels airlines (Magritte scheme), Heathrow 15-09-2018 8934 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

another fanning the undercarriage....
OE-LBX A.320 Austrian Airlines, Heathrow 15-09-2018 7991 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

9H-NEO A.320 Air Malta 'nickelodeon scheme', Heathrow 15-09-2018 8715 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

D-AINM A.320 Lufthansa, Heathrow 15-09-2018 8447 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

B-KQC B.777 Cathay Pacific, Heathrow 15-09-2018 0046 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

5B-DCC A.320 Cobalt, Heathrow 15-09-2018 0339 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

lots more added to my flickr album as well, thanks for looking

Andy

Great images, although some are a bit soft

Paultojo wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:25 pm

Great images, although some are a bit soft

thanks Paul, when I looked at them at home (especially the lift offs) I couldn't believe how much heat haze there was - and earlier there was lots of moisture in the air as well with vapour clouds over the wings. The bankers actually suffered less that the lift off ones.

Brillant collection Andy!

Love the Qantas, Gulf Air and Malaysian A350 shots, but also a lovely shot of the Brussels special (jammy!) Even more jammy is the Air Belgium A340! Just imagining if I booked that flight and had that turn up

Only been once in recent times and didn't even see the fancy Malaysian 350, just the normal boring one

Nice to see an Air Bridge Cargo 747 too, looks very unusual compared to usual Cargo Logic Air?

james143611 wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 19, 2018 8:46 pm

Brillant collection Andy!

Love the Qantas, Gulf Air and Malaysian A350 shots, but also a lovely shot of the Brussels special (jammy!) Even more jammy is the Air Belgium A340! Just imagining if I booked that flight and had that turn up

Only been once in recent times and didn't even see the fancy Malaysian 350, just the normal boring one

Nice to see an Air Bridge Cargo 747 too, looks very unusual compared to usual Cargo Logic Air?

thanks James , Malaysian have got at least 2 in that scheme now - and on Saturday both appeared (sorry). Agree the basic scheme is rthter lacklustre

Beautiful selection Andy,
looks like a good location for the banking shots, i may have to invest in a bigger lense!!!
Nice catch with the Belgium 340 too