LHR 3rd Feb **Insanely Large Post**

Which should I start with..hmmm…

The Insanely Amazing Pic’s, or the Insanely Large Post:rolleyes:

I’ve only known about Clickair for a few months:eek:

Stunning shots Scotty, loved them, the Air New Zealand 777 get’s my vote, what a beauty she is, also love the Eva MD-11

Holy c**p, I never realised LHR was this good !!! 😮 😮

Regards

Jamie M

I was under the impression it was owned by Iberia.

I’m sure Keltic will have all the answers.

How did Clickair acquire slots? Was it through Iberia handing some over? How closely linked to Iberia is the airline? 🙂 thanks

I was reading a little about clickair a few days ago. They link Heathrow with Valencia and Seville and they are a low-cost operation, with no inflight service and no assigned seating.

Excellent shots! 😀

Brilliant shots there Scotty 😎

James

great selection there scott

i will need to get down there at some point

regards

peter

Some high quality photos there! My favourite has to be the Caribbean Airlines A340!

Thanks for the comments again folks:
Monkey Hugger, not an IS just my old trusty 75-300 with the 2X converter (which is murder to get a sharp shot at full zoom with) just got a bit lucky on that one.
Manc: never even made it to the field :p :p those were taken from the pavement where i was parked, was going to walk to the fields, but, had been up all night working so could’nt be bothered moving.
09 is a good enough place, but, it is the lack of any shops as stated above, i notice the new multi storey CP at T5 will be a cracking place for shots of 09R and 09L landings(until, of course the plod throw you out 😮 )

Insanely large post, insanely good shots!

With the new T5 terminal that should hopefully change.

Excellent point! Access will be so much easier, and at the mo when you are down at 09, you are miles from any shops and supplies. Atleast with Myrtle Ave, there is the petrol station on the main road which has a great shop for all our needs.

I can definately see the 09 end becoming easier for those on foot when T5 opens. I for one can’t wait!

Pieter, it was perfect weather for shooting at LHR yesterday, but, i’m not a fan of 09 :rolleyes: Thought they may be part of Iberia, always nice to get a shot of something new.

Neither am I too fond of 09. It is just too far away to get to without having a car. With the new T5 terminal that should hopefully change. Mind you, I had expected the runway use to be 27 considering the wind (expected to be from the NW). Had I known that 09 had been in use I would not even have considered going to LHR. At least now I can know there are really good last minute fares (160eur) to be had from BMI. Something I will do in future.

great shots. some nice variety of a/c in!
09’s are the best runways, so many great places to go. I think the field you went in is too close, if you go in the field to the left of it the angles are better. 09’s is great for depature shots aswell.

Gutted I couldn’t make it down yesterday, football and beer got in the way!

Wow. Did you use an IS lens for the ba 747 close up? Those shots are awesome…so need to go to heathrow

Thanks chaps.
Paul, i was wondering what the writing was about, that was shot with the 2x converter, really happy it came out sharp(just a shame no-one was peering out a window at the time lol).
Pieter, it was perfect weather for shooting at LHR yesterday, but, i’m not a fan of 09 :rolleyes: Thought they may be part of Iberia, always nice to get a shot of something new.

Very nice work! Was temtepd to go to LHR yesterday myself with a last minute, but decided against it because BMI suddenly increased price.

The unknown carrier is Click Air, a new low cost subsidiary for Iberia. They fly mainly from Barcelona.

Someone’s been busy!

The close up of the BA 747 gets my vote. Superb shot! Very much not your typical side/head on aviation photo, which is probably why I like it. Looks like you were stood next to it on the ground!

Good work, Scotty! 🙂

Paul

And the final bunch from saturday morn:









Hope the News of the world don’t see the below shot….. i see ” Near miss at Heathrow terror” banner headlines 😀 (BTW the aircraft about to plough into the nose of the KM is an EIN A320)


Then a dash up the M1 to also sunny Luton….but thats for another thread.

More from saturday morning:













Final batch to follow…………