John Oram's photos with the keyword: G-CIVJ

The Covid pandemic hastened the final withdrawal from service with British Airways of the B747-400 and the remaining aircraft were widely dispersed with the last two Heathrow based examples leaving the London airport on 8 October 2020, one to St Athan and the other to Cotswold Airport. The weather nearly three weeks later at the Gloucestershire airport was very wet and challenging for photography but I managed a handful of passable shots of the aircraft most easily seen. Five were lined up alongside the A429 and are (from camera) G-BYGB, G-BYGF, G-CIVL, G-CIVJ and G-CIVN. TZ70_P1030134_PS_CE

The Covid pandemic hastened the final withdrawal from service with British Airways of the B747-400 and the remaining aircraft were widely dispersed with the last two Heathrow based examples leaving the London airport on 8 October 2020, one to St Athan and the other to Cotswold Airport. The weather nearly three weeks later at the Gloucestershire airport was very wet and challenging for photography but I managed a handful of passable shots of the aircraft most easily seen. Five were lined up alongside the A429 and are seen here from the north side of the airport. They are (l-r) G-BYGB, G-BYGF, G-CIVL, G-CIVJ and G-CIVN. TZ70_P1030133CE

The New Order and the Old In this snatched shot with unfortunate visible reflections, BA B787-8 G-ZBJB taxys between the B and C gates of Heathrow's Terminal 5 and is about to pass B747-400 G-CIVJ. 400s are also in the foreground and behind VJ. In the far background, the roof of Wembley Stadium can clearly be seen. TZ30_P1010381

To open my tribute to the BA B747-400, a type now being progressively withdrawn by the airline, I have chosen this fairly nice portrait of G-CIVJ taken through the demanding T5 glass at Heathrow. TZ30_P1010377