Heathrow: Pre-digital Scans 1990's-2000's

[wiggy]

Re-posting these scans I uploaded last week as they were (inadvertently I'm assured ) deleted by the Administrators while housekeeping.  I will add to these over the coming long winter months as I delve into my store of negatives from my old print photos.

This first batch is all from the afternoon of the 9th September 1995 with the exception of the Tajik Tu-154 which was from the end of the previous month (27/08/95) All shots from the top of T2 car park when you were able to wander freely around!

Tajikistan Airlines Tu-154M by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

British Mediterranean Airlines A320 by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Aerolineas Argentinas B747-200 by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

LOT Polish Airlines B737-400 by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Lithuanian Airlines Yak-42D by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Turkmenistan Airlines B737-300 by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Syrian Arab Airlines B747SP by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Uzbekistan Airways A310 by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Kuwait Airways B747-200 by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Air Namibia B747SP by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Two SP's in the last shot; the Dubai royal flight being A6-SMM.  Thanks for looking

Denis. 

[graham]

Many thanks Denis for taking the time to reload these after our "itchy trigger fingers" sent them off to the great recycle bin in the sky! Much appreciated, great shots.

[jargon]

Thanks for posting Denis

Always loved the shape of 747SP's and knew nothing of the Namibian one due to gaps in my following of Aviation, the colour scheme works well for me.

British Mediterranean and Lithuanian are both new to me and interesting schemes of their period, I've got some more reading up to do.

You also remind me that I've got to learn more about scanners, so I can sort out the family collection of transparencies and prints

Regards

John

[Jeff]

BMED were I believe a BA subsidiary originally, after this scheme they adopted a full BA scheme, they eventually were taken over by BMI. BMI continued the routes after take over, most places they flew were the sort of areas you needed to pack a AK47 in your suitcase, Aleppo was one from memory!! I dont think any of the aircraft ever got painted in the full BMI livery

[Jeff]

Oops.... Sent it before i finished!!

They remainded in the BMI / BA hybred livery until BA bought BMI... At which point they were re re spayed back into the BA livery !! The aircraft were in the G BME# registration series and had the anomaly that they were bulk loaded instead of containerised like the rest of the BMI fleet. This always caused a problem for us in cargo if EMA Ops did an aircraft swap last minute !!! Fun days

[sparkie001uk]

Sept 3, 2016 9:22:46 GMT Jeff said:

BMED were I believe a BA subsidiary originally, after this scheme they adopted a full BA scheme, they eventually were taken over by BMI. BMI continued the routes after take over, most places they flew were the sort of areas you needed to pack a AK47 in your suitcase, Aleppo was one from memory!! I dont think any of the aircraft ever got painted in the full BMI livery

Not sure of the AK47 but pretty good description on where they flew, Beirut, Damascus,Amman,Bishkek, to name a few it became a British Airways franchise in 1997 after BA dropped a few routes leaving BMED sole operator, with a name like that one would of expected Spanish holiday flights, the airline was sold to BMI in 2007 and the British Airways franchise ended , then sold the Heathrow slots back to BA  then of course BA took BMI
another UK airline departed