EY12 to Abu Dhabi

The ETD B773s are relatively unusual at Heathrow

Now that's what I call a nice colour scheme! Return of the inaugural service by Aeroitalia from Bergamo to Heathrow, flight XZ/AEZ1112 which is due to operate five days a week.

Arriving from Baku, currently with a rather difficult to capture 10 Years marking

Delivered from Toulouse mid-November 2022 with registration to to reflect David Bowie's 'Major Tom'. Here on its way to Miami.

In these days of bland colour schemes, MEA's current livery is refreshingly interesting

First visit to Heathrow of this bland-looking 777F on a Qatar Airways freight flight - well at least it does have a Qatar nose-cone!

EW461 heading back to Cologne

LM675 from IOM

DL32 from Atlanta

Not surprisingly, many of Qatar's aircraft are carrying extra World Cup markings

Although N411DX has been painted in this special scheme to promote the US Olympic team since December 2021, appearances in sunny conditions at Heathrow has so far been rare. Seen here completing DL20 from Seattle.

Titling changed from "Dubai Expo"

While operating with 3 Sqdn in Afghanistan, this Harrier was badly damaged by debris during a rocket attack on Kandahar airbase. It was returned to the UK for repair assessment and was deemed to be damaged beyond economic repair, so in 2008 was allocated for ground instructional use at RAF Cottesmore. With the withdrawal of the Harrier fleet in December 2010 it was restored externally and, in April 2011, was placed on the gate at RAF Wittering.

Pot of gold at the end of the Lasham rainbow. MyAirline is a new Malaysian LCC and commenced service on 1st December 2022 from Kuala Lumpur to Kuching, Kota Kinabalu and Langkawi using the three A320s it has so far received. This ex-EasyJet Airbus is one of three more due to be delivered and left Lasham on 2nd December for temporary storage at Tallinn after several days of fog delays.

This 1978-vintage Lynx is preserved in the markings in which it served 815 NAS aboard HMS Endurance in the South Atlantic, having been airfreighted from Brize Norton to the Falklands aboard an An-124 in October 2008. This is not the first time the Lynx has been on public display - apart from being in the static at the 2006 Yeovilton Air Day, XZ246 made an appearance at the Ideal Homes Exhibition in London in 1983!

XP345 initially served the CFS at Terhill in camouflage, later gaining the yellow overall scheme for SAR work. It is now exhibited by the Yorkshire Helicopter Preservation Group in the camouflage markings carried for service with the UN Peacekeeping Force in Nicosia, Cyprus while assigned to 84 Sdn RAF at Akrotiri. Displayed outdoors at the 2018 RAF 100 airshow at Cosford, this Whirlwind had the distinction of making the final flight of the type by the RAF - on 1st March 1982 it was the last to land of a formation of Whirlwinds in a flypast at Akrotiri to mark the disbandment of 'B' Flight, 84 Sqdn.

After initial use in recce pod trials, XV406 moved to the A&AEE for more trials work. On entering RAF service, she served with 23, 29, 43, 54 and 111 Sqns. Retired to gate guard duty at RAF Carlisle and later moved to the Solway site, now displayed in the impressive markings of its last operating unit. I was pleased to reunited with this Phantom, having a photo of me sitting in its cockpit at the Finningley RAF Review in 1977.

The South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum houses some very rare helicopters, albeit in cramped conditions making photography difficult. Only the ninth Whirlwind to be built by Westland, XA870 first flew in May 1954 and was initially allocated for RN service in the Far East but was found to be unsuitable. It then spent much of its service life in these colours aboard HMS Protector and was notable for the rescue of scientists from Roux Island in Antarctica in 1956. A few days after taking this shot I discovered the wrapper from the 1960s Airfix kit of XA870 during a clear-out, long since forgotten!