October 24, 2006 at 4:22 pm
Well I made the leap and finally got down to LHR yesterday! but with it being the middle of October I wasn’t expecting anything like decent weather and low and behold it didn’t come anywhere near that.
After a relativly easy drive down the M5/M42/M40/M25 my Sat-Nav gave up around LHR telling me to “turn right, then right again” on a road where only left turns were available 😀 . I eventually found Terminal 4 and Ben (Airline Owner) and later on in the morning Joey (BY767) and so began a rather fun day of plane spotting 😎 😀 .
Here’s a short selection from the day, not the best in the world but I saw a hell of alot of ‘new stuff’ that day as you will see 🙂 .












Hope you enjoyed and thank for the ahem ‘navigating’ Ben :D.
Tom
By: tomfellows - 26th October 2006 at 22:07
Very nice selection Tom.
By: RIPConcorde - 26th October 2006 at 15:11
Nice shots Tom, looks like you got a interesting day even by LHR standards!
By: Future Pilot - 26th October 2006 at 13:54
Thanks again :).
By: jonezi06 - 26th October 2006 at 13:40
Great work Tom, Love the colours on the Aeroflot 😀
Danny
By: wannabe pilot - 26th October 2006 at 11:58
A nice selection there Tom, the last Etihad reminds me of how I really have to get to LHR some time.
By: philgatwick05 - 26th October 2006 at 11:37
All fantastic shots 🙂
I particularly like the BA T7 and the Etihad A340 😀
Thanks for sharing.
By: RingwaySam - 26th October 2006 at 05:14
Great shots, Tom! Good to see you didn’t crash/breakdown 😀
By: Future Pilot - 25th October 2006 at 23:24
Thank you very much all, appreciated as always! 😀
By: bmi-star - 25th October 2006 at 18:28
Great shots ther Tom mate!
Oh and Sat-Nav!? As i Geographer, i stick just to good old Road Atlases 😀 I have an excellent sense of direction 😀
By: Pirate! - 25th October 2006 at 13:52
Virgin Atlantic ‘Lady Penelope’
Ahoy!
So I see you captured Lady Penelope as well. I like the last image. Nice contrasty colours. 🙂
By: Airline owner - 25th October 2006 at 11:31
First of all can i say thanks for being the taxi on Monday, much appreciated :D…still laughing about the hot chocolate incident and the wierd old guy taking the p!ss outta your car lol!
Those shots are great Tom 😀 I like the Aeroflot and close up of the BA :D! Thanks for a great day mate and Joey!
By: Phil J - 25th October 2006 at 09:36
Great stuff, FP, even without the sun.
The close up of the BA777 is nice.
Was this 09L?
By: 007peter - 25th October 2006 at 00:10
great selection there tom the heavys i always like
peter
By: adamdowley - 24th October 2006 at 23:49
great shots! lucky to catch so many interesting liveries/aircraft!
By: LBARULES - 24th October 2006 at 21:55
Excellent as ever Tom, looks like the kind of weather I had when I visited LHR, and that was in August!
By: Future Pilot - 24th October 2006 at 21:42
Thanks for all the comments guys! 😀 and I never would of guessed you’d like the Titan Matt :P.
By: tenthije - 24th October 2006 at 21:28
I like the Virgin 346 with the new livery. The only one at the moment if I am not mistaken? Still prefer the older livery though! 😉
By: BHXlocal - 24th October 2006 at 21:25
Super shots Tom! Loving the last one 😀
I think I need a trip to LHR now! BHX just won’t do!
By: BY767 - 24th October 2006 at 20:58
Very nice shots Tom 😀 and thanks for great day yesterday! (Tom did all the driving for us!)
Rgds
Joe
By: MANAIRPORTMAD - 24th October 2006 at 20:57
Brill pics Tom! Liking the Titan 737 of course 😀 😉