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    Welcome to our Trip Report Blog.
    Here we will post logs and pictures taken on aircraft spotting trips.
    Any info can be used for personal use, if passing on or publishing please credit SWAG.
    If you can correct or add any information please contact me here.

    To visit our Flickr photo pages click StuC, RichT, IanG, MatthewB

    Header Picture: UP-MI602 Mil Mi-26T (34001212133) Kazakhstan Emercom at Boraldai, Kazakhstan on 08/07/19 (credit StuC)

    Updates 2022:
    26th May - Log and pics added for Private Flyer Show 14/05/22
    24th December - BAPC Register updated and 56 pictures added

    Friday 6 November 2009

    05/11/09 - Heathrow - Los Angeles

    IanG is off and running:

    Heathrow - 05:00-06:45

    5Y-KYZ Boeing 777-2U8ER (36124) Kenya Airways
    9K-ANA Airbus A340-313 (89) Kuwair Airways
    9V-SKG Airbus A380-841 (19) Singapore Airlines
    A6-EHL Airbus A340-642 (1040) Etihad Airways
    A9C-LG Airbus A340-313X (212) Gulf Air
    B-HKU Boeing 747-412 (27069) Cathay Pacific Airways
    C-FIVK Boeing 777-233LR (35245) Air Canada
    C-FIVQ Boeing 777-333ER (35240) Air Canada
    C-GHKX Airbus A330-343X (412) Air Canada
    D-AIQK Airbus A320-211 (218) Lufthansa
    EC-HQJ Airbus A320-214 (1430) Iberia
    G-VBLU Airbus A340-642 (723) Virgin Atlantic
    G-VFAR Airbus A340-313X (225) Virgin Atlantic
    G-VNAP Airbus A340-642 (622) Virgin Atlantic "The Grinter Flyer"
    G-VOGE Airbus A340-642 (416) Virgin Atlantic
    G-VSSH Airbus A340-642 (615) Virgin Atlantic
    G-VSUN Airbus A340-313 (114) Virgin Atlantic
    HB-IJD Airbus A320-214 (553) Swiss International Air Lines
    HS-TGH Boeing 747-4D7 (24458) Thai Airways
    HZ-AKB Boeing 777-268ER (28345) Saudi Arabian Airlines
    HZ-AKD Boeing 777-268ER (28347) Saudi Arabian Airlines
    N206UA Boeing 777-222ER (30212) United Airlines
    N226UA Boeing 777-222ER (30226) United Airlines
    N390AA Boeing 767-323ER (27450) American Airlines
    N758AN Boeing 777-223ER (32637) American Airlines
    N782AN Boeing 777-223ER (30003) American Airlines
    N786AN Boeing 777-223ER (30250) American Airlines
    V8-RBF Boeing 767-33AER (25530) Royal Brunei Airlines
    VH-OJT Boeing 747-438 (25565) QANTAS
    ZS-SLA Airbus A340-212 (8) South African Airways
    ZS-SNA Airbus A340-642 (410) South African Airways

    Los Angeles - getting dark, so not much read off

    N184AN Boeing 757-223ET (29594) American Airlines
    N293SW Embraer Emb-120 (120320) United Express
    N404WN Boeing 737-7H4 (27892) Southwest Ailines
    N460WN Boeing 737-7H4 (32464) Southwest Ailines
    ZK-SUH Boeing 747-475 (24896) Air New Zealand
    N707JT Boeing 707-138B (18740) John Travolta