Civilian Aviation

Posted: **Sun Mar 15, 2015 11:16 pm**

Well it only seems fair, as we've got the Boeing thread going.

A300 - G-MAJS - Luton - 29/10/2011

A310 - 9K-ALD - Luton - 10/10/2011

I don't seem to have any A318s in my collection, so on to...

A319 - S5-AAR - Luton - 14/03/2011

A320 - G-EZWW - Luton - 02/03/2015

A321 - G-OMYJ - Toulouse - 27/03/2011 - arriving after a delay to take me home after a week of snowboarding in Andorra and shot through the terminal window so not the best quality, but it does come with a bonus Beluga.

I've had to resort to more shot through the terminal window for my only shots A330s and A340s - Toulouse - 27/03/2011

Not a lot of A350s about yet, so I think I can be excused not having one of them, which just leaves...

A380 - F-WWDD - Farnborough - 13/07/2013

Cheers,
Oz

Posted: **Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:31 am**

A300

A310

A318

A319

A320

A321

A330

A340

A350

A380

Posted: **Mon Mar 16, 2015 10:54 am**

thanks to Oz for starting this one off and to him and APGphotos for 2 excellent sets, I can't quite manage a full set as I don't have an A350 pic yet.

A300: Iran Air, EP-IBB - these must be the only A.300s still operating regularly into LHR, taken 29-12-2013

6123 EP-IBB A300 Iran Air by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

A310 - C-GTSW of Air Transat at Toronto taken 19-9-2014

5978 C-GTSW A310 Air Transat by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

A318: YR-ASB, Tarom another from my Heathrow trip on 29-12-2013, I thought I could do a full set from that day (apart from the A350) but rrealised I didn't have an A310.

6359 YR-ASB A318 Tarom by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

A319: one from my local, D-AGWC of Gremanwings departing Stansted on the evening of 17th June last year

6373 D-AGWC A319 Germanwings by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

A320: A9C-AM of Gulf air at Heathrow taken last month (17th February).

6172 A9C-AM A320 Gulf Air by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

A321: G-TCDA ofThomas Cook, at Stansted taken during the annual police planewatch day when they take us to the south side mound for the afternoon. I will be flying one of these later this year so thought I would include it

9837 G-TCDA A321 Thomas cook by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

A330, G-VWAG of Virgin being pushed back at Dulles 4th October last year. Taken from the top deck of BA's A380, G-XLEA as we waited our turn to leave the stand,

8665 G-VWAG A330 virgin &A380 wing by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

A340: 4R-ADC of SriLankan. Another taken on 29-12-13 at Heathrow in very early morning sunlight

5822 4R-ADC A340 SriLankan early morning by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

A350.....to follow when I finally see one!

A380, had to be this one British Airways' G-XLEA arriving at Stansted on 29-7-2013 for a visit to test the facilities for possible diversions, I flew on this 14 months later from Dulles to LHR, my only A380 flight to date

5080 A380 G-XLEA by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

hope you like the set and stories

andy

Posted: **Mon Mar 16, 2015 6:02 pm**

Thanks for joining in guys. A couple of cracking sets there.

Posted: **Mon Mar 16, 2015 7:13 pm**

HB-JZT by zeek_xvs1100

EI-EPS by zeek_xvs1100

D-AEAP by zeek_xvs1100

F-GFKY by zeek_xvs1100

7T-VJW by zeek_xvs1100

C-GCTS by zeek_xvs1100

9M-MUB by zeek_xvs1100

EC-LVD by zeek_xvs1100

Posted: **Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:10 pm**

Another cracking theme.

Here's my selection and other than Airbus I've tried to include the prototype/development aircraft as seen at various airshows over the years.

A300 at SBAC Farnborough 1986

Pre-delivery A310 at le Bourget Air Salon 1993

the odd one out, a standard A318 as i have few pictures of them

Prototype A319 at SBAC Farnborough 1996

Prototype A320 at SBAC Farnborough 1988

Pre-delivery A321 at SBAC Farnborough 1994

Prototype A330 at SBAC Farnborough 1998

Prototype A340 at SBAC Farnborough 1992

Prototype A350 at Farnborough International 2014

Prototype A380 at Farnborough International 2014

Beluga and Super Guppy at Toulouse with the former just returning from its dispaly at Air Salon 1995

Cessna