Heathrow Airport 2004 - 2013 The Last of the Glory Years....? -- Plane spotting
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2017
- The final part of my photo video series brings us up to the era when I switched from taking photos to filming with a video camera.
It shows what I consider the end of the good days at Heathrow Airport, when there was still a perfect fusion of new planes/classic planes and a good dose of VIP action!
2005 perfectly sums up what Heathrow used to be all about, I would show up and be surprised by something special!
Although I still film at Heathrow occasionally, the airport has lost it's soul and now is a shell of it's former self. I hope this 5 part series of videos keeps the memories alive and reminds people of the greatness that was once London Heathrow Airport.
Iberia Boeing 757,Luxair Embraer 145, Transavia 737-800
Iberia MD87, Air France Brit Air Canadair RJ 200
SAS MD90, Cross Air Embraer 145, BonairExel Embraer 145
SAS MD87, Airbus Industry A320 Demonstrator
Snowflake MD80, bmi Star Alliance A320, bmi A320
SAS MD80, JAT 737-400, Flightline Avro RJ / BAE 146
Aero Continente Boeing 737-300, Air Canada A340-300
Royal Air Maroc A321, 757, Icelandair 757, Jersey European 146
JAT 737-300, Air France 146, Tyrolean Fokker 100, Swiss Sun A320
Aer Lingus Boeing 737-400, Uzbekistan 757, Libyan Arab A320
Air Baltic 737-500, Turkmenistan 757, Korean Air Cargo 747-400
Malev Boeing 737-400, Asiana 777-200, EVA Air Cargo MD-11
Malev 737-500, Bangladesh Airlines DC-10, TAP Air Portugal A321
Luxair 737-500, Royal Jet 737-500, Qatar Airways A319
Malaysian Airlines 747-400, Austrian Airlines MD87, MEA A330
Lauda Air 737-500, Qatar Airways A330, Cimber Air Canadair RJ200, DHL 757, Nouvelair A320, TAP Air Portugal A319,
Air Malta 737-300, Saudia 777-200, Aer Lingus A320,
CSA 737-400, Air Canada A330, Titan Airways 737-300,
LOT 737-500, British Airways Concorde, Gulf Air A330,
KTHY 737-400, Jet Airways A340-300, Air Mauritius A340-300
bmi A319, Iberia A340-300, Egyptair A340-300, Virgin Nigeria A340-300, Air Canada A340-500, BWIA A340-300, World Airways MD-11
British Airways 747-400, Saudia MD-11, EVA Air Cargo MD-11,
American 777-200, Air India 747-200, Air Plus 747-200,
KLM 737-400, Iran Air 747-100, South African 747-400,
East African 767-300, Singapore Airlines Star Alliance 747-400
Kenya Airways 777-200, Malaysian Airlines 747-400, Qantas 747-400, United Airlines 747-400, Saudia 747SP, Japan Airlines 747-400, YES Tristar L1011, Euro Atlantic Tristar, Ariana Afghan A300,
British Airways A319, Iraqi Airways Boeing 767-200, Russian Government IL62 ,USAF C22 757, Aeroflot IL96, Bellview 767-200, Air India Express 737-800, Russian Government IL76, Air Plus Comet A310, Ethiopian 737-700, Air Baltic 737-500, Austrian Airlines A321, Emirates A330, Air France 737-500, United Airlines 767-300, Palmair 737-200, Virgin Atlantic 747-400, Lauda Air 777-200, HollandExel 767-300, Air Algerie 767-300, Air Algerie A330, Malev 767-200, Malev Fokker 70, Hellas jet A320, Snowflake 737-800, LOT Embraer 170, Varig 777-200, Swiss A330, Iceland Air 767-300, Lauda Air 737-600, Lauda Air A320, British Airways Chelsea Rose 777-200, Turkish Airlines A340-300, Lufthansa Canadair RJ200, KLM 767-300, Aviogenex 737-200, Denim Airways Fokker 50, Croatia Airways Star Alliance A320, Virgin Atlantic A340-600, United Airlines 777-200, Lufthansa Retro jet A320, Cathay Pacific 747-400, LOT 737-500, Alitalia A320, Afriqiyah A320, Finnair A320, Excel Airways 757, Titan Airways Avro RJ, Air France Embraer 145, TAP Air Portugal A310, British Airways Blue Peter 757, Tyrolean Canadair RJ200, EL AL 767-200, Braathens 737-500, Terminal 5, Kuwait Airways 747-400, Futura 737-900, Terminal 3, NWA Northwest A330, bmi 757, Delta 767-200, Continental 767-200, EL AL 777-200, KLM Fokker 50, Turkish A321, Eurowings Canadair RJ200, Varig 767-300, Singapore Airlines A380 first flight to Heathrow, Olympic A320, Continental 777-200, Blue1 MD90, Delta 767-400, Air China A330, KLM Retro 737-800, British Airways Retro Boeing 757, Heathrow Control Tower
Aeroflight A321
Air France A319
Tunis Air A320
Croatia Airways A320
Swiss A321
Austrian A320, Eritrean Airlines 767-200 - Авто та транспорт
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I love this! Oh how I miss the early 2000s...especially with my Virgin Atlantic 744s G-VFAB, obviously the best of the 747s, really really miss the 4 engine 4 long haul days...Thank you for the throwback
Officially my favourite video on youtube!!! Absolute miss and think about these days, I share your sentiment about 2005. We have really lost our way now sadly :( Thank you for making this, really keeps those old vibes going strong!
Thanks Adam, it was a real labour of love for me to produce this video and the others in the series. Your comment made my day! This is why we do what we do, to keep these great memories alive.
You're very welcome David. I was having a conversation with another member on my London Area Aviation group on Facebook and I want to echo what was said here.
Spotting before FlightRadar24 was always a surprise! Now that element of surprise is gone as you now what's coming in already and specials don't really give you the same excitement anymore when you know it's inbound. It's a shame as FR24 is such a good tool. Problem is these days we rely on it too much to only go for the good stuff. I remember 12 hour days around LHR in 2002-2005 watching and waiting for every arrival just in case the 'one' came in. That anticipation of a special, and then one coming in out of the blue, being able to catch it and feeling great about it .. yeah, that's what spotting was all about!!! The newer generation of spotters just will never experience that and that's a little sad. The buzz and excitement made it what it is.
100% with you on that Adam. That element of surprise now no longer exists in so many other areas of our lives - we are saturated nowadays with too much information in aviation and otherwise... You can't beat the thrill of surprise! Like my videos surprised you!! LOL
Really enjoyed this one David. Your music choices are phenomenal and fit the images perfectly. My father and I went to LHR for the first time for spotting in summer 2008 from Texas. I was only 14 at the time but the memories now of spending time with my dad and photographing some real classics from the Iran 741 to the Biman DC-10 are making me a bit emotional! Really great times. We got to go back in 2010 and 2011 and I went on my own in 2014 and 2015. I've photographed many of the same aircraft you have great images of, all at LHR. i've been to countless other Euro airports but nothing holds up to the magic and warmth of LHR. Been fortunate enough to have even flown on some of these great classics you have images of, all from LHR. The likes of the Iran A300, Kuwait A300, Kuwait 747, etc. Thanks for this nice memento. Bill
Hi Bill, thanks so much for your kind words about my Heathrow videos, at the time I took these pictures I knew that many of these planes were at the end of their useful lives (or would not be around for too many more years) and I was glad to capture them on film. I would agree 100% on what you say about Heathrow, it does have a magic about it and I think that shows in these videos. Cheers
What a story 'WillScary', I was 13 coming on 14 when I first came to Heathrow to log the planes, known as just London Airport then, and you mentioning your Dad made me think of my own Dad with pride!
So many fantastic photos, they bring back memories for me, especially the Star Alliance Singapore 747, which I flew SIN-LHR once. The 90s and early 2000s were the era of the 747, and you managed to catch the best looking ones!
Thanks so much Henry, I'm glad the photos/video brought back plenty of good times for you.
I was on that SQ A380 Both Inaugural in bound and outbound.
Another great watch. Like I said on your Concorde/Trident removal/BA 747-100 retirement video these need to be printed into a book. You’ve been around for so many key events.
Thank you, I will look into what you have said, I'm glad you enjoyed all the memories and hard work! Please feel free to share this video with others who love Heathrow/Aviation. Cheers again
MrFlashjet - The Heathrow Airport Archive, MrFlashjet - The Heathrow Airport Archive, I have sent your concorde retirement/BA 747 retirement video to an airline pilot on twitter with about 8 thousand followers, he shared it this morning so hopefully you’ll pick up some views from that. I would certainly buy such a book if you made one!
I saw an IL96 take off over my office window when I worked near Hatton Cross, banked hard right and I though it was an A340 until I could actually see the full thing.. what a beauty... no footage or records of it anywhere online but I remember it clear as day, wasn’t Cubana or Aeroflot neither I don’t think....
I watched this again last Saturday with a beer and you have a way with videos and adding great music. This was my best half hour last weekend, I was sent watching this. Fantastic photos, some new to me, some brought back great memories and most of all made me realise just how much Heathrow had changed so much since those days and that was before Covid! I reiterate that I thought this was a really classy video, seems unbelievable that you are not a professional and hand hold your camera whilst filming!!
Thanks so much Glyn, when I read comments like this it makes it all worth it. Yes, these really are days we will NEVER see again, how glad I was to be part of it all back then.
Brilliant Video Thanks For Sharing Iv Subbed And Liked Big Thanks
Another absolutely superb video, the worst bit of it was it ended, I just did not want it to end, I want part 6!!!! So many questions to ask, how I covet some of those A340s, no longer flying to Heathrow and the Jumbos. Did that Pulkovo TU-154 really come in during 2009?! I missed it! Those Ethiopian 737 and Air India Express are fantastic to see at Heathrow! And the first commercial flight of an A380 into Heathrow occurred on my birthday!
Cheers Glyn, Part 6 is ALL of my moving videos! You have 500+ to watch! LOL That's your home work for the next 3 years!!
This was the A340 era and I was glad I had the foresight to nail a lot of them, moving images as well (all 19 Virgin 346 in one video, plus lots of the 343 too). We had Pulkovo 154's for several years on and off during 2003/4 - 2010, the Ethiopian was a VIP flight and the AI Express was a delivery flight that took off at 5pm on a Sunday afternoon and it was packed with photographers on that fence!! Glory days! VT-AXC was also delivered through Heathrow but went out late at night... A delivery flight taking off on a Sunday evening nowadays just wouldn't happen! BAA/HAL want all the slot money from BIG carriers, in those day's it was just the Terminal shops.
2009 was in the days when I did not get the due lists on e-mail, it was just hit and miss with me then. It must have been quite a sight seeing all the photographers at the fence, I suppose those good old days the powers that be did not move us all on!
Yes, BAA/HAL's greed mean we miss out on most deliveries, diversions and cargo flights although the QR and CL have gone against the grain so all is not lost I suppose. Yes, I have many hours of videos to watch plus I will watch all 5 epics again!!