Heathrow 15-11-2023

[andygolfer]

I spent last Wednesday at Heathrow in cold but mostly sunny conditions with wintry light. Itt clouded up around midday but not for long so had a good six hour spell, here's a selection of my photos....

first pic of the day and the pigeons din't seem worried about the jet noise...
N4022J A321 jetBlue Heathrow 15-11-2023 7859. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

some special schemes that we saw....
SP-LVL B737M LOT EnergyLandia scheme Heathrow 15-11-2023 7884. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-TTNA A320 British Airways (Better World) Heathrow 15-11-2023 8285 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

A6-EOT A380 Emirates (Dubai Expo) Heathrow 15-11-2023 9195 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

A9C-FC B787 Gulf Air Heathrow 15-11-2023 9356. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

HZ-ARE B787 Saudia (75 years) Heathrow 15-11-2023 9567. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

I tried an arty one between the trees....
PT-MUB B777 LATAM Heathrow 15-11-2023 9241 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

three cargo flights;
ET-APS B777F Ethiopian Airlines Heathrow 15-11-2023 8222. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

D-AEAM A300F DHL Heathrow 15-11-2023 9302. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and two of the only 747 I photographed, (G-UNET arrived before we did and I saw it on it's stand but not in a snappable position)..
TC-ACM ACT Airlines Heathrow 15-11-2023 8475 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

TC-ACM ACT Airlines Heathrow 15-11-2023 8502 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

the Airbus 220s are becoming a more common sight, I do like the new ITA scheme..
EI-HHN A220 ITA Heathrow 15-11-2023 8354. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

but the Air France scheme has been around almost since I started spotting in the late 60s
F-HZUS A220 Air France Heathrow 15-11-2023 8145.-T by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

HB-JCF A220 Swiss airlines Heathrow 15-11-2023 9079 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

the sky produced some dramatic backgrounds for a while as with these two A350s
A7-AML A350 Qatar Airways Heathrow 15-11-2023 8920. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-XWBE A350 British Airways Heathrow 15-11-2023 8935 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

787s were in abundance like the Saudi and Gulf Air ones earlier and these:
N791AV B787Avianca Heathrow 15-11-2023 9228. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

C-FVND B787 Air Canada Heathrow 15-11-2023 8397. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

C-GUDH B787 Westjet Heathrow 15-11-2023 8635. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

A6-BLD B787 Etihad Heathrow 15-11-2023 9402. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and not so long ago there were predictions that the A380 was on the decline but we saw several from 5 different airlines,
the pigeons were still on the roofs
G-XLEB A380 British Airways Heathrow 15-11-2023 8022 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

A7-APE A380 Qatar Airways Heathrow 15-11-2023 8557a. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

A6-EVI A380 Emirates Heathrow 15-11-2023 8563 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

A6-APG A380 Etihad Heathrow 15-11-2023 8613. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and almost the final shot of the day after the airport had made the 3 o'clock switch to 27R arrivals, there was so little haze that I still managed this from the football ground where I had been all day - won't manage that in the summer! I was surprised that I only needed a 380mm focal length for that one.
9V-SKS A380 Singapore Airlines Heathrow 15-11-2023 0955. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

that's a selection and there are loads more in my flickr album from the day : https://www.flickr.com/photos/125470545 ... 338213307/
thanks for looking, C&C welcome
Andy

[wiggy]

Very nice set Andy. Cracking winter light.

Denis.

[Mike]

Excellent shots, Andy, very nice indeed.

[noryport]

These shots brought in some much needed sunshine today Andy...hard to believe that lady stood on that tower, to advertise on the colourful A380 shot...

[G-REAT]

Great shots there.
The ITA livery is fantastic !