Excellent Evening at London City

As the days are no longer, I made time for another trip to London City so here’s a few shots from an excellent evening. Runway 09 was in use – so I tried a bit of banning at slower shutter speeds (typically 160th second) top try and get some background blur:

First – this D328 owned by MHS aviation and leased to Sun Air operating the Sun Air service – shame its not in full BA livery!

D-CIRI ‘British Airways’ D328 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

A BA E170 now with the BA crest – only aircraft I saw with it across the evening:

G-LCYI British Airways E170 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

The Blue Islands ATR42 touching down – it later went tech and did soem engine runs – which caused some problems….

G-ISLF Blue Islands AT43 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

One of the many Cityjet Fokker 50s – LCY is still a great place to see them:

OO-VLJ Cityjet F.50 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

The BA Saab from the Isle of Man – considerably nicer conditions than when I caught it after diverting into Southend in the snow in March!

G-CDEB British Airways SB20 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

Obligatory Cityjet RJ85 – 146s are becoming increasingly scarce at London City with just Swiss and Cityjet operating them now:

EI-RJZ Cityjet RJ85 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

The Lufthansa E190 making its customary full power departure back to Framnkfurt:

D-AECG Lufthansa E190 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

I tried a couple of approach shots from further down the dock – which emphasise the steep approach:

G-LCYM British Airways E190 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

The F.50s practically nosedive towards the runway!

OO-VLM BCY F.50 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

Swiss RJ100:

HB-IXV Swiss RJ1H at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

The sole Cityjet liveried D328 from Dundee:

G-BYMK Cityjet D328 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

One of the nice Luxair Dash 8 – the only remaining regular Dash 8 operator into City now:

LX-LGF LXE DH8D 030613 EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

The Alitalia E190 – now there is a later evening rotation to Milan which makes shots like this possible in the evening:

EI-RNE AZA E190 030613 EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

The 700th E Jet landing:

G-LCYN British Airways E190 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

And finally the clear highlight one of the very last arrivals in excellent light – the Flynonstop E190 from Kristiansand in Norway. Excellent livery:

PH-FNS Flynonstop E190 at London City EGLC by AeroPics, on Flickr

I hope these are of interest – comments welcome!