Thanks MSR777 and Culpano for your comments. Agree it is indeed surprising IranAir is still going at LHr. Such a shame the light isn’t so good all year round!

TAM B77W

PT-MUE TAM B77W at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

And the TAM A332:

PT-MVC TAM A332 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Air Algerie 737:

7T-VKB Air Algerie B738 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Tarom A318:

YR-ASA Tarom A318 at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Emirates B77W, unfortunately the lunchtime A380 departed to AMS with low fuel!

A6-ECE Emirates B77W at Heathrow EGLL by AeroPics, on Flickr

Hope these are of interest, only a selection of some, with more on my flickr page.

Thanks ~Alan~, FLY.BUY, EGTC and Matt-100 for your comments, glad these were of interest.

~Alan~ – Yes N92SR was on Stand 2 at the end of the new terminal stands for the past week, along with a Rossiya A319. The ex. Queen’s flight 146 is as far as I know long gone.

Matt-100 – Sunny Southend-on-Sea has certainly been living up to its reputation over a few weekends, but its not always sunny unfortunately. Do tend to miss out on the worst of the weather thanks to the position in the South-East.

FLY.BUY – I would estimate that there are at least 10 146s, 2 ATPs and also a couple of 748s remaining at Southend. They are parked in various places scattered around the airfield, and none are generally in a decent place to photograph. The number of 146s has reduced by a few this year with at least 5 which were previously in storage departing (including a couple of ex. Flightline examples) and a couple others being scrapped. If any are in a decent position, i will endeavor to photograph the,m!

Thanks for your comments EGTC and Doors4.

There’s always a lot of luck required for diversion, the aircraft following the Embraer which diverted landed, however G-CLYP had insufficient fuel to try another approach.

I have to agree about the Cityjet livery, certainly not a patch on the old VLM one, and the terrible weather didn’t help things.

Thanks cloud_9, Bristol_Rob, ~Alan~ and Culpano for your comments. Ben a lucky run of sunshine at Southend at weekends recently, and the rain doesn’t always quite make it to Southend.

Thanks Matt-100, Craigston_Tom, MANAIRPORTMAD!!, Bristol_Rob and Doors4 your comments, I’m glad you like them. All made by the very nice light, if only this sort of weather happened more often in winter.

Doors4 – Certainly a shame the Firefly seems to be gone but I think the BA golden ‘pigeons’ are quite nice! Certainly something a bit different.

Not quite sure whether I prefer the new or old United livery, but they are IMO both very nice. Any 747 from an American carrier is a nice catch in the UK.

Agree certainly by738 that the Cathay titles on the 777-300ER are undersized, and the BA ones to a lesser extent.

EGTC, yes the plan is to have C5-GAF flying again and sent back to the Gambia. Was quite an important step for it to do high power engine runs again, albeit with a hitch, as it had to shut down half way through.