View Full Version : Military A330 at LHR today?
HEATHROW DIRECTOR
13th Jul 2005, 14:03
Anyone know what the A330(?) was that landed at Heathrow around 3pm please? With my spotting head on I was watching the landers from the garden and glimpsed what I thought was a 330 - pale colour scheme with an unidentified flag on the tail. Might just be an airline I'm unfamiliar with.. but looked a bit military..??
Thanks
KiloMIke
13th Jul 2005, 15:13
There was a 737-800 that landed about 1500LT which is parked over by the Royal Suite. I believe it may well belong to the Peruvian Government but not sure.
HEATHROW DIRECTOR
13th Jul 2005, 15:55
Peruvian? Wow. Thanks very much for that, KM. OK on the type - well it had turned up winglets and looked biggish so being old and decrepit I'm allowed the mistake!
Kestrel_909
13th Jul 2005, 16:09
Back to Spotter School for you HD :ok:
Did someone not mistake the Canadian Air Force A310s as 777s recently too?:ouch:
treadigraph
13th Jul 2005, 16:19
Bah, they all look the same these days, I remember back in the days of yore (yaw?) one could easily tell the Trident from the 727 and Caravelle etc, etc... happy days!:}
Fried_Chicken
13th Jul 2005, 16:36
A Columbian Air Force B737 arrived just after 1500L as callsign "FAC001", parking initially on stand RS1
Fried Chicken
KiloMIke
13th Jul 2005, 16:46
Kestrel that was me who mistook the CAF A310s for 777s!!
Seems I am getting my South Americans mixed up as well.
Gonzo
13th Jul 2005, 16:49
HD,
As I look outside now there's an Etihad A330 parked on what you'd remember as W6, next to the Royal suite. It was parked there when I got upstairs at five past two this afternoon. The 737 BBJ on the Royal suite now is the Columbian Air Force 001.
HEATHROW DIRECTOR
13th Jul 2005, 17:43
Columbian, eh? That's probably what I saw. Thanks for the gen guys...
Jets are too difficult for me - much easier when we had to count the props!
barry lloyd
14th Jul 2005, 22:29
Just for the record guys, the country is Colombia - a frequent error, made by all the media, including the dear old BBC, presumably exacerbated by the two Columbias in N.America.
Just a small point, but it does deserve to be spelt correctly, as does Ingland Skotland and Island.
Fried_Chicken
14th Jul 2005, 23:49
"FAC001", the Colombian B737 departed Heathrow for Bogota this afternoon. Pretty long distance for the Baby Boeing
Fried Chicken
HEATHROW DIRECTOR
15th Jul 2005, 08:14
Apologies for my spelling mistake - should have known better.
Did anyone get a piccy of the aeroplane? Does anyone know if its was the first visit of a CAF aircraft to Heathrow?
aviate1138
15th Jul 2005, 09:30
HEATHROW DIRECTOR asked if it is the first CAF visit to LHR?
Aviate 1138 thought maybe it was the first
"Cocaine to Go" delivery.... :)
Aviate1138
HEATHROW DIRECTOR
15th Jul 2005, 10:08
Nice on! Wish I'd been there to talk to it...