Retro-Heathrow……..Planes from the past

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Heathrow aircraft have been inspiring photographers for decades, so we decided to take a look at some “retro” and old liveries thanks to Tony Best. Enjoy!

Tony Best has been taking photos at Heathrow since the 1970’s and is a contributor to the Airliners.net forum. Tony recently attended the View Heathrow AvGeek opportunity we held in T4 and we asked him to share with us some of his favourite historical pics from the airport.


This colourful Caribbean is the Air Jamaica Airbus A310 N837AB from 1998. Source: Tony Best
  
A lesser remembered airline these days but still beautiful, this Air UK Herald G-APWE was photo was taken in 1982. Source: Tony Best


This British Midlands Viscount G-BFZL photo is of a landing in 1984. Source: Tony Best

The country’s favourite British Airways and their Tri-Star L1011-200 G-BGBC is the subject of this photo taken from the old T2 carpark. Source: Tony Best

The Egypt Air Boeing 707 SU-APE – another classic retro livery. Source: Tony Best

Taken during the middle of a snow storm landing in 1984, this is the Tunis Air Boeing 7272-200 TS-JHV. Source: Tony Best

A shot of Cyprus Airways 5B-DAK Boeing 707 taken from the Queens Building in 1982. Check out Tony’s other Cyrpus Airways pic on our Instagram feed as well. Source: Tony Best

This livery was a rare sight aimed at helping the South African bid for the 1996 Olympics (which ultimately was awarded to Atlanta). This is the Boeing 747-300 ZS-SAJ 2002. Source: Tony Best

A big thank you to Tony Best for sharing this stunning selection of snaps

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