BA B-747-400 at Terminal 4, Heathrow. This part of the terminal is unusually high, so affords this unusual view. The aircraft is about to board to fly to Miami on Boxing Day... the flight crew can be seen in the flight deck preparing.
	BA B-747-400 approaching Miami Intl, coming in from the sea/east. The view left over the wing is of the downtown area and the cruise port. The aircraft is on a dual approach to the Right of the parallel east-west runways -- a short landing with heavy braking leaves the aircraft hardly any taxi distance away from the BA gates. The other aircraft, on approach to the Left runway, is visible on the far left, just above the horizon.
	UAL B-747-400 at the BA/UAL Intl Terminal, New York JFK. Taken directly parallel to the flight deck, you can see right through it. The seats and dashboard are visible.
	JFK Take-off from runway 13R in a BA B-747-200 headed to London Heathrow on a hazy July evening. View north of most of the terminals (which are in the middle of the airfield, with runways surrounding on three sides) and the control tower from a climbing position 3/4s of the distance along the 14,572ft runway. BA112, July 13th, between 1800-1845.
	JFK Take-off, 5 seconds later than above, banking left during the noise abatement manoeuvre (started at 300ft AGL). View down to some of the outer stands of the southern terminals and of the perpendicular runway 22R/04L, with parallel 13L/31R top of the picture, and many taxiways.
	Flightdeck of Boeing 747-200 from the rear jumpseat, over northern Canada, during afternoon tea. Captain Richard Westray in command (left) -- the very same BA Captain who was later hailed in the media as a hero: on the night of 18th May 97, commanding another B-747, at Chicago O'Hare, the crew were told to abort take-off to avoid collision with a UAL B-737 which had strayed onto the runway. The 320-ton aircraft with 330 people on board was brought from 130mph to a safe stop 12 seconds after the ATC command, with 5 seconds (300 yards) to spare, and 6 burst tyres (out of 18).
	Flightdeck of DC-10 (US military transport KC-10 version), parked on the ramp at RAF Leuchars with several Boeing 707 varients in front and, though hard to spot, a dark military jet is doing a low flypast.
	B-727-200 Window Cleaning in progress at the B Concourse, Chicago O'Hare (ORD) airport. Two cabin cleaners have appeared in the flight deck, have opened the windows and are giving the windshield a good scrub.
	Thai Airbus A300-600 at Singapore Changi, just before I boarded to fly to Bangkok in '95. During the flight, I was in the flightdeck chatting with the Captain, also from Britain. When time came to start the descent, I asked if I could stay and to my surprise the answer was a wink and a nod. So this was the first airliner I rode jumpseat in, and it was quite nerve-racking! Due to a thunderstorm cloud, some holding delays and the landing direction being the other side of the city from the approach, it was also a very scenic ride around the Bangkok area. I just regret not taking any photos! My first impression being that the touchdown happened far sooner than I expected, due to the height of the cockpit and speed and stability of the aircraft, and again due to the height, taxi seemed like riding in the cab of a massive truck or something.
	BA B-757-200 preparing for push-back from Gate 5 at Terminal 1, London Heathrow, for a Shuttle service to Manchester.
	Boeing 747-400 starboard wing, including two RR RB211 engines and a winglet, somewhere over an overcast northern India at dawn, after 11 hours of flight, during the BA011 overnight service LHR-SIN (London-Singapore).
	Boeing 737-400 Air Malta, landing on runway 32 at Luqa (Malta). Photographed from the runway threshold while lying on my back, which I happened to pass whilst on a long walk to some village.
	Cathay Pacific B-747-200 at Hong Kong Kai Tak, with a Singapore 747 parked behind. From the "cherry-picker" viewpoint.
	Overflying Cairns Intl, Australia, a nice view of the airport, from a Qantas B-767-200 (speedbrake extended and some flap deployed) on the downwind leg of the approach.
	Chicago Midway airport, south of Chicago and ORD. Taken from the walkway between the terminal building and the metro station. Taking off to the north-east is an ATA B-727.
	Casablanca take-off in a B-737-400 with only a dozen pax and fuel for a 30 minute flight to Gibraltar, hence the steep angle of climb.
	Casablanca (Morocco) view from a B-737-400 climbing away from Mohamed V Airport, heading north and out to sea. The road and mosque in the above picture are clearly visible, bottom-right-ish, as are all the other city landmarks and the port area.
	New York LaGuardia approach in a United B-727-200 flying north, 200kts, descending through 7,000 for a southerly landing on runway 22 (after vectoring round over upper Manhattan and the Bronx). (audio channel 9, ATC at Captain's discretion on UAL, is most interesting!) In view at this point is downtown Manhattan including the World Trade Centre twin towers, which sadly no longer exist.
	New York LaGuardia approach a few moments later than the above picture. Having flown further north, or "uptown" in local terminology, the view now is of midtown Manhattan: lower Central Park. One can also distinguish Roossevelt Island, the UN Tower (riverside), the former Pan Am building (now MetLife, far right), etc.
	New York LaGuardia approach part 3, just starting to turn right to 040deg while flying over uptown Manhattan. Looking east to the Bronx, over the river, one can see the Yankee stadium, and at the top of the picture (over the other river, in Queens) is LaGuardia aerodrome.
	New York LaGuardia approach part 4, flying east over the Bronx, with the airport in view. A further right turn, then the short final approach is made.
	Flightdeck of L-1011 TriStar of the Royal Air Force, ex-PanAm, now cargo-convertible and fitted with inflight tanker capability. Provides service to the Falklands etc.
	Flightdeck of Vickers VC-10 of the Royal Air Force, ex-BOAC, used for long-haul VIP transport, passenger service and fitted with inflight tanker capability.
	Captain's panel of Vickers VC-10 of the Royal Air Force, viewed from the left seat.

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