It was a very nice bonus for me when this landed and taxied back past my camera!

Pictured taxying to its assigned gate at T3 after landing on rw01. CA 757s are always nice to get, IMHO.

Delivered to government operated Civil Aviation Administration Company (CAAC) December 20, 1983, this 747 would be transferred to Air China, a new company to operate CAACs international routes, in July 1988. Converted to a freighter in September 1997, the aircraft was eventually sold to MK Airlines November 7, 2007. Registered G-MKHA it was stored at Cotswold Airport near Kemble, UK in August 2009 as MK Airlines ran into money problems. It was later broken up.

'Zichen Hao' (Capital Pavilion Liner) is Air China's latest special colour scheme, and only a week old since it rolled out of the Ameco Beijing paint shop! This was the first time I saw it in Melbourne. This aircraft was test flown under the registration F-WWKU and delivered to Air China as B-6076 on 6 December 2006.

The 3rd 747 at Dresden within one year arriving from Brussels with the Chinese Vice-President at rainy Dresden.

A few hours after several centimetres of snow at Heathrow, the Olympic Torch carrier certainly brightened up the local scenery

Midday arrival from Beijing with some late condensation over the wings.

B-2450 taxies for a 34 departure. It served Air China from 1987 to 2009, the final years as a freighter.

Later went to Chanchangi Airlines as 5N-BMB.