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By: - 21st August 2003 at 21:58 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Excellent report
By: - 21st August 2003 at 22:04 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Glad you enjoyed it - I'm local to Stansted also, I'm in Chelmsford, about 20 minutes drive.
I was supposed to be at LHR today myself, but couldn't go as my mates car was stolen from a car park yesterday. Sub-human scum.
By: - 21st August 2003 at 22:13 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I live in Bishop's Stortford, the nearest town to Stansted. I have been spotting there since I was about 8 and i've been collecting registrations since about the age of 10 or 11. I am glad that there is an airport locally to go to but I hate the idea of it being dominated by Ryanair, which it practically is at the moment. It can be interesting sometimes but nothing beats Heathrow
By: - 21st August 2003 at 22:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Nothing wrong with Ryanair - poss my fav airline, love their scheme.
By: - 21st August 2003 at 22:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Excellent report and list to boot.... what a selection. Im glad you had a good time Wannabe. And I must just say you luckgit for getting to see the BWIA 340!
Cheers mate.
LN, sorry to hear about your mates car. Some people just have nothing better to do!:mad:
By: - 21st August 2003 at 22:30 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Ta - it's not my car and I'm fuming. Really has annoyed me, chronically. Just winds me up - instead of harrassing plane spotters, the police should be out there stopping this kind of thing from happening!
By: - 21st August 2003 at 22:33 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Talking of harrasing Plane spotters.... up at our LHR meet the other week, I couldn't but notice how many people who are driving pass, shout things at us... all nasty things.
I think it was at least on 5 if not more occassions, that we were all called W*nkers. Whats the point? Grrrrrr!:mad: :rolleyes: :mad:
By: - 21st August 2003 at 22:36 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Yeh - you get that everywhere. I get it when I'm at Lakenheath, Waddington, Heathrow - our country is largely occupied by these yobs I'm afraid.
You've got to have a hobby, whether it's planes, trains, stitching, drawing, whatever - those who don't are the kind of people who steal cars and shout abuse at those who have something to do with their time.
Sad really, but at the end of the day, it's their problem. I'm not going to stop what I'm doing because some loser in a car called me a name - and it's a reflection on them and their level of interlectualism that they find it amusing.
By: - 21st August 2003 at 23:16 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Originally posted by A330Crazy
I think it was at least on 5 if not more occassions, that we were all called W*nkers. Whats the point? Grrrrrr!:mad: :rolleyes: :mad:
Andy,
did you notice that the guy in the lorry hit the kerb, he was so busy shouting at us? You always get singled out if you do something a bit different. To be honest I find it funny, that a moron like that thinks he can judge me. I'd rather be an anorak than some mindless eejit whose sole aim in life is to spend his wages in a pub toilet.
Regards,
kev35
By: - 21st August 2003 at 23:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Originally posted by kev35
I'd rather be an anorak than some mindless eejit whose sole aim in life is to spend his wages in a pub toilet.
Right on Kev! :) Power to the spotters!
By: - 21st August 2003 at 23:23 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Went to LHR this afternoon, to the now famous Myrtle Ave, in all the years Ive been going to LHR ive never been to this grassy little knoll by the A4, you dont even need your bins cos the a/c are that low.
Heres my log for the afternoon
G-EUUP...........BA.....A320
F-GKXJ............Air France...A320
A6-EMU...........Emirates....B777
HB-IPV............SWISS......A319
RA96005.........Aeroflot.......IL86
5B DBD...........Cyprus.........A320
OK YGU..........CSA..............B737
G-TTOH..........BA.................A320
CS-DHG.........BIZ...............Citation
ZS AOL..........BIZ...............GULF V
N900VL.........BIZ................FALCON 900
VH OJO..........QANTAS........B747
EC-ICS...........IBERIAN.......A320
G-TTOF...........BA................A320
TC-JFJ............TURKISH.......B737
9V-SFH..........SINGAPORE....B747F
HZ-AIV...........SAUDI...........B747
G-VMEG..........VIRGIN.........A346
CN-RNQ..........MAROC.........B737
SE-REG...........SAS..............A321
EC-IIG.............IBERIAN......A320
G-EUUR..........BA................A320
A40-LH..........GULF.............A340
G-VFOX..........VIRGIN..........A346
Dave
By: - 21st August 2003 at 23:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Dave just incase you should want to know who the owners of the bizjets are:
CS-DHG --- Netjets
ZS-AOL --- Anglo Aircraft
Not sure on the last one, sorry. :)
By: - 22nd August 2003 at 12:02 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I also noticed that from Myrtle avenue if you look toward the maintenance areas, between the hangars you can see the aircraft taxiing toward 27R. If the aircraft have the last two letters of the registration on the tail, you can usually work them out and if they are at the right angle you can sometimes see the whole registration on the side of the aircraft. This is how I got the registration of the BWIA A340, which A330 Crazy seemed to be envious about!
PS LN Strike Eagle as you live locally to Stansted do you go there often? If so which spots do you think are best? I tend to either go to the fire training center if they are on 23 or just outside the long-stay car parks if they are on 05.
By: - 22nd August 2003 at 13:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
For 23 I go under the approach - there's a gate that takes you to a field, and theres a lay-by to park opposite the gate. Never been there when they're using 05.
Haven't been for ages, last went in May but we were moved on after seing one plane land, and the last time I took a decent photo there was late Jan/early Feb.
I'll post a couple of pics taken from under the 23 approach in a moment.
By: - 22nd August 2003 at 13:11 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Here we go then - this one was taken out on the road, next to the layby in a clearing through the hedge, actually a farm track I think.
The tree wasn't intentional, but I quite like the effect, kind of "arty". Also shows the fact that it was taken in the middle of winter!
By: - 22nd August 2003 at 13:12 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Taken from the field with the gate, takes you to the corner of the perimiter fence.
By: - 22nd August 2003 at 13:13 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
And this one is taken when they're using 05, I told a little white lie. :) Taken from the 23 end though....
By: - 22nd August 2003 at 13:53 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Great photos, have you ever tried putting any of them on airliners.net
I have a few photos as I have been up the control tower, I have one of the cargo ramp which has a line up of a Titan ATR 42, a TNT 146 and a BA world cargo 747. I just tried putting it on but it wont except it. I will try messing around with it to make it a smaller file size then I will try again.
By: - 22nd August 2003 at 16:10 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Does any one know of a website that has information and operators/type of aircraft on all the worlds airliner registrations. I know that there are certain sites that list for example G- or F-, but is there just one that lists them all?
By: - 22nd August 2003 at 17:05 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thx - I've got three photos on Airliners, I prefer JetPhotos- search for my name there, there's 360 uploaded.
Try searching for the registrations on Airliners and JetPhotos, you get the results from the database with all the relevant info, registrations, operators, types etc.
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By: wannabe pilot - 21st August 2003 at 21:43
Firstly I would like to say thank you to every one that told me about spotting and everything at Heathrow because eventually I got up there on Monday. I left the town where I live on the train at 9:35 and then 2 hours later after travelling right from the East to the West of London, arrived at Hatton Cross at around 11am.
After getting off at Hatton cross a Tarom 737 flew over straight away, and then after crossing the main road and turning right past the petrol station I come across the well known Myrtle Avenue, right next to the approach lights and just a couple of hundred feet from the runway.
I stayed there until 3 when they changed from 27L to 27R, and then went back to Hatton Cross and got on the bus to the Visitors center. It was not brilliant and atleast it was free, but I could sit down with a drink and continue collecting registrations, with the aid of the arrivals screens situated there.
I live just 4 miles from Stansted airport and so I spend most of my weekends there, but this was just brilliant. Not a single Ryanair or Easyjet! Even the BA A319's going over every 2 minutes were extremely welcome when all I am used to is Ryanair, Easyjet and a few charter or cargo airlines here and there. I don't think I saw anything that would be out of the ordinary to other Heathrow spotters, but everything was out of the ordinary to me. I think the best though have to be 2 Air Jamaica A340's in an hour, the All Nippon 747 in Pokemon colours, 3 British Midlands painted in Star Alliance colours and an Aeroflot Ilyushin 96.
I have a list of all the aircraft and their registrations here that I saw and although to other Heathrow spotters these would be nothing special I am going to post every single one so that people that have never been there can see what it really is like, and not just pick out the best ones.
Here goes:
G-BVJA Bmi/ Fokker 100
G-EUPL BA/ A319-131
G-VHOT Virgin/ 747-4Q8
SX-BEK Olympic Airways/ A300B4 605R
G-BVJC Bmi/ Fokker 100
G-VSEA Virgin/ A340-311
G-CPET BA/ 757-236
G-MIDA Bmi/ A321-231
G-CIVT BA/ 747-436
N766AN American Airlines/ 777-223ER
G-EUPU BA/ A319-131
G-BYGF BA/ 747-436
G-MEDF BA/ A321-231
G-YMME BA/ 777-236ER
G-BVJB Bmi/ Fokker 100
G-EUPD BA/ A319-131
G-EUOD BA/ A319-131
G-BUSH BA/ A320-211
PH-KVI KLM Cityhopper/ Fokker 50
TF-FIV Icelandair/ 757-208
G-VSUN Virgin/ A340-313
N761AJ American Airlines/ 777-223ER
G-EUOC BA/ A319-131
G-CPEO BA/ 757-236
G-CIVA BA/ 747-436
G-EUPF BA/ A319-131
G-MIDO Bmi/ A320-232
OY-KBH SAS/ A321-232
G-BYGA BA/ 747-436
G-BNWZ BA/ 767-336ER
N786UA United/ 777-222ER
A6-EMS Emirates/ 777-31H
G-MIDT Bmi/ A320-232
G-BUSC BA/ A320-111
I-BIXO Alitalia/ A321-112
VH-OJS Qantas/ 747-438
C-FOCA Air Canada/ 767-375ER
G-BNLH BA/ 747-436
D-AVRH Lufthansa Cityline/ 146 RJ85
G-MIDH Bmi/ A321-231
G-EUUM BA/ A320-232
9Y-TJN BWIA/ A340-313
G-EUUO BA/ A320-232
C-GEOU Air Canada/ 767-375ER
G-EUUB BA/ A320-232
G-BPED BA/ 757-236ER
C-GDSP Air Canada/ 767-375ER
G-YMMA BA/ 777-236ER
G-MIDS Bmi/ A320-232
D-AIPT Lufthansa/ A320-211
F-GJVA Air France/ A320-211
EC-GRH Iberia/ A320-211
YU-ANH JAT/ 737-3H9
G-MEDE BA/ A321-232
G-BNWN BA/ 767-336ER
G-CPEL BA/ 757-236
G-MIDF Bmi/ A321-231
EI-CPF Aer Lingus/ A321-211
HB-IJJ Swiss/ A320-214
CS-TNN TAP Air Portugal/ A320-214
G-CIVP BA/ 747-436
RA-96007 Aeroflot/ Ilyushin-96 300
N797UA United/ 777-222ER
G-CPEN BA/ 757-236
G-MEDH BA/ A320-232
G-EUOE BA/ A319-131
G-EUOH BA/ A319-131
G-EUPJ BA/ A319-131
G-EUOF BA/ A319-131
HB-IJQ Swiss/ A320-214
SE-DYG SAS/ 737-883
LN-RLE SAS/ DC-9 82
LX-LGI Luxair/ Emb 145LR
G-BPEI BA/ 757-236ER
G-EUUF BA/ A320-232
G-JEAU Fly Be/ 146-100 (Air France cs)
G-EUPG BA/ A319-131
G-BNWW BA/ 767-336ER
G-EUUJ BA/ A320-232
G-EUPW BA/ A319-131
G-EUUC BA/ A320-232
G-RCEJ Unknown/ BAe-125 800B
EI-CPD Aer Lingus/ A321-211
G-BUSK BA/ A320-211
N754AN American Airlines/ 777-223ER
G-BNWX BA/ 767-336ER
EI-BXK Aer Lingus/ 737-448 (Web titles)
G-BNLI BA/ 747-436
4X-AXH El Al/ 747-258B
PH-BDE KLM/ 737-306
F-GFKD Air France/ A320-111
G-YMMI BA/ 777-236ER
C-GHLT Air Canada/ 767-375ER
G-MIDZ Bmi/ A320-232
G-BZHA BA/ 767-336ER
6Y-JMP Air Jamaica/ A340-313X
G-CIVK BA/ 747-436
G-EUPN BA/ A319-131
PP-VQX Varig/ MD-11
F-OMEB MEA/ A330-243
G-MIDU Bmi/ A320-232
D-AIRP Lufthansa/ A321-131
G-BNWS BA/ 767-336ER
G-MIDX Bmi/ A320-232 (Star Alliance cs)
G-VIIU BA/ 777-236ER
G-JEAX Fly Be/ 146-200 (Brit European cs)
D-AILB Lufthansa/ A319-114
HB-IPV Swiss/ A319-112
4R-ADB Sri Lankan/ A340-311
G-EUPB BA/ A319-131
G-MEDA BA/ A320-231
G-EUUI BA/ A320-232
G-MIDR Bmi/ A320-232
G-BUSD BA/ A320-111
YR-BGC Tarom/ 737-38J
D-AIPR Lufthansa/ A320-211
C-FPCA Air Canada/ 767-375ER
G-VIID BA/ 777-236ER
G-BNLK BA/ 747-436
SU-GAS Egypt Air/ A300B4 622R
EI-CDC Aer Lingus/ 737-548 (Web titles)
G-BUSB BA/ A320-111
G-EUUE BA/ A320-232
G-MIDW Bmi/ A320-232 (Star Alliance cs)
G-MIDY Bmi/ A320-232
D-AIAY Lufthansa/ A300B4 605R
EC-ILO Iberia/ A321-211
OE-LFH Tyrolean/ Fokker 70
OK-DGM CSA/ 737-45S
G-TTOB BA/ A320-232
G-EUUK BA/ A320-232
PH-BDT KLM/ 737-406
EI-CVA Aer Lingus/ A320-214
G-MIDP Bmi/ A320-232
G-DOCM BA/ 737-436
G-MIDL Bmi/ A321-231 (Star Alliance cs)
OE-LBT Austrian Airlines/ A320-214
G-BNLE BA/ 747-436
G-MIDM Bmi/ A321-231
EC-HDT Iberia/ A320-214
G-EUPO BA/ A319-131
G-VIIN BA/ 777-236ER
G-ZZZB BA/ 777-236ER
A40-KC Gulf Air/ A330-243
G-EUUG BA/ A320-232
EI-CVC Aer Lingus/ A320-214
G-VBIG Virgin/ 747-4Q8
G-EUPZ BA/ A319-131
G-BNLF BA/ 747-436
G-BUSG BA/ A320-211
G-EUPA BA/ A319-131
G-EUPY BA/ A319-131
G-CPEM BA/ 757-236
6Y-JMM Air Jamaica/ A340-313X
G-BUSJ BA/ A320-211
G-EUOA BA/ A319-131
G-DOCV BA/ 737-436
OH-LZD Finnair/ A321-211
9V-SMJ Singapore Airlines/ 747-412
G-BNLT BA/ 747-436
G-ZZZC BA/ 777-236ER
G-VIIG BA/ 777-236ER
ZS-SAJ South African Airways/ 747-312
JA8962 All Nippon/ 747-481 (Pokemon cs)
G-EUPP BA/ A319-131
G-CPES BA/ 757-236
SP-LLB LOT/ 737-45D
G-BNWB BA/ 767-336ER
G-EUPR BA/ A319-131
G-MIDT Bmi/ A320-232
G-BPEE BA/ 757-236ER
G-EUPV BA/ A319-131
I-BIXC Alitalia/ A321-112
G-EUPT BA/ A319-131
G-EUPC BA/ A319-131
OY-KBE SAS/ A321-232
G-BNWA BA/ 767-336ER
B-HOS Cathay Pacific/ 747-467
G-EUOI BA/ A319-131
I-DAWS Alitalia/ DC-9 82
CN-RNQ Royal Air Maroc/ 737-7B6
G-MIDJ Bmi/ A321-231
PH-BDU KLM/ 737-406
SX-DFA Olympic Airways/ A340-313X
G-VFAB Virgin/ 747-4Q8
F-GFKM Air France/ A320-211
G-BPEC BA/ 757-236ER
D-ABXN Lufthansa/ 737-330
G-TTOE BA/ A320-232
SU-GBS Egypt Air/ 777-266ER
G-EUUA BA/ A320-232
OH-LZD Finnair/ A321-211
ZK-SUI Air New Zealand/ 747-441
HS-TGX Thai Airways/ 747-4D7