Afraid not. I was really hoping that I’d get one of an Aer Lingus A330 as I saw one last time I was there but didn’t get a picture because my camera had been stolen, hopefully next time I’ll get one.

Thanks guys! Andrew I’m afraid I’m about to make you even more jealous as there was not just one, but two EAL 742s at Gatwick yesterday 🙂 The other was parked over in the maintenance area and was also wearing the old livery, this time with the blue strip. Furthermore last time I was at Gatwick in July I was also lucky enough to see an EAL 742 wearing the new livery!

I had to go and check in again, but, yes the photos were taken after I had passed through security for my flight back. I first visited in June when I flew Stansted-Blackpool-Dublin-Stansted, I’d really recommend it, it’s a great airport!

I’m going to be doing Stansted-Brussels (South!)-Liverpool-Dublin-Stansted next month which should make for a very interesting (and long!) day!

Thanks for the EAL info. wannabe pilot, I use a very bog standard off the shelf digital camera, a Fujifilm FinePix 2600Zoom. It’s nothing special, only does 2.0 Mega Pixels and 3x Zoom, but it meets my requirements.

I did indeed just go to Dublin for the day to go spotting, as you may know I’m in the middle of my Oxford Air Training Selection process and so I decided I needed a day off studying and panicking just to relax and have a good time.

All the photos I took in Dublin are taken through windows in the terminal (airside). I didn’t really get a chance to go and have a look outside of the terminal for good spots as my flight back left only 4 hours after I landed!

This was the best shot I could get of the aircraft I flew back on, as I said earlier, it’s the newest addition to the fleet.