Thanks for sharing! You should pop over to Le Bourget when we are there!

Thanks for your comment 27vet, and Le Bourget is a place I would like to visit! Equally, ATC Lasham at Southend is most experienced in accepting executive 727s and a few would welcome a visit of your aircraft!

Thanks Culpano, crispy, and barney for your comments too.

Barney: Unfortunately I don’t work airside – and all the photos were taken from public areas. Although a few of the old spots have been lost – the runweay extnesion ahs created some excellent spots. Many of the photos were taken from the 06 end of the runway which has good views from by the church and on the raised footpath on the other side. The Anotnov and the Air Astana photos were taken through the fence by Viscount House (as Alan said, by the old terminal).

Here’s a couple more photos from yesterday of the second 737 for Discovery Air going flying on a short airtest under its Nigerian registration. It is the former G-TOYK:

5N-BQP Discovery Air B733 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr

5N-BQP Discovery Air B733 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr

Thanks EGTC and Alan!

Superb! That could well be one of, if not the last 727 departure out of Southend. Great Aeroplane.

Thanks Crispy. Unfortunately you may be right! Even in 2011 727 movements were reasonably frequent with at least 3 different aircraft visiting sometimes multiple times a year for maintenance. In 2012 however there were none at all! I agree, a great aeroplane and still excellent to them fly today.

Thanks garryrussell, glens45 and crispy. I’m glad you like them, as I’ve been pretty fortunate with the weather for the time of year.

garryrussell: Yes I believe that may have been its very last flight under under the TCX AOC. It was at Southend for end of lease maintenance and it was departing to Manchester as TCX32M.

A final one from today in the sun, a Malmo RJ100 in the special Swedish football team scheme:

SE-DSU Malmo Aviation RJ1H at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr

Thanks Gary and Mike.

You are correct Newforest, the gear doors look like unusual because the gear is retracting – a quirk of the old ATR!

Thanks Mr Merry, rab5869, Culpano and EGTC.

Culpano – Could not agree more – well worth waiting for! Good luck with the weather around Christmas and with getting the TAM 767… Should be around for a few more years yet as it isn’t even a couple of years old!

And a final Part III: some late afternoon shots:

ANA 777:

JA784A ANA B77W at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Singapore 777:

9V-SWV Singapore Airlines B77W at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

JAL 777:

JA734J Japan Airlines B77W at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

The inaugural Philippine Airlines service from Manila:

RP-C7773 Philippine Airlines B77W at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

The BA A380 running slightly late from LAX: An excellent livery for the A380:

G-XLEC British Airways A388 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Slightly smaller BA Airbus performing a go around:

G-EUPU British Airways A319 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

A tiny KLM F.70:

PH-KZU KLM F.70 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

An AZAL A340 on its first visit to Heathrow replacing the scheduled A320! Quite an upgrade:

4K-AZ86 Azerbaijan Airlines A345 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

A Kuwaiti A300

9K-AMB Kuwait Airways A300 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

And finally – just as the sun had almost set – another Malaysian A380:

9M-MNC Malaysia Airlines A388 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Two excellent days – but still some more bits to catch! I hope these are of interest.