Tu154-hoover (thats the sound on start up)
Il62-tube
ATP-sh**box(unique to Farnborough,after 4 years of seeing G-CORP every day)
737- pig
747-lump
sh*t slinger-727
smokey joe-Trident

on the lighter side
Cesspit-ant Cessna
Jet Banger-Jet Ranger
Mr McGoo-Renegade Spirit microlight after the first one locally was G-MGOO

As a regular spotter for 25 years its difficult to pick one out.
Personally the two Connies I saw flying commercially at Miami in 1990. Others the Hummingbird (Maldives) Cessna 208 Caravan floatplane at Shoreham in 2000. Gaoing back many years PK-BAZ CL44 at Lasham,CN-CCT Caravelle on my first trip to LHR in 1976 along with Pan Am and TWA 707’s,Gulf Air VC-10,KLM DC8’s…etc Other highlights are going to Berlin and Warsaw in 1990 with wall to wall IL18’s,Tu134’s etc. Going to Barbados and sitting on the hotel balcony while LIAT and Carib Star DHC8’s fly along the beach! Going to Boeings and Airbus factorys…
As for unuasuall biz jets a Venezulan Westwind,Gutemarlan Learjet and the Australian 125 that turned up here at Farnborough one day.
I still don’t know why I spot, think its the challenge? It gets me out of the house,espically when there is a airport at the bottom of the road.

Beleive me its sometimes difficult to get a space on the yellows, plenty of spaces in the official carpark though! Another good trick is noting when the attendant goes to lunch, you get a free hour until he comes back.

The best place for about a year(1999-2000) was what is now the site of the Virgin hangar by the fire ‘aircraft’. It was clear ground and gave good views of the runway. It was only known by locals but was hassle free even though it was next to a security post, even had a burger van! Of course the Virgin hangar changed all that.

Also there is a far grater number of potential pax in London that in Dublin, simple.
Not been to DUB for about 12 years and it was a pretty quiet airport then. Had Ryanair BAC1-11’s, and HS748’s!Also EIN SD360’s and 747’s. There was not much in the way of foreign traffic then. Although we saw some interesting Aeroflot flights at Shannon.

Gatwick is just as bad as LHR. You can see nothing departing 26 until it lifts off from the deck. You can see nothing on the left side of the central pier or on the ‘domestic’ peir. The carpark might give a better prospect but I have not used to for ages. The top was closed to cars,not sure about the attitude to pedistrians.
As for LHR the visitors centre is the best bet. It can be got to by bus,but I dont know which ones though. I am sure the info desk in the bus station would help? It has a cafe,toilets etc and has good views of 27R and T1 stands.

All I can say is WOW, wish I was about in those days! Some more info on those shown that I have(only have 7XXXm info onwards).
photo 6 7214M Meteor F8 VZ464
photo 7 7165M Meteor F3 EE278
photo 13 7148M Bristol Buckmaster RP151, the only Buckmaster in the 7 series, so may bee the same one in both photos?

My earliest copy of Wrecks and Relics(issue 3,1968) lists
Vulcan B1 X3
Comet C2 x2
Sycamore X3
Provest X2
Belvedere X1
Twin Pioneer X1
Canberra x7
Hunter F4 X7
Spit RW386
and the Beaufighter front, I am sure there would have been more in the workshops?

Personally I remmeber the Argosys,Hunters,JP’s and Gnats.

So the fact that its a LA4 amphibian and can take off from water has escaped the good old press;) . BASO used to be based at Popham, I heard the owner had ditched a previous aircrft in the channel so decided on a seaplane just incase! The photo looks quite false, and the aircraft is probable 1/2 a mile out to see, but what does that matter!

This is very good news. The greatest moment in my spotting ‘career’ was seeing Connies operating from Miami in 1990. One at the old while another landed. If only we in the UK could do something like this. But I guess its a combination off the CAA and ‘if its not WW2 its not worth it’. Would rather see a connie than a squadron of Spits:D .