First visit of the year to LHR yesterday… landing on 09L managed about 4 hours at the mound.. some firsts (Lufthansa A340-600, Aeromexico) I hear there is a Qatar B787 somewhere at Heathrow tech or something, has been there a while (never went hunting for it even though i have yet to see a 787!!)
In no order whatsoever….
First shot of the day!!
Heard this was coming in… a rare visit am sure….
Don’t think there is a better scheme on an A330 than this….
Newish Virgin A330 ..like the new amended shade of red on these…
More to follow………
By: Tartan Pics - 24th February 2013 at 16:40
yes, Aeromexico a lovely catch. Love the glint of the red metallic on the VS
Found it hard to get a decent representative shot of the metallic red…certainly looks far far better in the flesh…
By: by738 - 23rd February 2013 at 17:26
yes, Aeromexico a lovely catch. Love the glint of the red metallic on the VS
By: Culpano - 21st February 2013 at 23:33
Great selection Scotty. The Aeromexico 767 with winglets is mega as they say. Not many 727s about these days so another great catch.
By: chriswade - 20th February 2013 at 23:16
i agree, the wingspan is nice but the body needs to be longer IMO for it too look right. so lets wait for the later models to appear :P.
By: Tartan Pics - 20th February 2013 at 21:28
All 787’s are grounded.
WOW! i did not know that!! knew there was some teething probs with Japanese ones but didnt realise all were grounded… back at LHR today, popped round to see it..first time i have seen a 787….doesnt look anything special really… thought it would be bigger!!
Thanks
By: chriswade - 20th February 2013 at 19:53
it didnt take off, was just moved to the other side then back again. im not sure on the reason why.
By: cloud_9 - 20th February 2013 at 19:27
Ah, so that will explain why I saw it at LHR…I thought when I saw it “Blimey, Qatar are using their 787’s again, when did that happen?!”
It was moving about the airport the other day, and may have even taken-off…so perhaps they were doing some test-flights?!:confused:
Lovely set of photos Tartan. Thanks for sharing.:)
By: MSR777 - 20th February 2013 at 17:47
Some grand shots there! I think that the Egyptair scheme looks great on any of their types, not biased you understand 😉
By: Mr Merry - 20th February 2013 at 17:09
i thought it might be round there …do you know why it is there???
All 787’s are grounded.
By: heslop01 - 19th February 2013 at 16:28
Great photos! I flew for the first time to and from LHR last week – amazing airport 😀
By: EGTC - 19th February 2013 at 15:23
Lovely! The B727 has to be catch of that lot! 🙂
By: Tartan Pics - 19th February 2013 at 14:35
Thanks guys… i thought it might be round there Chris…do you know why it is there???
Matt indeed there were quite a few more B777-300s around too.. i believe the LH A346 was a football charter
By: chriswade - 19th February 2013 at 14:13
Lovely selection :). The 787 at heathrow is parked on the other side of the airport outside the BA hanger next to 27R.
By: Matt-100 - 19th February 2013 at 14:07
Fantastic set, looks like you got quite a few exotic birds. The Royal Bahrain flight and the Lufthansa A340? :O Does anyone know the story behind its visit?
A great variety of aircraft you captured indeed; LHR is the jumbo capital of the world, but after looking at some of those it would appear it is now becoming the 77W capital as well 😀
By: Tartan Pics - 19th February 2013 at 13:07
The rest….
Had no idea that Aer Lingus HAD A319’s..
Great to see an A300 still carrying pax….
Lovely to see a tiffy looking good….
Light was fading but worth waiting… first time i have seen Aeromexico in Europe…
Thats all folks
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