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'Throw Thursday 2 11th December 2025.

TC-ADA, Boeing 737-4Y0, Istanbul Airlines, parked on it's gate on Terminal 2 at London Heathrow, some time before October 1995, as seen from the Glass House on top of The Queens Building.

#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #QueensBuilding #GlassHouse #Boeing #B737 #IstanbulAirlines #ThrowThursday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner parked facing to the right.
The plane is largely white, with a dark blue belly, and thin dark blue and red stripes on the lower fuselage.
There are red "Istanbul Airlines" titles on the upper forward fuselage, just aft of the forward cabin door, and the black registration "TC-ADA" on the upper rear, just aft of the rear door.
The tail is dark black, with a white circle in the middle, containing a stylised red flower.
A couple of grey and dark blue flat bed trucks are parked by the side of the plane in the foreground, one with the bed empty, the other full of baggage.
A grey terminal building stretches across the top of the frame in the background, with a white jet airliner parked nose in behind this one.

On This Day 6th December 1986.

N373PA, Boeing 727-214, Pan Am, operating on Pan Am's Cold War-era European route network at London Heathrow, 6th December 1986, as seen from the terraces on the Queens Building.

#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #QueensBuilding #Boeing #B727 #PanAm #OnThisDay
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Fairly grainy side view of a 3 engined jet airliner, with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left.
The plane is largely white, with a silvery-grey belly, and large blue billboard-style "Pan Am" titles on the forward fuselage.
The registration "N373PA" is next to a small, waving American flag on the inlet for the centre engine on top of the rear fuselage, above the bare-metal finish side mounted engines.
The tail has a stylised blue globe, with white bands, and white text "Pan Am" through the middle.
In the foreground, a patch of grass separates a couple of taxiways, with more grass in the background separating a black runway and taxiways, with a grey and yellow terminal building in the distance.
Several very large, 4 engined jet airliners are parked at the building, under cloudy grey skies.

On This Day 30th November 2025.

OH-LHA, Douglas DC-10-30, operating flights for FinnAir, but still in Express One colours after return from lease, taxiing past the terraces on The Queens Building at London Heathrow, 30th November 1994.

#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #QueensBuilding #Douglas #DC10 #FinnAir #ExpressOne #OnThisDay
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a 3 engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right along a grey taxiway.
The plane is mostly white, with a thick blue stripe bordered with red running along the body, covering the passenger cabin windows, before rising to fill the entire tail.
The black registration "OH-LHA" is on the lower rear fuselage, with the last 3 letters on the open nosewheel doors.
Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, separated from the taxiway by a strip of grass.
In the background, another taxiway and a runway are separated from the gey and yellow terminal in the distance by more grass.
A couple of jet airliners are parked on the right of the frame by the terminal, one dark blue and grey, facing out of the frame, and a white and red one behind it, facing into the frame.
Bright but hazy sky fills the rest of the frame.

Photo of the Day 29th November 2025.

HA-LCN, Tupolev TU-154B-2, Malev Hungarian Airlines, turning in towards it's gate at London Heathrow, some time in the early 1990s, as seen from the roof-top terraces on The Queens Building.

#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #QueensBuilding #Tupolev #TU154 #Malev #HungarianAirlines
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a 3 engined jet airliner, with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, taxiing from left to right and turning slightly towards the camera.
The plane is mostly white, with Dark blue "Malev" titles on the upper forward fuselage, with smaller black text "Hungarian Airlines" next to a small Hungarian flag just aft of that.
There is additional "TU-154B-2" text under and aft of the cockpit windows, as well as the black letters "LCN" on the open nose-wheel doors.
The black registration "HA-LCN" is on the side of the engine pods mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, under the tail.
The tail is a dark blue, with a diagonal red, white, and green stripe, vaguely resembling a mountain.
Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with strips of brown grass lining taxiways and a runway in the background.
In the distance, a pair of very large, 4 engined, grey and dark blue jet airliners can be seen taxiing past, one going out of frame in the left, the other coming in from the right, with brown, blue, and red buildings behind them, with a group of Bizjets parked in front of the red building in the middle.

'Throw Thursday 20th November 2025.

3D-AFR, Douglas DC-8, African International, crossing in front of the rooftop terraces on The Queens Building at London Heathrow, 30th October 1994.
This taxiway was actually a rarely-used runway - I don't recall ever seeing it used for landings, but Runway 23 wasn't fully decommisioned until 2005!

#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #QueensBuilding #Douglas #DC8 #AfricanInternational #ThrowThursday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a 4 engined jet airliner that has been converted to a freighter, taxiing from right to left along a wide, almost black taxiway.
The plane is mostly white, with a blue stripe running along the body and sweeping up into the tail, and red, lower-case "African International" titles on the upper fuselage above the wings.
The blue registration 3D-AFR is on the lower rear fuselage, under the tail, which itself has a stylised red globe overlaid on the diagonal blue stripe.
An strip of green grass runs halfway across the frame from the left in the foreground, while a grey terminal building with a dark blue and grey jet airliner hooked up to a yellow airbridge comes halfway across the background from the right, and a red hangar with a sandy brown roof and a brace of BizJets and a bizprop in front on the left.
Grey sky fills the rest of the image.

Tails Tuesday 11th November 2025.

ZS-SPA, Boeing 747SP-44, Alliance Air, taxiing past the terraces on the Queens Building at London Heathrow, some time between July 1995 and February 1999.

#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #QueensBuilding #Boeing #B747 #AllianceAir #TailsTuesday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Close-up of the tail of a very large jet airliner taxiing from left to right.
The plane has an orange top half and white lower half, with the darker orange partial registration "ZS-S" above an open door in the rear fuselage.
The orange tail has an image of the head of a male lion facing forward.
Grey concrete apron fills the bottom of the frame, with large grassed areas lining taxiways and runways beyond that, and a full, ground-level car park in front of a wide grey building in the distance.
Trees lead off into the far distance, slowly vanishing into bright but hazy sky.

Bonus Photo of the Day 6th November 2025.

9G-ANA, Douglas DC-10-30, Ghana Airways, crossing in front of the terraces on the roof of the Queens Building at London Heathrow, some time in the 1990s.

#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #QueensBuilding #Douglas #DC10 #GhanaAirways
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a 3-engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left at a busy airport.
The plane has a white upper fuselage, with a grey lower fuselage, and a thick red, yellow, and green stripe running through the middle, covering the passenger cabin windows.
There are black "Ghana Airways" titles on the upper fuselage, just aft of a small Ghanaian flag (equal red, yellow, and green horizontal stripes, with a 5-pointed black star in the middle of the yellow stripe), and the black registration "9G-ANA" on the upper rear.
The plane's centre engine is white, with a large black star in the middle, with a wide "V"-shape in the middle of that, with the word "Ghana" running through the centre.
The star has red, yellow, and green stripes behind it, resembling pilot's wings.
The tail on top of the centre engine, also has red, green, and yellow stripes, with a black star in the yellow section.
In the foreground, a section of grey concrete apron has been coned off, with a yellow digger and a yellow truck with a flatbed in the middle of what is obviously a construction site, a couple of workmen in hi-viz vests and a couple of large holes in the ground emphasizing this.
In the background, the grey and dark blue nose and forward fuselage of a very large jet airliner can be seen coming into frame from the left, while more planes of a similar type and with the same livery can be seen parked against a grey and yellow terminal building in the distance on the right.

On This Day 30th October 1994.

OD-AGY, Boeing 707-327C, Kuwait Airways, during it's landing roll on the Southern runway at London Heathrow, 30th October 1994, as seen from the terraces on top of the Queens Building.

#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #Runway27Left #QueensBuilding #Boeing #B707 #KuwaitAirways #OnThisDay
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a 4 engined jet airliner rolling after landing on a black runway, with flaps hanging down from the rear of the wings.
The plane is mostly white, with a thick blue stripe outlined in black running along the body, and a grey belly.
There are blue "Kuwait Airways" titles and additional "Cargo" titles on the upper fuselage, in English towards the rear, and in an Arabic script at the front.
The tail is white, with another thick blue stripe outlined in black, but this time with a stylised white flying bird in the middle.
Green grass lines the runway in the foreground, with several cargo sheds in the background, and the tail and rear fuselage of a grey and dark blue plane on the right of the frame.
Trees beyond that run off into the distance, under grey-blue sky.

'Throw Thursday 23rd October 2025.

OE-LFP, Fokker 70, Austrian Airlines, taxiing past the Queens Building at London Heathrow, some time in the late 1990s.

#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #QueensBuilding #Fokker #F70 #AustrianAirlines #ThrowThursday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, taxiing from left to right.
The plane is predominantly white, with a thin blue line running along the body, and black "Austrian Airlines" titles on the upper forward fuselage.
The black registration "OE-LFP" is on the side of the rear fuselage, just ahead of a small Austrian flag.
The tail has wide red bands at the top and bottom, with a white band in the middle, replicating the Austrian flag.
A red stylised arrowhead is on that white band.
Green grass and a grey-brown taxiway fill the foreground, with a red van in the bottom right corner of the frame, driving to the left.
More grass in the background, divided by a black runway, leads up to a grey-brown apron area, empty except for a handful of trucks at the top of the frame.

'Throw Thursday 2 31st July 2025.

ZS-SAJ, Boeing 747-312, South African Airways, in the special Ndizani colour scheme, at London Heathrow, some time in the late 1990s.

#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #QueensBuilding #Boeing #B747 #SouthAfricanAirways #Ndizani #ThrowThursday

Slightly grainy shot of a very colourful, very large 4 engined jet airliner being towed from right to left by a low-slung grey tug attached to the nose-wheel by a long pole.
The plane is covered in seemingly random patches of colour, but closer examination reveals that most of these are stick figures with arms raised in a celebratory pose, with more colours defining the negative space between them.
The tail is mostly dark blue, with white "South African Airways" tiles along the leading edge.
Green grass lines several taxiways in the foreground, with a wide, sandy brown building in the background.
Trees and tall residential buildings in the distance are slowly vanishing into the hazy grey sky.

'Throw Thursday 24th April 2025.

EC-GUP, Airbus A340-343, Iberia, taxiing past the viewing deck on The Queens Building at London Heathrow, some time between 1998 and 2000.

#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #QueensBuilding #Airbus #A340 #Iberia #ThrowThursday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a white, 4 engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left.
There is a yellow, orange, and red strip coming down from over the top of the forward fuselage and running backwards along the body, with white "Iberia" titles over the wings.
There are a pair of large letters on the tail - a red, lower-case "I" with a gold crown on the dot, and a yellow upper-case "B", with the registration "EC-GUP" at the top of the tail in black.
The white engine pods under the wings have small, red, "Iberia" titles in the middle.
Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with yellowing grass and a runway lead up to more apron and buildings in the distance, with trees beyond, under grey sky.

'Throw Thursday 2 12th December 2024.

HB-IWB, McDonnellDouglas MD-11, SwissAir, taxiing past the Queens Building at London Heathrow, sometime after February 1992.

#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #QueensBuilding #McDonnellDouglas #MD11 #SwissAir #ThrowThursday
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a white, 3 engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left.
The plane has a brown and black stripe running along the body, just below the cockpit and passenger cabin windows, with red "SwissAir" titles on the upper forward fuselage.
The engine pods mounted under the wing are white, while the centre engine s red, as is the rest of the tail it is attached to, which has a large white cross in the middle.
Grey concrete apron and a large strip of green grass filling the foreground, while a red brick hangar with a grey roof is in the centre of the background, beyond a runway and more grass.
Several bizjets are parked in front of the hangar, with more visible through the open doors.
A blue hangar is off to the rear left of the frame, with trees in the distance on the right, under bright but hazy skies.

Photo of the Day 12th December 2024.

N1805, Douglas DC-8-62, Rich International, taxiing to it’s gate at Manchester Airport, some time after July 1995, as seen from the top of the T1 car park.

‘Throw Thursday 12th December 2024.G-EUYM, Airbus A320-232, British Airways, on final approach to Runway 09 Left at London Heathrow, as seen from Stanwell Moor Road, 18th March 2016.

‘Throw Thursday 2 12th December 2024.HB-IWB, McDonnellDouglas MD-11, SwissAir, taxiing past the Queens Building at London Heathrow, sometime after February 1992.

#a320 #airbus #avgeek #aviation #BritishAirways #dc8 #douglas #egcc #egll #heathrow #l13 #lhr #london #man #manchester #McDonnellDouglas #md11 #photography #PhotoOfTheDay #planespotting #QueensBuilding #RichInternational #Runway09Left #StanwellMoorRoad #swissair #TrowThursday

Side view of a white, 4 engined jet airliner jet airliner taxiing from right to left. There is a red, white, and blue stripe running along the body, covering the passenger cabin windows, with bluye "Rich International" titles overlaid on the top, red stripe. The white tail has large blue "RI" letters, with a red flame on the top of the "I". Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with a large grey hangar filling the background.

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a low altitude. The planes undercarriage is lowered, and the flaps are extended from behind the wings, suggesting it is about to land. The plane has a deep blue belly and engine pods, with blue "British Airways" titles on the lower forward fuselage, partially obscured by the engines, with a curved red and blue ribbon towards the front. There are red, blue, and red wavy stripes on the tail, and the registration "G-EUYM" on the lower rear fuselage in black. Grim grey sky fills the rest of the frame.

Throw Thursday 5th December 2024.

N812GS, Canadair CL-601-3A Challanger, taxiing past the Queens Building on it's way out to Runway 27 Right at London Heathrow, 18th March 1993.

#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #QueensBuilding #Canadair #CL601 #Challanger #BizJet #ThrowThursday
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Side view of a white, twin engined BizJet with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left.
There is a thin black stripe running along the body, and the registration "N812GS" in black on the lower tail.
There is a strip of green grass in the foreground, with more grass split by a runway filling the background.

Photo of the Day 5th December 2024.

OY-SBH, Boeing 727-2B7, Sterling Airways, parked between flights at Manchester Airport, 1993.

Throw Thursday 5th December 2024.N812GS, Canadair CL-601-3A Challanger, taxiing past the Queens Building on it’s way out to Runway 27 Right at London Heathrow, 18th March 1993.

Bonus Photo of the Day 5th December 2024.204, Lockheed SP-2H Neptune, MLU( (Dutch Navy), on external display at Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford, 5th February 1996.

#avgeek #aviation #b727 #BizJet #boeing #canadair #Challanger #CL601 #Cosford #DutchNavy #egcc #egll #EGWC #heathrow #lhr #lockheed #london #man #manchester #MLU #museum #Neptune #P2 #photography #PhotoOfTheDay #planespotting #QueensBuilding #RAFMuseum #SterlingAirways #ThrowThursday

Side view of a white, 3 engined jet airliner with a red belly and a pair of thin red stripes running along the body, parked facing off to the right. There are large red "Sterling" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and a larger red letter "S" on the tail. A set of red, built-in airstairs is deployed from the rear fuselage, directly between the engines mounted on the top and sides of the fuselage. There is a blue van sitting at the foot of these stairs. The grey and blue forward fuselage of another jet airliner is peeking in to frame on the left. The grey and blue side wall of a large hangar fills the rest of the frame.

Front view of a grey, twin engined military maritime patrol aircraft parked on concrete plinths in the middle of a large grassed area, facing off to the left of the camera. The plane has a glazed nose, a massive black radome under the forward fuselage just aft of the nose-wheel, and the large grey number "204" under the cockpit. The 4-bladed propellors on each engine have white and red tips, and are both arranged vertically. The top of the fuselage is white. There is a low, red brick building behind some wooden picnic benches in the background. Grey skies fill the rest of the frame.

'Throw Thursday 2 21st November 2024.

G-RAES, Boeing 777-236, British Airways, taxiing past the Queens Building en route to Terminal 4 after landing on the Northern runway at London Heathrow, some time in the late 1990s.

#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #QueensBuilding #Boeing #B777 #BritishAirways
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right.
The plane has a deep blue belly, and deep blue "British Airways" titles on the lower forward fuselage under a red and blue twisted ribbon.
The engine pods slung under the wings are the same deep blue.
The tail is also blue, with complex white scrollwork over the top.
Green grass and taxiways fill the foreground, with more in the background leading off to a grey concrete wall and trees in the distance, under dismal grey skies.

Photo of the Day 21st November 2024.

Photo of the Day 21st November 2024.G-ZAPL, British Aerospace 146-200, Titan Airways, being pushed back from it’s gate at Manchester Airport, some time after May 1997, as seen from the top of the T1 car park.

‘Throw Thursday 21st November 2024.EI-DEA, Airbus A320-214, Aer Lingus, on final approach to Runway 09 Left at London Heathrow, 18th March 2016.

‘Throw Thursday 2 21st November 2024.G-RAES, Boeing 777-236, British Airways, taxiing past the Queens Building en route to Terminal 4 after landing on the Northern runway at London Heathrow, some time in the late 1990s.

#a320 #AerLingus #airbus #avgeek #aviation #b777 #bae146 #boeing #BritishAerospace #BritishAirways #egcc #egll #heathrow #l13 #lhr #london #man #manchester #photography #planespotting #QueensBuilding #Runway09Left #ThrowThursday #TitanAirways

Side view of a deep blue, high-winged, 4 engined jet airliner facing to the left but being pushed back to the right by an out-of-frame tug attached to the nosewheel by a long yellow pole. The planes forward fuselage is white. There is a large, orange and red planet painted on the side of the rear fuselage. A large area of concrete apron fills the background, with slivers of grass right at the top.

Side view of a blue-green and white, twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitude, with flaps deployed from the rear of the wing and the undercarriage lowered, suggesting it is about to land. White "Aer Lingus" title are on the upper forward fuselage, with the registration "EI-DEA" on the lower rear in black. A bright green shamrock is on the blue-green tail. Grey sky fills the rest of the frame.

'Throw Thursday 2 31st October 2024.

OE-LBB, Airbus A321-111, Austrian Airlines, at London Heathrow, some time after June 1996, as seen from the Glass House on the Queens Building.

#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #GlassHouse #QueensBuilding #Airbus #A321 #AustrianAirlines #ThrowThursday
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner with a collection of faces of various notable Austrians on the side of the fuselage.
The plane is facing to the left but is being pushed backwards to the right by an out-of-frame tug connected to the nose gear by a long yellow pole.
There are grey "Austrian Airlines" on the upper forward fuselage, behind a red arrowhead.
The tail is red with a white horizontal stripe through the middle.
In the foreground, a white, twin engined airliner is in the middle of being pushed back from it's stand by a small yellow tug, and is facing directly away from the camera, over on the right of the frame.
In the background, taxiways lined by large areas of green grass criss-cross the frame.

Photo of the Day 31st October 2024.EI-FKF, Fokker 50, Aer Lingus, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s, as seen from the junction of Ringway Road and Shadowmoss Road.

‘Throw Thursday 31st October 2024.G-ZBKE, Boeing 787-9, British Airways, seconds after taking off from Runway 27 Left at London Heathrow, 22nd March 2018, as seen by the Esso Garage on Southern Perimeter Road.

‘Throw Thursday 2 31st October 2024.OE-LBB, Airbus A321-111, Austrian Airlines, at London Heathrow, some time after June 1996, as seen from the Glass House on the Queens Building.

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#a321 #AerLingus #airbus #AustrianAirlines #avgeek #aviation #B787 #boeing #BritishAirways #egcc #egll #ESSOgarage #f50 #fokker #Glasshouse #heathrow #lhr #london #man #manchester #photography #planespotting #QueensBuilding #RingwayRoad #runway24 #Runway27Left #ShadowmossRoad #SouthernPerimeterRoad #ThrowThursday