London Heathrow Airport

Jumbo to Miami

Speedbird 209 in the Feltham turn bound for the bright lights of Miami.

N26910 B788 United

The same United Dreamliner that we shot from The Thistle Hotel leaves again within 1:50 of the landing on a spritely departure from 09R at Heathrow returning to Houston.

VHOQE A388 Qantas

GBYGB B744 British Airways

Finally a Jumbo

Once the mainstay of the Heathrow movements from any number of airlines, the jumbo jet is becoming an endangered species. We waited almost two hours to catch a jumbo, then typically two came along at once.

Anglo-Irish Minibuses

An Aer Lingus A320 on final while a BA Minibus taxies to Terminal 5.

Dirty Scandinavian

An A321 of Scandinavian in desperate need of a wash and wax. Makes Air France look clean frankly.

T5A

More British Airways jets at the main Terminal 5. Much as I dislike colour-popping, this image works well in my opinion, especially with the tricky backlighting issues.

T5B

An impressive line-up of heavy metal on Terminal 5B, with an American interloper spoiling the neat line of British Airways jets.

Little Red

Rumours abound that Virgin's domestic arm will be closing down soon, this may be the last shot I get of the Aer Lingus aircraft operating for them in full Virgin livery.

GZBJD B788 British Airways

B77W GSTBG British Airways

Delivered almost a year ago to the day of this shot, and looking like it needs to see a sponge! BA248 is in the flare over the piano keys on Runway 09L after a long flight from Rio de Janeiro.

N392AN B763 American

Sharklets

A new Lufthansa A320 with sharklets landing at LHR.

The SAS Landing

A Scandinavian Ailrines 737-800 reflects the piano keys on the nose as it flares onto 09L. Considering the popularity of the 737 worldwide this was the only one we saw all morning at LHR.

The BIG Bus

An Emirates A380 seconds from touchdown on 09L.

GBNWY B763 British airways

A Speedbird 767-300 arrives from Nassau, one of BA's older machines these days and destined for retirement in the coming years. Unusually for a 767 the BA machines have RR Trents, not a popular combination when the 767 was in the heyday but good for fleet commonality with the 747s.

YU-APB A319 Air Serbia

N825MH B764 Delta

United Dreamliner

The number of 787s is growing and there are now a number of regular operators into Heathrow, this United 788 is just arriving from Houston.

A7BAQ B77W Qatar Airways

Another huge B773 landing. When I was a kid it was all about the jumbo, but these days these big twins do the job more efficiently I guess. Shame, but the 777-300 is a looker.

Speedbird Bus

An A320 from British Airways in the flare on arrival from Brussels - one of my best panning shots of the morning.