Mystery 747 @ LHR
 

Howdy,

Was sat in my 737-500 waiting for pushback yesterday (Wed 27th Feb) at LHR and was watching all the aircraft depart on 27R. I saw a plain white 747 take-off and didn´t know what it was. Anyone know? There were no markings at all from what I could see, just a lot of white paint.

Would appreciate it if anyone could clear this up for me!

DVR6K

Sounds like Israeli operated cargo transport.

Could be one of the Middle East rulers planes, although these usually have a small flag somewhere on the tail. The Sultan of Brunei is also a regular visitor, but often goes into Brize.. .Here is his colour scheme, courtesy of Lee Collins. Yes I know it is only white on top!

<a href="http://www.leecollins.co.uk/v8ali.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.leecollins.co.uk/v8ali.jpg</A>

Image change to URL following later posting.

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There's an all-white 747 (A6-GDP) that knocks around UK quite a lot - Air Gulf Falcon? (I'm not 100% on the operator) Has no markings at all apart from the registration mark.

Nopaxthanx, that looks like a good call, A6-GDP belongs to the Dubai Air Wing and looks like this:

http://www.globetown.net/%7Eairevac/a6-gdp.jpg

I think no sponsor is right, if it is completely white without any registration it is probably an ElAl Cargo Plane. Seen it twice at CGN and I know a cargo worker there who told me it is an ElAl Freighter.. .Do they really think arabian terrorists won´t bring down a plane if it does not look like it comes from Israel :)

Another point - is it legal to fly in the UK or any other european airspace without registration showing???