Various heavies departing (& a few arriving) on runway 26L at
London's Gatwick Airport on 19th May 2012! This day was champions league
final in Munich, meaning a huge amount of special flights, many of
which heavies, taking fans down to Germany!
INCLUDES: Virgin A340-600, Edleweiss A330, Qatar Amiri Flight A340, Thomson (NEW Dreamliner livery) + First Choice livery 767, Vietnam Airlines 777, 2x Emirates 777's, 2x Air Transat A330's, US Airways A330, Thomas Cook A330, Monarch A330 5x Virgin 747's and a shed load of BA 777's!
Note the Vietnam 777 was flying via Paris CDG, hense the very quick rotation, because it was very lightly loaded with fuel. But yeah a fantastic spotting day at Gatwick with so many unexpected special, heavy, rare visitors!
There certainly wont be a day like this again at Gatwick for a while!
Unfortunatly, I was hoping to see the brand new Air Nigeria A330, which now operates daily from Lagos, but it was over 7 hours late, before being
INCLUDES: Virgin A340-600, Edleweiss A330, Qatar Amiri Flight A340, Thomson (NEW Dreamliner livery) + First Choice livery 767, Vietnam Airlines 777, 2x Emirates 777's, 2x Air Transat A330's, US Airways A330, Thomas Cook A330, Monarch A330 5x Virgin 747's and a shed load of BA 777's!
Note the Vietnam 777 was flying via Paris CDG, hense the very quick rotation, because it was very lightly loaded with fuel. But yeah a fantastic spotting day at Gatwick with so many unexpected special, heavy, rare visitors!
There certainly wont be a day like this again at Gatwick for a while!
Unfortunatly, I was hoping to see the brand new Air Nigeria A330, which now operates daily from Lagos, but it was over 7 hours late, before being