Fantastic as always,great detail to this report,a great read,

Thanks for taking the time to post;)

The older 737’s up to EI-DAG,have the older cabins AFAIK,the cloth seats,which are horrible,so that’s another reason they’re being disposed of,also not all of FR’s fleet is owned outright,so there is some sort of link between selling the original’s,which FR owns,and replacing them with aircraft on leases,so when the lease expires when a C check is needed,its sent back and a shiny new one comes from seattle to replace it.

With all the shots,they seem slightly over-sharpenend..just a touch,editing on quality screens like LCD or HD makes it harder to judge,i’ve noticed this myself with my laptop,the photos look too sharp when viewed on a regular TFT monitor,just one of those things i guess.

I actually think heathrow is rather good for spotting/photographing,the spots are very good,the buses around the airport are excellent & free!,what i did when i was over at heathrow,was take the 285 bus around to hatton cross,cross the road and walk the bit down to myrtle avenue,once 3pm came,i walked back to hatton cross and got the 285 back around the 27R,there’s a bus stop right under the approach,i crossed the road,and went to the bus stop on that side of the road,i got some excellent angles & stayed dry,even though it bucketed down,no i had no experience of travelling around heathrow & i have to say it was very very easy:

Some example shots:

27L

27R