hi all
Travelled to the old smoke yesterday, spending the day at Heathrow with a couple of friends. 09s rwys were in use meaning take off shots were possible from the southern perimeter road.
Took quite a risk by shooting (not that sort, duh) right at the perimeter fence by the road, and indeed a police car pulled up asked us what we were doing, said ok and drove off again. result!
The traffic was normal Heathrow stuff, but then we saw a big red thing taxi out. The Malaysian Hibiscus special livery! 😎 yay! We’ve been waiting all year to see it, so we were rather pleased. Managed to get a few shots, only to find afterwards that the camera was on manual mode and not auto, so the shots were a little blurred. Oh well. 🙁
We then headed off to the car parks by T1,2,3 for the rest of the day. Was quite interested to see that a RAF S&R Seaking helicoptor was at the airport parked on the southern side of the airfield.
Hundreds of birds were gathering around the A380 pier area, and being a danger to aircraft, flares/fireworks were launched in front of us quite a few times to scare them off, never seen that before so that was interesting. need less to say, the birds were not amused, and they promptly returned. lol
The problem with the car parks is that the shots will end up being backlit, becuase we don’t go to the top levels, we’re in shadow, looking out over a bright airfield.
Evening came, so it was time to get the tripod out and do some long exposures. In all, a great day. 😀
Enough from me – on with the shots! 😀
there she is. what a beautiful livery! 😎
reflections of the threshold markers on the fuselage
more to come!
By: dizzy - 22nd October 2006 at 12:27
great pics there mate
By: LBARULES - 17th October 2006 at 14:23
”We then headed off to the car parks by T1,2,3 for the rest of the day.”.
Says in the original post… ;).
By: Airline owner - 17th October 2006 at 14:01
Where bouts did you take those shots from (the ones from inside the terminal?)
By: fabke - 16th October 2006 at 00:21
Heathrow at it’s best , great shots especially the night shots 😉
By: Manston Airport - 24th September 2006 at 23:35
Great shots Adam, the BA 747 in mono just looks great and the Airbus 340 catching the crosswind on take off. The Crabs (Air force) and indeed the awesome professionalism that is the Royal Navy SAR sometimes drop into big airports as part of a training package (high density ATC, SAR drops and casevacs) that they must do a least a few times a year to keep current.
All the best
Si
Cheers Si 😉
James
By: Si Jones - 24th September 2006 at 21:07
Great shots Adam, the BA 747 in mono just looks great and the Airbus 340 catching the crosswind on take off. The Crabs (Air force) and indeed the awesome professionalism that is the Royal Navy SAR sometimes drop into big airports as part of a training package (high density ATC, SAR drops and casevacs) that they must do a least a few times a year to keep current.
All the best
Si
By: G-CDFF - 24th September 2006 at 20:33
Excellent shots! 😀
By: adamdowley - 24th September 2006 at 20:09
fab shots Adam wonder why the RAF SAR Westland Sea King HAR3 was at LHR for?
James
that’s what I’d like to know. 😀 It didnt stay for all that long; engines were only off for a short time before they were started up again, it did a short taxi to a spot in front of T4, then took off vertically, heading south.
thanks everyone for the comments! 🙂
By: manchestersam - 24th September 2006 at 18:54
Fantastic shots Adam. Love the Hibiscus and Thai shots, great angles! Well done:D
By: Manston Airport - 24th September 2006 at 18:07
fab shots Adam wonder why the RAF SAR Westland Sea King HAR3 was at LHR for?
James
By: PMN - 24th September 2006 at 17:57
Excellent shots Adam. I wish you’d post more often!
Paul
By: tomfellows - 24th September 2006 at 17:13
Excellent selection as always, Adam:D.
By: lukeylad - 24th September 2006 at 16:56
Great shots mate picture 3 is my fav.!
By: T5 - 24th September 2006 at 16:47
Excellent shots. I love the slow shutter ones. 🙂
It really annoys me that HS-TGJ was in at Heathrow yesterday. Obviously it’s not the first time it has been in recently, but when it was painted in the Royal Barge colours, the thing never came in! :rolleyes:
By: 007peter - 24th September 2006 at 16:42
very nice shots there adam interesting but the mono one looks good never thought in doing that
regards
peter
By: A330-200 - 24th September 2006 at 16:41
superfantastic shots
love the mayasia
By: adamdowley - 24th September 2006 at 16:26
the A380 pier lit up
Tap, BA, Kenya Airways
Virgin A340-300, “Jetstreamer” taxiing in
air bridge in
pilots and cockpit clearly visible.
that’s all folks! thanks
Adam
By: adamdowley - 24th September 2006 at 16:09
3 Northern Europe majors in one shot
sunset, notice the aircraft visible on final
night shots coming up!
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