LHR visit report — 25th May 2003.

Well I left Home at 1.00pm, and got to LHR at 2:00pm. When I got the planes were landing on the Northern Runway, but about 3:00pm the changed to the other one.

Stayed up there for about an hour, then departed for about 30mins to go and get a bite to eat. When I returned, took a drive around the airport. Firstly when down the road which runs behind the BMi maitanence hanger, A UA 777 was parked up, got a snap of it, but not a good one, as a fence got in the way. Carried on round the road and came to a pair of Qantas 744’s, very nice. 🙂

Carried on a bit further, and came to the fire training ground… got a snap of the fire training aircraft too!!! Well a bit of it. lol. So anyway… if you carried on a bit further you would have gone out onto the airport apron… now this frightened me a little… no guard/barrier nothing to stop a terrorist getting into the grounds getting onto and/or blowing up an aircraft. Appauling I thought. Yes there are cameras up everywhere but no one actually guarding this particular entrance.:mad: All the money spent on protecting the airport, yet there are still faults with security.

Anyhow enough of the negative side of the day… now for a list of what I saw, and I did promise a few suprises. 🙂 , well they were for me anyhow. lol :p

Here goes:

ZS-SAT — South African Airways — B747-300

B-HOZ — Cathay Pacific Airways — B747-400

G-TTOE — GB Airways — A320-200

G-MIDS — BMi British Midland — A320-200 (New colours)

G-EUPZ — British Airways — A319-100

EC-IEF — Iberia — A320-200

EC-HQL — Iberia — A320-200

G-EUOI — British Airways — A319-100

OE-LMC — Austrian Airlines — MD-82

G-MIDE — BMi British Midland — A321-200 (Old colours)

AP-BAT — PIA Pakistan Intl. Airways — B747-200

G-EUUL — British Airways — A320-200

G-EUPV — British Airways — A319-100

G-VIIV — British Airways — B777-200

EI-CVB — Aer Lingus — A320-200

G-EUPH — British Airways — A319-100

G-MEDH — British Mediterrenean Airways — A320-200

G-EUPG — British Airways — A319-100

G-BUSB — British Airways — A320-100

OH-LXI — Finnair — A320-200 (Brand Spanking new A320!)

VH-OJO — Qantas — B747-400

ZS-SAX — South African Airways — B747-400

G-AWZK — BEA — Hawker Siddeley Trident III

G-EUPX — British Airways — A319-100

9V-SPM — SIA Singapore Airlines — B747-400

I-BIXI — Alitalia — A321-100

G-EUPL — British Airways — A319-100

TC-FLC — Anatoila — B757-200 (Big Suprise to me… no pics of it anywhere on the net!)

G-EUPY — British Airways — A319-100

G-MIDU — BMi British Midland — A320-200 (New colours)

G-DOCD — British Airways — B737-400

TC-JFU — Turkish Airlines — B737-800

EC-ICR — Iberia — A320-200

EC-ILQ — Iberia — A321-100

G-BZHC — British Airways — B767-300

G-EUOC — British Airways — A320-200

EC-FCB — Iberia — A320-200

G-MIDK — BMi British Midland — A321-200 (Old colours)

G-EUUG — British Airways — A320-200

G-EUUH — British Airways — A320-200

G-SEPC — Met Police — Eurocopter AS.355N (Another Nice suprise)

OO-DLG — DHL — A300B4-200F

9K-AMD — Kuwait Airways — A300B4-600

G-EUPS — British Airways — A319-100

LN-RPN — Snowflake(SAS) — B737-800 (Suprised to see this)

G-MIDR — BMi British Midland — A320-200 (New colour)

D-ABEC — Lufthansa — B737-300

G-EUUF — British Airways — A320-200

G-MIDF — BMi British Midland — A321-200

G-BXWE — BMi British Midland — Fokker F-100 (Old colours)

OH-LZB — Finnair — A321-200

G-EUPW — British Airways — A319-100

G-BUSD — British Airways — A320-100

G-BNWA — British Airways —767-300

HL7492 — Korean Air — B747-400

LN-RKI — SAS — A321-200

G-VFLY — Virgin Atlantic — A340-300 (Old colours)

EI-CPH — Aer Lingus — A321-200

PH-BXE — KLM — 737-800

G-EUOE — British Airways — A319-100

G-CIVO — British Airways —B747-400

G-BVJD — BMI British Midland — Fokker F-100 (Old colours)

EI-BXK — Aer Lingus — B737-400 (In the dot com livery! Another suprise for me)

A40-LD — Gulf Air — A340-300 (50 Years colours)

G-BUSJ — British Airways — A320-200

G-EUUI — British Airways — A320-200

G-BPEJ — British Airways — B757-200

G-BNWT — British Airways — B767-300

A40-KC — Gulf Air — A330-200

EC-IJN — Iberia — A321-200

G-EUPJ — British Airways — A319-100

CN-RNQ — RAM Royal Air Maroc — B737-700

G-BUSE — British Airways — A320-100

G-BUSI — British Airways — A320-200

LN-RPF — SAS — B737-600

G-MIDW — BMi British Midland — A320-200 (Star Alliance colours)

G-EUPD — British Airways — A319-100

CS-TNH — TAP Air Portugal — A320-200

SE-DMF — SAS — MD90-30

G-CPEN — British Airways — B757-200

G-YMMA — British Airways — B777-200

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[u]:KURMITZ28: This is the next one on the list that I saw yesterday. 🙂[/u]

N109AN — Unknown — Augusta Bell 109A (The one I see come over my house everyday)

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TS-IAZ — Libyan Arab Airlines — A300B4-600 (A very nice suprise indeed!)

D-AIAW — Lufthansa — A300B4-600

HB-IJQ — Swiss — A320-200 (Old colours)

G-BVJA — BMi British Midland — Fokker F-100 (Old colours)

A7-ACA — Qatar Airways — A330-200 (One of the best of the day)

G-MIDY — BMi British Midland — A320-200 (Old colours)

I-BIXP — Alitalia — A321-100

G-VELD — Virgin Atlantic — A340-300 (Old colours)

G-BOAG — British Airways — Aérospatiale Concorde 102

G-EUUH — British Airways — A320-200 (Twice in one day I had seen this one land)

G-EUOA — British Airways — A319-100

G-RAES — British Airways B777-200 (The reg. of this a/c (which doesn’t fit in with those of BA’s other 777s) was chosen in recognition of the Royal Aeronautical Society. And it is also the first BA 777)

G-YMMO — British Airways — B777-200

G-MIDP — BMi British Midland — A320-200 (New Colours)

LN-ROB — SAS — MD-90-30

G-DOCI — British Airways — B737-400

G-EUPT — British Airways — A319-100

G-EUPA — British Airways — A319-100

G-JEAU — British European — British Aerospace BAe 146-100 (In AF colours)

9G-ANB — Ghana Airways — DC-10-30 (Another nice one)

CS-TNG — TAP Air Portugal — A319-100

SE-DIX — SAS — MD-82

9M-ADM — Air Malta — B737-300

EI-CPD — Aer Lingus — A321-200

B16465 — Eva Air — B747-400 (Another fav of the day for me)

G-MIDM — BMi British Midland — A321-200 (Old colours)

HB-IJS — Swiss — A320-200

OE-LBB — Austrian Airlines — A320-200

HB-IJL — Swiss — A320-200

G-CIVF — British Airways — B747-400

G-BOAD — British Airways — Aérospatiale Concorde 102 (Two in one day, parked up in the BA hanger)

G-BYGF — British Airways — B747-400

G-BNLF — British Airways — B747-400

G-YMMK — British Airways — B777-200

B-HOT — Cathay Pacific Airways — B747-400

VH-OJT — Qantas — B747-400

G-BPEC — British Airways — B757-200

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And thats the list of what I saw yesterday… sorry its a “little bit” long!!! :p

Hope you enjoyed looking at it. Hopefully first batch of pics will be with you tomorrow. 🙂

Cheers all.