Iberia A-321 landing at LHR
There are some days I really question my sanity. This was one of them. I have never seen a Royal Brunei 787 up close. I've seen them at very long distances at Frankfurt and London but they were way to far away to photograph. To make matters worse they arrive at Heathrow very early in the morning, way before sunrise, and depart very late at night. However, on this day, I lucked out - sort of. The flight was delayed and running over two hours late and was estimated to arrive shortly after sunrise. I bundled up and went to the Myrtle Avenue field to wait. What a god awful morning. Very cold, biting wind, and then the rain started. Coffee didn't help it all. Since this was in December, sunrise wasn't until 7:45 am or so. I decided to play around with my camera and was shooting planes landing in almost complete darkness. I lucked out the photos turned out even though the images are not tack sharp. Finally, the sky started to lighting, the Royal Brunei 787 came in. I left happy. I went back to my hotel room to warm up, with my wife shaking her head at the things I do.
In an aside, late that evening I happened to peek out of the hotel window just in time to see the 787 taxiing by the room. Life is good!
I took these photos in December 2018 at Myrtle Avenue field near Heathrow Airport.
Iberia A-321 landing at LHR
There are some days I really question my sanity. This was one of them. I have never seen a Royal Brunei 787 up close. I've seen them at very long distances at Frankfurt and London but they were way to far away to photograph. To make matters worse they arrive at Heathrow very early in the morning, way before sunrise, and depart very late at night. However, on this day, I lucked out - sort of. The flight was delayed and running over two hours late and was estimated to arrive shortly after sunrise. I bundled up and went to the Myrtle Avenue field to wait. What a god awful morning. Very cold, biting wind, and then the rain started. Coffee didn't help it all. Since this was in December, sunrise wasn't until 7:45 am or so. I decided to play around with my camera and was shooting planes landing in almost complete darkness. I lucked out the photos turned out even though the images are not tack sharp. Finally, the sky started to lighting, the Royal Brunei 787 came in. I left happy. I went back to my hotel room to warm up, with my wife shaking her head at the things I do.
In an aside, late that evening I happened to peek out of the hotel window just in time to see the 787 taxiing by the room. Life is good!
I took these photos in December 2018 at Myrtle Avenue field near Heathrow Airport.